"Yoo Doo Right" is a song on Can's

Can (band)

Can was an experimental rock band formed in Cologne, West Germany in 1968. Later labeled as one of the first "krautrock" groups, they transcended mainstream influences and incorporated strong minimalist and world music elements into their often psychedelic music.Can constructed their music largely...

 1969 debut album, Monster Movie, which had been edited down from a six-hour improvisation to a mere twenty minutes. The song features a pounding, tribal-influenced rhythm section throughout, along with singer Malcolm Mooney

Malcolm Mooney

Malcolm Mooney is an American singer, poet, and artist, probably best known as the original vocalist for German krautrock band Can.-Biography:Mooney began singing in high school, and was a member of an a cappella vocal group known as the Six Fifths...

 repeatedly reading excerpts from a love letter in an almost mantra

Mantra

A mantra is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that is considered capable of "creating transformation"...

-like manner.

Can continued to play the song after Mooney's departure, as heard on the Can Live

Can Live

Can Live Music is a double live album by the band Can, released in 1999 and recorded in the UK and West Germany between 1972 and 1977...

album. It has been covered in abbreviated form by the Geraldine Fibbers

Geraldine Fibbers

The Geraldine Fibbers were an alt-country band founded in 1994 by Carla Bozulich. Initially, band members included Bozulich, Daniel Keenan, Julie Fowells, William Tutton and Kevin Fitzgerald...

, Thin White Rope

Thin White Rope

Thin White Rope was an American rock band fronted by Guy Kyser and related to the desert rock and paisley underground sub-genres. It was formed in Davis, California in 1984, and released five albums to critical acclaim....

, Masaki Batoh, Susheela Raman

Susheela Raman

Susheela Raman is an acclaimed British Tamil musician. Raman has released five albums since 2001. Her debut album Salt Rain was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001.-Early years:...

, Jonathan Segel

Jonathan Segel

Jonathan Segel is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has played with Camper Van Beethoven, Sparklehorse, Eugene Chadbourne, and Dieselhed.-Biography:...

, The Wendys

The Wendys

The Wendys are a Scottish alternative indie rock band, that were part of the Madchester music scene, and were signed to the Factory Records music label by Tony Wilson...

 and others. In 2001, shortly after the death of Can's guitarist Michael Karoli

Michael Karoli

Michael Karoli was a German guitarist, violinist and composer. He was a founding member of the influential krautrock band Can....

, a group of musicians associated with the Austrian composer Karlheinz Essl

Karlheinz Essl

Karlheinz Essl is an Austrian composer, performer, sound artist, improviser and composition teacher.- Biography :Essl was born in Vienna. His studies at the University of Music in Vienna included: composition , electro-acoustic music and double bass...

 performed this song in several hour-long concerts in memory of Karoli.

The song was remixed by 3p for the double remix

Remix

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 compilation Sacrilege

Sacrilege (album)

Sacrilege is a double remix album by the band Can, released in 1997. It features remixes of many of the band's most well-known songs from the 1960s and 70s, remixed by contemporary recording artists.-Track listing:# "PNOOM" – 0:56...

 in 1997, reduced to a three-minute, verse-chorus-bridge pop piece.

The first track on the Primal Scream

Primal Scream

Primal Scream are a Scottish alternative rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie and Jim Beattie and now based in London. The current lineup consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes , Martin Duffy , and Darrin Mooney...

 album Screamadelica

Screamadelica

Screamadelica is the third studio album by the Scottish alternative rock group Primal Scream and was their first to be a commercial success. It was released on 23 September 1991 in the UK by Creation Records, and 8 October 1991 in North America by Sire Records. Screamadelica peaked at #8 on the UK...

, "Movin' on Up", features the line "I was blind, now I can see, you made a believer outta me" which also appears in the lyrics of "Yoo Doo Right".

External links

• Yoo Doo Right: music performance in memory of Michael Karoli (1948-2001) with video
• Lyrics of Yoo Doo Right