Album Rating: 5.0

"This is one of those albums I will catch one song on shuffle or something and then I end up listening to the whole thing start to finish."

Exactly why I had to take this off my driving playlist.

I would immediately try to take my phone off shuffle and distracted driving is a no-no.

Album has too much power over me.

Unfortunately that's true for way too many albums in my case, probably less that I have so many great albums always in queue than I am simply weak-willed and indecisive, but nevertheless, I have begun forcing myself beforehand to mentally choose an album that I'll listen to in the car. Otherwise, yeah, I get two songs into shuffle and have to listen to X-band or Y-album and that can get ugly as you know.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah Polar Opposites is a fantastic song. This and Long Drive are hard 5s. Building Nothing out of Something is close.

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Polar Opposites could have been a really good radio single imo

Honestly, if Brock had sold that song to Nashville he'd have made a killing off of it by now. Get a more polished vocalist in there and sweeten up the arrangement and that's a country-radio classic right there

Album Rating: 5.0

"Polar Opposites could have been a really good radio single imo"

Why would you want that

"Honestly, if Brock had sold that song to Nashville he'd have made a killing off of it by now."

Why would you want that [2]



These are like doomsday scenarios here guys, please stop.

I'm not saying I'd want that, I just think MM's pop instincts at this point in their career get downplayed a lot and it's worth bringing up every now and then.

Album Rating: 5.0

I'd rather complain about them taking those pop elements and becoming a shell of their former selves later on, thanks.

If you ask me it's the less "pop" moments on WWD and Strangers that bring those albums down

Also I'd take even the selloutest MM over 95% of the drivel on alt rock stations these days. Perhaps that's damning with faint praise but still

Album Rating: 5.0

"Polar Opposites could have been a really good radio single imo"



Why would you want that



"Honestly, if Brock had sold that song to Nashville he'd have made a killing off of it by now."



Why would you want that [2]







These are like doomsday scenarios here guys, please stop. (2)



Sorry to say Kompys because I like you but I completely agree with Sandwich. Are you drunk, or near thereabouts?

Album Rating: 4.0

The good old sput brat argument of selling out is a good thing because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with making money.

Album Rating: 5.0

I for one would love a countrified version of “Polar Opposites”.

Album Rating: 5.0

Actually just remembered that there is one, by that bluegrass band who did a Modest Mouse tribute album: https://youtu.be/NW3AT3udjfc

Smooth that out a little bit and you could indeed have a country pop hit.

Album Rating: 4.0

Not gonna lie that was pretty cool boney

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah pretty decent

But what freaked universe do you guys live in where country pop is even a 1/3 that good.

About 50 years too late for that suggestion.

Album Rating: 5.0

I’m not saying a poppified country version would be better per se, just that it could be probably be commercially viable.

Album Rating: 5.0

Does bluegrass even show up on the country charts anymore

I feel like it doesn't, but I'm too lazy to check

Album Rating: 5.0

"Honestly, if Brock had sold that song to Nashville he'd have made a killing off of it by now. Get a more polished vocalist in there and sweeten up the arrangement and that's a country-radio classic right there"



Gross

Just to clarify I'm talking about 1997 country radio, not 2020 country radio. Big big distinction there

And yeah literally all I'm saying is that it could have been successful, at no point did I make any kind of value judgement on the merits of such a version.