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    Posted: May 12 2015 at 14:08
Can is my favorite band ever! Any other Can fanboys here who are disgusted with the low ratings on this site?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 14:31
This is gonna be good. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 16:03
I love Can as well. Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi are masterpieces of krautrock. Monster Movie and Future Days are pretty good too. I can't say I'm a fanboy though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 16:33
My fav album is their Peel Sessions comp.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 18:38
Big fan of CAN, Future Days is probably my favorite followed by Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi. I don't think their ratings are that low considering they are a 'difficult' band. Their top ratings are in the 3.8 to 4.0 range. That's pretty good, I'm not seeing many haters.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 18:50
no disrespect at all, I acknowledge their importance and influence across many types of artists who namecheck them, but for some reason I cannot actually listen to Can's music. something about their sound just doesn't click with me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 18:53
i'll tell ya, they are a 'difficult' band for many folks - though i find their work soothing and groovy

tago mago gets at least a weekly listen, future days my next fav, then ege bamyasi

but, i get worse reactions from non-adventurous listeners with can than with almost any other act, save perhaps magma

i've turned on folks to lots of odd stuff, but i've never been able to make a convert with can
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 20:23
Yup, they are certainly a difficult band to get into. However, they do have some songs that are pretty catchy and probably easier to get hooked on. I know I loved 'Vitamin C' the first time I heard it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 21:32
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Big fan of CAN, Future Days is probably my favorite followed by Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi. I don't think their ratings are that low considering they are a 'difficult' band. Their top ratings are in the 3.8 to 4.0 range. That's pretty good, I'm not seeing many haters.


Its low compared to artists like King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, and Pink Floyd. I just figure a prog site would be more open minded or even praising of unconventional ideas. Really their seems to be a bias towards Krautrock in general.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 21:36
The problem with that is even prog has a "mainstream" and off-beat music.

There are prog listeners who mainly listen to symphonic/neo stylized music. Or those who mainly listen to extreme metal. Regardless of where their comfort zone is in prog listening there is going to be music that is difficult. 

I do agree that as progressive music listeners you'd think that the audience would be interested in unconventionality, but its all perspective. I adapt a similar concept to mainly listening to modern music/prog. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 12 2015 at 22:07
Originally posted by TagoMagoCan TagoMagoCan wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Big fan of CAN, Future Days is probably my favorite followed by Tago Mago and Ege Bamyasi. I don't think their ratings are that low considering they are a 'difficult' band. Their top ratings are in the 3.8 to 4.0 range. That's pretty good, I'm not seeing many haters.


Its low compared to artists like King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, and Pink Floyd. I just figure a prog site would be more open minded or even praising of unconventional ideas. Really their seems to be a bias towards Krautrock in general.

Only if you expect CAN to be the highest rated band on a site devoted to the broad church of prog. 4 stars is an excellent ranking for any offbeat band & I think you're giving prog rock fans to much credit for being broad minded and appreciative of the edges of the genres.

Look at the top rated albums:-

Close To The Edge - only 6% of fans rate it less than 4 stars
Thick As A Brick - 9%
Selling England - 7%
Wish You Were Here - 7%
In The Court Of The Crimson King - 6%

Those number are really kind of ridiculous in any statistical sense.

CAN's best rated album only has 20% of people rating it less than 4 stars & that on a site where lots of fans like their prog more mainstream. I think their rankings hold up very well.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2015 at 01:19
Is this a Can appreciation thread or thread about Can not getting good ratings on PA??
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2015 at 01:52
WTF with that Streetcar post ?? I know Mooney is repetitive, but that post was a bit much.
I love all their albums for one reason or another, even Out Of Reach !!
Very difficult to pick a favourite - usually one of the Damo albums, but sometimes Babaluma or even Landed.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2015 at 08:42
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

WTF with that Streetcar post ?? I know Mooney is repetitive, but that post was a bit much.
I love all their albums for one reason or another, even Out Of Reach !!
Very difficult to pick a favourite - usually one of the Damo albums, but sometimes Babaluma or even Landed.


I think he was just being funny but it is a bit annoying to scroll past. Yeah its difficult to pick a best but I feel the peel sessions comp is my favorite.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2015 at 13:28
I was fortunate enough to have come across a 2 LP set called Can - Rohstoff, Essential Lost Tapes '68-'76. Over 100 minutes of bliss.
Also the 'Can Box' has amazing things.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 13 2015 at 18:31
When you spin Can......It's like opening up a Can of whoop-a$$!!

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 19 2015 at 16:49
If this is just a Thread about how underated CAN is, can we turn it into a appreciation thread. I love Can and I would really like to see this thread continue.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2015 at 07:11
Sunday Jam is a breath of fresh air (Can S/T 1979). I have much love for the Rosko Gee period, regardless of what the masses say.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2015 at 17:58
I am a huge fan - I picked up Cannibalism I when I was in college (around 1991?) and dug it - then around 2000 I dove in the deep end - living near Amoeba Music in Berkeley CA helped - I ended up with all the albums, the recent "The Lost Tapes" set, the Can Box (which included Book & Video), Bussy's book on Can - looks like there may be an official biography soon too! (http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/28/krautrock-pioneers-can-to-release-official-biography)

I've also been fortunate to see both Malcolm Mooney and the Tenth Planet and Damo Suzuki live, twice each. Damo was very approachable, I corresponded with him a bit via email - unfortunately, he is recovering from cancer right now so hasn't been performing. Got to meet Malcolm Mooney through an Amoeba connection, I had picked up his solo albums while I lived in Japan which I asked him to sign:


And now that I think about it, I had a couple of Can ringtones in Japan too! They were amazing, really cool 8-bit stuff - I played it for one of the Tenth Planet members at Amoeba and he immediately called up Malcolm Mooney on the phone and played it for him!

I would expect Can to be challenging - they came out of the German avant-garde and didn't set out to be a commonplace "rock band." Their "spontaneous composition" style influenced my own music a lot. I think I can safely say they are in my all-time Top Ten of any music.
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