Minus The Bear - The Pig War

[PinStripes41]

girlllll slow downnnnn. girl slow down with me

[sur3shot]

i finally removed my chastity belt with this song playing in the background

[erikaleidoscopeyess]

favorite MTB song of all time.

[SnazzySnorlax]

This is the best song ever.

[BIGwalrus9]

This album gets the ladies wet, no lie.

[Tvvelve]

Holy shit. First time hearing this. I love it.

[Sexysexysalmon]

Am I going to see anyone here on October 16th in Boston?

[tvasthekilla]

This is my favorite song by MTB, the line "We can Catch the last boat out, cause its the best one" makes me shake, I listen to this song at least 30+ times a day.

[DaRocker21]

@tvasthekilla My fav MTB song too.

[ValiantBandit]

This CD was so amazing. So dream-like. Perfect lyrics, just everything perfect.

Then they had to make another album and suck.

[toknowandgrow]

I live in the San juan islands, cheers

[betrayedxforxblood]

This band is everything a band should be.

[TheViridianCoast]

Cant wait to see them in a couple months! Huge influence for my band (Viridian Coast). Check us out on facebook and reverbnation if u dig MTB!

[jmeador85]

When you're thinking about someone late at night, every Minus the Bear song feels like... what you're thinking...

[TPOBWMTYT]

My favorite MTB song is the one where they play music.

[kaetaris]

"it's been so long that it seems

that i've never danced with anyone

she moves so

she moves so well"

Beautiful.

[ValiantBandit]

@kaetaris

Agreed, it's also quite subliminal and can be taken many ways.

"Never danced with anyone" -> Making love instead of sex

"She moves so/so well." -> Speaking of the profound effect the two have together as one.

[yourbiggestfan492]

My favorite song from Minus The Bear.

[clevelandtyler2]

@yourbiggestfan492 definitely one of mine.

[RandomGenericComment]

brilliant song. i think its a better making love song than sex song though. Don't ask the difference, you'll know when you're there.... and you'll be listening to this song :)

[nightdividesday]

4 people are minus the bear.

[itakun94]

I want to lose my virginity to this song

[JohnWaynesPistola]

@itakun94 In a perfect world you would.

[falltoprey1]

its been so long that it seems like ive never danced with anyone ahhhh ahhhhhhhhhh ahh. best part. 1:59

[DuctTapeUtopia]

@falltoprey1 Those Broken Social Scene-y trumpets/atmosphere in general really make this thing. So pretty!

[v00dochild22]

(minusthebear)

[youwantedme]

wtf... why do i have to love them so much????? favorite minus the bear song

[Brodeo651]

hell yeah this song is tight!!

[sbowensd]

@longviewsfinest14 this song is so relaxing, it makes me want to sit on a beach and watch the sunset w/ a glass of wine!

[soonersfan94]

@sbowensd Oh how much I wish I could be doing. Minus the wine though,

[zuco89e]

This is magic

[sbowensd]

One of my all time favorite MTB songs....

[Steviejet22]

@mythunderthighs Same story w/ me. only band that can make me instantly feel good

[manalord2]

Oh man first people start using letters to talk to people and express feelings, then it moved to the telephone. Then came the internet. Sites like eHarmony and shit. Crazy right? Well here's one you would have never guessed. Youtube! The world's new unofficial dating site!

[sepiasilence]

Its up to you to keep your potatoes out of my pig..

[monkyman8000]

@doron2k

hello! would you consider uploading The Pig War [O. Hunter Remix]?

[doron2k]

@monkyman8000

I already did :) 

[monkyman8000]

@doron2k

oh nice! thanks a bunch! :D

[FrozenSnake999]

Menos el osooooooooooooo

[lalva1]

it's been so long that it seems like i've never danced with anyone...

[jmulboston]

minus the bear... why are you so fuckin good? stop playin with emotions and let me get the new cd.. fuck.

[scenekidseatpotatoes]

who cares if they "sold out" or not...which they havent, if that term even meant anything. if you dont like the music, leave the page. jesus.

