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Post by Rit on Jan 22, 2006 21:08:06 GMT -5
MM is one of those bands that'll never fall out of favour with me.
"Night on the Sun" is probably one of my favourites.
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Post by lunatic96 on Jan 23, 2006 2:03:47 GMT -5
For me it's between LCW and TMA. LCW has Trucker Atlas which is a pretty horrible song, but TMA has 3 song stretch that just kills the momentum of the album. They're both too long, but I think LCW has the higher peaks so I'm going to vote for it.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Jan 23, 2006 4:11:41 GMT -5
For me it's between LCW and TMA. LCW has Trucker Atlas which is a pretty horrible song, but TMA has 3 song stretch that just kills the momentum of the album. They're both too long, but I think LCW has the higher peaks so I'm going to vote for it. Trucker's Atlas is my favourite song on LCW. My favourite 3-song stretch on TMA is "The Cold Part", "Alone Down There" and "The Stars Are Projectors". I get the feeling that's the exact part of the album you're referring to as a momentum killer? I like long, sprawling, and preferably miserable songs though. The last 3 minutes of "Life Like Weeds" being a perfect case in point. The subtlest of Mousegasms. |
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Post by luke on Jan 23, 2006 8:24:07 GMT -5
Trucker's Atlas is my favorite Modest Mouse song, definitely.
And I really don't think MaA would work as a concept without those three songs in the middle.
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Post by Thorngrub on Jan 23, 2006 10:56:55 GMT -5
I'm pretty much over Marilyn Manson, really
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Post by luke on Jan 23, 2006 11:02:04 GMT -5
Ba-dum *chih*
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jan 23, 2006 11:17:15 GMT -5
I voted for "Interstate 8" as it's the only release that I haven't grown tired of. It's still the best one in my opinion. It has the best lyrics and songwriting.
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Post by frag on Jan 23, 2006 16:56:52 GMT -5
Doolittle beats Surfer Rosa. To a pulp.
M&A, Long Drive..., Building Something...(I'm with Riley on that one), LCW, Good News...and...the rest.
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Post by melon1 on Jan 23, 2006 17:01:16 GMT -5
My best friend loves Modest Mouse and has tried to get me into them for the longest time. I never could get past the vocals. I do like some of what I heard, though. BUT, Built To Spill is WAYYYY better, if you ask me.
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on Jan 24, 2006 3:52:21 GMT -5
I voted for "Interstate 8" as it's the only release that I haven't grown tired of. It's still the best one in my opinion. It has the best lyrics and songwriting. Yeah! I just won a personal bet with myself. I actually thought - do I bother putting that one on the list? And then, I swear to God, I thought might as well, just for Skvor. I'm fuckin' psychic, me. |
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jan 24, 2006 9:23:29 GMT -5
Well good! Thank you.
"Surfer Rosa" still pounds the ass out of any other Pixies record. For one thing it has serious low end and some balls to it. While I love the song writing of Doolittle, I still prefer the young noise college rock band without a cult of disaffected nerds and just playing in smokey bars. This record put them on the map. "Bone Machine" alone is more powerful than anything on "Doolittle".
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jan 24, 2006 9:24:19 GMT -5
Comparing Built to Spill and Modest Mouse is like comparing Florida Oranges and California Oranges. There just isn't much of a difference if you ask me.
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Post by riley on Jan 24, 2006 11:57:40 GMT -5
Built To Spill sounds like Neil Young. Modest Mouse sounds like Neil Young if someone was pulling his pubes out one by one.
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Post by skvorisdeadsorta on Jan 24, 2006 12:56:22 GMT -5
Musically they are very similar. Almost the same really, vocall and lyrically I think Brock wins hands down. While I love Built to Spill, I'm more of a Modest Mouse fan.
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Post by riley on Jan 24, 2006 13:07:17 GMT -5
Modest Mouse are much more dynamic than Built To Spill. Are the rumours true that BTS have a new one dropping this year? I hope so.
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