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Spoon — The Beast And The Dragon, Adored
Album: Gimme Fiction
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Released: 2005
Length: 4:13
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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The beast and dragon, adored
You been gone so long
Where you been for so long
I went to places unknown
Rented a room
And I forgot my pen
Shook my twin
And I had to find the feelin' again

Now all I need is a crew
One that can act as if
One that can slay on cue
And sneeze and sniff
Uh-huh alright
I'm going back to the water
Been landlocked too long

I got a feelin' it don't come cheap
I got a feelin' oh and then it got to me
It took its time a-working into my soul
I got to believe it come from rock and roll
Believe it come from rock and roll

Where did you get for so long
I been learning my scene
I been watching my friends move away
I summon my love back to me
And I went down by the seawall
That's when I knew, knew They Never Got You

Great dominions they don't come cheap
Great dominions they just want you to leave
I got the meaning the meaning sat tight
Said it's not what you expected but it could be right

I got a feelin' it didn't come free
I got a feelin' and then it got to me
When you don't fell it it shows they tear out your soul
And when you believe they call it rock and roll
And when you believe they call it rock and roll
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 coloradojohn wrote:

I still really dig how he gets the best of Lennon, Lynne, Bowie, and Ian Hunter into his tortured vocals, & love the cool guitar trippery in this!



perfect description.
Posted 9 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 RabbitEars wrote:
strong beatles flavor
 

That staccato guitar sounds "Wilco-ish" to me.
Posted 4 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
You need a new singer guys.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
strong beatles flavor
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Has anything amusing ever happened to you in connection with a spoon?

 
Why, no, Fred.  Not that I can remember.  Has anything amusing happened to you in connection with a spoon?
(Hoping that Fred has a story for us.)
Posted 7 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Disjointed on so many levels...yet I kinda like it. Has a subliminal James Bond thing...Sort of. No. Yes. Maybe. Ugh....
Posted 7 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Has anything amusing ever happened to you in connection with a spoon?

 
Does that pickup line work for you, fred? {#Whipit}
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Excellent tune - shocking it's only a 6.4 overall?!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
I still really dig how he gets the best of Lennon, Lynne, Bowie, and Ian Hunter into his tortured vocals, & love the cool guitar trippery in this!
Posted 10 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Marginal, at best, almost gave it a sucko-barfo
Posted 11 years ago by KevinM    [ Reply ]
"So baby hold onto me... Whatever will be will be..."
Posted 11 years ago by zoopmama    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Has anything amusing ever happened to you in connection with a spoon?

 
Just the surprise that another one has broken while I was using it.  The funny thing is I should have trusted a plastic spoon in the first place, and then that I was surprised it broke!   {#Eek}  That's life -trusting in a utensil just because someone said it was one and I should.
Posted 11 years ago by Xstar    [ Reply ]
Love the guitar in this one. fantatstic song.
Posted 11 years ago by scrubbrush    [ Reply ]

The Magical Guitar sounds very similar to ''The Moldy Peaches'' NYC's A Grave Yard


Posted 11 years ago by Toke    [ Reply ]
Another Spoon song, and again this guy's voice just continues to grate on my ears.

Great, thanks, they just fell off. 
Posted 12 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
When I think of a spoon, I think if a plastic spoon, a plastic spoon bent all the way back with a load of musturd on it.
Tally ho !
Posted 12 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
Has anything amusing ever happened to you in connection with a spoon?
Posted 12 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Ugh. You don't get to do that to my ears. Spoon, into the dishwasher you go.
Posted 13 years ago by miahfost    [ Reply ]
Great song, so I give it an 8

Great album too. i <3 Spoon 
Posted 13 years ago by synchronism    [ Reply ]
{#Yes} themotion wrote:
love this song
 


Posted 13 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
It's tracks like this that remind me why I don't care for their newest album as much.  
Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Spooning all the way...8
Posted 14 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
 dpjag wrote:
That guy wishes he could abuse a guitar like Neil Young, but just can't figure it out.
 
LOL {#Lol}
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
That guy wishes he could abuse a guitar like Neil Young, but just can't figure it out.
Posted 15 years ago by dpjag    [ Reply ]
 TexasAggies wrote:
I wanted to like these guys, and then I saw them on Austin City Limits. Incredibly average at best live. Weak vocals, sub-par musicianship, just overall not good. Just my opinion but I think the studio does these guys lots of favors. Maybe it was just a one-off bad show, I dunno.
 
I also must differ - I saw them at Summerfest last year in Milwaukee and they were excellent. I think this song is one of the weaker one's on this CD, but I love the stuff off of GA GA GA Ga (except for the overplayed "Underdog").....

