Bring me future or tago
― nostormo, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InkszRYcoBk
― uk cheese board (Noodle Vague), Friday, 22 November 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
Thanks it does
― nostormo, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8arvEzHsA8
― uk cheese board (Noodle Vague), Friday, 22 November 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
Can I go my own way?
― nostormo, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
challop: future days is the best can album
noodle vague just ignore threads you don't like
― the late great, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
heh that's actually one of my prized challops
― flopson, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
recently i stepped it up and said flow motion was the best. that's bordering on disingenuous tho
― flopson, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
you firestarter
― mh, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:27 (ten years ago) link
Not so much of a challop from where I stand (re future days)
― nostormo, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
yeah i always thought best can album was widely believed to be future, tago, or ege.
i love flow motion
― mizzell, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
Future and Tago have outstanding songs in them. But Future has no fillers. So Future.
― nostormo, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
gonna have to think this one over for a bit
― Ornate Coleman (Moodles), Friday, 22 November 2013 21:07 (ten years ago) link
i never listen to fd because "bel air" bores me.
― fit and working again, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:19 (ten years ago) link
Why? Because it's a bit proggy? A little symphonic? It's the fastest 20 minutes song ever imo
― nostormo, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
"bel air" is so good
― tylerw, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
OTMAlmost as good as the will smith show
― nostormo, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
well let's not go crazy
― tylerw, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
Future Days is the best and Soon Over Babaluma is the second best, but I haven't heard Flow Motion which sounds like it could well be the next-best.
― Frederik B, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
xps i dunno, it's not terrible but it just doesn't do it for me. it starts nicely enough, gets into a groove and then doesn't do much that engages me. then it peters out and starts all over again, not doing much different the second time around.
― fit and working again, Friday, 22 November 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
Aumgn and peking o are the ones who make the biggest difference
― nostormo, Saturday, 23 November 2013 21:29 (ten years ago) link
BEST CAN ALBUM!CAN you pick only one?: The CAN albums poll
― fit and working again, Saturday, 23 November 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
flow motion shutout twice
― mizzell, Saturday, 23 November 2013 22:43 (ten years ago) link
Interesting to see that a handful of Can cds have recently turned up in the local mainstream cd shop. NOt sure if any of them have sold or if they're just one off remainders or something. Could just tie in with the vinyl set being released meaning they're appearing in trade zines or something. But would be good if they do sell.
Never know how obscure anything I'm into is since I don't really know that many people who I'd talk about music with who wouldn't be aware of quite a bit of stuff anyway. & I assume that by now the band has been talked about for years and most of their material has been available for the last couple of decades hasn't it? On cd in some form at least.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 23 November 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
I'm with the Future is the best Can crowd.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 23 November 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
Tago Mago. Future Days is too smooth, not weird enough, though it is of course great.
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
Tago is too improvised, not focused enough, though it is of course great.
― nostormo, Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:13 (ten years ago) link
basically it comes down to preferring "rock" Can over "electronic" Can or vice versa.
― nostormo, Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:16 (ten years ago) link
Future Days
― dan selzer, Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:20 (ten years ago) link
Tago is too improvised
don't get this at all. how is it any more improvised than fd?
― fit and working again, Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
which album is "rock" and which "electronic"?
― fit and working again, Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
"jazz" can
― the late great, Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:57 (ten years ago) link
A side of fd and first lp of tm both utterly sterling.
― Pressgang Wolf (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 24 November 2013 00:04 (ten years ago) link
I go with whichever has "Halleluwah," and if I need a tiebreaker, "Paperhouse" or "Mushroom."
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Sunday, 24 November 2013 02:50 (ten years ago) link
Much as I love both, Tago was kind of a life-changer. It was my link from 70s prog to the avant-rock set.
― jmm, Sunday, 24 November 2013 04:58 (ten years ago) link
I was listening to "Spray" when I opened this thread, so FD
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Sunday, 24 November 2013 05:44 (ten years ago) link
the answer is ege
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 24 November 2013 07:00 (ten years ago) link
Guys, choose thoughtfully. For the sake of future days!
― nostormo, Sunday, 24 November 2013 08:24 (ten years ago) link
I'll rank them as:
Ege > future > tago > babaluma > soundtracks > monster movie > the rest
― Moka, Sunday, 24 November 2013 10:09 (ten years ago) link
Actually no i like monster movie better than soundtracks.
― Moka, Sunday, 24 November 2013 10:29 (ten years ago) link
I accidentally voted for Future Days.
― winnebago taco, Sunday, 24 November 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
Mother sky is the most indispensable Can recording for me so in some ways soundtracks is my favorite can.
― Pressgang Wolf (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 24 November 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
totally agree with this.
― chromecassettes, Monday, 25 November 2013 02:26 (ten years ago) link
tago >ege >babaluma = landed = flow motion = saw delight (this era i listen to the most these days) >future (first half is great but i rarely listen to this) >monster movie = soundtracks (i know it's sacrilege but i don't care much for the malcolm-era) >the rest
― fit and working again, Monday, 25 November 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
From the same type of people who taught us Bitches Brew is Miles Davies best work, here comes the Can order of merit ....[flummmp!].
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Monday, 25 November 2013 03:35 (ten years ago) link
lol
― fit and working again, Monday, 25 November 2013 03:39 (ten years ago) link
Don't listen to "Bel Air" then. I don't.
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Monday, 25 November 2013 09:00 (ten years ago) link
Bel Air is great imo
― Drugs A. Money, Monday, 25 November 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
From the same type of people who taught us Bitches Brew is Miles Davies best work, here comes the Can order of merit
Never liked BB, sorry.
― chromecassettes, Monday, 25 November 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
the bird noises in the middle of "Bel Air" = best Can moment.
― bentelec, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 02:26 (ten years ago) link
http://i44.tinypic.com/2e1zn2u.gif
― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 02:32 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 28 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 29 November 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
A: TAGO
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Friday, 29 November 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
Wow, 73 votes!
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Friday, 29 November 2013 01:03 (ten years ago) link
I'm calm now
― nostormo, Friday, 29 November 2013 05:50 (ten years ago) link
I imagine this place to be like Monty Python's Whicker Island, populated entirely by men who look like Holger Czukay ca. 1972.
http://www.tagomago-island.com/
― Whiney Houston (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 23:56 (six years ago) link