> because ilx does not have enough Can threads
I've long believed the large number of Can threads partly due to the similar-threads filter being ineffective for a band named "Can"
― Lee626, Friday, 27 April 2012 01:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
serious question: was early can VU- descended, or was it indepedent parallel evolution?
(cuz generally ppl weren't VU influenced much prior to 72-3, and it impresses the fuck outta me if can got there first, this side of the atlantic)
― mark s, Monday, September 3, 2001 8:00 PM (10 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've always assumed it was a real VU influence. I will tend to continue that assumption even were Can to claim otherwise.
― bit.ly sno cone maker (Jon Lewis), Friday, 27 April 2012 16:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Holger:
What were Can's main influences from the world of rock, as opposed to classical and avant-garde?Everybody a little bit different. But mainly I would say the influence, for me, of the Beatles and Velvet Underground was most important. The Velvet Underground especially. They had something achieved which others didn't achieve. Even Jimi Hendrix didn't achieve that. One could have the opinion that this group is not able to play really properly right. They didn't get the right rhythm, they couldn't make a real tight rhythm. But the music was incredibly convincing. And this feeling made us encouraged, actually, to go on with rock music in general, instead of, let's say, making avant-garde academic music. Academic music was somehow finished by the audiences. Not by the musical idea itself. But we liked to do something without notation. We didn't want to read music off papers. We really tried to make instant compositions from the very beginning. This Can tradition actually achieved this very much when we played live.
Everybody a little bit different. But mainly I would say the influence, for me, of the Beatles and Velvet Underground was most important. The Velvet Underground especially. They had something achieved which others didn't achieve. Even Jimi Hendrix didn't achieve that. One could have the opinion that this group is not able to play really properly right. They didn't get the right rhythm, they couldn't make a real tight rhythm. But the music was incredibly convincing. And this feeling made us encouraged, actually, to go on with rock music in general, instead of, let's say, making avant-garde academic music. Academic music was somehow finished by the audiences. Not by the musical idea itself. But we liked to do something without notation. We didn't want to read music off papers. We really tried to make instant compositions from the very beginning. This Can tradition actually achieved this very much when we played live.
― Number None, Friday, 27 April 2012 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
NYCers— Malcolm Mooney is playing tonight at Santos
― prior, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
super psyched on this lost tapes set. anyone know how limited it is?
i was going to pre-order for $55 (w/ shipping...); but do i feel like saving 15 bucks and chance-ing it in a store?
― dronestreet, Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Pre-order it at any half-decent record shop and you'll be absolutely fine.
― only NWOFHM! is real (krakow), Thursday, 10 May 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
$27 from Amazon7 from Amazon
― cwkiii, Thursday, 10 May 2012 23:43 (1 year ago) Permalink
oops
buncha can live footage, just put it on in the background and it sounds great
http://networkawesome.com/show/live-music-show-can-1970-1977/
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 6 September 2012 17:14 (8 months ago) Permalink
Curated by Markus FiedlerTotal Runtime: 1:24:50Live Music Show, 70s, cologne, czukay, experimental, germany, improv, jam, kraut, rock
Dead Lock (1970)Mother Sky (1970)Paperhouse (1972)Spoon (1972)Intermission: News Report from 1971 Bring Me Coffee Or Tea (1972)Vitamin C (1972)Sing Swan Song (1973)I'm Too Leise (1974)Vernal Equinox (1975)I Want More (1976)Don't Say No (1977)Dizzy Dizzy (1977)
bump
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 6 September 2012 18:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah this is grrrrrreat
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 September 2012 19:21 (8 months ago) Permalink
what's up with the juggler tho. was he in the band?
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 September 2012 20:10 (8 months ago) Permalink
watching Irmin Schmidt play is so fun
― tylerw, Thursday, 6 September 2012 20:41 (8 months ago) Permalink
A little Xmas ditty from Can.
http://youtu.be/iInAuoio-pQ
― nickn, Saturday, 29 December 2012 10:25 (4 months ago) Permalink