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Favourite Modest Mouse song.

furio [Edit] [Delete] 98 replies 01:58 February 25th, 2013

Mine = Bankrupt on Selling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f43WbnN2tBU

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Difficult choice

but I'm gonna go for Teeth Like God's Shoeshine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0qBdHLspQ

Icarus-Smicarus | 25 Feb '13, 02:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate, styrofoamboots, spaffy, and shinymcshine this'd this
Interstate 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mzjjVMUu0E

Yesiamaduck | 25 Feb '13, 02:45 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
Never Ending Math Equation just wins it for me

though Dramamine is easily as good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R38Pe-8l9M

JaguarPirate | 25 Feb '13, 03:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 and ryanwilson this'd this
pretty much impossible to pick

but for now i'll say Other People's Lives

COP SHOWS UP WAY DAMN LATE, I WAS EXCITED BUT USUALLY I HATE TO SEE THEM

CrispinAlexander | 25 Feb '13, 03:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Good point
  
  love the outro, think it is my favourite
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtBiwwcA90
  
  Yesiamaduck @CrispinAlexander | 25 Feb '13, 03:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - it's not really their best song but it's got this vibe of desperation that's a bit special
    
    been listening to it a lot lately
    
    CrispinAlexander @Yesiamaduck | 25 Feb '13, 03:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Yesiamaduck and JaguarPirate this'd this
    - it's weird how songs that you know clearly aren't their best (or even your favourites)
      
      can still sometimes catch your attention more. Often happens with Edit The Sad Parts for me
      
      JaguarPirate @CrispinAlexander | 25 Feb '13, 03:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
It changes everyday

But at the moment the BBC 1 Radio version of Perfect Disguise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isuqioul1VE

Antelope | 25 Feb '13, 03:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes

justanothersheeldz | 25 Feb '13, 08:38 | X | ^ This | Reply

Lambchops, Yesiamaduck, and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
Doin' the Cockroach

with Bankrupt on Selling a close second

underwhelmed | 25 Feb '13, 09:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Huh.

That is such a hard fucking question. I can barely decide which my favorite ALBUM is, let alone my favorite SONG.

On most days, it's Bankrupt on Selling, because that song is the most heartwrenching song in their catalog. On the other, Edit The Sad Parts has one of my favorite Modest Mouse lines: "Sometimes all I really wanna feel is loved / sometimes I'm angry that I'm so damn angry."

But then there are all the beautiful or fun little ones, like Birds vs. Worms, and Baby Blue Sedan, and Trailer Trash. But then there's the ones like Custom Concern, which means a lot to me (when I was younger, I wanted to be a filmmaker, and I decided that the very first song in my very first film was going to be Custom Concern. It's actually my YouTube screen name, even), or Life Like Weeds, or The Cold Part, or...

I hate to bring them up when they aren't relevant, but to be honest, I have a much easier time telling you my favorites amid Radiohead's catalog, more than I can tell you about my Modest Mouse favorites.

Unfuckwithable band, unfuckwithable brand. They truly do not get the sweeping respect that they deserve.

Sorry for the rant.

ThisTemporaryLife | 25 Feb '13, 09:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

Yesiamaduck, mute-branches, and JaguarPirate this'd this
Bukowski

Probably.

danger | 25 Feb '13, 09:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

johneggfish this'd this
- lyrically, it's a highlight
  
  and that's saying something
  
  mute-branches @danger | 27 Feb '13, 18:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
Float On

Fuck you all.

robluvsnic | 25 Feb '13, 09:24 | X | ^ This | Reply

ThisTemporaryLife, Acquiescence, Antpocalypsenow, seanneale, Severed799, JaguarPirate, spiritofjazz, ryanwilson, twentynine, automatik, colinzealuk, JustJay, and pudding4 this'd this
- :D
  
  furio @robluvsnic | 25 Feb '13, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Trailer Trash from Lonesome Crowded West (their best album too.)

BMS1 | 25 Feb '13, 09:35 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 and JaguarPirate this'd this
Kozelek's cover of 'ocean breathes salty'

Jordan_229_2 | 25 Feb '13, 10:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- not as good as the original
  
  Yesiamaduck @Jordan_229_2 | 25 Feb '13, 11:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
hard. too hard

but off the top of my head, talking shit about a pretty sunset

mac_daddy | 25 Feb '13, 10:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
Whenever You Breathe Out, I Breathe In

...possibly.
I'm one of those prefer-their-earlier-work sorts. However, really like Guilty Cocker Spaniels.

stormcrow | 25 Feb '13, 10:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's Float On.

