onionbubs
06.25.21 | honorables include: make everybody happy, out of gas, shit luck (woulda been here if its album context weren't so crucial to its success), polar opposites, the entire rest of moon and antarcitca, float on, bukowski, king rat, satellite skin, missed the boat, wicked campaign, strangers t/t |
Kompys2000
06.25.21 | All the essentials are here, tbh I might put float on somewhere in the 50-40 range |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | forgot to add it initially but float on is def an honorable that shit is too hooky |
Trebor.
06.25.21 | I wouldn't have any songs from the last three albums on my list honestly
life like weeds and stars are projectors are prob my faves |
Kompys2000
06.25.21 | That opening drum fill goes hard as fuck too, can't remember the name of the guy who filled in for Jeremiah Green on this album but he had big shoes to fill and he really gave it his all |
Kompys2000
06.25.21 | I really do love The Ground Walks though, great lyrics and it actually kinda bangs |
Nerdurosis
06.25.21 | wow no float on damn.
ain't nothin' bad about that song |
Rowan5215
06.25.21 | pos for history sticks to your feet. great song |
Ryus
06.25.21 | https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1037980&listid=184133 |
Ryus
06.25.21 | good list :] |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | "ain't nothin' bad about that song" tru but that also applies to all the others here. float on isn't far behind these tho i do dig it a lot
history is a wonderful track and one of many here that has me kicking myself for not checking out their b sides/non lp shit earlier |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | right back at you ryus tremendous picks |
Ryus
06.25.21 | as long as your list is comprised mostly of tlcw, tm&a, long drive, and building nothing out of something then basically any song you pick is valid lol |
Ryus
06.25.21 | except 23 >:[ |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | ah one of those medication haters i see
i kinda get it songs weird but i rlly love its abrupt shift in dynamics and both sections rule on their own too so im sold. can def see why its one of their more polarizing old cuts tho |
Ryus
06.25.21 | the 2nd part is good but the first part drags sooo much. probably my least favorite modest mouse song from 96-00. still pretty good tho lol best band |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.25.21 | you're doing the lord's work with this list
last time I jammed LCW was on a long drive (hehe) and teeth like god's shoeshine felt like my favorite. hits me like a truck every time. just trying to figure out like a top 10 for this band drives me insane though |
hal1ax
06.25.21 | Top 2 is on point my man |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | yea this took forever to settle on and im not even sure im fully confident w it lol can truly understand any rank as long as its really heavy on their 96-00 period
but yea weeds and sad parts were always gonna be 1 and 2 |
YoYoMancuso
06.25.21 | 7 is my fav but this is a fantastic and well thought out list. Props for including the cold part that song is way too slept on |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | cold part is def underrated (at least, for an album as beloved as moon and antarctica lol) think its bc the cold part is very much a mood piece and doesn't really have much of an adventurous song structure but the dreary, bleak atmosphere it establishes is so absorbing |
Ryus
06.25.21 | that whole section of tm&a is so good. probably the best structured album ever |
DamnVanne
06.25.21 | What they need are some songs that don’t sound like modest mouse |
Ryus
06.25.21 | wanna post those 5s but its just too easy |
DamnVanne
06.25.21 | Indie rock is the cancer that never kills you and never goes away |
Ryus
06.25.21 | at their peak they were basically the best rock band ever tbh. |
porcupinetheater
06.25.21 | Great chooces but not even an honorable mention for Ocean Breathes Salty? |
Ryus
06.25.21 | WOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
said the broken californian down on the beach that used to be by the beach |
JohnnyoftheWell
06.25.21 | "at their peak they were basically the best rock band ever tbh"
this is accurate for any other rock band with a one-album peak though |
Ryus
06.25.21 | ok but they had like a five year peak and it was glorious |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | ocean breathes is very good but its not like, a FAVORITE of mine the way the others are. the vocal melody during "you missed when time and life shook hands and said goodbye when the earth folded in on itself" is so good tho |
theBoneyKing
06.25.21 | Beautiful list. Band has so many classics. Early ratings are showing the new one might not quite suck, here’s hoping for a decent 3. |
widowslaugh123
