*(This guy is not in Modest Mouse. Read below for clarification of his origins.)They sure are a weird rag tag bunch of guys. A Ronny Wood lookalike on one end, a bulging punker at the other, Mormon twins on two huge drum kits and a drunken sailor in between – but god damn did they make a spectacular wall of sound. Yes they did. The sonic orgy that is Modest Mouse played to a packed out and spellbound Palace Theatre last night. As a magical surprise treat I was among the rapture. Gloriously supported by the soaring pop of Sparkadia (keep an ear out peoples – these kids are going to go MASSIVE) and belting post-something rock of Hot Hot Heat, it was mystifying and satisfying and automatic and hydromatic. It was greased lightning.
But I was left troubled by some questions. Questions beyond music and spectacle, beyond bleeding ears and cooing souls. Questions that probe at the very essence of who we are. When is a moustache no longer ironic? Is frontman Steve from Hot Hot Heat directly related to Lionel Ritchie? Does crazy help sell art?
But I was left troubled by some questions. Questions beyond music and spectacle, beyond bleeding ears and cooing souls. Questions that probe at the very essence of who we are. When is a moustache no longer ironic? Is frontman Steve from Hot Hot Heat directly related to Lionel Ritchie? Does crazy help sell art?
And do you think I have an answer?
Well, I do actually...
!. A moustache is no longer ironic as of 2006. Now it's just dirty lip hair. Some people dig that, but it sure isn't an ironic "how bad were the late 70's" or "I'm cool enough to pull this off by the very fact I'm doing it" statement. FYI.
@. Yes. Steve is biologically half Lionel Ritchie and half Bob Dylan. Unknown to most of the musical and gossip-column world, the two ageing musos are unnaturally infatuated with each other, and have been for some time. They formed a secret genetic research and IVF laboratory many many years ago, and Steve Bays is the result of their labour of love. DNA strands from Ritchie and Dylan were fused, injected in a hollowed out egg, implanted in an Innuit virgin and delivered to the loving arms of a Canadian adoptive family. True story.
#. Crazy has, and always will, add to reputation. And reputation, as much as talent, sells art.
There. Cracking night out overall. Any questions?
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