Anyone that says otherwise is a try-hard indie bellend.

File next to "The Rat is the Walkmen's best track".

GayGuevara | 25 Feb '13, 10:31 | X | ^ This | Reply

wrightylew, Antpocalypsenow, hanshotfirst, deep-blue, spiritofjazz, and styrofoamboots this'd this
- accidental 'this'
  
  wrightylew @GayGuevara | 25 Feb '13, 10:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- nah
  
  rubbish comparison
  
  Antelope @GayGuevara | 25 Feb '13, 11:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  CrispinAlexander, furio, and JaguarPirate this'd this
- embarrassed 4 u
  
  CrispinAlexander @GayGuevara | 25 Feb '13, 11:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- NAWW
  
  don't get me wrong, I loved Float On and still really enjoy it (esp when drunk, memories!) but it's not their best song... it may have one of their best riffs but song? NAWWW
  
  Yesiamaduck @GayGuevara | 25 Feb '13, 11:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
- It's favourite song, not best
  
  So opinions always differ. Otherwise talking about music would be dull (i usually is when you get involved).
  
  wonton @GayGuevara | 25 Feb '13, 20:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's great but
  
  even of the 'hit singles' Dashboard is better. <3 Dashboard
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @GayGuevara | 25 Feb '13, 20:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
anything they did pre-marr

That put me off em big time

wrightylew | 25 Feb '13, 10:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

spaffy this'd this
Trailer Trash

guntrip | 25 Feb '13, 11:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate and Teeej this'd this
- Used to be mine
  
  think my enthusiasm for it died a bit when they played it at RAH and Marr laid the cheesiest dang solo in the middle of it
  
  Yesiamaduck @guntrip | 25 Feb '13, 11:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Trucker's Atlas

Severed799 | 25 Feb '13, 12:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

furio, JaguarPirate, and bowiecokemirror this'd this
- Nah, it's good but that jam at the end goes on way too long.
  
  NickDS @Severed799 | 25 Feb '13, 21:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
  - You're wrong.
    
    That jam could do with an extra five minutes if you ask me.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @NickDS | 25 Feb '13, 22:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Severed799 and spaffy this'd this
    - this^
      
      that jam is one of the best things ever
      
      Severed799 @ThisTemporaryLife | 26 Feb '13, 00:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      Yesiamaduck this'd this
      - I always find myself completely sold by the outro
        
        I used to dislike it, but I love how it progresses into quite a sparse tune with some fantastic drum and guitar interplay without being showy.
        
        Yesiamaduck @Severed799 | 26 Feb '13, 01:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Severed799 this'd this
OR Styrofoam Boots/It's Alright on Ice

too tough

Severed799 | 25 Feb '13, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate and bowiecokemirror this'd this
- them drums <3
  
  JaguarPirate @Severed799 | 27 Feb '13, 19:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Severed799 this'd this
- I always loved that the vocals seem so distant on that song, in such a way that listening to it on headphones makes it sound like he's playing in the room with you, just behind you somewhere.
  
  ThisTemporaryLife @Severed799 | 28 Feb '13, 10:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Severed799 this'd this
  - I get a bit teary
    
    I'm not gonna lie
    
    Severed799 @ThisTemporaryLife | 3 Mar '13, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Listening to Lonesome now

it's Cowboy Dan (I think)

Yesiamaduck | 25 Feb '13, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
the cold part

<3

the_outdoor_typo | 25 Feb '13, 13:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Float On

Just an incredible track. But I can see how you could overlisten it and end up having a more personal connection to other, more emotive songs.

Joemanji84 | 25 Feb '13, 13:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
tough...

probably heart cooks brain.

others that are amazing imo:
you're the good things
broke
teeth like god's shoeshine
shit luck
all nite diner
birds vs worms

end_of_music | 25 Feb '13, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Shit Luck

THIS PLANE IS DEFINITELY CRASHINGGG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmhp_NEH12Y

letcomplacencysettle | 25 Feb '13, 14:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate and Tiresias42 this'd this
- Remember them playing this live
  
  I can't believe we're actually playing this...THIS PLANE IS DEFINITELY CRASHING
  
  Tiresias42 @letcomplacencysettle | 25 Feb '13, 23:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
  - headbanged the glasses right off my face when they started into that when I saw them
    
