I think those are all for today and tomorrow I'll do the top 15 or do you want one more?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:39 (seven years ago) link
also not my #1, but if I really think about it, maybe the track that impacted me most of any Can (along with Chain Reaction, which I'm assuming is still ahead). This hit me right in the head/heart, in the same way that Debussy and Messiaen did -- total, magic impressionism, except instead of oceans or clouds, its the dusty toe-prints of angels on the moon. Not sure I've heard a rock band as delicate or mystical as on Quantum Physics.
^this, pretty much. If Chain Reaction/Quantum Phys. had been counted as one track, that would have been my No. 1.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:40 (seven years ago) link
This hit me right in the head/heart, in the same way that Debussy and Messiaen did -- total, magic impressionism, except instead of oceans or clouds, its the dusty toe-prints of angels on the moon
hell yeah this is exactly it
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 23:54 (seven years ago) link
As I said on the other thread, I had Spray pretty high. Jaki swings the shit out of the opening section and Irmin is doing some cool cluster (tiny c) stuff on the organ. Then Michael or Irmin plays some great spring reverb sounds on the second part while the beat changes and that descending guitar line enters. I usually think of this as an instrumental even tho Damo is great on this.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
sing swan song is my favorite of their slower / melancholy numbers.
― bagging area (map), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 02:08 (seven years ago) link
Sing Swan Song wouldve been my #3 :(
― mark e smith and brexit (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 04:02 (seven years ago) link
Actually a lot of stuff from today wouldve placed high on my ballot tbh
― mark e smith and brexit (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 04:05 (seven years ago) link
Starting to worry that there are too many good tracks left to fit in the remaining 15 places.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 09:59 (seven years ago) link
Then would you say you want more?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:26 (seven years ago) link
and more!and more!and more!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/I4y2KLd.jpg15. I Want More. 379 points, 17 votes, 1 #1 vote.From: Flow Motion (1976)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
disco!
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
!! "i want more" is my feel-good song of choice, it's so stupid and fun
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:35 (seven years ago) link
Genius.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link
:-)
― esempiu (crüt), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:40 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/a1hZIoC.jpg14. Pinch. 406 points, 15 votes, 3 #1 votesFrom: Ege Bamyasi (1972)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
lol that image
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:01 (seven years ago) link
I didn't manage to submit a ballot, but Pinch would have been somewhere in the top 5. Can at their hottest.
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
Hehehe sorry it was the first image that came to mind with the word.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:28 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/mk7N7h7.jpg13. One More Night. 409 points, 17 votes, 1 #1 vote.From: Ege Bamyasi (1972)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
Phew, I was getting worried that wouldn't turn up.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:33 (seven years ago) link
still stunned that "father cannot yell" and "sing swan song" are so low
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
10 of mine are still to place, drop one of them, which was never going to make it the Top 50, and I think I know what tracks are left.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:37 (seven years ago) link
One More Night would have been another of my top picks. Such a nice groove, which never quite settles into a comfortable mellow. I didn't pay much attention to it for the longest time, but now it's one of the Can tracks I come back to the most.
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
ha ive only just found out can were on totp
― nxd, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:53 (seven years ago) link
Not my number one but it's worthy of a No.1 vote. (One More Night).
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 14:54 (seven years ago) link
xpost yeah, and Michael Karoli couldn't make it he was on holiday, so they got a random bloke to stand in.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 15:15 (seven years ago) link
I frigging love "I Want More." Even if it's the only real toe they ever dipped into disco, it somehow manages to lose none of what makes Can great -- the weirdly half whispered treated lead vocal, the hilarious toy keyboard counter-melody, the Rother-esque melody in the guitar and keys refrain. The remaster (on Spotify) sounds great, too. The fact that "...And More" exists, too, which sounds like some lost KC and the Sunshine Band 12", makes it even better. Wow.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
thought I Want More was top 5 easy!
― Dominique, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 15:21 (seven years ago) link
"I Want More" is the song I'm prepared to play at the drop of a hat, should the opportunity ever present itself. I think it'd be a crowd-pleaser and fun to play (and learn) and could segue into extendo-jam w "And More" It's so goofy and fun while maintaining essential CAN-ness as described upthread, a marvel!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 16:07 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zM2LRdE.jpg12. Chain Reaction. 475 points, 20 votes.From: Soon over Babaluma (1974)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 17:23 (seven years ago) link
YEAH
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
Brutal track, bass drum stomping into yr brain like a jackhammer/boot.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 17:26 (seven years ago) link
Some of Karoli's best guitar playing too.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
Yay! Chain Reaction!
― mark e smith and brexit (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cu95pcB.jpg11. Yoo Doo Right. 518 points, 22 votesfrom: Monster Movie (1969)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
Too low.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
TOO LOW!! I voted specifically for the Live '71-77 version because I feel it's superior to the original. I have listened to it SO MANY TIMES.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
Almost my No.1, changed it at the last minute.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
#3 for me, after my other two favorites. this poll has made me realize that CAN is one of my all-time favorite bands. my top 3 on my ballot are some of my favorite songs period. i don't see myself growing out of liking them ever.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 18:29 (seven years ago) link
wtf @ that placement
― ro✧✧✧@il✧✧✧.c✧✧ (sleeve), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
It's clear what's in the top 10 though and it's all amazing stuff.
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 18:36 (seven years ago) link
Moka, I have a feeling you chose the font you did based on how it'd look on "Yoo Doo Right."
― Pleeesiosaur (Leee), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
You think Moonshake's gonna place, jmm? So weird that it would be 10+ slots above I'm So Green, but even weirder if it doesn't make it
― mark e smith and brexit (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
It's better than I'm So Green, definite Top 10.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
Moonshake is a shoo-in.
― esempiu (crüt), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
voted Moonshake pretty high! i'm sad Deadly Doris won't make iti love Deadly Doris - it's so ridiculous!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
The thing with I'm So Green is it's so understated that it's possible to overlook when bringing tracks to mind. That's my excuse for not voting for it!
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
― Pleeesiosaur (Leee)
Close! First test I did was with 'Spoon'. Love those double-oh's.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera)
I still counted your vote in this one to avoid splitting.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link