Talk:Ege Bamyasi

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This is a classic album and we can do better than this stub! Secretlondon 21:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It is a classic. "One More Night" is greatly superior to the Phil Collins cover version. But we can't do better than this stub. There isn't much more to say about the album; it sold poorly in all markets, it influenced only a very few, obscure artists, it was not Can's first or last album, or the band's first or last with Damo Suzuki. The few substantial pieces of writing about it are record reviews from talented but unpublished or self-published authors (e.g. Julian Cope as mentioned below, Mark Prindle, George Starostin, etc). The lyrics defy analysis. There are no amusing anecdotes about its recording. It does not appear in the latest Lindsay Lohan film. Ege Bamyasi does not intersect with white middle-class teenage North America. -Ashley Pomeroy 18:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Julian Cope has reviewed it here I don't know if he counts as a professional reviewer, but I guess we can use a quote. Secretlondon 21:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

"I'm so green" - covered by Beck? 

Turkish orthography?
In Turkish, it would be "Ege bamyası", with a dotless i. What should be considered the actual name of the album? Note that in Turkish an uppercase ı is I and an uppercase i is İ, so the album cover actually has a dotless i. Mats (talk) 08:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Should the article name be changed? How is it listed in the record company catalogue? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:16, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

cover artwork
it has nothing to do with 'the band members continued interest in world music', it's just a coincidence. germany has a large turkish minority and they have special shops there which are selling turkish brands of food. jaki liebezeit found the can in a turkish shop. 'can' is the brand name, it means life (and pronounced with a soft c, like 'jan'). the product, 'ege bamyası' is a special kind of okra, which grows in the aegean cost of turkey.

source : irmin schmidt 'the can on the cover is not a silly concept idea, it was a can jaki found in a turkish shop. there, the word 'can' means something like 'life'. there is no concept behind titles like 'vitamin c' and 'i'm so green'. (uncut magazine, no. 111, august 2006, interview by david stubbs) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.97.161.50 (talk) 01:32, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * This could be better explained/ integrated into the article. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:14, 19 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Second that, indeed if there is a linkable source this info should be in the article.139.47.80.201 (talk) 09:15, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Does anyone have access to that 2006 edition of Uncut? Martinevans123 (talk) 09:29, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, just found an online copy here. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:46, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Have now added a new sub-section. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:20, 5 March 2021 (UTC)

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Substituted at 14:13, 29 April 2016 (UTC)