Difference between revisions of "Music Is Math"

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Music Is Math
Running time	5:20
Appears on	Geogaddi

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

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."

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.

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 == Samples / Lyrics ==
 * 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", or "perfect circle".
+* 3:52 - There is a soft voice saying either "purple", "be careful", "perfect circle", or "perfect example<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1PO0BWIGg0 YouTube], Boards of Canada - Music is Math - "perfect example"</ref>".
 * 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."