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  • hOLGER!

  • if this came out today people would call it "progressive"

  • @Zatzzo If this came out today it wouldn't get much radio play.

  • @yonskii

    you think it did in 1971?

  • @Zatzzo Probably not. But it was a lot easier for "weird" music to get attention back then because record companies were more willing to experiment. Now that the industry practically TELLS people what to like, its not so true anymore. Look up "Why radio and music industry sucks nowadays" and listen to what Frank Zappa has to say about it.

  • The part from 4:40 to 5:20 at least.

  • That part is in Japanese.

  • I like the bit when he mumbles incoherently best

  • I heard of this band only by written references, by trendy reviewers etc. through the 80s or so. I thought I don't want to go there, experimental Kraut Rock, no tunes etc.

    Have just clicked on a link, not at random, but lo and behold, I find something so modern yet early.

    It sounds like a psychedelic jam, but with the rhythmic discipline of 90's E-music.

    I would have loved to have found this at the time, 1971, I can't believe it!

    This prefigures the next 30 to 40 years, amazing!

  • i fucking hate midas

  • So, so ahead of their time

  • Radiohead is decent, but completely overrated, their only very good album is Ok computer and even that one isn't perfect. This band is much more original and better anyway.

  • @robinzhooded Woah, strong opinions.

  • @robinzhooded shitty opinion, bro!

  • @wilmeister4 So you love radiohead or hate them?

  • @robinzhooded radiohead are a fucking great band. so are can. that's it.

  • Radiohead 2010, Can 1971

  • @conartistnyc

    phish 1994-1998 

  • @NakedTripper all too true. That's not as funny a comparison to me though ;-)

  • Scariest song of all time ?

  • @jaffabeans what's so scary about it?

  • @MissAtheist1 Listened to Tago mago on a pretty haunting MDMA come down, never been the same since! I Think no one comes near to Can in character and experimentation - true innovators and at the very least i love the way the vibrations sound ! I always found the drums of can on tago mago in particular very brooding and along with damo's strains and the sparse guitars creates a mesmerising/dark mood for me. VIVA CAN

  • drug song

  • Can you dig it?

  • seriously the best music video online holy fucking holy shit

  • Twin peaks's midget feat. this song

  • @overbest that gum you like is going to come back in style.

  • words cant express how much i love this song...

  • This album is pretty good, suprised I've only just discovered it, considering all my friends are musos and such.

  • this song has so much energy to it! My top-10-list has changed a lot these past years, but this remains steadily on nr 1 :)

  • AMANITE TUE MOUCHE

  • two large rusty nails banged into an onion

  • THEY DOO RIGHT

  • Light years ahead of their time

  • very floyd-ian bass line. the jumping octave one

    low - highhh - low - highhh

    as you can see i'm not a musical theorist lol

  • @alliant

    it's at the very end of the song

  • Why the fuck are people talking about Radiohead in a Can video???

    Anyway, Can is pretty badass. The music sounds better than a shit ton of modern music which means quite a bit seeing as how this was released in 1971. Monster Movie is also cool.

    Can ^-^

  • @BlarghenSnargle I think people are comparing Can and Radiohead because they see the latter as flame holders of the Kraut cannon. I disagree but not too strenuously. Radiohead are OK but I've never been into them, but the recent choice of remixers has been very futuristic and spot-on. Futuristic like Can!

    (Having said that, it's been 40 years since this and I still think it's the best 'House' tune I've ever heard & I've been buying house 12"s since '89 - I only heard this track in '96

  • @BlarghenSnargle Because the fuck radiohead are peerless as the greatest band of the current age, and their last album sounds quite a bit like goddam Can. Check out King of Limbs--a Can fan like yourself might see something in it. Peace.

  • RIP Michael Karoli

  • yes too like can and radiohead is wrong !

  • what a bunch of dickheads you all are

  • @crawlestar lol

  • Simple awesome!

