Can - Future Days

[tbhall23]

wow, can see where Air got the inspiration for La Femme d'Argent from! ;)

[bostedclog]

Brilliant

[juliadream54]

sun and cosmic rays

[1533Montaigne]

i wonder why the closing drumpiece wasn´t sampled so far. the most impressive way of a song has no ending. these 30 seconds are dope

[PostPunkFan]

Man, I feel so hip for liking this band.

[freudastaire]

Can? they were not german, they were aliens. And this is probably the coolest song ever made

[yusefelhalal]

Why did I only find out about this band today? Awesome music.

[glaeken14]

Is a Wonder

[MrSKINFLICK]

@mijmijrm:

I just wrote "doubt it" because i know Neu of course....never quite my cup of tea.

Lots inside rock´n´roll culture is also accidental.....

[OrpheusIsThe1]

@MrSKINFLICK Have you tried the original 1960s Amon Duul. Not the modern reincarnation Amon Duul (UK), or Amon Duul 2. You may like them, very experimental and off the wall. I love them but a lot of people I know find them hard going, but then again, I find stuff like aerosmith, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Van Morrison and Van Halen very hard going, (boring) lol

[MrSKINFLICK]

@mijmijrm:

Doubt it, but interesting theory. Check "The Sex Pistols"(1978) by Fred+Judy Vermorel (former art school friends of Malcom McLaren) - the New York Dolls influenced the Postols a lot - without them being into heroin or drag queen clothes.Without wanting to dismiss Malcom´s achievements - he also seems to have finished the Pistols - Sid Vicious must have been his idea - they switched off his bass on stage...

But Pere Ubu, Tuxedo Moon etc etc - legions of bands said they liked Can....

[mijmijrm]

@MrSKINFLICK wow . late reply but .. similarity between anything by Sex Pistols and anything by New York Dolls = non existent. Similarity between Sex Pistols and Neu! Hero = uncanny.

It helps if you actually listen to the supposed influences.

McLaren was an ignoramus with music. He had nothing to do whatever with the music of the Sex Pistols.

[WizardofFuzz]

btw, were Can that famous in the rest of the world? I'm from Germany and it's pretty weird I have to order Krautrock shirts from the UK!!

[mijmijrm]

@WizardofFuzz i think, at the time in the UK, krautrock was a welcome alternative to the pompous, mega-wealthy overblown stadium rockband thing that developed. That is, until punk came along and took krautrock's place. I don't know if it caught on in the US as much as the UK. ... and according to a documentary ( "Krautrock, the Rebirth of Germany" ) krautrock wasn't as popular in Germany as it was in the UK. Germans generally seemed to be more interested in the big US-UK rockbands.

[MrSKINFLICK]

@mijmijrm:

"Thank god" that almost the whole punk/wave wave revolution was partly influenced by Can in certain ways...!

Greetz from Germany.

[freudastaire]

@WizardofFuzz that's so sad to hear. unbelievable. myself i asked some german people that i have known in my life and yes, indeed nobody ever listened or even knew Can, Faust or Cluster. Only Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk but for their latest works. Cheers, a Can fan from Portugal

[dejahthoris]

@WizardofFuzz I had can records in the 70's in the USA as a teen but I was always aware of the best music much much more so than most. My art teacher let us bring records to class and play them, I broguth Can Soon over Babaluma..I love German music such as Kraftwerk, Klaus Nomi, Rammstein and Erich Kunz

[uforica025]

@WizardofFuzz Can are famous between old dogs like me, we grow up with this music

[WizardofFuzz]

it's kinda hard to believe this is from '73 'cause it still sounds like it could have been released tomorrow... frickin' masterpiece this one

[TheEasytimes]

@explosions49 i've found once in a can fan blogspot an album called "Future Days And Past Nights (Live)" they play Bel Air and mix other FD songs with others...very nice

[MrAbusus]

@mijmijrm

here you can find a live version of Bel Air from the Album Future Days. Enjoy it.

youtube.com/watch?v=1guEpDfS4u­M&feature=related

[cosmicrider287]

i discovered can in a big way about 10 years ago.

it was a true music revelation for me.

[podfunk]

One of those tracks that lingers a lifetime.

[MrThreshold2009]

@explosions49 I should think "no" as Damo Suzuki left the band after this album. I saw his solo act live n Nottingham 2005, followed by London 2007. Great both times, on the latter I asked him if he did play Can songs and I got an angry look! A resounding "No", then,

[Snitsie]

@explosions49 I do know they played Bel Air live atleast once. No idea about the other 3 songs though.

[Alithecomedian]

someone put the lyrics out can hear what they saying

[Maddogonguitar]

.....analogue gold carried on a wave of inertia down the years, one of the 20th century's greatest human achievements.....still supreme today..

[TheGorgorothSpire]

The first 2 minutes alone draw you in and you find yourself giving a little smerk and slightly bobbin yo head lol... this song is so good.

