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Spoon has three members, but frontman Britt Daniel wears so
many hats (guitarist, producer, songwriter, singer, barker,
yeller, strutter, warbler, cooer) that it sounds more like
11. That’s not to say Spoon songs are particularly
intricate (they're not), but when the cuts are taut and
rigid (which they often are), it's Daniel's voice that
navigates the tight corners. Daniel and drummer Jim Eno,
whose fill-happy style is another essential component of
the sound, formed Spoon in 1992 in Austin, Texas, signing
with the indie stalwart More...




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iknownothing | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song The Beast And Dragon Adored performed by Spoon

i was hearing it as staying true even after all your freinds move away or "grow up". wanting another crew like when you were young and having fun , and how hard it is to stay like that in this world right now . doesnt come easy, could be cocaine or both ?

simple | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song I Summon You performed by Spoon

It's simply about being stressed out about the mistakes the writer's made in life and he carries that weight with him. His only escape is his lover, but they don't have a real relationship so every time she leaves it's a "cold goodbye".

Awesome guitar breaks | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song The Beast And Dragon Adored performed by Spoon

Awesome song, though I suspect it is about cocaine and/or some kind of opiate? Who cares, it rocks! The guitar breaks are both genius and enchanted! Maybe I'm reading too much in to lyrics like "a crew that can......sneeze and sniff" and "been watching my friends move away and summon my love back to me" and "I got a feeling and it didn't come cheap... I got a feeling and it got to me.". However, it could just be as simple as love" but then is the reference if forgetting my pen referencing writing lyrics (love) or snorting coke?

NOT POLITICAL, GOD'DAM!!! | Reviewer: xxroyalxxscumxx
    ------ About the song I Summon You performed by Spoon

There is an esthetic manner of approaching songs & lyrics in which an indept, piece-by-piece, detailed analysis becomes a hinderance.
"Confusing" lyrics come directly from poetry (think Caroll, from "Alice trough the mirror" or like the "all work & no play makes Jack a dull boy" bit in Kubric's "The shining", POE'S RAVEN IS NOT REALLY A GOOD EXAMPLE though), words are not used for storytelling or propaganda, but for pinpointing & expressing subtler thoughts, such as feelings, passions, fixations or obsessions.

In such terms, this song is not specifically a love song (as much as it goes for lyrics genres) just because one cannot identify clear subjects. In generals terms though, this song is about feelings of love. The difference lies in the "subject" of the song, who is it for, or about.

IT'S NOT POLITICAL because it's not clear about it, you could say it is a thing of style and subterfuge, but nowadays that kind of concealment symbolism is not necessary, hence, not effective for use in political statements (craps down on conspiracy theories I know, but REALLY, YOU WANT BAD STUFF SAID BOUT THE GOVERNMENT: just check out the news, ANY NEW SHOW is uncovering "interesting" stuff bout our rulers)

A love song in this term would be something of the sort of "Heroes" from Bowie, a "love-story". "I summon you" works in the space of poetry, through literary & sensual metaphors, searches for equivalents between words & diffuse concepts or feelings, such as justice or love.

Long story short, "love-stories" are "movie-like" narration, on the opposite side "about feelings of" songs like "I summon you", are to be understood emotionally, not rationally.

Social Separation.... | Reviewer: Nik
    ------ About the song I Summon You performed by Spoon

I have to agree it's about love... my love... summon... Possibly lovers in time of war from opposite sides. At peace they were friends, when war began they became foes... Love from the wrong side of the tracks sorta speak. Travelling away from the law who would not allow it, society that wouldn't understand. Mother's eye represents all the worries in the world that inhibit the two as they fight for one another. The only form of communication to keep their love alive, a cough, a sign... it's all they had... the only thing they can do in public is look into each others eyes and give a cold goodbye so that society doesn't throw them into a cage for going against the norm... But to touch, to touch, to love, make love, it'll never happen but a cough will do... He's telling her I need you... appear my love-

that is why you will not survive | Reviewer: PJ
    ------ About the song The Underdog performed by Spoon

Speaking of the arrogance of a generation (Americans of course), and the gloating mistaken focus that they have succumbed too. First verse is the picture of a future so many have known, so many expect, and very few appreciate. The second is regarding that person standing up and making thier life mean something. The chorus speaks of a messenger, and how you don't have time to listen, then it gives a picture of your downfall, due to the interladen arrogance that has embraced your thoughts resulting in your actions. The next verse speaks of breaking away from this conformity. Next we have wedding cake that can't be boiled away, no matter what you do in your life, for better or worse, unless you have some sort of amnesia(which might make this life thing easier), it will always be with you. The water boy (representing a peon in your mind) can teach you much, but you don't care... who the hell cares about a water boy. Then he finishes it off with an apology and the chorus agian. I find it humorous how abrasive and crude this song is, and how cheerful its musical delivery goes, but alas, that is spoon. Good luck fighting the underdog, and pretty much everyone has the right to breath, and as soon as you disagree, you better watch out for the david to your goliath.

An Iconoclastic Love Song | Reviewer: Melanie
    ------ About the song I Summon You performed by Spoon

An Anthem
I Summon You opens up indicating a sense of nostalgia for music from the past. The old songs used to be saying something that carried some deeper meaning and what they said was attached to how people perceived their era. The little girl has heard about heavier times in the old songs, but the survival of the world seems to be in question. The notion that 800 miles is a drive could mean that the big problems of our time are far away from being solved. The big problems could refer to the war on terrorism, the lack of quality music being produced, or the girl’s own feelings of powerlessness at the state of the world.
In the second verse the speaker is now directly addressing the little girl who was mentioned in the first verse. The “mother’s eye” represents an authority figure that makes the little girl feel guilty at her futility to challenge the status quo. The girl’s guilt weighs her down so that she can only give an emotionally void farewell, even though she passionately cares for the world. The girl is an independent spirit and participates in vice. The rock n’ roll type of behaviors that are demonized, but every libertarian digs. Therefore the comment about the surprise of the cops is just totally sarcastic. The soldiers are her grand fear of fascists taking over and people willing to sell you out for a nickel. The totalitarian nightmare.
But tonight she isn’t in a cage. She’s in the arms of a man. He asks “how’s we get here.” He doesn’t know. They were probably drinking because it’s too late to break it off. He says he needs a release. He needs to physically purge himself because he also has the weight of the world. The process of signaling with a cough could allude to the awkward “next day” after a drunken romp; when you don’t know exactly what to say. The awkwardness of the cough is a metaphor for the meaningless sex he just had and illustrates why he can’t “get off”. He is summoning the girl to put down the weight of the world because he also shares her burden. But he is still searching for her. The narrator longs for someone who has the same point of view. I interpret the song saying “I have the weight of the world and so do you we don’t have to have be aloof with out emotions like automatons. We could be lovers and share the burden."



lyrics | Reviewer: Hoshi
    ------ About the song I Summon You performed by Spoon

I think it's about how things used to be easy in some way (but still hard, as life is) before they fell in love ("remember the weight of the world it's a sound that we used to buy")and how after coming together things were even harder.
They have distance between them, and they're possibly star-crossed... the chips are against them (the soliders comment)
and now there's no way they could possibly seperate ("and how'd we get here...")
He just wishes they were closer.

That may just be me...

Good song | Reviewer: Samantha
    ------ About the song I Summon You performed by Spoon

I really like the beat and melody. The words are not at all what I thought they were. I thought it was weight of the world coming down like a butterfly. I liked that better.


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