Spoon - Music Banter Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > The Music Forums > Indie & Alternative
Register Blogging Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-05-2010, 06:59 AM   #81 (permalink)
Groupie
 
kurapika's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 16
Default

Blergh... Don't really like 'em.

His voice is too high and annoying.
kurapika is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 12:35 PM   #82 (permalink)
Himself
 
loveissucide's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Leuven ,Belgium, via Ireland
Posts: 1,325
Default

Girls Can Tell is excellent, looks like I'll be listening to this bunch a lot in future.
loveissucide is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2010, 01:44 PM   #83 (permalink)
FUNky
 
Violent & Funky's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Midland, MI
Posts: 2,482
Default



A Series of Sneaks is their best album, IMO...
Violent & Funky is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-30-2010, 02:58 PM   #84 (permalink)
Da Hiphopopotamus
 
sweet_nothing's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: cloud cuckoo land
Posts: 4,034
Default

I saw them at SXSW in March and they were one of the best bands I saw that entire week. The new album is great but I still think their all time best is Kill the Moonlight, I dont think that album gets the love it deserves.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by swim View Post
America does folk, hardcore and mathrock better and that's 90% of what I give 2 shits on.
Quote:
Originally Posted by chartsengrafs View Post
sweet nothing openly flaunts the fact that he is merely the empty shell of an even more unadmirable member. his loneliness and need for attention bleeds through every letter he types. edit: i would just like to add that i'm ashamed that he's from texas. surely you didn't grow up in texas, did you sweet nothing?
sweet_nothing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2010, 11:47 AM   #85 (permalink)
Groupie
 
Vinh's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montreal, QC.
Posts: 18
Default

Kill The Moonlight is indeed their best. However, it is showered with love and appeared on numerous best-of-the-decade lists. Not saying it isn't worthy, just that it does receive its share of accolades. Love listening to it when shuffling around the downtown area for some reason.
__________________
Editor/Reviewer for Sun On The Sand
Vinh is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-02-2010, 04:57 AM   #86 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
IndiElectronica's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: UK
Posts: 657
Default

saw them again at primavera - were very good!
__________________
Check out my Radio Station at:
http://www.indielectronicaonline.com
IndiElectronica is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-03-2010, 12:18 AM   #87 (permalink)
lets make a mess, lioness
 
glastonelle's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: NZ
Posts: 400
Default

I like the song The Underdog. Its the only one I've heard by them though
glastonelle is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-03-2010, 03:18 AM   #88 (permalink)
Da Hiphopopotamus
 
sweet_nothing's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: cloud cuckoo land
Posts: 4,034
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinh View Post
Kill The Moonlight is indeed their best. However, it is showered with love and appeared on numerous best-of-the-decade lists. Not saying it isn't worthy, just that it does receive its share of accolades. Love listening to it when shuffling around the downtown area for some reason.
Didn't know that, when most people talk about Spoon they dont bring that album up mostly just Gimme Fiction.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by swim View Post
America does folk, hardcore and mathrock better and that's 90% of what I give 2 shits on.
Quote:
Originally Posted by chartsengrafs View Post
sweet nothing openly flaunts the fact that he is merely the empty shell of an even more unadmirable member. his loneliness and need for attention bleeds through every letter he types. edit: i would just like to add that i'm ashamed that he's from texas. surely you didn't grow up in texas, did you sweet nothing?
sweet_nothing is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-02-2010, 06:28 PM   #89 (permalink)
Facilitator
 
VEGANGELICA's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Where people kill 30 million pigs per year
Posts: 2,014
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by adidasss View Post
Just getting into them, I downloaded Gagagaga and Gimme fiction, the former seems to be more complete. Great stuff, hella catchy and easy to listen to. I remember seeing the cover for Gimme fiction as your avatar Ex. a while back but never got around to hearing them...
I must've heard I turn my camera on about a million times on random Tv commercials though...never knew who played it.
Adidasss, I saw your post today about Spoon's song "Finer Feelings" down in the lounge, and I agree with you completely that it is a nicely crafted pop song! Catchy, kind of sweet, lots to listen to in it. I'd never heard the song before today.

I especially like their use of guitar in this song. They tease you with a few notes of electric guitar in the beginning, then they offer longer passages later, and finally a full out rhythm guitar section with solo electric guitar, too! Then, so things aren't boring, they have a simple acoustic guitar section thrown in to break up the song nearer to the end. And, like someone mentioned earlier in the thread, the rasp in that man's voice is very...appealing.

I don't know what they are singing about, but I'll take your word for it that it's about a magazine! I got distracted by the sounds and didn't listen to the words much!



Quote:
Originally Posted by glastonelle View Post
I like the song The Underdog. Its the only one I've heard by them though
"The Underdog" is their song I hear most often on the radio, but I prefer "Finer Feelings" to it. However, I do like "The Underdog's" energy and song structure with its distinct sections that blend together and change throughout the song slightly, incorporating clapping, trumpets, tambourine, etc.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Neapolitan:
If a chicken was smart enough to be able to speak English and run in a geometric pattern, then I think it should be smart enough to dial 911 (999) before getting the axe, and scream to the operator, "Something must be done! Something must be done!"
VEGANGELICA is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-02-2010, 06:32 PM   #90 (permalink)
eat the masters
 
debaserr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 5,467
Default

i listened to their latest once and thought it was pretty bad by their standards. i have such a backlog of stuff i need to hear that i'm not sure when i will hear this again. has anyone else heard transference?
__________________
Last.FM
debaserr is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Similar Threads



© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.