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

i.e. https://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/

haha, is it called "humanize the vacuum?"

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lol, just missed.

Ha! Nice!

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.

Top 5

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

is that you Thermo Thinwall?

better than "Emotional Rescue.

haha

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).

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.

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

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

one of their best songs, was my number 6.

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.

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And when you believe they call it rock and roll

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

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

Wow, did not expect to see it this high.

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

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.

wow that placed high

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

sorry it had 673 Points.

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

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

might be Spoon's most rocking tune?

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.

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

my number 3, i can say it placed perfectly!

might be Spoon's most rocking tune?

Come now.

was talking about the tension only.

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

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

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

Wow, no #1 votes?!

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

Surely you jest!

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

You're both crazy.

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

Haha, you're alright.

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

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