i came as a rat- modest mouse (original music video)

[TheDiaphramable]

i added it to my favorite list

[stevejobstheapple]

I don't dislike this, but no mm song, especially off of "The Moon and Antarctica" should be taken literally. That's like interpreting a surrealist painting by the clocks all over the place. You just can't.

[Crunka]

@stevejobstheapple you actually can...

[SixtiesGypsy]

best music video ever!!

[NeptuneMS385]

Am I the only one who laughed at "Riding around on bad inventions" in the beginning?

[modermeh]

@NeptuneMS385 im pretty sure :D

[pawbassist]

@iballgrupe dude seriously shut up

[iballgrupe]

@pawbassist sorry dude thats my bro hes a dick

[pawbassist]

@iballgrupe haha np.

[Dominicanese]

very good job!

[dazstar]

I do not need you to tell me that im not a cat....

[imsohotnmh69]

god the whole song just gets u so pumped and theen that ending just brings it all to a halt and just annoys the hell outta u.

[ElectricDinosaurs]

I absolutely love this, actually. You made an amazing ironic interpretation that was just clever!

I don't know what people were talking about, I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[galahuth]

totally dig the old ass early cinema setup of your videos. kinda has a bigger effect then any old black and white.

[hillsse70]

This one's for me:)

[ColdCutMolecules]

run enuff red light to make your vid??

[Danceswithspoons]

I came too soon, so i came back.

[kmacmuzikmafia27]

I actually kind of like the literal take.

[tbernens002]

really nice!

[tommynotchelsea]

it's pretty cool. by the end of it i was sick of the vignette effect....but yah...pretty good.

[beastlycad]

not sure about this vid!

[SixtiesGypsy]

This video is AMAZING!!! <3

[Tdubbin04]

good job guy

[trippintonk]

EFFIN EXCELLENT! I expect to see lots more from you, young lady .

You did an excellent job. I hope you are studying film, or at least minoring in something very creative. Sometimes eyes as fresh, and honest as yours are what is needed.

[asspants101]

original music video? lol this video blows . good song tho

[Guercinator]

this song posseses the groovyest bass line in the world!!!

[DrScruffy]

too silly

[jodybtree]

well made bro! i dig it

[TFichVe]

This video has a kind of Eraserhead feel to it. I like it.

[JesusBeDemocrat]

AMG rolling around and hoola hoops during the OHH OHH part made me laugh my ass off

[JamKai]

Uh...Yeah I noticed the quite direct interpretation of the song. Well done!!! Hilarious!!!

[room8on8fire8]

I came as a call, I came as flat

I came too soon so I came back

I came as flowers, I came as nice

I came as dirt and I came as its price

[popadopalas]

wow this is really good nice job.

[jo3ym]

good job

[MRzTWEEK]

awesome video!

[BMXorHOMICIDE]

yeah he says "came as a CAR, came as a flat...and then ..came as ICE came as dirt and i came as its price!!..

....also isaac brock is more than serious with his lyrics...in the documentary eric judy says that he feels like he gets better answers from him out of his music then if he were to ask him the question straight up and forward!!

so please dont tell people isaac's lyrics arnt to be taken seriously and if your a christian you might wanna think twice about what your listening to...

[BMXorHOMICIDE]

oh and when he says "we all swam down in the lake and washed the dirt off our intentions prattlin on about bad inventions "

he means him and his buddies went to the bar, got drunk and spent the evening crackin jokes about society and how retarded the world is!!

[Hoobadiga]

It is not you who decides what they mean even if they told you themself its up to me what they mean

[asspants101]

@Hoobadiga who fucking cares

[Hoobadiga]

I dont like you never talk again

[crippledfrombirth]

Lol, i thought my brothers old CD was scratched, its actually like that.

[poopaloop754321]

i love your style

[CaptRawrs]

i came as ice

[TheBloodyBrits]

@CaptRawrs I came as one lonely Y sperm cell.

[twinkierocker]

trippy and awesome wish there was more stuff like it

[cartman4pujols]

best music video on youtube! Awesome Job

[CorathSS]

This is the style of video that fits Modest Mouse.

[TheTrollCity]

Interesting to say the least

[gaphary]

I like it, but not so much about the literal thing.

