#5: Gimme Fiction

Spoon: Gimme Fiction
I listen to a lot of Spoon. As I've said here before, I find I'm always in that particular mindset, kinda rockin', kinda groovin', (or if you know me, neither, really). Or is it something else that makes me keep coming scrolling back to Spoon on the iPod? Yes. But that something is a lot of little things, like...

• "The Beast and Dragon Adored": Within the first few descending bars, you know it's a Spoon record.
• "The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine": I like the strings, but the piano line is priceless.
• "I Turn My Camera On": The way I am forced to walk around like Mick Jagger upon hearing it.
• "My Mathematical Mind": That percussive piano is Spoon. Yep.
• "Sister Jack": The extra fifth beat on the final choruses is unnecessary and great.
• And the list goes on...
  

I find these morsels in nearly every Spoon song. And I like that.