MODEST MOUSE - September 9, 1997 - Mercury Theatre - Knoxville, TN (From master tape!)

[@falloutboy0403]

0:31 - pretty cool little warm-up jam, i mean check this part out 1:04 1:16 - "we're gonna make one up here for ya, on the spot, i think"... oh shit 4:54 - this where shit gets real 6:20 - this is where it slows down 7:00 - 13:16 - Doin' the Cockroach 13:41 - 19:17 - Dark Center of the Universe - i guess the amount of times to repeat the verse here before the transition to the chorus wasn't well practiced, so isaac i guess had a hard time getting everyone to kick into that next part. just an observation tho - also it ends up having a slowed pace in the chorus so its sounds pretty funky (\m/) 19:26 - "SUMMER!" he's not wearing any socks? ah mans that's harsh! "Yeah, Summer is hard..." 19:36 - eric just has to find his sock, he'll just be a second 19:38 - santaland lmao 20:52 - what do you wanna play? "SUMMER!" let's do cowboy dan. sure. 20:57 - 27:47 - Cowboy Dan 27:51 - 32:04 - Breakthrough - "SUMMER!!" edition - 27:56 "i have no idea" "summer!" - 28:12 "I GOT..." - 30:57 I was inverted, I mean converted, I mean I don't understand!!! 32:04 - 34:15 - Breathrough - Adlib jam time baby 34:27 - what do we wanna play? did he say positive negative? that's what I heard! 35:41 - 43:10 - Whenever I Breathe Out, You Breathe In (Positive / Negative) 43:31 - Isaac receives a song request 43:59 - Yall remember how to play talking shit about a pretty sunset? YES play THAT SONG. We didn't learn it... 44:42 - 47:20 - Custom Concern - "DUKES UP!" edition - 46:09 Message read on... 47:28 - "All nite diner!" 48:00 - I kinda don't wanna play All Nite Diner. Dirty fingernails... it would be fun for us but not for them.... Let's play Truckers Atlas 48:17 - 59:19 - Truckers Atlas - 55:57 I'm just a box in a cage... 59:20 - end - Tundra / Desert

[@greasetrap95]

Dawg, I just came from another video where you timestamped everything. you're killin it, thanx

[@johnedward8352]

These time stamps are epic and hilarious🤣

[@jekylwhispy]

Damn you for saying All Nite Diner. you gave me disappointment

[@jekylwhispy]

Oh well guess I got so excited I didn't read the rest but def feel a little sadder now

[@jekylwhispy]

I'm starting to appreciate this more the longer I watch. Thanks. Just bummed no All Nyte Dinner

[@bloop9042]

I drank an entire bottle of wine while drinking this

[@shamp0010]

As someone watching this video post getting black out drunk the previous evening, this comment is my favorite comment, ever.

[@wombaterror]

you drank the video?

[@TheWho1231]

@@shamp0010I’m currently drinking hopefully I’ll come back a bit fulfilled but either way not upset these guys put on a great show

[@TheWho1231]

@@wombaterrorI tried to

[@TheWho1231]

Also which kind of wine I think a lighter Pinot could be nice very versatile

[@tmcmojo2292]

Isaac and the boys did it all on their own. Through hard work...1997 no facebook...no cell phones in everyone's hand. Touring and word of mouth. So glad I heard the rumors of this baddass band coming to town. They were kids but rocked like gods.

[@Tyrannosaurine]

Yeah, you’re absolutely right. I saw Modest Mouse 6-8 times between This is a Long Drive and the Moon and Antarctica. I kinda lost interest after that. I saw them the first time in a basement in Philly with Blonde Redhead and the person working the door may or may not have been smoking crack. I was either a Sophomore or Junior in high school. I bought the Life of Arctic Sounds/Medication 7” on white vinyl. I also saw them at the Pontiac Grille on South Street, Electric Factory (w/the Shins and Black Heart Procession who were incredible), Trocadero, and the Chameleon Club in Lancaster. Great times. They jammed a lot and Jeremiah Green was absolutely one of the best drummers I ever saw, still to this day.

