They are indeed the best band. Their first few albums were definitely great. But I prefer the direction they went with No ones first and your next and Strangers to Ourselves.
@@Ivanexecutive Agreed, I like every one of their albums, but I do think they start getting less great with each release after the fourth album. They kind of just get weirder and wilder and honestly it kind of feels like they're disguising the fact that the songwriting and instrumentation isn't quite as good as the early albums. Again, I still like and have listened to every Modest Mouse album many times, but the first three are most special, with the fourth being real close. The Lonesome Crowded West is my favorite album of all time.
@@suicidalkangarooz totally with you. was just a different sound after The Moon and Antarctica. Nothing could match the greatness or rawness of the 1st 3 albums. And by 1st 4 albums i'm technically counting Building Nothing out of Something. my top 4 are in order are Lonesome, Nothing, Moon, Long Drive
This right here is why I live for music reaction videos. Lyrics and moods translate across genres. Someone who appreciates one thing can find the beauty and relate in another thing. Please keep this up. I adored this
@@separator94 Some other top picks. Interstate 8, Broke, 3rd Planet, Cowboy Day, Teeth like Gods Shoeshine, Parting of the Sensory, Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset, Ocean Breathes Salty, World at Large, Shit in your Cut, Night on the Sun, Willful Suspension of Disbelief. Tried to pick a few off of every release.
@@aspaceproductions Definitely. All solid tunes. Really wish more people were into good music. Glad to see there's still people like you and me out there.
The lyrics "We kiss on our mouths but still cough down our sleeves" is just calling out the irony that both are spreading bodily fluids and germs. But one is considered positive and sexual and the other is considered gross.
I've always seen it more as like, we can express sexual passion easily but real, personal feelings (the things we cough down our sleeves) are much harder to share
I guess that's one way to interpret it, though it seems to me it's more of a metaphor. It can be interpreted a number of ways, but I think it's more about how two people aren't being completely honest with each other. The idea that in a relationship, kissing someone could represent affection and openness, but then coughing down their sleeves representing that they are suppressing their true feelings or keeping secrets. I mean it seems almost like an argument in a couple parts of the song with the way he is using his voice in saying,"You've killed the better part of me." "I've said what I've said and you know what I mean.". Also when I think about coughs in a social context, sometimes they are used when someone is uncomfortable and is afraid to say what's really on their mind.
Also a great connection to dramamine and traveling mentioned in the song, is actually the name of the album that this song was on Called *"This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about"* Also the song/album was realeased in 1996! *Edit↓* The road this video is showing in timelapse is *"route 50"* also known as *"the loneliest road in America"*
Dramamine is acts like a sedative/hypnotic/delierent if you take too much , nearly the same as benadryl. Love Modest mouse, great reaction! Check out "King Rat" if you get a chance, peace...
I love getting a fresh perspective on songs that I love, especially when it's Isaac Brock's lyrics they're reacting to. He's a master of multi-layered allegory and this just proves it. "We kiss on the mouth but still cough down our sleeves" is just a line describing hypocrisy, but from a personal perspective it also describes people who are sick of each other but too 'polite' to be polite enough to express it. That's some good analysis.
Good video bruh. I also mostly listen to rap and hip hop although I listen to other genres. Modest mouse is one of my top bands. Awesome reaction bro, I would love if you would react to other songs off this album. Custom concern, lounge, exit does not exist. All are bangers. Keep going bruh.
I’ve always seen this song as a metaphor for a toxic relationship. Dramamine is a metaphor for his drug abuse, his motion sickness in reference to moving through life.
Love hearing lyrically focused reaction videos, highly suggest Interpol's Evil or Obstacle 1. Interpol's songwriter Paul Bank's is a huge hip-hop head and the RZA heard that or liked his lyrics or something and they collaborated. If it's good enough for RZA it's good enough for all of us. Isaac Brock is more improvisational at times but more insightful in his deliberate lyrics, but Paul Banks leans into the non-conceptual wordplay and association and just putting words together to see what they illicit. Love 2000's indie rock/post-punk songwriting, I grew on on it
something to note this video is not from the band its actually a fanmade one modestmouser has honestly produced better videos than id expect mm to ever do
Respect! Modest mouse is my favorite band ever. All their shit is fire to me. A lot of it took me a few listens to begin liking, but songs like this, all of M&A and shit are just instant bangers. PS, FUCK THE HATERS. Do what you do cause no matter what you do someone gonna hate and someone’s gonna love it. Don’t even react to that shit
Rainbow Kitten Surprise reaction, please, kindly. Literally zero on RU-vid and no they are not as silly as the name. Look up Devil Like Me, Freefall, Matchbox, Mr. Redundant, Goodnight Chicago? I’m giving a variety so just pick one if you want to.
Hell yeah, this was sick! Heard you say you've got a guitar, so tune it up best you can and here is a guitar lesson for this song if you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lkwR0NLyvAs.html Take it easy man
In this case (I think) "dramamine" is used to imply possible motion sickness and/or anxiety. Dramamine is used on label (FDA approved) for motion sickness, but is often used off label to relieve anxiety. So, the song could be referring to car sickness or anxiety. The off label use is not something every would know about. The song writer is signaling to audience members who have been treated by a psychiatrist. I think this style of music tends to resonate with people who analyze their thoughts and actions (life) in general and people in therapy in particular.
Dude, what is with all the stopping and starting on all these reaction videos?? That's not how music works...it flows!! Please just let the song play through.
Reaction channels have to stop and pause to contribute something or the videos get taken down. By providing their reaction and interpretation, it allows the videos to fall under "fair use."
I honestly _prefer_ the pausing rather than reactors who just make facial expressions or talk over whatever they're reacting to. If you have something to say about the original stuff, then it'd better be worth pausing over; w/o pausing, they're ruining both their own commentary AND the thing they're commenting on. So all things considered, I think there's only two ways of doing quality reacting, and pausing to share thoughts is one of them. The other way is letting it go all the way through, w/cutting down to avoid too much copyright infringement (assuming that's not the goal), and then adding thoughts afterward.
