http://i.imgur.com/StBSIVa.jpg07. Saw Delight 2 votes, 73 points, 1 Number 1 VoteYear of Release:1977
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 08:46 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GNSg0wI.jpg06. Soundtracks 13 votes, 384 pointsYear of Release:1970
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 08:47 (seven years ago) link
See you in a few hours!
<3
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 08:48 (seven years ago) link
:D
― nxd, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 09:24 (seven years ago) link
oh wow the images are so good
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 09:33 (seven years ago) link
:-)
― esempiu (crüt), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 09:43 (seven years ago) link
Beautiful work Moka.
― MatthewK, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 12:45 (seven years ago) link
Yeah these pics are amazing! I only got around to listening to Unlimited Edition* for this poll. It's OK.
*Did John Lydon nick this for the lyrics to 'EMI'? That only clicked just now.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 13:20 (seven years ago) link
I have a soft spot for Saw Delight as it was the first Can album I owned. Don't think it made my top 5 though.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 13:42 (seven years ago) link
I like it too but choosing it as your #1 is a bit o_0
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
whew, thought I had missed it. Thinking already Unlimited Edition was robbed -- I always thought it was the next-most essential Can after the classic LPs (esp before The Lost Tapes was issued). Haha even though I didn't vote for it.
― Dominique, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
As opposed to throwing it out of the window? (see: Can - finally remastered)
― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 14:46 (seven years ago) link
definitely! it's all over the place, but the good stuff could easily have shown up on the previous albums somewhere
― Dominique, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah some of their best ever songs, especially "gomorrha" and "ibis" (which is like babaluma condensed into 9 minutes). hard to listen to as its own unit though
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 14:55 (seven years ago) link
The Mooney songs on Unlimited Edition are excellent
― frogbs, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 14:57 (seven years ago) link
i put "connection" on my ballot at the expense of "i'm too leise" & i'm having regrets abt that
― esempiu (crüt), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
I pretty much like everything from the Malcolm era.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
I love the part in the CAN documentary during the Mooney years when they're recording at that white house. It's so goofy. That's one of the things I love most about this band -- they take some things seriously, but not all things at all times.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/A6Cp802.jpg05. Monster Movie 16 votes, 470 points Year of Release:1969
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
― MatthewK
Thank you!
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5deHyPN.jpg04. Soon Over Babaluma 27 votes, 873 points, 4 #1 votes. Year of Release:1974
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
I love the part in the CAN documentary during the Mooney years when they're recording at that white house. It's so goofy. That's one of the things I love most about this band -- they take some things seriously, but not all things at all times.― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:34 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, July 26, 2016 11:34 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow somehow it's never clicked in my head till now that there is an actual feature-length documentary about this band that I can sit down & watch
― esempiu (crüt), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
Damn imgur gave me https links on mobile instead of http. Can you see the monster movie and the soon over babaluma images? Only one of them?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:18 (seven years ago) link
can only see Babaluma. Which I am never over!
― Dominique, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
I forgot how productive bands used to be back in those days. These guys released one album per year! It's blowing my mind they went from monster movie to soon over babaluma in only 6 years.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
K here's the monster movie image... hopefully. I don't like posting from mobile.
http://i.imgur.com/qrDTwZ5.jpg
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
yeh these images are superb
― nxd, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
Not seeing any of them :(
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
Crüt I watched it (2x!) on youtube. Recommend to all!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:27 (seven years ago) link
On my phone though, so can't be helped... probably.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:27 (seven years ago) link
Yeah you can't see them on mobile but I think that applies to the ilm forum in general. I only see links on every thread with imgs on them. You might be able to see the links to go to the images.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:29 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/k5kJNxN.jpg03. Ege Bamyasi 28 votes, 978 points, 7 #1 votes. Year of Release:1972
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/iZ1IJvC.jpg02. Future Days 30 votes, 1067 points, 12 #1 votes. Year of Release:1973
http://i.imgur.com/GibcthP.jpg01. Tago Mago 32 votes, 1121 points, 10 #1 votes. Year of Release:1971
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
Wow, I did not expect Future Days to best Ege Bamyasi!
