CAN: TAGO MAGO VS. EGE BAMYASI POLL

Tago Mago for me.

TM all the way for me. it was my first Can Album and it was like listening to a piece of music's DNA.

Ega Bamyasi you freakz.

dnnnnaaaaaaaaa

Tago Mago has never been sampled by Kanye West

Ege = better all the way through
Tago = has the better moments

ege is better

It's not fair that I can't vote for Tago Mago any harder.

Right there with you - Tago Mago is the Can record for me.

also Tago Mago>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Ege Bamyasi

-- I know, right?, Friday, 29 August 2008 15:56 (Yesterday)

Opinions just. Here's mine. My favorite 4 Can records, all with Damo Suzuki because I'm in love with him and Can was pretty much shite after he left:

Ege Bamyasi > Future Days > Tago Mago > Soundtracks.

Also, before he joined, it was brilliant too

Tago Mago. For the second disc as much as the first. (Seriously, how can you not like Peking O? It's the closest anything in 1970 got to early Boredoms.)

Also:

Can was pretty much shite after he left:

RONG.

I only heard it like that one time, but the one with all the fake world music is pretty funny

What Hurting2 said.

EB was the first Can record I bought -- and for some reason, I was always a little disappointed by it. It may have had something to do w the Musician Magazine review of the reissues which described EB totally wrong. In retrospect, it's obv great--"Vitamin C" is clearly one of their all-time best--but lacks TM's hypnotic grooves and space and the great texture of some of their best recordings, and feels a little...raw in places.

For my money, I think my favorite Can listen is Unlimited Edition.

Soon Over Babaluma is not shite!

Ege Bamyasi

SOB is a Damo record sans Damo.

Can's self-titled album is arguably as good as anything during the Damo era, albeit it's good in a very different way.

I'd actually agree with that. Aside from the Damo era, the self-titled Can album is the most memorable for me.

i'm right with Hurting 2 on this

I'm sick of people being with Hurting2 on this

Tago Mago is just plain better.

I too am with Hurting2 on this. Tago Mago rules too though.

grr!

http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~gallo/mountain_lion/mtlion.jpg

woa, it's cool, it's all cool

I'd still go with Future Days ahead of either, however.

Tago Mago tastes great, Ege Bamyasi is less filling.

(and Future Days is my favorite Can album)

Is there any reason for ILX's sudden hardon for Can?

PS Choosing between these 2 is nearly impossible.

I'm pulling for Ege Bamyasi. Are you going to join the gang or do I have to corner you in a dark alley?

Is there any reason for ILX's sudden hardon for Can?

The infatuation with Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac is over?

Tago Maqo for me. EB is not as memorable. TM is messy but the highs are higher.

I also really like Monster Movie. Malcolm Mooney's vocals are almost as good as Damo's.

kenan in otm shocka! can't choose between these two...

TAGO FUCKING MAGO, PEOPLE

Tago Mago got TWICE the votes? Holy hell.

Philistines.

YOU'RE LOSING YOUR VITAMIN C

fuck dis noise ILX is rong

you know the drill

wrong = contrarian ass munch bunch
rite = silent majority level headedness

apply as needed

Good work, gents.

Someone in 2005 posted on the "lyrics you love to sing wrong" thread that when he/she heard Can's Mushroom, he/she sang it as "I'M GONNA GIG MY DESPAIR!" So that's why my other screen name is that, now.

I'm on a goddamn Can kick. And I love it, god I just love Can. And I never listen to Tago Mago either like I am today, I always head straight for Ege Bamyasi. I always feel like I should play them more, so it's so nice to come back to them. I have an Ege Bamyasi T-shirt thanks to another ILXor.

really hard. basically tago has 'halleluhwah' so wins on that alone. ege is more "consistent" but lacks 'halleluhwah'.

'Tago Mago' is the one I heard first and so in a way had the greatest impact, but 'Ege' is definitely and easily the fave, and has a sound (literally the production) that I like a lot more, their matured sound.

tago mago was a used CD i bought for $6 when i was seventeen, just before going to college, and things have never been the same since.

that was me, bimble. i always thought that was more poignant than "i'm gonna get my fix there"

same thing with "when i saw"/"one-eyed soul"

ilm got the maths right:

32 votes : 16 votes = 2 records : 1 record

it is also about twice as long and can * 2 is two times better then can * 1, isn't it?

and in terms of hypnotic groove "tago mago" totally shits on "ege bamyasi". it doesn't sound like a band, it sounds universal.

But, which Can was better?

Can # 1, with Mooney
Can # 2, with Suzuki
Can # 3, without either?