    JaguarPirate @Tiresias42 | 25 Feb '13, 23:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
can't wait to listen to all of these again after work

Severed799 | 25 Feb '13, 14:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
it's definitely Trailer Trash

anal_schwarzenegger | 25 Feb '13, 14:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 this'd this
Honourable mentions for Dramamine and Broke

Icarus-Smicarus | 25 Feb '13, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

styrofoamboots and JaguarPirate this'd this
- Broke has one of the best guitar sounds I've ever heard
  
  JaguarPirate @Icarus-Smicarus | 25 Feb '13, 18:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- And Bury Me With It
  
  and loads of others.
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @Icarus-Smicarus | 25 Feb '13, 19:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dark Centre of the Universe

or 3rd Planet

soapy | 25 Feb '13, 16:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh fuck, 3rd planet
  
  how did I forget that. That's actually the shout
  
  Severed799 @soapy | 25 Feb '13, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
  - thats the only album by them i enjoy
    
    soapy @Severed799 | 25 Feb '13, 20:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - whoa whoa whoa
      
      that's not even the best one
      
      Severed799 @soapy | 26 Feb '13, 00:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - you're both wrong
        
        DiSisAcid @Severed799 | 26 Feb '13, 00:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        oh
        
        what about
        
        Severed799 @DiSisAcid | 26 Feb '13, 00:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
Float On

deep-blue | 25 Feb '13, 17:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
listening to all the old tracks

reminded just how fucking good Jeremiah's drum are, like all the time. They always sounds so crisp and he never seems to play exactly the same beat twice, always changing it up slightly. God damn best band

JaguarPirate | 25 Feb '13, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Doin' the Cockroach

Close second is Dukes Up. Love the guitar line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVwGGFnkHgc

And third place goes to The Stars Are Projectors.

kram | 25 Feb '13, 19:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Definately a difficult question!

I think i will go with one of these 6...sorry but I just can't wittle it down any further...could be any of these depending the mood I'm in when you ask -

Gravity Rides Everything,
Paper Thin Walls,
Heart Cooks Brain,
Out of Gas,
Custom Concern
Styrofoam Boots/it's Alright on ice

spaffy | 25 Feb '13, 20:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dramamine

Bankrupt on selling and 3rd planet just behind.

DiSisAcid | 25 Feb '13, 20:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

munx this'd this
Custom Concern

the parts with vocals are just really touching and desperate-sounding IMO.

theonlyindiegolfer | 26 Feb '13, 00:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
3rd Planet

I used to listen to the first half of the Moon and Antartica a lot on the way to work at Sainsbury's in the early hours of the morning, when I was at Uni. I remember once, after I learnt what the song was about, listening to it and it completely flooring me. Amazing song.

oojimaflop | 26 Feb '13, 15:11 | X | ^ This | Reply

aactv this'd this
- Its about an abortion right?
  
  furio @oojimaflop | 26 Feb '13, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :(
    
    Outside naked, shiverin looking blue, from the cold
    Sunlight that's reflected off the moon.
    Baby cum angels fly around you reminding you we used
    To be three and not just two.
    And that's how the world began.
    And that's how the world will end.
    
    Yesiamaduck @furio | 26 Feb '13, 22:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yeah, those lines kill me everytime
      
      oojimaflop @Yesiamaduck | 28 Feb '13, 10:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Yeah, i've always thought it was abortion/miscarridge/child death
    
    I just had a look on songmeanings and lots of people there think it's about adam and eve (the 3rd they lose being god) or the holy trinity...
    
    Considering Issac Brock always comes across as a massive atheist (a lot of MM songs seems to be very anti religion) I find this quite funny.
    
    NickDS @furio | 26 Feb '13, 22:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - He's had a lot of choice quotes backing this up
      
      his lyrics even heavily imply it, those who think otherwise aren't listening properly
      
      Yesiamaduck @NickDS | 26 Feb '13, 22:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      NickDS this'd this
      - who aren't listening properly, the ones who think it's about Adam/Eve?
        
        JaguarPirate @Yesiamaduck | 27 Feb '13, 18:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - songmeanings is always full of people insisting every song is about the singer's relationship with christ
      
      Icarus-Smicarus @NickDS | 27 Feb '13, 18:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - or drugs, always with the drugs
        
        JaguarPirate @Icarus-Smicarus | 27 Feb '13, 19:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'd only picked that up from this thread
  
  Very moving with that in mind, and I'd thought it was a great song already.
  
  mute-branches @oojimaflop | 3 Mar '13, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
The World at Large

FlintyFoxy | 26 Feb '13, 22:19 | X | ^ This | Reply

Septih and maff this'd this
I love Gravity Rides Everything

but ubh find it far too hard to choose a fav.

