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  • Brilliant,this is the band where my indierock addiction started lol.

  • i was kind of dissapointed to find out the lead singer of this band is NOT an angry toothless drunken mountain man who was raised by a she wolf...

  • @mrfuckyall6969 He was

  • Issac Brock is such a badass.

  • I like the cigarette

  • Anyone else think the throwing of his cigarette behind his back @4:00 was badass too?

  • really relaxing preformance. wish they played this on my local.

    My Thoughts Were so loud.

  • i love it so much

  • Man I love this song... I bought this album when it first came out years ago. You know how sometimes you like a song but then after a few months your like "ehh... enough is enough"

    NOT WITH THIS SONG!

  • My best friend and I used to listen to this song together. He's gone now and all I have is this song. I love you Brian Fox and Modest Mouse.

  • @kerryjhanley i could not agree with you more..

  • i love this live version. there is something very powerful about it...and that piano melody in the background really gives it a sort of innocent, dreamlike feel....a little lullaby for a restless isaac.

  • If yall havent realized, part of the reason his voice sounds the way it does, is because he smokes

  • @shiftyweezle He has always had a lisp and thats not from smoking, so thats what u mainly hear. But u do hear a little bit of that raspyness from smoking.

  • @roosterchains I love that lisp.

  • @roosterchains Dont subscribe to everything you hear, friend.

  • @pittsburgh199 Its true though lol. One of his first songs was 123 lisp off, when he calls out people who dont like his lisp. Its an oldie but its on sad sappy sucker.

  • I wish Eric played a sweet bassline in this song

  • I think the reason people worry about his smoking is that it has the potential to ruin his fantastic voice not to mention kill him. Which would be tragic.

  • @WiiMoat

    the fact that he smokes is a major factor of his voice being so incredible

  • @1RamenGuy Indeed, this is the case with many a great artist.

  • He's smoking a Camel...

  • @CasperLittlewood the animal?

  • greattttttttttttt

  • This one, then Float on... this combo has such a strange effect on me

  • He smokes my brand!

  • who gives a fucking shit if he smokes. big FUCKIN deal. ive been listening to modest mouse since I was 9, isaac brock has made a big impact on my life. someday i wish to meet this legend.

  • smoke em' if you got em'

  • I love this song. It is so great to complement my mood when I'm feeling lonely.

  • aaaaaaaaaaa que caray!

  • What kind of acoustic guitar is it?

  • Amongst all the yanks here I will add this is some fukin A music lol

  • for a straight guy i am pretty in love with isaac brock here

    wait what

  • Uh Uh Baby Would You Understand???_

  • SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!! Jesus can't anyone here just quit worrying about the dumbest shit! He smokes...big suprise...who woulda thought?!? Seriously can't anyone enjoy their music any more? i love this song and band and thats all ya need to say!

  • this song spoke to me

  • ... =/  =) =D

  • this song and band have saved me from doing very stupid things countless times.

  • Oh god, he's smoking.

  • Whoa, you won't find shit like this at an R Kelly concert!

  • @1maruchanify this is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about

  • @superwiicrazy agree i love all their albums but this is my favorite

  • @1maruchanify Mine is "Moon & Antarctica"

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  • This is the perfect song to play at the end of a party when everyone is leaving and you're stuck cleaning up the mess alone.

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  • Isaac Brock is probably the only person who can sing while having a cigarette in his mouth.

  • @HenjoGamingHD "ba ba ba ba batat" can hardly be considered singing. but he is awesome anyway.

  • Anyone else feel seriously intimidated by Isaac? Especially at 00:49

  • @KenshiRyden Not really, just seriously aroused.

  • @KenshiRyden LOL

  • @steponme596 I feel that way about a lot of my fave bands lol

  • does anyone know what acoustic guitar eric has?

  • Ba ba ba da ba datat

  • Luv it

  • Favourite Modest Mouse song <3

  • this aired on my 16th birthday. this song is amazing. heroes for sure.

  • i just broke 1000 listens to this song on my ipod

  • @123459ization Now go for 10000 dammit!

  • @123459ization no you didn't

  • he looks so young

  • steponme569 brought me here

  • Awesome song!

