Boards of Canada - Boqurant/5.9.78

[@endlichunendlich2782]

Boqurant sounds like you're at yourself's funeral

[@neko7309]

Couldn't describe better

[@Bankable2790]

Idk why this comment was so hard to read. Like who?? What?? At whose funeral??

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

@@Bankable2790 you're at your own funeral.

[@Bankable2790]

@@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73 yeah I got that thank you

[@alphalax7747]

This is the weirdest description to anything i've ever seen and yet it's so accurate

[@varp2137]

I’ve been listening to BOC for over 2 years now and i honestly feel like their music is connected to me in a way. It sounds really weird but i feel like my life would’ve been different if i didn’t stumble upon their music That transition from Boqurant into 5.9.78 literally sounds like my childhood. It feels like i’m reliving memories i didn’t even knew i had. My favorite artists for sure.

[@hotoptics]

indeed. i was there for their debut but only really fell in love about 8 years ago. it's endless, life-changing and affirming. much love

[@AlvinHDavernport]

Boqurant is like deep trouble, and 5-9-78 is the solution. The transition marks the epiphany.

[@Bankable2790]

Damn. That is fuckin golden.

[@Bankable2790]

Like a really uncomfortable trip that suddenly becomes amazing and comfortable

[@neko7309]

I always experienced it as doom, followed by the bloom of nature. Almost all BoC songs have such a polar emotion set

[@stropha238]

Well put!

[@fuckamericanidiot]

You make it sound like music for a business presentation. Not good. 👎

[@milesium-487]

Boqurant represents all of the dead and burned plants in the aftermath of a forest fire. 5.9.78 represents the regrowth of new plants growing in the burned forest in secondary succession.

[@kavajarrace]

Yin yang. Geogaddi. Geo = earth Gad = god di = two. Two gods on earth. One good, one evil. Boqurant is evil. 5,9,78 is good.

[@milesium-487]

@George Browning what

[@stropha238]

That's a really nice interpretation. Love it!

[@JAVIER1997bayern]

I've cried over a hundred times on that transition and lemme once more

[@Ooorangey]

It's just too fucking perfect right? It's overwhelmingly the only thing I ever need to hear

[@alphalax7747]

@@Ooorangey not how english works

[@glayo_]

Haha shut up

[@sclitchmusic]

​@@alphalax7747shush

[@paulomorales7081]

This song is so well done it makes me wonder if I deserve to listen this

[@fremenondesand3896]

Yeah, you do. But count yourself lucky.

[@notgonnaknowtillthen3192]

You have the right to music...

[@vincentcarrot]

@@notgonnaknowtillthen3192 the best possible comment in the whole internet

[@randominternetfella96]

@@notgonnaknowtillthen3192 and music has a right to you

[@isaacramsay7889]

None of us were ever supposed to hear this. But I'm sure not complaining

[@thediscountwombat]

I always saw Boqurant as a funeral hymn of sorts, the sound of quiet mourning, very personal misery. 5.9.78 is catharsis, emotional release, possibly the light at the end of the tunnel. One is exhausted, yet the hope has returned. it sounds like a kind, encouraging smile from one you love.

[@ElysiumKeeper]

That's exactly it. 💜

[@nirvanabuzz69]

Boqurant feels like the sadness of a death and 5.9.78 is the soul leaving the body to it's next adventure

[@LL-kz7ge]

How lucky we all are to have listened to this.

[@friestaillieu4101]

in my last year of college we went to the italian mountains with school on a skitrip. I smuggled some weed along with me. every morning we were due at 8 am at the top of the mountain, ready in gear. Every morning at 6h30 i would roll a small joint, get to the ski lift at 7am en take the 15 min lift up to the mountain, smoking that small joint along the way. All the powder was just fresh up there. On the top of the mountain, a little weed buzz, 5-9-78 plugged into my ears, and the first descent snowboarding down when i was the only single soul in that snowpark. to this day one of the most beautiful moments ever. plain solitude

[@kvash1039]

Love you

[@glayo_]

Never happened

[@stevesebaoun6555]

You don’t need weed when listening to this music

[@SoulFlask]

bollocks

[@rfcalm]

@@stevesebaoun6555 he didn’t say you did

[@green_XYZ]

If this song doesn't play in my funeral, I'm staying alive.

