He was almost too much of an embarrassment for a facepalm.. Almost.

thats awesome. wowza

I would have to say this thread is 60 pages of the most pointless bickering (Modest Mouse are sellouts! No they're not! Yes they are!) and irrevelant chatter (Chavs? wtf?) I have ever read.

Who posted that 5-part Youtube documentary about Modest Mouse? It was around page 30. I watched it all, and it was great. Some really fascinating interviews with Isaac Brock and the band back in the 90s. Any history on that documentary? Apparently the filmer died or something.

I just saw Modest Mouse last week, and they blew me away. I would have to say the highlights of the show were when they played Doin' the ****roach (everyone EXPLODED it was so crazy) and Cowboy Dan at the very end. They played Float On and Dashboard too, but honestly I would have been perfectly content without them. The only problem I had with the show is that they took 1.5 hours to come on after the opening band, and they were pretty rude. I only wish Isaac had like US at least a fraction as how much we liked him.

I haven't listened to their full discography. I've listened to all 5 LPs but not all of the EPs. I would have to say my favorite order would be:

The Moon and Antarctica=Lonesome Crowded West>Good News=Long Drive> We were Dead...

But I love King Rat too! What a freakin great song.

God damn right it is. Album version or the Outtakes version?

i want to see them live badly. i wish i could see a concert from before good news came out. i should check out that documentary too.

They came to a town just a few minutes away from where I live last week. Unfortunately I was hundreds of miles away that week, in North Carolina.

****.

I had a chance to go a couple of weeks back but the tickets were $35 before all the Ticketmaster fees. **** that shiz...

I ****ed up getting to the Boston shows myself. I thought "they're playing sunday AND monday - i'll be able to just walk up to the booth!" clearly forgetting which city I live in.

Yeah, they played back-to-back nights here too. Is that normal for them?

There's more than one version? I have the version that is on Heath Ledger's music video. Which one is that? And where do I get the other one?

^ i had only heard of the album version too. i bet the one from the video is album version.

that documentary was a really fun watch for me. never really seen anything showing them as they are.

There pretty good a friend of mine turned me onto them last year. I like there latest album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank".

have you heard lonesome crowded west? it's their masterpiece.

Don't think so, I haven't heard a whole lot of there older stuff I just might give it a listen.

Whoops. I misunderstood...

I thought they were rereleased, not just rerecorded.

The Moon & Antarctica, FTW.

"Lives" and "3rd Planet" are brilliant.

that whole album is deemed brilliant. by me at least.

but yes, please please listen to lonesome crowded west. Honestly my favorite album of all time.

:beer: cheers, i like you already.

king rat was originally released as a b-side to the fire it up single. i think all the songs that were previously released such as i've got it all (most) were rerecorded.

also perpetual motion machine is a remake of a live jam they did for a while back in the day, can't remember its name and for some reason i don't have it anymore even though i pretty much have their whole library, both released and unreleased.

edit: found a jam that uses some of the PMM lyrics, isaac also likes to throw the fish lyrics in at the end of trailer trash

Is that right? Fire It Up is a pretty awful song, King Rat is pretty awesome.

i really hope modest mouse take a step in a new direction on their next album. their recent shit is too accessible to be great(from good news on).

Agreed. I'm still hopeful despite a mediocre album followed by a shit one.

King Rat is a good indicator of the direction they should go in; very unique yet still accessible. I like their later albums more anyhow.

i agree too. It would be really cool to see what direction they would go if it wasn't so pop like, like the last couple of releases. But still to me its cool that modest mouse still is very unique even though my aunt loves Float On. You can't deny that its good music.

very unique yet accessible is what they have been the previous two albums. they are in a rut or there isn't any going back to the older quality.


@connair
i can't deny float on is an infectious little number, but the newer albums overall don't stack up to the best in their discography. i am expecting too much but i can handle the disappointment.

I've become addicted to Modest Mouse as of late, The Moon & Antarctica is their best album. NOT Lonesome Crowded West, so STFU.

I don't get the big deal about Lonesome Crowded West, TM&A is a far stronger album.

TM&A was my favorite for a while too, maybe you aren't seasoned enough.

Maybe it's just a better all round album, I think Good News For People Who Love Bad News is their second - that was my first MM album, so it means something. LCW is pretty good, but it's not all it's cracked up to be.

Agreed

I knew I liked you for a reason.

Okay, so Modest Mouse have become my favourite band ever.
I want a new album.

they are in my top 2. which are your favorite albums?

and to be honest, I have little confidence they will put out another album that I love. they have been mediocre since after the moon & antarctica.

This. Yet, despite feeling this way, I still held hope before We Were Dead Came out. That bombed (IMO), and somehow I'll still check out whatever they put out next. That last EP wasn't bad, with songs from the last two albums' recording sessions. Not anything to match their best albums, but still gives me a little hope I guess. There's potential.

I love Good News For People Who Love Bad News, so I have confidence.

I can't choose between Lonesome Crowded West and The Moon & Antarctica.
One's the more pissed off rocking record, the other's the more quietly reflective album.

Lonesome Crowded West = The Moon & Antarctica > Good News > This Is A Long Drive >>>>>>>>> We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.

I have faith they can produce something really good, but maybe that's just hope.

you haven't heard "building nothing out of something"???

I was just doing their studio LPS, so I would have left it out even if I had heard it.
But nope, not bothered with compilations.
Judging by the tone, maybe I should. :laughing:
I guess they'll release a new studio album some time in 2011, If it can be nearly as good as Good News, I'll be happy.

Or Sad Sappy Sucker or The Fruit That Ate Itself!?!? ;)

these suck, don't bother.

yes it contains some of their best material.