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Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank

off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
edited February 2007 in Other Music
album of the year so far. goddamn, this is FANTASTIC.
Cheat the odds that made you
Brave to try to gamble at times
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    is it out? :eek:
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Spill. Where's the leak?
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    what noise does a pig make?
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    off_the_record wrote:
    what noise does a pig make?

    Just checked out the site, and while I have heard of it, I've never been invited to join.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • dharma69dharma69 Posts: 1,275
    I can't make that little piggy noise.

    HELP!
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  • not4u10not4u10 Posts: 238
    Just listened to Dashboard on their website. I like it a lot!
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  • freewheelin3freewheelin3 Posts: 173
    amazing album... little motel is fucking gorgeous, but for the most part we have got manic issac at his insan-est.. great guitar playing.. umm get your hands on this one, its great..

    the link i used is now dead, but its out there...
  • off_the_recordoff_the_record Posts: 843
    i dont think there is a single song on here i dont like
    Cheat the odds that made you
    Brave to try to gamble at times
  • MojopinMojopin Posts: 216
    All I gotta say is MMMMMMMMMMM!

    Mojo
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    dont hype it up too much for me or ill be disappointed ;)
  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    Can't wait for this record!
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • throwingcopperthrowingcopper Posts: 96
    when is it supposed to hit stores?
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  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    Thank God. I felt they were on a downward spiral with their last 2 albums.
    Johny Marr to the rescue.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i want to hear! and i agree about their last two. nothing compared to lonesome crowded west or moon over antarctica.
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    kdpjam wrote:
    i want to hear! and i agree about their last two. nothing compared to lonesome crowded west or moon over antarctica.

    LCW was one of my favorite albums of all time.

    Ever listen to "This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About"?
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Lonesome Crowded West is my favorite Modest Mouse album, fuck, that albums is so fucking amazing. This new one's gonna take a while to grow on me. It's extremely different... it doesn't have the typical "Modest Mouse" sound, yunderstand? Ya know, the typical sound... the guitar sound? It's hard for me to explain... I would think Modest Mouse fans know what I'm talking about. And thanks to the guy that gave me the CD.
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    Brainofdz wrote:
    LCW was one of my favorite albums of all time.

    Ever listen to "This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About"?

    oh yeah! great one ;]
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    kdpjam wrote:
    i want to hear! and i agree about their last two. nothing compared to lonesome crowded west or moon over antarctica.

    wasnt moon or antartica one of their last 2 albums?
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    soulsinging wrote:
    wasnt moon or antartica one of their last 2 albums?

    I wasn't gonna quibble but, yeah.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i stand corrected. i just didn't care for their last one too much
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    kdpjam wrote:
    i stand corrected. i just didn't care for their last one too much

    I knew what you meant bro. Also,I think they may have put out a compilation in between the last two proper albums.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    am i the only one who rather liked "good news"? granted, lonesome crowded west and moon and antartica were better, but i like the last one more than this is a long drive...

    im intrigued by this new one though.
  • freewheelin3freewheelin3 Posts: 173
    no probs blind melon

    im always interested to seewhen people actually started to listen to MM, i got into them when m& A came out and there were not many people hearing them at all, they seem to have a lot of retroactive fans.. i think its easyier to be critical of a band when you might have ingested there whole catalogue in a week (with the aid of d/loads etc) than the span of their actual career...

    it seems like a lot of people bout good news and to a lesser extent moon and worked back from there..

    no problem with it, i just remeber talking mmodest mouse on here about 4 years ago, and know one really having any idea who they were...
  • kdpjamkdpjam Posts: 2,303
    i knew about them in 99......
    lay down all thoughts; surrender to the void
    ~it is shining it is shining~
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    freewheelin3 wrote:
    no probs blind melon

    im always interested to seewhen people actually started to listen to MM, i got into them when m& A came out and there were not many people hearing them at all, they seem to have a lot of retroactive fans.. i think its easyier to be critical of a band when you might have ingested there whole catalogue in a week (with the aid of d/loads etc) than the span of their actual career...

    it seems like a lot of people bout good news and to a lesser extent moon and worked back from there..

    no problem with it, i just remeber talking mmodest mouse on here about 4 years ago, and know one really having any idea who they were...

    I discovered them from a C.M.J (college music journal) writeup of "Lonesome Crowded West" back in 97. They compared them to The Pixies, so I checked them out. I loved it and within a month I bought the rest of their K and Up records releases. I saw them for the first time in may of 97 and became a huge supporter. If you check their setlist website(the fan page, no longer updated) and look under 5/20/00 you will see Blister in the sun(sang by an audience member) That was me, drunk off of my ass.
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

    When you see me on the street, yell out "FAVO!!!"

    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    freewheelin3 wrote:
    no probs blind melon

    im always interested to seewhen people actually started to listen to MM, i got into them when m& A came out and there were not many people hearing them at all, they seem to have a lot of retroactive fans.. i think its easyier to be critical of a band when you might have ingested there whole catalogue in a week (with the aid of d/loads etc) than the span of their actual career...

    it seems like a lot of people bout good news and to a lesser extent moon and worked back from there..

    no problem with it, i just remeber talking mmodest mouse on here about 4 years ago, and know one really having any idea who they were...

    wow, how hip of you.

    i think i bought antartica and good news at the same time, on a friend's recommendation, then worked back. never much took to long drive, but lonesome crowded west is their best. so where does that leave me?

    fans that think anything produced during a band's "popular" era is automatically weaker than the stuff they did before/after such popularity are so annoying. it's like the pearl jam fans who swear riot act is better than ten or vs. or the modest mouse fans who say good news sucks becos a lot of people liked it and the fruit that ate itself will always be their best.
  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    soulsinging wrote:
    wow, how hip of you.

    i think i bought antartica and good news at the same time, on a friend's recommendation, then worked back. never much took to long drive, but lonesome crowded west is their best. so where does that leave me?

    fans that think anything produced during a band's "popular" era is automatically weaker than the stuff they did before/after such popularity are so annoying. it's like the pearl jam fans who swear riot act is better than ten or vs. or the modest mouse fans who say good news sucks becos a lot of people liked it and the fruit that ate itself will always be their best.


    I like riot act better than ten but that's because i think ten is overplayed and teh production blows, anyways reason I came on here was to thank the original poster for the heads up
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    I like riot act better than ten but that's because i think ten is overplayed and teh production blows, anyways reason I came on here was to thank the original poster for the heads up

    hehe, i was misleading there... cos riot act is the only album i like less than ten, solely becos of the production ;) i just wanted to rant about people who act like they're too cool to like the popular releases by a band.
  • BinGnarlyBinGnarly Posts: 508
    Im listening to it right now its fuckin great. It reminds me of Lonsome Crowded West mixed with Good News For People Who Love Bad News.

    I started listening to Modest Mouse about two or three months before Good News came out and I had heard all the previous albums before Good News. Good News is one hell of an album but I prefer their older stuff. But Good News came out at one of the best parts of my life and I listened to it every chance I had during that time. So it will always have a place in my heart and remind me of great times.
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  • dont_go_on_medont_go_on_me Posts: 877
    listening to it now for the first time.

    WOW

    totally different, but still fucking awesome. prepare to be taken aback by this album...really really interesting stuff on here. I love it...can't wait for more tour dates to be announced!
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