POLL POLL POLL POLL POLL - SPOON (ILM artist poll #67) --- The results thread

Trouble Come Running wuz robbed. It's top ten fer sure

at first i did not think this song would make it, as it was not in the first draft i sent to Thermo Thinwall. what happened is some people send in ballots with just "Fitted Shirt" so when i found those songs it was of course this song will be in the Top 40.

I had no idea Me and the Bean was a cover! Amazing song though, was in my top ten.

"The Fitted Shirt" makes more sense as concept in the skinny jeans era.

Fitted Shirt maybe their goofiest lyric in a career not lacking in goofy lyrics.

of course, that's part of the charm

one of jim eno's finest as well

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hprjhYTDtQP5VC6YjESrNjQFPTbBtqVuFAhD1cYmdmU=w640-h320-no

25. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine
From: Gimme Fiction
Released: May 10, 2005
379 Points, 12 Votes

Band Video
Live

i voted for a lot of songs on Gimme Fiction but this isn't one of them. i do like it however.

GF has their best one-two punch imo

glad this made it, i wasn't sure if ppl dug this song

good pic for this one

sorry for the delay, was eating.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GJJYB_9Zy2tCpYXoptjKvN-hc0eyZsEbFQUhTkMqF2c=w640-h320-no

24. New York Kiss
From: They Want My Soul
Released: August 5, 2014
138 Points, 13 Votes, 1 Number One

Song
Live

a huge song that is now off the board. this one did make my ballot as it's just so catchy.

LOVE this song.

as I said last week, it might be their best earworm in a decade

sort of cool that this is the last new song before we did this poll. it might not be their last song that they recorded but is the last song on their newest album.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/twqi2XH3n3NEIPEX6QZUvnWtbrnQTh_BXKYxUN-0v1Y=w640-h320-no

23. Anything You Want
From: Girls Can Tell
Released: February 20, 2001
383 Points, 13 Votes

Song
Live Hollywood Forever Cemetery

damn, "New York Kiss" had 380 Points.

sorry abut that.

Also the numbering seems to have gotten off from the images around #26 just fyi

damn, thanks for that.

so my 1 (Fitted Shirt) and 2 (Anything You Want) are gone.
I'm so out of step. then again, dissing a Spoon song over lyrics is a bit rich.

yeah this is the best.

i was at that Hollywood Forever Cemetery concert. i got really drunk and loved that show.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Uh4ZLZr1MP9wzE_gtjG3tH_OINY5C0T-QKNjWwMRyQM=w640-h320-no

23. I Saw the Light
From: Transference
Released: January 19, 2010
396 Points, 14 Votes

Song
Live

"Anything You Want" ended up being my top GCT pick. Love the lyrical shoutout to the Austin Sound Exchange.

http://www.rejectedunknown.com/images/Muralpaper.jpg

...and how it sounds like he sings "Hatful of beer" instead of "Half of..."

i made my case... to the woohohorld

this would have been top 5 had I weighted my ballot. love on the second half of the song when the bass kicks in followed by the jangly ass guitar tone.

yeap, now there goes my number 2. incredible song.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sABvme4g_n9H1lqvQRwJq0irGnRxhbv3dDcWw0UpLBc=w640-h320-no

22. The Ghost of You Lingers
From: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Released: July 10, 2007
409 Points, 11 Votes, 2 Number Ones

Song
Live

That wasn't my #1, but it was in my top five.

but the piano doesn't grate on you after like 30 seconds?

i've accepted this is a real love/hate song even if i lean towards the latter

ya - i can't deal with the piano either.

That chord change though!

Ghost was my #3, incredible song

My #1

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k9BsaYLRFy4kjP2v0Yr52XomCx3lWL6vUaN-NHhRBGQ=w640-h320-no

21. Do You
From: They Want My Soul and Single
Single Released: July 1, 2014
410 Points, 14 Votes

Music Video
Live

Man I love I Saw The Light

New York Kiss my #1.

then again, dissing a Spoon song over lyrics is a bit rich.

It wasn't a huge dis (if you mean the 'goofy' comment), but I do tend to fixate on lyrics, for better or worse, and spoon have some good ones and some pretty bad ones. Fwiw I think They Want My Soul is lyrically one of their worst, but is still my #2 album.

lol lyrics

I know right

this song is great, not sure why i left it off. love the way he sings doooo you. seems weird and fun to imitate.

Hawking up spit in the instrumental part of I Saw The Light C/D.

Alright now I listen to it for the #358 time it sounds less like that and more like just a slowed down voice. Still.

voted "Do You" as it's another catchy song on this album. TWMS has surprised me after being so disappointed with it at first.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zS9A7s7H-c8zMHGofV0doNHYmW04cmcrrvaQgKyuOHA=w640-h320-no

20. Got Nuffin
From: Transference and EP
Got Nuffin EP Released: June 30, 2009
415 Points, 14 Votes, 1 Number One

EP Version
Live

the EP version is around 1:30 longer.

strike that, Youtube time is wrong. now i'm wondering if there is a difference?

It wasn't a huge dis (if you mean the 'goofy' comment), but I do tend to fixate on lyrics, for better or worse

haha, I am too, which is why I don't find Fitted Shirt particularly notable lyrically, positively or negatively.
I find most of their lyrics serviceable to awful, but hooks gonna hook, ya know?