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  • great song! guitar player looks pissed tho

  • Katy Perry, GTFO from the recomended list.

  • I wish I could sing like this then I would sing this all the time

  • Psychedelic beauty 

  • god, something about they're lyrcis and over all sound and makes you're ears and brain feel like they're floating

  • I could listen to Isaac Brock sing this song for years.

  • for some reason that is so awesome that he plays the keyboard to.

  • I love how Katy Perry, with over 200 million views is linked to a Modest Mouse video. Maybe if all of Modest Mouse's songs were linked to Katy Perry's videos, they would be recognized for how great they really are. Just a thought. =P

  • please send me information how to download this concert

  • @1maruchanify YES!! i totally agree, i always smoke while i am writing an producing, it helps you relax and concentrate a lot better.

  • Great performance!!!!!!!!!! I am numb now

  • this performance is absolutely perfect.

  • Issac Brock is so incredible! I am in love with this man! <3

  • epic song

  • @1maruchanify please get a tattoo of a better modest mouse song

  • @elurseeknay Its not that its their best song its just the deep meaning of the words "Float On", whatever happens, no matter what kind of bullshit... we shall think positive and "Float on" :D

  • @Lots0fNoodles

    Actually if you listen to the whole album Floating On has a very negative connotation. It implies that you're drifting through your life and doing nothing. The term appears throughout the album numerous times and as it develops it grows to be an insult of the narrator from World At Large/Float On. Especially noteworthy in the song This Devil's Workday. This song and Float on actually drip with incredible sarcasm. Issac's point is to challenge you to do something with your life 

  • @NaotaInko Hate to break it to you, but.. No. Isaac said himself he wrote Float On because he was sick of everything being 'so fucking sad'.

  • @1maruchanify My favourite is good news for people that like bad new but TLCW :P is probably my second davourite

  • Guys lets fight about how hip everyone is.

  • Since when did PBS become cool?

  • This is beautiful.

  • there are way too many trolls here ruining the purpose of music. if you wouldn't say it in peson, please don't say it online

  • ACL!! <3

  • Just love the music fuck what scene your in,cause in the end we all,most of us,listen to them because we relate......How many times have your thoughts be so loud you couldn't hear your mouth or blamed your friends you town your car when the truth was it was you so come on love it for what it is and leave bullshit out of it....PLEASE.

  • oh my god. i love isaac brock.

  • hipsters, just stay low ok. hahaha

  • Walked on off to another spot.

    I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want.

    Did I want love? Did I need to know?

    Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

  • this dudes had a pretty fucked up life and he has no reason to explain shit to any of you queers

  • who gives a shit if he smokes?

    Isaac Brock is a genius and can do whatever the fuck he wants

  • just shut the fuck up and listen to the damn song fuckin pricks

  • @Hanzers89 is a cuntity fucking cunt fuck.... prick fuck up shut damn song listen!!! i watched this video muted. my bad...

  • what a poser. no need to smoke when performing. good band though.

  • @joereidy3 plese take the time of day to explain how hes a poser. why the hell are you able to call someone whos been in a sucsessful bad for 17 years a poser when youve never created a note of music in your life?if you dont like it fuck off.

  • @skaterdude10001 when performing there is just no need to smoke. he's doing it for effect to look cool thats my point. the bit that annoys me the most is when he tries to sing with a fag in his mouth! music shouldn't be about looking cool. he's no razorlight or towers of london but i can't sit back and not comment on it. to make a point on you skater- just because he's done well for himself does not exclude him from criticism, grow up. to point out, i like MM and their music, just not gimics.

  • @joereidy3 who gives a fuck? if the music coming from his mouth appeals to you, why should it matter if he's smoking at the time he's singing the appealing music? He isn't trying to look "cool". He's feeding his nicotine addiction, just like the millions of other smokers do. He isn't a teenager, and doesn't need to impress anybody.

  • @ChrisOwnz42 its just SAD!! count how many puffs he actually takes, it's in his hand for longer. the music does appeal to me but i'd prefer it not to be through a haze of smoke that is just a stupid gimic to show how relaxed and how much 'i don't give a shit'. sometimes i wish glamrock would come back, at least they put some fucking effort in and knew they were putting on a show! no matter how old you are, you are always trying to impress somebody. I just wish i never saw this video...