Has anyone mentioned What People are Made of? The whole: ''And you wound up on an island of shells and bones that bodies had left'' and the scream at the end bits are brilliant.

NickDS | 26 Feb '13, 22:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- What's up, make love
  
  JaguarPirate @NickDS | 27 Feb '13, 17:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpqH0_FwBh4

gauzey.

incandenza_ | 27 Feb '13, 16:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
- used to listen that that and So Long To The Holidays by Ugly Casanova any time it was the last day of a school holiday
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgEaqP4ZXzI
  
  goddamn I miss being an angsty, overly-sincere teen :')
  
  JaguarPirate @incandenza_ | 27 Feb '13, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  incandenza_ this'd this
We've Got Everything

wewerewerewolvesonce | 27 Feb '13, 16:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
Third Planet/Gravity Rides Everything

aactv | 27 Feb '13, 17:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
actually, Florida from We Were Dead is pretty ace too

aactv | 27 Feb '13, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply

Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
No one has any love for

Parting of the Sensory?
I'm typically pretty alone in my love for We Were Dead... not my favourite, but for sure not my least favourite, definitely prefer it to Good News

Untogether | 27 Feb '13, 18:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's a great song
  
  but by no mean my fav
  
  Yesiamaduck @Untogether | 27 Feb '13, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
- Don't agree on Parting of the Sensory being my favourite
  
  But I do share your love for We Were Dead. Brilliant album.
  
  FlintyFoxy @Untogether | 27 Feb '13, 19:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  NickDS this'd this
Dashboard

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 27 Feb '13, 18:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Truckers Atlas

Been revisiting Lonesome Crowded West and re-loving every track today. For me, Truckers Atlas has the best beats and a great improv. vibe which perfectly fits the freewheeelin' subject.

myyada | 3 Mar '13, 15:59 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 this'd this
Was it my imagination or did I hear an R&B track

the other day, where they've sampled the guitar riff from Float On?

LOLpop | 3 Mar '13, 16:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yes
  
  lupe shitty fiasco
  
  CrispinAlexander @LOLpop | 3 Mar '13, 16:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I couldn't work out if they'd ripped it off, or if they'd officially used it>
    
    Because - on the version that I hear, anyway - it was barely recognisable.
    
    LOLpop @CrispinAlexander | 3 Mar '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- That Pink single that was in the charts a few months ago sort of samples it
  
  Or at the very least uses something very similar.
  
  aactv @LOLpop | 3 Mar '13, 16:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Float On has been bastardised a lot since release
  
  but the American Idol version is by far the worst offender http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAXzu4PX6e0
  
  Yesiamaduck @LOLpop | 3 Mar '13, 16:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - ARRRRRRRRRRRGH
    
    myyada @Yesiamaduck | 3 Mar '13, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    furio this'd this
birds vs worms maybe

i don't like the shouty tracks anymore

shrewbie | 3 Mar '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oh and Little Motel and Spitting Vemon from We were dead...

I know a lot seem to prefer Lonesome and Moon but Good News and We Were Dead are great albums in their own right. Those four are all equal for me.

NickDS | 3 Mar '13, 16:33 | X | ^ This | Reply

danger this'd this
- We Were Dead has a lot of good songs on it
  
  but it does drag in the later half
  
  Yesiamaduck @NickDS | 3 Mar '13, 16:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - it's too much of that jaunty mid 00s indie rhythm thing
    
    they always had that in their sound but there were all kinds of different styles going on in the earlier albums, whereas the last two are a bit one-note for me.
    
    CrispinAlexander @Yesiamaduck | 3 Mar '13, 17:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Yes
      
      I've grown way more attached to them both in recent years (especially Good News...), but I felt they both sounded more 'standard' indie than unmistakeably Modest Mouse like with the earlier stuff.
      
      mute-branches @CrispinAlexander | 3 Mar '13, 18:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      Untogether this'd this
    - From what I've heard of some of there new material
      
      it seems like they're stepping away from the sound a little bit, still elements of it but songs like 'Poison The Well' really remind me a little more of the older sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__mcNOU91Qc
      
      Yesiamaduck @CrispinAlexander | 3 Mar '13, 23:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

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