Don't Say No - CAN (1977)

[PeregrineTrousers]

Bit of an austere venue. The audience appear stade and rigoured, rather odd considering how good the band are!

[shotdonkey]

with all due respect to holger, but rosko gee sure is one hell of a groovy bassist here...

[dbmayne]

I like Irmin Schmidt's NASCAR jacket.

[PiinkRock]

premiere fois que je vois CAN en live ! Fantastique !

[TheTrirkle]

in the future, when I get my own space ship, I'll genetically design replicants of these guys to just play this kinda looped whilst I cruise the galaxies for lost alien artifacts.

[sweavo]

@TheTrirkle awesome. I'll pilot the landing pod thing that transforms into a robot bear for ground exploration.

[TheTrirkle]

@sweavo You're a scholar and a gentleman!

[BetterTasteThanU]

greasy garbage. glad they are gone

[ohiogrinder]

@BetterTasteThanU trolling?

[woodentops]

so he chose the right bassist. another awesome period for that awesome unit

[TheIkaraCult]

ooh its moonshake, what a nice surprise

[tommyluvstraci]

Love Jaki's drumming style. Very influential stuff, especially in the post-punk era bands.

[phranzSPENCER]

who's that bass player?

[DanSkaMetal813]

where is Reebop?

[diskochimp]

Saw Delight is a great LP - not Can's finest perhaps, but a masterpiece by most other bands' standards? LOVE the "Moonshake" elements in this version btw...!

[pureecstasy]

innate sense of what music should be like. true pioneers and visionaries!

[Smeerlappen]

For me this could go on for hours.

[august767]

"Don't Say No" to "Moonshake."

[GrazFlow]

This's kinda a rip-off from the Future days's track ''Moonshake'', but I have always felted that it was too short but too awesome theme for the band at the same time, so this song is a relief: A LONGER version of MOONSAKE.

[saintkot]

Holger definitely wanted to play the radio and oscillators and tape machines. He was bored of bass.

[Zuhzuhzombie]

@saintkot He stated in an interview that he was kind of pushed out of the position for not being technical enough.

[Dubconferencedotorg]

even a bit groove... not bad for kraut

[iVALISuBIKus]

dude, where's the vernal equinox live '75 video?

btw, that vid of eqinox (landed proto-techno) is hilarious :p

but still... i miss the live :(

[doubledemoi]

@MPOURNOUZIS first track of Saw Delight

[Ridedirtba25]

Keep up the good work! Do you have any music from the the 1979 self titled album?

[MPOURNOUZIS]

album please?

[1dragonleader]

die meisten damals hatten gar nicht verstanden worum sich alles dreht bei der mucke.

besonders die ''Erwachsenen'

lol.

das wahren zeitenhahaha und ich war mitten drinnen ;-).....freu!!

[flooberbloob]

Rosko is a fine bassist but really obvious and straightforward compared to Holger's understated brilliance on bass.

[TijucaWeirdo]

Rosko Gee is such a great bassist. I love it.

[madlib1970]

Check out the audience, they're really groovin'

[madlib1970]

groove

[trustyification]

i'm a dj with jam jah in durham uk, and i play this song all the time (album version), and it never fails. love it

[robotechian23rd]

sounds very much like moonshake

[madlib1970]

Certianly does, you keep waiting for the vocal to come in...

[Timbarwell]

great stuff went to see this band in the 70,s at Cambridge corn exchange came out mesmerized absolutely brilliant live.

[cjprior88]

best bit is the live sampling on the phone.

[zack072]

..so good!

[benniehitchcock]

Too awesome for words! Thanks for this

[gustavoohnuma]

masters forever!

[dreamofshrooms]

the bass line in this song could be cans greatest... seriously...

[chelito19play]

Krautrock.....!!!!!

Prog Rock...!!!!!

[orsaandy1]

syncs up with brainwaves. makes you surrender. beautiful.

[thrillburn]

True that. There's something hypnotic about this track.

[ilikeyouallot]

can inCANparable. very nice always

[cheeezdooodle]

this is the best! watched 3 times tonite~

thanks fer posting

[maximiliancohen]

Spectacular !!! Thanks for posting!

[tomtiddler]

Thanks for posting this, i'm a big Can fan, this is way out in the groove baby!! :^)

[brnmdz]

hi, someone here knows what distortion pedal Mr Karoli used?

thanks

[bebop90]

he has some very odd home made fuzz which he uses alot during the entire of cans career. so i cant give u a make unfortunatly casue i dont think it is one.

[yodro]

CAN still had their magic in 77 :D

[tone2thebone]

drummer is insane!!!

[fraweli]

Cool !

[Kohntarkosz]

Can someone post the studio version? I was trying to prove a point about the similiarity between Don't Say No and Moonshake, but the point is made better if I could use the studio version of Don't Say No.

[orangefunk]

I think its well known that this is the case.

[Kohntarkosz]

Yes, I know it's well known to Can fans that Don't Say No is a rewrite of Moonshake, but not everyone is familiar with Can's music. Which is why I was looking for the studio version of Don't Say No.

[geroldf]

"Don't say know" isn't a moonshake remake. It does have a little moonshake flavor though.

This live version is another matter, however. This version is more moonshake than Don't Say. But Can always played around in their live performances, they could never play the same song twice.

Moonshake was recorded in 1973 (Future Days), before Rosko joined the group. Looks like he wanted to jam that moonshake beat, and rightly so, it's a sweet sound. This is 4 years later. Listen to the studio version.