  • @joereidy3 maybe he smokes just because he wants to? there doesn't have to be a deeper meaning in everything

  • @joereidy3 then go the fuck somewhere else dipshit. theres thousands of bands out there and WE like this one and their cigarettes

  • @joereidy3

    shut up, it's just a cigarette. About a quarter of the US smokes, and he just happens to fall into that population. He's playing a show, and he just wanted a cigarette. This song is one where he had his hands free to smoke a cigarette. Just enjoy the beautiful music, don't criticize the man.

  • @joereidy3 shut the fuck up and go die if he wants to smoke a cigarette he can smoke a fucking cigarette go eat a dick you piece of shit conservative bitch

  • @RHCPlover62 Mummy's boy. I know you're white middleclass wannabe poor punk from that last message. Oh he's anti smoking.. he's THE MAN. Get a pube.

  • Screw this all he's a great multi-tasker. Piano, singing, smoking.

  • im not a hipster but i love MM!

  • So pure. So good. I wish these moments happened all the time...

  • Nothing like this song and a beer for breakfast \m/

  • LABELS = SHIT. I can listen to KRS-ONE and green velvet and creedence clearwater and pixies and pantera and animal collective in one day. get over the labels, listen to what you feel. the fashion show needs to end.

  • @eguy

    Goddamn right, you just listed a few of bands on my ipod haha

  • Thank you MM for all the great years and great tunes!!!!!!I think something about how amazing this song and band are, should carry the most likes and thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @triplebud @awtsui both of those comments made my day, that's a plus in listening to indie bands on youtube...

  • just shut up FAWK! there resolved the problem

  • I use this song in conjunction with Float On to teach how different arrangements can create dramatically different songs. This song is musically almost identical to the Float On, which creates a powerful musical story between the two, but his composition has created two companion songs that exist independently and sound completely unique despite using the same music.

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  • @rockon6191 the two songs are connected lyrically, however the catchy drum loop by itself on float on makes a huge difference

  • This song sucks. In a good way.

  • Everyone shut the fuck up and enjoy the song

  • I like being a Hipster!

  • I love his "I don't give a fuck" attitude while he is performing. I mean I'm sure he does give a fuck but he just seems so chill

  • This is why I love Modest Mouse.

  • Him and I smoke the same brand :D

  • is there a dvd of this?

  • beautiful.

  • ACL

  • I love that Isaac is smoking... It's as if he's saying " I can play passionate, heartfelt, beautiful music in my fucking leisure time!"

  • Ive seen them Live and i must say it was breath taking.I have a few videos on my channel its been a while since ive updated but im trying to record all the concerts i go to in the best quality i can .

  • Is he smoking?

  • washington state rep!! im proud MM is from this beautiful state

  • just listen...

  • So much fighting over music...any band you look up everybodies yelling at eachother and acusing some group of people of something. Do you even listen to the music? Why fight? If you like it listen to it. Don't hate people who listen to it too. Share the love, you didnt write it so why are you so almighty to say who should listen to it or not?

  • One of the best indie rock bands ever

  • this song is true art and makes you feel something.. which is why it sickens me when pop singers think of themselves as music artists when the majority of them arent even writing their own music

    .

  • this song is a work of art i love the intro in the studio recording. the smoking is also epic

  • They look like they are having fun on stage

  • everyone shut up plz. anyway, modest mouse is my favorite band by far, i would kill to see them live. just never have the chance to =(

  • @lessavyfav1 go see them live as soon as possible before (god forbid) something happens and you regret not doing it!

  • can you all just stop fucking arguing about this dumb bullshit and just appreciate this amazing music? honestly isnt that whats important?

  • I think we all get that it's wikipedia.

  • smoking and singing at the same time. hahaha nice nice.

  • Isaac Brock spills his emotions without any control in his music

  • This song is somewhere in my top 10.

