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A Story by James Stockstill One evening at Denver’s Bluebird Theater, where Modest Mouse was playing on a bill with fellow Northwesterners Built to Spill, Graham broke a second-floor window and stole into the backstage area. As Modest Mouse came off stage, he was excitedly waiting for them, blood streaming from cuts on his arms and face that he’d received from stray shards of glass. Chanting “This’ll do it” under his breath, Graham introduced himself to the source of his enlightenment. Here again the facts become obscured. While each band member remembers Graham saying “This’ll do it” repeatedly, they disagree on how he referred to him-self. According to Brock, he introduced himself as “Ugly Casanova.” Green remembers Graham saying “I’m Isaac,” and Judy remem More... (Submit New Modest Mouse Lyrics) (Submit New Modest Mouse Lyrics) Review about Modest Mouse god | Reviewer: Jesse ------ About the song Bukowski performed by Modest Mouse this song is obviously about the way morons follow a false god. religion is waste. I LOVE how he points out "If god controls the land, disease". Think about it, why would God want to be a director of this huge movie of life KILLING babies and children with disease? what did they do? he certainly doesn't want more company in "heaven" i'll tell you that. survivor | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The Good Times Are Killing Me performed by Modest Mouse one thing i love the most about modest mouse is the fact that they are the one band that can explain your feelings better than you even understand them. Its nice to know that someone else feels and experiences the same damn thing, and that you are not alone. i honesty dont think i couldve survived what part of life that i have without the support of this band getting me through the days. im sitting alone in my empty apartment with wet eyes of stress worry rejection confusion and the unknowing life embodies, but after reading these reviews by real modest mouse listeners who understand and feel their lyrics as much as i do, i dont feel so alone anymore. thank you modest mouse, and the real people out there for not letting me drown Simply the best | Reviewer: ARJuma ------ About artist/band Modest Mouse Modest Mouse is easily my favourite band yet I still can't quite find the words to describe them. They're definitely an acquired taste that's for sure and the more you listen to them, the better they get. Isaac writes some of the deepest lyrics but you sometimes get the sense that he's just jokin around and I love that about his lyrics. I love how their albums have had like specific themes lately (Good news for people who love bad news had alot about death and We were dead before the ship even sank mentioned the ocean and ships in like every song) whereas some other artists' albums it sounds like they can't even agree on what genre they wanna sing (see Black Eyes Peas's E.N.D...crappy stuff. Nowhere near as good as some of their old stuff). I love modest mouse and always will. ...Sarcasm? | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Float On performed by Modest Mouse Many of you are talking about the sarcasm that you see in this song, but if you read some interviews with Isaac Brock, he talks about how this song was during a period with Life goes on was basically his philosophy. Although the video is dark and sinister, I believe that that is just trying to reconcile old MM fans to the fact that this song is happy and hopeful. I love all MM, and this song is no different. But I do understand why the video would purposefully be made dark to attract old MM listeners who say that happiness in MM is just not acceptable. With the video, the producers are going for old fans, by releasing this song as a single, they attracted new. They just want the best of both worlds, and as much money as possible! self-righteous response | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Baby Blue Sedan performed by Modest Mouse okay. here are some mixed points of consideration, both for people like the anonymous 12/24/08 scrooge (douchebag), and those conflicted about modest mouse's sound. to the anonymous scrooge AND haters of the new: a) older IS better for almost everyone who heard 'float on' or '3rd planet' and then chose to restart with their older albums (see: anyone born in the 80's or early 90's), and just old school fans. it's almost given, I'd argue. the interest is clearly and audibly in making music and communicating, somewhat accurately, that life is pretty shitty. the lyrics are better (in content, realism (this is important for me) and just in terms of lyricism, 'better'), and the sound is unmistakably of washington state/the pacific NW. b) the newest of the newer is not bad, it's just that: isaac overdoes his voice, they now collaborate with johnny marr (anyone who says this guy doesn't have an influence on the band and the band's sound is retarded. it's johnny marr. i'm sure everyone's been entertaining his ideas, and I'm sure he brings a healthy wallet for promotions), works harder on production and post-production, is on a major label that, as mentioned, promotes the SHIT out of their new records and tours (this is a problem for fans like me, because every 'hot new single' is grossly overhyped and is ruined before it's even listened to). and, truly, isaac doesn't write all of what fans of the old want (and he/they simply can't. we get the sound that the label and band compromise on, which, quite frankly, is just what their newest album sounds like). maybe a decade of consistently improving/signature songwriting got old when ONLY the same people appreciated it? c) read interviews. modest mouse never made much money. they were pretty broke all the way through 'good news...,' sans when they lent 'gravity rides everything' for a car commercial. point: if you can't support these people eventually earning some money from their long careers of musicianship, who SHOULD have a paying career? everyone should figure out that hating people for being successful is reserved for those aged 13-19, and anyone still stuck in the 90's. to ALL (sans those who did the following): d) comment about the FUCKING SONG posted above, which is a good one, because that's what this page is reserved for. Intrigueing | Reviewer: Noga ------ About the song 3rd Planet performed by Modest Mouse Gorgeous symbolism and flow in this song although there are distinct changes in subject and meter. Someone played just the music without the words for me and it really brought to light how gentle and and meaningful this song really is. Don't try and use a video to ascribe meaning to a song. | Reviewer: Maven ------ About the song Float On performed by Modest Mouse Seriously, there's no point in trying to judge a song by it's video. If we used "video