[@genderqueerlesbofluidiangodesz]

the sheer power of unfiltered autism

[@Raitor33]

One of the things I love about early Modest Mouse is that they jammed a lot. Listening to tracks like Truckers Atlas, Doing The Cockroach etc... they used to have cool sections where the band just improvised and they do the same in here. Most of their best songs probably came from jam sessions and you can tell in how immediate and raw they sounded. They were as pure as it gets.

[@negative-wishing-well]

doin' the cock a roach yeah

[@corb1776]

this truly is a gem of a snapshot in music history

[@gmarrt2340]

rest easy Jeremiah :(

[@keithautry9757]

Beautiful and Raw! The crowd had no idea what they were witnessing!! True masters just beginning to pave their path into our minds and hearts.

[@indecentinkartwork]

Insane that he had melodies and lines floating around in his head, like "box in a cage", that didn't make it into the form of a song until a decade later. Isaac has written some incredible songs.

[@siddthekid5046]

This is still my favorite video ever of Modest Mouse.

[@masonherlihy717]

Could you lead me to other live early MM? Ironic I was looking for “head south” live.. there’s a whole Reddit thread saying head south has NEVER BEEN played live? Only show I attended was 2006 in myrtle beaxh

[@siddthekid5046]

@@masonherlihy717 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eneoeWZsqt6Mq7c this is one of my other favorites :) I'll see if I can track down a few more. There is a channel that has tons of early recordings that are even older than these, but i's just audio. They're amazing though. Type one "modest mouse goat house" or "modest mouse velvet elvis" and you'll find the channel. I think it's fly rocket or something like that

[@invertedcrown]

best MM era for sure. most bands peak in their earliest years imo...

[@TheUnlimitedStars]

Same 💕

[@DukeFame88]

The original power trio...I remember seeing them in 1999 at bingo hall in Baltimore (shins opened for them). We we're pre gaming in the parking lot when we saw Isaac come out of the van and we gave him a beer before he went inside. I wish it was 1999 again.

[@losangulos]

Go back to this set up , no thousand pedals , no signature guitar , but raw energy , your lyrics are always phenomenal

[@DukeFame88]

Exactly!

[@parkdale3612]

whoever was working the lights deserves a medal

[@kanagula]

I honestly think I would have died and gone to heaven hearing that rendition of Tundra/Desert in person. This crowd is so lucky.

[@rottenpuppieproduction5587]

The chaos yet the perfection modest mouse has. Just raw music wish we could go back to that

[@MrTaterNubbz]

music like this... we'll never see it again. but watching this live is like going back in time, being somewhere you weren't, to witness something big when it was still so small.

[@suportyourlocalDJ84]

Chris Elmore Why will we never see it again??

[@MrTaterNubbz]

suportyourlocalDJ84 I just feel like music evolves. Imo it's going downhill. Basically the same reason there'll never be another Johnny cash, or another Ozzy Osborne. Times change

[@jamesrobertarchbald6357]

were u there tho for some mm livE?

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@MrTaterNubbz Yeah, I bet in the 50's the cats into surf rock and skiff thought music was turning to shit in the '60's with all that hippy-dippy shit, too. One of my old professors played bass in a punk band in the late 70's early 80's and would rant about music turning to shit in the 90's. Age is a bitch when you're not in on the joke.

[@riffraffrichard]

@@fuzzydunlop7928 yeah theres always something good happening somewhere its about being receptive and tuning into things and being open. David bowie was good at that. Thats why he made some interesting music even when he was old.

[@douglast3410]

came back to this one after hearing the new songs and being so underwhelmed i had to make sure i wasn’t rose colored glasses misremembering how great they used to be. in the end they were in touch with something primal and profound then and you can’t be sad that’s no longer the case but just be grateful for when they were.

[@harrisonjr98]

My thoughts exactly. Current MM is really only MM in name only, musically on another planet from this era. And that’s okay! It definitely doesn’t take away from how magic they were in the 90s.

[@DukeFame88]

Exactly. It sounds cliché but this is the case with MM. I remember seeing them as shows in mid 2000's and being underwhelmed. It was like they were going through the motions.

