http://i.imgur.com/1X0PnJ9.jpg07. Spoon. 582 points, 25 votes.From: Ege Bamyasi (1972)https://youtu.be/3buYpfYRlaA
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW TOO LOW
― esempiu (crüt), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/56/26/b5/5626b51fe25255d1a74c9e3e10f79677.jpg
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
Btw that live performance i funny, iirc this was a minor hit for them in Germany so you hear the crowd excited to recognize the song at the beginning and the band manages to throw an oddball by mixing it with a weird moonshake/spoon jam and the audience are left scratching their heads.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
I think it's fair to say live versions of Spoon tended to deviate somewhat from the 7" single.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
Why is that though? Did they hate the success the single had, did they just enjoy confusing people?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
All of their live stuff is like that!
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
Their songs were largely improvisations
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5PaeiAH.jpg06. Moonshake. 628 points, 25 votes, 1 Nº1 vote.From: Future Days (1973)https://youtu.be/_ZUCxG3I01I
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Often it's just that one note organ riff occasionally surfacing that marks out some 30 minute extemporisation as 'Spoon'.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
two hits in a row
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
that's what i mean about the recorded version of Spoon being a template(compared to what they would do with those elements in live versions/edits in other songs)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:13 (seven years ago) link
the album version i mean
The album version is an edit though, the original probably was 30 minutes long.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gjc4z9W.jpg05. Vitamin C. 650 points, 23 votes, 1 Nº1 voteFrom: Ege Bamyasi (1972)https://youtu.be/QAhTMkXAPUk
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
I was the number one voter for this.
I regret nothing.
― you think Lou Bega gave up after Mambo Number One??? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
vitamin c was the first can song i ever heard (the kickoff track on a sweet mixtape from a friend), and when i tracked down ege bamyasi and heard pinch, one more night, and sing song swan along the way to vitamin c, i was hooked 4 lyfe
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VUCFocd.jpg04. Mushroom. 674 points, 27 votes, 1 Nº1 vote.From: Tago Mago (1971)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:54 (seven years ago) link
Is Vitamin C the best-known Can track at present? I don't see another with more hits on Youtube, and it looks like lots of people have discovered it through Inherent Vice.
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
Mushroom was the first Can song I heard when I was like 13 and I was mind-blown. It wasn't until 3 years later that I found out that the 'grunge' song I was putting in those mix cd's for my friends wasn't actually from the early 90's but the early 70's.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link
― jmm
At least in spotify it's their most listened song and by quite some margin.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
1. Vitamin C - 3M2. She Brings the Rain 760k3. I'm so Green 740k
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
hmmm this'll be an interesting top three
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
btw i'm psyched everyone voted "efs no. 99 'CAN CAN'" as no. 1
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
"Paperhouse" was the first Can I ever listened to and was responsible for getting me into the band!
― Pleeesiosaur (Leee), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
i am.. not really that big on mushroom tbh, i don't know why
― bagging area (map), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
The next song is the one with the most Nº1 votes (7 votes) so going by that ranking we can consider it your actual Nº1.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
― bagging area (map)
I actually don't like it anymore. It's weird that I heard it so young and relate it to the early 90's because I didn't know what to connect it to... nowadays it sounds like something from other band. Same with She Brings the Rain. It sounds out of place in my ears with the rest of their albums.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/h0PDyIW.jpg03. Mother Sky. 746 points, 27 votes, 7 Nº1 votes.From: Soundtracks (1970)https://youtu.be/VDBpZdQNp9E
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
weird, imo it's the most can thing in the world for the drums alone
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
did someone on the other thread describe "mother sky" as the ultimate can song? otm
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
I'm in agreement with the placing below the next two but what a tune.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
I love it -- and Mushroom -- and think both are "ultimate Can songs" (along with the next couple of entries...)
Mushroom in particular tho -- what a weird combination of elements to turn into a great song. Like, why should a James Brown beat + spooky organ chords, drone-y guitar and flutes (!) = dark funk master jam?
― Dominique, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
Yes, point me on the direction of all these other groups who put out stuff like Mushroom.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:09 (seven years ago) link
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson)
Ah yeah that drums on Mushroom are very CAN. But you know for someone with not that many musical knowledge they didn't sound precise to my ears but both vocals and drums sounded lo-fi... like the song is actually from that indie/slacker movement early to mid 90's a la Pavement. I now realize there's a huge difference but it still sounds very ahead of its time to me. Maybe it isn't the song that doesn't fit but that I didn't really start listening through their discography until my early 20's.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
I didn't vote, but "Mushroom" and "Mother Sky" probably would have my top two.
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
Is Mother Sky the first motorik beat?
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
I remember, as a no-nothing youngster, John Peel playing "Mother Sky" and being amazed that the bass was on one note for all of the song.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:11 (seven years ago) link
... and how sparse it was.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
Some attribute it to Velvet Underground I think... but yeah I think you're on to something.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
Mother Sky = Karoli's most explosive work, and the band's most locked-in rhythm groove, IMHO
― ro✧✧✧@il✧✧✧.c✧✧ (sleeve), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
Let's wrap it up! Apologies for the unexpected delay in finishing the poll. Hope you enjoyed it despite the technical problems.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VvtoT5P.jpg02. Halleluhwah. 867 points, 30 votes, 5 Nº1 votes.From: Tago Mago (1971)https://youtu.be/yNvJiIvitBQ
http://i.imgur.com/d2mY0lx.jpg01. Future Days. 940 points, 32 votes, 6 Nº1 votes.From: Future Days (1973)https://youtu.be/B9_fQgvPCS4
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
wow i did not expect that
― bagging area (map), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
wow! ILX leans harder toward future days than i thought! which is a good thing imo
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
That's my No. 1!
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan an' aw noo (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
halleluhwah is my fav rhythm of all time & my no 1.
― bagging area (map), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Here's the results in image form in case you want to browse through them without opening the full thread:
ILM Can Tracks Poll on Imgur:http://imgur.com/a/8oGdwILM Can Albums Poll on Imgur:http://imgur.com/a/uzSlTSpotify Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/51G2Ur3calfY4vCpxDNcwS
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
:O
― Pleeesiosaur (Leee), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link