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== Comments ==
 
== Comments ==
 
* ''Roy G. Biv'' is a common mnemonic for the order of the colours of the rainbow, like 'Richard of York gave battle in vain'. [DC]
 
* ''Roy G. Biv'' is a common mnemonic for the order of the colours of the rainbow, like 'Richard of York gave battle in vain'. [DC]
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* The song was used in season two, episode three of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Mitchell_and_Webb_Look That Mitchell and Webb Look]''.
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* The song was used in season two, episode three of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Mitchell_and_Webb_Look That Mitchell and Webb Look].
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* Even moreso than other tracks by [[Boards of Canada|BoC]], Roygbiv is redolent of the musical styles of Canadian public television in the late 1970s and early 1980s, particularly the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fY2-I11O-w theme to the TVOntario chat show ''Realities''].
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*''Roygbiv - [[Alphaquest]] Mix'' was a remix done by [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] specially for someone called Andy Soosay's student film. The track was leaked onto the net and is understood to be genuine. It's longer than the original at 6:23. The mix begins with the track ''[[Bocuma]]'' in its entirety. It's backed up by images of the actual DAT inlay which contains nuggets such as "Custom DIY job for Andy Soosay", "Date Time: Thursday 15th May 1997", "SOURCE: Brown source or tomato source" and "COMMENTS: Yeah, it's pretty good".  
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* "Roygbiv - [[Alphaquest]] Mix" was a remix done by [[Boards of Canada|BoC]] specially for someone called Andy Soosay's student film. The track was leaked onto the net and is understood to be genuine. It's longer than the original at 6:23. The mix begins with the track "[[Bocuma]]" in its entirety. It's backed up by images of the actual DAT inlay which contains nuggets such as "Custom DIY job for Andy Soosay", "Date Time: Thursday 15th May 1997", "SOURCE: Brown source or tomato source" and "COMMENTS: Yeah, it's pretty good".  
 
 
**Additional words in the Alpha Quest mix are as follows:
 
**Additional words in the Alpha Quest mix are as follows:
 
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Where's the door I haven't tried<br />
 
Where's the door I haven't tried<br />
 
A, B, C, D, East and West<br />
 
A, B, C, D, East and West<br />
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Going on an Alphaquest!
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Going on an Alphaquest!"''
 
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== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
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* The melodic trill is sampled from Sesame Street episode 2852 at 11:36.<ref>{{#ev:youtube|9j4kXWTJXLE|480||||start=696|false}}</ref><ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14748</ref>
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* The sampled voice is of a child saying "Yeah," (in reverse) sounding similar to "Hey!"
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* The sampled voice is of a child saying "Lake", found in Sesame Street episode 2852 at 11:58.<ref>{{#ev:youtube|9j4kXWTJXLE|480||||start=718|false}}</ref>
 
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*Similar Slow Kick and Snare Sample from "[[Spectrum]]"
 
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== Trivia ==
 
  
 
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== External links==
 
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== References ==
 
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[[Category:Released tracks]]
 
[[Category:Released tracks]]
 
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
 
[[Category:Music Has the Right to Children tracks]]
 
[[Category:Boc Maxima tracks]]
 
[[Category:Boc Maxima tracks]]

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