[Kallisti23chaos]

Someone i know dragged and pleaded with me to go see modest mouse with her on last thurs.16th. it was the VERY WORST show i have ever been to. I will say though the crowd was sure into it, which was strange becuz i was somewhere else trying to regain my balance in order to satnd up. but what a drag show.I just know i would never listen to any of there music.
but if you like it and it makes you feel good , do it or listen to it, i guess.

[SpectralJulianIsNotDead]

They are horrible live. I saw them right after they sold out because I liked their earlier stuff. Worst show ever. The Walkmen were more entertaining. and the Walkmen blow.

[Pax Americana]

I agree. Saw them a few months ago. The sound was fucking terrible, I was really dissapointed. I had heard they were mostly shit live though, so I guess I shouldn't have been so let down.

[CHOUT]

I don't think there's a band currently out there that I'm more indifferent about than Modest Mouse.

[therealglenstyler]

yeah! i have exactly the same experience, a friend really wanted to see them, we saw them, the crowd was going bananas and it was the shittiest most brown music i ever heard. no wait, that's an insult to the colour brown (which in some shades can be quite natty).
I have the same with the arcade fire and spoon, what the fuck are people finding to enjoy in this trash? can anyone seroiusly tell the difference between spoon and modest mouse?
my suspicion is that those earnest mid-level indie bands where they draw a little too much uncritical inspiration from bruce springsteen are to america what drab whiny mewlers like snow patrol/coldplay/starsailor/athlete/embrace/ etc, etc are to the u.k.

i.e. music that somehow bypasses the ears and simply appeals to people who hate music but respond to the supposed integrity of the bands as some kind of truth in opposition to the percieved lie that is all the overtly marketed and "popular" music which they like to feel they are too sophisticated to fall for.

[atsonicpark]

Originally Posted by therealglenstyler

i.e. music that somehow bypasses the ears and simply appeals to people who hate music but respond to the supposed integrity of the bands as some kind of truth in opposition to the percieved lie that is all the overtly marketed and "popular" music which they like to feel they are too sophisticated to fall for.

longest sentence on the sonic youth board.

[cellscape]

I've seen MM twice. Both times were at festivals and both times sucked. I'm not a huge fan but do like some of there material. Both shows we're after "Sail On" so there was a huge crowd. Needless to say I was back a ways and the music just sounded like back ground music with no emotion. I've heard mixed things live and always thought I would give them a chance in a venue if it was convenient. Flaming lips have also always bored me at festivals.

[atsonicpark]

what is "sail on"?

[pbradley]

Wow, people who originally don't like Modest Mouse's music not liking a Modest Mouse show. Who would have thought. Thanks for unbiasedly exposing these frauds.

[Pax Americana]

Originally Posted by pbradley

Wow, people who originally don't like Modest Mouse's music not liking a Modest Mouse show. Who would have thought. Thanks for unbiasedly exposing these frauds.

I like Modest Mouse, but I'm in total agreement that they suck live.

[pbradley]

No doubt, I've heard they suck live myself and I don't think I would want to see them but hearing it from people that already don't like the band is just irritating.

[davenotdead]

yeah...i havent made any effort to see them live....but srsly, Lonesome Crowded West and This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About are absolutely fantastic albums...you gotta give Isaac Brock that...

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by davenotdead

but srsly, Lonesome Crowded West and This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About are absolutely fantastic albums...you gotta give Isaac Brock that...

I do not. Were it not for the existence of the Moldy Peaches, Modest Mouse would easily be the most annoying (and bafflingly successful) group of the last decade. Everything about this band has rubbed me the wrong way from the very beginning; their guitar tones, the vocal style (one of the most abrasive I have experienced in recent memory), the songs. "Maturity" has not helped them either, but I remember when they first emerged and how shocked I was that they were able to build such a rabid fan base with music containing so many elements that are total dealbreakers for me in issues of taste and quality.

[pbradley]

I don't think there is one Modest Mouse album were I haven't dug at least half of the tunes on it. Even the evidently "uncool sellout" Good News. Hold it against me or not, I don't care.

But I suppose I can see why they're recorded appeal fails in the live venue.

[pbradley]

Originally Posted by Savage Clone

the vocal style (one of the most abrasive I have experienced in recent memory)

even more abrasively annoying than this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eoNFXBWrd4Y

[Savage Clone]

Ooh, touché.

[Silent Dan Speaks]

Maybe I'm crazy or maybe they were having a good night, but they were fantastic when I saw them.

[Norma J]

Modest Mouse are one of them bands that it's 'cool' to shit on, on this board.

I like them. Though, I've never wittnessed them live. But I could only imagine it to be good.

[atsonicpark]

"breakthrough" is an amazing song.

[whorefrost]

I saw them at ATP 04. My friend and I concurred that they were completely unremarkable live even tho we sort of dug their records at that point.