Neu!, Can, Faust?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Poll question: Neu!, Can, Faust?

[mrboba1]

1. How about:

What!
The,
Fuck?

:evilgrin:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. No votes for Amon Duul II, please.

[mrboba1]

5. You God-damned censor!!

:grr:

[tigereye]

13. but why Byron, why?

another reason to love this place... people who know who Amon Duul and Can are. And even Can of Bees. ;)

[Howardx]

3. im a can man

n/t

[redqueen]

4. Can't vote, but you've piqued my interest

Now I suppose I'll have to listen to some Neu! at least.

Were Can and Faust as influential?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. Can were.

Without Can, there may never have been a New Order.

[asthmaticeog]

15. Ahem...

Not everyone would have a problem with that.

[quispquake]

7. Faust!!!

One of the MOST AMAZING records ever!!!

[eek]

8. Luv me some Krautrock

I listen to alla them .
Probably play the Neu! with red type on white b.g. most often.

SLB, surely you are a Julian Cope man. If you aren't familiar with his excellent website, herewith:
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/

Amongst other thiings he is a massive Krautrock expert (even wrote a good guide on the subject)

He reviews and reccommends music every month and has an "all-ugly radio"
feature.

Do have a look!



nb: to those of you who are unfamiliar, Cope writes in a very singular vernacular which may take getting used to.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. I love Julian.

I've had at one point or another everything between Kilimanjaro and Interpreter. He's a true artist. Ever read his book 'The Modern Antiquarian'? He's a surprising guy.

[eek]

12. I have Modern Antiquarian!

What a thing. You know he lectures on ancient sites, right? Even at the British Museum! Fabolus.

Oh - the headheritage site has a Modern Antiquarian section with updates and stuff from other enthusiasts of stone circles and chalk figures.

(The book's pix of his wife, Dorian are a bit on the TMI tip, no?)

But lest this thread transmogrifies from your original topic....

[XNASA]

10. Tago Mago!!

I haven't listened to much Can in a long time....but Tago Mago was a big influence on me.

[asthmaticeog]

14. I'll see that Tago Mago

And raise you one Ege Bamyasi.

[Squeech]

11. Jeebus, that's a hard choice

All three bands were hugely important and influential.

If pressed, I'll take Neu out of consideration, because I don't think they were the ideal exemplars of that flavor of minimalism-- compared to American punk like the Stooges, Neu was downright effete.

The difference between Can and Faust, as I see it, is the difference between process (spontaneously generated song forms) and product (active pursuit of new sounds). Thus it's easier for we who stand on their shoulders to emulate Can than Faust-- but harder to do it well. (I used to play in a band that frequently used to get compared to Can. We ended up doing a Can pastiche on the record, a 53 second long invocation of the groove to "Oh Yeah" off Tago Mago.)

I guess I'll vote for Can, since I have four Can CDs in my main listening pile right now, and no Faust.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. Popul Vu