[LouderThanThey]

@gaphary I hate that literal thing as well. Good eye....and ears!!! Lovin me some modest mouse!

[TheeFilmSB]

@gaphary this i a great video with its unusual way of the singers version of after life and who are you to compare something with no faxs

[gaphary]

I never said it was bad. I'm just not fond of the literal interpenetration. Takes away the deep message of the song.

[nattook]

@gaphary "interpenetration"?

[gaphary]

@nattook Haha unfortunate spelling error.

[amodestmousefan]

@gaphary

Umm Isaac Brock never interprets his songs for anyone... He leaves them open for interpretation. So maybe there is no deep message in this song for the author of this video maybe only a raw literal meaning. Who are you to say anything about that.. Did you write this song?

[gaphary]

@amodestmousefan No need to be so hostile. Just my opinion. Chill out dude.

[galahuth]

@amodestmousefan a large part of all art is personal intepretations, nothing wrong with someone else sharing their interpretation. also it is rather commendable to find a person who encourages others to look deeper at other potential meanings. one thing i love about MM is that the music can often be seen as multifaceted even if he really is simply describing a natural decay process when he says "somethings gonna steal your carbon" etc etc for music across the board

[amodestmousefan]

@galahuth thats exactly what i said but isaac stated  in an inrerview hias music should mean different things ti different people

[achadam]

You know what? I liked it, a lot.  Great job.

[MadMadi2000]

not bad, do more=}

[TeamSpeacial]

I must say.. you did a great job with it. Nice work

[KranKsters]

0:54 whats that noise?

[thtsritesun1212]

an evil creature within your computer.

[xxxEMOxxFREAKxxx]

Probably their car

[TheRubikzCube]

I came as ice, I came as a whore...

[mudjunky78]

'Nice' not 'ice'=)

[13ready13]

I do not need you to tell me that im not a cat!!!

[WazzuliofRunetotem]

nice job

[awhislyle]

This video it awesome, great work

fav'd

[ihatetj]

I like it when god slaps the nicotine patch looking thing onto the leg. That is rad. Good Job.

[Dictionariescanbefun]

I have no idea what you people see in this video. "Walking around my own bare feet"-->bare feet. "I'm not a cat" --> a cat "Caught a ride" -->the film maker gets picked up by grandma.

Don't reply that he had that disclaimer in his info (which I just noticed) because this is still a piece of crap. " It was my intention to take the song as literally as possible, with the point being to show that the lyrics should not be taken literally." What the hell? You went right from point A to point C.

[Flig5]

What he meant by doing this is to show that the songs lyrics, taken literally, are nonsense. This is because you have to think past the practical meaning and look into the symbolism behind the lyrics.

Your name is kind of funny in how it corresponds to this situation, too. Since dictionaries give the straight, literal definition of words, which is what you're doing here.

[WelcomexToxThexNHK]

I think the style this video is in is perfect for the song. The way you did the lyrics literally is funny, but I think I would have preffered if you hadn't, just because of the mood of the song and style of the video. Nevertheless, great job.

[purplespandexxx]

Good job on the video! It's a fantasmal song and you really did it justice

[d3usalpha]

fantastic song!

[SmoothHourglass]

Great vid for a gerat song.

[Quagmyre0123]

*Such

[cherrybomb53]

I have never heard a modest mouse song I didn't like.

[jwynn13]

good video man...really well put to a great song

[popatire23]

ive been wanting to listen to this for a while, and was glad to see that I liked it and that it came along with such a well made video :)

Keep it up!

[JrChurchXtrM]

Nice it's nice to see a literal meaning to this band. I usually take a metaphoric meaning. =P

[foolonthehillz]

He purposely took the lyrics literally to show that they shouldn't be taken literally. . . .

[vampike]

keep up the great work

[Budney420]

badass song..

[NMR9891]

i love it

[KingRevvi]

Hilarious. Love it!

[raiderzfootball2]

nice man

[snowboardabbe]

Love this song, great snowboarding music.

[PIMikeProd]

Modest mouses first song

[pgn1969]

nattook i completely understand what your saying. If you take many of their lyrics literally it makes no sense..In my opinion.

But this vid is amazing!

