13. Nothing Is Real (3:52)

Radiobuzz · Post by **Radiobuzz** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 2:35 am

I think there's a voice sample after the speech at 2:35 but I'm not sure, could anyone check?

Archrival · Post by **Archrival** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:38 am

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.

Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.

Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.

You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.
You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.

mc10101 · Post by **mc10101** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:31 pm

^^^
Ah, so the real hidden message of TH is that Boards Of Canada are in fact God.....?!

rainier · Post by **rainier** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:21 am

optic · Post by **optic** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:51 am

monochrome wrote:If you take the vocal samples in Boards songs too personally, and you've stuck with them this far, then you pretty much have to be a Branch Davidian dabbling in Satanism who absolutely loves Sesame Street and Pornos.

Laughed at this for a good five minutes!

Fireal420 · Post by **Fireal420** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 3:36 am

rainier wrote:

is that photo taken in a yerma restroom? maybe that guy was right afterall!?!? haha

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 2:40 pm

I love the "sound effects" that come in after the main voice section, once it picks up again. Just little swirly things that sounds like picking up coins in a mario game or something. Sounds kind of like stuff that's layered in on Campfire but I like it more in this cloudier (as opposed to sunny) context.

squid · Post by **squid** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:51 pm

As soon as the track listing for TH was revealed, this song stuck out to me because of it's intriguing name. I wondered what meaning the brothers put behind this track. Now that it's been out a while and it's sunk in, I have got a feel for it. This song; it's title, bittersweet melody and melancholy atmosphere, makes me think of how we as humans are so insignificant. I mean really, the stresses, problems, hopes, dreams and projects we face, personally, or even more broadly as a society or as a race... Will they matter in a thousand years? Or a million years? A billion years? We are so insignificant when you look at the universe. It's incomprehensible size. Or the scale of time the universe is judged by. Nothing we do matters in the slightest in the big picture.

It's a bit of a depressing outlook, but that's the general feeling I get from this song. It's like the song wishes there was meaning and purpose to things, but is resigned to the idea that, for all intents and purposes, nothing is real.

Stickyfingers72 · Post by **Stickyfingers72** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:08 pm

squid wrote:As soon as the track listing for TH was revealed, this song stuck out to me because of it's intriguing name. I wondered what meaning the brothers put behind this track. Now that it's been out a while and it's sunk in, I have got a feel for it. This song; it's title, bittersweet melody and melancholy atmosphere, makes me think of how we as humans are so insignificant. I mean really, the stresses, problems, hopes, dreams and projects we face, personally, or even more broadly as a society or as a race... Will they matter in a thousand years? Or a million years? A billion years? We are so insignificant when you look at the universe. It's incomprehensible size. Or the scale of time the universe is judged by. Nothing we do matters in the slightest in the big picture.

It's a bit of a depressing outlook, but that's the general feeling I get from this song. It's like the song wishes there was meaning and purpose to things, but is resigned to the idea that, for all intents and purposes, nothing is real.

I'm under the impression nothing is real as our universe and all contained in it is designed. And I haven't got a religious bone in my body.

Scories · Post by **Scories** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:45 pm

One musical question here: I hear a subtle harmonic twist in the main melody. The synth riff synth seems to be a little detuned from the piano. Maybe there's the interval of a ninth. Am I right?

Is there anyone whith a good ear who could explain what's going on here in terms of harmony?

Thank you.

aperture · Post by **aperture** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:09 am

Radiobuzz wrote:I think there's a voice sample after the speech at 2:35 but I'm not sure, could anyone check?

There's something else starting around 3:00, definitely sounds like another vocal sample but it might be reversed. Sounds a little like howling wind as the track fades. There's so much going on on top of it that it's hard to figure out. Hopefully more will come of it.

green calx · Post by **green calx** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:19 pm

I think we will never know what's hidden in this song. Just think, is it even possible to clarify this part? Also at the end of Gemini we can hear a male voice saying few incomprehensible words.

goonstock · Post by **goonstock** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:49 pm

hi, i just registered to tell you guys that upon listening to this tune next to the golden gate bridge, i've ascertained, without a doubt, that the sample says "Jesus was Unity". not sure if anyone figured this out, but im sure it'll be obvious when you listen again.

Opothecary · Post by **Opothecary** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:42 am

Sorry, got drunk and had to say this is their best song since An Eagle in Your Mind or Olson...carry on

Techboy · Post by **Techboy** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:54 am

mondaysleeper wrote:seeing as though every1 is reversing boards, why not reverse jesus? it's sausage. and that's what the albums about

lul

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:03 am

^

yes sir

Fireal420 · Post by **Fireal420** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:44 pm

i decided to put tomorrows harvest on earlier today while driving around, and was pretty amazed by how much better the album matches the fall weather. listening to nothing is real into sundown and watching the passing autumn landscapes is pretty sureal. i feel as though i am enjoying this album a lot more with the cooler air and the change in the leaves.

egbdf · Post by **egbdf** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:21 pm

Fireal420 wrote:i feel as though i am enjoying this album a lot more with the cooler air and the change in the leaves.

I find that I enjoy everything about life a lot more with the cooler air and the change in the leaves.

Wheeljack · Post by **Wheeljack** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:55 am

Fireal420 wrote:i decided to put tomorrows harvest on earlier today while driving around, and was pretty amazed by how much better the album matches the fall weather. listening to nothing is real into sundown and watching the passing autumn landscapes is pretty sureal. i feel as though i am enjoying this album a lot more with the cooler air and the change in the leaves.

+1, Had the same experience this morning on the way to work. Definitely a fall album.

Fireal420 · Post by **Fireal420** » Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:43 am

i am noticing that i seem to like tomorrows harvest more, when i listen to it in my car or using speakers.

which is strange because i usually prefer music and notice more effects when i listen with headphones. but there is something about tomorrows harvest quality that seems to sound better distanced.

actually. the third time i listened to tomorrows harvest it was while listening to it on a really shitty tv speaker setup. i think the downgrade of sound somewhat added to the experience of the album. and that was the first time the album really clicked for me.

to this day i still think the album sounds much better in my car or using a stereo. ive listened to tomorrows harvest multiple times with headphones (as i do with most music), and i just couldnt feel the same effect. split your infinities and nothing is real sound way more amazing through speakers.