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Valrus:
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--- Quote from: Aphi ---=raises her hand= Please add, 3,497 votes for me.
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=Raises his hand= Second'd.
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Um, don't you mean 3,498 through 6,994thed?
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--- Quote from: Valrus ---I don't see how any song besides "Float On" on Good News qualifies as "happy."
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Not even "The World at Large"? I always think that one has a kind of lazy, contented happiness to it.
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Lazy, maybe; contented, no way! The lyrics are way too restless: "Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand"... "They both make me feel a little less insane"... "Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?" and "My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth" seem like the words of a pretty agitated person to me.
It is about wanderlust, but it's wanderlust due to being discontent with where you are, not due to excitement about exploring.
By the way, sp2, I'd just like to say that you've totally changed my mind about Modest Mouse and made me realize that even though I like their music because I think it sounds good, the fact that they're not the first ones to do something like it totally invalidates my opinion and negates any talent they may have for what I previously perceived as catchy songwriting and reasonably thoughtful lyrics.
So thanks for opening my eyes; having accomplished what I can only assume was your purpose, you can shut the fuck up now.
Oerdin:
--- Quote from: Arcen dawn ---Does this album just make anyone else so intensely happy?
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I liked it much more then Moon Over Antartica though that one wasn't bad either.
Merkava:
Am I the only one who thinks that This is a Long Drive... is better than Lonesome Crowded West?
Sorry; off topic. :P
I don't see how Modest Mouse are Indie cliches. Most Indie out there sounds nothing like them. I mean, I can draw comparisons to Pavement, Built to Spill, and the Pixies, but who cares? They sound different. They're more off-kilter, I feel.
I must check out these so-called Meat Puppets, though. They interest me.
sp2:
Meat Puppets are fucking OLD SCHOOL.
Nirvana did some covers of some of their songs, actually...
Lake of Fire, Oh Me, and Plateau are all Meat Puppets songs.
Gryff:
Meat Puppets ftw!
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