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hard rock roots
demanding vocal performances
a subtle use of paired vocal harmony
call and answer vocal harmony (Antiphony)
repetitive melodic phrasing
intricate melodic phrasing
mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation
a clear focus on recording studio production
mixed minor & major key tonality
dirty electric guitar riffs
a gravelly male vocalist
use of odd meter
These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.
Love the song. Not liking the way the lyrics are written here. There's a lot of it missing, explicit version or not, this isn't right I wanted to learn the words.
Wow, Nick, right on. I only got to play it with my real band in front of hundreds of people, one of whom was an amazon hippie playmate that later performed unspeakable acts upon my prone body because she loved Spoonman so much. Wish I could have played it on a video game instead. 8-(
Artis played spoons and other rythm instruments, but I've seen him playing guitar and singing before. He sounded great singing John Lennons' "Working Man's Hero" out on the street one time. I was moved. He had the whole place captivated.
So, I sum up:
I can truthfully say, I jammed with Artis the Spoonman, who got a song written about him by and recorded with Soundgarden. Actually, a lot of people can probably say that, but I'm not letting that stop me!
Artis the spoonman, a very talented street musician, was a Portland fixture for many years. You used to see him at Saturday market playing, singing, by himself, with others, always good. In about 1979 I was with my girlfriend shopping at Saturday market and I was playing wooden drum boxes in a stall where they were for sale. This happy hippy guy started jamming along with me and we had a great time for a few minutes. As we were wandering off, my GF said "Wow, that was Artis the spoonman"
jjlk2008
when Cornell sings this live------OMG-- HE ROCKS!!!
dogtoy91
The man's name was Artis the Spoonman, not Artimis. I also seriously doubt the song is about heroin either.
I thought Artemis was a Greek goddess. When did Artimis, the spoon man, come into the Soundgarden members' lives (especially Chris's, since he has sole writing credit for the song)?
jus725
All these years...they've been sayin "spoonman." Aye, probably learned more bout music in last 6 months w/pandora and google than over my entire life (22 years i've been here).
no offense ems77, but that is the most idiotic thing i have seen in years. The song is about Artimus the spoonman who plays the spoons. They met him and decided to make a song with/about him.
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I can truthfully say, I jammed with Artis the Spoonman, who got a song written about him by and recorded with Soundgarden. Actually, a lot of people can probably say that, but I'm not letting that stop me!
The song is about Artimus the spoonman who plays the spoons.
They met him and decided to make a song with/about him.
It was nice being young and innocent.
But now I know its about heroin.
Still an epic song, and still my favorite on this album.