Boards of Canada - Whitewater

From the album BOC Maxima.
www.boardsofcanada.com/index.html

[@voidmaker474]

Boards of Canada is really important to me

[@meshelnoori2731]

Me too!

[@goatmen7996]

me three and aphex twin as well

[@ennuied]

The ONLY band I never ever get tired of ever.

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

They hit you in a place you only expect religion or a really deep book/movie)loved one to hit you. It's always hard to explain to people who just aren't into them as you are, but luckily we live in the internet age where like minded people are around.

[@GrandmasDay32]

Me too, since I was 19 yrs old in 2002. Changed my life… I feel Proud!

[@Kathisofy]

Dear Boards of Canada, I did not grow up in the late 70's. Please stop planting fake memories of this song into my brain. Thank you.

[@jayqsamo]

Nah man. You see thats the shit. Everything is infinite.

[@somechrisguy]

Did your parents grow up then? Memories passed through DNA

[@xio9759]

Everything is connected.

[@flawed2095]

Anemoia: Nostalgia For A Time You’ve Never Known

[@eastoncolten6666]

Instablaster

[@richardroberson2564]

This is literally one of their absolute best songs

[@perrycomeau2627]

The slash of the snow

[@samuelisliving2952]

This is literally one of their songs

[@FalconTalk]

Eh maybe top 20, maybe

[@infernoidYT]

Happy cycling and this are the best

[@filipe5226]

You will see this exact comment on absolutely every track by them

[@peterl3054]

listening to whitewater again i see

[@diskochimp]

Peter L I've been finding it difficult to stop. ;)

[@alexjaybrady]

R. ROOKSBY yeah itll do that ive had it on for hours and hours more than once

[@benjaminrudolph400]

+Peter L why yes i am. Again and again

[@4elektrik401]

R. ROOKSBY Oh! Miss Jones! Love your tag.

[@yegorm1664]

god you put a genuine smile on my face

[@wonderspunion1148]

The brilliance of BoC... the happiest and saddest emotions in each song, vibing simultaneously.

[@mcm4point2o]

beautiful balance

[@iamacookie6]

that awesome moment when you're listening to BOC

[@shevanel92]

That synth line is beautiful buttery happiness.

[@fcon8507]

For me it's always been that deep base drum that kicks in at 2:40. Gets me every fuckin time.

[@micahnewman]

@@fcon8507 I never noticed it that much, but now I will. Thanks! :-)

[@aphexboiz5035]

Whenever I listen to this song, I feel like the strong percussion in the first minute kinda wipes me clean emotionally and makes me feel neutral. Then when the melody starts, I get drowned in my childhood memories. All the good and bad ones. I was abused and as a result had OCD for most of childhood after age 5-6. It's a weird feeling, because there are all these faint good memories that I have from age 3 to 5. But after age 6, it feels like something died in me, like that was the start of my sadness and pain. So although this song lets me mourn the loss of my childhood, it also brings up some good memories and reminds me that good times were possible in a distant place and a distant time. So maybe they'll be possible again sometime.

[@TrasherBiner]

I feel the same with Telephasic Workshop. It's as if it "reworks" and resets my mind. I couldn't find a more fitting title for the song. About past abuse and stuff that is best left behind. A rework for your mind, at the Telephasic Workshop.

[@somechrisguy]

I've been reduced to tears by this track

[@danlettuce8429]

Hang in there brother. Sorry to hear your experiences.

[@sawtoothiandi]

i wonder do we gravitate to this music for healing? its like animals and sometimes humans too know that theyre missing a nutrient and so seek out a maybe odd or unusual food source only semi or sub consciously/like pregnant women eating ice or frozen halapenos or something

[@cdm671]

Everytime I see your comment, It makes me cry

[@gadpivs]

I can't believe this wasn't on an official album. It feels like an official track. The cut-up, distorted vocal sample really hits me for some reason. Feels like I'm trying to recover some long-lost childhood memory of an amazing experience with friends who I've lost contact with long ago, like my brain is trying to piece it all together but struggling to remember it all.

