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

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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

Yay, I voted for the winner.

Such a layered and beautiful song. Mastery.

Thank you for another wonderful poll and rollout, Bee. And Thermo, your artwork was exceptional. Great job, you two.

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:55 (eight years ago) link

yeah thanks guys

call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:56 (eight years ago) link

i will past full results in a bit, both are in the Top 50.

xxpost

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:56 (eight years ago) link

post, doing too many things at once. lol

Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:57 (eight years ago) link

great stuff bee + thermo, thx dudes

Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 2 August 2015 01:58 (eight years ago) link

yes, even as a non-participant i really enjoyed the event and the art.

wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Sunday, 2 August 2015 02:02 (eight years ago) link

awesome poll! everything hits wasn't my #1 but it feels just. I still remember the first time I heard it, driving north on 405 past LAX. Gobsmacked me it did.

Would love to say I ran out and bought the CD but I think how it went down was I got home and downloaded from eMusic...

resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 2 August 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link

so neither of the lafitte songs placed?

don't blame me man I had "agony" top 5 \m/

resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 2 August 2015 02:06 (eight years ago) link

Wow, no #1 votes?!

tbh the way we get by prob should be #1 but count on ILXor Spoon fans to refuse to be that ~obvious~

(totally guilty of this btw. think i had it second on my ballot because ~come on~...)

resulting post (rogermexico.), Sunday, 2 August 2015 02:10 (eight years ago) link

It was my #5 and I placed it there figuring it was a lock for the top spot.

austinato (Austin), Sunday, 2 August 2015 02:16 (eight years ago) link

Everything Hits at Once is my #1 and DESERVES to be the poll's number one.

Good work guys.

thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 2 August 2015 02:31 (eight years ago) link


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