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Seward Leaf

2022-06-12T15:07:37Z

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| name=Seward Leaf
| runtime=7.02
| appearson=[[Hooper Bay]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==

== Trivia ==
* Seward is a seaport 125 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska. Named for US Secretary of State William Henry Seward who arranged the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. There is also a quite separate Seward Peninsula in Alaska. [DC]

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The Color of the Fire

2021-02-21T19:28:12Z

OMN30: /* Videos */ Added video

{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Color of the Fire
| runtime=1:45
| appearson=[[MHTRTC]]}}

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==Comments==

*In an interview with Rene Passet, [[Boards of Canada]] explained that "[[The Color of the Fire]]" was a reference to a friend's psychedelic experience. <ref>[[Forcefield 1998]]</ref>

==Samples / Lyrics ==

*The vocal sample in this track was sampled from a [[wikipedia:Sesame Street|Sesame Street]] vignette in which a child sounds out the phrase "I love you" while attempting to write it out. The end of this sample is also used in the track "[[Niagara]]" from the ''[[BoC Maxima]]'' tape.

==Trivia==

*Segments of the track were used to promote the [[Videos#Nissan|Nissan Primera "Statistics" advert]] directed by Chris Cunningham.

== Videos ==
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== References ==

[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]

Happy Cycling

2021-02-21T19:26:44Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Happy Cycling
| runtime=1:49 ([[A Few Old Tunes|AFOT]]) 7:51 ([[MHTRTC]]) 7:56 ([[Peel Session]]) 7:27 ([[Live @ Warp10]]) 7:55 ([[All Tomorrow's Parties|ATP]]))
| appearson=[[A Few Old Tunes|AFOT]] [[MHTRTC]] [[Peel Session]] [[Live @ Warp10]] [[All Tomorrow's Parties|ATP]]}}

[[Happy Cycling]] is the name of two unrelated musical compositions by [[Boards of Canada]]: an earlier piece appearing on [[A Few Old Tunes]], and a later composition which forms the basis of all tracks named [[Happy Cycling]] on [[Boards of Canada]]'s [[Discography|general releases]] and known [[Discography#Live_Bootlegs|live recordings]].

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* The eerie choir heard throughout much of [[Happy Cycling]] is sampled from [[wikipedia:Norman Jewison|Norman Jewison]]'s [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/ Jesus Christ Superstar], specifically "[https://youtu.be/nAL0Y0PxJFc?t=64 The Crucifixion]" from roughly 1:04. <ref>{{#ev:youtube|nAL0Y0PxJFc|480||||start=64|false}}</ref>
* The bird calls are sampled from [[wikipedia:Vangelis|Vangelis]] - [[wikipedia:La Fête sauvage|La Fête sauvage]]. There is also a sound like a man singing, rather faint and tinny. Sample starts at 2:43.<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13680</ref><ref>{{#ev:youtube|4d6T-6fNAiM|480||||start=162|false}}</ref>
* The backmasked vocals beginning at 6:25 are of an interview with [[wikipedia:Jeff Lynne|Jeff Lynne]] of the [[wikipedia:Electric Light Orchestra|Electric Light Orchestra]] on "[[wikipedia:Rockline|Rockline]]" hosted by Bob Coburn on 27 June 1983<ref>http://www.elodiscovery.com/Jeff-Lynne-Electric-Light-Orchestra-Interviews2.html</ref>. The subject is ELO's supposed use of backmasking on their song "[[wikipedia:Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra song)|Eldorado]]" from the [[wikipedia:Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra album)|album of the same name]], and the controversy thereof. Though the vocals are occasionally difficult to understand when reversed, the following transcript is relatively complete:
:(Interviewer's voice): ''"... to tell us about backwards masking ??? and the Electric Light Orchestra. A whole crowd of ... got all ... because they thought that if ... but, when it was hand-spun backwards on a turntable, and it said something like 'Christ is inferno'. Anyway, it was enough to ... cause some problems for ELO and Jeff Lynne in particular."''
:(Jeff Lynne's voice): ''"It is absolutely ...don't ask why I said that. It didn't say anything, anything of the sort. And uhm, that was total...in fact, it was a mistake, isn't it. Because anyone who can write a song played forwards and have it say something else backwards has got to be some kind of genius, and that I ain't! I was upset at first by the accusations, you know, but now, but now I would find them funny ... we're totally innocent of all those claims ... and we're all God-fearing chaps!"''<ref>[[File:Happy-cycling-elo-backmask.mp3]]</ref><ref>http://www.elodiscovery.com/interviews/1983-jeff-lynne-rockline.mp3</ref>

== Comments ==
*A shorter version of the recent one also appears in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ-Kicks:_Kid_Loco Kid Loco's DJ-Kicks].
* [Alex D] - There is an electronic music company called [http://www.cycling74.com/ cycling 74], who make MAX/MSP among other things; and it could just possibly be a reference to that.
*[Mark S] - Many have suspected the title as being a reference to Albert Hofmann's trip on LSD known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_LSD Bicycle Day].
*[Forfy] - The Peel Session version was used in season two, episode twelve of Six Feet Under.

