Reviewing "Yeti" by Amon Düül II ft. These Reviews || Day 236/365 

Didn't listen to that one yet, will do so though!

Definitely get you.

I'm going to challenge your tastes by saying that Amon Duul II is BETTER than Can. In one primary department: the vocals. Musically speaking, both bands are incomparible. I enjoy the semi-electronic, free jazz fusion jams of Can as much as anybody. Although to be honest my favorite album by them is Soon Over Babaluma. And this is where I get into the vocals. I...cannot...STAND...either Malcolm Mooney or Damo Suzuki. Especially the latter... Damo always sounds like an irritated cat scratching for fleas. Unless he's doing more of a crooning type vocal style (i.e. Paperhouse). Then he's actually pretty good. But then you get to a song like Amugn and Peking-O and then all that enjoyment goes out the window and into the gutter. Even Vitamin C gets pretty annoying with his "You're losing, you're losing...your Vitamin C" lines. Blech 🤮 🤢. Absolutely...intolerable. At least with Michael Karoli handling the vocal duties on Soon Over Babaluma, I can enjoy both the music AND the vocals in equal measure. Now with that out of the way, let's get back to Amon Duul II. Chris Karrrer and Renate Knaup are both fantastic vocalists. And I hope you've gone even further then Yeti to listen to Carnival in Babylon. The song All the Years Round is a gem for showcasing Renate's beautiful, mystical vocals. Quite the opposite of Archangel Thunderbird where she's wailing like a gypsy, which I also love too. Chris Karrer meanwhile delivers a somewhat demented but humorous vocal style that I've always found adds more power to the bands music. He's like a folk shaman of the woods telling age old myths of magic and Tantric rituals. Also, Amon Duul II is HARDLY what you would call "loosey-goosey jamming." That would apply more to Phish, who jam mindlessly because they just love to show off what great instrumentalists they are. It's just sheer wanking around. Amon Duul II actually have a purpose behind their jamming. Listen to The Marilyn Monroe-Memorial-Church from Tanz der Lemminge and you'll (hopefully) get what I mean. It's like they trigger the right neurons in my brain to send me into a trance. An altered state. And I don't take any substances to reach that state either. This music and the right meditation tool can really get me there organically.

@@365DaysofProg your comparison to Yeti and In the Court of the Crimson King is WAY off. Tales From Topographic Oceans by Yes is more accurate when comparing two very cosmic, trippy albums. Albums so huge in scope and musical adventurism. Even if both Yeti and Crimson King are staple albums, EVERYBODY KNOWS AND HAS LISTENED TO ITCOTCK. It's gotten to a point where the recognition of that album makes it more like a pop album. It's not even funny. How many people have ever TRULY listened to Yeti? And not just MERELY "hear about Yeti" but actually fricking listen to it??? And actually provide more than two words to say about it?????

Probably will sometime in the future (though the waiting list is sooooooo long..)

@@365DaysofProg Of course, it is. Prog is like a neverending story!

Love to see this love for Wolf City!

You're welcome! I'm glad I did my research beforehand, as it did help in understanding the context.

I'm sure your dog had a great time too :DD And I must say that it did not manage to stand up to the hype I built up for it.

@@365DaysofProg My dog hates going for walks. The only way I can motivate myself to drag him reluctantly to the park for his own good, is to have something decent to listen to. Yeti was good 'dragging a dog to the park music'.🤣

@@twanglingjackintheilkshed Haha! 😂

Great comparison!