[buttonsputon]

besttt bassin every musical test

[Zerhino]

You kidding? Oso and Planet of Ice are much better albums than all the other stuff that had the songs with the long, stupid titles.

[monkyman8000]

@Zerhino not even dude, all of Menos el Oso's songs are the shit! :D

[xkostonx]

@Zerhino highly refined pirates was a fucking fantastic album...absinthe party, women we havent met yet, get me naked 2, every single song with "long, stupid titles" are good

[Zerhino]

@xkostonx since posting my other comment I have realized the genius that is Highly Refined Pirates...I take my comment back ;)

[xkostonx]

@Zerhino lolol i forgive you!

[ronniccia]

this album is prb thier best

[johsoxe]

given that their music gets more progressive with each release, how the hell have they sold out? i can't help but think that this is what i know about being gigantic would appeal to a much larger majority than planet of ice.

[missmoniica]

penis

[mrfudgeyhead]

@missmoniica

I concur.

[Ksmacker]

@bstore2  he is not saying getting teetotaled , dont know how you came up with that one LOL

[Matt47386]

Last time I checked it cost me less than 20$ to go see them live. You dont pay only $20 to see a band that has sold out. Bands that have sold out have millions of dollars and play in places that fit 50,000 people. Not in small venues that fit 500 at the most.

[yogurtman321]

THey've drastically altered their musical style to appeal to a larger audience is what im saying. They should go back to being dance rock instead of this.

[03lucky]

@yogurtman321 lol not many people listen to this specofoc type of music trust me im the only one i know that listens to these guys in my whole skool. maybe its just not popular here but still.....

[ohwello]

i always hated the beginning of this song. the rest of it is great tho. i love the part at 3:18

[bigrussthefusss]

the wind on the boats deck is a cold hand on the neck, slipping into our cold bay(bed)

and when he says:

drink a bottle of red wine

getting two toned eyed? or forgetting to tell time

which one is it?

[hodges4886]

forgetting to tell time

[yogurtman321]

I always thought he said "Getting two times the high" but I dunno for sure.

[bstore2]

@bigrussthefusss

hes saying "getting teetotaled"

it means drunk. i might have spelled it wrong but thats what hes saying : )

[bigrussthefusss]

i finally saw them this year, it was amazing!

[Saix121]

I love minus the bear so much, one of the best bands ever. They a simplistic style to their lyrics, however, it makes it have a genuine feel to it, like this was exactly what he was thinking at the time. All in all, this is simply breath taking.

[daedley]

The beginning synth line is nothing short of amazing. The guys from Minus the Bear are amazing especially Dave Knudson.

[gibsonsg6987]

agreed man on of the best bands out now :) they fucking rule specially this album, or highly refined pirates

[JarredG31]

how do you figure they "sold out?" it pisses me off when people say that cause they have no idea what they mean by "sold out." its a useless term to describe any person who has sand in their vagina because one of their favorite bands was in a commercial.

[acidsould]

They didn't sell out at all. Last time i checked NOBODY i know still knows about them. They deserve to be richer, but then 12 year old girls would love them. So fuck that shit.

[yubbone]

can people grow up and get over this time wasting game? its pretty childish...

[munichlegends]

sampling beautiful but the lyrics are cheesy on par with something as gay as incubus, crass.and at 1.15 it goes well wrong, still a good band just very very uncool these days...girl slow down

[Vertze]

Minus the Bear has always had "cheesy" lyrics. It's Jake's writing-style. He keeps it very minimalist, especially in the earlier albums. The few words he includes in a song could be full of meaning or they could be some silly little phrase he sings simply for the way the words sound, not what they mean. Lyrics don't have to mean anything. It's a good approach to writing a song; It's not the meaning of the lyrics that matter but the vocal tones/harmony that compliment the instrumental sounds.

[krs5147]

how are you suppossed to forget about somthing that your suppossed to forget about...wtf?!

[NumeratedDemolinatur]

fuckin' I won

[cakeshoppe]

Crap... I lost the game >.>

[noobnumbertwo]

i just lost -_-

[M1sterM1ster]

Shit. I Lost the game.

[guahdonnhue]

a little, actually.

