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For me it was always Convenient Parking, but after hours of introspection and soul searching, I've come to the realization that my true favorite is:

The Ocean Breathes Salty.

I'll keep score, 1 song = 1 point. 2 songs = .5 each.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 28 October 2005 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Teeth Like God's Shoeshine

― Stuck to a Seat in the New Beverly (Bent Over at the Arclight), Friday, 28 October 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

Ocean Breathes Salty.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Friday, 28 October 2005 15:49 (twenty years ago)

"Dark Center of the Universe" or "Gravity Rides Everything."

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Friday, 28 October 2005 16:07 (twenty years ago)

"Cowboy Dan"

― Schade (Schade), Friday, 28 October 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

Easily Dramamine

― Kuntmeister, Friday, 28 October 2005 16:39 (twenty years ago)

Tiny Cities Made of Ashes and Paper Thin Walls

― panoptican (panoptican), Friday, 28 October 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Doin the Cockroach

rawktastical

no new stuff...

― edde, Friday, 28 October 2005 16:58 (twenty years ago)

Gravity Rides Everything and Trailer Trash

― belle haleine, Friday, 28 October 2005 17:16 (twenty years ago)

Trailer Trash seconded.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Friday, 28 October 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

Alright, here's the score thus far:

Ocean Breathes Salty 2
Trailer Trash 1.5
Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine 1
Cowboy Dan 1
Dramamine 1
Doin’ The Cockroach 1
Gravity Rides Everything 1
Dark Center of the Universe .5
Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes .5
Paper Thin Walls .5

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Friday, 28 October 2005 17:40 (twenty years ago)

doin' the cockroach. best when i saw them live too.

― jonathan - stl (jonathan - stl), Friday, 28 October 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

Tie between "Float On" and "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes."

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 28 October 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

I'll second "Dramamine". Probably comes closer to encapsulating what I like about Modest Mouse than anything else.

― running in circles (running in circles), Friday, 28 October 2005 19:54 (twenty years ago)

It's a tough pick between Trailer Trash and Dramamine, but I think I've worn Dramamine out though. Still, it's easily the best song on that album and one of their best overall.

― Sparkle Motion's Rising Force, Friday, 28 October 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

how can there be 14 posts and no one yet has mocked either modest mouse or people who like modest mouse

― guythatsaysstuff, Friday, 28 October 2005 22:20 (twenty years ago)

"Polar Opposites"

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:21 (twenty years ago)

"Polar Opposites"

― sibsi (sibsi), Friday, 28 October 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

I use my vote to take away points from Ocean Breathes Salty. And any other song from that stupid album.

― feelgoodlost, Saturday, 29 October 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

dukes up

― john p. irrelevant (electricsound), Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

"A Life of Arctic Sounds."

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:42 (twenty years ago)

I vote for Cowboy Dan. Make that 2.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:44 (twenty years ago)

"doin the cockroach"

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 29 October 2005 02:56 (twenty years ago)

Truckers Atlas!

― craigsmith, Saturday, 29 October 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

WTF indie fuxxorz?!

"Float On" for a hundred million points.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Saturday, 29 October 2005 12:32 (twenty years ago)

deutschland uber alles!

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Saturday, 29 October 2005 12:32 (twenty years ago)

Tundra/Desert.
And The Fruit That Ate Itself.

I can have two, right?

― footlog, Saturday, 29 October 2005 12:45 (twenty years ago)

The obvious choice: "Float On."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:31 (twenty years ago)

trailer trash

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 29 October 2005 14:33 (twenty years ago)

WELL cowboy dan's a major player in the cowboy scene
he goes to the reservation, drinks and gets mean
he drove to the desert, fired his rifle in the sky and said

GOD IF I HAVE TO DIE, YOU WILL HAVE TO DIE!

btw what does OPO mean?

― buyabiznatch, Saturday, 29 October 2005 15:16 (twenty years ago)

"Only Pick One"

― Stuck to a Seat in the New Beverly (Bent Over at the Arclight), Saturday, 29 October 2005 15:33 (twenty years ago)

trailer trash

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 29 October 2005 15:36 (twenty years ago)

WTF radio-listenin fuxxorz?!
"Float On" is for kidz-bop, kid.

― eedd, Saturday, 29 October 2005 16:05 (twenty years ago)

trailer trash

― someteenpartying, Saturday, 29 October 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

truckers atlas

― captin crunchheart (dr g), Saturday, 29 October 2005 18:09 (twenty years ago)

I think I'm gonna say "3rd Planet".

― Ross G. (scatter), Saturday, 29 October 2005 20:23 (twenty years ago)

LET'S TALLY OPINIONS
Ocean Breathes Salty

― AKBAR EINCHWITZ, Saturday, 29 October 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

"Float On"

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Saturday, 29 October 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

The judges regrets to inform that all entries from the latest record are hereby disqualified.