Posted 15 years ago by brewcity    [ Reply ]
TexasAggies wrote:
I wanted to like these guys, and then I saw them on Austin City Limits. Incredibly average at best live. Weak vocals, sub-par musicianship, just overall not good. Just my opinion but I think the studio does these guys lots of favors. Maybe it was just a one-off bad show, I dunno.
I saw them live and up-close in Chicago last year and I have to disagree. Maybe they had a bad night (or pissed the editor off) at Austin City Limits, but they were pretty tight at Lollapalloza.
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
I wanted to like these guys, and then I saw them on Austin City Limits. Incredibly average at best live. Weak vocals, sub-par musicianship, just overall not good. Just my opinion but I think the studio does these guys lots of favors. Maybe it was just a one-off bad show, I dunno.
Posted 16 years ago by TexasAggies    [ Reply ]
QueenLucia wrote:
Cacophonous
Exactly. Another word that came to mind is discordant. I know Spoon is supposed to be all that, but jeez, why is it so damn hard to listen to?
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
999_99_999 wrote:
Lyrics here.
Thank you!
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
celadonstone wrote:
I saw the cover and thought Adam Sandler's "Red Hooded Sweeeeeaaaaat Shirt!" myself. As for the song's pace, I was thinking some of the 80s stuff put out by ex-Beatles. And the voice is kinda Lennon on "I Am the Walrus"... I'll be darn, I figured they were English but Wikipedia says they are from Austin, TX.
I saw it and thought 'SPO IME FICTI', which made a lot of sense.
Posted 17 years ago by Mack    [ Reply ]
love this song
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
celadonstone wrote:
I saw the cover and thought Adam Sandler's "Red Hooded Sweeeeeaaaaat Shirt!" myself. As for the song's pace, I was thinking some of the 80s stuff put out by ex-Beatles. And the voice is kinda Lennon on "I Am the Walrus"... I'll be darn, I figured they were English but Wikipedia says they are from Austin, TX.
I could have sworn this was Lennon. I came here to figure out what song it was. So weird.
Posted 17 years ago by okobojicat    [ Reply ]
Cacophonous
Posted 17 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
nasty
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
Sorry, Neil Young used up my quota of tolerance for really bad "artsy" guitar work.
Posted 17 years ago by eskles    [ Reply ]
formersnowbug wrote:
I came here to ask if anyone else heard "Rebel Rebel" here.
I saw the cover and thought Adam Sandler's "Red Hooded Sweeeeeaaaaat Shirt!" myself. As for the song's pace, I was thinking some of the 80s stuff put out by ex-Beatles. And the voice is kinda Lennon on "I Am the Walrus"... I'll be darn, I figured they were English but Wikipedia says they are from Austin, TX.
Posted 17 years ago by celadonstone    [ Reply ]
ahoylola wrote:
A friend attended a workshop (in an auditorium with 400 others) where he had to "spoon" another guy. Once. Never again. I'm sending him this cartoon! Hehehe!
Posted 18 years ago by tnt_thomas    [ Reply ]
ahoylola wrote:
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Hilarious!
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by ahoylola    [ Reply ]
whoa....
Posted 18 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
Atombender wrote:
Is that you John?
I checked in to see how many posts reflected this... This band rocks!
Posted 18 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
these guys kick arse!
Posted 18 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear it, I catch new things (like something by Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, or Frank Zappa, for example)... the angry piano notes the squeaky balloon effects the amazing channeling of Lennon, Lynne, Bowie and Mott the Hoople and all done in a festive atmosphere of august and austere musicianship. Yeah, I love it! Hey, is that PT, coming through next? Oh how lovely this stretch is; a thing of frickin' beauty, this! You go, Bill!
Posted 18 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I wanna spoon a .... he who has a long mane. Rrrrrrrrr I'm not into dragons. I wanna spooooooooooooooooon.
Posted 18 years ago by honeygirl    [ Reply ]
While I love Spoon and all, I was a little turned off by them when my roommate told me he read in an article that some of the lyrics are quoted directly from lennon, dylan, etc... and when asked about it, then singer said it was a form of 'tribute' to them.. ehh, i dunno.. just rubbed me the wrong way a little bit... anybody know any truth behind it all? quite a talented band nonetheless, and rather entertaining live...
Posted 18 years ago by DrGonzo    [ Reply ]
Duffalo wrote:
Very Bowie. And I like Bowie.
Bowie by way of Lennon. Or t'other way 'round.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
rosedraws wrote:
I'm liking this band! How's the rest of the album?
The rest of the album is great. It's really strong all the way through, though I think the best 4 tracks are those played on RP. Plus the cover is just gorgeous. My best buy of the year.
Posted 18 years ago by sarah_mae    [ Reply ]
