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== Comments ==
 
== Comments ==
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* The track shares some similarities with the early track "[[Rodox Video]]". Some even believe that "[[Rodox Video]]" is in fact an early version of "[[Peacock Tail]]".
 
  
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== Samples / Lyrics ==
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== Samples/Lyrics ==
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* The human voices that start around the 3:07 mark are a distorted sample of the Azan/Adhan or the Islamic call to prayer, probably [https://youtu.be/wvzVgidWrDM?t=49 this one] in particular.
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*A chattering of voices, as well as the sound of a baby crying can be heard throughout most of the track, building in intensity towards the end.
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* One of the voice samples could also be from The Elegants - Little Star. Here is an audio clip to demonstrate this theory where both tracks are overlayed and slowed down: [[File:Peacock Tail vs The Elegants Little Star.mp3]]
 
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
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*Apart from being the most colourful feature of the peacock, it was also a figure used by Euclid to prove the Pythagorean theorem.<ref>http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/euclid_unveiled.html</ref>
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*Apart from being the most colourful feature of the peacock, it was also a figure used by Euclid to prove the Pythagorean theorem.<ref>http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PeacockTail.html</ref>
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*The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_of_NBC NBC Peacock], one of the most famous TV station logo in the USA, features the colours of the rainbow. Rainbows are frequently referenced in Boards of Canada's music (see: "[[Roygbiv]]" on ''[[MHTRTC]]'')
 
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==Videos==
 
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== External Links ==
 
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== References ==
 
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[[Category: Released tracks]]
 
[[Category: Released tracks]]
 
[[Category: The Campfire Headphase tracks]]
 
[[Category: The Campfire Headphase tracks]]

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