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Good News For People Who Love Bad News

The Pen Is MightierThe Pen Is Mightier Posts: 56
edited January 2008 in Other Music
From reading various message-boards and hearing opinions of other people, many think this is Modest Mouse's sellout album, and not nearly as good as any of their others.

My favorite Modest Mouse album is the Lonesome Crowded West, but Good News definitely holds its own as an album. I think it is definitely one of their better works, even though it takes a lot of shit from the "hardcore" fans.

I never realized it before, but listening to it now, to me at-least, it truly is a great album.
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  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    I like all of Modest Mouse's albums but this one is def. one of my favorites. Float On is a kick ass song, it has such a great vibe. Bury Me With It, Bukowski, all the songs are great.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Its a great album, whoever says its a sellout album is a clown. Just listen to it because its good, who cares if they became popular with it. No need for music snobbery.
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    my second favorite next to Lonesome Crowded West. Actually its the only two i like, so i guess im not a hardcore fan.


    I saw them in N.O. a couple of weeks ago with a friend who was a huge fan, and they sucked. no energy. My friend has seen them before and she thought they were terrible that night.


    I've heard they are pretty uneven live. sometimes good, sometimes bad. anybody seen them live?
  • pearljam0000pearljam0000 Posts: 450
    MrSmith wrote:
    my second favorite next to Lonesome Crowded West. Actually its the only two i like, so i guess im not a hardcore fan.


    I saw them in N.O. a couple of weeks ago with a friend who was a huge fan, and they sucked. no energy. My friend has seen them before and she thought they were terrible that night.


    I've heard they are pretty uneven live. sometimes good, sometimes bad. anybody seen them live?

    Yea I saw them this past August in Baltimore and they were very good IMO, but like you said I also heard they are hit or miss live.
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    I love Good News. . .I don't quite see how it is drastically different from their other work, so I don't understand the sellout comments. So many great songs.

    I am one of those who has had bad luck seeing them live. Two absolutely horrific performances (one of which was with Johnny Marr). I refuse to shell out any more money to see them.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • AiCPearlJamWeenAiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    Actually I put Lonesome Crowded West at the bottom of the list for their albums.....The Moon and Antarctica is their best! Then Building Something Out Of Nothing, then GNFPWLBN, then This is a Long Drive, then WWDBTSES, then Lonesome Crowded.

    Thats how I rank them.
  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    Rumor has it that they are changing their name to Pretentious Mouse.
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  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    I like this album a lot, it was a great introduction to their music for me. I now think The Moon & Antarctica is better.
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    MrSmith wrote:
    I've heard they are pretty uneven live. sometimes good, sometimes bad. anybody seen them live?
    I've seen them 6 times:
    1 Amazing show - A+
    2 Stellar shows - A-
    1 Great show - B+
    1 Alright show - C+

    And one fucking insane show (the Sioux Falls show from March of 07 when Isaac cut himself) - A+
    *
    Isaac's voice has gotten A LOT better from the first time I saw them to the most recent show I saw of theirs in December. Modest Mouse are easily one of my favorite bands and I'll shell out to see them every chance I get.
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  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    I love that album.....

    'sellout blah blah blah' - that shit gets boring.....

    Their new record with Johnny Marr is amazing.....
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  • Strangest TribeStrangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    I saw them in August last summer in Nashville at the Ryman auditorium. One of the best performances ever. They were recording it with HD cameras. I hope we get to see this released.

    Isaac lost his shit on most of the songs.

    I happen to like all their albums...but Johnny Marr has added some depth and the new album has really grown on me.
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  • Brain of mJBrain of mJ Posts: 786
    MrSmith wrote:
    my second favorite next to Lonesome Crowded West. Actually its the only two i like, so i guess im not a hardcore fan.


    I saw them in N.O. a couple of weeks ago with a friend who was a huge fan, and they sucked. no energy. My friend has seen them before and she thought they were terrible that night.


    I've heard they are pretty uneven live. sometimes good, sometimes bad. anybody seen them live?

    I saw them here in Atlanta about 3 weeks back and they were ok. Brock was allegedly pretty sick and they didn't even do an encore. I was surprised in that most of their stuff came off of Good News rather than We Were Dead... But it was also a radio show which may explain the need to lean on older more familiar stuff.
  • a5pja5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,923
    I think their albums are pretty good, i only have the newest 2, would like to catch them live sometime...
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  • Carlos DCarlos D Posts: 638
    They're stuff before Good news.... was pretty rubbish to be honest.The last two have been great,I can listen to them over again.It's a bit of struggle to get through the earlier ones.
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  • FunkdogFunkdog Posts: 85
    the world at large is an amazing song to zone out and forget the world to. This album got me into this band, and I think their last album was fantastic as well. I think people hate it when indie bands get big, which is weird because that means people hate it when bands become successful.
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  • AzwethinkweizAzwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    Great album.

    My second favorite Modest Mouse record.
  • trappedinmyradiotrappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    if by sellout they mean "the album that got modest mouse on the map as a great band and opened up their back catalog to new fans to realize their genius which is also apparent on good news for people who love bad news" then YEAH they sold out to the devil...and got bigger dicks to boot...the album is great for me...
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