Taking Sides: Ege Bamyasi or Tago Mago?

But I listen more to Tago Mago

Actually I don't really listen to anything much except Monster Movie these days because it's all on tape and I can't find most of it. Need some Can CDs.

I've just remembered that thread I said I was going to start on Friday night now!

There you have the answer. Yes, that's why "Future Days" is better. Because it was more prog.

ewwww...My cd collection laughs at you--me hate prog rock, never even heard of Mr. Wakeman

I heard it first, and it blow my mind.

budget-priced cd rereleases are coming out soon. still cheaper on amazonmp3.

http://www.amazon.com/Tago-Mago-Ri-Can/dp/B0011WMHRK
http://www.amazon.com/Tago-Mago/dp/B000T08AX0
etc.

(can't find general can threads)

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I know, right? OTM

It's a close call, but maybe out of bias, Tago Mago. Start to finish it's just great, and the latter half of the album contains some of the most rewarding stuff this band has done, contrary to claims. Future Days is also quite fantastic, but as I remember, a limp dick by comparison. I should dig that one out again, it's been quite a while to be honest.

I STILL DON'T HAVE MONSTER MOVIE O_O

Side note, years ago an old girlfriend and I were making out to Tago Mago and there were moments we simply had to stop because we were so distracted by Damo. Really laughing.

tago mago 4ever

making out to Can is funny.

TM

EB, without question.

I remember Dominique Leone writing Future Days was making out music, and that makes some sense, but Tago Mago? Thas is just weird

but Tago Mago? Thas is just weird
Yer tellin' me.

boy i wasnt even in college when i asked this question!!!!!!!!! i posted this even before i had my first freakout on weed!!!!! DAMN!!!!!!!!!!! i feel fucking old now, may 1 2001 christ

tago mago btw

BAM YASI GONNA BEET YO ASS

Ege Bamyasi is playing right now. because of this thread, but I play it often. it pretty much rules over most albums.

Ege Bamyasi. You Tago Mago-ists are crazy.

i'd have said ege bamyasi a few years ago but i'm firmly in tago mago's corner now.

Tago Mago fo' life

One of the first times I made out with my girlfriend I put on Future Days. She thought it was weird, but it sounded great.

Always Tago Mago.

Ege Bamyasi. But Monster Movie (by "The Can") kills 'em both.

making out to Future Days = achieve much hard one after the break

just one?

http://images.google.com/url?q=http://www.wwiilectureinstitute.com/films/bigred.JPG&usg=AFQjCNEMZRCEnr15pADYDeQ6BS6ISpkXcw

tago mago.

I just don't get anything from Aumgn and very little from Peking O. What am I missing? I'm sorely tempted to just wipe them off the iPod.

Aumgn is the best, once Damo starts yelling this album gets about 10% more fun!

Yo, recommend me some songs that shamelessly rip-off CAN, I'm making another playlist. Fools Gold being an obvious one...

"I am Damo Suzuki" being a more obvious one.

True true, only I don't think I have it.

You should get it. It's good.

All of Bummed is Can, really. As mentioned elsewhere.

That new Horrors single is basically an enfeebled Mother Sky plus weedy goth vocals.

Happy Mondays - Hallelujah (original Martin Hannet version)

Yo, recommend me some songs that shamelessly rip-off CAN

Fujiya & Miyagi
Primal Scream - Kowalski?

I'm working right now on a new track that shamelessly rips-off Can. I'll let you know when it is done. Hopefully it will satisfy your desire for shamelessness.

maybe some liquid liquid (even though they don't have a guitar player)

Aumgn is the best, once Damo starts yelling this album gets about 10% more fun!

That's Irmin Schmidt on "Aumgn" not Damo.

Where do I file Delay 1968 in my Can albums? At the start, or at the end? I file things chronologically.

Mine's at the start. It would feel out of place after Can imo.

bamyasi by a fair margin

Is Turtles Have Short Legs remastered on CD anywhere?

There was a remastered version of Unlimited that i never seem to come across. Is it on that?

