I've had a couple of folks thank me for my positive posts today. I guess, to put it in the words of #ModestMouse, I had good news for people who like bad news? Lol. Just kidding. SPS is always a nice change from my usual #Doomposting!
I've had a couple of folks thank me for my positive posts today. I guess, to put it in the words of #ModestMouse, I had good news for people who like bad news? Lol. Just kidding. SPS is always a nice change from my usual #Doomposting!
"(Alright, already) and we'll all float on
Alright, already, we'll all float on, alright
Don't worry, even if things end up a bit too heavy, we'll all float on..."
- #ModestMouse , from 2001's #GoodNewsForPeopleWhoLoveBadNews
I *think* these were some of the lyrics. Hard to tell... Brand new #ModestMouse! Third Side of the Moon!
"Dadadadadidida…
Yeah, things were shaky, As I know they always are..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVj49AZy56k&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=28
"Gonna dance hall, dance hall everyday
I'm gonna dance hall, dance hall everyday
I'm gonna dance hall, dance hall everyday
Well, I'm giving myself another one, I have too much to say"
-- #ModestMouse, from 2001's #GoodNewsForPeopleWhoLoveBadNews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv1-knVNDkI&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=17
"Wooden soldiers storm through burning, buildings on the top floor
Lives the zoo king's neckties, preventing them from breathing
Oh, it's such a fuzzy feeling
Oh, it's such a fuzzy feeling making plans"
-- #ModestMouse, from 2021's The Golden Casket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw8zQrVgmVI&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=16
This is one of my favorite #ModestMouse songs. I haven't heard them perform it since 2005! So needed!
"Woke up this morning, and it seemed to me
That every night turns out to be
A little bit more like Bukowski
And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read
But God, who'd wanna be
God, who'd wanna be such an asshole
God, who'd wanna be
God, who'd wanna be such an asshole..."
From 2004's #GoodNewsForPeopleWhoLoveBadNews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Z9KpPNun8&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=19
"Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God, I sure hope you are dead!"
- #ModestMouse, Satin In A Coffin, from 2004's "#GoodNewsForPeopleWhoLoveBadNews".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bNcftfcTdk&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=4
"A wild pack of family dogs came runnin' through the yard one day
My father got his gun, shot it up, they ran away ok
A wild pack of family dogs came runnin' through the yard
And as my own dog ran away with
them, I didn't say much of anything at all
A wild pack of family dogs came runnin' through the yard
As my little sister played, the dogs took her away
And I guess she was eaten up ok, yeah she was eaten up ok
My mother's cryin' blood dust now
My dad he quit his job today, well I guess he was fired but that's ok
And I'm sittin' outside my mudlake,
waiting for the pack to take me away
And right after I die the dogs
start floating up towards the glowing sky
Now they'll receive their rewards, now they will receive their rewards"
- #ModestMouse, Wild Pack of Family Dogs, from 2001's "The Moon and Antarctica".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfsxyFmM-WI&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=21
"'Cause it's night on the sun
You're hopelessly hopeless
I hope so, for you
Well, there's one thing
To know about this town
It's five hundred miles underground
And that's alright, that's alright
Well, there's one thing
To know about this globe
It's bound and it's willing to explode
And that's alright, that's alright
That's alright, that's alright
Well, there's one thing
To know about this town
Not a person doesn't
Want me underground
That's alright, that's alright
That's alright
There's one thing
To know about this town
It's five hundred miles underground
And that's okay
That's alright, that's alright
There's one thing
To know about this earth
We're put here just to make more dirt
And that's okay
That's alright, that's alright
Well, there's one thing
To know about this globe
It's bound and it's willing to explode
And that's okay
That's alright, that's alright
There's one thing
To know about this town
It's five hundred miles underground
And that's okay
That's alright, that's alright..."
- #ModestMouse, 2001 EP
"In this place that I call home
My brain's the cliff and my heart's the bitter buffalo
My heart's the bitter buffalo
We tore one down and erected another there
The match of the century, absence versus thin air
Absence versus thin air
In this life that we call home
The years go fast and the days go slow
The days go so slow"
- #ModestMouse, Heart Cooks Brain, from 1997's "Lonesome Crowded West".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlBASvzReYM&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=29
"Hey, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know!"
