BOC vs BOC

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Will the real BOC please stand up?

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OptionVotes
Boards of Canada 38
Blue Oyster Cult 31


Nate Carson, Monday, 15 December 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago)

I like both but I do own a lot more Cult albums.

Nate Carson, Monday, 15 December 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

This isn't even a contest.

Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 00:02 (sixteen years ago)

"Workshop of the Telescopes" vs. "Telephasic Workshop"

henry s, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 01:58 (sixteen years ago)

cult but i still love boards

I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE - I THUMB THROUGH YOUR MAGAZINES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 02:33 (sixteen years ago)

Nice work, Henry!

Coming soon: El-P vs. ELP

Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 07:34 (sixteen years ago)

BÖC

Do The Touch! (gnarly sceptre), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 11:53 (sixteen years ago)

BÖC by a country mile

Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 12:00 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.blueoystercult.com/CC/collectibles/posters/p-OYF-5guits.jpg

Do Boards Of Canada even have a logo? Probably think they don't need one.

Matt #2, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 12:30 (sixteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/National_Film_Board_of_Canada_logo.PNG

a bezoar formed from the nidus of an enterolith (gnarly sceptre), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:27 (sixteen years ago)

Boards of Canada's logo is a face with no face on it. I like them better than the 'Cult, but not better than The Cult.

Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:40 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.thescore.ca/sixpack/harm_constance.jpg

I'M FAMILIAR WITH BOC

i'm stabbin' my way to the top (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:47 (sixteen years ago)

Boards of Canada are okay but not great, "Telephasic Workshop" is the only really great tune by them I've heard. On the other hand, the only Blue Oyster Cult song I know is "Black Betty", which is nice, but still... I guess I gotta go with BoC.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:49 (sixteen years ago)

So you've never heard "Fear the Reaper," then? Is Scandanavia really that much of a cultural vacuum?

Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:51 (sixteen years ago)

"Black Betty"? By the Blue Oyster Cult? Or do you mean "Black Blade"?

Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:54 (sixteen years ago)

No, I mean the song that goes, "Oooh, Black Betty and family..." Isn't it by BOC?

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:56 (sixteen years ago)

So you've never heard "Fear the Reaper," then? Is Scandanavia really that much of a cultural vacuum?

Nah, it's just me living in a vacuum considering rock music. I know this song title, but I don't think I've ever heard the actual song.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:58 (sixteen years ago)

But do you know less about rock music than The Lex, is the question

Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 13:59 (sixteen years ago)

Well, I did know The Kinks was some 80's rock band, unlike Lex.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:00 (sixteen years ago)

xxpost: er, that's "Don't Fear the Reaper" actually. Anyway, Tuomas, if you are truly the last remaining human being not to have seen this actually-very-funny SNL skit, please do so without acting on whatever impulse you may have to repeat any phrases involving the word "cowbell."

Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago)

Oh, I have seen that cowbell sketch, but I didn't know it was about "Don't Fear the Reaper". So I guess I have heard the tune after all! It's not as good as "Telephasic Workshop" though.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:20 (sixteen years ago)

I'd question if there was a single SNL sketch that someone outside of the US should automatically be expected to have seen

i'm stabbin' my way to the top (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:36 (sixteen years ago)

not to digress to much here, but is SNL not on European television? I've spent quite a bit of time on that side of the Atlantic & I know that many Euro countries got The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Friends etc. as of the early 2000s. I guess I just assumed..

Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:42 (sixteen years ago)

I vote for the umlaut.

(And I've never seen what's so damn funny about that cowbell sketch.)

Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:55 (sixteen years ago)

BOC

Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:57 (sixteen years ago)

Blue Oyster Cult is to the poseur BOC what Godzilla is to Tokyo

Bill Magill, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:22 (sixteen years ago)

not to digress to much here, but is SNL not on European television? I've spent quite a bit of time on that side of the Atlantic & I know that many Euro countries got The Simpsons, Seinfeld, Friends etc. as of the early 2000s. I guess I just assumed.

