I'm pleased I cranked out a last minute ballot, as that's 2 of mine already (Aumgn and Aspectacle). Aumgn starts off a little anonymous but is totally redeemed by the bonkers final third.
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
Oh and any time you wanna spill the beans on that font, Moka, I'm all ears. Nice work!
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
I shouldve voted; Aspectacle wouldve been in my top 10
― mark e smith and brexit (Drugs A. Money), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
― Sushi and the Banchan (Spectrist),
The 'title' font is VAL Bold and 'subtitles are Proxima Nova in several weights :)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/XefSov9.jpg47. Outside My Door 5 votes, 70 points.From: Monster Movie (1969)https://youtu.be/_0B33EP4RPE
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:20 (seven years ago) link
These graphics are beautiful
― nate woolls, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
― nate woolls
Can't take full credit for them as these are not my illustrations I'm just finding and adapting (most of Can's titles are very odd to interpret though) most of this come from magazines and sci-fi art from the 70s.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:25 (seven years ago) link
my preferred aesthetic
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Love the Aumgn graphic :)
― Option 1 : Do Nothing (Mr Andy M), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0ZsijuO.jpg46. Hunters & Collectors 5 votes, 72 points.From: Landed (1975)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
Tape Kebab sounding very nice on a first lesson.
― Option 1 : Do Nothing (Mr Andy M), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
― Option 1 : Do Nothing (Mr Andy M)
I was thinking 'Aumgn'!? What does that even mean? Is it a wordplay on Ohm? I dunno... Opening half sounds like monks invoking an ancient demon monster, second half sounds like an action sequence in the jungle... so I couldn't decide on what image to use... I went with robot fighting a dinosaur monsters.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
Tape Kebab was one of my favourite discoveries but didn't quite make my ballot. Not too surprising there wasn't any consensus in the albums beyond the top 6
― ufo, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
i deleted "hunters & collectors" last minute from my ballot. great guitar solo, essentially
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
But so much more. The whole arrangement on that remains shockingly futuristic. It has the complexity of serious prog and yet places it in a more-new-wave-than-new-wave pop context.
― timellison, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:45 (seven years ago) link
Anyone know who's singing the falsetto background vocals on that?
― timellison, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
this is true! felt bad reducing it to the noodly parts which i love so much
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
wow @ tape kebab
― map, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 20:55 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/c8zRFc0.jpg46. Connection 4 votes, 79 points.From: Unlimited Edition (1976)https://youtu.be/yYgaTix1bmU
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
^ Didn't vote for this but probably should have. Banger.
― Option 1 : Do Nothing (Mr Andy M), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
yep, total mooney-era banger
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:14 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TgohI2C.jpg45. Messer, Scissors, Fork & Light 5 votes, 83 points.From: The Lost Tapes (2012)https://youtu.be/yYgaTix1bmU
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
numbers should say 45 and 44 for this one, sorry hehe
Yesssssss love this song. 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, 26 July 2016 21:26 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/x7p7A58.jpg43. Flow Motion 4 votes, 86 points.From: Flow Motion (1976)https://youtu.be/YyinAGNsm7k
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:38 (seven years ago) link
there's a youtube comment that compares this song to a dinosaur sinking into a tarpit
otm
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:39 (seven years ago) link
There's always a tension/push/pull about the best CAN songs imo. That's another thing I like about this band -- they exploit the serious sonic appeal of that dynamic.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LnqmSPF.jpg42. The Empress & the Ukraine King 3 votes, 88 points, 1 Nº1 Vote.From: Limited Edition (1974)
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
I actually didn't remember this one and it's amazing. First and last Nº1 vote of the day.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
And to wrap it up... drumroll please:
http://i.imgur.com/1qJvgdC.jpg41. Gomorrah 5 votes, 90 points.From: Limited Edition (1974)
Shout out to the person who had that number one!
― timellison, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
gomorrah is so fuckin good
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Tuesday, 26 July 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
I've never heard Tape Kebab. It's gorgeous.
Poking around Can obscurities on Youtube, I just stumbled on I'm Hiding My Nightingale. Really cool Inner Space track from 1968. https://youtu.be/aeo7_aiogbc
― jmm, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
yay, glad gomorrah placed
― map, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
^ they perform 'I'm Hiding My Nightingale' in a film (Kamasutra - Vollendung Der Liebe), if you didn't find that clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=KR4tra9Nyq8
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 26 July 2016 22:32 (seven years ago) link
Only track not on spotify is Tape Kebab. Haven't heard anything else from peel sessions is it worth it?
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
yep. pretty much every track rules
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 01:38 (seven years ago) link
Just catching up while on family vacation...
I didn't vote for Ege Bamyasi – it's not that I don't like it—several songs are classics and ended up on my ballot—but it was the first thing I heard by them and never quite lived up to what I had expected based on the review of the Spoon (or Restless Retro?) reissues in Musician Magazine (I think) in the early 90s. In retrospect it still seems smaller and less unhinged than Tago Mago and not edited or electronic enough in comparison to Future Days. Good tunes tho.
Unlimited Edition, OTOH, hit me in all the right places right off the bat. Where "Pinch" had a great, great drum part, I wasn't sure where it really took me. "Gomorrah" as an opener was pretty much everything I had hoped Can would be: electronic, organic, epic, and a little mysterious.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 02:11 (seven years ago) link
I didn't vote for Ege Bamyasi either, it feels like definitely the weakest from their classic period to me. There's still great moments but unusually for them the highlights are the shorter songs which don't really have the scope of their most exciting tracks.
― ufo, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
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."
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
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
― 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"
― esempiu (crüt), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 03:27 (seven years ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 05:57 (seven years ago) link
How did I not vote for Uphill?
― MatthewK, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 12:28 (seven years ago) link
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.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 12:36 (seven years ago) link
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.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 13:16 (seven years ago) link
Sorry for not posting been busy, will try to update in an hour or so.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/77Bz0hW.jpg40. Peking O 6 votes, 108 points.From: Tago Mago (1971)https://youtu.be/mnAH3JdlKKE
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
It's back! Gomorrah is 20 positions too low!
― Dominique, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 27 July 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link