[@vico805]

they use some of that kid voice sample from (Sesame Street “many me’s” season 8 ep 87 1976) in sixtyten and sunshine recorder/but yes wish this was on something officially/also and buckie high/chinook also!

[@r_e_panzer4960]

this song reminds me in a way of sitting in front of the TV watching weird cartoons with sunlight pouring through the windows when I around 4 or 5 years old. I felt this way before I knew where the sample came from. I can almost remember the way it was like to feel like at that age while listening. it's really strange, and awesome. no other music does this

[@gerryfearon7905]

Yup, I remember that too

[@devinkhoury4490]

yup me too

[@devinkhoury4490]

it more reminds me of space documentaries me and my dad used to watch, and the trips we went to the snow. good memory's of a time that'll never come again

[@dominiquevarnado1369]

Fun fact the lyrics of this song was from a cartoon it’s from the sample songs of boards of Canada I think.

[@TheGabrielPT]

Some Trip Hop also has this weird feeling

[@athenachristinemusic]

The panning in this song is amazing

[@connor48880]

Wub wub wub wub wub wub Love that effect!

[@markrathmell9993]

BoC really are in a league of their own. Phenomenal music.

[@kaddakai232]

Here's what the distorted voices are saying (borrowed from the Boc pages): "When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / - Me, too. / Right now, I'm the Loving Me; isn't he cute? And after I've done a real good job - I've cleaned my room, or something like that - then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. And when I'm with a friend, and we're having a good time, then I'm the Happy Me. But when my friend has to go home, then I feel a little sad, so I turn into the Sad Me. Anyway, there sure are a lot of different Me's, just like you have a lot of different You's. Well, we're going outside to - outside to play now, I hope all the different You's have fun, too! Bye!"

[@nintenbeer64]

+Kaddakai W. Thanks for commenting this. Knowing those lyrics actually makes the song that much cooler and enjoyable :D

[@benjaminrudolph400]

thank you for hitting us up with the words. I almost had it right.

[@glenmoss02]

+Kaddakai Nice info. Now when I hear this song the words jump out crystal clear. Thank you.

[@rvrevvhorovstbevst7107]

+Kaddakai Wow. Thanks for knowing this. It makes it all more beautiful.

[@rvrevvhorovstbevst7107]

Kaddakai Shit, you respond quick. Lol.

[@royrosero7368]

...in fact, I consider a serious real friend the people who likes BOC, even if we didnt know each other, like right now im reading the comments about this song...

[@FXGRIEF87]

Then we are good friends! Nice to meet you ^^ I consider BoC tracks as good friends too!

[@fcon8507]

Fuckin A, man. The comment section of any BoC track is always such a positive place.

[@UNOPUNTOTRECE]

That´s right!

[@hallowedbethyname9478]

we are friends of course

[@tagtek20]

I agree. Someone who really understands BoC music can only be a friend !

[@797ization]

When you're alive, you're kind of like a glass of water. and when you die, it's like someone pours you into the ocean...

[@sugarbunnyplum]

797ation what a fucking moment

[@QuantumMind88]

And people still fear it. Have no fear, bliss is here.

[@somechrisguy]

My dad told me this when I was young.

[@onezerotwofour184]

That's not bad actually.

[@calontour]

I mean I'll like this comment but I don't know what it means

[@tri.causal]

This song is incredibly important to me. I only come back to it a couple times a year, but that's because this track breaks me. I start absolutely bawling. I lose it. I lose all control. All childhood memories and places that are now in ruin come back to life. This song is so truly special to me, I cannot put it into words. I'm just rambling but this song is the only song that I will cry to it every time no matter what. I cannot thank boc enough for how they've changed my life; my way of thinking; my perception on beauty and art; my values of what I cherish most in life. I somehow find it impossible that music has an effect on me like this, specifically boc. why them? how are they so genius and perfect? I truly wonder in awe how they manage to do it. I just feel all over the place and boc always helps me realign, an old friend telling you its going to be okay and remember the good times. they are cruel in their nostalgia, preying on your optimism for better days like the past. I cannot think of any other ways to describe the amount of depth this band contains. It feels never ending. They are infinitely replayable. Because they are you. You insert yourself in the songs they create. they perfectly set up everything for you, all you need to do is soak it in and add yourself in the picture. Masters of their craft. I often wonder if I'll ever feel this way about a band ever again. they're powerful. They allow you to access parts of your mind you would have otherwise never been able to access. tapping into your subconscious through detuned melodies and distorted vocals. Thank you

[@Nyck-Dee]

This song is the excitement of existence, that there’s a sense of proudness in us all.

