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== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
* 0:52 onward - "The past inside the present" is repeated throughout this track.
 
* 0:52 onward - "The past inside the present" is repeated throughout this track.
* 3:52, 3:54 - There is a soft "Purple" or "Be careful" uttered twice during this song.
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* 3:52 - There is a soft voice saying either "purple", "be careful", "perfect circle", or "perfect example"<ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id= B1PO0BWIGg0}}
* 1:15 onward - The vocoded voice is believed to be saying "We all fall down",<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1637</ref> "It all falls down", or possibly "yellow ball."
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* 1:15 onward - The vocoded voice is believed to be saying "We all fall down",<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1637</ref> "It all falls down", or possibly "yellow ball".
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* Ranked #384 on Pitchfork Medias top 500 Songs of the 2000's.<ref> http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/</ref>
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* Ranked #384 on Pitchfork Medias top 500 Songs of the 2000's.<ref>http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/</ref>
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* The beat that plays at 1:11 is very similar to the reversed beat at the end of "[[Rue the Whirl]]", if the reversed beat is played forwards.
  
 
== Videos ==
 
== Videos ==
 
=== Original ===
 
=== Original ===
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=== Cover ===
 
=== Cover ===

Latest revision as of 14:43, 23 March 2025

Music Is Math
Running time 5:20
Appears on Geogaddi


Comments[edit]

  • BoC have expressed on numerous occasions their interest in the links between music and mathematics.[1]

Samples / Lyrics[edit]

  • 0:52 onward - "The past inside the present" is repeated throughout this track.
  • 3:52 - There is a soft voice saying either "purple", "be careful", "perfect circle", or "perfect example"[2].
  • 1:15 onward - The vocoded voice is believed to be saying "We all fall down",[3] "It all falls down", or possibly "yellow ball".

Trivia[edit]

  • Ranked #384 on Pitchfork Medias top 500 Songs of the 2000's.[4]
  • The beat that plays at 1:11 is very similar to the reversed beat at the end of "Rue the Whirl", if the reversed beat is played forwards.

Videos[edit]

Original[edit]

Cover[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Jump up Interviews
  2. Jump up
  3. Jump up http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1637
  4. Jump up http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7685-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-500-201/