Really surprised at "Quincy Punk Episode" not hitting. Also would have voted high for "I Saw The Light" mainly for the huge weird extended coda. "Everything Hits" was my unshakeable #1; basically I voted canon (though no "Camera", and "The Way We Get By" would have been v low on my list despite being my entry point into the band). Great poll, great rollout, great images, thanks! Awesome poll. And made me listen to Spoon obsessively over the past couple weeks, which I think is exactly what I needed.
"Bringing on the apocalypse is not considered cool."
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 2 August 2015 05:42 (eight years ago) link
*would have voted canon
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 2 August 2015 05:43 (eight years ago) link
The more I listened, the tougher the cuts would have been to make. Esp from Transference: maybe their most wholly "whole" album?
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 2 August 2015 05:44 (eight years ago) link
xpost the liner notes for Transference point out that the first and second half of "I Saw the Light" were mixed at two different studios, something else I noticed listening to Transference again tonight. I guess there's a reason the two halves seem like two different songs.
― Tom Violence, Sunday, 2 August 2015 05:47 (eight years ago) link
1. Small Stakes2. I Turn My Camera On3. Finer Feelings4. Don’t You Evah5. The Underdog6. Who Makes Your Money7. Don’t Let It Get You Down8. Inside Out9. Stay Don’t Go10. Black Like Me11. Waiting For The Kid To Come Out12. Shake It Off13. Written In Reverse14. Everything Hits At Once15. Was It You?16. The Way We Get By17. Mean Red Spider18. My First Time, Volume 319. Vittorio E20. Something To Look Forward To21. Goodnight Laura22. The Mystery Zone23. Got Nuffin’24. Do You25. Chips And Dip
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 2 August 2015 06:24 (eight years ago) link
apparently I am the only person on this entire board repping "The Delicate Place" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Sunday, 2 August 2015 06:41 (eight years ago) link
Great poll, loved the images, great work Bee and Thermo!
My ballot, 1-25:
Everything Hits at OnceFiner FeelingsDon't You EvahLines in the SuitOut Go the LightsMe and the BeanBelieving Is ArtInside OutDon't Let It Get You DownYou Got Yr. Cherry BombMystery ZoneThis Book Is a MovieReservationsMy Mathematical MindThe Fitted ShirtSomeone SomethingPaper TigerThe Way We Get ByRhythm & SoulJonathon FiskRainy TaxiThe Minor ToughAll the Negatives Have Been DestroyedThe Ghost of You LingersChicago at Night
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 2 August 2015 08:38 (eight years ago) link
Whoops, not sure why I bolded Me and the Bean there...
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 2 August 2015 08:39 (eight years ago) link
Great poll, loved the pictures.
1. Finer Feelings2. Metal School3. The Ghost of You Lingers4. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb5. Everything Hits at Once6. Black Like Me7. Quincy Punk Episode8. No You're Not9. The Beast and Dragon, Adored10. Trouble Comes Running11. Car Radio12. Lines in the Suit13. June's Foreign Spell14. Is Love Forever?15. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine16. The Guestlist/The Execution17. The Fitted Shirt18. I Saw the Light19. Outlier20. They Want My Soul21. Sister Jack22. All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed23. Jonathon Fisk24. Small Stakes25. New York Kiss
― nate woolls, Sunday, 2 August 2015 09:13 (eight years ago) link
Great work by everyone!
here is my list.
The Beast and Dragon, AdoredDon’t Make Me a TargetMy Mathematical MindThe Ghost of You LingersAll the Pretty Girls Go to the CityVittorio EBelieving is ArtYou Got Yr. Cherry BombI Summon YouTwo Sides/Monsieru ValentineEverything Hits at OnceSmall StakesI Turn My Camera OnGot NuffinBlack Like MeJonathon FiskLaffitte Don’t Fail Me NowThe Agony of LaffitteSister JackThe UnderdogMetal DetektorThe Way We Get ByThey Never Got YouDon’t Let It Get You Down1020 AM
― satans favourite son, Sunday, 2 August 2015 09:16 (eight years ago) link
xp i actually completely forgot about the delicate place, not sure what i would have cut but would have considered voting for it.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 2 August 2015 11:49 (eight years ago) link
definitely wished I had voted Mystery Zone over Rhthm & Soul.Thanks for running the great poll!