[@komafibre]

Boards of Canada has this ability to pull ambivalent tears out of me in almost any setting The emotions they draw out of me cut like a knife I’m crying right now thinking about how it does that It’s so beautiful So many of the comments on any given BOC video do the same To know that other people are getting the same or very similar feelings is comforting I want to say God bless you & I love you to everyone

[@benjaminrudolph400]

My absolute favorite BOC track.

[@Chameleonardodavinci]

So happy to see other people feel the same way.

[@astrolander95]

Same here, for sure.

[@teadrinkingkris9466]

Me too.

[@Serouisly]

This song has healed me over the months, by far the best song by Boards of Canada

[@maevinW]

And the award for "best song ever created" goes to...

[@people287]

Boards of Canada and Blue Oyster Cult. Two great BOC bands!

[@Digiphex]

I can see the curtains blowing in my room, putting down for a nap at age 3, the nylon weaves overlapping made never repeating patterns.

[@Taquilou]

Damn relistening to this coming down from a nice LSD trip, thinking of my wife and children that I dont have. BoC just thanks to you

[@alpaca_growing_kit]

MHTRTC is my go-to on LSD, will listen to this next time.

[@TrasherBiner]

Sesame Street - Many Me's. But basically due to awesome editing of the sample, sounds like ground control talking to a far away astronaut. This alone makes me think of BoC as a really great group and often undervalued.

[@gavinwhyte941]

TrasherBiner You genius. I've been wondering where it was sampled from. Thanks.

[@princessleotardovadincithe7771]

Come to think of it they laid the way for many future artists with a lot of the techniques they employ in their work.

[@adj789]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4vcg4VjZp14jLc

[@kobalt77]

@@adj789 Awesome, that is so cool of you , thank you ! :)

[@ScurvyMcGruff]

Why do I even pay for Spotify?

[@devinkhoury4490]

hahhhhaaaaaa

[@perrycomeau2627]

Just tell them to fuck off.

[@SellTheBenefits]

When everyone passes out and you still have some drugs left...you know its BOC time.

[@MrSexsex420]

That awesome moment when your favorite band has the name of your country.

[@Chameleonardodavinci]

Unbearably beautiful

[@alexanderaultman]

One of my favorite BoC songs.

[@AtlanticSpamHammer]

Shifts from ear to ear :)

[@torgan8560]

This song became today one of my strong favourites created by Sandison's forever. THAT AMAZING SYNTHS TOUCHES MY SOUL

[@JessieBunnie69]

It feels like my brain is getting a massage.......

[@Delightfully_Bitchy]

I found the headphone user. 🙂

[@MrRed-cf6gk]

Haven't listened to this track in almost 10 years..damn it's good. Boc can turn just about any "noise" into a beautiful atmospheric experience.

[@TemporalCollage]

This song never fails to make me feel... i don't even know. Every time I put this on I feel like I'm experiencing emotions that I've never felt before. I just feel so light and fluffy and like nothing else matters except what's here and now. Boards of Canada is absolutely incredible for supplying this sound of undescribable joy mixed with yearning nostalgia. forever one of my favourites

[@billbrasky8525]

I wonder if they’ll ever revisit themes like this ever again in post-Tomorrow’s Harvest releases.

[@whiteroserepublic1699]

Aah Whitewater, the track they never officially released but possibly amongst their top 5. And that's saying something because they've made so many brilliant ones. Only they can make music like this; where the pieces shouldn't really fit together but somehow do, because it evokes memories of things we experienced or think we experienced. Subliminal, psychedelic genius.

