t/s: Phoenix vs. Spoon

I coulda swore I clicked ILE. I was so confused.

phoenix

spoon has more good albums, phoenix has my favorite two, phoenix has my favorite songs - i love phoenix whereas i admire and respect spoon and occasionally love them

spoon obv

Inverse the last sentence of what Jordan said for my opinion, pretty much.

I've only heard the newest Phoenix album, but I couldn't even make it all the way through it, apologies if their earlier stuff is better. Spoon are great tho.

Phoenix, obviously

Spoon. As much as I love Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, this really isn't even a contest in my mind.

Spoon, easily.

It's hard for me to deny all of the great songs that Spoon has written -- at this point, I think they'd definitely make a superior greatest-hits collection -- but the truth is, I've always liked Phoenix's aesthetic a bit more.

Ahh, I prefer Spoon's aesthetic, definitely. Phoenix's is a little... shiny? That's a really crap word. I do think the two have a lot in common though, especially Phoenix circa Alphabetical & Spoon circa Kill The Moonlight and into Gimme Fiction.

I can't wait for Spoon's next album. To me they've written and recorded themselves into a corner. Like in a Bresson film, they've cut away all the frills for the sake of minimalism; they haven't left themselves much room to breathe.

Phoenix's lead singer has a voice that actively irritates me.

Phoenix's lead singer has a voice that actively irritates me.

Same here but that irritation systematically wears off

Not enough melody on Spoon's songs so I chose Phoenix which has a lot.

why these 2 bands?

they're very evenly matched for me.. tough to choose.

Phoenix is great, but I can probably count the number of Spoon songs I dislike on one hand.

every spoon album is good or great. phoenix has two good albums.

spoon put off the same boring vibe that soul coughing did. sometimes good, but too smirky.

phoenix can definitely miss a lot but so catchy and fun when they hit

here is a weird gauge: the strokes have more in common with phoenix then spoon, but what the strokes do have in common with spoon is the reason I like phoenix more then both of them. that is probably a lie but was fun to type.

spoon, spoon, spoon, spoon, spoon

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I'm not really familiar with either of these, but upon a quick listen to a few tracks by each, Spoon sound like they're coming from a much better and more interesting place. The whole mood and production sound of Phoenix is irritating.

well phoenix's 1st 2 records sound pretty different than their last two, try again

same with spoon also

Well I've listened to a lot of songs on the Spoon website now and I'm enjoying everything I'm hearing (going backwards in time that is). It's cool the way they put so many of them on there from all their albums and the way you can just let it roll without having to push play each time. Having checked out a few tracks from their first two albums on there, though, I don't like that style as much as the more recent stuff.

Two songs from earlier Phoenix are not convincing me there's anything about them to interest me, sorry.

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when I listen to Phoenix I just want to pull out Pinback's Offcell.