[@Robjohn37]

Not the best Bee Gees song to play for a funeral...

[@snagglesnorf]

God Imagine hearing this song for the first time at a funeral

[@vincentcarrot]

What is it in BoC's music that brings out the best comments from ppl

[@tommybooker6377]

There's nothing like having a bad day, then going on a walk while listening to this...

[@GandharKulkarni2000]

It's like a reassuring pat on the back, a hug made out of sound

[@milkmanswife93696]

man, what a hidden gem.

[@treesurgeon2441]

You still owe me milk.

[@apeirce20]

@@treesurgeon2441 In the morning

[@dixienormous6969]

@@treesurgeon2441 I'll give you some of mine 💋🗿

[@alphalax7747]

Wavywebsurf made it more popular

[@DMacLean15]

I wish that your husband would deliver my milk 🥛, in the morning 🌅, when I’m yawning 🥱

[@sohndervenus]

Listening to BoC was probably one of my first spiritual experiences reminding me that there was something more, something hidden behind the curtain that I couldn't fully grasp back then. Their music felt like home, strange and familiar at the same time, awakening a childlike curiosity inside that lead me down the rabbit hole. It feels good to be there again. Thanks for the upload!

[@octonocular]

"Their music felt like home, strange and familiar at the same time." This is a great way of explaining it, for me it's nostalgic and otherworldly at the same time, powerful stuff.

[@alphalax7747]

What you describe reminds me a lot of the backrooms you should probably check that term out if you dont know it already

[@simonyricools]

What was it that was hidden behind the curtain?

[@sohndervenus]

@@simonyricools another curtain ;-D

[@simonyricools]

@@sohndervenus There you go!

[@dusty3768]

The transition between Boqurant 5.9.78 touches your soul, there's something about it that makes it extremely warm, it's like truly immersing yourself in the sound

[@chillyroom8159]

The transition is the most soul touching mind opening tear dropping ever...

[@frost1183]

The transition is transcendental

[@yksvochbby.ps6717]

the first hearing of that moment at 1:42 gave me goose bumps that had been never experienced before

[@jimmysdrumroom7691]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever heard, thank you BOC

[@hotoptics]

😇

[@oneofthelastsurvivingdoges8832]

Some songs remind you that there are greater things out there

[@MoreTrenMoreMen69]

agreed. this music fascinates me. how does it make us listeners feel this way?

[@_LocalGhost_]

5.9.78 blows my mind every time I Iisten to it. The lighter melody comprised of arpeggios (is that the right word?) is impossible for me to wrap my head around, I can never seem to predict what note will be next in the pattern, so it always seems new and foreign, but every note fits perfectly and is beautiful. To me 5.9.78 feels like a hopeful new adventure full of pleasant surprises, the road ahead unknown, but not threatening.

[@fatimafarhat7037]

couldnt have said it better. it kinda makes me wanna think of the international space station, but also cry my eyes out lol.

[@Bankable2790]

It’s going to be okay guys. It really is

[@_LocalGhost_]

@@Bankable2790 is it? 😭🤗

[@Bankable2790]

@@_LocalGhost_ Yes 🙂

[@jmklotz]

@@fatimafarhat7037 you just described Dayvan Cowboy for me.

[@tomaszkozowski8881]

That tsansition is really astonishing

[@vertsk8er419]

my most treasured string of songs in my library...

[@Ooorangey]

These two songs together remind me everything is a circle

[@Chameleonardodavinci]

i rly rly love that girl's smile. she looks like my sister. the pic of the two girls (i can get it tatood on youtube has it) really always makes me smile, which is weird cos i have NO idea who these girls are, but now they're associated permanently to some of the music that has been with me thru the happiest times of my life, and helped me thru some of the hardest... so now i feel like the pic of these strangers has some weird personal resonance with me. i feel like that too when i listen to this stuff ! i hope she's doing well

[@milesium-487]

Her name is Louise Campbell

[@breachtones]

@@mark7479 the fuck are you on about?

