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Modest mouse lead singer has most under rated voice of all time

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john.stossel
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i think it sucks modest mouse didnt blow up the wat tgey deserved to, but the lead singer of modest mouse has got as good a voive as the guy from soundgarden/audioslave
Nov 5 2011 4:04PM
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Spinoza
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one of my favorite bands all time

good thread








Nov 5 2011 4:10PM
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Anathema
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sounds like something that would be in a low-budget british comedy
Nov 5 2011 4:11PM
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hoodratz47
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oh hell yeah

he lives in portland. CLAIM
Nov 5 2011 4:12PM
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Spinoza
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Nov 5 2011 4:14PM
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majora
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Isaac Brock is like my biggest idol. I wouldnt call his voice under-rated, like all the fans are in love with his lisp they just aren't incredibly popular to the music public other than in the indy scene. Plus some of their songs that are 99% instrumental can be their best. I like his voice a ton, but i'd say it's their unique style of guitar and bizarre instruments they use in certain places that gives them the appeal I like. Moon and Antarctica definitely my favourite album.

Nov 5 2011 4:25PM
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Abc567def
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why is there a FB like button under this comment?
Nov 5 2011 4:35PM
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theabortionator
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Old modest mouse is amazing. New modest mouse does nothing for me.

Nov 5 2011 4:40PM
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Skavengers303
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haha last night i was craving modest mouse and my house pregammed all the way through interstate 8, good news for people who love bad news, and the moon and antartica. it was a great night

Nov 5 2011 4:47PM
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PJS.
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hipster
Nov 5 2011 5:58PM
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AwR
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Ive been changing my usernames to match my favorite albums, so it is rather funny that this thread is to come up....sadly Lonesome Crowded West is to long of a username ha ha. Funny thing you should talk about his voice. I took my gf to see them back in may and she was like "its rad how he doesnt have a ear piece in" I just laughed cause I could never see Isaac having an ear piece in. Isaac has been through a lot of shit in his life...hes just a raw motherfucker.

Edit the sad parts and talking shit about a pretty sunset are my favorites.

Their new stuff is still good, but nothing tops Lonesome Crowded West.

Here is a sweet documentary on them if you have not seen it. I do not know how to embed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YfIpJmcBJk
Nov 5 2011 6:02PM
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chicken
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one of my favourite songs and movies



Nov 5 2011 6:12PM
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rudager
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Lonesome Crowded West is in my top 5 favourite albums of all time. Just a fun fact
Nov 5 2011 7:06PM
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theBearJew
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float on is the best song
Nov 5 2011 7:13PM
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Spic-N-SpaN
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blasphemy
Nov 5 2011 7:23PM
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rudager
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I would say no, listen to other stuff. One of my favourite songs is "styrofoam boots/it's all nice on ice, alright"
Nov 5 2011 7:29PM
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PJS.
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Nov 5 2011 7:31PM
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theBearJew
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no way man. so wrong, the lyrics to float on are so good and its just the best feel good music. u dont know music.
Nov 5 2011 7:32PM
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rudager
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Bad call on saying I don't know good music, but I'll let it slide.
Nov 5 2011 7:35PM
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steezbox
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One of my favourites from them.
Nov 5 2011 7:41PM
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LittleFoot
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Isaac Brock is actually super self conscious about his voice. They fix all the songs to try and get rid of his lisp
Nov 5 2011 8:02PM
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theabortionator
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Holy fuck you're retarded.

You've probably never even listened to the good albums. I feel bad for you
Nov 5 2011 9:11PM
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LittleFoot
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hipster mentality
Nov 5 2011 10:22PM
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AwR
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Dude, if it was not for float on well over 3/4 of this thread would have never heard of them. We as modest mouse fans live with float on...its like the friend nobody likes...but at the end of the day you have to acknowledge it exists.
Nov 5 2011 10:27PM
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Skithedeep
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yeah hes great and all, until I saw him perform so drunk/high/fucked up that he couldnt put more than 2 words together. He stood there and smoked a cigarette during the first half of Ocean Breathes Salty and proceded to mumble the rest of it.

I still think Modest Mouse is great and listen to a few of their songs every once in a while, but I will never see them live again, maybe he just had a bad night.
Nov 5 2011 10:35PM
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gnartogue
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sort of unrelated but i personally think layne staley from alice in chains has the most under rated voice of all time pretty sad it had to go to waste because of his addiction he looks like hell in this video but his voice is still so good http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMPGGRrLhkI
Nov 5 2011 11:01PM
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theBearJew
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Chill man.

Float on is probably their best song by far. And I've listened to all the songs on this thread and most of their albums. Float On is by far the best song they've ever composed.
Nov 5 2011 11:55PM
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rudager
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Would listen to this every night before I'd go to sleep. It's kinda dark and spacey. I like it

Probably incredibly unnecessary to post the whole album. But it was the first Modest Mouse album I bought.
Nov 6 2011 12:10AM
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theabortionator
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Not at all. It's about quality not a hipster thing. People were listening to modest mouse way before me. But I still enjoy the fuck out of albums that cam out years before I'd ever hear them.


Doesn't matter if you started listening to them a week ago. Float on is def not their best song. I mean music is subjective and all but come on, Float on Really really?
Nov 6 2011 12:28AM
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theabortionator
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Catchy tune = best song ever


You're right. I just needed to see the light.
Nov 6 2011 12:32AM
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Sketch*
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i think it was a bad night when i saw them live a rothbury a couple years ago it was amazing all of the song were perfect
Nov 6 2011 12:41AM
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Skithedeep
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yeah some friends that i saw them with saw them another time and said they totally redeemed themselves, but it all just kinda ruined their music for me which is a bummer

Nov 6 2011 4:33AM
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smuggs
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I saw them at UVU probably 4 years back (mormon land utah) and was really dissapointed with the show.

then they did that free concert in pioneer park in salt lake, yea the one like 40,000 people showed up to and it was fuckin epic. luckily we pushed all the slc hipsters out of the way to get close to the front.

speaking of float on!


Nov 6 2011 10:27AM
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Dosh
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i used to fucking love modest mouse back in high school! i need to start listening to them more again!
Nov 6 2011 10:35AM
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[inspired]
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this thread is full of win. isaac brock is amazing.
Nov 6 2011 10:49AM
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noname..
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from the time this segment came out, they've been my favorite band, no doubt.

Nov 6 2011 10:54AM
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Ski_Alot
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world at large is amazing, although guster's singer is great also
Nov 6 2011 11:26AM
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AwR
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Every time I see them it's a gamble. I wonder to myself which Isaac I will see, but I am still stoked cause I attribute this band in helping me cope with depression. They went through a period where Isaac could give a fuck about the show and just fight with his bandmates. Both Eric Juddy and Jeremiah Green have taken hiatuses from the band due to that. One of my favorite things about Mouse shows is hearing to Isaac drunkenly ramble about random shit from snakes, carnage, baby sitting, and my favorite free bird.


Yes float on is their best "POP" song to date. It has everything a radio friendly song needs, cathy positive chorus....but is it Mouse fans favorite? no.

Everyone should listen to the early version of float on, it's raw. Just youtube "float on early version live at the showbox". Those who also wanna hear one of the rarest modest mouse song youtube "jawbreaker song"...I warn you though it is isaac brock in his prime.
Nov 6 2011 12:21PM
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john.stossel
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not ny that far dramamine is close imo
Nov 16 2011 3:57PM
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rudager
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I've been enjoying Trailer Trash lately
Nov 16 2011 4:01PM
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Spinoza
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i was coming here to bump for this song specifically.

so. yeah, B-fucking-UMP



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