The first time I saw Modest Mouse the Dismemberment Plan opened up for them. "The Great Lisp Show of 98" In a battle of the bands, Modest Mouse destroys The Plan, however...if it was fought only with lead singers' dueling lisps...it's a toss up. Travis could certainly hang with Isacc on the lisp front. That would make for a killer comic book hero... He'd pull out a book full of S'ssssss and the evil speach teachers would cringe in pain... The D-Plan slow jams suck, but if you only listen to the fast jams you can understand why...Travis is a lyrical master, but he wears his ego on his sleeve. Isacc is a lyrical master, but he wears his ego between his legs... however, they're my top two favorite bands...and what's great about both, people love them or hate them...at least you can't be ambivalent. If I were an "artist," I'd at least want people to fall on either side of the fence, rather than sitting with a white spear up their ass in metaphorical indecision. ---- "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >i'll jump in and just say that while their song 'the city' is one > of my > >*FAVORITE* songs out there right now, i'm kinda lukewarm about the > rest of > >their stuff. but, eh, i've only listened to the rest of that cd a > couple > >of times. maybe it'll grow on me, as was the case with modest mouse. > are > >any of their other cd's listen-worthy? > > The albums preceding 'Emergency & I' (which are 'The Dismemberment > Plan is > terrified' and '!') are mandatory listening for anyone following the > modern > era of rock n roll. However, during the time period between ...terrified > and > emergency, something magical happend......travis learned to sing !! > it > really shows on Emergency....compare standout trax from 'terrified' > suchas, > ice of boston, doing the standstill...with anything from emergency, > and you > cannot get the same level of pure sincerity. Emergency & I is one of > the > most profound albums to come out in the past few years and it will > be a > major influence on any significant musician to emerge in the near future. > it > seems the d-plan get lumped into the 'emo' category by default. They > play > with alot of the bands associated with emo... as already pointed out, > but > they cannot definitively be classified as emo. I would go so far as > to say > they are in a genre completely of their own making. Songs like 'The > City' > with its keyboards swelling into valhalla, and that drum breaking yr > back as > you swing yr body in motion with the tingling guitar. And to see them > live, > dancing, moving those hips to every pulse pounding beat. travis beckoning > for some brave soul to come up front and breakdance.....ah, dear god, > is > there a better band on the planet ? Bringing influences as far ranged > as hip > hop to classic r&b to, dare i say, prog rock, the d-plan meld the sincerity > and enthusiam of life into their music and it shows. how can one deny > the > power of the d-plan ?! > > > RESPECT IS DUE > mathhue > > > p.s. http://www.dismembermentplan.com > > > > __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
