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Spoon — Rhythm & Soul
Album: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Avg rating:
7.1

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Total ratings: 2906









Released: 2007
Length: 3:24
Plays (last 30 days): 2
Come loosen up, so hung up
Come count them ways to forever
Remember the winter gets cold in ways you always forget

Oh, you know... The rhythm and soul
Get your hands out your back pockets, boy let it go

Here comes the man you saw in Kazan,
He just picks in his coat... Oh no
The rhythm and soul.

Dollars and cents and no accident
Not in the name of democracy.
Come get there, come be there
Come let your socks fall down to your shoes

Oh, you know... The rhythm and soul
Get your ankles moving their sockets
Oh there you go

And here comes the man
He bought a gift from Kazan
He can't leave it alone... Oh no
The rhythm and soul

When you take a picture and it falls in the lot... Oh no, no
Take another picture and you spring in the trap... Oh no, no
You miss home

You can't back this at your ride
Change of tide
And you're wise, you're wise
Rhythm and...

Tracked houses, square couches,
Short legs and square shoulders,
Pot holders, aching soldiers,
Your tank rollers, your all-overs

And you know, oh the rhythm and soul
Get your fingers moving their sockets
Tune in Tokyo

You're just the man
The one I saw in Kazan
Wonder what this book will throw... Oh no
The rhythm and...
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I really like Spoon.  Every time I hear them.  That's all.  Have a great day! 
 johnalexford wrote:

Spoon can do no wrong in my eyes (or ears). My favorite band that continues to put out great music, and actually get better with age. 




You're right but Girls Can Tell is one of my all time fav records.  It had a time & place in my life.  i wish RP would play songs from it.....
 unclehud wrote:

You're referring to a "sizzle" or "swish" cymbal.  

Older designs were a thin cymbal (disk) with rivets loosely threaded through holes near the disk's perimeter.  When the cymbal is struck, the rivets jump around in the holes, essentially making dozens of tiny additional cymbal strikes, creating the "sizzle".  The amount and duration of "sizzle" depends on the disk thickness, the number and weight of rivets, and proximity of the holes to the disk edge.

In a  new substitute; drummers drape a metal beaded chain on the cymbal stand above the disk.  When the cymbal is struck, the beaded chain works like the old-school rivets, bouncing around and creating multiple tiny strikes.

Photos:




that's very cool. thanks for the education.

Spoon can do no wrong in my eyes (or ears). My favorite band that continues to put out great music, and actually get better with age. 
 Edweirdo wrote:

Nice, apart from that horrible splashy cymbal/percussion in the chorus.


You're referring to a "sizzle" or "swish" cymbal.  

Older designs were a thin cymbal (disk) with rivets loosely threaded through holes near the disk's perimeter.  When the cymbal is struck, the rivets jump around in the holes, essentially making dozens of tiny additional cymbal strikes, creating the "sizzle".  The amount and duration of "sizzle" depends on the disk thickness, the number and weight of rivets, and proximity of the holes to the disk edge.

In a  new substitute; drummers drape a metal beaded chain on the cymbal stand above the disk.  When the cymbal is struck, the beaded chain works like the old-school rivets, bouncing around and creating multiple tiny strikes.

Photos:




 2Hawks wrote:

I think many of us do listen to this station all day. 


all nite long 
The rhythm and soul, oh yeah....
Nice, apart from that horrible splashy cymbal/percussion in the chorus.
Billy, can you add more songs from Girls Can Tell please?

You rock thx.  
 jp33442 wrote:
Icould listen to this station all day and i have and it is a wonderful station
 
I think many of us do listen to this station all day. 
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

I know how you feel.  After a couple of years I am still only able to identify 1 in 10 or even less.  Sometimes I get a good run and can identify most of the bands on the playlist for a while then Bill throws a curved ball and I have to get up and look over at the PC streaming the music and find out who it is.  I then say to myself "I must remember this one" but I seldom do. My memory is not as good as it once was and so I do everything I can to exercise it and that is why, apart from the actual music, I listen to RP.
 

Ha! I know the feeling. I just went to rate this and realized I'd already given it a 9. 

