Holger Czukay "Ode to Perfume"

[curaimbow]

mitico Holger Czukay !!!

[1056clement]

Simply great !

[Phrogex1]

Charlie Chaplin composed an orchestral melody that sounds very similar to this. How interesting. I wonder if there's a connection. Youtube won't let me send the link, but look up the last scene on Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and listen to the theme music about 20 seconds in.

[Phrogex1]

@Phrogex1 look up "Smile, Charlie Chaplin , Modern Times, 1936" posted by Petrodka.

[exwhyyou]

Harpo Marx?

[diskochimp]

A brilliant lunatic.

[ElSenfio]

great song!



[jarijukkaharri]

Lead singer!? Mostly involved with sounds and samples.The main instrument was bass.

[ardentepatience]

the former lead singer from kraut rock band CAN

[jarijukkaharri]

@ardentepatience

[ardentepatience]

@jarijukkaharri yes?

[jarijukkaharri]

@ardentepatience 

[MilanVasiljevicBGD]

On The Way To The Peak Of Normal !!!

[themasterofwiz]

Love the timing in this video. When Holger hits the symbol with the music its magic.

Totally tripping and it rocks!

[TheBighuf]

hat irgendwie fast schon was Helge Schneiderhaftes

[MOODYANGELS1]

po smatrij te telent

[patoon66]

un peu barré le mec mais j'm bien ce qu'il fait

[anabasi63]

...it's an electronic version of a traditional nopolitan song: "malafemmina" (bad girl)...

[informamoto]

@anabasi63

ja, ein Lied von Totò.

[meistersel]

Einfach Genial 

[reneo1020]

fabelachtig nummer +performance.geweldig.

[mescaleros666]

29.194 views, 47 comments, and NOBODY NOTICED that this song is not whole Ode To Perfume, but a radio edit version called "FRAGRANCE"...

[Aathron]

@mescaleros666 the FOOOOOOOOOOOOLS

[endofnonexistence]

@mescaleros666 noticed that immediately haha

[vollsticks]

Amazing! The guy innovated so much with Can just couldn't stop innovating with his solo stuff...brilliant.

[thefilmjock]

This reminds me of a song by "The Strokes" but I can't remember what it's called.

[diskochimp]

Brilliant!

[IdeLoedige]

bernd.knopp@online.de

[ghettomuecke]

is das bescheuert ! ich liebe es !

[tykemeawaywyou]

can someone please bring back "cool in the pool" with original holger footage?

you tasted nivea?! oh, wow, haha! i used to love getting orange blossom creme perfume when i would stay at my grandparent's place in florida. it came in this tiny metal tube, but i hear it is discontinued, sadly. i have not seen perfume in the way of creams much anymore.

[ricadus]

Nivea suncream is the aroma of summer.

[sonny2351]

amazing trip

[freedomsteppa]

great guitar for a self-taught amateur... heh.. he's a freakin genius, this Holger, he is!

[sot6699]

@freedomsteppa, he's a student of Karlheinz Stockhausen, greatest 20th century composer and innovator, czukay himself did the first music based on samples(boat woman). offcourse he is a genious

[rememberwhite]

Incredible exhibition of genius ... man I need some Can

[L2K4D44L4R]

I find this pretty good. Creepy, ironic and fun. Excellent playback sync. Nivea! You probably have to have been a kid in Germany to get this. I exactly remember the smell, texture and, ahem, taste when I watch him. Come on, you tried it too, didn't you?

[mysefisost]

Thus is fucking lovely, you mrons !

[AmazingMrBlunden]

Interesting stuff. As for Czuakay...well he's never been as cool as he thinks he is.

had porridge and toast for breakfast.

[sot6699]

@AmazingMrBlunden "he thinks he is" while yoo call yourself amazing? dont forget to put some cyanide in your poridge next time..

[flooberbloob]

codyki, if "half-ass dracula" is all you can glean from Holger's vid, you don't dig too deep , do ya? but that's no reflection on you (in Holger's mirror, that is.. )

The Great Holger!!!

[19Darshan63]

I remember this...great...

[TheJojomausi]

das lied ist einfach nur komig

[hankm]

Weelll, my original LP does not extract any "Fragrance" from "Ode To Perfume" (which covers the whole side A), so...

[codyki]

I've always liked this track since when it was new, but watching Holger Czukay acting like a half-ass dracula doesn't enhance it any. If I don't look, it sounds better.

[eulenspie]

zu wissen, es ist nivea

[ajdicks]

this guy and sun ra should have done an album together

[synthwerk]

@ajdicks HELL YES!

[technoforbeer]

My Friday night tune..

[gocja]

Ode to perfume? this is Fragrance

[revoldub]

fragrance is a 5 something minute radio edit of ode to perfume, both on the on the way to the peak of normal album iirc

[revoldub]

erm and i'm stupid for not realizing this IS the radio edit... my apologies, yes this is Fragrance ;)

[danrimage]

My Sunday morning tune.....

[usernametaken1983]

Funny, it's my Sunday morning routine...

[SpaceRitual]

Holger has such an odd sense of humor, it's great. This looks less like a music video and more like a vid someone made for Youtube for this song.

Great track, I'm in the process of checking out more of his post-Can material.

[phunkaizer]

fragrance it is

[itokins88]

Musique fantastique, agréable.Veuillez venir encore à Japon.

[coltranemontana]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[poesboes]

One of my favorite tracks of all time. Tears welling in my eyes listening to this!

;) Poesboes

[maaya111mk]

kitty

[Gandar9]

Excellent music, and in a way timeless. But this is just the beginning ?

[leloby]

Flagrantly fragrant parfum.

[silmalila]

love it!

[codyki]

O yes, LoFiFi, that was the disc! Rocked the legendary Rubber Rat Ranch, 108 Mass. Ave. in Boston (my domicile at the time) for a bunch of months when it was new!

2008: The music's much better than the video of't. And "Man Bites Dog" is news...

Nice to hear this again -- thanks, karmike2!

[vv901vv901]

This is "Fragrance"

[LowFidelityFilms]

Played it so many times ovr the years, i just love it!

...from the lp "on the way to the peak of normal", if anybody should be interested...

[mckayefc]

Is this from a DVD?

[lazyslip]

hey but that's an enough snip of the piece! i never would know the cymbal was just next to the keys tapped by czukay's own hand, youtube rules, cheers lazyslip from hong kong.

[hankm]

Holy shit, my all-time favourite song finally on Youtube! Thanks a million!

Although, I guess they never made a video for the whole song, which is 3-4 times longer than this?