{"id":27715,"date":"2017-08-07T09:16:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T17:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=27715"},"modified":"2017-08-07T09:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T17:16:40","slug":"watch-spoons-stripped-down-performance-of-hot-thoughts-on-studio-q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-08\/watch-spoons-stripped-down-performance-of-hot-thoughts-on-studio-q\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Spoon’s Stripped-Down Performance of “Hot Thoughts” on Studio Q"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Almost without exception, when artists strip down and de-husk songs the remaining kernel reveals so much more about the song’s spark. Such is the case with Spoon’s<\/strong><\/a> performance below of Hot Thoughts<\/strong><\/em> for Canada’s Studio Q<\/strong>. Check out the redacted guitar-and-percussion treatment (minus Producer Dave Fridmann’s<\/strong> strings and bells), all of which helps to emphasize\u00a0Britt Daniels’<\/strong>\u00a0telling Prince<\/strong>-inspired mien (lyrics at bottom). Hot Thoughts<\/strong><\/em> is the title track from Spoon’s<\/strong> critically-acclaimed recent album. You can buy\/stream it HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Britt Daniel told Esquire<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that a Japanese kid in Shibuya<\/strong> hitting on his girlfriend with this line was what inspired Hot Thoughts<\/strong><\/em>: “He was smoking a cigarette, and couldn\u2019t really speak English, but was pointing to her teeth and saying her teeth were so sexy and bright. And I thought that was a pretty far out, maybe desperate but funny way of hitting on her.” Ah, new love and the omnipresent interceptors.<\/p>\n