modest mouse - we were dead before the ship even sank

drincredible · Post by **drincredible** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:21 am

this album is awesome
it seems to drag a little in the second half, but then again i was just really digging the hard riffs in the first half so it was just a contrast.
anyways i think it is awesome, anyone hate it? or love it too?

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 7:56 pm

I dig it. I saw them play last night, and they ended with a possibly-15-minute rendition of Spitting Venom. It was arguably the best live performance of a song that I've ever witnessed (sorry mkilly; please accept this silver medal).

The pit fucking killed me, though. I should know better.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:20 pm

Puce wrote:The pit fucking killed me, though. I should know better.

People still do that? I mean, it's two thousand and seven.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:33 pm

bzl wrote:
Puce wrote:The pit fucking killed me, though. I should know better.
People still do that? I mean, it's two thousand and seven.

I know! I've never understood the pit. Especially for a band like Modest Mouse. I expect it from a punk show or something, but Modest Mouse? Why would anyone mosh to "Float On?"

mkilly · Post by **mkilly** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:45 pm

Puce wrote:I dig it. I saw them play last night, and they ended with a possibly-15-minute rendition of Spitting Venom. It was arguably the best live performance of a song that I've ever witnessed (sorry mkilly; please accept this silver medal).

The pit fucking killed me, though. I should know better.

Hey, my buddy Andre went to that same show in Vancouver. Told me about going up uh, Lake Drive or whatever the street is. I don't know.

I haven't listened to the album yet, but I will get around to it. Which song is the silver medal for, Adam?

Adam! · Post by **Adam!** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:35 pm

fodroy wrote:Why would anyone mosh to "Float On?"

Maybe not Float On, but Paper Thin Walls had the rowdiest pit I've ever seen.

mkilly wrote:Which song is the silver medal for, Adam?

Had I not been being totally silly when I wrote that, I would have to say [the second] Moscow Idaho at Santa Cruz.

Elias_Aquarius · Post by **Elias_Aquarius** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:49 pm

There were some pretty moderate-sized pits at a Garbage show I once attended. I guess it's for all the people who like the music, but don't like just sort of sitting around and not doing anything while it's playing, and who also don't like dancing.

as for We Were Dead, it didn't strike me on that first play, like The Moon and The Lonesome Crowded West did. Since I really dig Modest Mouse, I'll give it a few more run-throughs before forming a real opinion, but as of now, I don't see why everyone thinks it's so great.