You make a good point... There's a lot to be said for consistency of
quality, and it's one of the hardest things for any musician to
accomplish, in any genre.
Z
--- EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu> wrote:
quoted 60 lines At 09:01 AM 1/26/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> At 09:01 AM 1/26/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >I'm not a BoC-hata. I think they've made some very pleasant music. I
> >just think they are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay overrated. To me, they
> make
> >decent IDM, but they are not flawless Gods of music, armor'd in fire,
> >impenetrable by mortal darts. But that's just an opinion; nobody's
> life's
> >gonna change on account of what I think.
>
> I personally don't think Boards of Canada make the best music on the
> planet, and I agree that most of their music is very pleasant. The
> reason
> I like Boards of Canada so much, though, is because their EP's and the
> LP
> are consistently pleasant. I like buying a cd or record, putting it on,
>
> and leaving it. I don't like to skip over songs I don't like, which
> means
> that 1 or 2 bad songs can leave a sour taste in my mouth. Boards of
> Canada
> haven't done that [yet], to my ears. A lot of the recent IDM has some
> killer tracks that are really amazing, but the albums have 4 or 5 tracks
>
> that are just boring, plodding, sub-standard IDM, which has saved me a
> lot
> of money recently :D
>
> boring, plodding songs in IDM is even worse than boring, plodding songs
> in
> other genres, since IDM songs are typically SO LONG.
>
> So, when I listened to Music has... the first time, I thought "hey, this
> is
> alright, not a total waste of money." I took it off and it sat for a
> while. Two weeks went by, and I popped it back in again, remembering
> "hey,
> this was pretty good, I'll give it another listen." It was still
> consistently good throughout. Not breathtaking, not "wear out your
> cd-player" amazing, but solid. And I could listen to the whole thing
> and
> enjoy myself! Sure, it's a pretty standard formula, and they're not
> breaking new ground, but they do what they're trying to do really well,
> in
> my opinion. So they've earned a lot of respect in my book.
>
> I'm sure I have other opinions on other things, too, but I'll leave
> those
> for other posts. :D
>
> derek
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