I'd like to start out The Lonesome Crowded West week with some choice quotes from when I googled "why I love Modest Mouse" for research on my essay:
“...the songs had the
pain of life stitched onto the great sounds and lyrics...”
“I believe it was playing
while I was shopping at American Eagle 3 years ago.”
“Some ex. of that time I
listened to Tom Petty, mighty Mighty Bosstones, but not much more than the
songs I heard on Guitar hero.”
“After that anything I
played by MM was just sex.”
And the BEST:
“My 13 year old self liked pop music, so I couldn't
appreciate the genius of Brock's tortured lyrics and originality...I just
really felt like I could relate to the song...Their music just makes me so
happy, and I can really identify with the originality of the music and lyrics
because I am also one very strange girl.”
OH MY GOD. Those quotes are amazing. In a 'This is what the apocalypse actually looks like' sort of way.
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