Boards of Canada - Rue The Whirl

[smokedopeandjizz]

rap to this beat0:

[zypherax]

Yee this song was used in Spaced. I was too excited when I heard it.

[SpunkysInOTown]

im currently melting out of a bats left nipple

[MysticGizmos]

These guys are druggie wuggies.

[EyezzDownn]

I swear to god the sax in the background reminds me EXACTLY of Sim City 4. You're just looking over your whole city at dusk or dawn and watching the world live, and then this song would kick in.

[lodedgun]

one of my favorite BoC songs!

[AnalogueAbsynth]

This sounds like music youd hear in silent hill

[cjsnw1]

Spaced Series 2 OST!:D

[zenapplejones]

Wu Tang vs The BOC

[aechaech]

10 people will never Rue The Whirl.

[Whoyamadig]

@aechaech Right on.

[yuppyguitar1]

This song owns so hard.

[Lorentz5]

fun to freestyle to

[aechaech]

@Lorentz5 haha ty for the reminder, gonna practice some flo to this, its great cuz its got a sick beat, but its a little off step at times, sounds good if u break it down on time with the off steps.

[Henryhardtits]

I am a man of many genres, including metal, electronica, folk, alt rock (and all sub-genres of the aforementioned.) The list could go on, but that's not the point. If I am to ever make a true statement about music in my life, it is that no artist or group can make me experience the vivid variety of emotions that Boards of Canada evokes within me. They draw from the most organic palette of feelings, and never fail to make me feel so very human. Truly unparalleled music.

[ph0chiz0]

@Henryhardtits

Welcome to the world of Ambient Chill baby...

[strictlyriddim]

I have to thank Andrew Weatherall and his excellent Slow Your Circulation mixes that used to be on the Warp website circa 1998-2002 for inspiring me to spin this track in downtempo sets.Love that psychadelic mystic magic over the boom bap beat! God dammit, this track and the whole Music Has The Right to Children always had a spell on me. Brilliant album and a brilliant group!

[apocryph5]

to rozdupca wszystko!, przepraszam za wulgaryzm ;-)

[xinjinbei]

The best way to listen to BoC is by playing it through FM transmitter and listening it from the radio.

[Thelightingeffects]

@xinjinbei if i had an FMT, I would do that, but I don't so I'll just put it on a hi-pass filter

[originalmetathought]

Spaced, mother fuckers!

[magery]

Rue the whirl, in the buick on 2c-p

[droan999]

this sounds different than the original, pitched down or am i tripping

[niggaFAGGGOT]

@droan999 trippin...

[droan999]

@niggaFAGGGOT k

[frenchythenazi]

this music is so much better when ur not stoned. then u can fully experience it. besides, it can already give u a high feeling, u just gotta have the right mindset. its magical enough already. let ur thoughts be free and do what they do, dont rely on a drug to make u feel a certain way. just saying.

[niggaFAGGGOT]

@frenchythenazi pffffft, WHAAAAT!?

[bethany311997]

@frenchythenazi exactly :-)

[artvandelay13]

Anyone else hear the title of the song in the repeated motif? The sort of bubbling up part sounds to me like "rue the whirl, rue the whirl" etc... Could be intentional, or it could just be me hearing things :)

Either way, I friggin love this song. And the video's pretty damn cool too.

[bobbyolson1]

@artvandelay13 i did after you pointed it out, i really like how this type of music, minimal, really general stuff, seems to be a collection of half formed and finished thoughts, so every day you'll fill in the blank with something of your own, knowingly or not

[MisterSnaki]

Best music for smoking grass.

[bansheeq]

@MisterSnaki agree, great video, Smokes Quantity tez nadaje sie do dobrej gandzi palonej w samotności.

[Bongwater123]

@MisterSnaki fucking right 

[rockluverx2]

I need to get really stoned and listen to this like.. right now.

[ptitcrack]

Spaced music !

[MzMeanE]

I diggin' the hip-hop vibe on this one!