[texdekkal]

This era of music was brilliant and I was so glad I was around for it. I never called it "Krautrock". That name came form the Brits, they hated it, basically and didn't take the music seriously. For me, that name is a slap in the face and I don't use it. For the record.... Holger Czukay who played with CAN had huge fights over this album. He believed the percussion was too loud. Holger and I are good friends and the subject came up once between us. We have collaborated on a few things.

[seapockets]

i wish the outro went on forever

[brotherbuttcrack]

@explosions49 I would lean against it, they may have played it in some form or another through the years, but Damo left the band after/as this album was recorded.

[Snitsie]

@explosions49 I know they played Bel Air live on one bootleg i got called "Arles".

[yrsnkd]

Can and Neu! and John Cage and Brian Eno... some of my bigger "experimental" influences. Love these guys during homework!

[NATI1468]

@yrsnkd listen STEFANO SCODANIBBIO voyage interrupted.amazing! contrabass solo

[NATI1468]

@yrsnkd listen STEFANO SCODANIBBIO voyage interrupted.- voyage resumed. etc.amazing! contrabass solo

johmn cage once said his the best d.bass player.

[ogamii]

@explosions49 there is a bbc documentary somewhere on youtube about krautrock with interview and some live performances of can

[DCioccoloni]

the latter part of my teenage years were spent in adoration of these guys and krautrock/kosmische musik in general :D krautrock as a movement has to be the single most important event in rock music :)

[gamester57]

I think brown is better than pink

[breanreiley]

I'm tired of hearing people comparing Can to Neu! The idiocy of American music journalists, putting everything in their little space&time boxes when it comes to Europe. Fuck that.

[akis723]

@breanreiley they do the same when it comes to USA also. Its the Anglo-American stupidity to turn everything into facts and then categorize.

[Redenzyme]

About ten years ago, a man compared one of the songs I had written to Can. At the time I said, "who?" Now I realize that that was one of the highest compliments I'll ever receive.

[Hzqi]

@Redenzyme

If you like Can, you should give the new Flaming Lips album a spin- Embryonic.

If you haven't already.

[elementsofman]

There have been times in my life when i have had this album on repeat all day, today was one of those days. This song simply blows me away everytime. Where is the next CAN coming from?

[SuperWoody69]

Could we get A N Y T H I N G from the "Can" (1979) album on YouTube?!? Puh LEAZE! Dürfen wir bitte Auswahl aus 1979 Album "Can"? 私は"オープン"1979年アルバム"ことからのすべてのゲート­を聞くことを望む"してください。הייתי ממש נהנה לשמוע "כל השערים פתח" מתוך האלבום של 1979 "האם", בבקשה. ÉN akar igazán élvezni meghallgatáson "Minden kaput nyit" az 1979-es albuma, a "Nem", kérjük.

[zushiomaru]

check out Nurse with Wound (more Industrial),there's a legendary List of his (on his first album,credit/liner notes)that encompasses all things Kraut to avant garde & more..(like musique concrete..)

from Zappa,Magma,Univers Zero to Popol vuh,JL Ponty,etc...

google it!!;)

[Dersichnwolftanzt]

Natürlich habe ich noch "Queen" im Prog-Rock-Bereich vergessen. Aber ich kann mich echt nicht satthören an "Can".

[Dersichnwolftanzt]

Can war die bislang beste deutsche Art-Rock / Experimental Band aller Zeiten. Auch wenn "King Crimson" und "Brian Eno", vor allem mit "Roxy Music", etwas abwechslungsreicher rein musikalisch waren. Zum Entspannen auf jeden Fall ein äußerst cooler Sound!!!

[TheLion1365]

Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit were the Sly and Robbie of the past, just wonderfull for this time ( 1973 ). They are the one of the most influence roots of modern music, for example Massive Attac

[klippspringer]

the last 30 seconds got me, when i was 12 and heard this the first time. the song seems to slip away and came back with this haunting drums. phantastic. it made me a fan for their music my whole life.

[bamlaflamme]

Best song to listen to

(YEAH.)

[WehrmachtLuftwaffe]

I can definitely, and safely, say that Future Days is my favorite album of all time.

[BinFrog]

It really is just a perfect track.

[duerden1]

I am with sabrinaeden on this one - this IS the greatest piece of music EVER

[jorgealbertobaron]

CANCION DE SU ALBUM FUTURE DAYS DE 1973

[sabrinaeden]

Quite possibly my favourite track of all time...

[greggarypeccary1]

wow this sounds so good..... thanks for posting

[SuperWoody69]

Layered, coherent, beautiful!

Thank you.

I only have this on vinyl, and it is a little scratchy now.

[frostyEnumerator]

@SuperWoody69 ..

.. it's like, thousands of years after the end of humanity, aliens explorers will descend and search the overgrown remnants of our civilisation and discover a scratchy vinyl Future Days. .. and this is what they'll hear.

[Ciyanem]

@frostyEnumerator HAHA...Well said mate..!!!

[folker2006]

One of fantastic tune in krautrock.

