Chords for Ziggy Lorenc interviews Spoons circa 1988

You like the spoons?
Well, they were really kind of big in about, I guess, 1981.
Then all of a sudden they had lots of management problems [Abm] and they kind of left the scene for a while.
I spoke to them not too long ago because they seem to be back on the scene once again in even a bigger way.
They've matured considerably and it was really interesting for me to meet the [G] delightful Sandy Horn.
I mean, [Ab] this girl is a sex symbol and she doesn't even [G] know it.
And I think that [E] some of the guys in the station were really thrilled to [G] see her in the flesh.
_ [Bb] We're back and I'm here with Gordette and Sandy Horn of the spoons at [Bbm] last.
It's good to meet you.
Welcome.
Thank you.
Yes.
Now you, I've noticed since your break, you seem to have really matured.
You mean like wrinkles or what?
No, no, no, no.
Cosmetically, you [Bb] both look wonderful.
I mean, your music has really [Gb] matured.
I think so.
I think our new album is kind of a lot more territory, a lot more variety than the old records.
We kind of did the electro pop thing for a while and then the funk thing and then the rock thing.
Everything goes good in its [F] time.
Don't you agree, Sandy?
I certainly do.
Yeah.
[Bb] We've kind of gone full circle.
We started with John Hunter in our earlier days with Nova Heart, Naruse and Symphony.
And now with the new album, Vertigo Tango, we're [Gb] back with him again.
We both grew a lot, John and [Bbm] Spoon.
Come back full circle.
[Bb] OK.
You were really, really [Bb] successful.
It seems like all of you just kind of disappeared for a while.
We did?
Yeah, that's what I said.
We didn't notice that.
I think people [N] thought that because we didn't release an album for a few years, but we were really busy.
Sandy was in a movie.
[Gm] Oh, you're kidding.
No, Sandy [Ab] Witch.
Pick a really good one.
Pick a really good one.
The big easy.
Yeah, really.
No, I [E] wish.
I don't know.
It's called Listen to the City [F] by Ron Mann.
I did a soundtrack and the band kept touring, but we weren't releasing albums.
So people got the [Ab] feeling that we started to disappear.
But we did.
OK.
Did you [Bb] also work on the musical score for that film?
Yeah, that's with Gord.
I went for the audition and Gord got the film.
You're kidding.
Do you see yourself doing more of that in the future?
Getting into film and doing scores and stuff?
[N]
I'd like to.
It's a whole different ball of wax altogether.
You don't compose songs like verse, chorus, verse, chorus.
You sit there and compose to the [Gm] action of the movie.
It's really fun.
OK, let me ask [Gb] you this.
Do you plan to make [Bb] Toronto your home [Bbm] base?
Do you ever have thoughts [Bb] of leaving?
Because everybody who's creative in Canada seems to want to leave.
_ [D] Even if we did, we wouldn't admit it because people take that the wrong way.
They almost expect you to want to leave the country when you start making it a little bit.
But I don't think we've ever [Bb] really done as much as we should here.
So we're determined [F] to stay around until we do.
[Bb] I think what's interesting about The Spoons is that you sort of came about when the music industry was just sort of starting [Bbm] to boom.
Yeah.
[Bb] That so-called new wave thing.
Yeah, make it boom, actually.
[Gb] So they stopped?
I think so, because when I [Bb] think of The Spoons, that's what I think of.
I'm really proud of albums like Arias & Symphonies and Nova Heart, which were part of that whole era, I guess.
I'm really proud of that whole thing.
I don't know where we [Eb] fit in right now, because I think we've sort of become established.
We've been around a while, so we also look [E] out for new bands to [Bb] see what's new.
But I think we're still doing things that are different.
I don't know [Gb] about that, Gord.
I think people have a tendency to stick.
[Bb] But I think once you get successful, you and Sandy have to prove to yourselves that you want to sustain. Yeah.
So I think that the people will follow, and I think that maybe your audience will mature with you.
Oh, they have.
Right?
Yeah.
Okay, we're going to see Waterline.