This was my first coming-back song. I always have a couple of songs on an MM album that I really like at first, so for a while I listen only to them. But then by chance I hear something I like in another, previously ignored song, and I suddenly become obsessed with this new song. 'Spitting Venom' was the first of these. I loved it, a lot, and later it was there when I needed words to express my feelings during a personal crisis. I'll never forget it. It perfectly articulated my anger at being left out of the loop, in particular:
"I didn't know you kept track,
Didn't know there was a score"
and
"You can say what you want but don't act like you care,
Takes more than one person to decide what's fair"
This song is the reason I get annoyed when people say Modest Mouse are crap now. YouTubers, I'm looking at you. :/ This was my first MM album and I've worked my way backwards. Never have I seen any real, serious difference in musical quality between albums. Modest Mouse == Modest Mouse, as far as I'm concerned. It's a simple equation. :) Saying one album is crap 'cos it's not the same is like saying: 'Damn, Terry Pratchett is crap these days. Why doesn't he just rewrite his first ten books again and again?'. Nothing, especially people, and among people especially bands, lasts forever. We have to enjoy and celebrate every song we can get out of MM, 'cos we want to have as much as possible to pass on.
This was my first coming-back song. I always have a couple of songs on an MM album that I really like at first, so for a while I listen only to them. But then by chance I hear something I like in another, previously ignored song, and I suddenly become obsessed with this new song. 'Spitting Venom' was the first of these. I loved it, a lot, and later it was there when I needed words to express my feelings during a personal crisis. I'll never forget it. It perfectly articulated my anger at being left out of the loop, in particular: "I didn't know you kept track, Didn't know there was a score"
and
"You can say what you want but don't act like you care, Takes more than one person to decide what's fair"
This song is the reason I get annoyed when people say Modest Mouse are crap now. YouTubers, I'm looking at you. :/ This was my first MM album and I've worked my way backwards. Never have I seen any real, serious difference in musical quality between albums. Modest Mouse == Modest Mouse, as far as I'm concerned. It's a simple equation. :) Saying one album is crap 'cos it's not the same is like saying: 'Damn, Terry Pratchett is crap these days. Why doesn't he just rewrite his first ten books again and again?'. Nothing, especially people, and among people especially bands, lasts forever. We have to enjoy and celebrate every song we can get out of MM, 'cos we want to have as much as possible to pass on.