Foolonthehill Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 ok, there may already be a Modest Mouse thread, but I searched and couldn't find one, so here's a new one. I've just recently started to appreciate Modest Mouse. I've listened to "This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About" a few times in the past couple weeks, and it is an excellent album. I'd heard some Modest Mouse in past, but nothing really grabbed me until now. I've also listened to "Good News For People Who Love Bad News" and it's pretty good and really accessible, but it didn't really have an impact on me the way that Long Drive did. I'm going to have to check out some of their other stuff. Anyways, any other Modest Mouse fans here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I've appreciated Modest Mouse for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Which would be your favourite albums of theirs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Hard for me to decide between the two you mentioned. The Moon and Antarctica is excellent, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Yeah, I'm gonna check that one out as soon as I can. Ah, the thrill of discovering music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 and let's not forget We were dead before the ship even sank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I don't have any of their albums but I appreciate them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Baloni Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 I don't really have any albums by any band. But Edit The Sad Parts is one of my favorite songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Did you leave them in Detroit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Baloni Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 haha yeah. But I mostly download stuff anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 ur a terrible person robbing artists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 wow that is a good song I just listened to it and I was joking I don't care about people downloading stuff I just buy CDs because I like having something material I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 My favorite album is the Moon and Antarctica, but my favorite song by far is Talking ******* About a Pretty Sunset. Foolonthehill, I bet you and Madonna would get along well, because she is a material girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Edit the Sad Parts is an amazing song, especially considering how... not very good it is (listen to the... 'drummer') Moon and Antarctica is a modern classic, 3rd Planet is one of those songs that grabs ya from the opening notes. I'd really give any of their stuff a shot, even Sad Sappy Sucker has some pretty awesome moments. I'm not the biggest Before the Ship Even Sank fan, it has some really great songs, but it also has some of Modest Mouse's lowest (non lo-fi related) moments Good News was the first time that they had to focus down into songs (whereas on earlier releases you'll find 45 second songs to 8-10 minute ones) that are of 'radio friendly' length, which kind of hurt that whole ramshackle vibe that was on all the previous MM releases-which I found charming, but on the other hand helped Brock to be more cohesive in his songwriting. Ocean Breathes Salty is the best example of this new 'disciplined' sound helping a lot whereas I'd say songs like "Blame it On the Tetons" and "One Chance" could have benefited from a 4 minute plus fuzzed out lo-fi guitar symphony. As far as passing judgment on Before the Ship Sank tho, I kind of think of it as the first album as a new band, as it is the first release and effort with Johnny Marr playing and writing, so maybe it will get better, maybe it will get worse, maybe it's just changing into a style that I don't enjoy as much as the old stuff, but will be found enjoyable by others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 "Float On" is a great song, sure it was overplayed, but that's just because it was so great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 My favorite track is Dashboard. Not one of those songs that needs to grow on you - this one will grab you right away if it's going to grab you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 I love that song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Baloni Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 " I'd really give any of their stuff a shot, even Sad Sappy Sucker has some pretty awesome moments." Trailer park bike crash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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