[@colonelsanders4006]

@Mark 747 what the fuck are you on about, you sound like a serial killer.

[@vap0rjake115]

@@mark7479 holy schizola... you really find the weirdest comments underneath these types of songs

[@Bankable2790]

@@vap0rjake115 No that’s the first time I’ve ever seen anyone comment anything like that on a BoC video. I mean wtf

[@lauramartins7154]

I feel like these songs know me somehow. It fits so well in an undescribable personal feeling about what your life feels like, about your experience as living being has been like. It says "i see it and i show back to you" idk man I'm high and this rocks. I've been listening since the pandemic

[@TheWinterShadow]

1:40, One of the most thoughtful transitions ever created in music. A secret given from BoC, only to fans who are the most beautiful people on earth.

[@Evans-jl4qe]

♥️

[@paulomorales7081]

2021 🇨🇱

[@Matt-gh4kj]

2022 ♥️🤘🏽

[@ricurdo1921]

2022 🫂🇻🇪

[@RootedHat]

❤️

[@THUMBASS]

that transition is incredible.................

[@hospsa6933]

5.9.78 makes me feel really nostalgic

[@Resistance71]

I miss my mom and I regret not spending more time with her.

[@rustydr1560]

Sun soaked body flat, Fluttering reflected light, Summer at the lake.

[@camm785]

Everytime I listen to this, I know the transition is coming. And yet my heart still races when it comes in , as if I never expected it

[@divineegelit4712]

5.9.78 is like floating in a dream, a strange but relaxing feeling

[@sandro2628]

Thanks for uploading this. The transition is one of the best moments in BoC's catalog, yet until now that moment wasn't actually on KZbin. The 300,000-view A Few Old Tunes [Full Album] video that somebody uploaded has breaks between each of the tracks, which just ruins the effect.

[@TomWGuitar]

No problem, I uploaded it for the reasons you mentioned! The break between tracks completely ruins it, and I was very surprised that there wasn't an example of both together, so I just uploaded it myself :)

[@kevinkane6305]

No me man it doesn't at all 😉

[@goodsirknight]

@@TomWGuitar i love you Tom.

[@zekezandbergen4435]

Not since 2018 my friend kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKK6mp6fZcZgq6c Though I don't think the quality is as good as it is in this video.

[@albufersaludos4250]

This music transforms me into a timeless ecstacy. Every little thing becomes magical. Ambient is everywhere. Nostalgic euphoria of loneliness.

[@alejandrocouturier5050]

This is very serious

[@lizlake3676]

It absolutely is.

[@hardboiled2987]

I have no doubts.

[@JamesStarkey]

I still can't believe they haven't officially released this masterpiece

[@rited]

a lot of masterpieces in their old tapes

[@JamesStarkey]

@@rited agreed .

[@parkfever]

I listen to boards of canada when im writing or drawing and boy oh boy does it help me get the creative juices flowing… literally thank you so much

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

5.9.78 is what made me a fan.. litterally yesterday

[@TomWGuitar]

Enjoy the journey my friend!

[@btruj2507]

Impossibly melodic drifting in randomness that then achieves metronome rhythm as it ascends to the stars and beyond, infinite permutations of right brained art expressed as only music can. Thank you for sharing this, my mind is blown.

[@xoio]

Oh my ... Those harmonic overtones that drift across after 3:58+ .......

[@kyleschindler3074]

listening to them with a tube amp is bliss, the harmonics really are present

[@joshuafollis6904]

The best to ever do it.

[@vico805]

some of the best no doubt

[@hardboiled2987]

Boqurant makes me feel like I’m being healed with no conscious effort required

[@SzekelyCsaba76]

For a few minutes you can forget that you live on Earth! eternal.

[@metalgrinch]

Wavywebsurf brought me here. Finally! Been looking for this!!!

[@AnimalBlundettoK]

same

[@Chubbywubbysandwich]

I close my eyes and visualise this : During Boqurant, I stand and look over my open coffin that has my dead body. The funeral attendees are dispersing slowly. Then during 5.9.78 , my soul drifts slowly towards a higher plane, all while experiencing all of the flashes of life experiences. Then I ascend to ultimate reality and merge with the divine at which point theres no me, theres no other. Everything is me, I am in everything and all is divine existence.

