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It seems to me that BoC is garnering mucho love and respect around here these days, almost on the level of Ae a few years back...and Aphex Twin a few years before this. Does anyone else see it in this way? I'm curious. I think of "Music Has the Right to Children" and I just know I'm not ever selling this one. I love this album, so of course I'm going to praise it, but this strikes me even as a classic before its time. For some reason, I think of the KLF's "Chill Out" and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side..." Does everyone else keep going back to this one like I do, cuz I get the feeling it's not just me. And if we're all going back to it, what is it that pulls us back in? Is there a mainstream developing, even here in idm, or is this greatness being recognized? ---brian -- Superman doesn't get lois lane... ---oh yeah, what does he get? he gets to be Superman.

on 3/17/00 4:15 AM, Brian Gause wrote:

quoted 5 lines It seems to me that BoC is garnering mucho love and respect around here

> > It seems to me that BoC is garnering mucho love and respect around here > these days, almost on the level of Ae a few years back...and Aphex Twin > a few years before this. Does anyone else see it in this way? I'm > curious.

Well, yeah, but I don't exactly see the hero worship I saw 3 years ago with RDJ (which I participated in).

quoted 3 lines I think of "Music Has the Right to Children" and I just know I'm not

> I think of "Music Has the Right to Children" and I just know I'm not > ever selling this one. I love this album, so of course I'm going to > praise it, but this strikes me even as a classic before its time.

I agree, but only to a limited point. This album seems as though it is not finished. Many tracks end right when they are getting interesting, right before they mature into a great piece of music. Music has the Right to be Fully Explored. And that's why almost everything else I've heard from them is incredible. The Peel session of Aquarius is a fully explored piece of music (imho of course). For

quoted 3 lines some reason, I think of the KLF's "Chill Out" and Pink Floyd's "D

> some reason, I think of the KLF's "Chill Out" and Pink Floyd's "Dark > Side..." Does everyone else keep going back to this one like I do, cuz I > get the feeling it's not just me.

No and no. The only time I was into Pink Floyd was when I was buying quails of 'shrooms and going down to the beach for a 3 days drug bender....

quoted 3 lines And if we're all going back to it, what is it that pulls us back in? Is

> And if we're all going back to it, what is it that pulls us back in? Is > there a mainstream developing, even here in idm, or is this greatness > being recognized?

The other thread curently going about finding new music and not living in the past applies to me here, but I'm still hunting out golden nuggests from the 1995 to 1998 range (e.g. Dark Side of the Moog 4, wow!). I hope BoC continues to grow and mature and never pulls an Aphex with the quality of their releases. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org