― The Judges, Saturday, 29 October 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Not even when their latest record IS their best record?

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 29 October 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

The Judges can only see two logical explenations for this ludicrous claim. Alfred have suffered severe trauma to the head caused by a blunt object or Alfred have only heard that record.

― The Judges, Saturday, 29 October 2005 22:56 (twenty years ago)

I offer as testimony my love for The Lonesome Crowded West and my belief that it's their second best record.

I have no qualms admitting that MM's most popular record is their best one.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:00 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~rauschae/Lebowski.jpg

― The Dude, Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

this reminds me of the hilarious/pathetic ongoing epic of my blog's "float on" comment-box.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

Good News for People Who Love Bad News is indeed Modest Mouse's worst record (since their first, at least), despite the fact that it has arguably their two best songs ("Float On" and OBS--perhaps even three with "The View")

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

Totally forgot Black Cadillacs. Those last three songs totally redeem Good News.

― someteenpartying, Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:47 (twenty years ago)

Paper Thin Walls (with trucker's atlas a close second)

― casey (t. fiend), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:50 (twenty years ago)

Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset

― Jeremy (Jeremy), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:55 (twenty years ago)

this reminds me of the hilarious/pathetic ongoing epic of my blog's "float on" comment-box.

"conor oberst needs his balls ripped off and shoved up his ass while he is hanging from a bridge over shark infested waters by his intestines. and while its happening, he can compose yet another shitty emo song about how his balls hurt and how hes a little pussy"

(I'll fuckin', I'll fuckin'...)

― aaron d.g. (aaron d.g.), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:56 (twenty years ago)

Good News for People Who Love Bad News is indeed Modest Mouse's worst record (since their first, at least), despite the fact that it has arguably their two best songs ("Float On" and OBS--perhaps even three with "The View")

Don't forget "Bukowski" (the best song about that second-rate writer), "Black Cadillacs," and "The Good Times Are Killing Me."

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:57 (twenty years ago)

actually, I think I will forget those, thanks.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 29 October 2005 23:58 (twenty years ago)

"Bury Me With It"

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Sunday, 30 October 2005 04:56 (twenty years ago)

After 48 hours we've got a frontrunner...

Trailer Trash 5.5
Float On 3 .5
Ocean Breathes Salty 3
Doin’ The Cockroach 3
Polar Opposites 2
Trucker’s Atlas 2
Cowboy Dan 2
Dramamine 2
Paper Thin Walls 1.5
Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine 1
Gravity Rides Everything 1
Tiny Cities Made Of Ashes 1
Dukes Up 1
A Life of Arctic Sounds 1
Third Planet 1
Talkin’ Shit About A Pretty Sunset 1
Bury Me With It 1
Tundra/Desert .5
The Fruit That Ate Itself .5
Dark Center of the Universe .5

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Sunday, 30 October 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

Blame It On the Tetons

― Cheek0 (Cheek0), Sunday, 30 October 2005 17:55 (twenty years ago)

Heart Cooks Brain

― Sym Sym (sym), Monday, 31 October 2005 07:48 (twenty years ago)

Wild Pack of Family Dogs

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 31 October 2005 07:55 (twenty years ago)

dramamine

― 6335, Monday, 31 October 2005 17:46 (twenty years ago)

Two songs have always stood neck and neck as the best: "doin the cockroach" and "tiny cities made of ashses." I'll vote for the latter, just because it's losing.

― Jam (1020am), Monday, 31 October 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

I change my answer to Mice Eat Cheese

― feelgoodlost (feelgoodlost), Monday, 31 October 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

Lounge

― notreallyhomesick, Wednesday, 9 November 2005 17:52 (twenty years ago)

well.

It's not my favorite.
But I will pick it.

Dramamine.

― mox twelve (Mox twleve), Wednesday, 9 November 2005 18:55 (twenty years ago)

Trailer Trash 5.5
Float On 3.5
Ocean Breathes Salty 3
Doin’ The Cockroach 3
Dramamine 3
Polar Opposites 2
Trucker’s Atlas 2
Cowboy Dan 2
Tiny Cities Made of Ashes
Paper Thin Walls 1.5
Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine 1
Blame It On The Tetons 1
Heart Cooks Brain 1
Gravity Rides Everything 1
Dukes Up 1
Lounge 1
A Life of Arctic Sounds 1
Third Planet 1
Talkin’ Shit About A Pretty Sunset 1
Bury Me With It 1
Tundra/Desert .5
The Fruit That Ate Itself .5
Dark Center of the Universe .5

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 10 November 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

There never seems to be any love for The Stars are Projectors.

That's my pick.

― Zach S, Thursday, 10 November 2005 03:24 (twenty years ago)

I dunno..."Polar Opposites" seems like the reason they existed.

I love that song. I used to relate to it alot more than i do now, thank god.

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 10 November 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

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