No one felt like they had anything to say last round re "Fly". "Dashboard" now gone. People know I don't like this one. I don't think it's a terrible song, it's not even my least favourite Modest Mouse song, there's just something about it that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe you'd be surprised to know I haven't been voting for it most of the time, which surprised me as well. There are actually other songs on this album, that I'd rather listen to less. WWD has been an interesting experience to revisit. When it first came out I thought it was better than Good News (I don't think I was the only one), yet within a year I was barely listening to it.
We talk a lot about the different eras of Modest Mouse. The pre and post M&A, with M&A itself being it's own kind of beast. A lot of pre people hate the post stuff, a lot of post people defend the post stuff. I got in to MM on the fence with M&A, and I struggle to pick a fav album between that one and LCW. The band def did get poppier, but my point with this long story, is that revisiting WWD actually makes me appreciate a lot of the songs on Good News more. To the point where that fence album gets blurred a little. It's not that I hate WWD, I guess it just didn't age well to me, and it comes back to "Dashboard" being the start of all of that. If you get what I mean. Sorry, long off the topic story. I think the age you are when albums come out have a lot to do with your response to that album. I don't want to keep rambling, so I'll end this here. A conversation for a different place.
Results:
7. Dashboard
8. Fly Trapped In A Jar
9. Missed The Boat
10. Florida
11. Education
12. Steam Engenius
13. We've Got Everything
14. Fire It Up
The rules:
1. You are voting for the song you like / listen to the least on the album.
2. You have 48 hours to cast your vote for a song. You can change you vote at any point during those 48 hours.
3. In the event of a tie, there will be a special tie breaker round between those songs over 24 hours. In the event that the tie breaker round ends in a tie, we will just end the round as such.
4. In the final round you are voting for the song you like / listen to the most on the album.