ILM Artist Poll No. 77 · CAN · Voting Thread [Ends 07/24/16]

i argue that everyone should vote for "tape kebab"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03XDZdu5Yo

I gotta put in a shout got Tango Whiskyman before it's too late to influence anyone. Tango Whiskyman!

gave up and sent in my ballot. got so excited by the stuff i had heard recently that i ended up prioritizing it, but it still felt kinda weird not to vote for "halleluwah"

today it occurred to me that rite time is the sound of can scoring a michael mann film

Ha ha – he did use Kraftwerk in Thief.

Voted!

(xp) Tangerine Dream surely?

There is some other stuff tracked into Thief - I know there's at least one cue by Craig Safan, didn't know about Can?

Sorry meant kraftwerk not can

Voted. Ballot is skewed by me not really being familiar with the post-Landed material, so is a bit 'Now That's What I Call Can' - but basically I couldn't miss this one.

Seeing as people are posting favourite ewetube live clips, may as well -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLoxgETP0Y8

voted from memory, didn't overthink it, "All Gates Open" is pretty good but it's no "Vernal Equinox" and even that got cut.

Lost Tapes did quite well

I mean fuck I had to cut "Pinch"! that's a hard poll.

Doing my last pass through the catalog today.

Holy shit my bad, yes T. Dream. Mostly from Force Majure. My brain must've been fried by the sun.

So I am a bit confused about the rules: collaborations by members are allowed but solo records aren't? So, no songs from, say, Movies but Phantom Band is ok?

Part of why I'm asking is that I'm not totally sure why Movies wouldn't count but Canaxis would.

ballot sent

voted!

voted very superficially on personal favorites, hoping to find some major Can jams i have been previously unaware of because the more the better
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sending my ballot Sunday night

actually I got a chance to put the e-mail together earlier than I expected, so I just sent my ballot in! :)

voted. this was really difficult even without digging as deeply as i'd hoped to

voted. this was really difficult even without digging as deeply as i'd hoped to

same and same

Just quit messing around and sent a ballot. I think I voted for every track on Soundtracks

Now that the ballot is done, I've started listening to the first Secret Rhythms album by Jaki and Burnt Friedman -- really enjoying it.

1st 2 Pluramon albums also have excellent Jaki drumming, fwiw

Also recommend Cyclopean w Jaki, Friedman, Irmin & Podmore from 2013 as well as the Oblique Sessions w/Jaki & a bunch of others I don't remember

So I am a bit confused about the rules: collaborations by members are allowed but solo records aren't?

Anyone? About ready to send along ...

Ballot sent!

Fuck it, voted!

Threw together a ballot and sent in!

this is that Oblique Sessions thing I mentioned above -- this is a weird reimagined version of Shikaku Maru Ten and I love it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYqwHssduo

Also I have a question: who plays guitar like Michael Karoli these days?

34 ballots! Is anyone else sending one at the last minute or do I start counting?

Just stabbing out an email if you can bear with me a few minutes!

Done. Genuinely ranking these is almost impossible but very much looking forward to the results!

Is there an unranked/even distribution of points ballot option? There's no way I can throw a ranked one together but unranked I could do

If unranked I'd give 22 points per track. It should be 22.6 but I hate decimals in polls.

aw c'mon, round up to 23!!

Bump it down to 18 for not doing the work!

wait, yours was ranked wasn't it sleeve?

Ok everything is counted, I need to readjust MattK's ballot only and I got a final one by zach. Stop sending ballots! Poll is officially closed!

yes, mine was ranked :)

I'm truly sorry Moka. It's not my fault they made a late period gem I couldn't overlook.

just realised I can listen to spotify at work now..

I would have been all over this poll if I had known that..

tried to listen at home but bared managed an album every couple of days.

Mute is putting out a Can singles comp in June, including "Turtles Have Short Legs" https://youtu.be/my8T7hB992k

going ahead and posting the info from the youtube description:

Can - The Singles
Released 16th June 2017

Pre-order now:
Buy: http://smarturl.it/CanTheSinglesBuy
Stream: http://smarturl.it/CanTheSinglesStream

This unique document is the first time the singles have been presented together and shows the breadth of their influential career, from well loved tracks like Halleluwah, Vitamin C and I Want More to more obscure singles such as Silent Night and Turtles Have Short Legs.
The tracks are all presented in their original single version, many of which have been unavailable for many years and not presented outside of the original 7" release.

The triple vinyl comes packaged in a trifold sleeve, decorated with a beautiful spot gloss lamination, and is designed by the award winning Julian House from Intro, a long time design collaborator of Can's.

CAN - THE SINGLES - TRACKLISTING:
Soul Desert
She Brings The Rain
Spoon
Shikako Maru Ten
Turtles Have Short Legs
Halleluwah (Edit)
Vitamin C
I’m So Green
Mushroom
Moonshake
Future Days (Edit)
Dizzy Dizzy (Edit)
Splash (Edit)
Hunters And Collectors (Edit)
Vernal Equinox (Edit)
I Want More
...And More
Silent Night
Cascade Waltz
Don’t Say No (Edit)
Return
Can Can
Hoolah Hoolah (Edit)

https://mute.com
https://spoonrecords.com
https://irminschmidt.com
https://gormenghastopera.com

i never really think of can as a singles band, but ok!

is this on CD?

I love Silent Night.

I've got "Spoon" and "I'm so green", and "I want more" obv.

Been after that Halleluwah for ages, but the prices are silly.

So.. Yeah!

years ago (like at least 9 years ago?) i downloaded someone's homemade can singles comp and it was 2 discs -- it has rattled around in my car ever since and i have always wondered where it came from