| Boards of Canada – 1969 Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I always assumed it was an LSD reference. "In the summer of 1969, at a rock concert in Anaheim a member of the Brotherhood appeared wearing a T-Shirt reading “Orange Sunshine Express” scattering pills of Sand and Scully’s LSD around him. “Orange Sunshine” was born. It is estimated that 100,000 doses of LSD were given away that day. " | |
| Boards of Canada – Aquarius Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I have long been fascinated with this song, as with many BoC songs. I don't think the numbers are really very important, I think the song is about the fallibility of adults in the lives of children. The song begins with kids being taught "orange" and agreeing unquestioningly "yeah that's right". Then the numbers start. The same woman's voice that was also saying "orange" is now reciting a series of numbers. They start out in sequence, continue out of sequence, and then go completely nuts with "sixty-ten". The adult does not correct herself but stumbles and continues on. Anyway, I'm not explaining this very well and certainly no one but the artist(s) know what this song was intended to "mean", if anything. |
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