Had expected comments such as this ...just because an audience doesn't act like they do at a Madonna lip syncing binge ? .....to this admittedly highly funky groove. Which would imply one always had to do the monkey shuffle across the room when playing one of their amazing records ? .....Can was always more for a cerebral workout anyway.........👍🤯
Ha! Ha! Ha! Very funny! Mind you, Can wasn't playing to party-on-down audiences; they weren't a party-on-down band. They were not a band to be boogied to (to use that echt-1970's word, "boogie"); they were a band to be contemplated.
The actual bassist (Holger Czukay) is in the left corner manipulating nobs. The man you see playing bass is Rosko Gee from Traffic. He helped them out with live shows and sometimes sang as well.
I knew Jaki from old Stollwerck Times. Just reading John Podmores book about him and start getting an idea for the First time what was going on There on a philosophical/spiritual ground
Can is one of the only bands I can think of that everyone, regardless of their respective musical tastes and bias, will always instantaneously agree is an insanely awesome band. This differs quite a bit from the studio version which is great!
I agree it's like a ode to joy, you almost loose the fact that it's prog rock and anyone can just mindlessly listen to it. I've listened to Jamaican zealot royalist symbolism in music on the grounds of good reggae song with friends.
I was 15 at this time. We start to go out at weekends to a hippie alternative club in my town. Thex played Zappa Einstürzernde Neubauten Reggae etc. Can at that time was a little high for me. Now at 60y I still love this old damm good music. Thanks for posting
They are the best band by far that has come out of Germany. Several key members have put albums out with Jah Wobble, and David Sylvian. They are worth checking out.
What an amazing groove on this version. Love it. CAN has always been (and still is) one of my favorite bands. So original. Met Michael Karoli in Vancouver in the late '90's when he toured with Damo. Met and hung out with Damo many times. Great souls,
I met and hung out with Michael Karoli's son for about 10 minutes, before the start of the Can Project gig in London a few years ago, totally unaware that it was him. At the start of the show, the compere said that his son was here, and I was like, hold on a minute, that guy with the long black hair I was speaking to looked just like Karoli. Yh, they do look very alike. Maybe there's a picture of him somewhere online.
That really coalesced nicely from a kinda windswept and interesting opening, to a funky alternative reality by the end. It was great to hear Holgers' mad interventions given plenty of room in the mix. They were intended to be the lead instrument (well, at least Holger thought so!)
Thanks for loading this - dizzy dizzy was their signature encore for many years, and you can hear why - they kick ass with bigtime funk from the mighty rhythm section and karoli's killer psycho-acid guitar. Can is the best, and this is their best song.
It really looks like they're deliberately trying not to move even their feet because noone else is doing it. Must've been kind of a downer for the band with that extraterrestial performance
This was the version of Can I saw, only with Rebop on percussion as well as Jaki. I remember Rosko Gee stopped playing at some point and high 5d Jaki after he did something particularly awesome. Jaki was THE musician in Can in my opinion. Best band ever
Dizzy Dizzy was their live show meisterstuck. The genius of Can makes your head spin. College audiences in 1977 were rockin to dizzy dizzy. This is a tv audience, that's why they're glued to their seats. This is a great dance song, gifting your ass with the grace of funk while simultaneously blowing your mind. DD takes you higher even as you get down.
Super! I saw Can do this at Nottingham University around 75. Holger did bass and there was no Rosko. Holger still fed various sounds through the system so obviously his bass playing wasn't as intricate as this at times ;-)
Dizzy Dizzy was their encore number live and they pull out all the stops. Brilliant stuff. Michael Roscoe and Jaki are throwing down monster tracks. Can at their best: Dizzy Dizzy encore mid 70's with that Jamaican bass.
You're aware that your answer makes you the only hung-up racist among us, are you? Even if you happen to be black, which you're not. Soul Train had YMO and Duran Duran among their roster. So free your mind, and your ass will follow.
Rosko for Holger on bass was a massive upgrade, Can got so funky, but stayed so intelligent. This is Can at their best, and to play in front of that audience - who would have thought standards of decorum were so strict in 1977? some great dance music wasted.
This is by far the weakest era/line-up of Can. After Flow Motion in '76, they really nose-dived. Rosko Gee and Reebop Kwaaku Baah did not make it better.
@@whatevershebrings Matter of taste. I've heard people say Future Days is their favorite Can; for me it's one of their worst. But the live performances with the Rosko lineup are pure genius; not everyone enjoys it of course.
@@geroldfirl performance doesn't matter when the albums suck, out of reach has some truly dreadful songs, and inner space is just sad to listen to knowing these guys did Tago Mago, Soon over Bambula and monster movie. I definitely admit Holger was not the greatest bass player, but he was very inventive, and his sidelining definitely worsened the bands sound overall
nah, the TV producers told them to be a good TV audience, that was the standard then for these euro tv productions. Heck the audience is prob totally random volunteers who dont know the band. it is a TV production, not a real concert.
This is why I love musicians. Anybody else would have turned this into a fight. Don't take it as an insult, but if you haven't heard of them, check out the band "War" - especially the album "World Is a Ghetto". Another act you may dig is Gill Scott Heron. If you already knew about them, sorry. If not, enjoy.
