Modest Mouse - Make Everyone Happy /Mechanical Birds

[lolvalle]

I would be dead without Modest Mouse, Literally,

[logaritmusnaturalis]

I just found a beautiful treasure :-)

[LetterToVoltaire]

God damn the old stuff still makes me wheep.

[wasupwitchue]

true music comes from a place darker than the absence of light, darker than Ian Curtis's soul and the very roots of this beautiful darkness is hidden in the apathetic tones of every modest mouse breakdown

[TheDesireeofSunshine]

As someone who is friends with these guys and a musician. What gives any of you the right to decide who it is okay to listen to this or not, regardless of how they found about them. I've been listening since the early '90's. Does that mean you all suck? NO. Good music is good music. I'm sorry if your life is pathetic enough to dwell on such things.

[poopinmymouthilikeit]

3:15 and on... religious experience. 

[sheamusdavey]

I almost need a cigarette after listening to this. <3

[lilmook26]

@sheamusdavey Me too. I always light up a cigarette during 'World At Large' , 'Bukowski' , 'Whale Song' , and 'King Rat'

[looshkin66]

ive been clean off of heroin for 3 years now and this song is as close to a heroin rush as i can get whithout actually doing smack.......this song literally gets me high,

[aekoriginale21]

i hear first time Modest Mouse..very spesial band..

[eyetranceend]

This is unspeakably good. I mean, I can feel an aura of ego just melting off of me in sloppy chunks. I get way too into this. It would make most of you uncomfortable.

[000colourful000]

I like it all, I just think they can do know wrong. The old stuff is rawer, sadder, but the new stuff makes me smile in a different way. Favourite band in the world...

[GreyAlaska]

This song's dick is making love to my ear vaginas.

[CaptianSlap]

@GreyAlaska Best comment on anything, ever.

[TheJohn0909]

Issac brock speaks to the soul, this song and talking shit about a pretty sunset gets me everytime.

[TRPLSX]

a ok.

[EveryonePlaysHalo]

Fuckin Geniuses!!!!!!!!!

[drevilchild1]

not being a party pooper i dont really like the old stuff ae the new stuffs cooler

the old stuff just doesnt sound cooler

[mikebt87]

@drevilchild1 no way. :o modest mouse on drugs > modest mouse on not as many drugs

[eyetranceend]

@drevilchild1 Now, I only mean this to be somewhat mean, partypooper, but why is it that the people who like the newer stuff more can't form complete sentences or write above a 3rd grade level? I think Isaac may be writing for the wrong audience these days.

[cheifsquatingturtle]

@eyetranceend why the fuck would yo say that



[reeceJyoung]

@eyetranceend sadly you may be right but i think it has a lot more today with the outrageous rise in the number of fucking retarded sub-human hipsters, and obviously its extremely hip to listen to modest mouse. couple with the laziness of most people today, they type modest mouse into youtube and listen to the first songs they find

[jeffa420]

@reeceJyoung So, its hip to listen to my favorite band in the world. you follow fads, queer.

[F00LSG0LD215]

"I'm not sure who I am but I know who I've been." WOW just WOW simply put awe inspiring!

[Gross561]

does anyone else think the crazy guitar at the end actually sounds like mechanical birds or am i crazy. that crazy stuff he does with the tremolo arm im assuming

[LiquidNeonMusic]

@Gross561 That's exactly what i was thinking, I thought the song was called that because of it.

[bso6750]

Lonesome Crowded West is pretty spectacular as is Long Drive...but I also put Moon and Antarctica up there. That album is fantastic from beginning to end.

[NeptuneMS385]

@bso6750 I'd say the top five are the three older ones, Lonesome Crowded West, Long Drive, Moon & Antartica, with the two newer ones, We were Dead and Good News. Honestly, all of their stuff is great.

[Binochy77]

@NeptuneMS385 i like the old stuff more. they kinda changed, dont get me wrong i dont hate on the new stuff i just dont listen to it.

[Oriente7]

@Binochy77 Yeah theres a division there, I think that the new stuff sounds happier in my opinion. Sad Sappy suckers we are praisin the old shit.

[cKunke2]

@NeptuneMS385 Can't forget Building nothing out of something. Golden

[jaydeebee16]

Favorite Modest Mouse album..

