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Valotonin wrote:

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

saddest - Kiteracer 2 / Farewell Fire / Nothing Is Real
happiest - Iced Cooly / Roygbiv / Audiotrack B07

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...

Reach for The Dead is like the last dying heartbeat

Saddest - Amo Bishop Roden, however this plays nicely with my meloncholic nature

Happiest - Peacock Tail

Although ask me again tomorrow and it could possibly be completely different answers.

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.

Constants are Changing.

Saddest - Eagle in Your Mind
the whole track makes me want to cry and that part @ 3:15 is just heart breaking

Happiest - Peacock Tail
this one just makes me really happy

Saddest: Gyroscope, Sick Times
Happiest: Orange Romeda, Left Side Drive, June 9th, Red Moss

rres wrote:Saddest: Gyroscope, Sick Times
Happiest: Orange Romeda, Left Side Drive, June 9th, Red Moss

Orange Romeda has always been one of my happier tracks personally.

Welcome to Twoism, by the way. Happy first post!

Saddest track: 1986 Summer Fire
Happiest track: 1986 Summer Fire

Odd how that works like that sometimes, but it does.

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.

Valotonin wrote:

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.

Sheet of LSD.. probably cost about 100 quid and synth-etic

luminousdusk wrote:Sheet of LSD.. probably cost about 100 quid and synth-etic

Oopsie.. wrong thread! Can this be moved to the secret weapon thread please thanks

luminousdusk wrote:

luminousdusk wrote:Sheet of LSD.. probably cost about 100 quid and synth-etic

Oopsie.. wrong thread! Can this be moved to the secret weapon thread please thanks

Haha. Its probably fine here.

Valotonin wrote:

luminousdusk wrote:

luminousdusk wrote:Sheet of LSD.. probably cost about 100 quid and synth-etic

Oopsie.. wrong thread! Can this be moved to the secret weapon thread please thanks

Haha. Its probably fine here.

That would be a huge sheet of LSD! At minimum, enough to inspire an album called Acid Memories.

luminousdusk wrote:Sheet of LSD.. probably cost about 100 quid and synth-etic

That would make me so very happy, even the throwaway tunes on OT sound better.

Saddest: Jaquard Causeway/The Color of Fire/Opening the Mouth

Happiest: Dawn Chorus/Oscar See Through Red Eye/Opening the Mouth