Woot Modest Mouse! <3

[LoFiLime]

Good stuff, man. I really like it.

[lypshynn]

this is the best mm song

[joepearcee]

u made this video?

it actually owns :|

after listening to the song a few times watching parts of the video & then reading the desc i was like woah. well done!

[TheTrapezeSwinger13]

Haha, I love the "came too soon so I came back" part. Very good video, I find it almost comical though that you literally do almost everything that Isaac says (i.e. breaking bottles and whatnot). But I like the video!

[omeey]

excellent video!

[droznig]

Awesome video :) well done man.

[humboldtdm420]

if it is not your song then why did you name it "original video" when it is in fact not the original, you made this video for this song which already had a music video

[stealapenguin]

original meaning it's his video, that its unique. read a dictionary, mr 420. Weed kills brain cells.

[FreePizzaAndBeer]

Way to show your ignorance. There is no proof that weed kills brain cells.

[NorthHitman622]

Weed does not kill brain cells you dumb fuck.

[zachy3621]

WEED IS AWESOME!

[jifigz]

you are very right. however something entitled original video could mean it is original. It's new, different, and not done before, but I, however, agree with you.

[TEH1337g4m3r]

holy shit i love this song, they are easily my favourite band

[DanDeadDan]

I would end it at 3:25

[KinsleyLayJ]

yeah beacuse you are retarted.

[ThomasOreleas]

I work at a TV station, and let me say that you're actually decent at the whole thing.

I've seen some real crap videos on here.

[curlyfrysss1827]

i like when the lyrics are like "but not before he'll stick it to you" and he puts the sticker on the guy.

it was funny.

i like the video.

[VKRxZM]

The tunnel vision got a LITTLE annoying, but besides that..... spot-on fuckin' job. :D

[agalloch666]

This song makes so happy :D

[mastergrab44]

Good video but i think its too literal

meaning that every little thing the lyrics state is in the video.

Some music videos genrally have a small setting and plot to go along the music

[felice333]

read the info box:P

[motropolis]

amazing. you will go far!

[murmaider668]

Love this song

The video makes it sightly better

[TooTall9660]

I think the members of Modest Mouse themselves would have to give you props for this video!!

[SourSkittlesxoxo]

Love.

[Kolohe13]

good job..i love this song...

[GLUTTONYnLUST]

very clever. awesome video

[carlitoput]

this isn't weak or amateur at all.

you're a fucking genius.

keep it up man

[WhyDontYouJustSay]

good song...weak video..

[hatta252]

very nice man.

[hueldereich]

i really like what youve done here, cheers, great song choice.

[mixtapeminstrel]

This is a very good amateur video.

[mademan21021]

Love this song, love this video.

Song is truly amazing.

You did an amazing job at a video, don't let anyone tell you different.

[banjohole]

wow,this is one of my favorte modest mouse songs and u guys did an awsome job with this vid! was cute,5 stars!!

[devan616]

Good stuff!

[funkymcbean]

You know, for being done by a bunch of kids, this is pretty smart. I like it.

[Akako110]

WOW..I love this song..when ever I listen to it my eyes start to water..I never cry!

[funkymcbean]

lol, I know what you mean. It usually happens whenever I listen to "Paper Thin Walls". Don't kno why...

[italiansurfer10]

love this song ...

[dudesons441]

i hate how in fan made music videos they act what the lyrics are saying. it gets annoying cuase its in every user made music video (no offense)

[BurningMyFreedom]

Fuckin fourteen year olds.

[dudesons441]

*aaahheemm* 15. xD

[jesse9283]

read the info on the video.

[radonhus]

Pixies, anyone?

[quintonflyn9000]

Another great band...

[funkymcbean]

yes, yes, and ABSOLUTELY! I love them as well.

[Quagmyre0123]

Greatest song by them. awesome lyrics and suck melodic grace im uplifted by their instrumental talent. modest mouse is kickass

[JDS6746]

One of the best videos i've seen.

[bmartin121490]

Very nice. Someone actually did a good job making their own video.

[PatTheChuckles33]

Whats with the black ring around the edge of the camera? I've noticed that in a few homemade pornography films. K thnx.

