this was my number 11, so i guess i'm a typical fan and in with the hive mind crowd.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CeVo1qstSleUytpi--sugG_7sF2unavj1GR_W3IgmA8=w640-h320-no
13. Don't You EvahFrom: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and EPEP Released: April 8, 2008475 Points, 14 Votes, 1 Number One
Music VideoLiveOriginal from The Natural History 6:27
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 18:53 (eight years ago) link
ha, Youtube is wrong with the time again this time with The Natural History version as it's only around 3:40 or so.
first time i have heard the original, it's nice. doesn't have the same spunk.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 18:55 (eight years ago) link
The main guitar part on Mystery Zone is so hypnotic, that little bit of delay on every second strum of the chord (the downstroke? Not completely sure).
Don't You Evah was my #3, the original is a cool song but Spoon's version adds so much.
― Gavin, Leeds, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:00 (eight years ago) link
this was also on my ballot.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:11 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uwocSBy72xIvLY4EDIkjTStii-oWb0VR6TCX53asLKo=w640-h320-no
12. I Summon YouFrom: Gimme FictionReleased: May 10, 2005481 Points, 17 Votes
SongBlack Cab SessionsLive
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:26 (eight years ago) link
Deceptively simple, Sister Jack. Sounds like a throwaway three chord number but there's twelve (count 'em!) chords in the verse and that neat switch to 5/4 at the end.― ledge, Saturday, August 1, 2015 4:08 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ledge, Saturday, August 1, 2015 4:08 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
Spoon did "Sister Jack" better as "The Underdog," but I'm not fond of either.― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, August 1, 2015 5:12 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, August 1, 2015 5:12 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
naaahh, there's not even an electric guitar in the underdog!
― Spottie, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
Mystery Zone has the easiest baseline to play ever. kinda hypnotic.
― Spottie, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
Summon You is really good. Such great vocals/phrasing on it. Another easy one to play on guitar too :)
― Spottie, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
I'll have to try that. Sister Jack is pretty easy and v satisfying. Well I guess I would say that, since I like it.
― ledge, Saturday, 1 August 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Z-wQ8I3jCgaVCaFCzou6ypTNiJ7i_wnL3fNISUXqFnU=w640-h320-no
11. Don't Make Me a TargetFrom: Ga Ga Ga Ga GaReleased: July 10, 2007483 Points, 15 Votes, 1 Number One
Fan VideoLive
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:00 (eight years ago) link
Wow.
I hate that song.
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
don't you evah and don't make me a target were the only songs i voted for off gaaaaa, curious if anything is yet to place
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:18 (eight years ago) link
I think I liked the original version of "Don't You Ever" better than Spoon's, but I can't place quite why. I think it takes itself more seriously?
The Mystery Zone was my #4, love that song to bits. It really is hypnotic and, while I don't usually listen to Spoon lyrics, I like the lyrical themes of this one.
xpost nothing I voted for from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga has placed yet. One I expect to do extremely well, the other two I'm worried fell below 40. Half of my top 10 was in the lower 15, so who knows?
― Tom Violence, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
Top 10
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
The Underdog is too low. Sister Jack as well.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:30 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/H88aLg6VV97fURBHBoP1_RlAsYxAn6H_qPmiPz29Rdg=w640-h320-no
10. Jonathon FiskFrom: Kill The MoonlightReleased: August 20, 2002507 Points, 15 Votes, 2 Number Ones
Music VideoFan VideoLive
*From fan video: The song is about the guy who used to beat up Britt Daniels in middle school. For some reason, I thought it'd be a good fit.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:30 (eight years ago) link
^^My #1.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:36 (eight years ago) link
love the tension in the song, didn't vote for it however.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:46 (eight years ago) link
awesome, i had talked myself into mystery zone not making it.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:51 (eight years ago) link
Hope we see some Sneaks songs in the top 10, Quincy Punk Episode has to be there surely?
― nate woolls, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link
based on the albums and what we've got so far, i don't think this is a quincy punk episode kinda room
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:58 (eight years ago) link
glad to see fisk squeak into top 10
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 August 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
― Spottie, Saturday, August 1, 2015
I meant 'Awesome single picked up by Starbucks.'
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:04 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rNN_YygO_UidMjJI1sfWCYYmEq-RzD5SK1X-Wobb4Ok=w640-h320-no
9. Small StakesFrom: Kill The MoonlightReleased: August 20, 2002523 Points, 16 Votes, 2 Number Ones
Music VideoLive
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link
^ My #25, I didn't really expect it to be this high. I assume then that Way We Get By will be #1.
― Tom Violence, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
Ohh haha
― Spottie, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:16 (eight years ago) link
"Idiot Driver" should be coming up any time now, yes?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:19 (eight years ago) link
i think i like "Small Steaks" better.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:26 (eight years ago) link
"Small Stakes" reminds me of early Roxy Music; maybe it's the keyboard.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:33 (eight years ago) link
when i first heard small stakes (and all of ktm) i was only familiar with telephono. it was jarring and amazing. i still remember where i was.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:39 (eight years ago) link
the reason for my comment is because the image is wrong, but it sort of works.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:41 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FONGwb4k2AH9-8ricw9FG9uO1XPBRJzVufarp0kyX0A=w640-h320-no
8. Lines in the SuitFrom: Girls Can TellReleased: February 20, 2001540 Points, 17 Votes
Fan VideoNo Live version to be found
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:42 (eight years ago) link
oh whoops! i did tell you not to trust my spelling!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:44 (eight years ago) link
again, I love how Britt Daniel anticipated 2010s fashion
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
though I saw him in line at the Pitchfork Festival's Chipotle stand in 2008 wearing cargo shorts and converse and was crushed.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
I'd have have been crushed solely because he was in line for Chipotle
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
lol
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:54 (eight years ago) link
tacos and sriracha want my soul
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 August 2015 21:55 (eight years ago) link
did not know that "Lines In the Suit" was about cocaine.
"I'm on a straight line when a man comes aroundAnd he got lines in the suitComing out to make us moot..."
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:01 (eight years ago) link
Don't worry about it Thermo Thinwall, i have made a lot more mistakes then you have in this countdown.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
don like this song. don't like his vox on it.
― Spottie, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:11 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cL222rYhmgOALBCE4dJ4ndAqoUWjlxX8aQt3_2OwRj0=w640-h320-no
7. You Got Yr. Cherry BombFrom: Ga Ga Ga Ga GaReleased: July 10, 200543 Points, 17 Votes, 1 Number One
*Music Video featuring hundreds of paper cut-outs in a handmade stop-motion animation.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
― austinato (Austin), Saturday, August 1, 2015 1:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
why? I love the last 2 mins
― Spottie, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:17 (eight years ago) link
see to me Cherry Bomb is the The Underdog lite
― Spottie, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
lines is great. stakes/steaks my #1
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:19 (eight years ago) link
cherry/underdog/jack all of a particular style of spoon song, cherry prob the best of them but i didn't vote for any
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
eh i guess i had underdog higher on my long list, w/e this is not really what i want from my spoon
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:22 (eight years ago) link
this beat "Lines In the Suit" by only 3 points.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
this poll had a lot of close numbers, never watched a poll that was so close before. it could have happened thou.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 22:31 (eight years ago) link