Modest Mouse - The Whale Song

[joegnome2006]

my ears just came

[Crackhouts]

Love Modest Mouse. Somehow, this is the first time I've heard this song or seen the video. It's going to take a while to sing in, I think.

[Spartan0430]

one of the greatest songs of all time. shame this video only has a half million views.

[Biggestmutemathfan]

Too much epic for one session.

[ScrapBrainZone]

Leaves playing the drums? Well shit.

[stuntmcnuggt]

This music video makes about as much sense as TOOL.

[21stEuphoria]

these guys, and the fleet foxes. set for life.

[Icculus420phriend]

i cant stop listening to this



[Boggieuggyuggywugy]

love this song

[SauceGhey]

I liked the first 3 minutes of this video.

[HannnahBalector]

@SauceGhey eat a dick

[Orangedog1234567890]

Love all of Modest Mouse's videos! They're so strange and they make me laugh!

[BMunich16]

Modest Mouse videos are best watched naked.

for any kids reading this that means all your clothes off

[MrMemeGenerator]

Ha they used the water splash sound from minecraft at the beginning.

[TheDancingSaxophone]

@MrMemeGenerator Dude. They didn't use anything from Minecraft. "on Nov 14, 2009" As in- way before minecraft.

[noobie1890]

@MrMemeGenerator ...No. Minecraft is stupid. This song has nothing to do with that stupid game

[Kulizokia]

@MrMemeGenerator

A song made in 2004. Yeah, that's extremely likely.

[TripleSniff]

what giant fender amp is that to the left at 3:03

[shebootles77]

i feel like this vid/song is about drugs but its probably not

[MrPlooge]

is it just me or do some of these videos seem similar to some tool videos?? I know very diff music, I love both bands... same video producer?? gimme feedback plz.

[logawnio]

when it goes close up on isaac you can see his lisp when he mouths the words haha

[BeadleBelfry]

Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet.

[grunge287]

30 dislikes nice try justin bieber

[Rhombi485]

I'm eating cookies right now and the video is still just as good as it was a minute ago... should I try brownies?

[TheHumanDictionary41]

I want a magical string maker!

[Danlo0]

Best band ever! Isaac Brock is an Eccentric Lyrical Einstein!

[thybirdistheword]

i relate so much to this song.

i know i was a scout

i shouldve found my way out

so everyone could find their way out

[TheInundation]

When the slugs take over, gravity will cease to exist!!!

[Haleerdwn]

master piece!

[Kooscoose]

Modest Mouse video's are best watched Baked.

for any kids reading this that means you should have cookies with them.

[indalcecio]

@Kooscoose Shit i'm 22 and i still have cookies with them

[1cookiesNcream1]

@Kooscoose Lol, "cookies" with "special powder" xD

[GrizzlyBeale]

@Kooscoose hash coookies.....

[comandotem54]

pretty much this is my whole day

[cactusphish]

MM rules

[rabbitofterror]

i love the way isaac symbolizes his child hood in his videos

[mursemitch]

Mary J. Blige commercials.... why?

[TheHazzaHudd]

Best MM song ever , so addictive !!!!

[realitychk69]

What other band can get away with not singing for the first 3 mins of a 6 minut song

[D12globe]

@realitychk69 Pink Floyd, Death Cab For Cutie, Metallica, Good Weather For Airstrikes. Just a few I can think of.

[xKillerClownx]

@realitychk69 Along with the other response you got...

Boston; Arcadia; Avenged Sevenfold; The Eagles; Evanescence; Elton John; Rush; U2; Steve Miller Band; The Who; Van Halen; Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bush; Meatloaf; Queen; Primus; Jane's Addiction; Tool; Rob Zombie; They Might Be Giants; Coldplay; Billy Joel; Zac Brown Band; Audioslave; Genesis; Deep Purple; Jethro Tull; Iron Maiden; Blue Oyster Cult; David Bowie; Dire Straits...etc etc etc

Not necessarily 3min, but long intros.

[riven311]

@xKillerClownx forgot radiohead :P

[xKillerClownx]

@riven311 Etc etc etc... ;)

[xKillerClownx]

@riven311 Not to mention the character limit in the box, which for some reason if I copy/paste that post now it shows as -3 on the limit. :P

[joshmarsh1]

tired learning this on lead gutiar and failed miserably, oh well......

[Dayyummmx]

So glad I found this song, and this band.

[doyouthinkitsdead]

perfect 

[sarah96ify]

I love how modest mouse makes such wonderfully strange videos

[JimmiXpressioN]

nice

[Xdaniel100X]

drums = EPIC

bass = EPIC

guitar = EPIC

song = addictive as FUCK!

great song guys!!!

[IWATCHVIDEOS5555]

This song is like background music to my every day thoughts.

[tmmackey]

Does anyone know what brand of shirt that is? I cant find anything similar to it.

[xxNOMADx]

After watching the whole video, the weirdest moment in whole video is at 1:48

Seriously wtf.

Awesome video by the way :)

[CyrusBlades]

this is one of the most awesome videos i've seen!