06.25.21 | Ok what the fuck |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | ngl ive heard the new one like twice and have no idea what to make of it yet |
Rowan5215
06.25.21 | I'm halfway through the new album and there has been one good song lol. it's sooo corny and cheesy and badly produced |
Ryus
06.25.21 | they need to stop tbh |
Ryus
06.25.21 | "ohio" is underrated |
WatchItExplode
06.25.21 | I won't disagree with anything I will just say props for heavy inclusion of everywhere and his nasty parlor tricks
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onionbubs
06.25.21 | i get a kick out of the "o hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii o" part but it gets a bit meandery in the middle. still a good un
truthfully cant rlly make any judgement call on the record until ive heard it a couple of times since most music is just kind of in one ear out the other the first time my dogshit attention span gets to it so all i remember is the record cleared my very low bar of having a small handful of songs i like lol. was still like a 2.5 at best tho and that was without paying any attention to the lyrics which will absolutely sink it |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | and hell yea parlour tricks owns listening to it now |
AngryLittleAlchemist
06.25.21 | #1 is #1 for sure. your top 5 is my top 5 for the most part, except I'd put Parting of the Sensory instead of Spitting Venom for sure, and mayyyyyyyybeeeeee The Stars Are Projectors over Edit the Sad Parts? Probably. But man, seeing Lives in a top 5 is so refreshing. Was tied for my #2 MM song for a long time. |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | yeah lives is incredible. the combo of that and life like weeds in the sequencing is prob the best back to back pairing in their discog |
Kompys2000
06.25.21 | Couple tracks into Golden Casket and boy it sure seems fond of bursting into choruses not sung by Isaac Brock |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | yea trying to soldier through the new one again and finding very very little to like. hard [2] on these uninspired ass hookless chourses |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.25.21 | new one is sounding like a bummer for sure
"they need to stop tbh" [2] |
Ryus
06.25.21 | "i get a kick out of the "o hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii o" part but it gets a bit meandery in the middle. still a good un"
i love the "truly sorry i see clearly" part
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Ryus
06.25.21 | i think isaac is just having fun and doesnt really give a shit how its all received. good for him i guess but i have 0 interest in listening to the new one |
TalonsOfFire
06.25.21 | Nice top 50. Something like The Stars are Projectors, Life like Weeds, The Cold Part, Night on the Sun, and Spitting Venom would be my top 5. |
SmashIsTheWay94
06.25.21 | "i think isaac is just having fun and doesnt really give a shit how its all received"
yeah I'm glad that he seems to be happy. at the end of the day this band will always be one of my favorites for the incredible run earlier in their career. and as long as they're still happy doing what they're doing, I can't really hold it against them |
EyesWideShut
06.25.21 | I miss this band |
DoofDoof
06.25.21 | Make room for…nothing from the new one |
onionbubs
06.25.21 | given there are songs of theirs i love that didnt make the cut and the quantity of music they have i doubt anything on the new one would even crack a hypothetical top 100 |
DoofDoof
06.25.21 | Agreed |
WatchItExplode
06.25.21 | Is there some evidence somewhere of Isaac being happy and having fun? It sure doesn't translate to record. I get the impression he would rather be in real estate or something. |
Ryus
06.25.21 | i think i remember watching something where he said he'd rather keep making records with new sounds than do the same thing over and over again even if people dont love it lol |
theBoneyKing
06.25.21 | Isaac has gone batshit crazy, on the basis of his recent interviews. |
Kompys2000
06.25.21 | Dude he's been crazy since the word go, in the 90s he was smoking meth and slashing his wrists onstage
His recent bugaboos about psychic warfare and all that shit are just completing the inevitable transformation from 20something crackhead to middle-aged conspiracy theorist paranoiac |
Veldin
06.26.21 | Came for Edit the Sad Parts, not disappointed. |
Veldin
06.26.21 | GOTTA GO TO WORK, GOTTA GO TO WORK, GOTTA HAVE A JOB |
Pangea
06.26.21 | nice ranking, 1 is a great 1. i would personally put doin the cockroach here though |
Pheromone
06.26.21 | dramamine too low |
Pheromone
06.26.21 | > In 1999, he was accused of date rape
> spent a week and a half in jail for attempted murder
> meth
> cutting self on stage
oh man who knew isaac was so 70s punk my god |
DoofDoof
06.26.21 | Yeah, Doin the Cockroach is top 10 |
UpwardSpiral
06.29.21 | Yeah the lyrics on Ohio are great. Need to jam that album again |
