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Totally agreed. I absolutely LOVE that about “Spoon”. Someone posed the topic some years back asking whether “Filth Pig” or “Spoon” was the darker album and there just ain’t any comparison.
“Spoon” is like a window into the blackest part of someone’s soul. I’m not talking about that cheesy blackmetal crap, either. This album, to me, is the most HONEST of any albums I’ve ever heard. It’s so raw and brutal. It is just a really sick journey.
And it is so cynical, negative, and jaded. Whereas there are dark subjects on other records there also seems to be a glimmer of humor or hope or some sort of joy dispersed amongst everything. This album . . . . even when there are “jokes” they’re not jokes to be fun or cheer people up, they’re angry pissed off old man jokes. Like stuff that your hateful 90 year old dying grandpa screams at kids from his yard because he truly wants the kids to suffer like his old broken ass is suffering.
There’s a a desperation to that album that is hard to describe. The atmosphere is very thick with this disc. It’s not a feel good record, but it definitely makes you FEEL. I like to listen to this one when I can be alone and just drink some wine or something.
The other thing I love about this album is that, although it is really dark and nasty, there’s also a junkie sexiness to it that I find really irresistable. It’s that Sid and Nancy, rock bottom, sold-our-soul-to-the-devil, type of sexiness that comes with hitting a point of addiction that descends into complete degeneracy.
Al is not even a human on this record. He’s something further evolved via self-destruction. He’s like some alien mutant demon creature screaming from the other side of the door to Hell. I saw him on both this tour and the Filth Pig tour and I can tell you that he was truly frightening. It was like coming face to face with pure evil. And the vibe that creates in a club is pure magic.
Okay, enough jerking off for now . . . I just REALLY REALLY love Junkie Al and miss him. Yes, I’m glad he’s off the junk and do ultimately wish the best for him, but I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Al and Heroin are like peanut butter and chocolate. Put one in the other and you’re gonna get something delicious.