[66DhaGDhinNa]

I lurve the can, botha re same song see 66DhaGdHINnA!

[MosDef3000]

I think you could be right, they are very similar, the guitar riff it's almost the same on "Moonshake"

[Shindig109]

@MosDef3000 No moonshake is super different its just the same punchy funk guitar riffness. none of the same notes or rhythm though

[Apuleius23]

best of can iv'e seen so far on you tube, interesting to see this stuff live.

[BognarRegis]

I dunno. That looks like Irman Schmitt on Keyboards and Holgar Czukay on radios and tape machines.

Rosco Gee was a great bass player, but there is definitely a big difference between Can with Holgar and Can w/out Holgar.

[KARMATAXI]

Rosko Gee is still a great bass player ;o)

[geroldf]

Rosko is a better bass player than Holger, but Holger does bring a certain energizing insanity.

Check out where he answers the phone during the performance - a female voice asking "hallo?"

You can't buy that shit.

[sammyll08]

ça fait plus de 30 ans de cela, et pourtant ça reste si évident

[faltenrock75]

wow ! mehr !?

[ttyp17]

Great !

[hedrinklz]

This is a sweet jam. I love this band. That bassist is sounds really good. Thanks.

[ProfErgonomics]

Holgar's Radios noises are the catalyst on cool jamming.

Thanks for sharing the heritage of the Krautrock!

[Michagal]

rosko gee on bass

[junkyman2]

where did the japanese lead singer go?

[boerni1976]

whats the english word for "sekte".a religious group, but he's coming out some years later and still makes music and "singing"

[Ikarus65]

> the english word for "sekte"

Cult

[Kohntarkosz]

Damo Suzuki left the band a few years before this time frame. Saw Delight (the album this song is on) was the fourth album they made after Damo left the band.

I saw Damo in concert a few years ago, though. He was great. He came to Cleveland and played with Cul De Sac, doing a very Can like set. And at the end of the whole thing, he jumped off the stage and started hugging audience members, including me! I got Damo sweat on me!!!! :-)

[imnothereactually]

Damo left after Future Days, but ur right, it is their 4th album they made after Future Days. Out of reach was rubbish except of november

[detroiterness]

I don't agree that Damo and Mooney had such a big influence on music by Can. I started to listen them from a very strange album called Prehistoric future, and they were awesome. But if we're talking about the singers Damo was the best.

P. S. Do you know that album? Because it's not even listed on their discography.

[thatsoundsdelicious]

Thanks for that! Prehistoric future!

[zayetsus]

Check THIS out: Zvuki Mu - Kanava.

[tone2thebone]

this is one of the funkiest things i've seen in a long time..........

[TWENTYTHREEAD]

so this is what happens when you give into religion. this was one of the greatest bands in history until the lead singer left to become a jehova's witness. don't be weak, don't ever let them get you! just check Irmin's jacket for further warning!

[boerni1976]

I don't think that the influences of the lead singers from CAN were so big!The guys just looking for something strange, a new way of singing, but the essence of Can are irmin,michael,holger and, of course, jaki!

[TWENTYTHREEAD]

I don't agree. During Damo Suzuki's time with Can, they became something unique. I agree all the members had something cool to offer, and can is nearly always interesting, if nothing else. But I believe the band became spiritual and transcedent a few albums with Damo. Not only because of him, somehow it became greater than all of them. These things can only last a short time, anyway. If you don't know Can, check out anything with Damo on vocals first, and the rest later!

[boerni1976]

I think its a question of personal taste.i like Malcom Mooneys vocals more then Damos, especially on the 89-record, but I have big respect for both singers!I agree that the music was more interesting with the vocalists

[dejahthoris]

What's Michael Karoli? chopped liver?

[boerni1976]

Jaki rules!!Rosko Gee is a great bass-player,but why he playes on harald schmidt every week?its money that matters!RIP Michael

[popiggy]

I love holger czukay for incorporating a prank call into the set

[ubbuu]

i noticed this also. such a fun idea!

[cronoyuha]

rosko gee is so funky!

[badmev]

xllnt..but wers the wee slitted eye fker lololol ...mushroom head oh yeah paperhouse!

[sergelapelle]

The song also appears to be "Moonshake" from Future Days.

[pyman69]

This is a great track. Jaki does not have a humanizing function!

[madcyril2k6]

Well it's not exactly awful... They could have taken the band in a different direction but I guess they were saving their best stuff for their solo albums.

[hwright3766]

Sad that in the final days they started recycling their best riffs. i love em regardless but they went from greatness to relative awfulness.

[orangefunk]

No it "IS" Just say No they both sound almost the same.. :-)

[demonication]

this is called DON'T SAY NO

[demonication]

from the "SAW DELIGHT" Disc

[McLennon23]

That IS Moonshake; can you change the title of the video to correct it?

[cronoyuha]

taht sounds liek moonshake

[trkkazulu]

Who's on bass?

[rileydog22]

Rosko Gee. He filled in so that Holger could mess with the mix and add effects.

[orangefunk]

There weren't any on the broadcast of the German Rock night. There was a Kraftwerk jam which was proto-Neu though... I think its called Koln and was uploaded at youtube.

[demonication]

the keyboards player are IRMIN SCHMIDT AND HOLGER CZUKAY

[avantsweater]

Awesome! Are there any Neu! or La Dusseldorf videos that you know of?