[@BluRaykay]

Buckie high is another one of their best, also not officially released

[@nnerdistan]

It’s funny. In the lyrical loop in the background of the song, the boy talks about his “different me’s.” But at the end of the song, the lyrics ends with “and there’s a sad me too, anyway...” I think they intentionally ended the song with the sad me, pointing to how we feel deep sadness when feeling nostalgic for all the different me’s we had in childhood.

[@kareemali94]

I can imagine walking through a majestic forest and coming to a beautiful white river with spots of blue seeping through.The water is flowing rapidly downstream and the sound drowns out all other sound. I set my pack down and sit by the edge of the river and contemplate my existence. Here I am home. I find solace in this place....

[@RichardKoning]

Beautiful. I can see this.

[@achildofbodom1]

I get an incredible Nostalgic feeling when I listen to this song. Every time I listen to it

[@stunthumb]

BOC still sounds so brand new. My favorite Scottish group, bar none... makes me haggis blood proud! - now if we could get Aphex Twin and BOC to breed somehow we'd have music to take us into the new light. Sorry, been a long day.

[@vico805]

afx/boc track or ep would be fucking wild

[@atomchild2619]

These, along Split your infinites, are my dearest songs of BoC. And I keep telling that these are the two songs I want to be put on at my funeral or, better, if I will have the luck of listening to them in my last moments.

[@Wipper86]

I love Boards of Canada. It gives me the sense of art and adventure.

[@Ar41e]

The healing touch of BoC cures my soul.

[@user-yc1xu3mc9f]

from Japan , kami song, good job, 神曲, real good job!

[@childrenovmen]

That awesome moment when your favorite band is from your country.

[@sinis7erdoc293]

They have a way of projecting what makes a person. They use samples of certain things (quotes etc) and twist music to make us feel something new. It's like learning about the human feelings and what makes us who we are.

[@MsLoila]

Wow thanks for that.

[@obrieneoghan]

Beautiful as usual from BOC. Feelings of nostalgia and good memories when I listen to BOC. 🙂

[@listentomoremusic45]

I love this Track There's a Whitewater Nature Park very close to me and have a lot of Good Memories there as a Kid.

[@fwostyshrakes1870]

Is it in the desert?

[@dinzdee]

That not so awesome moment when your friend mishears you and thinks you listen to birds of Canada

[@heathenbreathinfire]

though that does suggest a possible video for some BoC songs

[@gc8972b]

glad I came across this song

[@YamaDWD]

I think about the past, I think about the future, I think about places which don't exist and places where I have been before. I mostly think that I want to experience it all , through this song.

[@RichardKoning]

Beautiful. I feel you.

[@staticvex5937]

that split second at the beginning where the synth cuts out is kinda nice, I'm not gonna lie

[@kelpkelp5252]

Someone accidentally hitting the record and play buttons accidentally at that point in the tape. Happened many a time. Does seem to add something to the track though.

[@Nespalvotas]

Goosebumps every time.

[@debbyfaber681]

The lyrics for if anyone is wondering: (PART 1) "When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / When I'm with a friend / then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. / - Me, too. / Right now, I'm the Loving Me; isn't he cute? And after I've done a real good job - I've cleaned my room, or something like that - then I feel proud, and there's a Proud Me, too. And when I'm with a friend, and we're having a good time, then I'm the Happy Me.

[@therobot2003]

i just love this band

[@Artifacts187]

i was there in the beginning of time, ........

[@QuantumDice]

Artifacts187 Beautiful, can I quote this ?

[@Artifacts187]

QuantumDice yes,. and follow me to the next level of sound

[@lefthand84]

This music gives me a very powerful sense of who I am

[@gc8972b]

12 years

[@lefthand84]

@@gc8972b ...and it still does.

[@odessa1324]

hypnotizing

[@alessandromancino8380]

The origin of everything is also found in this music

[@perrycomeau2627]

These days we need to gear strap ourselves so as not to fall.

