Doin' the Cockroach by Modest Mouse
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Excellent Pitchfork piece on the making of Lonesome Crowded West in comments below as well as the entire album
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Still in love with this album. The Glacial Pace reissue is awesome!
I fing like it
Continuing my Modest Mouse Top 25 countdown: 2. Doin' the Cockroach When I started this project, I knew that Doin' the Cockroach had strong claims to be my overall number one. As things turned out, it's just a hair behind in second place. The biggest reason that I like it is the music. It rocks, it flows, it spirals, it goes off at weird tangents, but it all makes perfect sense. I often drive along shouting 'not bad not bad' or 'please shut up' while it is playing, and then realize that I must look like an idiot. Who cares? Cockroach is such an enthusiastic rant that it's almost impossible to dislike the bouncy rhythm and all out exuberance. How the hell is there a Modest Mouse song better than this? I'm really not sure.
