Moonshake (song)
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Moonshake |
| artist | Can |
| album | Future Days |
| released | Late 1973 |
| B-side | Future Days |
| studio | (Weilerswist, West Germany) |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| *Psychedelic pop{{cite magazine | url |
| *funk<ref name | "Keylock 2005"{{cite book |
| Can - Future Days | publisher |
| *reggae<ref name | "Keylock 2005"/ |
| length | 3:04 |
| producer | Can |
| misc | |
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| name = Moonshake | cover = | alt = | type = | artist = Can | album = Future Days | released = Late 1973 | B-side = Future Days | format = | recorded = | studio = (Weilerswist, West Germany) | venue = | genre = {{flatlist|
- Psychedelic pop
- funk{{cite book|first= Miles|last= Keylock|editor-first= Robert |editor-last= Dimery |year= 2005 |title= 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |chapter= Can - Future Days|publisher= Cassell Illustrated |location= London |page= 293}}
- reggae | length = 3:04 | label =
- United Artists
- Spoon | writer = | producer = Can | misc = "Moonshake" is a song by the German krautrock band Can, released as a single from their 1973 album Future Days.
Composition
Rob Young, Can's biographer, placed "Moonshake" alongside "She Brings the Rain" from Soundtracks and "Sing Swan Song" from Ege Bamyasi in the band's "catalogue of perfectly formed pop songs", incorporating "elements of rock convention and erasing any sense of cliché around them".
Reception and legacy
John Peel, reviewing the single for Sounds, described it as "great", but felt its chances to become a hit were "roughly comparable to his chances of being asked to join Ivy Benson's All-Girl Orchestra on harp". In 2017, *Vice*s Drew Millard described "Moonshake" as "pre-punk-post-punk sugar rush", relieving "all the meandering that comes before it [on Future Days]" and slipping away just as it begins.
Can incorporated the melody of "Moonshake" into "Don't Say No", the first song from their 1977 album Saw Delight.
The British experimental rock/post-rock band Moonshake took their name from this song.
Personnel
(From album credits)
- Holger Czukay – bass guitar, double bass
- Michael Karoli – electric guitar, violin
- Jaki Liebezeit – drums, percussion, "melodica-type instrument"
- Irmin Schmidt – Farfisa organ and electric piano, electronics
- Damo Suzuki – vocals, percussion
References
References
- (17 June 2015). "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time".
- "Can – Moonshake / Future Days".
- Drew Millard. (September 8, 2017). "An Appreciation of Can's 'Future Days'".
- John Higgins. (August 13, 2015). "Classic Album: Can – Future Days".
- [[John Peel]]. (6 October 1973). "Singles review of Moonshake".
- {{AllMusic. Stewart. Mason
- Martin Gray. (24 October 2022). "Moonshake: ''Eva Luna'' 1992-2022 – 30 years on".
- "Moonshake FAQ on old 4AD Records page".
- (2018). "[[All Gates Open: The Story of Can]]". [[Faber and Faber]].
- Doyle, Tom. (July 2012). "Finding The Lost Can Tapes: Jono Padmore, Irmin Schmidt & Daniel Miller".
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