![]() Gimme Fiction (2005) [ larger cover art ] |
Remember the weight of the world?
It's a sound that we used to buy
On cassette and 45
And now this little girl
She says, "Will we make it at all?
800 miles is a drive"
Yeah, you got the weight of the world
Coming down like a mother's eye
And all that you can
All that you can give is a cold goodbye
The law enforcement's impressed
You've survived to this age
Strapped-up soldiers
They'll lock you in a cage without goodbye
For a nickel bribe
But, aw, no, where are you tonight?
And how'd we get here?
It's too late to break it off
I need a release
The signals have called
But that don't get me off
I summon you to appear, my love
Uh-huh
Mm, uh-huh
Got the weight of the world
I summon you here, my love
Remember the weight of the world?
It's a sound that we used to buy
And all that you can
All that you can give is a cold goodbye
The law enforcement's impressed
You've survived to this age
Strapped-up soldiers
They'll lock you in a cage without goodbye
For a nickel bribe
But aw, no, where are you tonight?
And how'd we get here?
It's too late to break it off
I need a release
The signals have called
But that don't get me off
I summon you here, my love
Uh-huh
Mm, uh-huh
Got the weight of the world
I summon you here, my love
Na-na
Na-na, uh-huh
The signals have called
But that don't get me off
I summon you here, my love
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, bye
Ooh-hoo
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 19:55 Been liking quite a bit from this album. Perhaps I should purchase. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 01:06 I saw Spoon and could only think of the Tick flying into battle |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 19:09 Spoon does seem a bit bent recently. This is a good tune, too. ![]() |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: May 06, 2011 - 20:15 Great song — have not heard in a loooong time better than their more recent stuff... |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Jun 19, 2010 - 00:26 Another great set this morning! Thanks RP! Since i have the chance to hear this station, i cannot stand the commercial ones. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 16:51 vandal wrote: Metacritic's #1 band of the decade. . . And mine, too...(maybe tied with Wilco) Genius. |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 11:00 Metacritic's #1 band of the decade. . . |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Feb 17, 2010 - 12:32 Good for the ears. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 16, 2009 - 17:00 BRT wrote: you gotta love garage accustics What? Spoon rocks, especially this track. |
| BRT (Connecticut) | Posted: Oct 18, 2009 - 17:00 you gotta love garage accustics |
| mjmurphy61 (Saint Louis, MO) | Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 20:01 Never heard this band before. This tune grabbed me right away. Love it. Especially the simple but way effective acoustic guitar riff. Something about the SOUND of this track blows me away. |
| flatpicker (Toronto, Canada) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 12:59 I love how the Wiki link takes you to a page about spoons (as in the utensil) Pretty good tunes though. |
| Ears_of_Stone (Crushed under the hooves of the herd) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 12:57 Of all the silverware in front of me, Spoon is my favorite. |
| andrewmi (capitoltown) | Posted: Oct 09, 2009 - 12:55 additional spoon always welcome |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Aug 07, 2009 - 11:49 Bump a point. This one caught my attention again. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Jun 10, 2009 - 08:00 Good stuff!! I give it a dancing banana ![]() |
| Dmitrii (Kiev, Ukraine) | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 01:06 That's a music I love , супер! |
| cattail321 | Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 18:28 |
| ArmoredDrake | Posted: Oct 26, 2008 - 21:25 Oh, I haven't heard this song in forever! Forgot how much I loved it. Thanks, RP. |
| steve_san_carlos (Ummm...San Carlos, California!) | Posted: Aug 24, 2008 - 16:37 You can say "repetitive." I will say "well crafted pop tune." Most excellent. |
| copymonkey (in the northeast, but not near anywhere cool) | Posted: Jul 29, 2008 - 10:42 Nettle wrote: , I think, in uninformed opinion...
Well, you got one thing right. |
| Nettle | Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 21:53 Nettle wrote: sounds like billy joel on a bad night at the bar in the late 60s to me. Not that it's bad, I think, in my uninformed opinion, it's just that, trite piano bar music from a bored enterainer.
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| Nettle | Posted: Jun 27, 2008 - 21:51 sounds like billy joel on a bad night at the bar in the late 60s to me. Not that it's bad, I think, in uninformed opinion, it's just that, trite piano bar music from a bored enterainer. |
| lathyris (Houston, TX) | Posted: May 27, 2008 - 11:09 musikalia wrote: I can't believe I'm the first one (on this page at least, too lazy to search further) to note how this song reminds me of Elvis Costello.