[NahkiBah]

@jaydeebee16 It's a toss up betwix Long Drive, Lonesome Crowded West, and The Fruit That Ate Itself

[skellydude114]

id like to see you fail seeing me fail? nice. love this shit. check out cloud cult too.  love you all

[utwatkanye]

I think this song just made me shit myself

[TEPIASOSD]

Best way to put it

[musiclover01ization]

Modest mouse's best album

[Happymealify]

@musiclover01ization Second or third best. I would rank this after The moon and antartica and the lonesome crowded west.

[ctownballer03]

@musiclover01ization I'd say this one and Building Nothing are tied for the no 1 spot. Moon and Antarctica and Lonesome Crowded West tied at no. 2

[TheKiwipie]

Wöw. I just listened to this song while itching my ear with a Q-tip...

Best. Eargasm. EVAH!

[warmslime]

lol, I think at first MM decided they would create a sad song about the hardships of life, overflowing with melancholy, but then they said "fuck it" and went nuts

[MrMahoses]

The breakdown at 2:32 is just powerful and absolutely incredible. This band is just on a whole other level!

[Lobodomy69]

@MrMahoses i know what you mean, i can't even describe how beautiful that part is.

[Paper1Plane1Piolet]

the banjo part touches my heart

[Ievolovel]

I wish I could make you all mute so you would do more listening and relating and get out of the slum you might be in.

[mmmhmmmmmmhmmm]

0 dislikes!!! who said good music was dead?

[tnizzle53]

not sure who I am either.

[brent2386]

This band is like love.. you can't truly describe it, only experience it

[happygoessmokey]

I love seeing people talk shit about this band being depressing, this band has just described more feeling than you will feel in your whole life, im talking about real feelings. real worlds. and they aren't said just to be said. this band.. no, this song, will live longer than any of you hating on it. 0 dislikes. out of 55THOUSAND views. fuck off, enjoy the music you got the lucky enough to stumble upon

[warmslime]

@happygoessmokey what if the video had 300 dislikes? music isn't judged by likes or views... for goodness sake

[shadowofsaints]

0 Dislikes. That is more fucking like it!

[phenethylaminedreams]

Back in the nineties emo wasn't an insult. it wasn't really even a word. What it was back then was pretty cool. Anyway shut the fuck up about genres, this is modest mouse.

[sebas7375]

the mechanical birds give me eargasms EVERY TIME and i have listened to this song 100000 times or more :D

[Lobodomy69]

holy shit this is so fucking amazing and beautiful. i cant even describe it.

[nurmikkoo]

what's up with you people? everyone has feelings, emotions.. does it make us all emo's?

[commo25]

Ultimate catharsis.

[tjdharris]

I love you gueys

[irvingcsaltzburg]

The last half of this song is the most depressing thing I've ever heard in my life. It's fucking beautiful.

[skittles404]

I like the vibrations this song makes when I listen to it on my laptop.

[UrNaMeHeR3]

i just had a EARGASM!

[bretfavresucksballs]

for all you dicks talking about "emo" . . . what does emo mean? go be an emo . . . dickfucks . . . hail isaac brock

[DIGFOOL]

@bretfavresucksballs pretty much emo is negative, always sad ect. pretty much MM is sometimes is sometimes sad, sometimes drifting, sometimes pissed of, sometimes happy, sometimes optimistic, sometimes just rocking my balls off.

whoever typed "emo" was probably to lazy to type "emotional"

[irvingcsaltzburg]

"Sad" would be the last word I'd ever use to describe emo music. Sad music is the best type of music because you know the songwriter poured out his soul to make that song so emotionally moving. Would you call blues music emo? I fucking hope not. Emo music would be more correctly described as jump-in-the-air-you-mindless-s­poiled-teenybopping-fucks kind of music, like fallout boy and shit. The term emo is just a meaningless euphemism for an idiotic trend, it has nothing to do with emotion.

[Grave187RIP13]

Wow this is great.

[bftsoccer]

i like how this song grabs you by the balls 

[juseppi11]

@bftsoccer hahaha made me laugh

[iamyourgranddaddy]

I love the entire song but the part from 3:21 to 6:05 is amazing. It's mixture of happiness and sadness (IMHO) and yet it's all instrumental. To be able to elicit those emotions without using lyrics isn't an easy thing to do. It's happy but yet it sounds like a crying baby bird who lost its mother is singing over the music.