[WtfRainbowpoop]

I...I...lost the game..

Nuuuuu---!

T_T

[eavilexanbitch]

fuck you guys i lost now

[vw1124]

Pachuca sunrise is the best

[wowzerinit]

YOU BASTARD. I lost the game.

[Valkeie]

son of a comatose dolphin I LOSE!

[scalymanfish2]

girl slow down...girl slow down with me..

[sinr1one]

@scalymanfish2 Wish she would understand.

[winrap11]

one of the greatest jams i've ever heard. the ending is sick

[WetNoodle49]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I lost the game =[

[shiggityshwaaa]

Damnit now I did too

[oddtravis]

dick

[whiterussia444]

I've lived in the San Juan islands for almost twenty years. Its funny that this song is about our island, but its cool. Yes the pig war did happen here, but its a flopp..no one died but the pig. Really the pig war is near nothing haha..but the tourists seem to like it.

[sublimeskunk37]

I am SO happy I found this song. It makes me think of my girlfriend...This song is as beautiful as her..I'd love to walk down the aisle with her to this song. :x

[diamonddarkstar]

menos el oso, their magnus opus

[Tacoman1013]

i never thought i would love every song on a album till menos el oso

[quiknicksilver7]

ever listen to S.C.I.E.N.C.E? incubus.. that's where it's at. this is the shit too

[maidensuncle]

i love this band and they seem like very cool guys. kudos to minus the bear. if you keep making them ill kep buying them.

[krystalkinsstickypoo]

I just lost the game.

D:

It was worth it, though.

[GeorgeMellllow]

Haha I lost the game

:(

[JuryKing]

I FELL IN LUV WIT THIS BAND 2DAY!!!!!!!

[magicdragonsmoke420]

i'm glad. all of it is real good happy listening

[ragingstorm33]

yippie yea he ha!

[tds1273]

Apparently I cant post the link but for trivia's sake, the actual Pig War (via wiki)...

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between American and British authorities over the boundary between the United States and British North America. The specific area in dispute was the San Juan Islands, which lie between Vancouver Island and the North American mainland. The Pig War, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig...The pig was the only "casualty" of the war

[tds1273]

"

During the years of joint military occupation, the small British and American units on San Juan Island had a very amicable mutual social life, visiting one another's camps to celebrate their respective national holidays and holding various athletic competitions. Park rangers tell visitors the biggest threat to peace on the island during these years was "the large amounts of alcohol available."

"

[doron2k]

Nice, I didn't know that :)

[ragingstorm33]

were did you learn that?

[tds1273]

I used to live where they are singing about, Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. We would always ride our bikes to the park where the Pig War 'happened'. FH is just on the other side of the island from Roche Harbor. Also in the San Juans are Orcas, Shaw, and Lopez Island. Very, very cool area.

The two paragraphs are from wikipedia, but it seems I can't post the link.

[soad1017]

@tds1273 just wondering if this has any relevance to the song.

[tds1273]

San Juan Islands represented!

I love this song; used to live in Friday Harbor(just across the island from Roche Harbor).

[smbandjt]

fuck i lost the game :(

[thatguydav]

this is an AMAZING song to see live. I saw them this past november in Atlanta and I remember this vividly. When he hit the base drums i felt a deep thumping in my chest. the light show went perfectly with it. It was truly a surreal experience.. Im so glad i found it. Ive been looking for this since the concert..

Thanks for the post!

[ex2see]

FUCKIN GAME

[Pantera411]

jeez i hope there new album is alot more along the lines of "highly refined pirates" and "menos el oso" like.. lets face it planets of ice was good but nowhere near as good as their old stuff with dave creating all those intense guitar tapping songs like "thanks for the killer game of crisco twister" and "monkey!!! knife!!! fight!!!". they are getting too sofft for my liking..jeeez i hope the fame doesnt catch up to them, like i know a band like this cant put out the same album every year

[Ubyte64]

I disagree in that I feel while those earlier songs were good, they were juvenile in that the sounds were repeated. In Monkey!!! after you heard the first verse, you heard the whole song. On Planet of Ice, the songs were way deeper, you can't tell me that Double Vision Quest wasn't some of they're best work yet!

