Uri Geller's favorite band?
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I'm serious. There are so many reasons why Spoon _should_ be on Uri Geller's radar.
1. Well, the obvious. The bending thing.
2. Geller's all about making the spooky. While he does it with, y'know, mind control and sleight-of-brain, Spoon, the Austin band led by Britt Daniel, does it with effects pedals and reverb. To much more convincing effect, I might add.
3. According to his bio, Geller can change time: "Uri Geller became well known for a few scientifically unexplained phenomena ... Fixing broken watches and appliances, and using collective power, influencing the Big Ben to stop." Spoon also enjoy changing time in both their songs (ex.a: "Metal Detektor," ex.b: "Get Out The State") and their minds (ex.a: "The Way We Get By," ex.b: Britt hittin' the crowd up for THC).
4. Geller claims to be able to erase disks with his mind. Spoon will erase your mind with their almost-naggingly catchy discs.
5. They'll both get into your head whether you want them to or not. Somehow, even though I've never seen them live and I stopped having dreams about famous musicians sometime after high school, Britt Daniel's popped into my REM sleep not once, not twice, but three times. Three times I've dreamt about this mysterious blond Texan!
I think maybe all three could've stemmed from the song "Change My Life," from 2000's ??Love Ways?? EP. It's a slow-burner, propelled along by Jim Eno's always-intriguing drumming, with Daniel's lackadaisical vocals and gritty little riff just cold chillin' as they float above the beat. "You don't have to please me/Or pick up my tab/Don't have to go too fast/Just change my life," he pleads, and girls everywhere sigh dreamily. Or maybe it's just me, dreaming sighingly. Judge for yourself below.
1. Well, the obvious. The bending thing.
2. Geller's all about making the spooky. While he does it with, y'know, mind control and sleight-of-brain, Spoon, the Austin band led by Britt Daniel, does it with effects pedals and reverb. To much more convincing effect, I might add.
3. According to his bio, Geller can change time: "Uri Geller became well known for a few scientifically unexplained phenomena ... Fixing broken watches and appliances, and using collective power, influencing the Big Ben to stop." Spoon also enjoy changing time in both their songs (ex.a: "Metal Detektor," ex.b: "Get Out The State") and their minds (ex.a: "The Way We Get By," ex.b: Britt hittin' the crowd up for THC).
4. Geller claims to be able to erase disks with his mind. Spoon will erase your mind with their almost-naggingly catchy discs.
5. They'll both get into your head whether you want them to or not. Somehow, even though I've never seen them live and I stopped having dreams about famous musicians sometime after high school, Britt Daniel's popped into my REM sleep not once, not twice, but three times. Three times I've dreamt about this mysterious blond Texan!
I think maybe all three could've stemmed from the song "Change My Life," from 2000's ??Love Ways?? EP. It's a slow-burner, propelled along by Jim Eno's always-intriguing drumming, with Daniel's lackadaisical vocals and gritty little riff just cold chillin' as they float above the beat. "You don't have to please me/Or pick up my tab/Don't have to go too fast/Just change my life," he pleads, and girls everywhere sigh dreamily. Or maybe it's just me, dreaming sighingly. Judge for yourself below.
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