I actually keep a book on my desk (where I listen to RP when at work) and I keep a list on the back page of all the new bands I've been introduced to that I need to further explore.  Would be helpful to have a bookmark feature on RP to make note of songs and artists that caught our ear. 
Icould listen to this station all day and i have and it is a wonderful station
 Stephen_Phillips wrote:

I know how you feel.  After a couple of years I am still only able to identify 1 in 10 or even less.  Sometimes I get a good run and can identify most of the bands on the playlist for a while then Bill throws a curved ball and I have to get up and look over at the PC streaming the music and find out who it is.  I then say to myself "I must remember this one" but I seldom do. My memory is not as good as it once was and so I do everything I can to exercise it and that is why, apart from the actual music, I listen to RP.
 
When I find an interesting band I put the name in a draft email that gets saved in my drafts folder.  When I get home I can access it and spark the ole memory.
Love this band more and more. Tanks RP 
J'aime ce groupe de plus en plus. Merci RP
 sonicsurfer wrote:
such a great playlist! why I send monthly support! You know you need to need to, do it now.  
 

I like to buy the hoodies and T's , give them as gifts
Saw this outfit at Red Rocks and it was really good.  
such a great playlist! why I send monthly support! You know you need to need to, do it now.  
write it down! i've got a commendable list brewing for our next partay!!



 
Stephen_Phillips wrote:

I know how you feel.  After a couple of years I am still only able to identify 1 in 10 or even less.  Sometimes I get a good run and can identify most of the bands on the playlist for a while then Bill throws a curved ball and I have to get up and look over at the PC streaming the music and find out who it is.  I then say to myself "I must remember this one" but I seldom do. My memory is not as good as it once was and so I do everything I can to exercise it and that is why, apart from the actual music, I listen to RP.
 
 handyrae wrote:
Spoon? Seriously? Is that the best name they could come up with?
 



Any Spoon song gets at least an 8 from me!  Great band, loved them for a long time.  And all their songs sound extra crisp on the RP stream! {#Bananajam}{#Guitarist}{#Drummer}{#Bananapiano}
Fork this....{#Wink}

Another prime example of what makes RP kick extra Ass - the two comments below this one, in reply to ChrisVIII, all non-Americans and LOVING on BillG's internet radio station "broadcasting" about 700 miles away from me.  And that's so cool; really, it's exactly what's GOOD about the internet....making us (the PEOPLE) have an easier chance communicating together in this GLOBAL world we share. 

Long Live RP!!  And I've got this Spoon song rated an 8 currently and to hell with it → 9 PEACE

 ChrisVIII wrote:
I like it when I'm listening and then I feel the need to rate the song and paf ! I've already done it because it's just soooo good !!
It's a pity though that after so many years listening to RP I still cannot name or remember more than 10% of all the artists I discovered :(

i used to listen to RP because I could focus on my work without humming since i didn't know the songs but know this technic doesn't work any more, I keep listening to it at work because somehow the playlist matches my mood (or is the playlist setting my mood ?). In any case, I love it :){#Clap}{#Hearteyes}

 
totall agree with the part "feel the need to rate and paf, already dit it"....
but disagree with the "cannot name or remember" ....

i can remember a big part of all nice gems RP made me discover.
When i started to listen RP, i had a text file to list all songs i was happy to discover, and it was at least 3 or 4 times a day i had to stop working to add another line on my RP list.

thanks Bill
 ChrisVIII wrote:
I like it when I'm listening and then I feel the need to rate the song and paf ! I've already done it because it's just soooo good !!
It's a pity though that after so many years listening to RP I still cannot name or remember more than 10% of all the artists I discovered :(

i used to listen to RP because I could focus on my work without humming since i didn't know the songs but know this technic doesn't work any more, I keep listening to it at work because somehow the playlist matches my mood (or is the playlist setting my mood ?). In any case, I love it :){#Clap}{#Hearteyes}

 
I know how you feel.  After a couple of years I am still only able to identify 1 in 10 or even less.  Sometimes I get a good run and can identify most of the bands on the playlist for a while then Bill throws a curved ball and I have to get up and look over at the PC streaming the music and find out who it is.  I then say to myself "I must remember this one" but I seldom do. My memory is not as good as it once was and so I do everything I can to exercise it and that is why, apart from the actual music, I listen to RP.
last few have kept me at the desk-Thanks for wrapping up my day Bill.
impossible. 

kcar wrote:
Bad segue, dude: John Lee Hooker— "Dimples" —> Spoon— "Rhythm & Soul" 

 


Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga  Zen.Nice place.
By far their best work.... outstanding, a 9
I gave this a nine some time ago. I would like to do it again! :-)
Bad segue, dude: John Lee Hooker— "Dimples" —> Spoon— "Rhythm & Soul" 
I like it when I'm listening and then I feel the need to rate the song and paf ! I've already done it because it's just soooo good !!
It's a pity though that after so many years listening to RP I still cannot name or remember more than 10% of all the artists I discovered :(

i used to listen to RP because I could focus on my work without humming since i didn't know the songs but know this technic doesn't work any more, I keep listening to it at work because somehow the playlist matches my mood (or is the playlist setting my mood ?). In any case, I love it :){#Clap}{#Hearteyes}
GREAT-GREAT SONG and BAND!
Monsieur Valentine has dat rhythm and soul.
Rythm & Soul.....and PSD
I agree!  Catches me off-guard and makes me smile, every time! 

Leandra wrote:
Remember the winter gets cold in ways you always forget.

Beautiful lyrics.

Remember the winter gets cold in ways you always forget.

Beautiful lyrics.

Seriously ? !    doing my thing, RP playing in the background, and this song comes on .. suffering from my first sunburn of the year, thinking, well, this sucks, and then you play this ... so, life is good again  :-)
FANTANSTIC SONG!
"Has anything amusing happened to you in connection with spoons?" - Me and My Spoon, Private Eye
 johnjconn wrote:
A man walks into a restaurant and noticed that all the waiters have spoons in their front pockets. The man asks, " Why do you all have spoons in your pockets?" The waiter then says that it's the most dropped utensil, and it saves time, and money just carrying them around, rather have having to go find one. The man then notices that all the men have strings attached to them under their aprons. The man asks, " Why do you all have strings attached to you? The waiter says, " Well, they are attached to our penises, so that we dont have to touch them when we go to the bathroom, to avoid washing our hands, thus saving time. The men then gets curious and asks, " well... how do u get it back in then?" The waiter says, " I'm not really sure how the other guys are doin it, but i've been using the spoon."
 
{#Lol}
>bump< 

Businessgypsy wrote:
handyrae wrote:
Spoon? Seriously? Is that the best name they could come up with?
Hey, it was good enough for the Tick's battlecry!

 


 aspicer wrote:
Love Spoon, but only have 1 album "Transference" I believe it's called.  Any Spoon fans recommend other albums that stand out?!
 

Telephono is a must.
{#Dancingbanana}
 handyrae wrote:
Spoon? Seriously? Is that the best name they could come up with?
 
I remember reading they got their name from the song "Spoon" by the Krautrock band, CAN.
Thanks for all the recommendations - I ended up buying them all - I'm definitely in a Spoon phase!  Not sure how I missed them earlier in my listening "career?"  I think my favorite overall is Gimme Fiction.
I can't stand this band. I don't know why. I just do. Something about that guy's voice is just grating. Every time I hear a Spoon song come on, I just go "Ugh."
 Gish05 wrote:
I love this song. The entire album is awesome. It's definitely overlooked
 
100% agreement!
I love this song. The entire album is awesome. It's definitely overlooked... I still listen to it every now and then.
 aspicer wrote:
Love Spoon, but only have 1 album "Transference" I believe it's called.  Any Spoon fans recommend other albums that stand out?!
 
Highly recommend: Kill The Moonlight, Gimme Fiction, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Have them all and these are my fave.
 

GORGEOUS!!


Love Spoon, but only have 1 album "Transference" I believe it's called.  Any Spoon fans recommend other albums that stand out?!
{#Dancingbanana_2}
 yodasan_magoo wrote:

This like the rest of their songs is like listening to paint dry.  Boring, boring, boring.


 


Smells like it too!
wow. 8 and a half. On second listen may be a TEN. classic and fresh. rawk on RP it's a public service you do <3
Even reading the lyrics, I have NO IDEA what this song is about, but I LIKE IT!
A great rock and roll voice!
Saw these guys on Austin City Limits recently. They groove just as well live (or better!) as in the studio.
Amazing set all day — really appreciated.  Spoon, Calexico, Johnny Cash - can't go wrong.

Spoon by MaxBlau
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxblau/

Spoon
Austin City Limits, Zilker Park, Austin, TX 10.8.10

Photo by Max Blau, All Rights Reserved
maxblau.blogspot.com

Copyright All rights reserved


 peter_james_bond wrote:
His voice. . .
. . . that singer from Spoon.