== Videos ==

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== External Links ==
*[[wikipedia:Backmasking]]
*[[wikipedia:Electric_light_orchestra Electric]]
*[[wikipedia:Jeff_Lynne]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070239/ Norman Jewison's "Jesus Christ Superstar"] on IMDB

== References ==
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[[Category: Released tracks]]
[[Category:Old Tunes Vol. 1 tracks]]
[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
[[Category: Peel Session tracks]]
[[Category: Live @ Warp10 tracks]]
[[Category: All Tomorrow's Parties tracks]]

Wildlife Analysis

2021-02-21T19:25:51Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Wildlife Analysis
| runtime=1:17 ([[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]] 1:37 ([[Boc Maxima]])
| appearson=[[Music Has the Right to Children|MHTRTC]] [[Boc Maxima]]}}

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== Comments ==
* [[Boards of Canada]] cite the films of the [[NFB|National Film Boards of Canada]] as a big influence on them when they were younger, musically, and in other ways. Perhaps this explains the love of and respect for nature that seems to come across in the music, and the interest in native American people and their way of life. For example, see the comments on "[[Hooper Bay]]", "[[Chinook]]", "[[Pete Standing Alone]]" and "[[Kaini Industries]]" in ''[[Music Has the Right to Children]]''.

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== Trivia ==

== Videos ==

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== External links==

== References ==

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[[Category: Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
[[Category: Boc Maxima tracks]]

Amo Bishop Roden

2021-02-21T19:18:49Z

OMN30: Changed YouTube video, old one was deleted.

{{Infobox Song|
| name=Amo Bishop Roden
| runtime=6:12
| appearson=[[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country EP]]}}

== The Track ==

'''Amo Bishop Roden''' is track number 2 on the EP [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (release)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]]. The title of the song comes from the name of a supposed Branch Davidian member. Roden has also been mentioned in the song "[[1969]]", Boards of Canada's remix of "[[Slag_Boom_Van_Loon_-_Poppy_Seed|Poppy Seed]]", and the song [[In a Beautiful Place out in the Country (song)|In a Beautiful Place out in the Country]], a quote from Roden, found on the EP of the same name.

== Videos ==

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== The Person ==

Amo Paul Bishop Roden is the former wife of George Roden, a rival of David Koresh for leadership of the Branch Davidians. After the 1993 fire, she attracted notice by beginning a one-woman reoccupation of the sect's Mount Carmel property. At one point in her reoccupation, when another ex-husband, Tom Drake, rejoined her, she was also known as Amo Paul Bishop Roden Drake or Amo Roden Drake.

Amo and George Roden married in October 1987, shortly after meeting. (Since George's divorce from his wife Carmen would not be finalized until February 28, 1998, her detractors question the legitimacy of their common law arrangement.) George, son of Branch Davidian founders Benjamin and Lois Roden, claimed leadership of the sect, but faced challengers, including David Koresh (then named Vernon Howell). Just weeks later, Koresh led a band of followers onto Mt. Carmel, ending up in a shootout with George. The next year, Koresh's supporters reclaimed Mt. Carmel and expelled Amo. Her brief time with George left her pregnant with their daughter.

The standoff with the government five years later decimated Koresh's group, giving Amo the opportunity to move onto the Mt. Carmel grounds. In November 1994, she had an armed standoff with a group that included future militia figure Ron Cole. The legal case between her and surviving Koresh loyalists is still being fought in the courts, but has taken a twist following the recent takeover of the site by Charles Pace, another Branch Davidian leader.

Amo Roden also drew attention in 2001, when she drove to the Oklahoma City bombing memorial site in her pickup truck with Branch Davidian slogans, creating a brief bomb scare.

She has written many tracts and pamphlets explaining her version of events and her religious ideas. Major tracts include Cracking the Coverup, The Second Standoff, Babylon Is Fallen: The Legacy of David Koresh, and Scrapbook of a Protest.

Academic James Faubion has also written a book about her, titled The Shadows and Lights of Waco.

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