Aquarius (Boards of Canada)

A music video for Boards of Canada's Aquarius using old films and animations from vintage Sesame Street clips.
This video is fan-made, and is in no way associated with the artists of the musical or video content.

[@Dalabombana]

This video is so good this track is now affectionately known as ‘orange crayon song’ to my 3 year old son. He adores this track and asks for it often. I used to dance around the kitchen to this when I was pregnant with him so I think he identifies with it on a subconscious level too, education starts early. Great video.

[@Rayhouse]

Good job: teaching your son good music...

[@Marcusml333]

You seem like a great parent!

[@SRMoore1178]

When he hears the cool chill out groove I'm sure he's like "yeeaahh that's right".

[@plantain.1739]

Funny always weirdly reminds me of cooler colors. Like I know they say Orange alot, but something about this track gives me like sea green in my head for some reason.

[@JJ-tk8jx]

​@@williamkane where do you live? I'd like to come and talk to you about the comments you have made about my son...

[@chillbitz]

This is the best fan video for this track, because it embodies everything the track contains. The color orange, the counting, the children laughing and the general mystique of it. Great job, I can't get enough of watching this

[@griffineagle7]

Chill Check some of my BOC vids and some i know of this musical hang out will add more to their experience

[@KNIGH7]

Oh hey ChillBitz; funny seeing you here.

[@chillbitz]

@@KNIGH7 hi! do we know each other? and yeah, i'm a biiig boc fan, as any electronic music producer is, haha

[@KNIGH7]

@@chillbitz Yeah, I’m Petrol People (on my main account lol), I’ve been getting back into BoC these past few days; been meaning to listen to this album in full again at some point. Aquarius *might* be my favourite BoC track, actually.

[@frosted_windows7432]

hi chillbitz lol

[@ZINCOX-yz9gb]

One of the best songs ever created.

[@ulliversum]

Yeah that's right! 🤓

[@scarlettvschultz]

My favourite by boc .

[@MarkErrington]

There's so many from BOC

[@ZINCOX-yz9gb]

@@MarkErrington So true.Brilliant back catalog.One of the best electronic bands of the past 30 years.Such an original and unique sound.

[@vincentcarrot]

albums*

[@adultswimbumpsarchive]

huh, so this is what Boards of Canada meant when they said "Music Is Math".

[@bleedthebeat]

i heard some wear that math is german or something for good. indeed music is good

[@partsmob8663]

@@bleedthebeat celtic - boc are socttish originally

[@bleedthebeat]

@@partsmob8663 thanks i couldnt remember

[@johncaudill9782]

Those first two chords are sublime.

[@dantemunoz7050]

pure bliss

[@xio9759]

I feel like Marcus and Michael would be proud of this music video.

[@Athas333]

Probably, it’s been added to their official music video playlist

[@Marcusml333]

I thought the same by the end of it. It seems right down their alley.

[@guitarmaniac004]

Boards of Canada are one of the few that you don't just listen to, you feel it too.

[@maurobrunosolavergara5041]

I've just found the sample they've used and it made me appreciate this song way more. Btw the sample is: Galt MacDermot - Aquarius

[@samknight4683]

Good spot. I know this song from the Simpsons and have had it stuck in my head for years.

[@jean-claudenardone3418]

Thanks for letting us know about the sample 🙏👍

[@redjakOfficial]

@@samknight4683 Indeed, from the musical 'Hair'... and the 'yo-yo Kings' show in the Simpsons xD

[@val3ntin3nightshad39]

I can smell the crayons in these clips ....nothing like getting a new box of Crayola crayons for Christmas as a kid. I got so excited when buying them for school supplies too. I still love the smell of a freshly opened box. :") Brings back memories.

[@raccoonraccoonraccoonracco7561]

I love that smell

[@jennycalabrano]

And the smell of eva foam 😊

[@kentreed2011]

i luv tehyre taste too1!!!

