Can - Vitamin C
many of you will probably recognize this song from many breakdancing sets. it is one of the most popular breaking songs because the drumming and the groove are crazy. some songs with dope breakbeats kind of suck when you actually hear the full song, but not vitamin c. everytime i hear this i must hear the whole thing. if i hear it in the set or part of it in a commercial i must go back and listen to the whole song. i love it.
can is an experimental rock band from west germany formed in 1968. due to my ignorant ass public education i honestly did not know a damn thing about germany growing up besides hitler. i didn’t know that they were exporting dope ass music like this. the song has some of the best drumming i’ve heard on a studio released track, a deep bass line, and the vocals catch you immediately. i’m not sure exactly what he was referring to when he’s talking about vitamin c, but the song seems to be about a spoiled girl and maybe he’s saying that she’s losing something essential to her being… blah blah blah, i don’t know. any thoughts? enjoy
Her daddy got a big aeroplane,
Her mommy holds all the family cash,
A beautiful blows, I stay at the corner,
She is living in and out of tune.
Hey you,
You’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your vitamin C.
Hey you,
You’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your vitamin C,
Your vitamin C.
And at Christmas riding on her pony
Or she is stepping on the pigman’s head,
A beautiful blows, I stay at the corner,
She is living in and out of tune.
Hey you,
You’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your vitamin C.
Hey you,
You’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your vitamin C,
Your vitamin C.
Hey you,
You’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your vitamin C.
Hey you,
You’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your vitamin C.