[mostnamestaken]

What type of porn movies are you watching? I never thought they made artsy ones...

[funkymcbean]

Usually the artsy porns are foreign films, where the sex is true and not fake. Indie french films are usually the ones that show sex in a very natural way. (and not to mention an actual plot and meaning to follow) "The Dreamers" is a good one. If you hate the cheesiness of American porn, watch this one.

[funkymcbean]

This was a reply to mostnamestaken. I ain't a wierdo bringing it up for no reason.

[patthechuckles]

Check out some clown porn if you get the chance. It's the pornographic equivalent of  scorsese.

[funkymcbean]

hmmm...

I'll remember to check those out. lol.

[Maverac]

I prefer pterydactyl porn

[funkymcbean]

...what's that?

[willworkforporn]

ever watch land before time? you know that little flying chick named petree or something like that?

now imagine petree spread eagle.

[funkymcbean]

I think they were going for the old feel of old fashioned film reels. But since you mentioned it, it does kind of remind me of those old peepshows from the late '50s.

[dmrick]

It takes a long time, but God dies too.

But not before, he'll stick it to you.

[Paramoreeeeeeeeeeeee]

Amazing fucking lyric

[vagisil4eva]

i like this. interesting to know you shot with a home camcorder, at first i thought this was film!

[bmwx11]

I would do less literal interpretation......like writing intentinos on your arm and washing them off...but it is a sweet style....i love black white and frantic

[mendotabulldog17]

good shit keep them comming pilgrim

[funkymcbean]

Come On Pilgrim! (you know he loves you!)

[zibiKamil]

Well I don't know, but I been told

You never die and you never grow old

..

my fav part ;) , its fun to play this song on guitar.

[watchinggmind]

the video is good too, I found it creepy and funny which is perfect for this song, if you would've sped up some of the scenes it would've been maybe even better, either way awesome though

[watchinggmind]

One of my favorite Modest Mouse songs, seriously amazing

[asspants101]

I don't know what ive been told but this song will never die, it will never grow old.

[IndieHayden]

did a good job for this song

Modest Mouse is my fave .

You're actually talented at

video editing / making .

[AllLettersAThroughZ]

sick song, sick video, works for me

[DarthSodaPop]

Haha. Noice. Not Too Bad.

[JCCasto]

I'm not gonna lie. That was an awesome video. MM would be proud

[jackofalltrades156]

"you suck dick(s)" a commend from an 8 year old boy.

[crazyshooby]

hahahaha

[peneraserlove]

Gonna agree with Darowolf. If you're gonna insult something, at least have the decency to read the description to know what the hell you're insulting.

-I- really liked it.

It wouldn't have been the same in color.

[JJshowbiz]

good song but you dont need to act out every line verbatum

[Darowolf]

did any of you read the description before you watched it you dumbass inbred pieces of immature shit. grow up, stop being cenial, you cant make anything better, go die, and make everyone happy

[sunshineinchains]

I did think of better examples, fucktard. You might consider getting that stick that's lodged up your ass removed.

[samuelsons01]

why dont all of you stop this video comment crap bullshit. this shit is taking human beings and creating a sad small cyber world for them to the point to where they feel more comfortable stuck in the internet than they do out in the real world. who cares what someone said on here. we dont know eachother and never will. god damn youtube is seriuosly fucking people up. it's sad. everyone should go climb a mountain or run in the rain. fuck i dont know. Do something!!!!!let this song above explain.

[buffalotit]

why dont you stop telling people to stop and then u can run into a moutain while its raining and keep yourself from being fucked

[funkymcbean]

XDDDD Wow, that was a fucking good burn. Hat's off, man.

[buffalotit]

Do you mean it

[funkymcbean]

Well, yea. I was pretty serious when I said that. I mean, in all seriousness, that was pretty funny. why?

[sunshineinchains]

Too word for word for me... BUT... I love the cinematography.

[sunshineinchains]

I could have thought of better examples for the the interpretations, but this is how I always pictured the song in my head since I first heard it years back... black surrounded tunnel vison. Kinda neat someone else saw it in a similar way.

[nield8]

OhMyGosh love this song i always pretend i can sing it not as good at singing tho

[cheatman23]

Love the video

Hate the video