The Simpsons, Seinfeld, and Friends are indeed on Finnish television too. I think they tried to show SNL in here too at some point, but I don't think it was a success. Then again, I haven't owned a telly in 7 years, so I don't really know what's on these days.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:32 (sixteen years ago)

i have to go with the Cult, but ppl are being a little negative on Boards of Canada they are pretty awesome too

M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:34 (sixteen years ago)

not to digress to much here, but is SNL not on European television?

Not in the UK anyway

Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:39 (sixteen years ago)

I think I might actually vote for the Boards in this one! I like the Blue Oyster Cult quite a bit though.

Sundar, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago)

"Don't Fear the Reaper" is a pretty great song, but I'm giving this to Bs of C.

total mormon cockblock extravaganza (jaymc), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:46 (sixteen years ago)

"Oooh, Black Betty and family..."

lol

Timezilla vs Mechadistance (blueski), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:47 (sixteen years ago)

the poseur BOC

Haha yeah those guys and a lens flash, it's a totally Pavlovian thing

i'm stabbin' my way to the top (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago)

See when I was young Blue Oyster Cult were known as the Cult, then that fool Astbury came along and took the name over so everyone had to call them BOC. Now that's been taken over too so wtf do we call them? The Oysters? Maybe I'll just start referring to them as Soft White Underbelly and sneer at anyone that doesn't immediately understand what I mean.

Matt #2, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:01 (sixteen years ago)

I've always wondered, does Blue Oyster Cult have anything to do with the Blue Oyster gay bar in the Police Academy movies?

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:02 (sixteen years ago)

Now that's been taken over too so wtf do we call them?
oyster boys

Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago)

Gosh yes. Ask a Blue Oyster Cult fan if you don't believe it.

(xpost)

Mark G, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago)

Well, what's the connection?

Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

The Golden Age of Leather

Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:21 (sixteen years ago)

I find it heartwarming that no-one's talking about Boards Of Canada.
Here's another Blue Oyster Cult pic :

http://www.rocksbackpages.com/furniture/artists/blueoystercult.jpg

Matt #2, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:26 (sixteen years ago)

They're all about 3 foot tall, so that photograph is not far off actual size

Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:27 (sixteen years ago)

The Golden Age of Leather Chest Hair

Cat-Wrangler (Pillbox), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:29 (sixteen years ago)

"Don't Fear the Reaper" is a pretty great song, but I'm giving this to Bs of C.

― total mormon cockblock extravaganza (jaymc), Tuesday, December 16, 2008 10:46 AM (43

^yes

expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:31 (sixteen years ago)

http://home.comcast.net/~dthomas2112/boc.jpg

Matt #2, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:34 (sixteen years ago)

or

http://assets.mog.com/pictures/wikipedia/101580/Bocf1.jpg

Matt #2, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago)

Both hilarious pictures, but in very different ways. I am more charmed by the former.

Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 17:39 (sixteen years ago)

white suit/black shirt/white tie is hard to fuck wit

M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 18:11 (sixteen years ago)

especially if your are Hervé Villechaize

Suggest Ban Permalink (contenderizer), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 18:24 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 23 December 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

Nooooooooooooooooo... what is wrong with you people?!

Agent ov Fortune (J3ff T.), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 01:22 (sixteen years ago)

we're on drugs. who said that?

expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 02:24 (sixteen years ago)

kinda figured

Bored American Aerospace Defense Command (BORAD) (contenderizer), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 06:06 (sixteen years ago)

I've seen some stupid poll results on this stupid site, but this takes the fucking cake.

Bill Magill, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 16:01 (sixteen years ago)

yeah it really shouldn't have been that close

expletive for lady parts (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 24 December 2008 16:13 (sixteen years ago)

hahaha

Bill Magill, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 16:44 (sixteen years ago)

I wonder how many people who voted Boards of Canada have heard Secret Treaties? Anyone?

Nate Carson, Wednesday, 24 December 2008 20:31 (sixteen years ago)


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