From Greg Clow Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 17:26
From Greg Clow Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 17:26
On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Christian Stigen Larsen wrote:
> | 3. boards of canada: music has the right to children : skam/warp
> |
> | Living in Canada and remembering the *boards of canada* vignettes, I
> | think this album is the best piece of vinyl I ever bought.
>
> I feel like a dumb ass asking this question, but what's the story behind
> these vignettes, where were they played etc.. (sorry, have the feeling this
> has already been discussed :)
The National Film Board of Canada (usually called the NFB for short)
produced a series of wildlife vignettes back in the early 70's that used
to be shown on television here in Canada during commerical breaks. They
were basically 30-60 seconds of footage of a particular animal with a bit
of music and a narrator giving info about the animal ("The woodchuck lives
in snowy climes", etc.). Anyone who grew up watching Canadian television
in the 70's has these little things engrained in their skulls for all
eternity, and they've been parodied many times on Canadian TV shows and
movies.
Anyway, both blokes from BoC lived in Canada for a bit when they were
kids, and they say that these vignettes (and other NFB productions -
they've done a *lot* of stuff, mostly little documentaries about Canada
and animation) imfluenced both their film and music work.
Greg