[@jrenn0623]

All Modest is great modest, just in a different space and time...I wish i could have seen them in this time

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Every once in a blue moon I come back to this video and marvel at the quality, thank you so much for uploading this. I hope this doesn't disappear.

[@nickcarney676]

25 years later and still don't miss a beat. Isaac, jeremiah, eric and dann. Way to keep rock and roll alive.

[@Wethole14]

hope they bring some of this energy to the 20 yr anniversary tour this year. this is incredible

[@spicymike435]

TUNDRA/DESERT WAS AMAZING!!!

[@tobytwiss]

Modest Mouse is on of the bands from my childhood that I always come back to. I love this video, I’m glad there are these small venue shows floating around.

[@kizzymin2900]

This day, my hometown, 26 years ago.

[@Hexenzscene1]

Rest In Peace, Jeremiah

[@MRCHUPA]

This is so sweet! It’s a shame not that so many people don’t appreciate this amazing music

[@Ififitzisitz]

The break where Eric finds his sock is very wholesome, Isaac just talking to the audience is awesome

[@ryanrobison3405]

RIP Jeremiah 😢

[@Guercinator]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for uploading!

[@jamesrobertarchbald6357]

lol classic guercinator

[@quietocean_knoxville]

Some Things In Time Are MEANT To Happen. THIS Videographer Capturing THIS Performance Is One Of Those Things. This Will Be Just As EPIC & Really, Even More So In 3330! Thank You So Much For Capturing This. It's Beautiful On Many Different Levels.

[@MegaCatkitty]

19:38 lol. I went to Santa Land with my girlfriend- it is by the Smoky Mountains, but it’s not in Tennessee. No wonder the audience was confused- it’s in North Carolina

[@LucidDream]

Yeah, I'm from Knoxville and never really heard of it. I think it's over by Cherokee. I thought he was just talking about Gatlinburg or something.

[@slowmosaic369]

Dark center of the universe! Way back then

[@kendalllingard6936]

The intro is an early version of Beta Carotene it sounds like

[@maddog3902]

The only era of this band that I dig. I remember hearing them play a set on the local (seattle) music program late late on a Sunday night right around this time and got hooked. Never cared for their albums or future work much but this was great stuff

[@ayylmao8562]

Mad Dog You don’t like float on? 😂

[@Raitor33]

I believe indie rock as a genre peaked with 1995 to 2000 Modest Mouse.

[@thewasserrecord4513]

To realize this was 26 years ago is crazy to think about.

[@kimlovesmodestmouse7584]

That was amazing! ❤️

[@FatElvisRecords]

Kim Loves ModestMouse thanks! Glad you liked it!

[@MRCHUPA]

Love your name 😃

[@zachparrish8699]

THIS IS SO SOLID THANK YOU!

[@safetypatrol]

Miss this mouse. Sad we’ll never get this back ever again.

[@evan8654]

Pupils so wide, touch the sky.

[@Max-rn3eb]

speeeed

[@daminhaoexperienza]

My head sends a message for me To reach for my shoes then walk Gotta go to work, gotta go to work, gotta get a job ❤️

[@botj9894]

Doing the cockroach in this set is absolutely lit.

[@merkazoidduff7651]

I got this off the dimeadozen torrent years ago. KZbin sure changed the bootlegging world, and I say, without hesitation, for the better.

[@chrislingle9493]

Can't believe this venue is so small... or seems to be so small. Hardly sounds like as many as 40 people in the audience...

[@FatElvisRecords]

It wasn't very crowded at all. I also filmed Red Stars Theory's opening set from a distance. it can be found here kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHvNhZ6Hhp1lmNU you can see that the club wasn't very full.

[@clarencethomas01]

Did you talk to them at all? before or after the show. They seem a bit messed up here

[@booitsnick]

We miss you dearly Mr Green😢

[@lukabalic5703]

thank your for this video

[@jrenn0623]

How the #$@$ * is there only 53 likes!!!!