[barefootgeneration]

should have gone to the Pentland Hills in Scotland, off the nine mile burn, supposedly thats where they`re studios located, wish someone would prove it-great video altogether!

[MrGreekstatue]

@barefootgeneration hey i was at nine mile burn last month, there was thousands of birds there. Was thinking of going on a an adventure to fined it. Im from mid calder not to far from the pentlands. I know that Hexagon sun do art projects up there and BoC are involved with that.

[citizenflek]

yeah these guys are awesome and freestyles work nice w this type of track

[levidapyro]

Rule The World

[Hirnduebel]

Ha, I never thought of that

[marimbajd]

@Hirnduebel duh

[CrappleFartini]

omg you're right ! XD

[jaythunder17]

This song always reminds me of kids secretly doing over the counter drugs in their bed rooms late at night time.

[Exesta]

u sir are fuked up lol

[CalebXD9614]

@jaythunder17 what the fuck is wrong with you?

[MattTheSpratt]

@jaythunder17 That's not the intended effect of any of BoC's music, but okay.

[gravijiga]

This song also goes well with running around in a corn maze in the fall.

[Lorentz5]

this is a really fun beat to spit rhymes to

[zomvor]

@Lorentz5 this is a really fun beat to blaze to

[tribunalfunk]

I want to eat the rainbow!!

[stovenjuice]

TA right there

[50Dashes]

From 2:48 onwards is one of my favourite moments in music.

[Sinbadovic]

Brilliant video - 5***

[OnlyVicuCicuLover]

Silver in Barcelona skate video!

[asalmon2112]

They used this song in the show Spaced at some point if I'm not mistaken.

[GIMPmanipulated]

all of you, (by that i mean maztakeef and vicavox) please stop arguing as you are polluting youtube with these dumb feuds. we all know that whatever maztakeef "rhymed" was unnecessary as this video was polluted with emissions of argumental hot air after that. lets forget about it and walk away and enjoy BoC, and never bring this back up because that is the beating of a dead horse.

[Sundownerr]

Vicavox, that is the new world of hiphop, more about words rhyming than having any meaning, Hiphip/rap sucks now.

[section912]

Oh you are so wrong.. obviously your not looking hard enough. Try looking deeper just like you did when you found out about Boards Of Canada and you'll see how wrong it was of you to say such thing. If your just not into rapping than I respect that but to say that there's no meaning behind it is an insult. if you like this hip-hop track (cus it is) try Fat Jon, Nujabes, Uyama Hiroto, Nomak and of course DJ Krush.

[AliasThatIsFake]

If you want Hip-hop/Rap with meaning, listen to Atmosphere.

God's Bathroom Floor, The Woman With the Tattooed Hands, Nothing but Sunshine are a few of the great songs.

[Steamystreeb]

I just listened to atmosphere for the first time, and I love it. THANK YOU.

[jonoseperque]

new hip-hop does not suck. It's not these great ages of Black sheep, the jungle brothers, the roots... but it's still being great, there are very good rappers, specially in America (the continent), in Europe it's not as good as there but France.

Hip-Hop doesn't suck! It has never

[n11lc]

maztakee i'm going to be truthful and say that was pretty bad.

[maztakeef420]

ill take that into consideration

[n11lc]

yeah you should consider it, after all your not just writing these poems for yourself.

[maztakeef420]

i write them for whoever reads it and appreciates it. i dont give a fuck if someone doesnt like it lmao

[SteelRocker]

i liked it, lol.. its not like stayed up all night writing it.. at least you listen to good music and are still more creative then 90% of the world..

[maztakeef420]

thanx man. the shit i do stay up all night to write comes out sick though

[vicavox]

"comes out sick"...I wonder if Wordsworth would have said something like that.

[maztakeef420]

what the hells your point lmao. idk who the fuck wordsworth is man.

[vicavox]

It shows you don't know "who the fuck" he is. What you're typing up isn't poetry. What's worse is I think you're doing it as some form of "rapping" and the simple fact is your "lyrics" are completely terrible. Not only are the lyrics hollow and meaningless but you have no structure to your "flow". I know you're disagree with me, because you're living in a state of denial and suffering from delusions of being able to rap. Give it up before you realise what a fool you are to the point where...

