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This has almost a Coltrane Quartet sound to it. I'm surprised the free time drums with guitar marking the rhythm never really took off in rock.

Looking forward to hearing this cat at Jazz Showcase tonight! His touch reminds me a little of the (profoundly underrated) Marylyn Crispell. Love his hip hop stuff too. To me it sounds very natural. This dude can build up tension in a hip hop song though shading and subtle variation in a way ...

Great tune. Being from Chicago, this reminds me times spent in Pilsen/Little Village. Makes me want to run down to Maxwell Street Market, grab a couple of tamales oaxaquenos and check out the power tools.

Attempting to throw pies at sociopathic old men with Shaolin style bodyguard wives is probably not the most intelligent way to stick it to the man. Really puts Murdoch in a more favorable light than he deserves. Only De Beers has brainwashed more people than this guy.

Wow. Thom really gets the Joy Division sound out of that SG. That effervescent spray of treble. Gotta buy me one of those.

Y'all are missing the point with this argument about technique. It's the fact that he thought of it, then executed it, then did it again over 200 times in a 20 year period, and continues to do it. This guy would have been heard in any era.

The series of looping figures from 30:10 to 31:40 reminds me a lot of the Cap 'N Crunch cereal box where the image of Cap N' Cruch holding the cereal box repeats itself ad infinitum.

@23lFrench Radiohead is but one of many paths to CAN. Once you get to CAN, it is only a short trip to free jazz, 12 tone, and other musical forms of enlightenment. All are great. What is amazing about can though is how cerebral they can be while maintaining the balls out audacity of early rock...

I'm not a drummer, but damn, that ride rhythm that comes into prominence around 1:50 sounds like it requires some serious woodshedding.

if I had one chance to explain the concept of music to extraterrestrials, I would break out this record.

I'm sure its been said a thousand times, but this is Cantastic. Can is the musical equivalent of having your whole life flash before you.

The guitar work here is understated, but staggering from a skill perspective. The vocal phrasing is riveting.

I return to this whenever I'm tired and there are still hours of work left to do. The sheer quality of the music never fails to inspire.

Astonishing for a live performance. The Beatles stopped performing altogether over music that was less complicated than this.