05. Telepath (1:32)

[paultomba]

0:04 "Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,. 6 7 8 9 10. Up & down, I think" (?)
(background)................... 6 6,..9

0:20: "on repeat (on my beat?) give me a count"

0:23 " "The stuff that theyyyynooooooo.. the one on the right and then turn it up, while I'm counting. 1 (2, 3,) 4, 555555555 6 ,7, 8"

0:43: "it's too loud"

0:45 "Well this is quite close. It's plainly concealed. Thissssss answer."

"could I get the one voice"(?) "NERVOUS" "don't be nervous"

"1, 2, 3, 4, 555555555555555 6, 7"
(background)............................ 6 7(?) "yes"

Nice work! I added in a couple of edits.
Dunno where it's from.... reminds me of Vincent Price.

[Torn n Frayed]

0:04 "Testing, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,. 6 7 8 9 10. often know how I think" (?)
(background)................... 6 6,..9

0:20: "on repeat (on my beat?) give me a count"

0:23 " "The stuff that theyyyynooooooo.. the one on the right and then turn it up, while I'm counting. 1 (2, 3,) 4, 555555555 6 ,7, 8"

0:43: "it's too loud"

0:45 "well this is quite close to me. well it's plain where you can see him but it'ssss an answer."

"could I get the one voice"(?) "NERVOUS" "don't be nervous"

"1, 2, 3, 4, 555555555555555 6, 7"
(background)............................ 6 7(?) "yes"

At the end it goes "6-6-7", as if maybe to say moving on one number from the number of the beast..? With the second 6 being a faint echo...

[Skytree]

Dunno where it's from...

During the cold war era, the Russians and Americans were apparently training telepaths for use in spying and to help create deadly weapons (somehow).

Many tests and studies done during that time...

http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/111253/Telepathy_Documentary_Part_1/

[GeometricPish]

does that sound like a rocket/ICBM launch at around 1:08?

[Guido]

Best track on the album.

[Yellow Records]

This song is FUCKING CRAZY.

[egbdf]

This track immediately reminded me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzAO9A9GjgI

I mean it really does sound immediately similar.

Yes it does. It's that calliope synth sound. If you have a yamaha keyboard, there's a good chance it will have a "calliope lead" voice. A real calliope is like an organ but with steam.

It's a very 80's sound. It just feels like a dark 80's sci-fi or horror movie. And according to that interview they were going for it.

And like someone else mentioned, I do also get that "call for help lost in time" feel. Like no one ever heard it and it was a long time ago... off in some dark place underground or something... or alone on a space colony.

One of my favorites from the album. Not a good one to listen to while falling asleep.

[adecentman]

I think I've noticed a thing or two in telepath that hasn't been brought up yet:

at :41 i believe he's saying "sseevvenn, hhaatte, niine", or at least it sounds that way to me. I feel like it'd be classic BoC form if they added a subtle "h" sound to the eight to make this a little ambiguous.

the more interesting one however is at 1:04, if you listen very closely after the drawn out "fiiiiiiiiiive", it sounds as if they very quietly tacked on a "six" as if in the same breath as the long five. This would then give us "5iiive 6 6 6 7".

[NorthcutTAmnestY]

I keep hearing, "Well this is quite pleasant, to me..."

[jth]

0:46="well this is pointless, lets play it back and see what it sayssssss"

[In_The_Annexe]

I keep hearing, "Well this is quite pleasant, to me..."

that part and the part that he says after(I can't clearly make out for the life of me), sound so wicked. It gives me shivers.

[NorthcutTAmnestY]

Yes, I really do like this whole track, short as it is; I think it sounds the most like BoC in truth.

[euue]

I almost feel like the album could be just an hour of this song, of a broken-spirited lost radio broadcast into the void for help. I'd still love it to pieces

as it is, it feels like just a two minute clip of something that has been going on for decades

[Techboy]

Isolated the vocals quite on this track and I hear this.

Testing, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. [background: 6] 6 [6]. 7. [background: dieeee.[?]] 8. 9. 10
Up and down. Now [/how?] I see.
[Background (Irish or perhaps Shetland accent): warning! (cannot hear, but definitely something else)]
The stuff that they know! Hold the right and then turn it up.
On counting: 1. 2. 3. 4. Fiiiiiive. 6. 7. 8.
[It's too loud!]
Well, this is pointless. His brainwave's concealed. Once again.
[Celtic voice again: One voice is neeeervous. / Don't be nervous!]
1. 2. 3. 4. Fiiiiiiiive. 6.[echo: 6, 6] 7.


Creepy track. But awesome.

[zeoevil]

Am I the only one who hears him say, "Oops." at the end of the first count as if he messed up his counting?

[In_The_Annexe]

Am I the only one who hears him say, "Oops." at the end of the first count as if he messed up his counting?

I do think you are right. I've heard him say it.

[Crisps]

Nobody has mentioned this is track number fiiiiive yet!

[harpoon dodger]

What a beautiful little gem. Eerie and lovely at the same time

[superuser]

I just listened to this track for 30 min straight

This must be from an old sci fi movie right? Possibly a cartoon.

It seems slowed down so speeding it up might make it easier to understand and source

"Up and down, now I see"

I hear possibly "Gustav, they knooooow"

Also I don't hear "it's plainly concealed" but something like "just play (stay?) where he can see you"


Jesus, I had to stop listening to this. I was listening to it with my eyes closed in the dark for like an hour straight with closed headphones and I was getting such a paranoid feeling.

[Hitecherous]

does that sound like a rocket/ICBM launch at around 1:08?

Definitely hear that and what may be faint explosions at the end.