1 The Fitted Shirt2 Anything You Want3 The Ghost Of You Lingers4 Inside Out5 Do You6 Take The Fifth7 vittorio e.8 I Turn My Camera On9 Rent I Pay10 Small Stakes11 My Mathematical Mind12 Written in Reverse13 Was It You? 14 Merchants of Soul15 Who Makes Your Money16 The Beast and Dragon, Adored17` Is Love Forever? 18 Lines In The Suit19 Everything Hits At Once20 Rhthm & Soul
― campreverb, Sunday, 2 August 2015 13:18 (eight years ago) link
Ah what the heck - here's my ballot:
Songs:
1. Metal School The Way We Get By Finer Feelings Car Radio Advance Cassette Laffitte Don’t Fail Me Now Jonathon Fisk Vittorio E. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb Don't Make Me A Target Don't You Evah I Turn My Camera On Paper Tiger My Mathematical Mind Believing Is Art Do You Back to the Life Fitted Shirt Me and the Bean Chicago At Night They Want My Soul The Mystery Zone All The Negatives Have Been Destroyed New York Kiss 25. Chips and Dip
Albums:
1. A Series Of Sneaks2. Kill The Moonlight3. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 4. Girls Can Tell5. They Want My Soul
― BlackIronPrison, Sunday, 2 August 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
Tracks (ranked):
Black Like MePaper TigerMetal DetektorThey Want My SoulStay Don't GoThey Never Got YouEverything Hits at OnceJune's Foreign SpellAnything You WantDon't Make Me a TargetChicago At NightRainy TaxiOut Go the LightsLines in the SuitSomething to Look Forward ToI Saw The LightJonathan FiskWho Makes Your MoneyTake the FifthLet Me Be Mine
Albums (ranked):
Ga Ga Ga Ga GaKill the MoonlightGirls Can TellThey Want My SoulTransferenceGimme FictionA Series of SneaksTelephono
― the naive cockney chorus (Simon H.), Sunday, 2 August 2015 15:09 (eight years ago) link
Here's my ballot. Thanks Mr. Bee OK for running the poll.
Jonathon FiskThe UnderdogThe Beast and Dragon, AdoredTrouble Comes RunningSister JackSmall StakesGot NuffinMe and the BeanI Turn My Camera OnThe Way We Get ByI Summon YouTake the FifthRhythm & SoulExecutionFiner FeelingsThe Mystery ZoneI Saw The LightDon’t Make Me a TargetDon’t You EvahMerchants Of SoulWritten In ReverseAnything You WantDon’t Let It Get You DownIs Love Forever?Vittorio E
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 2 August 2015 16:12 (eight years ago) link
Love "The Delicate Place." Easy inclusion on a 50-song ballot.
― hardcore dilettante, Sunday, 2 August 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
Re: the talk upthread about the most rocking Spoon songs, I really should've voted for June's Foreign Spell.
― Gavin, Leeds, Sunday, 2 August 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
Kill the Moonlight defines my idea of Spoon-y production, and I so love Don't Let It Get You Down for the way the song rolls out, so complete and still so uncluttered. Gives me goosebumps. Should have had a place.
