Fun Music Information -> Modest Mouse
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Band Name Origins:
- Singer / Frontman Isaac Brocke had a pet mouse that was kept in the garage where jam sessions were practiced. One day it got out and somehow didn't get caught in the mouse traps in the garage. The following evening, Modest Mouse went to the pet store to buy more mouse food, and on the way they smashed their van. At the junkyard, they caught another pet mouse and the mice had mouse babies. The babies were then sold off to be new equipment. When asked how they could afford it, they said, "Well, the modest mouse didn't eat the cheese!" Thus we have Modest Mouse. Submitted by: Mills
- They got the name from a Virginia Woolf book that described the poor as "modest, mouse-like people." Hence, the name Modest Mouse. Submitted by: Marcia
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Night on the Sun," | There are no nights on the sun... ever. | Seamus |
| "Ocean Breathes Salty," | The ocean can't breath let alone breathe salty | Seamus |
| "Ocean Breathes Salty," | Oceans don't breathe, although they are salty. | Seamus |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "When The Levee Breaks" | "Float On," Modest Mouse | Brian Kelly |
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Float Son" originally "Float On"
My brother's first swimming lesson
Kris
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Burp Me With It" originally "Bury Me With It"
U. Again
"Burn Me With It" originally "Bury Me With It"
Alison Runyon
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Missed the Boat" | "We've Pissed Emos" | Jack Wilson |
| "Ocean Breathes Salty" | "TV Breathes Maury" | Polar1s |
| "Float On" | "Throw Up" | Blu |
| "Float On" | "Play Pong" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "Black Cadillacs" | "All Sugar High" | Lime |
| "The View" | "Gonna Sue" | Your Worst Nightmare's Worst Nightmare |
| "Float On" | "No Smoke" | Modest Hamster |
| "Ocean Breathes Salty" | "Shinn no Kutsuu" | Red Rebel |
| "Ocean Breaths Salty" | "My HP Is Faulty" | Scisorkick |
| "Dukes Up {Get Your Dukes Up Now}" | "Puke Up {Bulimia's Song}" | SI-MAE |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Life Like Weeds | Ad for the "Weeds" TV show | marcia |
| Float On | Swimming Lessons/Pool Company | Lucy |
| Wild Pack Of Family Dogs | Humane Society | lena |
| Float On | Chocolate SuperLax | MeNlexeo |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Float On | Coast Guard | tictacs941 |
| Float On | Tsunami Relief Hotline | Ezra |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Nights In White Satin Moody Blues | Satin White Coffin Modest Mouse | Nights In A Satin White Coffin Dracula must like his new bed. | Paul Warren |
| May You Always The McGuire Sisters | Float On Modest Mouse | May You Always Float On | Raphael |
| Sex Cap 1 | Satin In A Coffin Modest Mouse | Sex In A Coffin Cleo wouldn't... would she?! That'll jack up the TV rating of Tutenstein! | Emma |
| Float On Modest Mouse | Top of the World The Carpenters | Float On Top of the World Yippie!! | Frez |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
Minnie Mouse
Minnie Pearl combined with Modest Mouse
How did this one fall through the cracks?
Submitted By: Raphael
Mighty Mouse
Mighty, Mighty Bosstones combined with Modest Mouse
Submitted By: Ed
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Dolenz combined with Modest Mouse
Mickey Dolenz of the Monkees would probably be amused with this name.
Submitted By: Alan the Ottoman
Danger Mouse
Harvey Danger combined with Modest Mouse
Submitted By: rocky
There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Float On"
Misheard Lyrics: I ran my mouth off a bit too much
I'll walk it off later. Original Lyrics: I ran my mouth off a bit too much
oh what can i say | "Ocean Breathes Salty"
Misheard Lyrics: When Tom and I shook hands and said "Goodbye"
Original Lyrics: When time and life shook hands and said "Goodbye"
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"Missed The Boat"
Misheard Lyrics: Oh, and I wrote this song myself.
Original Lyrics: Oh, and I know this all myself.
| "Doin' The Cockroach"
Misheard Lyrics: Doin' the cockroach jam.
Original Lyrics: Doin' the cockroach, yeah.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Bury Me With It"
Misheard Lyrics: Pies are better than women.
Original Lyrics: Please bury me with it.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Allison I was in the car with my mom listening to Modest Mouse's new cd. She was saying how weird it is, and how they probably wrote in when they were high. Then I started listening to the lyrics closer, and it sounded like 'Pies are better than women'. I thought, 'Well maybe my mom is right'. |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Ocean Breathes Salty"
Better Lyrics:
We've got hamburgers and happy meals
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what it costs
And do you want fries with that?
Do you want fries with that?
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what it costs
And do you want fries with that?
Do you want fries with that?
Original Lyrics:
Well that is that and this is this
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get
You get away from me
You get away from me
You tell me what you want and I'll tell you what you get
You get away from me
You get away from me
Submitted by: Darius
Funny Lyrics:
"This Devil's Workday"
The Funny Lyrics: Well let's take this potted plant To the woods and set it free I'm gonna tell the owners Just how nice that was of me
Why They're Funny: The imagery of the singer explaining to a couple why he took their potted plant to the middle of the woods is absolutely priceless!
Submitted by: Charlie Decker
| "Bukoski"
The Funny Lyrics: Evil Home Stereo
What good songs do you know? Why They're Funny: haha i love these guys they are great but this one lines is so funny it seems to leave the whole setting of the song. My friend, my brother, and I are all like.'...what xD' i meen...great lyrics they're funny but...what do they meens? also it seems as though all there lyrics make sense then you get to...'evil home stereo what good song do you know?'
Submitted by: Kotta
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Insulting Lyrics:
"Satin in a Coffin"
The Insulting Lyrics: Are you dead or are you sleepin'?
God I sure hope you are dead. Why They're Insulting: Oh, come on. "I sure hope you are dead"? Who turns over, seeing someone sleep and then announce that it'd be better if they never woke up?
Submitted by: Emily Hemmings
| "Ocean Breathes Salty"
The Insulting Lyrics: You wasted life, why wouldn't you waste death?
Why They're Insulting: That stings like having boiling lemon juice thrown into the eyes.
Submitted by: Jess
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Dated Lyrics:
"Summer"
The Dated Lyrics: Wake up, we're stealing cars 1996, 1997, 1998
We're all waiting for the year 2000 Why They're Dated: They're partying and crap like that and apparently waiting for a year that already passed.
Submitted by: sXe LeXi 5X2
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Bukowski"
The Lyrics: Woke up this morning and it seemed to me
That every night turns out to be a little more like Bukowski And yeah, I know he's a pretty good read Who They Mention: Charles Bukowski
Submitted by: Jess
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Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:
"Black Cadillacs"
The Lyrics: Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral.
Product Brand Name: Cadillac
Submitted by: hamburger456
| "Tiny Cities Made of Ashes"
The Lyrics: We're drinking, drinking drinking drinking Coca Coca-Cola
Product Brand Name: Coca-Cola
Submitted by: kizzurk
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| There are additional product lyrics available. | |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Ohio"
Opening Lines: Ohio
Comments: Submitted by: Braksnen
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Song Title Space Change:
"Do In The Cockroach" originally "Doin' The Cockroach"
Submitted by: Peter
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
PETA: People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals
To help protect those other "modest mice".
Submitted by: Peter