- #ModestMouse, Dashboard, from 2007's "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=penvn9VL32Y&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=12
"Well, late last winter, down below the equator
They had a summer that would make you blister
Oh, my mind is all made up, so I'll have to sleep in it
Well, late last winter, down below the equator
They had a summer that would make you blister
Oh, my mind is all made up, so I'll have to sleep in it
Well, late last winter
Down below the equator
They had a summer that would
Make you blister
And oh, my mind is all
Oh, my mind is all
Oh, my mind is all made up so I'll have to sleep in it"
- #ModestMouse, 1997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brZpVNGrjRg&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=14
"And the stars are projectors, yeah
Projectin' our lives down to this planet Earth
And the stars are projectors, yeah
Projectin' our minds down to this planet Earth
Everyone wants a double feature
They wanna be their own damn teacher
And how all the stars are projectors, yeah
Projectin' our lives down to this planet Earth
It's all about moderate climates
You gotta be cold and be hot, for sure
And it's all about the moderate climates
You wanna be blessed and be cursed, for sure..."
- #ModestMouse, from #TheMoonAndAntartica, 2000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRk1R0FKaek&list=PLMMeqQl_oGNpO6lYjQPERdCwLcWggvGyP&index=26
Excerpt from "Tragic Details About #ModestMouse" from 2023...
#IsaacBrock suffers from #EcoAnxiety
"Isaac Brock has long been vehemently opposed to #urbanization and the #DestructionOfNature, and these have remained central lyrical themes going back to the band's earliest material (per Paste Magazine). As Healthline notes, such feelings of frustration towards environmentally destructive practices, anger at the seeming inevitability of #ClimateChange, and fear for the Earth's future are called eco-anxiety –- and Brock has been suffering from it for years.
"In Pitchfork's 2012 '#LonesomeCrowdedWest' documentary, he described living in Washington State in the '90s as having a 'front-row seat to watching #forests disappearing and #UrbanSprawl begin,' lamenting the constant clearing of natural places to make way for #StripMalls. In fact, he was still thinking about it in 2021 when he told Uproxx that his childhood home regularly flooded due to forest #clearcutting.
"Many Modest Mouse songs center on shameless human destruction, with the 2015 hit '#LampshadesOnFire' -– in which Brock sings about mankind going to space to find a new planet after destroying Earth -– serving as a notable example. But in recent years, he's making an effort to focus on the positive, as evidenced by hopeful songs like 'The Sun Hasn't Left,' in which he sings, 'You're not wrong, things are a mess but there's still something left.' 'I found optimism where it actually existed because I needed it,' he told NME in 2021, adding, 'Y'know, I got three kids ... I don't think s***'s gonna get easier for everyone.' "
Read More: https://www.grunge.com/1159159/tragic-details-about-modest-mouse/
I haven't been to a concert in 3 years. The last concert I saw was #ModestMouse. So naturally, my first concert after my hiatus was Modest Mouse! Fantastic show, but it left me wanting more (they only played an hour and 15 minutes). So, I'll be posting some of my favorite Modest Mouse music videos tonight! Join me for #FridayNightJukeBox with Modest Mouse!
Watch the Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse Cover Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’
The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, who died at 76…
#Europe #Conflicts #BlackSabbath #geopolitics #IsaacBrock #ModestMouse #OzzyOsbourne #TheFlamingLips #WayneCoyne
https://www.europesays.com/2301012/
https://www.europesays.com/2301012/ Watch the Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse Cover Black Sabbath’s ‘War Pigs’ #BlackSabbath #Conflicts #geopolitics #IsaacBrock #ModestMouse #OzzyOsbourne #TheFlamingLips #WayneCoyne
MODEST MOUSE
The Moon & Antarctica
2017 U.S. 2xLP reissue
This particular pressing of this fantastic album needed quite the amount of effort to sound good.
First off, it was absolutely filthy coming out of the package.
Dust galore, paper bits, streaks across both records. Some of the worst quality control ever.
After wiping it down with a Norwex cloth, it didn’t sound very good.
So, I gave it a sonic clean, and now, it’s at least presentable, but still not the quality this album deserves.
All that aside, I have always adored the early Modest Mouse records, and this pressing is worth having until I can find a better sounding one.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #music #vinylcommunity #retro #vintage #modestmouse #indie #alternative