[vicavox]

...you look back on this part of your life and think "god, what was I doing".

I mean it's just tragically bad, Shakespearean-tragedy bad. I mean if you're putting what you wrote to the beat it doesn't even work. I just despair with deluded cretins like yourself who then have to respond all ultra aggressively "who da fuck wordsworth". The point is you're not very good and your for your own sense of self worth you should stop whilst you're behind.

[maztakeef420]

just shut the fuck up lmao. are you really going to sit there and act all high and mighty because I dropped some lyrics? yeah. OKAY. your someone REAL fuckin important. i should really rethink everything Ive EVER written because YOU think so. lmfao. lick my hairy fuckin balls

[vicavox]

You don't put a lot of effort into any of your "verses" at any time, but be sure to let me know when you "blow up on us". By the way, I'm sorry for having upset you, I can tell a touched a soft spot given the tirade of abuse you've posted her and on my profile. So I'm sorry for having picked apart your delicate psyche without having even tried. You're quite right, you should ignore what I say from now, I don't want to see you this upset again, it hurts me to see you so vulnerable. Good luck.

[maztakeef420]

lmao. i aint tryin to blow up for shit. i rhyme cuz thats how i express my mind. and you think using your correct grammar and condescending someone for how they express themselves is somehow going to change the fact that youre just a prick. lol. im gonna give a fuck about wat some fag on the internet thinks? get real man.

[maztakeef420]

LOL.

and people say its funny when i post my rhymes.

[lesoulboy]

god is someone who rue's the whirl

[noisetvisual]

amazing track!!! one of tha best in Music Has the Right to Children

[GrandPopPoplock]

BOARDS OF CANADA ARE GOD'S AMONG MEN

[DeadWhiteButterflies]

Actually, I'd say they're gods amoung gods!!!!

[dtownsboy]

I like this!

[VyktorAbyss]

where's the leprechaun footage?

Surely they should be out dancing under the rainbow...

[crackerXbutter]

this is what i was listening to the first time i rolled dude it was amazing

[dakarus]

sounds so adult swim ish

[DjHyphie]

THis track is sooooo sick! Its really weird and dark but at the same time relaxing and mysterious. Would make an excellent instrumental for a hip hop track... (but only GOOD rappers like zack de la roacha :P (from rage against the machine) and NO 50 CENTS!!!!!! lolz.

[JizzCreep]

zack de la rocha is wack

i would rather have

sage on this track

[DjHyphie]

LOL how the fuck is he wack hes a sick MC

[zomgchriss]

Hell Yeah Sage what rip this beat for sure.

[JizzCreep]

hay my name is chris too!

[aestheticsoldier]

the video accompanying this song is so wrong. This is the only BOC song that makes me think of urban sprawls and cities, and instead its superimposed rainbows in the badlands. cool to look at for 15 seconds. doesnt do justice to the song

[Bakergirl757]

I swear BOC has never

failed to amaze me yet, and they never will :))

[WhatTheShittles]

omg! this was on adult swim too, wasn't it? or have i heard it somewhere else..

beautiful.. it sounds like a whirl.. with great rythm.. if that makes sense

and those birds..they sound like they're just outside my window..but it's nighttime here

[Hirnduebel]

Yeah Adult Swim has used their music for their program, along with other Warp stuff. I just googled it, I didn't know about this.

[WhatTheShittles]

yeah, and also ninja tune (not sure if that is related in anyway to warp?) they play all my kinda music, it's great ^^

[MattJATL]

@Hirnduebel Yeah AS uses A LOT of Warp artists. Ive heard a lot of Autechre on there and, of course, Flying Lotus is used greatly.

[joellyshooshoo]

beautiful rainbows

[BeretCyclist]

I define their style as "undefinable"

[Hirnduebel]

best answer, now let's leave it at that and all stop debating ;)

[MisfitChr15]

@Hirnduebel It's actually IDM... not really, I'm just trying to push that button xD.

