Spoons are a Canadian New Wave / Synthpop music group who formed in 1979 an… Read Full Bio ↴Spoons are a Canadian New Wave / Synthpop music group who formed in 1979 and were popular in the early 1980s. In 1983, they were nominated for "Most Promising Group of the Year" at the Juno Awards and won "Group of the Year" at the same year's U-Know awards (the forerunner of the CASBYs - Canadian Artists Selected By You).

The band, from Burlington, Ontario, consisted of Gordon Deppe (vocals and guitar), Sandy Horne (vocals and bass), Rob Preuss (keyboards and piano) and Derrick Ross (drums). Preuss also replaced Brett Wickens in 1980.

In the late eighties, Preuss went on to play with Honeymoon Suite and Ross left the band and were replaced by Scott MacDonald and Steve Kendry.

The band released five albums (and a soundtrack that was credited to Gordon Deppe but included a couple songs from the "Tell No Lies" ep).

Their most popular songs included " Romantic Traffic", "Nova Heart", "Old Emotions" and "Tell No Lies".

Gordon Deppe is currently a music programmer for one of the Galaxie Music Network (television) channels in Canada.

For more information, check out thespoons.ca.

Their latest album, Static in Transmission , was released in 2011. A single from the album, You Light Up is available on Youtube.

They should not be confused with Spoon (American band) or The Spoons (multiple artists).

Walk The Plank
Spoons Lyrics

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We set sight of her sails
She slipped out of the mist one
Morning we stayed well out of view
For fear of spoiling our
Position and there were many
Times when we were sure
We'd lost her forever
But then she'd appear again, her

Holds restocked, from out of
The mist that first brought her

Walk the plank
Walk the plank with me
Walk the plank
Walk the plank with me again

I'm not yet giving in
I'm only probing all the options
I sense their appetite
The crew await a firm decision
But I play a waiting game
There will be other nights
Like this one
And then we'll cross her bows and take
For us what has always been rightfully ours

Walk the plank
Walk the plank with me

Walk the plank
Walk the plank with me again

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Spoons' "Walk The Plank" tell the story of a ship's crew that is on the hunt for another ship, which they suspect has valuable cargo. They have been following her for weeks through the misty seas, staying out of sight to avoid being spotted. They have had moments of doubt when they thought they had lost her forever, but she always appeared again, restocked and ready for their next encounter. The crew is determined to seize the valuable cargo, even if it means resorting to violence and making those aboard Walk The Plank.

The song seems to be a metaphorical representation of a person's hunt for success or their desires. The lyrics paint the picture of someone who is determined to get what they want, even if it means going through great lengths to achieve it, like the ship's crew. They are aware that there will be many times when the journey for success gets challenging, and they may feel like it's impossible to find the way forward, but they keep seeing glimmers of hope and steady progress. There is excitement and anticipation in the air, with a little bit of fear of what might happen. The final lines of the song are, "Walk the plank with me again," which suggests a willingness to undertake this journey time and again, no matter what challenges lay ahead.

Line by Line Meaning

We set sight of her sails
We saw the sails of the ship we were chasing

She slipped out of the mist one
The ship we were chasing appeared suddenly from the mist

Morning we stayed well out of view
We stayed hidden because we didn't want to be seen

For fear of spoiling our
We were afraid of ruining our

Position and there were many
Our location, and there were numerous times

Times when we were sure
We were certain plenty of times

We'd lost her forever
That we had lost her for good

But then she'd appear again, her
But then she would reappear, her

Holds restocked, from out of
Cargo holds refilled, emerging from

The mist that first brought her
The same mist that brought her before

Walk the plank
Be forced to walk off the edge of the ship into the water as a punishment