[@Thagy1973]

I love Modest Mouse. Their name and sound describes my personality to a T lol

[@lancelotthanksalot7777]

Oh my God. I saw them a couple years after this. Maybe it was 1999. I saw them at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey. I wish I could go back and watch them again there. I saw them after they blew up at the Roseland ballroom (I think) in New York City, which is a much bigger venue. I remember someone was requesting a certain song and he just goes. “No, we’re not gonna play it.” lol I love these guys.

[@samfallshouseface]

crazy pre-curser lyrics on end of truckers atlas to world at large decade later

[@Hans-yo2cq]

He also did 3rd planet lmfao

[@falloutboy0403]

and One Chance Im just a box in a cage

[@shawnpowell2733]

And Dark Center of The Universe was kind of confused at first.

[@tessagemini4458]

This was the Instant Noodles-era of Modest Mouse. So skinny! They said they’d mix Snapple with their noodles for a better flavour profile.

[@jose2226]

So raw

[@WarHero56]

Wow, skinny Isaac is strange to see

[@jeremyschep3589]

that's trailer trash Isaac to you

[@Jack-wm1zq]

How did this video turn out better over two decades ago than most videos at MM live shows are now? Are mics on cellphones really that bad? Did you have a special mic on the camera you were recording on?

[@FatElvisRecords]

nope..just a hi-8 handheld video camera and the built-in mic.

[@tdfitch]

this is fucking cool

[@chrismartin2359]

His pulpils tho

[@tattooedtennessean8093]

His meth/acid daze in my opinion hands down the best period of Modest Mouse

[@inconsistent6227]

Hope they play summer soon.

[@kevinyountrevzupak8686]

Incredible fucking set

[@renejobin8074]

"do you guys want me to stop talking to you?" lmaoooo

[@mtr801]

Jeremiah ❤

[@legatomodi3522]

id almost pay money to know what the lyrics were when he was screaming on breakthrough. Its awesome but its practically impossible to discern. goddamn isaac himself probably doesnt know

[@xtemplarx]

Nice!

[@oliverhazard73]

1:01:13 Looks like a BOSS HM-2. But I hear an obvi delay in other songs. I remember when we all only used maybe 1 or 2 pedals

[@brkmrtn6495]

there is so much louisville in this ...

[@mattgentry7773]

?

[@Lunibruniful]

increible

[@Gollas4k]

Pre major label modest mouse = exponentionally better than everything they've released from 2000 onwards (don't call me a "hipster" or whatever, you know that I'm right)

[@allenrosinski2892]

Dude. I hear this way.....:::::::::::.........:::...:::

[@plasticpirate]

At some moments he sounds like butthead

[@pizzamachine4193]

Name of the first song? Thanks

[@craighaas1216]

Great prog rock in my eyes!

[@darkheartlightsoul]

can we give a shout out to the rhythm section

[@callofdutyfuncallofdutyfun3022]

Nice😉

[@juanpablomorantorres1903]

está hermoso el wey principal, se parece a mi primo

[@ayylmao8562]

Juan Pablo Moran Torres Esta medio sospechoso este comentario.

[@hllow-rt3ot]

Compadre😳

[@Tundra_desert199]

I think those people like summer

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

MM fans be like "they were best as a three piece" totally unaware that in all the footage that helped them form that opinion, Dan Galucci is often off to the side playing guitar. That's four! EDIT: It's James in this one, no clue who that is tbh.

[@stephensoltismusic3295]

There clearly is only one guitar in these songs. Just listen to dark center of the universe

[@Sporkyspoonz]

can't lie.

[@tattoofthesun]

Is he playing a fugggn Ibanez or Jackson????

[@alexbowles9034]

Westone Corsair I believe, according to Equipboard. Kind of a weird choice but I assume it’s because suits the way he plays, how he likes to bend up and down from behind the bridge on the wee woo wee woo parts

[@tattoofthesun]

@@alexbowles9034 oh yeah, great call, probably the best choice with the Floyd rose and the key lock nut. Indeed that makes sense

[@ibm_businessman6033]

One of the last "Matsumoku" factory guitars made in Japan. before shuting down. Rare and fantastic beasts...

[@michaelgraham3938]

Jeremiah's face at 48:40

[@MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy6]

Jeremiah Green was absolutely fucking unreal it’s just astonishing