[uknowthtoneguy]

omg i cant stop listening too this addictive beat

[Rynoceros007]

Haha my friend calls "Porcelain" by Moby the whale song. I'll have to show this to him when he gets back from college

[legubreous]

incrediable....

[allofthecme]

Drugs inspire inner thought it's just hard to put it on paper. I had this great realization one day trippin shrooms and relize that we are all a bunch of ants. It made since that night, but i can't figure out the secret.

[palmtree37615]

you can hear the desolation and darkness of the pacific nw in modest mouse's guitar solos so often

[zuchii]

ooooh i get it.... whale song... genius!

[kronos204]

This is one of the most BEAUTIFULLY made music videos I've ever seen. Even before I figured out the pipit/on string metaphor for "getting out" I was commenting on the animatronic look to everything. Not to mention the light tones and copious background imagery just add to the experience. I've watched the video 6 times in the last hour and have felt more and more depth each time. As an amateur video editor, I wish I could do something like this.

[gonorreahijodeputama]

28 people sucks!

[peppersJF]

Hey everyone. Id really love to hear your thoughts on my new song called Polka for my solo project Glacierbrain. Modest Mouse are a massive influence on my music writing as are bands like Tv on the Radio, Radiohead, Wolf Parade and Explosions in the Sky.

If you wanna support some unsigned music please swing by and let me know what you think :D

Cheers

[tonytiger666]

@peppersJF IT sucks. MM is 100000000000000000000000000000­00 times better. keep trying

[Kevwa451]

Anyone else notice that part of this video made it into the "Lenovo We make Do machines" commercial? I instantly recognized the arm attached to the drawing thing when I saw it, or vice versa.

[Ubertroll94]

@Kevwa451 I saw tht to..

[Robbie12992]

Fuck it all to hell.

[bah808]

is it supposed to be like a whale singing? :O

[jnld5]

Ear candy. Eye candy. Soul Candy. Shiver candy. Brilliance holy shit candy. But after a little while - short little- it become not candy, but crack. Fuck me, man...

[forevercough]

pure amazingness all around

[TheP3rson]

I watched this video while i was shrooming hardcore with two friends, at the end of the video all our minds were blown.

[maxbruce100]

what is the name of that drawing machine?

[ct2332boaz]

@maxbruce100 Its a pantograph of some sort

[reeceJyoung]

awesome videos like this make you say "..what the fuck.?" with a little giggle

[28335]

this video is creative as fuck.

[ExtremePanda007]

Whenever I get new speakers or headphones, this is always the first thing I listen to with them.

[Namreg811]

I can't find the lyrics

[Uptheironsidaho]

Personaly I think this song is about a man who goes crazy and commits suicide. The guitar fits that idea almost perfectly. Just an opinion.

[Brendan528]

ahh nothing better than Isaac goin' crazy on a untuned guitar.

[girthedog41]

does something like that mechanism in the beginning even exist? just assume theres something like it

[gbaker95g]

modest mouse always has a way of having incredibly intense bass riffs, this one, convenient parking, cowboy dan, and the stars are projectors. great song, greatest band

[joelswanson22]

@BurntF3aceMan They recorded Dance Hall wasted out of their minds for goodness sake!

[AHMGitskeithbradshaw]

@BurntF3aceMan well not to say all their songs are about drugs, but at least some of their songs are based off drug use. For example, The Good Times are Killing Me is one of the songs you would least expect to be, but is about the singer's past heroin addiction.

[nikoloua92]

That's real.I mean Modest Mouse is maybe the most honest,true and inspired listening that I've ever had.That's plain,,simple and as clever as something could be.

[arachnofile]

first time watching this video such my drug days, fuark i cant believe how much of this video i forgot

[TheWarHats]

What hat is isaac wearing in this video

[voicelessband]

I will never look at string the same way again....

[missunderstoodchild7]

WTF did i just watch O.o

[sylvascreen]

Love!



[Killinemdead1]

whats that thing hes using in the beginning

[bohee1love]

WOW THE MUSIC ONLY GETS ME WET!

[breathnac92]

why are there rap advertisements on a modest mouse song?

[gammster777]

THERE ARE NO WHALES!

[bunnykingIII]

@gammster777 wanna see whales? king rat

[optimisticcosmic]

@gammster777 Couldn't spell Snail & said Fuck it

[frizzybob]

so, whos going to comment on the fucking awesome guitar?

[morley303]

@frizzybob ...the sound!

[88grick]

@frizzybob

I'll comment on the awesome bass line.

It rules the most.

[shokk50]

@88grick lol for sure. one of my first songs i learned to play.

[JJJaakeeEe]

@88grick Its more awesome when you can play it.

[skatingmusic3]

@frizzybob i think i did a really long time ago... its badass ! haha

[joelswanson22]

hey, think he's alright at 5:11?

