Make Me A Playlist of BoC's Best

A coworker overheard skyliner being played off the Trans Canada Highway EP at work, and he liked it and I got into the whole "what kind of music is that?" deal that everyone who likes electronic music has to go through to explain to someone who's never heard electronic music before. So, rather than bore him with a bunch of names he'll probably forget, I thought it would be better to make a compilation CD of BoC's best tracks that would be good to introduce someone to BoC's music.

So, please take a crack at making a playlist, from BoC's entire back catalogue (OT included) that I can compile onto an Audio CD and let him listen to.

No!!! dont tell him about BoC keep it secret. lol joke-ing

List

5-9-78

buckie high

dayvan cowboy

'84 pontiac dream

oscar see through red eye

nlogax

whitewater

chinook

twoism

everything you do is a balloon

rue the whirl

aquarius

kid for today

dawn chorus

slow this bird down

roygbiv

the beach at redpoint

iced cooly

  9x9=9.72.36.36.81 said:

No!!! dont tell him about BoC keep it secret. lol joke-ing

 

List

5-9-78

buckie high

dayvan cowboy

'84 pontiac dream

oscar see through red eye

nlogax

whitewater

chinook

twoism

everything you do is a balloon

rue the whirl

aquarius

kid for today

dawn chorus

slow this bird down

roygbiv

the beach at redpoint

iced cooly

oh and poppy seed

if he likes BoC he should buy the cds and support them and warp :) id just play the guy some stuff not make a cd...

Funny. I'm doing this for a friend this weekend. I'll post what I come up with.

i think i would make a different list for introducing someone to boc than i would for my favorite boc tracks, but there would be lots of overlap. an introductory compilation should definately include these tracks (in no particular order):

chromakey dreamcoat

last walk around mirror lake remix

aquarius

kid for today

roygbiv

dawn chorus

IABPOITC

Happy Cycling

everything you do is a balloon

peacock tail

satellite anthem icarus

poppy seed remix

poppy seed remix (reprise)

5-9-78

Happy Cycling

Music Is Math

1969

sunshine recorder

beach at redpoint

alpha and omega

pete standing alone

orange romeda

sixtyten

Ahh, Orange Romeda - the BoC song that started it all for me

That's a damn good list LOL... and I don't mean it's funny :laughing:

IMO the essential introduction tracks are roygbiv, everything you do is a balloon, orange romeda, julie & candy.

a list without june 9th is shit

  kaen said:

a list without june 9th is shit

I can't agree with you more

I reckon that a copy of music has the right is enough to get him started.

Did it for me.

June 9th is one of the few boc tracks that i always skip past

  LOL Alzado said:

June 9th is one of the few boc tracks that i always skip past

wtf, why?

seriously i just cant imagine why anyone would skip that track, it has the best multi-layered melodies ever.

hey joyrex, i've never heard of this boards of canada? either.

can you also make me a cd of old tunes, maxima, impossible to find tracks, etc... even though i don't know what i'm talking about?

please?

I'd take a different approach here; it's an introduction, so it doesn't need to cover everything... twelve tracks is probably about right.

Corsair

Satellite Anthem Icarus

Telephasic Workshop

1969

In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country

Aquarius

Dayvan Cowboy

An Eagle In Your Mind

Music Is Math

Kid For Today

Chromakey Dreamcoat

ROYGBIV

you got happy cycling twice LOL. must like it eh?

  ~ism said:

you got happy cycling twice LOL. must like it eh?

i stand by my list

  kaen said:

  LOL Alzado said:

June 9th is one of the few boc tracks that i always skip past

wtf, why?

 

seriously i just cant imagine why anyone would skip that track, it has the best multi-layered melodies ever.

I agree with that! This track is in my top10!

About the compilation, I would say to vary albums. I don't think Old Tunes trqcks are representative. I'd maybe suggest this:

-Aquarius

-Kid For Today

-Everything You Do Is A Balloon

-Music Is Math

-Chromakey Dreamcoat

-Telephasic Workshop

-Slow This Bird Down

-June 9th

-Sunshine Recorder

-As Is To B As B Is To C

-Sixtyten

I don't know if it fits into 74min.

1.kid for today

2.bocuma/roygbiv

3.june 9th

4.everything you do is a balloon

5.olson

6.oirectnine

7.high scores

8.5/9/78

9.whitewater

10.84 pontiac dream

11.kiteracer 2

12.poppy seed remix

13.in a beautiful place out in the country

14.red moss

15.skimming stones

16.happy cycling

or just burn a copy of boc maxima

i made a BoC mix two months ago and posted it in this forum, actually ... it's 79 minutes, though the mixing isn't perfect. i'll upload it to yousendit again ... i used these tracks:

1969

everything you do is a balloon

chromakey dreamcoat

flutes [website]

bmx track

kid for today

turquoise hexagon sun

trails [website]

macquarie ridge

julie and candy

amo bishop roden

whitewater

buckie high

broken drum remix

dayvan cowboy

kid for today

an eagle in your mind

xyz

audiotrack 31 (from the new 35-track old tunes)

telephasic workshop

satelite anthem icarus

mirror lake remix

over the horizon radar

northern plastics

dawn chorus

sixtyniner

kiteracer 2

olson

wouldn't you like to be free

live at warp+10 track 6

duffy

roygbiv

audiotrack 24 (old tunes)

remix of poppy seed, reprise

i love my new shears

1986 summer fires

over the horizon radar (yes, again)

5/9/78

peacock tail

the beach at redpoint

slow this bird down

you could feel the sky

intro [website]

in a beautiful place out in the country

remix of poppy seed

rue the whirl

aquarius

chinook

k;

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MHLGL808

1) Wildlife Analysis

2) An Eagle In Your Mind

3) Satellite Anthem Icarus

4) Aquarius

5) 5-9-78

6) Roygbiv

7) Pete Standing Alone

8) Whitewater

9) Sunshine Recorder

10) Dayvan Cowboy

11) Dawn Chorus

12) In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country

13) Everything You Do Is A Balloon

14) Happy Cycling

That's as close as I can come to 74 minutes.

Basically, just make sure 5-9-78 and Happy Cycling are on there, and you'll be ok.

All previous playlists are null and void.

a list without everything you do is a balloon is pretty silly.

i don't know of any boc fan that doesn't regard that as one of their best works.

just burn him a fucking dvd with all their mp3's on it.

  endangered betche said:

Basically, just make sure 5-9-78 and Happy Cycling are on there, and you'll be ok.

5-9-78. where's that from?

i guess its not available on vinyl otherwise id have heard it by now.

what makes it so good?

  onecaseman said:

Unreleased. On "A Few Old Tunes" and used in a Telecom Italia ad.

*pays more attention*