Spoon Message Board Topic: Compilation challenge

Spoon Message Board Topic: Compilation challenge http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ Spoon Message Board Topic: Compilation challenge en Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:40:22 +0000 LingeringPet on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2585 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:49:47 +0000 LingeringPet 2585@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ this was a fun thing for me to think about, although a bit hard to do just in my head without listening to any tracks (since i'm spoon-fasting this month) ... but here is my mega-mix of gritty rawkus-ness and mellow/melodic/minimal tracks, plus a b-side and a live track for good measure. i started with Beast and Dragon because i love the way that song starts off "Gimme fiction" -- i love the bridge part where there's that one slightly different guitar chord he hits before singing "when you don't feel it, it shows, they tear out your soul" ... and i love the sparse nature of "Out go the lights" and of course the piano of "Everything Hits" ... spoon's piano sounds was what hooked me from the beginning. Best line in "Eddie's Ragga" -- "it's hopeless i'm a slut for the new york times" -- always make me grin cuz i think it's about me.

i would have ended the whole thing with "black like me", but i felt like that was too much of a copy of the track order of "GAGAGAGAGA", so i ended on a rocking "Rhythm and Soul" note -- great lyrics and an equal measure of grit and catchiness. it was a hard choice to leave off "Paper Tiger", but i really can't get enough of "who makes your money" -- i love spoon's sparse/minimal/dark songs just as much as their loud, crunchy rockers. plus i figure if this 79 minute mega-dose of spoon hits the right chord with a new listener, they'll go and get the whole album of "Kill the Moonlight" and they'll fall in love with Paper Tiger just as i have.

1. The Beast and Dragon Adored 2. Out Go the Lights 3. Everything Hits at Once 4. I Turn My Camera On 5. Something To Look Forward To 6. Eddies Ragga 7. Fitted Shirt 8. Vittorio E 9. Sunday Morning Wednesday Night 10. Lines in the Suit 11. Mystery Zone 12. Chicago at Night 13. Who Makes Your Money 14. Trouble Comes Running 15. Metal Detektor 16. Stay Don't Go 17. Agony of Lafitte (britt solo, live at Noisepop 2006) 18. The way we get by 19. You Got Yr Cherry Bomb 20. Got Nuffin' 21. Black Like Me 22. Rhythm and soul Djangojones on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2516 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:32:31 +0000 Djangojones 2516@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ 1. Got Nuffin 2. Waiting for the Kid to Come out 3. Don't Make Me a Target 4. The Mystery Zone 5. Paper Tiger 6. Metal Detector 7. Me and the Bean 8. Small Stakes 9. Believing Is Art 10. Nobody Gets Me but You 11. Don't You Evah 12. I Turn My Camera on 13. Lines in the Suit 14. I Summon You 15. The Way We Get by 16. Is Love Forever? 17. The Fitted Shirt 18. Mountain to Sound 19. My Mathematical Mind 20. Written in Reverse 21. Black Like Me Gabriel on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2409 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:43:47 +0000 Gabriel 2409@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ It's funny that you bring this up because I just gave my friend a revised Best of Spoon comp two days ago, so this is fresh on my mind. For about a year now I've had a standard Spoon compilation set up that I gave to anybody who had never heard of Spoon. I had to make a few changes when Transference came out, but I actually am happier with the new product than the old one. Looking at yours, leamanc, what strikes me is that yours seems heavily based on personal preferences rather than expectations of what other people would like. Case in point - you open with Theme to Wendel Stivers, which is good but is a short instrumental from Spoon's least popular album. (Mine opens with "The Underdog," a shameless bid for the listener's attention) I will definitely listen to it though, because you seem to be interested in making sure the "flow" of the sequencing is solid, a sentiment I totally agree with. leamanc on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2403 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:44:30 +0000 leamanc 2403@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ Alright, I started this thread thinking I would put together my comp pretty quick, but it was a lot harder than I imagined. I'm usually pretty good at coming up with good comps pretty quick, but I really had to spend a lot of time with Spoon. There's just a TON of material, and nearly every darn song from Soft Effects on is a strong candidate. That said, I do believe I have a winner here. It features at least two songs from each LP, has songs from several EPs (including Soft Effects, 30 Gallon Tank and Love Ways), and I even pulled a track from Get Nice! And I think it has a nice mix of their most popular songs, fan favorites, and some unexpected tracks. Most importantly, I really think it all flows together really nicely. I encourage you to put together my playlist below, see if you agree with me, or make suggestions for improvements. Anyway, here it is, clocking in at a very full audio CD of 79:18! 1. Theme to Wendel Stivers 2. Advance Cassette 3. Don't You Evah 4. Stay Don't Go 5. I Turn My Camera On 6. Everything Hits At Once 7. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb 8. Is Love Forever? 9. Loss Leaders 10. Got Nuffin 11. Car Radio 12. Jonathon Fisk 13. The Beast and Dragon, Adored 14. Reservatioms 15. Cvantez 16. Quincy Punk Episode 17. Me and the Bean 18. Chips & Dip 19. The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine 20. Written in Reverse 21. I Can Feel it Fade Like an AM Single 22. Sister Jack 23. The Way We Get By 24. Revenge! 25. Vittorio E hoju on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2378 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:36:46 +0000 hoju 2378@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ I made one a while ago, but I think I should update it with Transference material. Tyler Darling on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2373 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:04:44 +0000 Tyler Darling 2373@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ Disc 1: 1. Don’t Buy the Realistic 2. All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed 3. Nefarious 4. Dismember 5. Waiting for the Kid to Come Out 6. I Could See the Dude 7. Utilitarian 8. The Guest List/Execution 9. 30 Gallon Tank 10. Car Radio 11. Metal Detektor 12. June’s Foreign Spell 13. Jealousy 14. Chips and Dip 15. Everything Hits at Once 16. Believing Is Art 17. Me and the Bean 18. The Fitted Shirt 19. Anything You Want 20. Let the Distance Keep Us Together 21. Small Stakes 22. The Way We Get By 23. Stay Don’t Go 24. Jonathan Fisk 25. Paper Tiger 26. Vittorio E. 78:16 Disc 2 1. The Beast and Dragon, Adored 2. I Turn My Camera On 3. My Mathematical Mind 4. I Summon You 5. They Never Got You 6. My First Time Volume 3 7. The Book I Write 8. Don't Make Me a Target 9. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb 10. Don't You Evah 11. The Underdog 12. Rhthm & Soul 13. The Underdog 14. Black Like Me 15. Got Nuffin 16. Stroke Their Brains 17. Mystery Zone 18. Written in Reverse 19. I Saw the Light 20. Trouble Comes Running 21. Goodnight Laura (I Cut Stroke Their Brains to 3:22) 77:43 2 Discs is still really hard to do.... Tyler Darling on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2372 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:22:40 +0000 Tyler Darling 2372@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ It's so so freaking hard. Unbelievable. The Beatles are my favorite band I can barely pick a favorite album, let alone 1 disc of material. And Spoon is so hard to sum up in 80 minutes!!! So I'm making a 1 disc, and a 2 disc. But if you are going to make 2 discs, wht not 8 of all the albums and EPs?