― wishy washy hippy variety hour (Hunt3r), Sunday, 2 August 2015 17:06 (eight years ago) link
Full Results:
Divine Fits
14 Ballots received6 Different Songs:
1. Would That Not Be Nice2. Shivers3. The Salton Sea3. Like Ice Cream 3. Baby Get Worse6. For Your Heart
28 Ballots received9 Different Albums:
1. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 906 Points, 27 Votes, 7 Number Ones2. Kill The Moonlight 878 Points, 31 Votes, 4 Number Ones3. Gimme Fiction 876 Points, 27 Votes, 6 Number Ones4. Transference 794 Points, 25 Votes, 5 Number Ones5. Girls Can Tell 788 Points, 25 Votes, 2 Number Ones6. A Series of Sneaks 684 Points, 23 Votes, 2 Number Ones7. They Want My Soul 603 Points, 21 Votes, 1 Number One8. Telephono 482 Points, 19 Votes, 1 Number One9. A Thing Called Divine Fits 277 Points, 11 Votes
33 Ballots received (two were unranked)99 Songs received votes:
Song- Points- Votes- #1's
1. Everything hits at once 813 23 32. The Way We Get By 769 233. The Beast And Dragon Adored 673 19 24. I Turn My Camera On 660 225. Finer feelings 625 18 26. Black Like Me 622 19 17. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb 543 17 18. Lines in the suit 540 179. Small Stakes 523 16 210. Jonathan Fisk 507 15 211. Don't make me a target 483 15 112. I Summon You 481 1713. Don't You Evah 475 14 114. The Mystery Zone 460 1615. The Underdog 444 1416. Sister Jack 441 1417. Written in reverse 431 1618. My mathematical mind 425 1419. Inside Out 422 13 120. Got Nuffin 415 14 121. Do You 410 1422. The Ghost of You Lingers 409 11 223. I saw the light 396 1424. Anything You Want 383 1325. New York Kiss 380 13 126. The Two sides Monsieur Valentine 379 1227. The Fitted Shirt 375 10 228. Me and the Bean 356 1329. Trouble Comes Running 345 10 330. Stay Don't Go 334 1231. Vittorio E. 332 1132. Out go the lights 317 1033. Paper Tiger 307 9 134. Who Makes Your Money 299 1035. They Never Got You 287 10 136. Metal Detaktor 283 937. Believing Is Art 281 938. Rainy taxi 265 9 139. Rhthm & Soul 260 940. The Guestlist/The Execution 251 9
Car Radio 237 8 1They Want My Soul 236 9Something to Look Forward To 231 9Advance Cassette 209 7All The Pretty Girls Go To The City 205 7Was It You? 197 7Metal School 192 6 1Chicago at night 184 7Is Love Forever? 184 8Laffitte Don't Fail Me Now 184 6Quincy Punk Episode 169 5Take the Fifth 167 6The Agony of Laffitte 161 6rent I pay 160 5June's Foreign Spell 145 5Outlier 144 6Don't Let It Get You Down 143 5My Little Japanese Cigarette Case 135 5The minor tough 133 5Waiting for the Kid to Come Out 133 4Don’t Make Me A Target 131 4Let me be mine 114 4Reservations 110 4The Government Darling 108 330 gallon tank 106 4Merchants of Soul 106 4Goodnight Laura 103 4All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed 101 4Nobody Gets Me But You 98 3Change My Life 92 3Chips and Dip 92 4Plastic Mylar 90 3Nefarious 86 2Don't Buy the Realistic 81 3Idiot Driver 75 2 1Someone Something 72 3Utilitarian 71 3Don’t Let It Get You Down 64 3Back to the Life 61 31020 AM 56 3This Book is a Movie 56 2The infinite pet 53 2Eddie's Ragga 52 2Knock Knock Knock 51 2No You're Not 51 2Mountain to Sound 39 2Shake It Off 30 1Cvantez 28 1Dismember 28 1Take A Walk 28 1Before Destruction 25 1Mean Red Spider 25 1My First Time, Volume 3 24 1Dracula's Cigarette 23 1Jealousy 23 1Decora 21 1I Can Feel it Fade Like an AM Single 19 1Loss Leaders 18 1Revenge! 17 1
― Bee OK, Sunday, 2 August 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
It looks like Don't Make Me a Target is listed twice and if you added them together it would slot into 7th
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 2 August 2015 22:12 (eight years ago) link
Doesn't really matter though, great poll regardless
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Sunday, 2 August 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
damn, thanks for letting me know.