[joeboybeaton]

@BeretCyclist Well, this is a bona fide trip hop song, so it is definable.

[Thelightingeffects]

@BeretCyclist correct

[RabbitHolocaust]

I define their style as ambient with beats

[andypandy474]

Remember this track from Spaced XD

[Alexmir13]

Ambient ... with a bit , remember me about Silent Hill Game OST

[Hirnduebel]

Yeah, Akira Yamaoka, the SH soundtracks are great. :) SH2 had the best one I think, but the overall sound design in 3 is sick too, not as subtile but very oppressive

[Alexmir13]

Full Agree ...

[Chowzoo]

what is the name of this genre?

[Hirnduebel]

I'd say it varies from track to track, many artists are reluctant to be categorized as IDM (Intelligent Dance Music, a term that has been around for a while), but I guess in most cases you can't be wrong when calling it experimental or simply electronic music

[gilmonteverdemusic]

Since IDM is a very weak style of electronica it was banished. So this music is more ambient, chill-out. Electronica is more agressive.

[andypandy474]

Most of the critics will say that Rue The Whirl is Ambient, but Boards of Canada have been called everything from Trip-Hop to IDM to Downtempo and Acid Jazz

[agnew3242]

If you listen to Panacea and a lot of underground hip hop you find a bunch of creative beats, just like Boards of Canada. Finding good music is a lot about research, you don't need to like Lil Wayne or 50 Cent to be a hip hop fan.

[Fatcaesar]

This has nothing to do with hiphop.

Triphop on the other hand

[midsega]

you can freestyle to it easy. its trippy and its hip hop too:)

[Bracs111]

whats with everyone discussing hip hop.. This is Boards of Canada..

[chree2008]

i would consider this and alot of other BoC to be Trip Hop, but anyhell this is pretty coool.

[LavaMountainKat]

Whenever i listen to this song i feel sad because it reminds me of when i was wondering around seattle for 2 weeks, i miss that city, i listened to this song while exploring the place, many missed memories...

[Barashechath]

yea a lot of rap and hip-hop minus the vocals, a lot of metal too, minus the vocals, is really good stuff. its just that people's obnoxious voices are worthless preachy opinions ruin the music part.

[guitarguy10000]

I love the chords and old analog sound.

I just wish BOC didn't produce the hip hop beat so 'modern'. It reminds me of rap...blech.

I wish they'd make the beat all grainy and old also. It's too crisp for me.

[Hirnduebel]

I imagine BoC don't dislike rap at all, I don't either. Rap and Hip Hop instrumentals are closer to many styles of experimental electronic music than, say, metal and stuff like that is. Autechre started working being heavily influenced by hiphop, too. There's good rap shit out there. But if course there's also a lot of bad shit. Just don't let that spoil the whole genre for you I'd say :)

[guitarguy10000]

I own Craig Macks '94 cd, and Queen Latifahs "Black Reign" and some other bits and pieces actually. I was thinking in terms of todays stuff. The hi hats are still too crisp and immediate for the nostalgic analoque sound for my tastes. I just wish they weren't there : )

[cqlatuu]

but thats what they want you to think @_@

[canmoore]

The analog sound is good for people who were children in the 70's and 80's. However, as amazing music it is. It will be lost of newer generations who were raised in a different era.

I am sure that eventually someone will stumble upon BOC stuff like this, and it brings them the same nostaligic feeling that it brings to people who like the analog stuff.

[cullyvan]

I agree, theres some great *music* in rap and hip hop.

[mattnemski]

That scenery reminds me of the Lake District in North West of England. Always wanted to visit Ireland.

[FlamingLavaOwl]

Boards of Canada would be a great choice of music to listen to before exiting this physical world.

[galbacsi]

what a soul! man, this is king!

[bobbygnosis]

It's a very esoteric joke on my part involving a chronically depressed person who had the most awesome sense of humor outside of Stanley Kubrick, Vladimir Nabokov and Monty Python.