logic", we'd have to believe that "Safety Dance" is about midgets in the middle-ages. Videos are most often created by a video producer, not the band, and typically don't have Jack to do with the song. so..... | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Baby Blue Sedan performed by Modest Mouse I'm not gonna lie....bands often change styles a little from album to album...it is rediculous to say that someone is a shitty fan simply because they like a newer album more so than an older one. i personally love all of modest mouse's music....even the new stuff. More people should just float on instead of getting enraged | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Float On performed by Modest Mouse Great song. It reminds me to take life with a grain of salt and not to let ever little thing get to me. However I am not sure that the second line is correctly printed. I thought the line went "Well he just drove off, sometimes I DK." ryan, where do you live? | Reviewer: jorge ------ About the song The Good Times Are Killing Me performed by Modest Mouse Are you seriously asking if they did drugs? Yes you are, have you ever listened to their lyrics? you think they are always talking bullshit? how come you like modest mouse? I thought nobody with such ideas could like them, I bet you think everybody who do, or did, drugs is a dangerous, on the edge, decrepit scum. Yes, they did drugs. thank god they did and are not like most of them puritan usa people, anyway. Ryan, seriously, wake up. By the way you don´t dought anything, at the most you doubt it. where are you from? word | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Missed The Boat performed by Modest Mouse modest mouse is by far my favorite band. this gentleman has it right. if you're a fan, then you don't just dismiss some album on the first listen. LISTEN. modest mouse's music is only second best to isaac brock's lyricism. the man is a genius. just listen to "talking shit about a pretty sunset." drunks. . . steve o | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The World at Large performed by Modest Mouse This song makes me think about our human qualities. Sometimes we make random decisions, and go along with it acting on impulse. He kept walking, drifting, searching for something, anything. Couldn't really find what he wanted because he didn't know. Great fucking song. Really appeals to emotion. Nice | Reviewer: Dan ------ About the song Night On the Sun performed by Modest Mouse This song reminds me of moving from Long Island to upstate NY, how bittersweet things were, how extremely mediocre it is, how bittersweet everything is, and mediocre everything is. I guess heaven is a place inside ur head.. LMAO | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Missed The Boat performed by Modest Mouse "I hated the good news for people who love bad news cd, and being a big modest mouse, i was very disappointed in them, and then when they realese this single I was very excited for their new cd, and it didn't disappoint, this song is fantastic as is the rest of the cd" your serious? ... float on? bukowski? blame it on the tetons? black cadillacs? satin in a coffin?? the good times are killing me? should i keep going? are you seriously saying that? if your a big modest mouse fan than the one thing that would have impressed you about we were dead before the ship even sank is the progression in thier sound, how much theyve evolved as a band without actually changing thier unique sound. if you want to look at it seriously, good news for people who love bad news is a GREAT album if you like modest mouse or even if your only half fond of them. IE bukowski's lyrics, read, listen to them, and then read the poet. it'd make sense then, unless your just a halfwit. cause god who'd wanna be such an asshole. is it funny? | Reviewer: Ryan ------ About the song The Good Times Are Killing Me performed by Modest Mouse Was modest mouse just messin around when they made this song or do you think they actually did drugs? i dought they did but you never know like the beatles the same thing "lucy in the skies with diamonds" its said they did drugs for how the sang. I dought they did drugs but if they did plz tell me amazing things... | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Night On the Sun performed by Modest Mouse i think this song has a lot to do about the reason of human life before and after saying when the sun burns out we are going under ground and it dosn't matter what people think yet i am going to live and people are here for no purpose but to serve each other and were put on earth for no purpose. just my opinion.. Hard to say but good song nontheless | Reviewer: Russ ------ About the song Float On performed by Modest Mouse Well it's pretty hard to say for me if it's sarcastic. My first thought is no cause i'm pretty optimistic in nature. However, when you watch the video, you can clearly see the sheep being slauhtered. There's meat hooks in that building for god's sake...oh well. Still a great song. To the arrogant lad under this post | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song Baby Blue Sedan performed by Modest Mouse Youre the quintessence of hypocrisy my good man. You act as if you have something to defend or attack. These posts are all simple opinions of the bands choice in music. Although I'm against this users comment "anyone who thinks modest mouse is better now than they were before good news is a shitty fan", do not group people who prefer a more melancholy sound with people who unjustfully post naive garbage. thanks. The World At Large | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song The World at Large performed by Modest Mouse This song, in my own opinion, touches this place that's somewhere in between bittersweet, happiness, and humility. The long instrumental piece allows the listener a form of reflection after the subtle message is played. Try not to sing along, try not to move your head to the bass. Sit there, and listen. Take in the words that are spoken, even if you do not understand it, and listen to the supporting music. You can only then understand this song's full message. Hmmmm | Reviewer: lou ------ About the song The World at Large performed by Modest Mouse omg i like so love this song like no way its amazing and like really cool like the feelings and emotions it has to it like omg yeah thats what i think about this song and like if you haven't heard it your so missing out like i am not even joking so like go to you tube and like check it out like yeahhh :) You could review the artist/band Modest Mouse in Biography page You could review Modest Mouse album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Modest Mouse song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Modest Mouse" Music | |
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