so its late and i cant sleep and so i thought since i cant sleep id take up some of my time and yours and tell you what i think of every modest mouse song. a lot of this is prolly going to be less-than-interesting but i figure people can comment and such. hell i got like 9 emails from the list alone after one guy asks about favorites. so here goes. i split it up into two parts. the 7"s and ep's / the full lengths (and TFTAI) and semi-rarities. im getting the paracites session thing in 5 days so that should be interestin. Russ www.cyberportal.net/myage
so its late and i cant sleep and so i thought since i cant sleep id take up some of my time and yours and tell you what i think of every modest mouse song. a lot of this is prolly going to be less-than-interesting but i figure people can comment and such. hell i got like 9 emails from the list alone after one guy asks about favorites. so here goes. i split it up into two parts. the 7"s and ep's / the full lengths (and TFTAI) and semi-rarities. im getting the paracites session thing in 5 days so that should be interestin. Russ www.cyberportal.net/myage 5 4 3 2 1 lisp off - that guy talking in the background.. the astronaut clip..... reminds me of in pulp fiction when the little butch is about to get the gold watch and that eskimo is on TV going "that totem pole been here for-evah!" all-night diner - hated this one at first but then also saw it for its true beauty. and whoever said that shit about "i have sex im always thinkin bout the pavement"... i think thats the topic in #modestmouse on DALnet right now. it is such a neet line. yes indeedy. i started saying "8-ball" because of this . Beach Side Property - Man... when i first heard this i was like "turn it off man". but then i saw it for the true beauty that it was (this happens to me a lot). and everyone knows the songs that dont strike your attention for a while are always far superior to those that do. the thing about the memo on the forehead of god.. i love it. Birds Vs. Worms - you know... i dont like this song either. the opening isnt bad.. but when he starts singing i could just care less. Blue-Cadet three Do You Connect - So simple.. yet so ... creepy. Broke - whoever on this list said something about broke being damn good was right. and its like.. two chords and simple to play. sometimes im so full of shit that it should be a crime :~) buttons are pushing the buttons - eh. no real opinion... too damn noise. before i read the words i had no interest in knowing what he said. if thats any clue to what i think. Dukes Up - Same deal as "It Always Rains On a Picnic" - the lead guitar part just kinda get ya... and then when he sings youre just filled with this strange feeling. isaac works in mysterious ways. Edit The Sad Parts - definetly one of my favorite five. because the first four lines are lines i wish i had written. damn that boy is so honest. yet sometimes he can be such a DICK you know? like in concert. but only sometimes. its songs like this that make me wonder why so many people out there put up a front when it comes to sharing their true feelings about things. Every Penny Fed Car - also very oldish modest mouse sounding... but not my favoritest song to listen to... maybe its the recording quality.. or maybe its not a very good song. the world may never know. Four Fingered Fisherman - using neet signing notes to sing makes this song friggin rocking. if i saw modest mouse and they opened with this and i had never heard them before i would be very impressed. yeh.. this is a friggin awesome song. damn good words in a simple way you know? Grey Ice Water - I don't like this song all that much either... its too lofty or something.. doesnt really hold a whole lot of meaning... like if i were at a mouse concert and they played this i wouldnt be impressed i guess. interstate 8 - i like to tell people they are angels with amber halos black hair and the devils pitchfork. they always look at me funny and go "what?" its good but not all that listenable. like.. if you didnt like the mouse i wouldnt suggest listening to this song first.. you know? It always Rains On A Picnic - i like it. in the style of this arpeggiated mouse guitar thing he's got goin especially with the older stuff.. just hearing "downpour downpour" makes you think of a sad kinda day you mighta had where it did rain on your picnic. life of arctic sounds - before i go ta good version of this song (dont ask) some girl had put it on a tape for me. and i heard it and said "what the fuck is this shit. hel-lo... did we lose our creativity?" and then i understood the way modest mouse works. and i said "wow.. what a good song. so powerful at the end. all the sad comedians hey alright i might be goddamned. he wins for saying "goddamn" the most times in a 30 second interval. the music behind this one is just downright fucking awesome medication - also on my top five (theres like 9 songs on my top five) because the stuff that leads the song in and brings it out is the kind of poem-esque stuff that i really appreciate. you know how sometimes people write poems and its just pathetic and lame? but amongst all the shit that you hear you might hear one choice poem that really gets you. this is it. especially the part about all the doctors trading sadness for numbness. man .. times like these i wish i could write like that. Neverending Math Equation - also genius-as-hell. people hear the opening line and go "damn". modest mouse will align the planets and create world peace and harmony. oh wait.. that was bill and ted's band "wyld stallions". close enough. oh my god i feel so damn old. novocain stain - jusging by my email name youre prolly right if you guess i like this. the non-demo track is a lot better than the I8 version. this should be about a girl or pain or something and not the whole surburbian land rape thing. because it has so much more potential to summon that sick regretful feeling we all get sometimes. Other Peoples Lives - its not bad but way too repetetive for a 7 minute song. i love hearing the part about momma's boy. other than that, yeah .. wicked repetetive. positive/negative - so much better on the broke 7" when you can understand what he says half the time..... first time i heard it i was very touched... now it doesnt touch me in the same way but sort of.... i think about what it means and often get confused.. but it certainly at least makes me think. Sleepwalking (Couples Only Prom Night) - i played this on the radio once and this girl who likes modest mouse but had never heard it thought that it was a band ripping modest mouse off. can't go wrong with "earth angel" chord progression. I also played this at an open mic once, just me and a guitar. one guitar and one voice makes this a really boring song to play at an open mic. in case you were curious. white trash always makes me laugh. i guess its because i live in new hampshire. tundra/desert - ahhhhhhhhh another one on my top five. the lyrics to this really get to me too. and its not like they are really sad... but its like every winning opinion... i wish i had one. and the chanting thing in the back is damn good. although it sounds like what hes saying makes no sense whatsoever. Woodgrain - sounds like a shitty song i might have wrote in 8th grade. and i stress shitty. Working On Leaving the Living - can we say "lets fill up half a record with boredom?"