That said, listening to BoC does make me feel very nostalgic and melancholy. The juxtaposition of the rainbow against this song seems somehow appropriate. To pluck a phrase I would call it "achingly beautiful."

[Hirnduebel]

I guess that's a great compliment then! Your explaination confirmed my guess, but I wasn't sure whether or not your smiley was implying just that. Though I didn't witness the 60's, the "classic BoC-times", their music can get me into quite melancholy moods at times, there's a warm feeling of looking back but also a bit of a regret that the times and things it reminds me of have elapsed sort of. That is especially the case with the A Few Old Tunes tapes for me.

[bobbygnosis]

This is a year after the comment, buyt I'll reply because I'm reminded of something; we live life and most of life, nowadays, seems artificial. We live pretend lives voyeristically through movies and news. BoC, to me, reminds me that my own experiences are real. Whether they intend it or not, I feel as though, while I listen to BoC and remember my life, I have lived a life. I have helped / harmed people. I have more experiences ahead of me. I might live better tomorrow. Maybe. I'll do my best.

[applesnaks]

I know what you are saying man, I feel exactly the same fucking way.

[troisHeaven]

so true and so real.

[barefootgeneration]

@bobbygnosis we can only hope

[Emulatorgamer]

@bobbygnosis Amen Brother

[TheEloeo]

@bobbygnosis This is a year after the comment, but I got something to say as well. That was like, pretty deep dude...

[bobbygnosis]

I really like the rainbow at 1:13

:*(

[Hirnduebel]

Why so sad? :)

[slabplovdets]

visuals worthy of the music....cosmo was with you on this one....thanks

[AmbientGuitarSounds]

Great video.

Check out my BoC cover. :)

[dustintwig155]

amazing footage.

great song to go with it.

keep doing what you love man.

peace.

[evofan1113]

im part irish and hav always wanted 2 c Ireland!! ^_^

kewl song 2

[Hirnduebel]

I love ireland, even though I didnt get to see that much of it... I ought to see the Giant's Causeway, I'm quite obsessed with cliffs ;)

[TaintedHeavens]

i love this song... awesome.. so calming and peacfeful n___n the vid goes well widdit

[sultry1920schic]

P.S I hope you found the pot of gold

[Hirnduebel]

that's exactly what the hiker-guy said when he walked by, its even in the raw footage ;) thank you

[sultry1920schic]

I love the song,and the footage is amazing!! I gave you 5 stars.

[owgigi]

this song is very similar to Scale by Chem Bros.

[RakkSemilath]

nice vid.

it's as thick as the track itself ;)

[Anarchysoccergrl]

the song did not fit the footage.

[Hirnduebel]

yeah I was gonna take Judy Garland

[gjmaiden4eva]

Gotta love the mountains in Co Down...

[jjj7477]

that's like Ireland...

[solitaryeccentric]

Truly beautiful footage to a very cool tune. Gotta love it.

[xGimbal]

GREAT, THX 4 UPLOAD.

[ArtisTruth]

handheld and epic at the same time. Delightful.

[Hirnduebel]

thank you :) it was indeed a very spontaneous action ;)

[tricklicks]

Grand i feel it

[ZackdlRocha]

Ich seh mir deine Einstellungen sehr gerne an. Wunderschoene Landschaft und die Musik passt gut dazu. Vermittelt die ruhigen Momente, die du an den Orten erlebt hast,wunderbar.

[GeminiSpacecraft]

those colours make me search for dinosaur-skeletons...somehow

oh, the shot about 2:50 is just crazy :D

[Hirnduebel]

LOL fits so well somehow...when I was a kid I always wanted to be an archeologist

[friskyfixedit]

I've been meaning to ask you, what vid camera do you use? Your vids have awesome quality.

[Hirnduebel]

I used the Canon XL2 on this one and all others Northern Ireland-videos that are coming up :)

[Yippeee]

wow spectacular scenery! Did you ever find the leprechaun at the end of the rainbow.