― esempiu (crüt), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
Compared to the Stereolab poll which I also ran I think there was a much stronger consensus on their top albums. Most of the top 3 votes included tago, ege and fd. In the lower end there were other 10 albums but with only one or two votes.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
Well, I got the albums wrong, so let's see how the tracks turn out.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Tracks results is where the real surprises are though, so many songs I hadn't payed attention to. I mostly stick to this top 4 albums and very rarely listen to the rest... this poll has fixed that.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:55 (seven years ago) link
very nice, a little surprised that Landed didn't make it, but Unlimited Edition and Soundtracks did
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
then again, I think I voted for all the individual tracks on Landed, but it didn't make my albums list, LOL
The albums that followed in the ranking with two votes each (a triple tie for 9 actually) were:
9. Can (1979) 61 210. Delay 1968 61 211. Landed 61 212. The Lost Tapes 58 213. Flow Motion 56 2
The rest only got one vote
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XK5nSbk.jpgTIE 50. Aumgn 3 votes, 64 points.From: Tago Mago (1971)https://youtu.be/9vayV9M7ctU
http://i.imgur.com/2AhPQr7.jpgTIE 50. Little Star of Bethlehem 3 votes, 64 points.From: Delay 1968 (1981)https://youtu.be/jxZon0BGvt4
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
was expecting a higher showing for "aumgn"! it still scares the shit out of me
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/M0pY6v2.jpg49. Tape Kebab 3 votes, 68 points.From: The Peel Sessions (1995)https://youtu.be/jwO7Th4i1fo
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:44 (seven years ago) link
Wow I haven't the slightest idea what's gonna place, let alone what order everything is gonna be in
― poolboy skew (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
TAPE KEBAB
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
when i listened to everything over the past two weeks this very quickly emerged as my favorite song that was new to me
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TEJliaU.jpg48. Aspectacle 3 votes, 69 points.From: Can (1979)https://youtu.be/y6uSFUeV6R0
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Couldn't find the yt for that one so I only linked to the drum break. It's on spotify (Tape kebab isn't though and it's a great one)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
Here's the Tidal links for Aspectacle.
tidal.com/track/34510593 and tidal.com/track/34505714
― dlp9001, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link
This was probably the most enjoyable ILM poll I've taken part in and read. Splendid stuff!
― A. Begrand, Thursday, 4 August 2016 05:04 (seven years ago) link
I just dug out my copy of the 2cd "Anthology" as I do like the 'edited, but still long' versions of 'Halleluwah' and 'Morning Sky'. This CD set was my first proper into (I did buy 'I want more' back in the day)
Anyway, it still has the HMV price tag of £19.25 on it! I mean, what was I, made of money in those days?
― Mark G, Thursday, 4 August 2016 07:19 (seven years ago) link
Thanks again Moka, splendid poll!
My ballot:
Albums
1. Soon Over Babaluma2. Monster Movie3. Ege Bamyasi 4. Tago Mago5. Future Days
Songs
1. Future Days2. Yoo Doo Right3. Mushroom4. Quantum Physics5. Private Nocturnal6. Pinch7. Oh Yeah8. Sing Swan Song9. Father Cannot Yell10. All Gates Open11. Dizzy Dizzy12. Mary So Contrary13. Come Sta, La Luna14. Dead Pigeon Suite15. Vernal Equinox 16. Halleluhwah 17. Animal Waves18. Waiting For The Streetcar19. Chain Reaction20. Turtles Have Short Legs
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 4 August 2016 08:52 (seven years ago) link
hard to complain about anything in the top 10 but I am a bit sad that "One More Night" didn't make it, that has got to be the most quietly funky tune I've ever heard
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 August 2016 13:34 (seven years ago) link
One More Night was #13!
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 4 August 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
Or, wait: are you saying you were sad it didn't make the top ten?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 4 August 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
hard to complain about anything in the top 10
Well, I could, but I'm not going to.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
great poll!! thank you for doing it, moka.
didn't vote albums, here are my songs
Mother SkyHalleluwahYoo Doo Right (Live 1971-1977)I Want MoreMesser, Scissors, Fork, and LightDead Pigeon SuiteMoonshakeDeadly DorisSpoon (live from Lost Tapes)GraublauVernal EquinoxMushroomFlow MotionSoul DesertCome sta La LunaMillionspielShikaku Maru TenSing Swan SongTango WhiskymanPaperhouse
Honorable mentions: And More Can Can (for being so vexing to google)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 4 August 2016 14:19 (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.
Then there's this, which I said I'd vote for but then didn't :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iInAuoio-pQ
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2016 14:26 (seven years ago) link
Really enjoyed the rollout, especially the images. I was starting to imagine them in packs of Can trading cards, with all the different gum flavors that could be included. Collect them all!
