Band: Can

[OrthodoxEaster]

Not scheiße. Not ever. No matter how crummy and waffle-laden their later material could get. One of the deadliest rhythm sections in music. Two wonderfully unhinged but very different vocalists. A band that turned psychedelia into something decidedly non-hippie, but also kept their Krautrock messy and fucked-up, even when everybody else was adopting a Kraftwerk synthoid style (not that I don't dig Kraftwerk) or getting into new-age wallpaper. It's just too bad that the last few albums had to happen and that those Jamaican guys from Traffic joined the band. But overall, Can were some very groovy Germans (plus a rotating cast of non-Germans). I like.

[var]

Ege Bamyasi is one of my favorite records of all time, top 3.

NOT CRAP

[Ernest]

Bump.

Monster Movie amazes me every time I play it. I like it much more than Tago Mago.

So you're a Malcolm man? Or is there too much dicking around on Tago Mago for you?

Monster Movie is not my favorite Can album, but the darkness and rage of it is pretty fantastic, and "Outside My Door" is a phenomenally creepy garage-rock classic.

I really like Damo's vocals, but sometimes the big beat-ish drumming gets to me. I know it's not their fault, but at times, it feels like I've heard Tago Mago everywhere, whereas Monster Movie feels timeless; the mood on it is great. In some way, it reminds me of a less surreal Pere Ubu.

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Hugely NOT CRAP.

Everything through Landed rules.

Tago Mago is probably my favorite.

Love the drumming in partic.

[robert thefamilyghost]

I really like Damo's vocals, but sometimes the big beat-ish drumming gets to me. I know it's not their fault, but at times, it feels like I've heard Tago Mago everywhere, whereas Monster Movie feels timeless; the mood on it is great. In some way, it reminds me of a less surreal Pere Ubu.

the drumming on Tago Mago is the best..."Mushroom" followed by "Oh Yeah" i mean, crap, some of the best drumming i've ever heard being the main focus on two amazingly-placed back-to-back songs...

overall Tago Mago is my favorite, but Soundtracks has my favorite song of theirs ("Mother Sky" of course) and Monster Movie has another that's near the top of my list ("Father Cannot Yell")...

[Bill Swansea]

People voted crap? Really?

[Robert G]

Oddly enough, I was at the record store today and me and the dude talked about Can. He was playing back the remastered Soon Over Babaluma over the store PA, which from what I could hear, was actually not that "bad." He also really likes the fake "ethnological discoveries," which I don't know what this is in reference to.

[Awesome_Komodo]

He also really likes the fake "ethnological discoveries," which I don't know what this is in reference to.

They're tracks on the Unlimited Edition record.

[sawtooth]

tago mago fuckin rules. halleluwah sounds like an acid damaged porn soundtrack

[Daveksvplot]

Can in their prime is about as good as rock music gets.

[Daveksvplot]

Also, isn't that a musique concrète solo in the breakdown of "Moonshake"?

Whatever it is, it sounds great.

[robert thefamilyghost]

He was playing back the remastered Soon Over Babaluma over the store PA, which from what I could hear, was actually not that "bad."

much less good than the preceding albums, but still a good record!

[Domagoj]

You know what, I like post-Suzuki Can. Up to and including Saw Delight w/Traffic boys.

Can had THE rhythm and THE synth. Two super important elements in music for my aural enjoyment.

For these rockers/gents I've got only

LIEBE.

[Mark Hansen]

He was playing back the remastered Soon Over Babaluma over the store PA, which from what I could hear, was actually not that "bad."

much less good than the preceding albums, but still a good record!

I think Soon Over Babaluma was the first album by Can that I acquired. I got it in a pile of records someone had left at an apartment my father was in charge of renting. (this pile also included the first Stooges record) It caused me to pretty much fall in love with Can immediately.

[Isabelle Gall]

Despite always loving Ege Bamyasi some of the (usually earlier) vocal and guitar excesses of Can have sometimes grated on me so I never got around to hearing Future Days until just a few weeks ago. Absolutely ridiculous how good this album is, a masterpiece and also just about the ultimate record for spring listening. NC.

[tarandfeathers]

Yeah, Future Days is brilliant. I think I'll listen to it when I get home tonight. Need to get an LP of Soundtracks as well, since that has some excellent songs on, it's been too long since I heard it.

Seems like seven forum members have some kind of debilitating brain damage.

[AnthonyCinder]

I actually like Future Days more than Ege, but not as much as the almighty Tago Mago.

Bands don't get much more Not Crap in my book.

[Bill Swansea]

How good is CAN? I'll tell you with this hidden gem that I've never heard before in my life.



Released as a single (!) around the time of Tago Mago. It's a pop song, yes, but it's still pushing forward. It manages to sound remarkably contemporary to right now as well as futuristic at the same time.

[Heath]

How good is CAN? I'll tell you with this hidden gem that I've never heard before in my life.



Released as a single (!) around the time of Tago Mago. It's a pop song, yes, but it's still pushing forward. It manages to sound remarkably contemporary to right now as well as futuristic at the same time.

Excellent! I haven't ever heard that one either. So good.

[LBx]

I never got around to hearing Future Days until just a few weeks ago. Absolutely ridiculous how good this album is

Yeah, Future Days is brilliant.

Can't get into it. Should I 1) try another or 2) leave out the back door?