I really wish I could take credit for this one... but my upload of it got rejected.
Posted 18 years ago by mikedill    [ Reply ]
I generally like Spoon, but that scraping noise is unpleasant.
Posted 18 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
I'm liking this band! How's the rest of the album?
Posted 18 years ago by rosedraws    [ Reply ]
Duffalo wrote:
Very Bowie. And I like Bowie. Anyone know where are these guys from?
I came here to ask if anyone else heard "Rebel Rebel" here.
Posted 18 years ago by formersnowbug    [ Reply ]
this has become a tasty treat..soon to turn into a favourite flavour
Posted 18 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
I'm turning people on to this left and right here... All agree: we all line up for more luscious scoops of this stuff!
Posted 18 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Hey, if RP's going to play the daylights out of one Austin band, Spoon, how about some What Made Milwaukee Famous, while we're at it? Pretty good tune off a really solid album.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
Anyone have the lyrics? (Mari?) I think this is from Revelation, but I don't make out much of the lyrics.
Lyrics here.
Posted 18 years ago by 999_99_999    [ Reply ]
Just saw these guys in London. Wow. Incredible live. They do these amazing long solos. I'm completely addicted.
Posted 18 years ago by sarah_mae    [ Reply ]
Anyone have the lyrics? (Mari?) I think this is from Revelation, but I don't make out much of the lyrics.
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
GREAT TRIPPY NEW RIPPING STUFF! Love it! Lay it on us, Bill!
Posted 18 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
... Spoon it ! ... Photo by Autumn de Wilde Is the end of Spoon in sight? Not likely. Josh Zarbo, left, Britt Daniel, Eric Harvey and Jim Eno have learned to be comfortable serving up their own brand of musicmaking.
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
... Gimme Fiction ... ... Gimme Fiction Anytime! ...
Posted 18 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite new groups, I'm glad RP helped me discover them.....very nice!
Posted 18 years ago by djblitz    [ Reply ]
Austinites unite! They've been famous here in Austin for a while and it's great to finally hear them getting some play at the paradise. The new album is amazing.
Posted 18 years ago by OldBrownShoe    [ Reply ]
Is that you John?
Posted 18 years ago by Atombender    [ Reply ]
shay_shay wrote:
For some reason, this song reminds me of one of those trippy Beatles songs...
I'm hearing ya...
Posted 18 years ago by snarf    [ Reply ]
Duffalo wrote:
Very Bowie. And I like Bowie. Anyone know where are these guys from?
Texas, I believe. Just ordered this CD from Amazon, can't wait to give the entire thing a listen!
Posted 18 years ago by Jacksonstat    [ Reply ]
shay_shay wrote:
For some reason, this song reminds me of one of those trippy Beatles songs...
Yeah I agree with you on that one...
Posted 18 years ago by octopoxho    [ Reply ]
Very Bowie. And I like Bowie. Anyone know where are these guys from?
Posted 18 years ago by Duffalo    [ Reply ]
Nice Neil Youngish tortured guitar riff in the midsection.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
About that 0 rating?
Posted 18 years ago by denizenusa    [ Reply ]
Cruithne3753 wrote:
You need SPOOOOONGUAAAAAARD!!!
God save us. God and baby jesus save us.
Posted 18 years ago by TobalMoreno    [ Reply ]
dionysius wrote:
You need SPOOOOONGUAAAAAARD!!!
Posted 18 years ago by Cruithne3753    [ Reply ]
I can't believe this is the same guys who did "Car Radio" Wow - musicians who evolve - what a concept! 8+
Posted 18 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
shay_shay wrote:
For some reason, this song reminds me of one of those trippy Beatles songs...
And some Ziggy Stardust, too.
Posted 18 years ago by mojoman    [ Reply ]
Interesting tune. Like it, I do.
Posted 18 years ago by bschena    [ Reply ]
smackiepipe wrote:
SonOfRobertFripp™ circa 1970 on Guitar! I dig it. edit:
sounds a lot like John Lennon
Posted 18 years ago by Cachatons    [ Reply ]
Someone's been listening to John Lennon's first solo album, which goes to one's core and remains shattering to this day. Check out I Found Out.
Posted 18 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
Awesome!!! This is a great tune from a really good album. I'd love to see My Mathematical Mind on here too. I uploaded both to the LRC and both got sorried a few weeks ago. So happy to see this somehow made it's way to the main channel.
Posted 18 years ago by mikedill    [ Reply ]
SonOfRobertFripp™ circa 1970 on Guitar! I dig it. edit:
For some reason, this song reminds me of one of those trippy Beatles songs...
Yeah, I heard shades of The White Album as well.
Posted 18 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
For some reason, this song reminds me of one of those trippy Beatles songs...
Posted 18 years ago by shay_shay    [ Reply ]
I like the guitar part, generally quite enjoyable song.
Posted 18 years ago by Pantagruel    [ Reply ]
Okay. This is eclectic. Enough of you all, who are bored with the repetition of the RP palylist.
Posted 18 years ago by jadewahoo    [ Reply ]