  • Radiohead FTFW

  • radiohead is a good band,ok,in 10-20 years they will be forgotten,

    CAN INVENTED SOME KIND OF MUSIC

    its not possible to compare,

    beside..............radiohead has no mr liebezeit,so,how,can they

  • @ulrichborowka i dont think they will be forgotten, too much hype about them. I really love radiohead, but really too much hype. hopefully, they dont follow hype

  • @ulrichborowka they won't be forgotten, sorry.

  • @ulrichborowka if you don't think radiohead invented a new kind of music you haven't listened to them closely. I like Can better, but it's childish of you to think they will be forgotten in 20 years, Thom Yorke will probably still be making music in that time :P

  • Completely on their own no band truly compares, pure genius and a massive inspiration on so many countless artists..

  • Hello all,

    Come and check out Can's Official Channel !

    The page features extended playlists (Live/interviews/documentaries­­...).

    + Some exclusive archival footage of the band will be posted there too!!! :))

    Krautrockly yours,

    Can.

  • It's funny everybody should talk about Can and in stead of talking of Can everybody is talking about Radiohead. This sound indeed crazy similar to Radiohead but come on :P

  • What is every one talking about radiohead?

  • Radiohead can't carry CAN's jockstraps

  • can was first than any modern band like radiohead. remember this :) it's a band from 70ties.

  • this song kind of reminds me of radiohead's "everything in its right place"

  • hm ))) funny i remember And It Rained All Night from Eraser while listening this

  • anyone who dislikes radiohead is inferior as a human being.

  • The song title is how I feel every time this song comes on. 

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  • I don't know if it's been noted but this song was on Thom Yorkes playlist that i saw online.... haha.

  • just enjoy-dont be sad motherfuckers!

  • I thought Radiohead were inaccessible until I heard Can. But then inaccessible is good, it just means too many layers to comprehend at first, but after 5 years of listening it still sounds new.

  • Does anyone know what instrument is producing that psychedelic "twang" sound in the middle section? It sounds vaguely like an Indian instrument, like a tambura. But the credits in Tago Mago list the only instruments as guitar, bass, violin, drums, keyboards, double bass and piano. I'm baffled as to how they could get some of these sounds with just conventional instruments.

  • @pape37 believe it or not it is actually a guitar playing that

  • @The300x300 : really? I thought it sounds like a sitar? 

  • @pape37 Can is a band that has the power to make sound a guitar like a sitar, to play fingerpicking bass and lots of other non-conventional things that sound awesome!!

  • @rippersk8er that's sweet. How did they get it to sound like that. That is pretty neat.

  • @shyhockeyboy maybe he's playin guitar with a bottleneck and a lots of effects...

  • CAN 'oh yeah' [sunroof mix] - would love it if anyone could upload this version

  • the backwards lyrics are creepy. i want my waffle buddy!

  • This band is kind of unlike any other band I've ever heard, but right away, I knew they were something special. Amazing.

  • CAN is the fucking shit. This song is one fucking wild ride when you've had a little moloko plus.

  • @AlabamaManWhore if anyone's wondering exactly how to make moloko plus, just mix 2oz baileys, 1oz absinthe, 1 oz liquier, 5 oz milk and shake it all up or blend it with ice, then serve in a tall glass. just make sure the doors are nailed by the time you've had your 8th........

  • @whiteanimous Is that a Cockwork Orange reference??

  • @AlabamaManWhore

    lol i disliked you comment because i thought that you said that CAN were shit :P

  • @TheSidneyft Then I want much of that shit in my ears

  • Yes we Can!!!!

  • Holy hell, just found out they're playing Redfest. Will be the best band there by far :-D

  • CAN = deep head. Radiohead = Too much radio for not-enough-heads, hyuk!

  • I really like Muse's OK Computer album. A total classic.

  • @BlarghenSnargle Please tell me this is a joke.

  • @BlarghenSnargle OK Computer was released in 1997. Muse release their first EP in 1998.

  • synchronicity i tell you... synchronicity

  • guitar line is majestic,i wanted to learn to play this twenty year ago,i might just be able to do now .

  • do you think it could give something if we would reverse this song ?

  • How awesome are these guys?!

