Spoon, anyone?

fallow · 11-05-02, 09:59 PM

I don't have any of Spoon's albums, but I have heard a handful of tracks - my favorites being "Everything Hits at Once" and "Me and Bean."

Does anyone have any suggestions of good albums to start with? I was going to pick up Kill the Moonlight, but I didn't know if one of their earlier records would be a better introduction. Any suggestions are welcome.

Yancey · 11-06-02, 09:54 AM

Get Series of Sneaks, by far their best work. One of my favorite albums of the 90s. The two songs you list come from Girls Can Tell, which is my least favorite Spoon record (picture melodic but bland Elvis Costello songs).

fallow · 11-06-02, 10:32 AM

Okay, thanks a lot, Yancey.

grunter · 11-06-02, 11:19 AM

Actually I'd suggest just the opposite. "A Series of Sneaks" never really won me over. It's too rooted in that lo-fi, indie funkiness.

If you liked "Me and the Bean" (which is my favorite track by the band BTW) - then start with "Girls Can Tell." Every song on that album is a winner - pure pop frothiness. "Kill the Moonlight" takes a slightly different approach to pop - opting for spare, unadorned instrumentation, sometimes even just cruising along on human beat-box sounds. It takes a few listens to get into - but its been one of the few albums over the past year to hold my attention for any real stretch of time.

If only I could say the same for the crashing bore that was Beck's "Sea Change."

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jarsim · 11-06-02, 11:30 AM

Start with "Girls Can Tell" followed by "Kill the Moonlight" then go to the older stuff.

Awesome. Enough said.

jarsim

11-05-02, 09:59 PM	#1
fallow DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,560	Spoon, anyone? I don't have any of Spoon's albums, but I have heard a handful of tracks - my favorites being "Everything Hits at Once" and "Me and Bean." Does anyone have any suggestions of good albums to start with? I was going to pick up Kill the Moonlight, but I didn't know if one of their earlier records would be a better introduction. Any suggestions are welcome.

11-06-02, 11:19 AM	#4
grunter DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 6,049	Actually I'd suggest just the opposite. "A Series of Sneaks" never really won me over. It's too rooted in that lo-fi, indie funkiness. If you liked "Me and the Bean" (which is my favorite track by the band BTW) - then start with "Girls Can Tell." Every song on that album is a winner - pure pop frothiness. "Kill the Moonlight" takes a slightly different approach to pop - opting for spare, unadorned instrumentation, sometimes even just cruising along on human beat-box sounds. It takes a few listens to get into - but its been one of the few albums over the past year to hold my attention for any real stretch of time. If only I could say the same for the crashing bore that was Beck's "Sea Change." zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz __________________ "As noted crusty and ruthless and largely unpleasant former Clinton adviser James Carville observed just after the election, `The American people just don't have a clue as to what's coming.' If you are female, gay, bisexual, atheist, black, immigrant, poor, progressive, intellectual, open minded, open hearted, if you hold alternative views, dress funny, dance, enjoy sex, read seditious literature, believe in peace and funky spirituality and don't particularly care for a sneering angry self-righteous well-armed anti-everything deity, you are about to find out. The hard way. And so is everyone else." - Mark Morford, SFGate

11-06-02, 09:54 AM	#2
Yancey DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: NY, NY Posts: 3,100	Get Series of Sneaks, by far their best work. One of my favorite albums of the 90s. The two songs you list come from Girls Can Tell, which is my least favorite Spoon record (picture melodic but bland Elvis Costello songs).

11-06-02, 10:32 AM	#3
fallow DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: May 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,560	Okay, thanks a lot, Yancey.

11-06-02, 11:30 AM	#5
jarsim Suspended Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sonoran Desert; a place where it doesn't matter whether or not one can pronounce Donnacha. Posts: 615	Start with "Girls Can Tell" followed by "Kill the Moonlight" then go to the older stuff. Awesome. Enough said. jarsim