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== Comments ==
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==Samples/Lyrics==
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* [[BoC]] have expressed on numerous occasions their interest in the links between music and mathematics.<ref>[[Interviews]]</ref>
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* '''Music Is Math''' is track number 2 on the [[Geogaddi]] album.  The theme "The Past Inside The Present" is continued within this track.  In addition to these  vocals, there is a soft "Purple" uttered twice during this song, first at the 3:52 mark and then again at 3:54.
  
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* [dave_from_2001] suggests that the voice near the end (around 3:52) could be saying "be careful".
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* 0:52 onward - "The past inside the present" is repeated throughout this track.
 
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* 3:52, 3:54 - There is a soft "Purple" or "Be careful" uttered twice during this song.
 
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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."
 
  
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* The vocoder that enters at 1:15 is believed to be saying "We all fall down".<ref>http://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1908&highlight=music+math</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.
 
  
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