[thebageldog]

24 people never found a way out

[MrTheLighthouse]

@thebageldog everytime i see an idiot comment on the front page i dislike the video no matter what it is, please stop D:

[sylvascreen]

@MrTheLighthouse That is stupid. but anyway here's a simple solution; don't look at the comments first thing, listen to the song.

[AddictedApple]

Their videos are starting to get predictable...

[PickyMcCritical]

@AddictedApple If you could predict this video, you have quite the insight...

[SamawaWasim]

the bass in the beginning makes me soooo horny.....

[frizzybob]

@SamawaWasim its safe to say, you're a slut.

[SamawaWasim]

@frizzybob when it comes to modest mouse why not?

[TrevorIsCrazy]

the shins, modest mouse, and a lot of symphonies along with Metallica -(if the music wasnt so corrupt) could fuck my ears all day and ide be fine with it

[9ocarinaman]

thesee Modest Mouse videos are kind of weird...BUT AWESOME!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D

[SKEL45]

i have no idea what this is but i like the string power pencil machine anyone know how to make one

[harlen333]

I want that thing.

[SeanMakesSounds]

if we stop buying the shit they advertise en masse then we can end the ads before the videos

[beardenschnitzel]

@JackHitchins the guitar in places sounds a lot like whale song I guess, the stuff that kicks in at about 1:13

[arturdiegOs]

this is a true music!

[herrownicole]

Awesomely beautiful song.

[BurntF3aceMan]

What sucks is that people assume there had to be drugs involved to make this video/song great. Drugs are not a precursor to the creative awesomeness that is Modest Mouse.

[beanerboa]

@BurntF3aceMan wats wrong with have taken drugs

[BurntF3aceMan]

@beanerboa Nothing, don't get me wrong - drugs are awesome. But saying that they would have had to be on drugs sorta plays down their talents and creativeness yenno?

[YimYamesPlease]

@BurntF3aceMan Indeed. I could take all the drugs in the world all the time, and never be able to write anything half as awesome as this. Brock can make some good fucking music.

[TheBurningBuddhist]

@BurntF3aceMan They talk about getting high and making music all the time.

[xXiloverepetionXx]

@BurntF3aceMan the fact is that most people in this day and age lost all sense of creativity and now there only way is through drugs so they assume everything else creative was due to drugs

[Deutscheland1470]

@BurntF3aceMan however, drug abuse is mentioned in "the good times are killing me," and isaac has admitted to past substance abuse.

[BukkakeNation]

@Deutscheland1470 abuse? what exactly is the correct way to insert drugs into your body, when they're prescribed from a psycho-the-rapist?

[Deutscheland1470]

@BukkakeNation what?

[shizzzbiscuit]

@BurntF3aceMan they could have been, but whether they did or did not is irrelevent.

[WestFargoPackerFan]

@BurntF3aceMan

...are you kidding me? are you familiar with modest mouse?

[ckyrulz123456789]

@BurntF3aceMan Modest Mouse is a DRUG and they are a Precursor to awesomeness!!! lol

[SmoothHourglass]

@ckyrulz123456789 I don't know why anyone gave your stupid comment thumbs. You obviously don't know what precursor means.

[GermanPeoplePerson]

@BurntF3aceMan dude take a look at the video and just listen to the song.. this is drugggggggggggggs, loud an' clear

[Robbie12992]

@BurntF3aceMan There is nothing wrong with fucking weed. Weed is great. And the 15 minute intro is great too!

[Robbie12992]

@BurntF3aceMan I am fucking serious as hell, man, weed did not try to harm you! Weed loves everyone. Fuck the low.

[ninjalazer23]

@BurntF3aceMan Don't worry, only people ignorant enough to assume that all art comes from drugs have such a shallow personality that they don't matter anyway.

[danielhinderliter]

@ninjalazer23 But you gotta admit, a heavy dose of LSD would make the most stable person flip shit.

[ninjalazer23]

@danielhinderliter Sure, no denying that, but for people to suggest that all art spawns from drugs seems a little shallow.

[RiptheGreen]

@danielhinderliter lol i did acid for the first time last week and i flipped complete shit

[stewie666666666666]

@BurntF3aceMan Except they all do drugs...? So they were involved, even if it wasn't on purpose.

[iamawhore1]

@stewie666666666666 except brock stopped doing heavy shit a while ago. so, yeah.

[TheTrilbyWill]

so how much of their budget seriously went on weed?

i'm not kidding, if these guys werent stoned when they wrote this stuff im confused.

[andrewalochner]

That part at 4:10 when he's stepping across the amps. Love that effect.

[giraffepimp]

BEST PART OF SPLENDOUR!!!

[Ryukyagamisan]

damn, this is so good words cant describe it.

[bklounge273]

DRUGS.

[ericdeben]

I love the layered vocals. It's hard to make them work, but Modest Mouse did it :)

[mattcattt]

@ericdeben And to think if he wasn't initially so self conscious of his lisp we wouldn't have one of the best sounding bands ever :D

[skatingmusic3]

@mattcattt i wasnt even aware of his lisp until i saw an interview haha

[peachesval]

my fave band in the world