1. Nefarious 2. Dismember 3. I Could See the Dude 4. Utilitarian 5. The Guest List/Execution 6. Metal Detektor 7. Car Radio 8. Chips and Dip 9. Everything Hits at Once 10. Me and the Bean 11. The Fitted Shirt 12. Small Stakes 13. The Way We Get By 14. Paper Tiger 15. The Beast and Dragon, Adored 16. I Turn My Camera On 17. I Summon You 18. Don't Make Me a Target 19. You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb 10. Don't You Evah 21. The Underdog 22. Got Nuffin 23. Written in Reverse 24. Mystery Zone Clocks in at 79:38 leamanc on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2371 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:13:40 +0000 leamanc 2371@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ Cool, I didn't look too hard at the other thread to see that it was pre-Transference. The new LP definitely makes it harder, as that album is very fresh in my mind and, in my opinion at least, STACKED with great songs. I'm still sorting through mine, but hope to get it posted tonight. drop dead ed, I like your selections (Cvantez will definitely make my list), but it is surely well south of 80 minutes...is that all you want to put on it? drop dead ed on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2369 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:00:08 +0000 drop dead ed 2369@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ i like this "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" "Mystery Zone" "I turn My camera on" "Written in Reverse" "Anything You Want" "My Mathematical Mind" "The Beast and the Dragon Adored" "I could see the Dude" "The Way we Get By" "Cvantez" "I summon you" Tyler Darling on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2368 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:36:08 +0000 Tyler Darling 2368@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ Yeah there is already one on here, but this is new because NOW anything from Transference can go on it too. Making it even HARDER to choose tracks for the comp. I had a very tough time making a 2 disc comp let alone 1 single disc. I'll try to make a new one with Transference now..... leamanc on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2358 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:27:59 +0000 leamanc 2358@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ Crap, my bad! I see someone else already started a similar topic. Sorry about that. But glad to see great minds think alike.

leamanc on "Compilation challenge" http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/topic/compilation-challenge#post-2356 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:24:30 +0000 leamanc 2356@http://msgboard.spoontheband.com/ Hey fellow Spoon fanatics, The upcoming release of the Pavement compilation CD got me to thinking about my own Pavement comp I put together for my brother-in-law back in 2003 when he had never heard them. Of course, I prefer my comp to what Matador is putting out. Now said bro-in-law is not familiar with Spoon, and with Transference rocking my world, I'm thinking of putting together a Spoon comp. I'd love to see everyone's suggestions. Putting together a comp CD is so much fun. You have to decide whether to go chronological or not, whether to focus on the "hits" or dig deeper into the b-sides and such. So show me your lists! All LPs, EPs, singles, etc., under the Spoon name are fair game--the only rule is just that it has to all fit on a standard 80 minute CD-R. Make a playlist in iTunes and keep an eye on the running time to make sure you are staying under 80 minutes. (I remember my Pavement comp came in at something like 79:54!)