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October 10, 2007

New Modest Mouse Video - "Little Motel"

From nautical themes to green screens, the Marr-ified Modest Mouse have covered lots of territory with their videos for We Were Dead Before We Finished Typing This Album Title, but never have they fucked with time quite like they have here, in the clip for the lovely "Little Hotel." It goes backwards! Like when Seinfeld went to India. Or like in that one video by everybody's favorite band. Trick's been done, but it always works somehow. Moving, even if there's some left unexplained. Think it deserves a slot in our list of best backwards videos of all time?

We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank is out now via Epic.

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i love this song

Posted by: matt at 10/10/07 6:34 PM  | Reply
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The flashing lights are the best part of this video.

Posted by: brooks at 10/10/07 7:11 PM  | Reply
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'The Motel' is a great movie. Short, yep, but good.

Posted by: pogo jeans, LTD at 10/10/07 8:05 PM  | Reply
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lovely. could you put this up on your youtube channel too?

Posted by: soy at 10/10/07 8:52 PM  | Reply
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so much fuss about radiohead. yet, this band is so much better.

Posted by: Joshua at 10/10/07 10:10 PM  | Reply
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I absolutely love the Mouse, but not this song or this video.

Posted by: randy at 10/10/07 10:49 PM  | Reply
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Wow, they have so many other songs that would have been much better singles.

I love them but this video and song kiiiiilllllsss me. Possibly the only song on the album I don't listen to.

Posted by: ashrey at 10/11/07 12:45 AM  | Reply
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I think this song is really gentle and pretty. The video is nice too.

Posted by: michael at 10/11/07 8:59 AM  | Reply
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some of the other comments are funny to me, since this is my favourite modest mouse song. i'm surprised it's a single though.

i loved the video. poor kid...

Posted by: seth at 10/11/07 11:03 AM  | Reply
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so wait...either she stole somebodies kid or has completely lost hope in the hospital?

Posted by: Tone at 10/11/07 1:03 PM  | Reply
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the kid died and she took him out of the hospital to lay him to rest in some motel. that was the saddest f-ing video ever! ps kids: don't smoke cigs at gas stations.

Posted by: jdubs at 10/11/07 3:40 PM  | Reply
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the woman who plays the mother is the theatre teacher at my school. her name is michelle

Posted by: wamp wamp at 10/11/07 8:45 PM  | Reply
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you should talk to michelle about coping with loss.

Posted by: innercityblues at 10/26/07 5:04 PM  | Reply
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