Can on German TV 1971

[yippybuns]

@slimturnpike

There is no krautrock sound - krautrock was just a name given to the music being made by alternative/underground German bands then. There is a huge variance in the sounds that various krautrock bands made - the common thread is that this was all experimental music coming from Germany in the early 70s. Faust had a tune on Faust IV titled 'Krautrock'. which was a nod to the term being used by the (mainly UK) media to describe this music at that time - '74 if I remember correctly.

[kieranification]

Gerd Muller scored a ht trick on the table football

[everyoneisondope]

5:08 Great contribution to the interview, buddy!

[slimturnpike]

everyone keeps calling Can krautrock, but other than the fact they were germans playing in the same era, they seem to have little in common with other bands stamped with the genre.

[1533Montaigne]

@slimturnpike

it´s just the opposite. there are lots of groups who are called kraut, but have nothing in common with this style.

two handful groups wrere real krauts and can is one of them.

[baxterbather]

@slimturnpike This is 1971. The Organization (later Kraftwerk) were a rock band with a flute mic'd into a Synthi A. Groups like that were using Synths in a more experimental, but musical, manner than sort of the avant-garde like Amon Duul, Ash Ra, Faust and all that. Can were first in experimental synth-textured music (see: 1968 TV performance of "Mother Sky") that moved bodies and minds. They were very a-German and even a-terrestrial, it was about what's inside your head, what's in your mind.

[dippywatcher]

Very interesting. This is what Acid does to musicians...

[stankler]

i think can are very smart.the bassist..im drunk i forget his name is saying what chomski said years later that tv only gives you a few seconds .reduces you to a Soundbite.this reminds me of burroughs reviewing hunter s thompson.the60s were like a picnic compared to the shit we have to put up with today

[stranamerzavzev]

great!!!!!

[megazood]

what the song name?

[javiercamafeo]

does anyone noticed that Damo has in this video the same kind of Condenser mic (probably a sehnheiser as well) taped as Cedric does look like to perform on stage? you can check it out: 4:03

[dinkaDPB]

sorry but this is a load of crap

[akis723]

@dinkaDPB very perceptive comment.

[rumerhall]

TV-SPOT from Can Limited edition United Artists USP.103.

Great album from 1974

[PeterVonRock]

Yeah... Krautrock !!! :)

[seekauwillfinda]

I fucking love that clip! Uh... btw,- can you say accciiiiidddd? I sure CAN!

[DerowEgen]

Großartige Band!

Aber was der Typ mit der Pornobrille da schwafelt, erinnert mich irgendwie voll an meinen Vater, so vom Duktus her.

Manchmal schäme ich mich ein wenig für meine Mitkommunisten....

[klippspringer]

@DerowEgen

deshalb find ich es wichtig, dass auch jüngere sowas zu sehn kriegen.

die 70er waren nämlich lange nicht so lustig und flippig, wie das heute gerne dargestellt wird, sondern ziemlich spießig. nicht ganz so langweilig, wie die heutige zeit, aber eben auch alles andere als revolutionär.

[damarsvolta]

this si what happens when you mix germans nad good toughts in a blender= a CAN of flawless músicians!

[grahamlaur]

Am I the only one who would listen to hours of them just sitting on the floor and jamming? Their sense of rhythm is absolutely impeccable.

[Katefung]

I have listened it few times. What they were saying in 1:20-1:26 should be Cantonese, one of the Chinese dialet, Ngor ng sui tzho jor lok hui means I dont want to be wrong again

CAN is the most underrated band!

[12347771]

funny, all of Irmin's gear are antiques now.

[hollywoodartchick]

PERFECT way to put it!

[jim51652]

Can anyone understand anything that anyone in this video is saying? Is the translation really bad or are they all just crazy? Good song and video otherwise tho

[Teabonesteak]

Television is a machine that chews up music and musicians and spits them out. Television is not interested in music interpretation but only getting a political opinion or "a little bit" of what the music about. It is difficult to give "a little bit" about what the music is about because do that would trivialize the possible complexity that the music constitutes.

[simonfergus1]

there ya are now bit o can

[toyowoka37]

生で聴きたい

[brotherbuttcrack]

I thought I would fluidly dive into other krautrock. But nothing else can compare to the awesomeness of can

[bezale]

pre-initialised subjective objectivity.

[guitar16]

lol "the can"

[cameronCLAM]

just "CAN"

[brotherbuttcrack]

what song is this being played?

[robotechian23rd]

trippy video but one of the most original bands of all time they're early dtuff was way better than kraftwerks early stuff

[declan3906]

Il fait tres chaud

[kackbretzel]

i´d appreciate that info to. cus i´m goin`to give a presentation about the can, kraftwerk and ton,steine,scherben in about 2 weeks. would be nice to show some of this footage, too.

[thenashman888]

dont suppose u know where i cud download this documentary do ya :) cheers

[FullLionMoon]

I like listening to this around my friends who don't know who Can is. They always have this dumb ass "cow eating grass in a field" look on their faces. I'm sorry. That's the best way I can describe it... It's hard being musically enlightened... *Sigh...*

[aguscanzani]

JAJAJAAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA Amazing, you just did my day. Same happens here, I play some Mahavishnu Orchestra (even more "mainstream" than Can" and they look astonished, like a metheor just hit their bare heads.

[bitsthatbite]

Wie konnte er das damals wissen?

[elmatadorwangmachino]

lol drugs

[tiamatefalco2]

i need a clone of that drummer.

[HowToLootBrazil]

today i rehearsed with him ;-) no joke.

[MrSuperCrazyChick]

I hear that

[AristYdes]

Tan relocos los chabones

[tivedenkung]

Ich habe dies Band nie verstanden, wenn das progressive sein soll, naja. Wer's braucht...??? Da ziehe ich mir lieber King Crimson rein!

[mankchester9]

simple can had divided by now,this period was a time after what was,think about it,punk 76-78-ACID HOUSE 86-88,M9

[phrogex]

That looks like a Loise Nevelson on the wall.

[theboyskipper]

"Television is immensely interested in political opinions of beat musicians,because they cannot talk. TV is not at all interrested in the political opinion of people who want socialism and a more human society, since they can spell it out."

A very smart answer.

[westfieldproductions]

Nail on the head

[amida23]

Brilliant! Which member is he?

[doktorsawade]

irmin schmidt

[morrisonkasing]

@theboyskipper

"CAN" spell it out.

[zacariasdaniel]

Where can I find cds?

[Soulvania]

amazon dude make sure you get "TAGO MAGO"

[zacariasdaniel]

Thanks, now I have Tago Mago, an excelent album.

[AristYdes]

Im sure you already have some cds in your house.

[JenovaMotion]

BEST BAND EVER

[theledzeppguy]

Awesome stuff. Great band.

[PubliusDiamond]

Bizarre. Thanks for this lovely little clip - interesting to ehar them speak.