[@splitsuns961]

this is easily one of the best videos on this site

[@larskirk6268]

work of genius

[@ainasahalin4379]

oh hey i know you from rym

[@user-pepsibottlecocacolaglass]

hi split :)

[@pleasepressf4152]

Color Meaning: Meaning of The Color Orange. ... Orange is associated with meanings of joy, warmth, heat, sunshine, enthusiasm, creativity, success, encouragement, change, determination, health, stimulation, happiness, fun, enjoyment, balance, sexuality, freedom, expression, and fascination.

[@purpleprose1967]

Yeah, that's right.

[@autumnmissepic8498]

also, when colour film degrades it becomes orange-red :)

[@HelenMoon-bg8ge]

In Glasgow its the colour of King Billy

[@thewizzzard1967]

It also tastes nice

[@DelFlo]

Orange Sunshine

[@cubanb7839]

Vintage Sesame Street was basically LSD

[@kc_9970]

Happy 50 years, Sesame Street!

[@maradepe]

20TH ANNIVERSARY BOARDS OF CANADA 💎 AQUARIUS #OnThisDays in 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,,26,27, 28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,44,68,27,35,42,58,47,63,85,74,67,66,51,79,42, 24,45,6010,6,7,56,65,44,53,44,17,14,23

[@bassjompi]

ORANGE

[@connor48880]

Yeah, that’s right

[@notanumber1311]

We'll sail to the stars

[@khrex9]

I’m ganna have to be that guy and point out the second to last number is 13 lol

[@AlwaysCooodooolu6]

60orange, not 65

[@joelstockmeier7784]

Ahhh!!! The old Sesame Street animations!! I have searched for more of these. Thank you. Like seeing a distant dream that I wasn’t sure if ever happened or not. One thing I find oddly haunting about those skits is the use of dark space in the back ground of the moving pieces. That detail has stayed with me in my dreams and more or less my subconscious ever since I was a kid in the 80s watching these on television.

[@KCNYC]

Here’s the full Sesame Street episode from where the samples came from. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5uXnIuNia-Lgqc

[@limetkovnik]

This video perfectly reflects the track. Holy crap, I love it maybe more than the track itself...

[@feltongailey8987]

This fanvid is the sickest! Thank you for this wonderful pairing and the effort.

[@VJFranzK]

This was "Vaporwave" ahead of time, if you think about it!

[@jennycalabrano]

True 👏

[@SanityMachine]

This song taught me how to count

[@notanumber1311]

To sixtyten

[@waedjradi]

Boards are some crazy dudes to make all of these songs. It's unbelievable sometimes. I'm so glad I found them during the time I was trapped (for 3 nights) at the Airport in Portugal.

[@kgyarhenagi]

3:02 favorite part

[@anardine6176]

The basses... Groovy as hell.

[@margiemorrison9190]

Fun fact it's possible the synth melody throgout is a very slowed down reverb pitch delay version of the synth heard throughout seven forty seven

[@JamesBrannan-mr2tp]

I remember my girlfriend in college was an Aquarius. We had the best times together i swear. No worries and no pressure was on us. Every now and then i come back to this song and all i can think of is her

[@onewithsource9742]

This could have easily been tucked away on geogaddi instead, and it would've blended right in. "yeeeah! that's right!!"

[@frouvoxes]

I think this song is a bit too groovy and cheerful for Geogaddi

[@gadpivs]

I've always associated BOC with anime in a really weird way, mostly because I grew up with all those lofi hip hop, downtempo, and chillout bumps that used to play on Adult Swim in the early 2000's, and Boards of Canada would occasionally be played right before the commercial breaks during a show like Samurai Champloo or something. And then someone made a fan video for Skyliner on KZbin a loong time ago set to images from Spirited Away and the summery scenery just seemed to fit so well and remind me of Nujabes, Yoshihisa Hirano, or Susumu Hirasawa. So because of that weird association, the old man and the children's voices in this come off as English dub actors in an anime to me. I don't know what it is. Just sounds like a tiny old Japanese man watching kids play on a pier while eating an orange in a rundown part of town with a destroyed mech floating in the water. Feels like it could be something Hirasawa would have put together for Paranoia Agent right before something bizarre and creepy happens.