[@brokenrobot2004]

5.9.78 Reminds me of some kinda music that could be in Katamari, in a really trippy, kinda depressing looking level

[@notunoriginal]

Katamari Geogaddi

[@kidkangaroo5213]

@@notunoriginal noice

[@FXGRIEF87]

I want to meet up with likeminded BoC friends to listen to BoC, chill in nature, have good conversations and enjoy life! Lets make it happen ❤ Im from The Netherlands but I can easily drive to nearby countries. Much love for you all!

[@chocoracerx]

first tune somewhat reminiscent of Terry Rileys - 'Across the lake of the ancient world'

[@ab8jeh]

The only time I am at peace

[@utqiagvik1991]

1:40 that transition feels like heaven

[@B.Samuel01]

There is something very special in 5.9.78, i can not describe it but brings calm to my soul...

[@scottpalocsik8670]

unmatched beauty and emotion in these songs

[@SarahSakura]

apocalypse followed by genesis

[@coquitoisopropano801]

Ouroborous

[@jesuscm1398]

I want to hug this song

[@neko7309]

It feels like I can almost forgive myself

[@Bankable2790]

God says you were always forgiven.. all that is left to do is forgive yourself

[@jmklotz]

That hit me hard.

[@i2ottenBannana]

Never have I ever

[@TurqoiseHexagonSun]

To the various people here enamored with the transition, I have a feeling you would also enjoy the feeling going from Kiteracer 2 into Northern Plastics (also called Kiteracer 1). Keep in mind, for max effect, the first song needs to basically have faded out before the next makes its triumphant appearance. You can thank me later

[@hairyballbastic8943]

it worked

[@superjunkieball8831]

WAVYWEBSURF!

[@Officialfeel]

SuperJunkieBall yessss! He’s such a cool dude and even cooler that he’s a BOC fan

[@metalgrinch]

Same here.

[@lizlake3676]

a spiritual vision

[@Bankable2790]

Aural escapade

[@knaif3357]

It's songs like these that make you stop and think BoC never fails at giving you that reflection you didn't know you needed

[@hardboiled2987]

More like stop and be.

[@joeyoconnor1038]

finally free from the black hole and my light is shining through becoming a star once more

[@dorothyrotten]

If I listen to this too much, will it lose it's effect in being the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard?

[@mocirnevecerna3538]

No. I must have listened to it hundreds of times over the last 10 years, and it's still as it was the 2nd time I heard it (unfortunately the 1st time can never really be duplicated).

[@nameismetatoo4591]

Boqurant is one of those songs that gets into my head every so often, and I can't for the life of me figure out where I heard it. Only when I put on AFOT is my curiosity finally satisfied, if just briefly.

[@flippert0]

Boqurant must be a precursor to 'Farewell Fire', no?

[@ALPHAz111]

saw you in a comments section talking about this nice work

[@jumpiko4553]

Hello nigga brotha what is this shit transition I don't get it.

[@CS-sf1rz]

Totally bro !

[@CS-sf1rz]

@@jumpiko4553 tosser

[@kidkangaroo5213]

Everybody, let's discuss the possible meanings for the name "5.9.78". Here's my theory: It's the date of a day, that either both or one of the two brothers remember fondly, maybe because of something special and fortunate happening. One of the major motifs of their music is childhood memories, and the date being when they were 7-8 years old? It fits too well, I'd say.

[@splintercast8092]

I thought it was the day they returned to Scotland after living in Canada when they were children.

[@moonjunyc]

@@splintercast8092 wow good to know as a fan

[@Spirit-Of-The-Age]

In Eastern / Buddhist Astrology ,1978 is the Year Of The Horse (and indeed Year Of The Earth Horse, as each of the 12 animal signs have 5 elements they rotate on over a 60 years cycle) , perhaps that has significance here too...

[@carnevaliamadotomas3957]

@@Spirit-Of-The-Age i dont think so

[@xion3090]

May 19,2023 119k views 161 subs 2.6k likes 226 comments

[@michar9242]

Damn, i love that kind of music, they are like comeback to past, to childhood, when i was infected by Genesis sound

[@pesces2]

thank you for uploading this

[@lordquaz528]

Boqurant shouldbe called a chance of light.. that simple up beat drift ///fuck so good.

