Can: Moonshake (Future Days 1973 Krautrock classic)

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suburbanbatherson
March 20, 2007

Future Days is such a damn essential album that if you haven't got it in your record collection then there's probably something wrong with your brain. When I started making this video, I knew it had to contain water imagery - if you know Future Days, then you know why. This song (track three on side one) also conveys a sense of adventure or perhaps a happy summer afternoon spent with good friends.... Of course, Can had a parting of the waves with Damo soon after this album was released. Although they went onto to make some magic albums, this 1973 release is a career pinnacle, seamlessly fusing various ethnomusicology styles, not forgetting chucking a bit of jazz, rock, ambient and funk into the mix...... Talking of a sense of adventure, the tinted, manipulated footage is originally from a 1950s CFF episodic film series, loosely adapting Enid Blyton's 'Five On A Treasure Island'. Growing up I adored the CFF's work, but this was a little before my time.... Now I remember, Glitterball, Pop Pirates, Young Robin Hood, Sammy's Super T-Shirt, Junket 89 with the wonderful Christopher Benjamin.... Now I'm rambling, so I'll sign off with a sincere apology for the savage edit as the wave splashes against the rocks. Moonshake is so damn perfect, who am I, deciding to cut right there...? The reason I did it, is that A: that bit of the video was boring and B: if you don't have the complete version in your record collection then there's something wrong with your.......

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filtro6 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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This is fantastic

rsa1960 (1 month ago) Show Hide

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Great!

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hilarious video

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That's just brilliant!

robotechian23rd (2 months ago) Show Hide

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their songs have the sickest drum beats

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awesome ... love Future days

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Back in 1973, I was a 14 year old kid when I had my Uncle drive me to Licorice Pizza and I bought Future Days because it looked cool, I had never heard of Can before, but have been a fan ever since....

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kudos to U2's Edge ...one of the few musicians out there to give Michael Karoli his due....RIP Michael Karoli..an unsung Strat master...

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lol@metal 1313...sooooo true...

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Nice clip! This is easily one of my favorite Can songs. Looking at your user name, I take it you're a Residents fan too? :)

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