[@euphorbia8106]

anime fans try not to ruin anything challenge (impossible)

[@gadpivs]

​@@euphorbia8106 Man, I bet you felt really clever and proud of yourself when you left this comment modified from a shitty meme that ten billion people have used over and over again. Like, you actually read it over, and decided to press 'reply' anyway. Didn't even second guess how sheepish it makes you sound at all. But thanks for just blindly, and with such bold confidence, assuming that I'm an "anime fan," because if someone watched Adult Swim 23 years ago, it automatically means that they watch weeb shit and jerk off to hentai. Bravo!

[@frouvoxes]

@@euphorbia8106 real

[@reubena7854]

I hear you

[@cambaum8545]

One of the most awesome creative music videos i have ever seen in terms of the visual content :)

[@ieatwiteoutforfun]

It’s from Sesame Street

[@jadoho1889]

WE'RE MAKING IT OUT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THIS ONE!!!!!!!!! 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ngs89237]

So funny...was watching Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Episode 3 and the original version is featured in it. I was like this sounds so familiar, and then heard that baseline and it clicked! So cool BOC, the original Cosmos has gold for samples 🤙🏼

[@andrea_christine]

no way??? man now i have to check out cosmos again, i had no idea. that's so damn awesome!!

[@HappySquiddy]

thats wild, when does it play in that episode?

[@DerekPower]

It’s “Aquarius” from the musical, Hair.

[@zw33k0]

This feels like a song I wasn't meant to hear.

[@buried4430]

Might be my favorite BOC song

[@zoned7609]

ahh yes, sixty-ten. my favorite number of the alphabet

[@caleb6595]

I decided I liked this in the first 5 seconds

[@matthumphries5449]

Sublime. Maths = 1 through to 36 by addition = 666 👹

[@blueshades_mu]

Yeah that’s right

[@notanumber1311]

Sixtyten

[@knosis2232]

Listen to this song at 0.75× playback speed. Dope as hell

[@kaydgaming]

It’s Pure downtempo at that speed.

[@jackpijjin4088]

I learned recently that in filmmaking, the orange is used to represent an incoming tragedy like a character death. Wonder if that holds up here?

[@AdamsRib]

I love everything about this! 🧡

[@_gamerbear]

Great job on the video, totally embodies everything about the song :)

[@billblock2013]

Great song + Great video = Great experience

[@bryanstein7859]

When I heard "O R A N G E", I was moved to tears.

[@volgavis]

This reminds me of a cool summer night, playing Sim City 4. Just staring at the screen, dealing with the advisors telling stuff you don't quite understand, making pretty intersections and underground highways thanks to 1000+ money trees... good times eh.

[@glowgreen3]

Well done I love this video. I actually can remember seeing a lot of these clips on Sesame Street in the early/mid 80’s I think. Insane seeing something you haven’t seen nor thought about for like 35 years. The guy on the cup is what really got my brain to pay attention I remember him haha thanks for the blast of nostalgia

[@KaoWins]

I remember buying their albums music has a right to children and geogaddi, fell in love with their music immediately the first time i heard it on a satellite music channel

[@ashley101verve]

I appreciate these kind of videos. Unique and different. This is underrated and underground and artistically creative.

[@zuffhy]

i love this track, especially that second part with the numbers, true psychedelic and free feeling.

[@VindexInSanctiRex]

Best Aquarius mashup to date and of course it's from BoC.

[@RossCourtright]

When she says 79 I go ballistic

[@marissawolff8491]

Boards of Canada really love Sesame Street.

[@george78guy]

oh, so THAT'S what you get after combining red with yellow, now i get it!

[@darkseraphim6793]

Very childlike and calming.

[@sober_katz]

sounds like a song that was used on one of those old-school adult swim bumpers. i love it

[@johnrangel1659]

Heard this track in the restroom at work

[@fnuppyfnup]

I am left speechless by this track and video

[@envision_embody_become]

As a Sector 9 and BoC fan, this video made me cry. thank you so much.