[@rawbonedbelle]

Boards of Canada's music gives me this super peculiar feeling of nostalgia that makes me feel like I've had past lives. No kidding. When I listen to Whitewater I feel nomadic.

[@vertsk8er419]

similar percussion after the drop as Jacquard Causeway

[@bran-wk4or]

Seseme Street - Many Me's

[@SongJLikes]

I see so many Boards of Canada obsessed fans on KZbin… yet I’ve RARELY come across fans in the wild. Sadly.

[@SICCOSTATUS956]

This is just incredible. I didnt think emotions could be felt as strong as they do when i listen to Boards Of Canada

[@DocSpratley33]

how can sounds feel like these ones do?

[@Skyfaux]

I can't explain how this fits my mood right now.

[@Ominous89]

Boards of Canada. Music that embraced my soul. Ultimate consolation on bad days.

[@heathenbreathinfire]

such a badass tune and mostly percussion!!!

[@martinsvillechivo7892]

This reminds me of a HALO jump daydream I had when I was 14. Around the time the distorted voices sounded was when I exited the C-130 😂😂😂💯✌️🔥👌

[@samn7047]

makes me cry but goddamn i don't know whether i'm crazy happy or lamenting

[@56mikefagan]

Brilliant piece of work this, it really is.

[@cd78]

The chords are fucking amazing...

[@anonymous-zy2ol]

The lyrics are from the "i feel proud" speech in seseme street

[@QUIZFILTER]

@hitandrun82 No kidding. Its so cool how everybodys saying positive things & weird how most people (including myself) get these dream-like feelings of nostalgia & old memories & feelings from the past simply from this instrumental stuff that Boards does... no vocals or lyrics to suggest any of that to your mind... trippy & so cool & differrent. Theres no single other artist(s) that make me feel this way (& I listen to A LOT of other music!!!) Its so awesome, I love it!!

[@axleroast2674]

chords like the legendary rap song "93 til infinity"

[@thomashatcher8959]

That tune stays more on one chord. The chord progression for Whitewater (D# A# F C G ) is the same movement as Hey Joe, just in G.

[@Rttps]

This song got me through quarantine

[@velear7]

All their instruments were so analog, and this was 1996 right? The drums, especially the snare seems like it took weeks to make, especially with the stuff they had back then. It's so unique...

[@echus]

such great quality! Thanks you :)

[@barefootkicker910]

You win Mr.Olson.

[@justinnorris4677]

the symbol kind of looks identical to the cessna aircraft co. symbol!

[@XJDesigns1]

Holy!

[@brayvo777]

loving the waves...

[@owainweekes7531]

This is still amazing =) Thank you very much

[@Santebian]

Che pace , che sound!

[@Jay-gr9ij]

Real good job

[@HerpDerpBeehive]

Oh wow, I didn't realize this was the lyrics to the song until like the 30th time I listened to it.

[@MANIAKRA]

Still one of my favourits of BoB

[@JayJayRealhiphop]

A place of refuge.

[@agentoranges]

dat feel when the melody comes in @ 0:58...

[@JHornevideo]

And after I've done a real good job, I've cleaned my room, or something like that, then I feel proud, and there's a proud me too.

[@mattlord3660]

Lovely tune!

[@Serouisly]

you're right, I love all their music so much its hard to say which is best, but I just LOVE the feelings and emotions gained from this one, makes me feel grateful for existing.

[@Opperskip85]

loving the beat starting at 2:42

[@HexicNexus]

i thought for almost a full two years that this song was Oscar See Thru Redeye (thanks to limewire) I was always like, "Why is it going into Wildlife Analysis???"

[@Owza57]

Stunning

[@GannApple]

"i turn into a proud me"

[@brayvo777]

skip @ 1:01... i wonder if it's intentional... i have a copy of this that was cut off by a few minutes.. i just went to soulseek to find a complete one to replace it :)

[@annas4191]

feeling all the feels

[@MoustiluigiRandom]

Excellent en tout point et par.

[@pleaseIjustIgo]

I owe you for this one (: well played (if music is the key, BOC unlock all the doors)

[@explosivehotdogs]

I'm stealing that phrase ♥️