Lee Bontecou (the cover star) is actually a woman, FYI. Awesome sculptor.
― stringbot, Sunday, 8 February 2009 01:13 (fifteen years ago) link
"Ghost" vs "Black Like Me" imo
voted "Black Like Me"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 8 February 2009 01:26 (fifteen years ago) link
i decided to be boring and vote "you got yr cherry bomb" - this is maybe my least favorite album by them but pound-for-pound maybe the best band of the decade? best produced rock band of the decade at least
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
great thread, a good example of why ILM is the best music board on the net.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 8 February 2009 06:43 (fifteen years ago) link
did you think they were good not great until you realized that you had been listening to them way too much for you not to be a mega spoon fan?
cuz that's what im at right about now.
― Jordan Sargent, Saturday, September 29, 2007 7:13 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
still happens to me w/ them
― your infinity in you is mad lifted (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 8 February 2009 07:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Underdog video is a great brag on this band's style and talents:
Voting the minimalist The Ghost Of You Lingers.
― dad a, Sunday, 8 February 2009 09:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 9 February 2009 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Wow, didn't expect such a blowout here.
― ilxor, Monday, 9 February 2009 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I'm really surprised by that.
― Sickamous Mouthall (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 9 February 2009 09:50 (fifteen years ago) link
On an album as good as this, it's a shame any song has to come last.
― nate woolls, Monday, 9 February 2009 09:57 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf? rhythm and soul is awesome!
― Zeno, Monday, 9 February 2009 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link
^Yeah, and I like Eddie's Raga a lot too. I can't believe 3 votes for "Cigarette Case" (my only meh moment on teh awesome rekkid) and none for those two.
― staggerlee, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Spoon are in the queue number 74: Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls
...sometime in the future
― Bee OK, Saturday, 24 November 2012 08:15 (eleven years ago) link
Turns 10 years old today:
http://www.stereogum.com/1950234/ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-turns-10/franchises/the-anniversary/
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 04:57 (six years ago) link
fuck.
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 09:49 (six years ago) link
"The Underdog" turns up prominently in the new "Spider-man" movie, which is pretty, well, prominent placement for a Merge act.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 11:34 (six years ago) link
GAx5 is on Merge, but Spoon are back on Matador these days.
― DavidLeeRoth, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
And ... ?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
....so I wouldn't consider them a Merge act if they're signed to a different label.
― DavidLeeRoth, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
I'm more shocked that it has been 10 years.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
Still such a great album and agree that it will still sound great after 50 years.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link
xpost That's splitting hairs. The album is on Merge, the song is on Merge, Merge getting paid, close enough.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
I owe Spoon for inspiring my blog title.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 17:18 (six years ago) link
Better that than experience.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
Damn, cherry bomb really ran away with this one. I would've picked don't make me a target, which has a truly masterful build, but i could've voted for like 6 or 7 others.
― voodoo chili, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 17:57 (six years ago) link
Rhthm & Soul wuz robbed.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
Love this album so much. Finer Feelings would've gotten my vote.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
i think today i would pick "Black Like Me."
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:05 (six years ago) link