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November 12, 2006
Spoon, through the prism of 'Stranger Than Fiction'
If not in the know, one could attend a screening of the Will Ferrell vehicle Stranger Than Fiction (as I did last night), and enjoy what seems like a tapestry of a soundtrack. But rather than assemble a number of artists to submit their work, the music in the film was compiled by Spoon's Britt Daniel and many of the musical interludes featured his band's work. Two things: one, it demonstrated how well Spoon's upbeat understated rock works in celluloid. Two, it made me want to revisit the band. Two examples.
Vittorio E - from Kill the Moonlight (2002)
Sort of sounds like Sister Morphine, if it never broke into a sweat. Choral notes as a simple drumbeat and guitar scale up and down gives foliage for Daniel's declaration "It goes on."
The Way We Get By from Kill the Moonlight (2002)
Spoon's anthemic entry - the chugging piano intro leads to tales of backseat pot adventures, shrugging bar conversations, and magazine reading - the nerdy white kids' (diffident and indifferent) hustle (sort of) tale.
//Spoon - Kill the Moonlight - buy
//Spoon - site
//Spoon - Myspace
Posted by Keith O'Brien at November 12, 2006 10:28 AM
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