Future DaysTago MagoLandedEge BamyasiFlow Motion
Future DaysMoonshakeRed Hot IndiansSpoonHalleluwahI Want MoreFull Moon on the HighwayVitamin COh YeahI’m So GreenMushroomPaperhouseVernal EquinoxBel AirTango WhiskymanBabylonian PearlHunters and CollectorsUnfinishedSing Swan SongOne More Night
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 4 August 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
this was my ballot! this was so fun and i listened to so much incredible music bc of it
songs:1. Splash2. Spray3. Bel Air4. Tape Kebab5. All Gates Open6. Vernal Equinox7. November8. Animal Waves9. Thief10. Unfinished11. Father Cannot Yell12. Deadlock13. Gomorrha14. Chain Reaction15. Ibis16. Mother Sky17. Future Days18. Sodom19. Smoke (E.F.S. No. 59)20. Graublau
albums:1. Soon Over Babaluma2. Future Days3. Ege Bamyasi4. Tago Mago5. Can
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 August 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
yeah kinda a petty complaint given it placed #13 but still, relistening to this stuff I'm amazed at how stupidly great that track is
― frogbs, Thursday, 4 August 2016 15:49 (seven years ago) link
Feeling like I want to meet the only other person to vote for "Butterfly" to shake them warmly by the hand.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2016 15:52 (seven years ago) link
Is Mother Sky the first motorik beat?
― jmm
Some attribute it to Velvet Underground I think... but yeah I think you're on to something.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, August 3, 2016 4:14 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
was thinking about this last night and remembered a part of the documentary where irmin schmidt is talking about his time in NYC and the people he met there, which surely would explain the VU influence because schmidt was the person who formed CAN, right? he goes to new york, has his mind blown by weirdos, forms CAN
VU was also famously another band whose album versions were tame compared to loose and far-out live versionsIf you add that Jaki was originally a jazz drummer (iirc?) it would totally make sense that the CAN sound developed as it dididk about first anything, but the evolution of a repetitive drum pattern with far-out elements laid on top of it is historically sound afaicti have not fact-checked this progression -- going on memory, forgive my errors
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 4 August 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link
I cannot believe I'm the only person that voted for Private Nocturnal! Of the songs that only got one vote mine was highest on the ballot, number five.
Do people just not like it a lot, or is it being slept on? (No pun intended) Check it out ppl!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 4 August 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Tracks -
1. Future Days2. Mother Sky3. Halleluwah4. Yoo Doo Right5. Pinch6. Vitamin C7. Spray8. Oh Yeah9. Chain Reaction10. Spoon11. Paperhouse12. Quantum Physics13. Father Cannot Yell14. Sing Swan Song15. Butterfly16. Mushroom17. Moonshake18. Come Sta, La Luna19. Half Past One20. Peking O
Albums -
1. Tago Mago2. Monster Movie3. Soon Over Babluma4. Ege Bamyasi5. Future Days
Big thanks to Moka for running the poll. Those graphics really do seem to fit the Can vibe perfectly.
Pleased that Oh Yeah ended up in the top 10. I always had the feeling that it was one of the more overlooked tracks on Tago Mago - but clearly not!
― Option 1 : Do Nothing (Mr Andy M), Thursday, 4 August 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
It's one of my favourite tracks on The Lost Tapes, the bass playing in the first three minutes or so is utterly sublime.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 August 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
OK I need to re-listen to that, thanks
― ro✧✧✧@il✧✧✧.c✧✧ (sleeve), Thursday, 4 August 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
It is so slow, smooth and haunting. Really takes me to another world.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 4 August 2016 18:05 (seven years ago) link
"You must play *monotonous*!"
http://youtu.be/A93XtkMLXME
― Noel Emits, Thursday, 4 August 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
I'm So Green is the track I was impressed not making it into the top 20. It's one their simpler, pop songs (at least going thru the youtubes it seems to be the most popular Can song to cover) it's like sunshine krautrock and for once Jaki isn't the highlight of the track but the guitars are.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 4 August 2016 18:38 (seven years ago) link
thanks again moka, amazing pics and a brilliant results rollout
― nxd, Thursday, 4 August 2016 19:14 (seven years ago) link
Is there one track missing from the Spotify playlist?
― Mark G, Friday, 5 August 2016 09:13 (seven years ago) link
Great poll, thanks a lot! Wish I could've joined in this thread but I've been busy.
TRACKS1.One More Night2.Future Days3.Vitamin C4.Paperhouse5.Moonshake6.Spoon7.Sing Swan Song8.Mushroom9.Bel Air10.Oh Yeah11.Dizzy Dizzy12.Thief13.Quantum Physics14.Bring Me Coffee or Tea15.Spray16.Outside My Door17.Fly by Night18.Millionenspiel19.Tango Whiskeyman20.Turtles Have Short Legs
ALBUMS1.Future Days2.Ege Bamyasi3.Tago Mago4.Soon Over Babaluma5.Soundtracks
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 5 August 2016 10:06 (seven years ago) link
xpost oh right, Tape Kebab. Cheers..
