I seriously doubt large amounts of people will ever, or could ever start
playing BoC because its "cool". I don't think its the right kind of
music. For music to be popular nowadays it has to be loud and quick and
inane. Also, people don't listen to Britney Spears because its cool, they
listen to it because its easy, and they're, of course, being non-idmers,
stupid. People may listen to Aphex because hes cool, but Aphex's
in-your-face attitude works for those people, I don't think BoC's smell
the flower's atmosphere works for those same people.
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, EggyToast wrote:
quoted 30 lines At 07:05 PM 2/21/2002 -0800, Jonathan Hierholzer wrote:> At 07:05 PM 2/21/2002 -0800, Jonathan Hierholzer wrote:
> > So i guess in conclusion, yes..it's partially selfish motives.. the need
> >to be special and seen as elitist.. but also because I genuinely don't want
> >them to be popularized and misinterpreted on a large level. I think it was
> >an xlr8r review that said something along the lines that BoC's sound is so
> >personal that you don't want to share it with anybody. i think, as far as
> >BoC goes, that this is the heart of the matter. hope that helped, and I'd
> >love to discuss it further if you want. thanks for listening!
>
> Well, you can rest assured that the limited edition version is sort of
> their "made for fans and friends" version, and since only a few people will
> end up with that one, it's sort of like our own little family.
>
> I agree on the over exposure thing, and although I wish Boards of Canada
> the best, I would also like for people to appreciate music for more pure
> reasons, rather than "it's cool." Of course, a lot of people get into more
> obscure music because it's cool, and then pursue more of it because of
> personal reasons, so it's not all bad. I agree that it sort of irks me
> when people list things like "boards of canada" with "land of the loops,"
> since they're most likely missing much of the subtlety of Boards of Canada,
> but oh well. The more money they make, the more music they can create, and
> they certainly haven't compromised their artistry yet.
>
> derek
>
>
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