First LP of Tago Mago > Ege Bamyasi.

It's on Cannibalism 2. Was that remastered?

http://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/can-ege-bamyasi-round-24-nicks-choice/

Jaz Coleman's entry into Can (and rock in general, and a few other things) was Tago Mago.

It was the first rock record I ever heard. Bear in mind that up until 14-and-a-half I didn’t listen to any rock music at all, nothing, I only listened to classical. Then I was on an orchestral course and this very beautiful viola player said to me, ‘Don’t you listen to anything other than classical music?’ and I said ‘No’. She said, ‘Haven’t you listened to any experimental rock music?’ And I said, ‘What you mean like Top of the Pops?’ And she said, ‘No, no, no. I want to play you something.' She had a tape-to-tape machine - which shows how long ago this was - and then the same girl asked me, ‘Have you ever taken any marijuana?’ And, very shocked, I said, ‘I’ve never taken any drugs and I never would.' Anyway, I ended up listening to Can, smoking dope and losing my virginity all in one night. And the next day I was wearing black and when my parents came back from holiday I had sold my violin at Sotheby’s and had bought a mini Korg synthesiser and Marshall equipment and was ready to go and they were horrified.

How different, Jaz Coleman's life, has always been to mine...

I know next to nothing about Jaz/Killing Joke but that story is hella cute.

That story is great! I don't know much Killing Joke either, but when I saw them in the 80s Jaz immediately reminded me of Alex Harvey, so this came as no surprise:

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Faith Healer
I know all the band would agree with this one, it’s one track that everyone gives a resounding yes to. It defines everything about rock music. The track 'Faith Healer' on its own, on its own, kinda inspired Killing Joke. Yes, massively, it inspired a young Geordie Walker and it’s the only song by Alex Harvey I really like, but it’s got to be one of the greatest pieces of rock music ever.

Other than that he claims to like only one SAHB song.

Instead of dividing them I'd rather take the best cuts and have Tago Mago + Ege Bamyasi as a 9 track album:

1. Paperhouse
2. Mushroom
3. Sing Swan Song
4. Oh Yeah
5. Vitamin C
6. I'm So Green
7. Hallelluwah
8. One More Night
9. Spoon

Running Length 57:10

No Pinch no credibility.

and where's the Augghmmmmm?

haters.

Those ermm would be the b-sides to Vitamin C and Mushroom, respectively and they would be like the best two singles of the 70s. Happy?

Pinch is the sound of Can at their creative peak for me. If anyone could endorse anything that sounds like it, I am all ears.

Likewise.

am i the only one who finds the lofi-ness of those records a bit discouraging? wish i could hear jaki with more clarity, i hate it with super tight drummers are somewhat obscured by muddy audio.

Have you got the 2004 remasters? Because that's really not a problem on them.

And, y'know, turn it up.

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i hate it with when super tight drummers are somewhat obscured by muddy audio

latest remasters should solve your problem, what's not to understand?

(He's just fixing his typo)

i hate it when super tight drummers are somewhat obscured by muddy audio

Uh..... obscured, wtf??!?! Yeah you can barely hear Jaki on "Halleluwah" or "Mushroom" or "Vitamin C"?!?!??! I'd agree if you'd been talking about "Landed"!

dude, i'm not complaining about "barely hearing" jaki. i'm talking about a lack of clarity to the overall drum sound that i find a bit detrimental to the end product. check out 'oh yeah' or 'mushroom' for instance. i mean, the snare and cymbals sound ultra trebly and blurry (those were 2-track recordings after all, right?) so there's no way you can overcompensate those issues simply with a new mix or a remaster. i'm not into lo-fied drums AT ALL, esp when dealing with hyper detailed drummers such as liebezeit where you really wanna hear every little nuance of his playing and with as much detail as possible, that's about it.

will check those remasters out anyway, thanks for the tip

those were 2-track recordings after all, right?

Indeed, and they sound miles better and are recorded with much more clarity than when they started using 16-track! Anyway, your ears are obviously are different to mine.