luminousdusk wrote:I don't think I could pigeonhole any of their tracks into straight happy or sad. Their tunes are too complex for that, as are our emotions lol sorry to be a dick about it but that's how feel
Hey, you aren't being a dick. That is precisely why I started this thread. Even the happiest BoC tracks contain bittersweetness and even the saddest ones tend to have glimmers of hope. That is why I asked for individual opinions, because a lot of tracks that I would consider are generally positive with underlying melancholia have been listed here as other people's saddest tracks.
It isn't about pigeonholing, more about getting to know more about the listeners and their perceptions of tracks. They all exist on an emotional spectrum, which is why I stated "saddest" as opposed to "sad".
You've pretty much summed up how I feel in that first paragraph, I find it interesting for example how someone would find Forest Moon sad while to me it's a very positive track, Maybe not exactly happy though.
I'm going to go for Seven forty seven for my happiest track since it brings me so many happy memories and reminds me of the actual beach at redpoint more than the track The Beach at Redpoint does itself! Due to the psychedelic nature of the track and my visit there..
I'll go with Semena Mertvyk as my saddest track.. I get this sense of utter helplessness and loss.. Like looking back on a destroyed planet and thinking.. how.. why.. what did we do.. ;(
Happiest: Macquarie Ridge, 5.9.78, B09, Red Moss, Aquarius, Olson, Satellite Anthem Icarus
Saddest: House of Abin'adab, Statue of Liberty, Sixtyniner, Music is Math, In The Annexe, Corsair
luminousdusk wrote:
I'll go with Semena Mertvyk as my saddest track.. I get this sense of utter helplessness and loss.. Like looking back on a destroyed planet and thinking.. how.. why.. what did we do.. ;(
That track makes me think of the ending of the John Carpenter movie "Prince of Darkness." After all the struggle and strife, the world is probably still going to end anyways...
I think sherbet head is probably their most impactful track with a somber attitude, it feels like watching old camcorder videos from the early 2000's, reminds me of an ice rink. Boqurant is just downright depressing, its hard to listen to it without 5-9-78 directly after.
Roygbiv and Rue the whirl are definitely the happiest, very bouncy and fun.
747Music wrote:Saddest track: 1986 Summer Fire
Happiest track: 1986 Summer Fire
Odd how that works like that sometimes, but it does.
Agree. Much like Forest Moon it is either the happiest sad track or the saddest happy track. BoC are masters of treading the thin blurred borders between the two.
747Music wrote:Saddest track: 1986 Summer Fire
Happiest track: 1986 Summer Fire
Odd how that works like that sometimes, but it does.
Agree. Much like Forest Moon it is either the happiest sad track or the saddest happy track. BoC are masters of treading the thin blurred borders between the two.
I think it's a trick in nostalgia. Remembering good times, remembering good times lost.