BTW....Modest Mouse is NOT emo.

[DIGFOOL]

@iamyourgranddaddy i like it fom 0:00 to 8:30. i enjoy it for a while after its over just sitting and thinking about it.

[hoobitman]

@DIGFOOL you know what, i do the same damn thing after every modest mouse song i listen to

[theyetty4ever]

one of the best 6 minutes of my life

[evandb42]

I fucking love the end! It's soo amazing and full of emotion!!

[ajgree6]

Fuck emo. This is the Mouse's best album by far.

[thetrueawesemokenzie]

i'm not sure who i am but i know who I've been= one of the greatest lyrics ever

[PimpinSidecar]

its about a machine that makes everyone happy, thast not emo

[MusicIsFunn]

Lol everyone talking about wether or not Modest Mouse is emo, its just music enjoy it.

[PikePat]

One of the best songs I've ever heard

[xAbolishGovernmentx]

In Ken Kesey's book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, he compares shaking the limp hands of patients in a mental ward to shaking the hand of," dead birds, mechanical birds". I think Isaac may have used that as a metaphor for the way the guitars sound like false imitations of real birds, chirping in a desperate attempt to mimic something real.

[CK3890]

@xAbolishGovernmentx Birds have vocal chords, just like guitars. Guitars are made of another element. It's not that the guitars aren't real, they're just mechanical. Like the vocal chords of birds.

[MissingTime1]

My hearts torn right now. I love this song and all modest mouse. It Always Rains on a Picnic.. :( MM creates art that opens your soul (with or without permission) and then rams a train of thought [over] into you.

[Hirschtodblind]

Emo=Emotional=the reason why music is made, if it isn't for money

Modest Mouse is full of diverse Emotions, btw

[carpenteroak]

im sure what emo is.. but this aint.

[NmHman127Nugget]

hmm idk man this is somewhat emo. but as far most emo music. This is definitely nothing like that. It's really good

[Dimitri0924]

@NmHman127Nugget you should just stop listening to modest mouse if you think they are emo.

[bottleofstevens]

the second half of this song is the best thing i've ever heard. mechanical birds

[bigkdeezy]

@bottleofstevens completely agree.

[satironicsadvocate]

If you've ever eaten a lot of dramamine(which I am not recommending AT ALL) you'll deffinately understand this album a bit better. "Exit Does Not Exist" and obviously "Dramamine." I feel like he just took a road trip to nowhere with a lot of drugs; dramamine being the weapon of choice and wrote the world as he saw it. Fucking LOVE Modest Mouse.

[kanagula]

wtf? am i in heaven? i must be. where else could i hear such a beatiful sound?

[lovetheNorml]

i could fuck all their songs .....ummm great shit....oh yeah.....baby just like that....harder yeahh fuck yeah

oh god your so wet, so perfect ummmm yeahhhh...

[NmHman127Nugget]

what is that sound half way through

its absolutely perfect

[ndixon986]

modest mouse is simply amazing.

[Timmymets]

God i love this song / entire Cd

[HipHipForChe]

this is my second favorite album

[smashinpumpfan]

I love how Modest Mouse goes deeper into meaning then most bands... You know? They are very intelligent

[looshkin66]

Everybody should stop arguing and just love modest mouse for a minute...........i love modest mouse!

[KidRobot]

It seems that he's been living his life as a people pleaser, and he realizes all of those different faces he put on for different people stacked up to the point he forgot about himself. Now he's trying to figure out who he actually is so he can start to care about himself.

[DHARE0103]

pretty sure those "mechanical birds" are done with random sounds on a recorder, not a guitar. sick song anyways though.

[looshkin66]

im not suuuurrrrre........im pretty sure it's his guitar though. Have you read otherwise? I know i have made similar sounds on an electric but there are some sound effects being played backwards at 3:50.........is that to what you were referring?

[broj15]

best message in a song. isaac is either refering to how nature has become commercialized or how birds represent happiness and the happiness feels so artificial and manufactured. great song

[ofurbanesuavity]

i hate youtube comment fights.

respect the song. youtube comments aren't about justifying your opinions to other people, it's about taking advantage of self expression, freedom of speech. if we abide by peace, love, and minding our own bussiness, the world would run so much smoother.(: take that into account next when commenting on other peoples comments instead of the whole reason you found them in the first place, the video.

this is an amazing song, and isaac brock is a commendable lyricist.

