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I love the picture comparisons up above! LOL...

As for which songs for me don't fit their style (or at least the style we know of, who knows what is on those unreleased albums...)

Basefree

That is just an excursion into drum and bass that never really was revisited. I do like it though

Yellow Records wrote:

ArbitersGround wrote:Haha, yup. They also had their "stereotypical white guy" phase. If I saw them and knew they were a band, but never heard their music, I'd think they'd be like an acoustic Rock or pop band.

Mike on the left and Marcus on the right...correct? I feel so dumb...

Indeed.

I believe Mike is more of the keyboardist. I'm just saying that because he's the one playing keys on Farewell Fire.

M9 is a great track. yes, it may be very repetitive, but it also gains steam as it it plays on and becomes this emotional and deep layered tone that just sucks you in. Every time i remember to play this on my ipod, i end up repeating it about 5 times.

Distant Nebulus wrote:M9 is a great track. yes, it may be very repetitive, but it also gains steam as it it plays on and becomes this emotional and deep layered tone that just sucks you in. Every time i remember to play this on my ipod, i end up repeating it about 5 times.

Totally this. The very best BOC tunes work this way - start out with something simple and repetitive, and build up using ever more layered tones, or increasingly straying or soaring sub-melodies (see Nlogax amongst others). Those tones, notes and melodies are the parts of the song that properly take us on a journey. M9 is a joy.

I always thought M9 was awesome. It sounds like it should be the opening song to a TV News broadcast.

I liked M9, but I grew tired of it quickly. It doesn't have a whole lot to offer compared to other BoC tracks.

I remember in the drama studio at my school, it was a small boxed in room that was soundproof, we had a strobe light going, played M9 with speakers that echoed all around really loudly and we danced around. Nevertheless it holds a special place in my heart

Glad to see the M9 love. Good to know you guys AREN'T puppy killing rainbow haters.

zeoevil wrote:Glad to see the M9 love. Good to know you guys are puppy killing rainbow haters.

!! Okay I take it back...I've been listening to M9 and I kinda do like it now

But I'll still never like Trapped.

ArbitersGround wrote:

Yellow Records wrote:

ArbitersGround wrote:Haha, yup. They also had their "stereotypical white guy" phase. If I saw them and knew they were a band, but never heard their music, I'd think they'd be like an acoustic Rock or pop band.

Mike on the left and Marcus on the right...correct? I feel so dumb...

Indeed.

I believe Mike is more of the keyboardist. I'm just saying that because he's the one playing keys on Farewell Fire.

Marcus is rather attractive in some pictures.
Especially this one

Seeya_Later wrote:The way you show

This.


And a whole plethora of other rock-esque tracks on Old Tunes that probably were ones from the older bootlegs just renamed.

I was listening to "Sir Prancelot Brainfire" today, and WOW, this track could have been a million times better if they used some different instruments and timbres.

The middle section is pretty good, though.

I LOVE Sir Prancelot Brainfire. I cried tears of joy listening to it high.

I'm not much keen on some of their early stuff where clearly they're pissing about with samples: "Iraq Says", or "Devil", for example. At least "Blockbusters" has the humorous cut-up edit, but it's still lightweight.


EDIT: "Prancelot Brainfire" is only "Camberwick Green" in the middle....exhibit A:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTIWWupaaZE

EDIT SOME MORE: so I think these are the most out-of-character BOC pieces, as they don't really do much with the samples - could they be early on in the lads' use of the S-1000, when they were still learning how to use it? I don't suppose we'll ever know...

I'm going to go with the Midas Touch Remix and the Trapped Remix FROM AFOT (The Hell Interface Remix actually sounds a bit Boards to me).

Midas Touch being the winner.