ILM Artist Poll No. 77 · CAN · Results Thread

Yep. Great point.

As for songs, "Flow Motion" was on my ballot. I love how fucking HUGE it sounds. Almost voted for "The Empress and the Ukraine King."

As Milton Parker pointed out on another thread, Holger re-edited "Hunters and Collectors" as "Oh Lord Give Us More Money."

You could make a bunch of equally awesome songs by just expanding on various parts of MSF&L

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, July 26, 2016 5:26 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i assumed MSF&L was made up of early variations on "Spoon"

Yes Spoon is filled with parts from MSF&L. It's very obvious but I hadn't realised there's a thematic connection in their songtitles even.

How did I not vote for Uphill?

Spoon seems like the base template to me. The looooong live version on Lost Tapes is so much better than the album version imo. I love the "...yeah" during the intro at the beginning.

What I originally meant was that regardless of whether they expanded the base template or assembled pieces that eventually made the base template, even the pieces are interesting enough to expand into their own songs without sounding like the same song. Maybe all this says is that the collected sounds of Spoon really speak to me. I love the super slowed down part of MSF&L.

Sorry for not posting been busy, will try to update in an hour or so.

http://i.imgur.com/77Bz0hW.jpg
40. Peking O 6 votes, 108 points.
From: Tago Mago (1971)
https://youtu.be/mnAH3JdlKKE

It's back! Gomorrah is 20 positions too low!

Peking O was always my least favorite on TM until this poll – it always sounded like Song of the Bailing Man-era Ubu. Now, having listened back to research I love it. Easily could've put it on my ballot.

Peking O my first pick to place. Always love the way it collapses in a heap then gradually puts itself together again.

I remember listening to that for the first time in just straight up disbelief at what I was hearing

http://i.imgur.com/8eq61NT.jpg
39. Peking O 7 votes, 118 points.
From: The Lost Tapes (2012)
https://youtu.be/J7tD1FDIOlY

GRAUBLAU

Can I just tell you guys, the first Can record I bought was this compilation and it was the sort of singles-type tracks from the Virgin albums, "Gomorrah," plus a couple Mooney tracks from Unlimited Edition and I was just basically like, yeah, I don't understand this band at all!

https://www.discogs.com/Can-InCANdescence/release/263939

http://i.imgur.com/VEKF8bt.jpg
38. Mary, Mary So Contrary 5 votes, 121 points.
From: Monster Movie (1969)
https://youtu.be/YefiMvJdjhY

GRAUBLAU

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson),

Damn sorry it says Peking O it's GREYBLUE

i'm guessing every song from tago mago and monster movie will appear

Well I mean Monster Movie is only 4 songs long and the 2 least impressive songs already made it so...

:D

though i'd hardly argue "outside my door" is one of the least impressive songs on monster movie

Yeah, that song is awesome... yet still didn't make it on to my ballot, says it all.

i'm guessing every song from tago mago and monster movie will appear

probably Ege Bamyasi and Future Days as well?

The following song brought to you by the sponsor of our poll: Campbell's. M'm M'm Sodium!

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38. Soup 7 votes, 123 points.
From: Ege Bamyasi (1972)
https://youtu.be/oKX9LDo9eQo

Mary, Mary so Contrary is too low. Was my number 3.

Dammit number should read 37

"soup" is great and is also maybe my least fav can epic from the first few records

http://i.imgur.com/nvsRxiK.jpg
36. Half Past One 7 votes, 127 points.
From: Landed (1975)
https://youtu.be/g8b62a4sR6g

http://i.imgur.com/UbsEXa6.jpg
35. Full Moon On the Highway 7 votes, 132 points.
From: Landed (1975)

i wasn't actually expecting either of these to place over "hunters & collectors" wow!

I need to pick up Lost Tapes finally. All these tracks are great.

Well I mean Monster Movie is only 4 songs long and the 2 least impressive songs already made it so...

As someone who ranked "Mary, Mary So Contrary" #2 on his ballot: HMMPH. >=(

Yeah I voted for Mary higher than any other monster movie track

Oh I think I like "Graublau" enough but parts of it sound too much like a dry run for "Mother Sky" for me to vote for it.

Irmin Schmidt's playing on "Half Past One" is one of my favorite things ever.

xp ... although the Hawkwind-meet-James Brown passages are pretty dope. Yeah, maybe could've voted for it.

xxpost hahaha I didn't mean it like that mary mary is still an amazing song. The least interesting tracks for me on an album like monster movie are still better than the rest out there.

http://i.imgur.com/1YgQyTY.jpg
TIE 33. Come Sta la Luna 8 votes, 135 points.
From: Soon Over Bababaluma (1974)
https://youtu.be/jxZon0BGvt4

http://i.imgur.com/qBOvTGF.jpg
TIE 33. Uphill 6 votes, 135 points.
From: Delay 1968 (1981)

These guys really like making songs about the moon.

Can I keep talking about "Half Past One?" It's also Michael Karoli becoming a great lead vocalist.

Whoa is the girl being held by the Mary Mary robot NAKKED??

http://i.imgur.com/u17Kn7q.jpg
32. Don't Turn the Light On, Leave Me Alone 7 votes, 148 points.
From: Soundtracks (1970)
https://youtu.be/7nMODpwq2Cs

I might have to wrap it up for the day with the next one since I have to go out :S

http://i.imgur.com/Z2OqfS8.jpg
31. Dead Pigeon Suite 7 votes, 152 points.
From: The Lost Tapes (2012)
https://youtu.be/THc1zz1EqSI

The 'Cannibalism' comp has all of 'Monster Movie' except 'Mary', so this poll is already better.

(Same goes for the 'Anthology', which is where I started with Can. Actually, that's not true we all started with 'I want more' obvb.

'The Lost Tapes' is gonna win with regard to track counts, clearly.

Just catching up (I was out of town yesterday and today) and loving the results so far. That #1 vote yesterday for "Empress and the Ukraine King" was from me -- my introduction to the band about 20 years ago on a great mixtape from a friend.

Happy to see "Outside My Door," "Uphill" and "Come Sta, La Luna" all place.

I did anticipate "Uphill" placing higher, though - such a great groove.

"Come Sta, La Luna" is something I came to appreciate more and more by playing the Babaluma LP as I was falling asleep... It took me a while to get into the post-Damo Can, but that album feels like a companion piece to Future Days.

Don't turn the light off leave me alone, soooooo good