[Stew4turn]

If one could find beauty in contrasted focus; as light defines dark, evil creates the prerequisite for good, sad times outline the happy ones, then I believe I would hate Modest Mouse to establish in others a definition for their love.

[Redsparrowe123]

I can't believe no-ones commented on how awesome it is that he can make his guitar sound like a mechanical bird squaking!

[Pewpewharhar]

So that's how mechanical birds sound? cool.

[imkarmafyi]

true that..

[imkarmafyi]

sorry, *modest mouse

[imkarmafyi]

you can just let it flow through you, and stop the lying attitudes.

please, its moest mouse, shhh

[tlsar]

fuck yes

[Shyranelle]

It's kind of funny how the people who say they don't care about other people not liking this song are getting really worked up over it. And instead of worrying about someone else getting in trouble over something they said, you should probably worry about yourself. Profanity is no way to express oneself in a mature fashion. :)

[Stew4turn]

@Shyranelle fuck that.

[fuckshitfuckshitf]

back in high school the first time i did cid one of my buddeys brought over this album... needless to say, i fell in love with modest mouse on the spot..

[nuckingfuts811]

@fuckshitfuckshitf

Yeah dude i feel ya. modest mouse opened their gates to me when i was on cid.

[IAmSmokingDank]

@fuckshitfuckshitf wow that is so freaking amazing why dont you write like a 300 page novel about it

[Timmymets]

this whole fucking CD is the god dam truth and anyone who disagrees GFY

[looshkin66]

Dont abbreviate........this album is the god damn truth and ANYONE WHO DISAGREES CAN GO FUCK THEMSELVES WITH A SHARP AND VERY POINTED STICK.

[itsnourishment]

modest mouse is the greatest band of all time, i am in love with modest mouseee

[davely4]

I hate this song. Sorry. :/

[irvingcsaltzburg]

Are you apologizing for how retarded you are? I don't blame you, if I was half as stupid as you were I'd apologize to everyone I'd ever met for giving them a negative impression of the sentient intelligence of human beings.

[davely4]

Calm your nuts down. I don't like this song, and my friend tried getting me to listen to it. I didn't like it and commented despite her.

[irvingcsaltzburg]

"commented despite her" good job using that word in context jackass. Here's an idea, why don't you tell your worthless opinion to her fucking face next time. You can go ahead and hate this song, that's your opinion, but don't tell us you hate it because we don't give a fuck. You must be the kind of idiot who says aloud every thought that comes to your fat head, that shit will get you in trouble one day kid.

[danzl]

@davely4

well, i can't read your original comment, due to the negative feedback you received... but... "i don't like your videos" and "i don't like the music you listen to" but you don't see me bashing it, dishing out negative criticism. what have you... i can only assume this is what you were doing. point is: i don't like elvis or the rolling stones, but i respect what they did for the history of music. i don't like country, but there are some talented artists in that genre. think about it.

[k8omiller]

yes!

[peterpwner]

such a beautiful song!

[theflcl]

You wanna talk about good songs? The Fruit thate ate itself. Steam Engenuis. Not this cut-my-wrist song

[gaphary]

Are you kidding me? Are you trying to relate a song by Modest Mouse to being emo?

1. Modest Mouse is one of the farthest things from "emo" there are.

2. This song kicks ass.

The Fruit That Ate Itself and Steam Eugenius are fair songs, yet this song definitely tops them by far. But then again, I'll just let everyone have their own opinions, I can't make everyone happy.

[cloudbroken]

@gaphary

You can make yourself happy? XD

[CoFMinion]

@gaphary Oh just let the ignorant have their way why don't you.

[nyclaybreaker]

@gaphary Theyre considered Indie/Grunge

[Preisellack]

@gaphary Modest Mouse is my favorite band, and I fucking hate emo's and emo music, but Modest Mouse can be depressing and Isaac has cut himself on stage multiple times. Theres even a youtube video of a concert where he does it. Meh idk. 2.This song does kick ass though

[aristopunk1]

@Preisellack Don't bother labeling.  Just sit and enjoy :)

[Preisellack]

@aristopunk1 oh i agree, i generally don't, but someone said this was the furthest thing from emo. And I guess I tend to disagree. Irrelevant though. This song is amazing

[imjohnandyouare]

@Preisellack he was pretty high on meth or coke or something like that at that show so that could've been the reason he cut himself.