― Mark G, Friday, 5 August 2016 10:45 (seven years ago) link
I can do that, Moka, if you make the playlist collaborative.
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 6 August 2016 04:39 (seven years ago) link
I have a lot of disagreements with ILX about Can but I would like to say that Brad's love of the 1979 album is totally on point. Thats a really cool album
― mark e smith and brexit (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 6 August 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
I like to add those from my library even if I only have it myself as it leaves a placeholder. I'm a nerd like that.I can do that, Moka, if you make the playlist collaborative.
― Naive Teen Idol
I have it too but I think if I add it from my local library and its not on spotify it only appears for me in the playlist and noone else sees it?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 6 August 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
I remember someone else doing that unwittingly adding his own. We could see the entries but not play them.
― Mark G, Saturday, 6 August 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
So... you want me to add it for completion purposes even tho you wont hear it?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Saturday, 6 August 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
That was the idea. I feel like sometimes when the song becomes available on Spotify it will sync up and play appropriately. .
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 6 August 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
Plus, if you have if locally I think it also plays from your laptop.
Awww yes.http://i.imgur.com/R1AmhS1.jpg
― MatthewK, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
That is a really cool shirt! Only can shirt I like, the other official ones I've seen are just the other album covers which don't really adapt to a t-shirt that well.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
http://www.spoonrecords.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=75&zenid=6bb5c79853a0b2e36f92890f0137fb39
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
iirc that's the shirt don anderson was wearing the first time i saw agallocheveryone loves CAN!!
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 19:07 (seven years ago) link
Note, being Australian I couldn't buy it from Spoon - "PLEASE NOTE: We are only taking orders from the US, CA and Europe at the moment. You will be able to order from other countries soon."
― MatthewK, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Black? That's not right. They had those Ts BITD, Holger is wearing one in some pics.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
Just spend a blissful Sunday afternoon with “Don’t Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone” cranked. Why oh why does it fade out?
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 24 April 2022 07:43 (two years ago) link
also would have voted "Shikaku Maru Ten" in my top 20 if I'd known it.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 6 April 2023 03:45 (one year ago) link
So for the longest time 'I'm So Green' was my favorite CAN song and easily of the 70's. Every now and then I reevaluate my opinion and it lands on "Vitamin C". Today is "Moonshake"... that would be probably my first pick to get outsiders into CAN, the whole Future Days album is amazing, but that's the sampler choice for me. A morsel of the genius behind this band.
"Future Days", "Hallelluwah", "Mother Sky" are of course massive and as shown in this poll the consensus picks for what the band has to offer, but I think of them more as album highlights. For me, when isolating songs for a "best of the decade" I tend to favor those that in my mind work in a pop format. I might entertain the idea that CAN is not really that kind of band but it totally is: "turtles have short legs", "moonshake", "vitamin c", "i'm so green", "i want more", "spoon"... there's plenty of material that is top 10 chart material somewhere in heaven.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 21 July 2023 18:08 (nine months ago) link
oh and I was the #1 for Moonshake, I can't count the times I have felt a bit low or washed out, put that song on, and felt restored and recharged. It has ... voodoo qualities.
I'm a bit sleep deprived at the moment and 100% agree. I was feeling drowsy, driving to do some chores and played this one and immediately started feeling refreshed.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 21 July 2023 18:19 (nine months ago) link
I often think "One More Night" is my favourite Can track - it's the most low-key on Ege Bamyasi but feels like it could go forever.
― jmm, Sunday, 23 July 2023 14:04 (nine months ago) link
"One More Night" is a great example of the surprising emotional depth of much of Can's work. It's basically a one chord vamp in 7/4 time, the only hooks are a muttered chant and an oblique keyboard phrase - but it conveys a strange introspection and even sense of loss mostly through texture and rhythmic patterns.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 23 July 2023 23:22 (nine months ago) link
Glad to see it get some love, I mean obviously it’s such a stacked album but man that tune in particular just really hits me. Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t there some really great track on Lost Tapes which is like an extended jam off of it?
― frogbs, Monday, 24 July 2023 01:23 (nine months ago) link
There's a live version where Holger Czukay spontaneously comes up with five or six killer basslines .
― John Donne In Concert (Tom D.), Monday, 24 July 2023 06:46 (nine months ago) link