    Sorry to restate the obvious here, but I just realized for the first time that 21 year-old Suzuki sings in Japanese on this track at 4:40

  • Heard an album from Brainticket liked it then typed krautrock on youtube an here I am

    This kind of music is so... psychic ! !

  • radiohead verwechsel ich immer mit portishead. ging leider irgendwie an mir vorbei. gibts die noch? egal

    can wirds immer geben

    und das hier sowieso

    die radiogead version werd ich mir sicher anhören. aber ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, wie man dieses stück toppen soll.

  • awesome their not popular enough to have a VEVO i love them already

  • hah that ending is so sketchy,

  • Ausgezeichnet! Ich liebe CAN!

    

  • I tuned in to this video and there was an ad for TENA cotinence pads. How did you tube know I pissed myself with excitement?

  • This song never gets old.

  • @steezitup

    When I make out with my sister my special area gets big

  • @steezitup NEVER...

  • This is exceptional superb music!

  • I like Radiohead and Can. Is that wrong?

  • @TheAspieKid

    I hope not!

    If so, we are both doomed. :)

    the birds the birds the birds

  • @TheAspieKid Only the "I like Radiohead" half of that is wrong.

  • @TheAspieKid Yes.

  • @TheAspieKid not one bit. a perfectly logical manoeuvre. now check out miles davis' bitches brew and continue on your musical journey....

  • @seguetropic

    Those really kind of sucky swell sounds are the cymbals being reversed. As cymbal hits resonate longer than kick, tom or snare hits, you're unlikely to hear the rest of the kit any differently when reversed.

  • Listening to this song in the winter for some reason is pretty epic if I do say so myself! Isis by Neu! is also good for that type of weather. I listened to that during a big snowstorm a few weeks back. That was amazing!

  • oooh yeah

  • My fave piece of music.

  • in the first half of the song just the vocals are reversed along with some reversed cymbal sounds, the bass and main drums are the right way round

  • the second half of this song is the first half playing the second half in reverse in reverse

  • @n0mh lolwut

  • @n0mh

    mate, this would be very poor concerning to what really happens here.

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  • This song is brilliant!!!

  • I'm going to open up a can of Can !

  • Oh Yeah! this Can shit is great!

  • Looks like we found out from where David Lynch took inspiration for his Twin Peaks backtalking Dwarf.

  • OK! Found it! it's called "The Can (from "kraut un ruben" documentary) part 1" on Youtube ;)

  • Hi all, there was a Krautrock documentary I saw where CAN was actually playing that song (live?), it was quite similar but Damo was actually screaming "Oh Yeah" several times during the whole song.. Can someone tell me where I can find it?

    Thanks a lot!

  • Sadly, Thom Yorke's quotes are all over these re-masters.

    Happily, some boring Radiohead fan will soon find a new favorite band :)

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  • @thesaviourmachine

    seems not to be your thing. for me eno is a very conservative, boring musician, roxy music was (in time) for the older generation, steely dan nice mainstream and the mothers only genies till burnt weeny sandwich.

    on the other side, people who needed drugs to understand things like this track here, were not really in it.

  • I really don't get the whole Radiohead/Can comparison. I mean, I can see that Radiohead were inspired by Can, but I never think about Radiohead while I'm listening to Can.

  • @thimble288 I agree, however i often think about CAN when im listening to radiohead :)

  • @thimble288 agree

  • @thimble288 its well documented that Radiohead are greatly influenced by Can. I discovered Can thanks to this. both bands are brilliant.

  • Can will remain a huge emotion

  • This is one of the best songs I have ever heard in my life

  • my pussy mewls for more

  • @flowerpower111  Yeah, punk, you can clearly hear their influence in Siouxsie and the Banshees and Johnny Rotten was known to have been a fan

  • Wow! This band were really ahead of there time, you can see were the later punk and new wave bands found inspiration

  • @SuperIrishmark not punk

  • terrifying

  • in the pocket

  • what ever happened to the oh yeah video with the guy juggling?

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  • Best album ever. I never get tired of it.

  • @saltyjon42

    True.

  • Oh Yeah !!!

  • Chist on a crutch! Why are you guys arguing about Radiohead here?