Dang! I was JUST about to post about how much this song reminds you of Elvis Costello. |
| passsion8 (over the hills and far away) | Posted: May 06, 2008 - 07:38 Strong resemblance to Rockpile....Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds. |
| musikalia (Somewhere (over the rainbow)) | Posted: Jan 22, 2008 - 13:40 I can't believe I'm the first one (on this page at least, too lazy to search further) to note how this song reminds me of Elvis Costello. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Jan 22, 2008 - 13:38 horstman wrote: Like my country says "Bring it on". You'll find a big ass gun staring you right in the face. But that's okay, you have no morals, you'll come with your explosive vest. So musicians should arm themselves to the teeth and shoot at anyone who steals their music? I'm sure Ted Nugent would be into it. |
| ulibcn (Barcelona Spain) | Posted: Jan 22, 2008 - 13:38 Hey, that's good! Never heard of them, but I love it! ![]() |
| chasech5 (East Lansing, MI) | Posted: Dec 16, 2007 - 16:59 Jaunty guitar riffs and walking bassline. I could use more of this. An 8 |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Nov 24, 2007 - 10:02 DoctorHooey wrote: Sweet. I'm gonna come steal all your stuff. Like my country says "Bring it on". You'll find a big ass gun staring you right in the face. But that's okay, you have no morals, you'll come with your explosive vest. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Nov 15, 2007 - 07:19 horstman wrote: Yeah, and invading another country and stealing their natural resources and propping them up under the banner of "freedom" is just (if not more) illegal and we all still pay taxes to support it, right? Idealism and ultimate morality really only work in idealist situations. Sweet. I'm gonna come steal all your stuff. |
| slartibart_O (N29°57'-W97°34') | Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 14:39 Skip wrote: my wife and i went to Austin for our anniversary, missed them by one weekend. I did buy their new album at a cool record store there. (can't remember the name)
Austin's a cool town, though i hope that it keeps it's character and doesn't grow too fast. (click here) Almost 30 downtown condo projects underway presently. The link is to an interactive map of current projects; kind of nuts around here lately. |
| ColoBacon (Somewhere far outside of Chicago...) | Posted: Oct 30, 2007 - 14:17 Skip wrote: my wife and i went to Austin for our anniversary, missed them by one weekend. I did buy their new album at a cool record store there. (can't remember the name)
Austin's a cool town, though i hope that it keeps it's character and doesn't grow too fast. Waterloo Records... |
| Skip (Chattanooga, TN) | Posted: Sep 22, 2007 - 15:39 my wife and i went to Austin for our anniversary, missed them by one weekend. I did buy their new album at a cool record store there. (can't remember the name) Austin's a cool town, though i hope that it keeps it's character and doesn't grow too fast. |
| horstman (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 12:47 DoctorHooey wrote: Music piracy IS theft. Yeah, and invading another country and stealing their natural resources and propping them up under the banner of "freedom" is just (if not more) illegal and we all still pay taxes to support it, right? Idealism and ultimate morality really only work in idealist situations. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Sep 13, 2007 - 12:43 cc_rider wrote: Yeah, but he still STOLE the music from one of the hardest-working bands in Austin. They've been knockin' 'em dead around here for YEARS, and finally got their big break. They deserve the props and the MONEY. Spoon. Good. Music piracy IS theft. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 15:33 dionysius wrote: Okay, you can stay in Austin even if you dissed Aretha (for chrissakes, man!). Yeah, but he still STOLE the music from one of the hardest-working bands in Austin. They've been knockin' 'em dead around here for YEARS, and finally got their big break. They deserve the props and the MONEY. Spoon. Good. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Aug 06, 2007 - 15:32 Great set at Lolla! |
| Raechel | Posted: Jul 21, 2007 - 17:46 |
| joyjoy (DC) | Posted: Jul 12, 2007 - 14:26 How was Summerfest? I miss that whole week of debauchery. I bet Spoon put on a good show! darthblav wrote: I love spoon. I can not wait for the new album and to see them live in a couple weeks at Summerfest! |
| darthblav (Death Star) | Posted: Jun 20, 2007 - 07:37 I love spoon. I can not wait for the new album and to see them live in a couple weeks at Summerfest! |
| meydele (Par la mer) | Posted: Jun 11, 2007 - 05:05 DigitalJer wrote: Spoon is seriously growing on me - another gem I've found here, like Gomez, among others
Ditto. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Jun 04, 2007 - 19:18 themotion wrote: this is one of the best albums i've illegally downloaded in a while ...
Okay, you can stay in Austin even if you dissed Aretha (for chrissakes, man!). |
| themotion (get out of my salmon bushes!) | Posted: May 16, 2007 - 06:20 this is one of the best albums i've illegally downloaded in a while ... |
| nalle (Malmö, Sweden) | Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 11:24 Ho Hum, boring |
| pannaramma (not from around here) | Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 11:23 roodboy wrote: im confused by all the positive comments for this song - i only joined RP yesterday but this is by far the most boring track i have heard so far
Welcome roodboy. Stay tuned. I didn't like this much the first time but it grows on you. And if it doesn't - well that's OK -Bill & Rebecca will play something you like. Guaranteed/ |
| enidualc (Guyville) | Posted: Apr 18, 2007 - 11:22 i really like how this emoticon sums |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 17:52 If you get a chance, listen to the whole album in a sitting. Kind of brings everything together, I think. roodboy wrote: im confused by all the positive comments for this song - i only joined RP yesterday but this is by far the most boring track i have heard so far |
| fuh2 (I think I'm in the USA) | Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 17:52 roodboy wrote: im confused by all the positive comments for this song - i only joined RP yesterday but this is by far the most boring track i have heard so far
Give it a few listens bloke. It definitely grows on you. Uhhuh AHHHHYeah |
| roodboy (Manchester (UK)) | Posted: Apr 09, 2007 - 06:18 im confused by all the positive comments for this song - i only joined RP yesterday but this is by far the most boring track i have heard so far |