― Bee OK, Monday, 3 August 2015 00:42 (eight years ago) link
"The Beast and Dragon, Adored" – 4:18"Believing Is Art" – 4:19"Jonathon Fisk" – 3:15"The Fitted Shirt" – 3:12"Small Stakes" – 3:00"Stay Don't Go""I Turn My Camera On" – 3:32"Lines in the Suit" – 3:47"Everything Hits at Once" – 4:04"Me and the Bean" (John Clayton) – 3:33"Something to Look Forward To" (Daniel, Miles Zuniga) – 2:17"Sister Jack" – 3:35"Take the Fifth" – 3:56"The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine" – 2:58"The Way We Get By" – 2:38"I Summon You" – 3:55"The Underdog" "The Agony of Laffitte""Someone Something"
― droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 3 August 2015 04:53 (eight years ago) link
Was following the results over the weekend on on zing but have just been appreciating the images, fantastic stuff.
― ledge, Monday, 3 August 2015 08:06 (eight years ago) link
Here was my ballot. My number one didn't even make the top 50. [sob sob]
1. Car Radio2. The Beast and Dragon, Adored3. Lines in the Suit4. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine5. Anything You Want6. Advance Cassette7. Everything Hits At Once8. The Agony of Laffitte9. Metal Detektor10. I Summon You11. Me and the Bean12. Sister Jack13. Chips and Dip14. Cvantez15. Is Love Forever16. Black Like Me17. Chicago At Night18. Waiting For The Kid To Come Out19. Jealousy20. Do You21. I Turn My Camera On22. Stay Don't Go23. Small Stakes24. Loss Leaders25. Utilitarian
Here are the albums:
1. Gimmie Fiction2. Girls Can Tell3. A Series of Sneaks4. Kill The Moonlight5. Transference6. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga7. They Want My Soul8. Telefono
― listener to of Radiohead (cajunsunday), Monday, 3 August 2015 08:11 (eight years ago) link
what are all the cover album tracks? "me and the bean," "i just don't understand"...
― soyrev, Monday, 3 August 2015 12:46 (eight years ago) link
Don't You Evah and Towner off Telephono
― nate woolls, Monday, 3 August 2015 12:57 (eight years ago) link
forgot that about "don't you evah," thanks
― soyrev, Monday, 3 August 2015 13:07 (eight years ago) link
if it makes you feel better, cajunsunday, i can post the image i made in anticipation of Car Radio making the list!
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 3 August 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
Please!
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 3 August 2015 15:17 (eight years ago) link
"Car Radio" just missed, it was number 40.
― Bee OK, Monday, 3 August 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
Or 41
http://i.imgur.com/E2tsGla.jpg
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 3 August 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link
image is from a diner of SF.
that one is great, another one i really liked that didn't make the countdown was "Rent I Pay."
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:15 (eight years ago) link
my list. "Before Destruction" is my real discovery/re-evaluation from this poll, should have voted for it! Also "Car Radio" and "Rent I Pay" would probably make my top 30
1. The Ghost of You Lingers2. Small Stakes3. Everything Hits At Once4. Inside Out5. Metal Detektor6. Out Go the Lights7. The Beast and Dragon, Adored8. Finer Feelings9. Written In Reverse10. Paper Tiger11. The Agony of Lafitte12. Lines In the Suit13. Black Like Me14. Trouble Comes Running15. Anything You Want16. Do You17. Stay Don't Go18. I Summon You19. Something to Look Forward To20. They Want My Soul21. Mountain to Sound22. I Turn My Camera On23. The Way We Get By24. They Never Got You25. The Mystery Zone
― bunny slopes, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link
speaking of artwork that didn't make it, i really loved this one as mentioned above:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VlRCLC2AChF4MWSsAT1ll9IBs4CKwziE3GFkmuQxwTA=w640-h320-no
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:34 (eight years ago) link
and the last one that i know about, alternative image (would not mind seeing the rest Thermo Thinwall.)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GaTd_M7r-tNRIsC8VgP6bcslIrY6cuugNOZ4bFU3ZTU=w640-h320-no
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 13:37 (eight years ago) link
The images are uniformly excellent, really amazingly well done, Thermo.
I kind of like to think of Spoon as being the band from Summer of 69 if Jimmy hadn't quit and Jody hadn't got married and they HAD got far.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 14:05 (eight years ago) link
i had one i wasn't crazy about for "All The Girls..."i think that was it? evicting a nightmare tenant in two hours – can have a look this evening.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
proof that i have abandoned indie rock is the scarce attention i paid this band.
