STROKES v SPOON

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best rock album of 2000s is Rated R

resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 13 December 2014 04:26 (nine years ago) link

released the same day as pound for pound!

lag∞n, Saturday, 13 December 2014 04:30 (nine years ago) link

all downhill from June 2000

resulting post (rogermexico.), Saturday, 13 December 2014 05:17 (nine years ago) link

Y'know, I was going to vote for the Strokes under the opinion that as tedious as their music was, I spent a lot of 2001/2 wrestling with how physically attractive I found them.

But now I look at photos of them, and I just think... jeez, what kind of heavy drugs was I taking in that period to make that band look even remotely sexy?

(Don't answer that.)

Branwell with an N, Saturday, 13 December 2014 07:36 (nine years ago) link

More like Overrated R, amirite?

wonderful about a proletariat-Vorticist version of James Brown (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 13 December 2014 16:09 (nine years ago) link

(Pound for Pound is way cool tho)

wonderful about a proletariat-Vorticist version of James Brown (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 13 December 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link

BEST ROCK ALBUM OF THE 2000s

lag∞n, Saturday, 13 December 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link

i've never knowingly heard anything by either of these bands. should i bother?

rushomancy, Saturday, 13 December 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link

no

lag∞n, Saturday, 13 December 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link

i did see and enjoy the movie "mysterymen". julian casablancas was the main bad guy in that movie, right?

rushomancy, Sunday, 14 December 2014 13:19 (nine years ago) link

Facts and figures to help in your decision making: The first Strokes album is better than the entire Spoon discography. The second Strokes album is roughly as good as the entire Spoon discography. The entire Spoon discography is better than the Strokes' third album. Spoon was the backing band on the first Sally Crewe album, which is a pretty good album. Spoon is a terrible band name.

otm except ROF > debut.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 December 2014 13:25 (nine years ago) link

I heard a commercial or something the other day where "Reptilia" was the background music and was like, damn that was a good song.

I will rep for at least half the tracks on First Impressions of Earth, esp. You Only Live Once, Razorblade, Vision of Division and Heart In A Cage.

Under Control is the best song on ROF, fuiud.

Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Sunday, 14 December 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link

How can this not be Spoon? This is not even a contest.

dive inside water and you will know (dog latin), Sunday, 14 December 2014 14:45 (nine years ago) link

p sure i have told this story on this message bord before but its funny so one time i was playing basketball at chelsea piers, it was an off time like mid afternoon so it was just me and a friend shooting around when the court next to us stared filling up with chelsea piers employees shooting around, me and my friend were all whats up u guy gonna play or what can we get in, they were just kinda non comital and weird about it like nah were just shooting, then like ten minutes later julian casablancas shows up and plays a 3 on 3 game with the staff, lol dude hires out his pick up basketball

lag∞n, Sunday, 14 December 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link

was he any good?

call all destroyer, Sunday, 14 December 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link

he was alright, pretty slow but very tall, they played a pretty mellow game made it kinda hard to tell, the staff was maybe taking it easy on him

lag∞n, Sunday, 14 December 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link

was he wearing a headband?

brimstead, Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:32 (nine years ago) link

is this thread an homage to the placebo vs pixies thread?

Roberto Spiralli, Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:37 (nine years ago) link

i think maybe xp really shdve taken a picture

lag∞n, Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:38 (nine years ago) link

CASABLANCAS v OBAMA at hoops

mookieproof, Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link

I had a major cross on Britt Daniel until I saw him in the Chipotle line at Pitchfork Festival '08 wearing high tops and jorts.

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link

CASABLANCAS v OBAMA

on the Supreme Court docket iirc

guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 December 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link

stokes

adam, Sunday, 14 December 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link

"last nite" is the only strokes song I like. I like their sound on a few others and how their guitars go ching ching ching. I think I like about 5-6 Spoon songs, so Spoon.

nicky lo-fi, Sunday, 14 December 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link

CASABLANCAS v OBAMA at hoops

― mookieproof, Sunday, December 14, 2014 3:42 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

obama, not even close

lag∞n, Sunday, 14 December 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

first two strokes albums are >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any spoon album

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 16 December 2014 00:24 (nine years ago) link

hilariously clearly spoon

soyrev, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 02:28 (nine years ago) link

this is quite easily Spoon. the Strokes peaked really early and was never able to better their second album. Spoons run from Kill the Moonlight to Transference is pretty remarkable.

Bee OK, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 03:01 (nine years ago) link

"Is This It?" vs. "I Get Wet" poll seems slightly more worthwhile

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 05:25 (nine years ago) link

Please don't mistake this as me stanning for The Strokes by any means, but all the talk about them peaking early and people saying they haven't listened to the later albums need to hear Comedown Machine asap. It's the "Rhapsody in Blue" to Is This It?'s "Chopsticks".

Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 06:27 (nine years ago) link

comedown machine is my favorite strokes album at this point

emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 06:29 (nine years ago) link

Spoon up through Kill The Moonlight are super-catchy fun indie-pop; everything after is boring as hell and sounds the same, like they're the indie Foo Fighters.

Strokes first album makes me want to shove a needle into my eardrum now - so monochromatic and lazy. I can only barely remember the second and never heard anything after.

Spoon wins by several laps, but at least the Strokes aren't Interpol.

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 07:19 (nine years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

100 votes

da croupier, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 00:50 (nine years ago) link

important quesh

lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link

both bands are narcs, probably

brimstead, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 01:07 (nine years ago) link

everything fucked about ILM in one simple poll

A cat having an apron (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 07:22 (nine years ago) link

take it you're a big [whatever one didn't win] fan

tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 07:28 (nine years ago) link

xxp nah, strokes are rich kids, spoon are homeowners

Adding ease. Adding wonder. Adding (contenderizer), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link

had a feeling the silent spoonjority wld carry this

lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link

I would rather spoon than have a stroke.

My Name Is You (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link

everything fucked about ILM in one simple poll

― A cat having an apron (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, December 17, 2014 2:22 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

actually, more surprised that the strokes didn't win, given the ILX trend towards "down-with-the-corny-indie-fuxx"

both bands are (or at least once were) pretty cool/good at what they do (or did) imo

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link

then again it's also fun to h8 corny indie fuxx, conundrum

(xp irl lols at that)

franch montana (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 15:11 (nine years ago) link

everything fucked about ILM in one simple poll

― A cat having an apron (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

take it you're a big [whatever one didn't win] fan

― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

No, I think he's upset that someone polled two bands with white guys playing guitars or something.

Darin, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:54 (nine years ago) link

nah just inexplicable support for Spoon

A cat having an apron (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link

i polled them because theyre so similar *sniff*

lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link

Inexplicable support for the most acclaimed band of the 00s?

Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link

http://www.ebbemunk.dk/alice/48mirror.jpg

A cat having an apron (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link

Strokes had a great debut and diminishing returns. Spoon has been consistent and far more interesting.

Moka, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link


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