[brianchulito]

just discovered these guys. Better late than never. Wow!!!

[mijmijrm]

@brianchulito .. yeh? .. well .. wait til you discover Neu! (with the exclamation mark)

[pinocchiosfurniture]

@mijmijrm

Would you say neu are better than can?

[mijmijrm]

@pinocchiosfurniture - for some dumb reason, Neu! totally passed me by til i discovered 'em recently on the BBC documentary.

from my recent soaking in Neu! - I think Neu! are far more consistently listenable and ground-breaking, and Can are more skilled musicians. Can's peaks are as high as Neu!'s peaks, but Neu! cast a wider net.

[pinocchiosfurniture]

@mijmijrm

I saw that programme too, was great!. I've heard can before when I used to get yahoo music but dont own any albums, have a bit of Amon Duul II. Just ordered Can- tago mago and future days albums after being reminded about them. also ordered jane -jane III after hearing them on youtube. Im going to look into all the krautrock stuff.

[shmak]

I agree with that.

Still, I think that this specific Can album is one of the most beautiful releases out there. I actually think that all their albums, up to this one are just amazing.

Neu! have one album which is really out of this world, and its the one released in '72. Though I really couldnt connect to anything they released after that...

Any other krautrock you can recomand?

[brotherbuttcrack]

@mijmijrm I have yet to be bitten by the Neu! bug. Can's really the only krautrock i love and listen too (after sampling the other fruits of krautrock of course) As far a consistently listenable goes, when it comes to CAN, i usually just binge on them a couple times a year. You may or may not care about anything Im saying right now. good day

[mijmijrm]

@brotherbuttcrack hiya. Yeh .. i sorta go through waves of appreciation of the various bands. You can only go so far with Neu!, they only brought out 3 albums. (.. seminal stuff in there, tho) Can sustained their effort. I prefer their japanese singer period.

[teapoli]

Beautiful.

[SeifervsQuistis]

Beautiful.

[haribo687]

Wow, the sun just came out :)

[yossarian9]

I feel like such an idiot for even bringing this up -- but doesn't it sound like someone's taking a few bong hits throughout this song?

[flooberbloob]

My fave Can track of all time.. ive tripped on lsd, psilocybin, mescalin, and maui...and HAD to have this with me every time...

and it's as good when I'm straight...now that I've quit all that! lol. Liebezeit is from another planet...RIP Michael Karoli...the great unsung Strat master....

[DAEH0IDAR]

Amazing!!

Can = God

[MsAz4]

Fantastyczny zespół genialna muzyka.Tak się grało w latach 70tych piękne to były czasy

[2babydot]

When i was about 15 some older hippies i met in Kent,Ohio made me a tape of this Can album :)

[thimble288]

I wish I had a time machine, I'd give me a tape of Future Days when I was little...

[shadowmyst88]

@thimble288 you know, whatever people say, time travel is real, i just know it deep inside. Not like some fanatic religious fools that believe false deliverance is real. I just know it is. The only thing is that time travel's not revealed for the "spiritually uninitiated".

[solsbear]

@shadowmyst88 how can time travel into the past exist when there has been no recorded occurrence of it happening ever? time travel into the future however, is a different question altogether :)

[grenadier33]

@shadowmyst88 I'd say that you're really just dumb deep inside if you think that.

[shadowmyst88]

@grenadier33 i'd say i talk crap when i'm stoned. have a good day :)

[TERRANCIO]

@thimble288 Excuse me, are you a serious musician or as a passive listener, would your life have been different just by knowing this band existed?

[thimble288]

@TERRANCIO I'm more a passive listener, I guess, but I do fool around with playing bass/drums. I guess I'm glad my musical journey is as it has been.

[smallestsoupfactory]

mushroom together with future days make me fly/cry

[jenkem23]

yes indeed. the first time i heard Can was on a lot of mushrooms. i thought i was tripping the music

[smallestsoupfactory]

without is a trip too, but from you're own trip sourches

[pantherius]

I heard this piece in 1978. It's still one of their best works. Thanks for posting this music.

[gunsanddrugs]

yeah thanks for this, nothing bad to anyone.....ever!

[Heartbeat4]

I love this song. I was expecting the actual video though, but I'm glad to see more people like this song. :)

[emphaticapathy]

whats stereo 128kb/s stereo - I added the extra url letters and it wouldn't play. I'm intrigued????

[frostyEnumerator]

normal playback is mono lo bandwidth - add "&fmt=18" (without the quote marks) to the end of the web address of this vid to playback in stereo.

[SniffPeters]

This sounds like this song. And I love the video.

[SniffPeters]

Is Jaki using Indian tablas in this? Either that or they sound a little like steel drums.

[ah13685]

mij, this is good stuff. keep it up.

[condoritomex]

Excelente música de CAN.

[mikemx32]

That was too nice of a relaxer. Now I can't return to HFWs cause I am asleep. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

snoooore zzzzzzzzzzzz snoooooore. ;-)

Mikey