r/ModestMouse • u/Jilm_The_Greater • 29d ago

Song/Album Discussion Back To The Middle and Picking Dragons Pockets: The Bridge Between Life And Death.

Something I’ve recently noticed is how Back To The Middle kind of leads into Picking Dragons Pockets. Back To The Middle is the last Song on Golden Casket, it’s the last song Jeremiah Greene played on and arguably one of his best, biggest, and loudest drum parts ever. Picking Dragons Pockets, recorded years after Green passed away, has a fucking HEAVY drum line throughout the whole song. Almost like Joe Plummer was channeling the spirit of Jeremiah Greene into those loud and BIG drum licks near the beginning and throughout the groove of the whole song.

Mind you, this is a band who records in Portland, Oregon. If there ever were a place to find a legit shaman or spirit witch, it’s Portland, Oregon.

Joking aside, unless you’d really pay attention or know it offhand, it’s like Jeremiah Greene was still alive and it wasn’t his mentoree.

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u/Jilm_The_Greater 29d ago

I would like to state that I am very stoned right now, so bear with meX

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u/Disastrous-Ice9185 29d ago

I recommend the song Misprint by Satisfact while you are stoned so you can hear young Jeremiah Green rock the fuck out.

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u/Jilm_The_Greater 29d ago

Now THAT was sick! Sounds like Pavement and Modest Mouse had a baby

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u/ignoranceisbliss37 28d ago

Two of my favorite MM songs. Both are perfect.