[@experiessence]

Brilliant editing on this. And I forgot about the NYC painter character! So cool

[@autumnmissepic8498]

this song plays in my head every time i eat an orange lol

[@excrono]

And every time I turn on the news.

[@JaKack]

This song and video has always got me feeling nostalgic for those old sesame Street bumps

[@lifefromwithin]

This is just a fantastic picture for this song! I love it! Thank you for sharing your art!

[@davidchouinard9268]

holy effin' crayons! as a BoC fan of long standing i can't believe i've never seen this before.Gobsmacking fine job!!!

[@michaelmorgan7893]

This reminds me of the old ABC Saturday Morning Scholastic Rock videos from the 70s.

[@NATEJUDE]

Perfection in rhythm

[@some-fan]

Chew on an orange while watching this for the best experience. 🧡

[@onewithsource9742]

The watery sound for me is a grown up pouring a glass of orange squash at a summer fete or sports day in my childhood maybe even just a chill out in the garden

[@Duncan_1971]

Brilliant, I love this! My star sign is Aquarius.

[@cubanb7839]

Dope this video is of Sesame Street clips, as this song samples a Sesame Street segment.

[@snowairwaste]

absolutely great video.

[@multimapping8303]

I like the reference to Sixtyten

[@xbatusai]

Sixty Orange is my favorite number

[@kaylemkerr6989]

Nice compilation of clips well done! 👍🏾

[@avalonjustin]

Groovy! I like the kids laughing too, is nice☺

[@verlindend]

Masterpiece

[@superlune960]

Best video !

[@Roddy1965]

Superb.

[@SuperFuzzyDunlop]

That's NumberWang

[@brounwynsmith848]

LOL

[@Sasuser]

It's the teeny little super guy!

[@jennycalabrano]

This song and the video have a very chill vibe, I love it!! 😊👍

[@karmaduq]

[@fileman1239]

amazing video to an amazing song

[@000Chill000]

My new favorite BOC music video, and I rarely ever say that. Love it ❤️

[@Ikaro_Vincente]

You're welcome, my friend.

[@roberth1322]

I still haven't yet found a speaker that takes that damn bass; 17 13 23...........

[@isaiahromero9861]

What is that marble clip from? I know I've seen it in my childhood and that combines with Boards of Canada's music was a nostalgia overload

[@kc_9970]

The clips are all from Sesame Street. Go check it out if you want.

[@Game_Hero]

Is the age of Aquarius already gone? Has it even started? Is it orange?

[@robertford9062]

lol all the illuminati symbolism in the video is great 👁️⃤

[@Kingofgibraltar]

Why Have I just found this now?

[@notanumber1311]

Because you had not found it before.

[@Kingofgibraltar]

@@notanumber1311 haha!

[@hentai6582]

@@notanumber1311 yeaaah that’s right

[@agenteagresivo]

Welcome

[@МихаилМихаил-к8ы]

Треки прикольные 👌🤔Почему они не так сильно популярны и нет своего радио канала ?

[@buptuk9384]

h

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Orange

[@An_Abandoned_Forest]

2023 HERE AND ALONE PLEASE SHARE YOUR ADVICE ABOUT LIFE & PEOPLE

[@excrono]

Don’t let others influence your opinions, preferences or feelings.

[@limetkovnik]

How long did it take you to make such an excellent video?

[@grobble7321]

this is like the precurser to alpha and omega

[@richardd8352]

I could almost smell those crayons at the end.

[@THEREALTROLL.]

This song and a good flow of N2O. If you know. You know.

[@andrewparkinson1332]

nostalgia a go go x

[@AvendTheThing]

J W's Fav Song (But In 1.5 Speed)

[@moseni]

Orange

[@Metado42069]

Green

[@jennycalabrano]

O R A N G E

[@pol5855]

wow

[@xion3090]

Jun 23,2023 84k views 326 subs 2.9k likes 203 comments 1st time here 🌬🍃🧃

[@xion3090]

Oct 5,2023 96k views 341 subs 3.1k likes 211 comments

[@elcono1000]

nice

[@charonsferryold]

nice

[@Game_Hero]

yeah, that's right