 
TFF, thanks for that!

{#Lol}


handyrae wrote:
Spoon? Seriously? Is that the best name they could come up with?
Hey, it was good enough for the Tick's battlecry!


This like the rest of their songs is like listening to paint dry.  Boring, boring, boring.


Gawd, I am such a spoon junkie. And no, whatever you think Spoons represent, I'm not into that.  Just the band.
 On_The_Beach wrote: 
I like that.
 kaybee wrote:
You gotta get an agent, peter_james!
 
 Yes I do, but first I need talent and material {#Lol}. Thanks kaybee.

reminiscent of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc40JX3wTaI

 peter_james_bond wrote:
His voice is unique but he doesn't croon,
that singer from Spoon,
He's got good rhythm and he writes a good tune,
that singer from Spoon,
I've been a fan for awhile at least since June,
of that singer from Spoon,
He went to a wedding but he wasn't the groom,
that singer from Spoon,
If you insult him I'll have to leave the room,
that singer from Spoon,
It would be a shame if he joined a platoon,
that singer from Spoon,
He loves to sing and to stare at the moon,
that singer from Spoon,
His favorite book is a novel called "Dune"
that singer from Spoon,
He's been up in the sky in a beautiful balloon,
that singer from Spoon,
He just told me to stop because I sound like a loon,
that singer from Spoon.

 
You gotta get an agent, peter_james!


Spoon? Seriously? Is that the best name they could come up with?
Spoon, the Shins, PT, SSP's, .....There are some great bands about right now.
What the fork? Why so much Spoon?
 peter_james_bond wrote:
His voice is unique but he doesn't croon,
that singer from Spoon,
He's got good rhythm and he writes a good tune,
that singer from Spoon,
I've been a fan for awhile at least since June,
of that singer from Spoon,
He went to a wedding but he wasn't the groom,
that singer from Spoon,
If you insult him I'll have to leave the room,
that singer from Spoon,
It would be a shame if he joined a platoon,
that singer from Spoon,
He loves to sing and to stare at the moon,
that singer from Spoon,
His favorite book is a novel called "Dune"
that singer from Spoon,
He's been up in the sky in a beautiful balloon,
that singer from Spoon,
He just told me to stop because I sound like a loon,
that singer from Spoon.
 

{#Roflol}

His voice is unique but he doesn't croon,
that singer from Spoon,
He's got good rhythm and he writes a good tune,
that singer from Spoon,
I've been a fan for awhile at least since June,
of that singer from Spoon,
He went to a wedding but he wasn't the groom,
that singer from Spoon,
If you insult him I'll have to leave the room,
that singer from Spoon,
It would be a shame if he joined a platoon,
that singer from Spoon,
He loves to sing and to stare at the moon,
that singer from Spoon,
His favorite book is a novel called "Dune"
that singer from Spoon,
He's been up in the sky in a beautiful balloon,
that singer from Spoon,
He just told me to stop because I sound like a loon,
that singer from Spoon.

{#Bounce}
Great! Can't sit still!!
Ga ga is about right.  {#Puke}
He died in mid sentence after failing to find his pulse. RIP horstman {#Cry}

 
renegade_X wrote:
last....... Is that a complete sentence, or were you cut off?
 
horstman wrote:
I love Spoon but unfortunately I died last

renegade_X wrote:
ANYONE THAT DOES NOT LIKE SPOON, DOES NOT HAVE A PULSE!!! no apologies for the caps either :)

Great great song!! Always makes me turn up the volume.
Like enormously.

Yet another killer hook from the Pride of Austin. One of the Prides, anyway.
Dislike greatly.
there are other spoon's musics. like metal detektor..

Mmmm, guess a Spoon is the appropriate tool with which to eat Cake
If you love this song as much as I do, you'll really love the live version from this concert on NPR.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15323963


{#Roflol} This song grows on you.

