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

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Ha! Nice!

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:17 (eight years ago) link

this song did make my list but was floored that it was able to make it all the way up to number 6 on the overall poll.

Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:22 (eight years ago) link

Top 5

Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:27 (eight years ago) link

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rPq3uQ4Cob0b_y44LnJFAl2qMoFEJ3CbYkBAKZiVWd0=w640-h320-no

5. Finer Feelings
From: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Released: July 10, 200
625 Points, 18 Votes, 2 Number Ones

Some kids playing around/Fan video
Live

Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link

I can't believe four songs beat this one. This is the type of Spoon that I expected to keep Black Like Me out of the rollout.

Tom Violence, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:36 (eight years ago) link

the last two ga tracks were the only ones i voted for from that album so uh i guess i'm in line with the crowd on this.

call all destroyer, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:37 (eight years ago) link

damn i see i have been messing up the year 2007 on these last few Ga Ga Ga posts.

Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link

yes, it only beat "Black Like Me" by 3 points but it had 2 number one votes to put it over the top despite having one less vote.

Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:44 (eight years ago) link

i'm starting to see why Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga won the album poll, this is the sixth song, so far, to make the Top 20 and seventh in the Top 25. WOW.

Bee OK, Saturday, 1 August 2015 23:51 (eight years ago) link

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/k1Rlq6m0Aob8LRffG7nvlQscLK78WoY5AHffLT7y0VU=w640-h320-no

4. I Turn My Camera On
From: Gimme Fiction
Released: May 10, 2005
660 Points, 22 Votes, 0 Number Ones

Music Video
Live

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:04 (eight years ago) link

is that you Thermo Thinwall?

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link

better than "Emotional Rescue.

The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:11 (eight years ago) link

haha

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:15 (eight years ago) link

I remember hearing "I Turn My Camera On" on the radio and being shocked that Spoon was getting radio play. I actually remember where I was (Bickford's parking lot, Manchester, NH).

Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:15 (eight years ago) link

I am just now listening to the LP version of "The Mystery Zone" and I think I actually prefer the truncated CD version. That abrupt mid-word cutoff is just hilarious.

Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:18 (eight years ago) link

i didn't know there was a long version! the cutoff is vital.

call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:23 (eight years ago) link

It's a friend of mine - taken in Toledo, Spain.

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:29 (eight years ago) link

one of their best songs, was my number 6.

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link

i have been there, Spain is so amazing. fell so much in love with Spain that i wanted to relocate there for a little while, never did happen. i so want to go back.

xpost

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:35 (eight years ago) link

And when you believe they call it rock and roll

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:39 (eight years ago) link

Ya, I loved it too! Used 3 or 4 shots from that trip!

AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:40 (eight years ago) link

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ln64s8Y1dHIuSBzWNK3p_puD2Mp0XBxrMq0tmxb2Rzg=w640-h320-no

3. The Beast and Dragon, Adored
From: Gimme Fiction
Released: May 10, 2005
273 Points, 19 Votes, 2 Number Ones

Song
Live Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles CA 8/8/14

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:41 (eight years ago) link

Wow, did not expect to see it this high.

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:44 (eight years ago) link

well, if there is a surprise in the top 2, it will be a p enormous one

Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link

Gimme Fiction was the first Spoon album I listened to seriously. I bought it on its release date to review it for a tiny local paper in the back woods of New Hampshire. I had heard the first three and I think I had played Kill the Moonlight once, so Gimme Fiction was really out of left field compared to what I expected. I fell in love before the end of the first chorus.

Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link

wow that placed high

call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:46 (eight years ago) link

I guess I shouldn't be as surprised as I am, because I did vote for it.

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link

sorry it had 673 Points.

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link

I was the "Black Like Me" #1 iirc, immense, perfect song

the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:49 (eight years ago) link

"And when you believe they call it rock and roll"

might be Spoon's most rocking tune?

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 00:59 (eight years ago) link

I really like the way they call out other songs on the album in the first track on the album. None of their other records are thematically linked like that.

Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link

(I mean really it might just be a shortcut to appear thematically linked but)

Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:01 (eight years ago) link

my number 3, i can say it placed perfectly!

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:12 (eight years ago) link

might be Spoon's most rocking tune?

Come now.

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:22 (eight years ago) link

was talking about the tension only.

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link

normally i would post both of these songs at the same time, but i'm not going to do that in this case.

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link

My god, don't tell me it was a tie!

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YVvpqbfxTO1QeBe7yxMnavNEcj4h2GFDXDiBHExMGyg=w640-h320-no

2. The Way We Get By
From: Kill The Moonlight
Released: August 20, 2002
769 Points, 23 Votes, 0 Number Ones

Music Video
live

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:37 (eight years ago) link

Wow, no #1 votes?!

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:38 (eight years ago) link

Can't imagine what's #1, like I'm racking my brain and not finding anything that could be that popular.

Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:39 (eight years ago) link

Surely you jest!

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link

if i didn't know, i would be right there with you Tom Violence.

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:44 (eight years ago) link

You're both crazy.

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:44 (eight years ago) link

Austinato's right, it's obviously Dracula's Cigarette.

Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:46 (eight years ago) link

Haha, you're alright.

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:49 (eight years ago) link

It's all of Telephono mixed into a continuous-play track!

Johnny Fever, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:50 (eight years ago) link

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Y1VxjNVeqBBdBZrL_Jy-gyFAc__gc4kP60FEHGESNqw=w640-h320-no

1. Everything Hits at Once
From: Girls Can Tell
Released: February 20, 2001
813 Points, 23 Votes, 3 Number Ones

Music Video
Live

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:52 (eight years ago) link

Hope everyone had a good time!

Huge thanks go out Thermo Thinwall for these amazing pictures!

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:53 (eight years ago) link

goes out to...you got it

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:54 (eight years ago) link

oh wow didn't actually see that coming.

so neither of the lafitte songs placed?

call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link


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