Modest Mouse : We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (indie, pop)

**sleepy jack** · 02-21-2008, 05:48 PM

Yeah it's really hard to be a fan of Modest Mouse's older stuff and not so much their newer stuff especially when you tell someone about them being one of your favorite bands. They're like "Oh the Dashboard band?" and its like argh "No fuck you the Float On band." Not that Good News is any better.

Rainard Jalen · 02-21-2008, 11:24 PM

The only MM album I've ever had is this one, actually, so maybe somebody can help me out here: are the vocals that crazy on the older albums too?

enemyat_thesix · 03-25-2008, 06:56 PM

best song is "invisible", one of modest mouse's best ever

mamanuthead · 05-22-2008, 02:56 PM

I have not heard any of their other albums so I have nothing to compare it to. I checked this one out from the library because my friend is a big fan and is trying to get me into them. I think it's ok but not great. Apparantly I picked the wrong album to start listening to MM.

Rainard Jalen · 05-22-2008, 04:27 PM

yeah, it sure is very "ok". if anybody claims this was a fantastic album, they ought to go to a music psychologist.

**sleepy jack** · 05-22-2008, 04:42 PM

I'm actually shocked by the amount of people who think this is such a great album. It's a subpar album by a great band and that's why I don't like it.

**Piss Me Off** · 05-23-2008, 12:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

yeah, it sure is very "ok". if anybody claims this was a fantastic album, they ought to go to a music psychologist.

Its probably my fave MM albums out of the few i've heard

TheBig3KilledMyRainDog · 05-23-2008, 03:38 PM

I love it because cunt-faced MM fans loathe it.

I saw them a number of years back play with the Flamming Lips and Cake and I had never heard them. When I asked someone who came for MM what they sounded like, the reply was "there the reason I live and breathe"

I hope she and her miserable ilk tied the belt around their neck when this came out.

**sleepy jack** · 05-24-2008, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog

I love it because cunt-faced MM fans loathe it.

I saw them a number of years back play with the Flamming Lips and Cake and I had never heard them. When I asked someone who came for MM what they sounded like, the reply was "there the reason I live and breathe"

I hope she and her miserable ilk tied the belt around their neck when this came out.

You like an album just because people don't like it? How very soulful of you.

TheBig3KilledMyRainDog · 05-29-2008, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sleepy jack

You like an album just because people don't like it? How very soulful of you.

Well thats an atrocious call back.

What it really comes down to is that there are expectations based upon factors that in no way dictate or serve as a precursor to those expectations. Theres no Modest Mouse formula per say. Simply because we put some people in a room whose sum equates to Modest Mouse does not mean the same math will yield The Moon and Antarctica.

But people still believe it should. And they believe failure to do so is simply incorrect.

And so to rebel against those who stand on the mountaintop and profess an illogicality and then to take it even further and condemn others for not blindly following their faulty logic, well it just borders on the zealousness of religion.

In short, if you didn't like this album you oppose same sex marriage and abortion rights and you should stop eating meat on fridays and onyl have sex when you're married.

Its all laid out right there.

View Poll Results: Rate And Discuss We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank By Modest Mouse
Excellent	8	23.53%
Very Good	9	26.47%
Average	11	32.35%
Poor	4	11.76%
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02-21-2008, 05:48 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,242	Yeah it's really hard to be a fan of Modest Mouse's older stuff and not so much their newer stuff especially when you tell someone about them being one of your favorite bands. They're like "Oh the Dashboard band?" and its like argh "No fuck you the Float On band." Not that Good News is any better. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

02-21-2008, 11:24 PM
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,664	The only MM album I've ever had is this one, actually, so maybe somebody can help me out here: are the vocals that crazy on the older albums too?

05-22-2008, 02:56 PM
mamanuthead Music Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vegas Baby! Posts: 74	I have not heard any of their other albums so I have nothing to compare it to. I checked this one out from the library because my friend is a big fan and is trying to get me into them. I think it's ok but not great. Apparantly I picked the wrong album to start listening to MM.

05-22-2008, 04:27 PM
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,664	yeah, it sure is very "ok". if anybody claims this was a fantastic album, they ought to go to a music psychologist.

05-22-2008, 04:42 PM
sleepy jack Bone Machine Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Jesusland Posts: 17,242	I'm actually shocked by the amount of people who think this is such a great album. It's a subpar album by a great band and that's why I don't like it. __________________ You're so evil and I'm so good, I'll make it up to you someday.

05-23-2008, 03:38 PM
TheBig3KilledMyRainDog Maybe I can keep this one Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bostonia Posts: 3,830	I love it because cunt-faced MM fans loathe it. I saw them a number of years back play with the Flamming Lips and Cake and I had never heard them. When I asked someone who came for MM what they sounded like, the reply was "there the reason I live and breathe" I hope she and her miserable ilk tied the belt around their neck when this came out. __________________ “The night falls gracefully for those who have a love to call their own. But alas, for those to whom love has turned a blind eye – love, it falls like a guillotine” “No more waiting for fate to befall me, no. I have my dreamboat, and together we will find our destiny, choose our ladder to the sky” - Markus Pierson