Just wanted to mention that Spoon forgoes the "y" themselves: the correct title is "Rhthm & Soul"

Very good album from an artist I first got into through RP.  Thanks, Bill!
that'll be a wooden spoon then
addictive song
horstman wrote:
I love Spoon but unfortunately I died last
last....... Is that a complete sentence, or were you cut off?
renegade_X wrote:
ANYONE THAT DOES NOT LIKE SPOON, DOES NOT HAVE A PULSE!!! no apologies for the caps either :)
I love Spoon but unfortunately I died last
I connected with this band on their album Gimme Fiction - blew me away - saw them at Austin City Limits last year - wow these guys are original and very very cool
renegade_X wrote:
ANYONE THAT DOES NOT LIKE SPOON, DOES NOT HAVE A PULSE!!! no apologies for the caps either :)
I have ears and a brain. Don't care for them.
ANYONE THAT DOES NOT LIKE SPOON, DOES NOT HAVE A PULSE!!! no apologies for the caps either :)
Hannio wrote:
Spoon reminds me too much of another Austin band, Timbuk3. Widely acclaimed at first, where are they now?
Seems that Spoon has already outlasted Timbuk3, and they're still on their way up, in my opinion. Check back in 5 years.
bcorcoran wrote:
That's funny, because Supergrass is from the UK, right? They sound like they're from the US. (I mean I just thought I'd share that... not that he sounds particularly English to my ears...)
A lot(most) English bands "sound" American...Weird,Huh? (Or maybe Duh!)
Darkmatter wrote:
Maybe so, but this song screams of songwriting talent. This album is one of the best surprises from 2007, in my opinion.
Spoon reminds me too much of another Austin band, Timbuk3. Widely acclaimed at first, where are they now?
Spoon is one of those bands that really grows on you (me). I have to admit that their sound didn't grab me right away, but after a few listens, I got hooked. Clever song-writing too.
As good a disc as there was last year.
GOD I love these guys! Can't wait to see them next weekend!
decent CD but the songs sounds ALOT alike. sounds good the first few times through then blah
one of my new favorite bands!
cc_rider wrote:
Only just barely.
And the comment of the day award goes to...
alanthecowboy wrote:
Ummmm... I think they speak English in Texas, dude.
Only just barely.
tobstar wrote:
the guys singing sounds english, but he's from texas, weird.
Ummmm... I think they speak English in Texas, dude.
Geo_orc1 wrote:
I like Spoon but they stood me up and cancelled their show so they could play a two-song set on Saturday Night Live. Jerks.
Yeah, well I would too. Not that anyone watches SNL nowadays, but I'd sell my soul to play it.
I like Spoon but they stood me up and cancelled their show so they could play a two-song set on Saturday Night Live. Jerks.
I'd say every song I've heard from this album is at least an 8. Gagagagagagagaga!
robco1 wrote:
Well, there you go. I am very happy to let Bill and Rebecca play what they want to play. How else am I going to experience new music? FM? MTV? And I'll take B&R's taste in music over the peanut gallery any day.
Here! Here! I 'll also raise a toast to that comment
Cool
AlienRelic wrote:
Well, second guessing RP programming decisions is just wild speculation on my part, but I can't see any economic reason for promoting any particular artists or songs, given the way the station is financed and the unrelenting hostility of the recording industry towards internet radio. I'm guessing that Bill and Rebecca just happen to like certain songs and give them a little extra airplay (netplay?). It IS their station.....
Well, there you go. I am very happy to let Bill and Rebecca play what they want to play. How else am I going to experience new music? FM? MTV? And I'll take B&R's taste in music over the peanut gallery any day.
bcorcoran wrote:
That's funny, because Supergrass is from the UK, right? They sound like they're from the US. (I mean I just thought I'd share that... not that he sounds particularly English to my ears...)
Hell that's a Texan drawl there boy!
That's either a really radical remix, or this baby is corrupted.
ha ha good call bcorcoran, Supergrass do sound american!
Oh, Bill, thanks! These trip-cats from Tex are way hap'nin' for SURE...and I CAN'T WAIT to see 'em Feb. 6th at Unit in Daikanyama!
Catchy. Perfectly serviceable pop.
tobstar wrote:
the guys singing sounds english, but he's from texas, weird.
That's funny, because Supergrass is from the UK, right? They sound like they're from the US. (I mean I just thought I'd share that... not that he sounds particularly English to my ears...)
Crazy song. I want to spoon my wife right now. :)
the guys singing sounds english, but he's from texas, weird.
Hannio wrote:
This guy's obviously full of himself.
Maybe so, but this song screams of songwriting talent. This album is one of the best surprises from 2007, in my opinion.
Great disc. One I wouldn't own if it hadn't been for RP. Thanks guys.
Hannio wrote:
This guy's obviously full of himself.
Probably, but what about you? (...and me now!)