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| + | "'''Sixtyten'''" is the sixth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s debut studio album, ''[[Music has the Right to Children]]''. | ||
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== Samples / Lyrics == | == Samples / Lyrics == | ||
| + | *Samples a sound effect from the 1958 horror film Terror from the Year 5000 (found by Twoism user Timbob)<ref>{{#ev:youtube|nch8WxwcRBk|720|||||false}}</ref> | ||
*Samples the song "[https://youtu.be/xN_3nib4r3Y Getaway]" by [[wikipedia:Earth, Wind & Fire|Earth, Wind & Fire]]<ref>{{#ev:youtube|xN_3nib4r3Y|480||||start=0|false}}</ref> | *Samples the song "[https://youtu.be/xN_3nib4r3Y Getaway]" by [[wikipedia:Earth, Wind & Fire|Earth, Wind & Fire]]<ref>{{#ev:youtube|xN_3nib4r3Y|480||||start=0|false}}</ref> | ||
**Throughout the song is a voice sample saying "What you", followed by "It's alright" | **Throughout the song is a voice sample saying "What you", followed by "It's alright" | ||
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*Also samples the song "[https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc On Your Face]" by Earth, Wind & Fire from the same album (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song).<ref>{{#ev:youtube|2IbTNgdxrpc|480||||start=0|false}}</ref> | *Also samples the song "[https://youtu.be/2IbTNgdxrpc On Your Face]" by Earth, Wind & Fire from the same album (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song).<ref>{{#ev:youtube|2IbTNgdxrpc|480||||start=0|false}}</ref> | ||
**When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9835</ref> | **When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. <ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9835</ref> | ||
| − | *Samples vintage "Many Me's" [[Sesame Street]] vignette | + | *Samples vintage "Many Me's" [[Sesame Street]] vignette. |
**Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry." | **Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry." | ||
**Same Sesame Street vignette as "[[Whitewater]]" lyrics | **Same Sesame Street vignette as "[[Whitewater]]" lyrics | ||
| − | * The separate vignette at the end of the track is believed to be a composition named "[[Blueberry]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref> | + | * The separate vignette at the end of the track, which it shares with "[[Twoism (song)|Twoism]]", is believed to be a composition named "[[Blueberry]]".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4720&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25</ref> |
*May sample a vocal shot of Colonel Abrams "[[Trapped]]" | *May sample a vocal shot of Colonel Abrams "[[Trapped]]" | ||
**Throughout the track, the phrase "what you're" can be heard, slightly pitched up and with a possible slight vocoder effect. Credit to Brady Brignac for this discovery. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/5oxvsq/found_a_boc_sample/</ref> | **Throughout the track, the phrase "what you're" can be heard, slightly pitched up and with a possible slight vocoder effect. Credit to Brady Brignac for this discovery. <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/5oxvsq/found_a_boc_sample/</ref> | ||
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== Videos == | == Videos == | ||
{{#ev:youtube|wjw4VuF_Yf8}} | {{#ev:youtube|wjw4VuF_Yf8}} | ||
| + | {{#ev:youtube|qiEaG5r82oE}} | ||
| + | {{#ev:youtube|Iwu3x7GEEd8}} | ||
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| + | == See Also == | ||
| + | * "[[Whitewater]]" | ||
| + | * "[[Blueberry]]" | ||
| + | * "[[Trapped]]" | ||
| + | * "[[Aquarius]]" | ||
| + | * [[Music70]] | ||
| + | * "[[The Smallest Weird Number]]" | ||
| + | * ''[[Geogaddi]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Sesame Street]] | ||
== External links== | == External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:59, 6 July 2026
| Sixtyten | |
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| Running time | 5:48 |
| Appears on | Music Has the Right to Children (1998) |
| Next | Turquoise Hexagon Sun |
| Prev | Triangles and Rhombuses |
"Sixtyten" is the sixth track on Boards of Canada's debut studio album, Music has the Right to Children.
Comments[edit]
Samples / Lyrics[edit]
- Samples a sound effect from the 1958 horror film Terror from the Year 5000 (found by Twoism user Timbob)[1]
- Samples the song "Getaway" by Earth, Wind & Fire[2]
- Throughout the song is a voice sample saying "What you", followed by "It's alright"
- "I know we can!" plays at 2:17 in Sixtyten as well as in Getaway.
- Also samples the song "On Your Face" by Earth, Wind & Fire from the same album (forwards at 2:27, reversed at 3:28 and elsewhere in the song).[3]
- When the sample is reversed and corrected for pitch "Keep a smiling face" plays at 3:28 in Sixtyten, taken from 1:10 in On Your Face. [4]
- Samples vintage "Many Me's" Sesame Street vignette.
- Backwards: "There are a lot of different 'me's, you know. There's the mad me, when I get angry."
- Same Sesame Street vignette as "Whitewater" lyrics
- The separate vignette at the end of the track, which it shares with "Twoism", is believed to be a composition named "Blueberry".[5]
- May sample a vocal shot of Colonel Abrams "Trapped"
- Throughout the track, the phrase "what you're" can be heard, slightly pitched up and with a possible slight vocoder effect. Credit to Brady Brignac for this discovery. [6]
Trivia[edit]
- "Sixtyten" is 70 (a literal translation of the french word for seventy 'soixante dix'). You'll hear this in "Aquarius" too. A reference to Music70, BoC's own label. See comments on "The Smallest Weird Number" in Geogaddi.
Videos[edit]
See Also[edit]
- "Whitewater"
- "Blueberry"
- "Trapped"
- "Aquarius"
- Music70
- "The Smallest Weird Number"
- Geogaddi
- Sesame Street