[@Skipper86]

This song reminds me of nature.

[@jakeburroughs1249]

I think Boards IS nature

[@xoio]

I wonder what event happened in the Brother's lives on the Fifth of September 1978, to justify naming a track after it? ;-)

[@sclitchmusic]

It mightve been when they moved to Canada for a while

[@lumpyeuphoria5688]

Very Euphoric

[@MLElf]

My birthday is 5.10.78 x

[@EvilTim1911]

Love the BMSR profile pic, how fitting you'd be on a BoC video

[@davidvalero3075]

I want think that BoC find his very definition by making this track. This is almost the Higgs boson to their late work

[@threewav]

crazy good

[@youssefbhaa2299]

Sometimes i think heaven exists Sometimes i find a higher meaning

[@KimPhilby203]

Summer .......

[@vico805]

it’s almost over

[@JohnnSmithh]

oh my god

[@CYCMELAN]

it won't leave my head, and it's been a long time since i watched the art final. weird

[@dominicdelaus3449]

This is one of the songs.

[@paulomorales7081]

Esta canción me hace dudar de mi y si realmente merezco escuchar esto, al escuchar algo tan bello, bien echo y cuidado, no lo sé, no lo merezco.

[@facundovaporwave8231]

Boards of Canada es simplemente Mágico

[@RuledByRarity]

Amén, mi estimado

[@maxmiller1950]

I never really understood BoC, but this... holy shit I can get behind this

[@veeveepara]

why does Boqurant sound so familiar? i feel like i may have heard it somewhere else on youtube

[@Bukkited]

A year later, but have you seen the videos from the channel "Wavywebsurf"? He uses Boqurant in his videos.

[@krissifadwa]

1:40 💕

[@jabbzie]

Damn. I'm so lonely.

[@goodsirknight]

We are all here together x

[@kingsecho3351]

I’m right there with you. Got divorced a year ago and even one night stands don’t fill the void. Just temporary happiness

[@lowengeist]

Bless ya !

[@nyxxic4550]

ACCEPTED

[@metamochibear]

its 1am and this made me feel paranoid as hell

[@dixienormous6969]

I can see Boqurant making you feel that way but 5.9.78 should've made you feel like everything is okay & that it is all in your head, it always was.

[@vertsk8er419]

Get you an indica

[@Chasworth]

@@dixienormous6969 cool comment

[@BlobsterComps]

Im not someone who exaggerates the quality of something or keeps throwing around words like "best" or "goat" on anything so when i say that this might be one of the best songs i've ever heard period i really fuckin mean it

[@ab8jeh]

Which one?

[@killahill88]

**Boqurant** represents Super Mario being stuck in King Bowser's Castle. **5-9-78** represents Super Mario reuniting with Princess Peach on Rainbow Rd.

[@JerryAss]

Calm

[@phetta5059]

Barqurant sounds like an 8 bit horror games ambient

[@charonsferryold]

I find the choice of song name for 5 9 78 interesting as I can't find any important events that happened on any date that could be interpreted as.

[@TomWGuitar]

I assume it's a date with a personal association for them.

[@rfcalm]

would I do i know about your dad's date of birth? Or the first time you had sex?

[@MrThomas1958]

thx

[@Jvk1166z]

the transition sure does give some weird vibes, feels like it would go good with footage off the porch of some hunting cabin near the arctic ocean in the middle of desolate bumfuck nowhere nwt.

[@RootedHat]

who are these people? where are we? why

[@youssefbhaa2299]

Smile and keep playing along We are all happy!

[@RootedHat]

​@@youssefbhaa2299 🥴

[@alphalax7747]

Album cover reminds me of The Caretaker

[@AnimalBlundettoK]

wavywebsurf🙌🏽

[@WillTheChill92]

dude, I HOPE you're not actually the person you're impersonating

[@soulandfire9252]

Nice drawing

[@dougyuck]

i wonder what happened on 5/9/78

[@jmklotz]

I was conceived. Seriously