A double helping of Can, one (relatively) bite-sized, the other a full feast.
For starters, a 1970 performance of Paperhouse, all long hair and intense focus on their respective instruments, with the additional appeal of Damo and Holger bare chested, though I suspect the latter may have a very specific target audience.
For mains, reportedly the earliest full concert recording of the band (I haven't fact checked this claim). From November 1970, this is eighty-four-and-a-half minutes of Can live from Soest, Rockpalast, Germany, broadcast on the TV show Karussell Für Die Jugend (Youth Carousel) in glorious monochrome.
Apart from a few sullen individuals, the audience appears to having a great time, and no wonder. I wasn't even born when Can played this gig, but their music subsequently caught up with me.
Essential footage. I remember, when I saw them on a Saturday afternoon playing at the Beat Club on TV and my father sat beside me shaking his head.
ReplyDeleteNo disappointment here today with this splendid choice.
ReplyDeletePaused the first one to say: take away the vocal and that could be The Fall live ca. 1980
Delete...and in all the times I saw The Fall I never saw any of them stripdown to their pants
DeleteThank you Khayem, these are fantastic representations of Can from this era. Quite an enjoyable viewing for me this morning.
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