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 15:45 (eight years ago) link
@Thermo i would make a "rent i pay" joke here if i knew that song better
― soyrev, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link
The image is a metaphor for my life right now, with a deadbeat sociopath refusing to vacate my basement.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
"Rent she don't pay"
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 4 August 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3ajys7s9NKdoezgAIUJkvnC_4hCOAhWaJ197DPIfZszh61M7gCr3Ge_FokjSrBIVXUMqlUIQ9K_EaHErf-TbHZiMyqsaTB_eabVB5qtUP5CUccMH192PUqVwqAlU-VXLQJwqC344HahhgaU0zix64j9rMy9xTcMkIZDS5rXzW2FHHbyHttfLCYtt3aorNcPSYetiW2kB_pOOrVkWIniiU2BhM27hwB4t1Tqbx3MdXRHLcQM2q2CgHV241xaxi_m9fWyaoGNh-niFsv9vYwTSBXyhJCehjgqJBgA3-EajgO_6A5zcdOyuUzD_i-_gFqC-S9Pl2cF5HdQL-ohzXzZ3TF6-cil89FT0ibi-Tv1_5x-cSePb7MRmhv9c8zJcxmtdtdQe7pwj5okuaxiUZK3hcfFteoH1DclUZ70kf4AmSPjz80Gwa3XPpWPyWW2UpnCwTvfiINQxHTLfNK4T_GUeNp-9VJzipOM7FvkT7bqvvrOlil-8KjRtRcfOXWBRwhiE7fYQ5Nr0sAl809Bhm9OxQ1JlxzM_aTRAld9cCCZvqMkc5Py2gjo8VdNJgwfE0ZJse-jx3CZ4GpHMFKpQEQYJ2V5wHd3L7-USb71IFZEkZU_XVyriKequ=w535-h950-no
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 March 2017 06:44 (seven years ago) link
A revised version of that poll.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 March 2017 02:00 (seven years ago) link
i just noticed a really silly spelling error in one of the images.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 18 March 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
that was supposed to be:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kg0afHzhdgMj2sxxN4F2SnbEVVJd91MEx31KFGKiTAAMKc4bTVue6eVMkWDkDwn4kTbA9ofQFB855VhBwBJBpqYDEwBWGMJAtzDJT53ny9VsLLzJsrdL8IzbIlbCOizBOBNZudjBfwkh1xET2xg2O9-dqm0nveTKMMaWBwjRqpXGKhypQp2MBMzYZc6_esttbnZvehhWOGnvIFWCy-1Neusr68vzci9saOpWMLE47XLn_nBcccDEDBqCS0TrsuC6sAzr66htTvqUTLdyDMcC9l8lfCW2tvkRR8hLsmJd2WtdlDOVkf9URgU8gFOgx1rlmzxV22bwNlV4TLxSblaX0izbwZar-51WvkkqAoOofCRPPBw5GQdKWnWU_k4aoeplCjsgvwKoznuvm9tJf9o-lmvHQJmcIux5AuJZP_2yLOXQHVIT53ZUZHQkpf7IvDGrEyM5HXfzkMuNGGGqwjUMEjEopPVTh5Uql01Eqi14prnGOM17dEEFb8LQys_-iMzwlQcA2Pe8RYtekMjEuDawwSUi5u0x9k9YWrG8cQdaE1klgQ5UFBDsZTmHsWzlX2SpNTgE3TDqNiYGEAlOmUzvNV8nAN74IDdSUEpVcQNSNF65SOtKhihawaFig23J4SrtZ-WwkfmAXv6jjmFofneIwpdCi5OVEoy-uFZuLq8pYA=w535-h950-no
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 03:45 (seven years ago) link
what i absolutely love about you list Alfred is the placement of "They Never Got You." That is my number one from this poll and didn't get a lot of love compared. You have it at number five and that makes me very, very happy.
great overall list too.
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 03:48 (seven years ago) link
i'm sad because the beautiful images that The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall did for this poll have disappeared. my computer did die after this poll but i still luckily have the images, so i think i need to re-post them. let's see if i can do this...
― Bee OK, Thursday, 12 July 2018 00:20 (five years ago) link