MOGWAI - Classic or Dud?

I like Slint though.

and they're playing ATP, huzzah huzzah.

The BBC version of "New Paths To Helicon" is like a hot wet fuck.... yes it is. Sorry.

1. Happy Songs For Happy People
2. Young Team
3. Ten Rapid
4. Rock Action
5. Come On Die Young (I don't dig CODY)

Mogwai: Are mostly classic but with more than a smattering of dud.

I haven't been completely convinced by an album since Young Team, and the single version of Summer marks a high spot they've never reached again (so it's a shame it came so early). In fact, sometimes I think Summer is the best quiet/loud song evaarrr.

Hahahahahaha

anyway. i am very excited about this. errors (rah) and trout (oh jesus) supporting. roll up, roll up. pints at the bar. etc.

ye gods the loud bits are shit

Still can't bring myself to enjoy this album.

Barry Burns was Mogwai's Yoko.

To be honest I'm still a bit bitter that they used "young team". I really wanted to call a band that or something.

a graphical representation of the quality of mogwai's music over time

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True dat.

so from now here the only way is up?

so so so true. they really were an incredible band in about 1997, and a pretty bad one by 2001 or so.

Young Team reissue bonus disc tracklist @ http://brightlight.youngteam.co.uk/eng/news.php :

from chemikal underground:

mogwai young team - remastered and augmented by additional disc of material

we told you that we had given young team a bit of a reworking and we weren't kidding. the original album has been remastered and tweaked and will now (and until the end of time) come to you in a 2cd format with another cd of young team era recordings nestling alongside the album proper. the second cd tracklisting is as follows...

1. 'untitled' [previously unreleased track from the young team sessions - summer of 1997]
2. 'i don't know what to say' [from the young team sessions - originally released on radio 1 sound city cd (nme 1998)]
3. 'i can't remember' [originally released on 'glasgow' compilation 7" by plastic cowboy 1998]
4. 'honey' [originally released on a spacemen 3 tribute by rocketgirl in 1998]
5. 'katrien (live)' [recorded live at lounge ax, chicago 15th october, 1997]
6. 'r u still in 2 it (live)' [recorded live for the mary anne hobbs show, bbc radio 1, 28th october, 1997]
7. 'like herod (live)' [recorded live at t in the park, strathclyde country park, summer 1997]
8. 'summer (priority) (live)' [recorded live at wnyu , new york city, 1998 should be 1997]
9. 'mogwai fear satan (live)' [recorded live at chemikal underground's 5th birthday party: the garage, glasgow, for the john peel show, bbc radio 1, 12th march, 2000]

in more good news for you vinyl enthusiasts out there, we can also confirm that this pretty magnificent package will be available (for a limited period of time) on quadruple vinyl. we say again: quadruple vinyl - extravagant? it's all this album deserves to be honest...

They haven't announced a release date though, not that I can find at the moment.

This looks like it could be a great reissue. I'm really pleased that it sounds like the original album will appear without any annoying bonus tracks on the first disc but then with a genuinely interesting bounty of extra stuff on the second CD. I'm excited all over again.

mogwai bores me to death. not sure why. demographically i should totally love them. more research is necessary.

Their new cover of Gouge Away is absolutely terrific.

I thought it was pretty poor (the Gouge Away cover).

It's a pretty straight cover, I'll admit, but the intensity of the song matches well with the Mogwai sound.

bored of Mogwai, bored of life.

saw them last night at triptych in glasgow. massive set, mostly dominated by new stuff. all awesome, one track in particular absolutely transcendent. sounds to me like they've really gone back to the "young team" dynamic but are re-tooling it with the benefit of 10 years' experience.

fuckin' godlike, basically.

With Alex's original thoughts on this - Why? On paper I should love this band

They have just never managed to have that little bit of magic that sets them apart.

I've seen them live a couple of times and they work better.

At the time , I loved them for the BLUR TShirt but with the benefit of hindsight, the better band (aside from one or two real cringing clunkers) wasn't Mogwai.

Really do want to like this band - off the top of my head, I love Helicon, Christmas Steps and 'Travel Is Dangerous' from ther last.

I will give this a whirl

I feel similar to Alex - I make occasional attempts to get into them because I like where they are conceptually, and always end up recalling that I find them quite boring to actually listen too. Still wouldn't mind checking them out live though, they strike me as a band that one needs volume and flashing lights to truly appreciate.