ILM Artist Poll No. 77 · CAN · Results Thread

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05. Vitamin C. 650 points, 23 votes, 1 Nº1 vote
From: Ege Bamyasi (1972)
https://youtu.be/QAhTMkXAPUk

I was the number one voter for this.

I regret nothing.

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

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04. Mushroom. 674 points, 27 votes, 1 Nº1 vote.
From: Tago Mago (1971)

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.

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.

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

At least in spotify it's their most listened song and by quite some margin.

1. Vitamin C - 3M
2. She Brings the Rain 760k
3. I'm so Green 740k

hmmm this'll be an interesting top three

btw i'm psyched everyone voted "efs no. 99 'CAN CAN'" as no. 1

"Paperhouse" was the first Can I ever listened to and was responsible for getting me into the band!

i am.. not really that big on mushroom tbh, i don't know why

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.

i am.. not really that big on mushroom tbh, i don't know why

― 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.

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03. Mother Sky. 746 points, 27 votes, 7 Nº1 votes.
From: Soundtracks (1970)
https://youtu.be/VDBpZdQNp9E

weird, imo it's the most can thing in the world for the drums alone

did someone on the other thread describe "mother sky" as the ultimate can song? otm

I'm in agreement with the placing below the next two but what a tune.

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?

Yes, point me on the direction of all these other groups who put out stuff like Mushroom.

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)

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.

I didn't vote, but "Mushroom" and "Mother Sky" probably would have my top two.

Is Mother Sky the first motorik beat?

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.

... and how sparse it was.

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.

Mother Sky = Karoli's most explosive work, and the band's most locked-in rhythm groove, IMHO

Let's wrap it up! Apologies for the unexpected delay in finishing the poll. Hope you enjoyed it despite the technical problems.

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02. Halleluhwah. 867 points, 30 votes, 5 Nº1 votes.
From: Tago Mago (1971)
https://youtu.be/yNvJiIvitBQ

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01. Future Days. 940 points, 32 votes, 6 Nº1 votes.
From: Future Days (1973)
https://youtu.be/B9_fQgvPCS4

wow i did not expect that

wow! ILX leans harder toward future days than i thought! which is a good thing imo

That's my No. 1!

halleluhwah is my fav rhythm of all time & my no 1.

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/8oGdw
ILM Can Albums Poll on Imgur:http://imgur.com/a/uzSlT
Spotify Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/user/moteldemoka/playlist/51G2Ur3calfY4vCpxDNcwS

:O

And here's the spreadsheet with ballots and full results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18ew_Yopjtf9akOTJODJuZuYtRYbwf44Loc_yw3s8Zg8/

Good job ILM you chose good and wisely.

I'm pretty sure Halleluwah would have been my top pick. It's just insurmountably awesome.

I'm actually pleased with the top 10. Ranking by nº1 votes and points the top 10 would be:

1 Mother Sky
1 Future Days
2 Halleluwah
3 Pinch
4 Oh Yeah
5 Bel Air
6 Mushroom
7 Vitamin C
8 Moonshake
9 Paperhouse
10 One More Night

I'm So Green was my numero uno and would have traded it happily for Bel Air or Paperhouse in the top 10 but well, you can't always get what you want.

i always thought tago mago was a little long and uneven but i wouldn't drop a second from halleluwah.

Great poll by Moka, the images for each song are all-time, I feel for the poor sap who has to follow this one.

Thank you!

what Tom D said!

Yaaaasssssssssss, perfect number one <3

You know when choosing the images I was originally trying to maintain a theme/palette per album... so per example; the songs from Future Days would have a predominantly blue palette and a clean, bright futuristic theme while Soon Over Babaluma would have blue/violet hues and a more sci-fi setting, Tago Mago would be orange hues with psychedelic motifs, Ege Bamyasi green with 'pop' motifs, Monster Movie green/purple with monster motifs and so on... Eventually I ran out of time and I didn't really end up doing it completely but glad you enjoyed it.

Ace graphics as always Moka, and thanks for the poll! (Although I'm not a fan of, gasp, "Future Days"!)

1-20:
Halleluwah
Mary, Mary So Contrary
Paperhouse
Mushroom
Mother Sky
Bring Me Coffee or Tea
Smoke
Turtles Have Short Legs
Bubble Rap
I'm So Green
Networks of Foam
Deadlock (Titelmusik)
Midnight Men
Yoo Doo Right
Dead Pigeon Suite
Spoon (Live) [Lost Tapes]
Dizzy Dizzy
Spoon
Abra Cada Braxas
Messer, Scissors, Fork and Light

Just realized I fucked up by not choosing stills from the films of the Soundtracks songs that made it, those would've been adequate hehe

great poll, thanks for running it! Wish we all got paper cut-outs of the track images as souvenirs.

I feel like there was more consensus on this than usual, here was my ballot:

TRACKS
1 Halleluwah
2 Vitamin C
3 Future Days
4 Quantum Physics
5 Mushroom
6 Mother Sky
7 I Want More
8 One More Night
9 Yoo Doo Right
10 Spoon
11 Chain Reaction
12 Oh Yeah
13 Come sta, La Luna
14 Moonshake
15 Dizzy Dizzy
16 Laugh Till You Cry, Live Till You Die
17 Pinch
18 Gomorrha
19 All Gates Open
20 Turtles Have Short Legs

ALBUMS
Ege Bamyasi
Tago Mago
Soon Over Babaluma
Monster Movie
Future Days