[Tacoman1013]

Planet of Ice was good But Menos el Oso has some of there best songs Memphis and 53rd Pachuca Sunrise and This song to name a few

[sjaakbanaan]

lol men love tis band but i totaly didnt expect dat.. LOL!!!! FUNNY MEN :D

[AnomalousVikingNinja]

screw you, the game!

[haircut74]

HA!!! i stopped PLAYING the game like a month ago....lol

but damn.....if i were still playing......i would've lost so bad right there...

[Turbovolvojoe]

Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse is my personal favourite, but Hooray and this one are a close tie for 2nd.

[ObamaJihad]

my fuckin god. this takes me back to my days and nights on X.

[corobar15]

this song remember me a girl that i like to much :)

[meggar1986]

Um....I'm totally not down with rob's alien, what i know about being gigantic, by far the best minus the bear song. This one though....quite good. This band has fantastic imagery that is able to take me places no other music can even touch.

[Camaro2101]

their songs always get stuck in my head. but that's a good thing, so I shouldn't even be saying anything.

[ihateumbridge]

2nd best song after Pachuca Sunrise FOR SURE!

girl slow down......girl slown down with me

[Ancaja123]

if we go outside

we can take in a haze of

roche harbor light

and drink a bottle of red wine

forgetting to tell time

[Thatch4244]

I love this song and i think its there best just my opinion

[bigrussthefuss]

agreed

[basskid24]

Pachuca Sunrise man. Deffinitly their best.

Still this song pwns.

[MikeyJamJams]

everyone's saying this is the best 2nd song. I just got into them.

So what's the first best?

[abluefuzz]

the best is hooray

[Camaro2101]

hooray is good, but throwin' shapes is my favorite. evryone's opinion is different though. all of minus the bear's songs are good either way.

[Numelsaince]

Lemurs man, lemurs.

[mrdudenigga]

My favorites are burying luck, knights, white mystery, El Torrente, guns and ammo and every other song they've made they are by far my favorite band

[Leonisian]

Pachuca Sunrise and Drilling are still my all time favorites.

But this is amazing.

Every member of the band is ridiculously talented.

This is what's keeping original music alive, guys.

[w1ktor]

thats my second favourite minus the bear song

AWESOME!

[adamflf]

best song ever

[Eric21ND]

brilliant, brilliant song!!!

[waugs9]

wow deff not the best off the album but damn good song

[dominiccesario]

which song is

[waugs9]

dont have one the whole album is amazing

[mcalien24]

this aint a surfin movie

[meao]

TOTALLY AGREE WITH U!!

[mcalien24]

thats cuz we're awesome

fav. lines:

"and i came from her soft touch, and slept."

and

"i hope the weather holds, but you dont need the sun to make you shine."

[04pearsw]

its mint how he sings it so soft

shivers up my spine

[ailbubble]

haha this aint a surfin movie!!

where innuendos abound!

[04pearsw]

2nd best song

[dominiccesario]

i totally agree that this is the best song off menos el oso. do you know if they good live?

[doron2k]

Yeah they're pretty good live, I saw them perform in Amsterdam :)

[Camaro2101]

yeah I saw them with the foo fighters in portland. they are great live.

[mitch321321]

they played with foo fighters?

[ailbubble]

I disagree, I think Pachuca Sunrise is the best.

[04pearsw]

true no argument

[thatguydav]

idk, its a tough one but i think if i had to chose id listen to this over pachuca sunrise. The way the music is played during the chorus gets me every time. I dont feel the same with Pachuca

[ShadowbabeNina]

favorite song off of menos el oso

[ATAL528]

Very chill song. One of my favorites off the album.

[DrakCorpInc]

this has to be one of the best songs from MTB (along with Absynthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse)

[johnielsen08]

This is definitely may favorite track off of Menos el Oso

[N0a86]

chillheid

[0MickeY]

pwnz

[emmelyncroes]

Hahahahah waar SLAAT dit op, heb je t zelf gemaakt:P