"Spoon!" for me, was a battle cry in my halcyon teenage years. It was a humorous bit of poppycock that Saturday morning cartoons, like The Tick, showcased with droll non sequiturs so hilarious, to our ears (and impressionable minds), that we just had to filter them into our daily vernacular. Also worth noting, is the general good nature of the phrase itself, while most other utterances at the time were euphemistic in nature, "Spoon!" stands out as something so entirely innocent that its sincerity as pure unadulterated fun never comes into question.
What does any of that have to do with Spoon the band from Austin, Texas? Honestly, they both share a noun. I know, I seem to have pulled some Slumdog Millionaire three-card monte scenario on you all with this tenuous connection, but who's to say Britt Daniel didn't have The Tick in mind when he penned The Underdog (I realize the answer to that question is most likely Britt Daniel, but humor me here)? Most likely Mr. Daniel had the sardonic double-barreled two-fisted middle finger blast in the face of industry in mind when he wrote it, but what still comes across is a brazenly earnest approach to getting by from doing things your own way and succeeding without selling out your values. Whether it's the happy-go-lucky fighting of evil doers, or humming a ditty that never makes it past your own ears, we've all been underdogs from time to time, and the message remains clear: don't give up.
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