[TheDallyLama]

@gaphary emo used to be a different thing dude. not the bull shit now of days. listen to early husker du or cap'n jazz, some of the first emo bands and tell me modest mouse wasnt enormiously inspired by them

[JosephO75]

he's talking about how he doesnt know himself. if you haven't figured it out by now that all brock writes about is drugs, finding yourself and various aspects of depression then you're a fucking idiot.

[RadiclEdward]

Oh my. the primary line is "I'm not sure who I am, but I know who I've been." that obviously means no, he doesn't know himself, but he may be the sum of all he has been. So far as I know, the only songs outright about drugs by them is "Dramamine" and "Novocain (Stain)" and they're not exactly viewing them in a positive light. However, he does seem the type to be a pot head anyways. The world isn't about drugs.

[RadiclEdward]

Oh, and the only reason I thumbs up'd your post is because I clicked the wrong one....

[looshkin66]

Ummm.......the good times are killing me, polar opposites, all night diner, here it comes.......and others. Seems to me you are the one "forgetting"......why is that?

because you are blazed

[downfairview]

i disagree with you. i have immediately at least one come to mind about drugs (one of my favorites, as well) styrofoam boots/ its all nice on ice, alright. but i agree the world isnt about drugs. for the lucky majority any way.

[looshkin66]

Agreed.

[downfairview]

oh yeah, the good times are killing me, sorry

[hyliahero]

@RadiclEdward He's more the type to crash his car doing whippits!!

[looshkin66]

wow

you are judging too damn hard

and taking you point of view much too far

[shakezulathemicrulah]

What are you talking about?

[tadpolesexxx]

"I said you shouldn't make facts out of opinions."

I LOVE THIS BAND!!!!!!!!!!

[stonesmoke21]

This song pulls my soul apart. Every molecule of feeling is torn to shreds by his guitar.

[T0rge]

3.16 min

the guitar is killing me♥♥♥

[boldtypespark]

mechanical birds = face melting

[calean8691]

I'm not sure who I am.

[WizardsStaff]

This reminds me alot of The Velvet Underground

[BrookeChazette]

Same here, Sara!

I didn't mind the instrumentals.

It seemed like they were there

for you to think...About the song,

and your life, you know. C:>

[TexasLonghorn07]

You "didn't mind" the instrumentals?

It's sad to me that so many people nowadays believe music requires vocals to be good...

[5lbTumor]

yea man... the instrumentals is the best part.

to me anyways.

[XxInputxX]

@TexasLonghorn07 Its kind of sad that you think this songs vocals aren't good.

[TexasLonghorn07]

@XxInputxX Check the comment again ;) I never said anything about the vocals in this song. Personally, I love them. I'm just that nowadays, the general population believes a song isn't good without "good" vocals.

[nyclaybreaker]

@TexasLonghorn07 EXACTLY....and rarely nowadays do the lyrics or vocals actually HELP a song...some of the shit you cant even understand!

[evandb42]

@TexasLonghorn07 The vocals are good.. Theyre amazing! Isaac is an amazing singer. It's called Indie music bimbo's.

[chesspiece11]

@TexasLonghorn07 could not be anymore right XD!!! some of my favorite artists are actually comlpetely instrumental musicians, like buckethead(single artist) or praxis (band)!!!

[Saraa72]

I really like this song! They aren't singing for a lot of the song, but the tune is awesome! c:

[ilikezmonster]

this song makes me happy

[dinosore9]

this song brings tear to my eye. especially towards the end, its beauitiful.

so many memories.

[DemonicMuffinMan]

God this song is so awesome im like addicted to it!

[mikewhocarestinsley]

IMO,

this is the most underrated modest mouse songs.

its one of my favorites.

[BrandonGarska]

shut up and listen

[baseballerdude11]

this should be the only comment ever made on a MM song

[alphameda123]

a good song to smoke a bowl too, and to relax and get caught up in the trip of contemplation

[KrazyKaveKricket]

hell yeah, thats what im doin right now...

[brighteyes29893]

arghh it's "And I'd hate to see anybody fail

But I'd like to see you fail seeing me fail" on songmeanings they have the lyrics all wrong and no ones realised :@

[SubicBayMantaRay]

damn their songs are so relaxing