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1. 
   leamanc
   (4 Posts)

   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!)

   Posted 1 month ago #
2. 
   leamanc
   (4 Posts)

   Crap, my bad! I see someone else already started a similar topic. Sorry about that. But glad to see great minds think alike.

   Posted 1 month ago #
3. 
   Tyler Darling
   (214 Posts)

   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.....

   Posted 1 month ago #
4. 
   drop dead ed
   (164 Posts)

   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"

   Posted 1 month ago #
5. 
   leamanc
   (4 Posts)

   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?

   Posted 1 month ago #
6. 
   Tyler Darling
   (214 Posts)

   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

   Posted 1 month ago #
7. 
   Tyler Darling
   (214 Posts)

   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....

   Posted 1 month ago #
8. 
   hoju
   (3 Posts)

   I made one a while ago, but I think I should update it with Transference material.

   Posted 1 month ago #
9. 
   leamanc
   (4 Posts)

   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

   Posted 1 month ago #
10. 
    Gabriel
    (43 Posts)

    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.

    Posted 1 month ago #
11. 
    Djangojones
    (1 Posts)

    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

    Posted 3 weeks ago #
12. 
    LingeringPet
    (38 Posts)

    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

    Posted 5 days ago #

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