    It's arrogant to assume your own tastes are higher evolved than another person's. What makes you so goddamn special? So you love/hate Radiohead? Whoop dee doo. Go yell at yourselves in a mirror. The rest of us just want to listen to and talk about Can.

  • @r3t0dd "Go yell at yourselves in a mirror." Well said.

  • It's probably just trolls from /mu/.

  • I listened to Kid A and now I'm listening to Tago Mago and I'm @_@ right now

  • my favourite song of all time actually, can't get enough of it :) There is something magic about it, or maybe it's just naturally awesome :) Harmonia with Watussi is another kraut-masterpiece

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  • how do you not name this song palindrome?

  • Pure magic, creepy, still unbelievable...

  • Hey guys, calma! :) I'm from those who definitely respect the past but I can't close my eyes and lose the "now". Can IMO is a monumental group and evolved the rock music like no other in the '70s. RH evolving the alt-rock scene 13 years now also, making it sound more experimental electronica without the stereotype rock forms. Both groups are great, BUT for RH we must leave time to talk a little more. Moreover we CAN enjoy music without arguing on everyhting! Cheers.

  • pure magic

  • fantastic inverse effect !

  • Holy shit Ive never heard this before... This is from 71? God damn... What can I say? This is crazy

  • dude sounds like thom yorke

  • This is a masterpiece.

  • yes you CAN!!

  • Fun fact: The first half of this song is the second half played in reverse. Truly mind-boggling.

  • @PabzGLRP

    Okay. That's something I like to know. Thanks.

  • @PabzGLRP

    Can you time stamp where the reversal gives way to forward playing? To me, it sounds sooner than halfway through.

  • @jonanjello Its at around 3:03. Right as the second explosion sound fades in. Basically, as you've said, a bit sooner than halfway. :P

  • @PabzGLRP you mean just the vocals right?

  • @toomuchsparetime23 Yeah. I kinda missed that out. Though I think the drums are the same too, though that might just be the way they're played throughout as a general thing.

  • @PabzGLRP I don't think it's all reversed; I think they're just doing tape manipulation on some of the tracks. (My understanding is that they often built things up in the studio by jamming and then cutting and pasting.) No argument on mind-boggling, though.

  • @jackal59 That is indeed correct. I've checked it out, and it's only the vocals that are reversed (the reversed part at the beginning consists of the Japanese lyrics spoken by Damo later on in the track.) Also, yes, they did sample recordings from improvised sessions to form a number of songs.

  • @PabzGLRP WHAT?!!? That just melted my brain..... have you confirmed this for real?

  • @PabzGLRP actually i just thought about it, that can't be true on the whole track, it would only make sense with the vocals.. The drums dont sound in reverse, neither does the guitars.

  • @maniacguitar Yeah, I realised. Made a comment about it some weeks back. With the drums, I think it only sounds the same because the drumming itself is a metronomic beat; as such it's constant regardless of the direction it goes in. Same with the bass riff. It also only constitutes the first few minutes, where the backwards masking is present. If you were to reverse it, this would occur at the end of the track. It obviously couldn't reflect on the whole song, due to the guitar solo at the end.

  • @PabzGLRP No it isn't. The first half is a repeating cycle of four different chords, in which G major makes a regular appearance. The second half consists of a repeating cycle of two chords, G minor7 and C major, then a guitar solo on one chord before the final solo on Cmajor. G major is completely absent in the second half. Without G major, the magnificent sequence of the first half is impossible, and sure enough it makes no appearance in the second half, in reverse or in any other way.

  • @CultureJudge Well, I won't go into the specifics of chords used, but I've mentioned that the second half couldn't possibly be the same sequence as that of the first, due to the solo and the transition between certain sections that lead up to it. Perhaps I may have been a bit vague with my original comment that brought this idea to fruition, and it's probably only the vocals that ring true with this statement. Interpret it as you wish, I just found the technique fascinating at the time.

  • @PabzGLRP really?wow..thanks for that ..just discovered ..I am hoping for more 'softly blended pc's. like the first I heard.."Bring me coffee or tea"