Classic Albums #10: Can's Ege Bamyasi
 

I don't know why I chose this over the more obvious Tago Mago, but anyway.

Because the 'classic albums' thing has turned into a bit of a 'my favourite album' monster it'd be nice to get back to reality for a while.

Anyway, Ege is one of those albums that i think has a genuine place at the high table. An amazing band, playing music that only they seemed capable of creating.

agreed, i still need to own it, though.

why didn't can reissue their shit on vinyl too?

Yeah, it does seem weird that they never did vinyl reissues.

A masterpiece for sure. Hard to choose between at least four or five Can LPs for "classic" status for me. Intuitive, influential, forward-thinking, and extremely well-executed. Jaki Liebezeit's drumming on this record is pretty damn incredible.

They reissued all that stuff on heavy vinyl.

Wow, it must've sold out pretty damn quick then. lol

i hope they are not entirely sold out!

It was late 90s, maybe VERY early 2000s on Spoon records. Probably gone now. I have seen a possibly-not-legit but exact vinyl reissue of "Soundtracks" recently though. It wasn't even expensive.

One of the things I love about this album is the way that all of the instruments - including vocals - fuse together into a single organic whole.

Oh, and one fun thing to do if you do have the vinyl...
If you play "Pinch" at 45 RPM, it sounds like a pretty good breakbeat/drum-n-bass tune until the vocals kick in.

A lot of people making Drum and Bass have used that break.

Huh.
Makes sense I guess.

Those early albums anticipated more of how music would develop than almost anything else I can think of. What's more, they actually sound like they could've been made today, or even tomorrow. That's something that not even the Beatles or the Velvets, or even Kraftwerk, could claim.

love this album, but why didnt you keep all the albums in one "classic albums" thread?

I prefer Tago Mago and Future Days (but I listened to those records more than Ege Bamyasi).

Well this is the last one I'm gonna do. The whole thing seemed to get a bit silly. If anyone else wants to do them though, cool.

At least with Ege I know i'm going out with a bang!

yeah, i way prefer tago mago, and i may actually prefer future days to either of these. but all the early can stuff is great.

they were really doing something amazing on this release.. how much of it was improvised?

can can can can.

What? Is my LP made out of tar or something then?

My fave store has LP copies of Ege, Monster Movie, and one other regularly in stock on vinyl. They're expensive though. 20 to 25 bucks each. The manager says he has seen Tago on vinyl but it's more than 30 bucks retail, so he refuses to stock it. I think they're United Artist European imports.

My Ege is clear green vinyl, by the way.

maybe because this one is better? great album, probably my all-time fave kraut lp along with the faust tapes.

faust tapes are killer
Ege Bamyasi is awesome, but i think i like the Future Days album better though

I'm glad you're so much less "pathetic" now with less "non-direction.":rolleyes:

^^^atari, with respect, this is trolling nonsense. The same goddamn quote and reply in 4 threads? If I didn't know better, I'd say you were out to deliberately get a pissed-off reaction from demonrail666.

The quote

Originally Posted by demonrail666
During a particularly pathetic period of my life I did a whole rate-album-tracks -out-of-ten thing, then work out album averages, and so on. It killed some time only to conclude that Big Country were the greatest band of all time. Ah, how periods of non-direction in one's life can throw up such devastating truths.

is from a passive-aggressive post he made here:
New Smashing Pumpkins album is 83.333% shit

I find his flip-flopping a bit funny, sorry you are not similarly amused.

Hey, nothing passive-aggressive about it. I was just stating what happened - with a little embellishment here and there for comic effect. You know how it goes. I'm actually one of the nicest people anyone could possibly hope to meet. Just ask my mum.

Again, with all respect, that's a daft explanation. Doing it in one thread where it's relevant, fine. Doing it in four unrelated threads is trolling. Come on atari, I never had you down as a wind-up troll merchant...

The whole 'passive-aggressive' thing is the oddest part. As though my posting on one of Atari's threads is inevitably some kind of veiled dig at him. Anyway, life goes on I suppose.

Do you know what? When I've opened the thread I was going to post something very, very similar to the above. Truly one of the most incredible bands ever. So good, so effortlessly good, it's too tough singling out a classic or greatest Can album. They win prizes for 'attitude towards music' alone.

They're one of those bands that, whenever I hear them, I just wonder if a better one could possibly exist. Maybe if they'd split up after releasing Soon Over Babaluma or something.