  • i listened to mm and ugly casanova when i was 17 and moved away to CA. at the time my sister was in prison and had her daughter there. I missed them all and Montana, my home so much but kept listening b/c the words were all that got me through the darkest part of my life. a part of me died back then, but it gave way to who i am now, and I will hold mm in heart forever

  • what a badass

  • Hands down best performance of that song, just beautiful

  • yes this band IS old that's why I'm 34 and remember listening to them in the NY city clubs when I was 20 and getting mad reading these hipster comments about what brand cigarette he's smoking instead of paying attention to the profound lyrics and music. I'll sell you hipsters my MM Tee shirt from 1997 only $250. Get it out of your dad's BMW change holder and float away.

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  • @triplebud "And I shout that you're all fakes.."

    It's a compliment, anyone who immediatley sparks a Modest Mouse lyric in my head is a wise man.

  • @triplebud good lord your brillant

  • @triplebud thats sounds pretty pretentious to me. and your calling us hipster for admiring the fact that we smoke the same cigarettes as him. go fuck yourself.

  • @triplebud  fuckin' a... you're my hero.

  • @triplebud by the fucking way, i do hope you realize the irony of your statement. Here you are ranting on 'hipsters' and yet you're the most guilty of that 'i saw this band before you were born' attitude that so-called hipsters are notorious for

  • @awtsui Damn straight!!! These days good music is hard find, I saw them back in the mid nineties, and I think its awesome they are reaching a new generation. The young fans aren't hipsters they just have good taste! It's that whole mentality of losing credibility as you get more and more mainstream recognition that tormented Kurt Cobain so much. Either way this is one of my all time favorite bands.

  • @awtsui I make no claims to seeing/hearing any band before anyone and what does your 85 Toyota Corolla filled with instruments have to do with anything? The more people that listen to this band = more money for more music so technically I only think 17 people are assholes. The 16 that disliked this video and the one that can't read.

  • @triplebud Well first of all, you commented that the kids who listen to Modest Mouse nowadays are all rich, privileged "hipsters" with BMWs. I'm saying that's not the case at all.

    And let me get this straight - you think anyone that dislikes Modest Mouse is an asshole, and you've also expressed disdain for all these "hipsters" who listen to modest mouse nowadays. So the only people who should listen to modest mouse are the few people who heard of them 14 years ago like yourself?

  • @awtsui you seriously need to learn how to read and stop putting words in my mouth but yes i think that anyone who dislikes modest mouse is an asshole. Therefore my friend at work and my uncle are also both assholes. but I also never clarified if i dislike assholes. I'm like Inception. I just went into the subconscious of your post from within my post and planted an idea that you will come to think was actually your post.

    I posted what i thought or did I? Just get over it... or don't. oohhh

  • @triplebud A DREAM INSIDE OF A DREAM INSIDE OF A DREAM INSIDE OF A DREAM.....

  • @awtsui Amen, who gives a fuck who heard the band first. if you like it, you like it, regardless of whether you've been listening to them for years or heard them for the first time today.

  • @awtsui You go girl! :D

  • @awtsui He wasnt saying "I saw this band before you..." in a way that implied that means he likes them more or he feels more connected to the band than you ever could be. He said it in a "Well you know what I've seen then before you but who gives a shit" kinda way... which is an attitude I wish more MM fans could embrace. I don't give a shit if you didnt hear about them until their latest album, point is you heard them, and you liked them. That makes you awesome in my eyes.

  • @awtsui

    duh, hipsters hate other hipsters, it goes with the trend haha

  • @triplebud Well said good sir

    

  • @triplebud What? They made T-Shirts? I thought they didn't make T-shirts 'cuz they didn't want to sell out!

    ..but that'd be awesome. Everyone at my school likes Black Veiled Brides and Avenged 7 Fold...

  • @triplebud

    you sound like an asshole.

  • @SoIncrediblyHigh the 71 people (probably more) that uprated it as well.

  • @SoIncrediblyHigh I love your iranian asshole. come show it to me

  • @triplebud

    uh... what?

  • @triplebud LOVE what you wrote.  Personally, I hope some of the younger generations will fight to preserve some artistic integrity. Hipster is a lame, overused term, come up with something new people.