Dizzy Dizzy

Karoli sings, with words by the novelist Duncan Fallowell and a rhythm built from slide guitar and delay.
Can, from Soon Over Babaluma (1974)

Released
1974
Length
5:40
Album
Soon Over Babaluma

Dizzy Dizzy opens Soon Over Babaluma. Duncan Fallowell supplied the lyrics, writing in a free-associative way, and Karoli sings them with attention to the percussive T and S sounds, which entwine with an artificial hi-hat rhythm Schmidt made using his slide guitar and a delay effect on the Alpha 77. Pitchfork's Dominique Leone described it as something like Can's version of ska and noted the first of several Karoli forays on violin, and its refrain of "got to get it up, got to get it over" suits the song's bouncing pulse. United Artists issued it as a single backed with Come sta la luna in 1974. Can played it live more often than any song except their open improvisations.

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Sources

  1. Soon Over Babaluma, Wikipedia
  2. Future Days / Soon Over Babaluma / Unlimited Edition / Landed, Pitchfork (2005-07-12)
  3. Can song statistics, setlist.fm
  4. Can discography, Wikipedia