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I saw them live a few days ago. The new tracks are boring as shit, and it killed the gig. Which sucks cause I had no idea where I was when they played 'Mogwai Fear Satan'.

One of the new songs was so bad I refused to clap. I'm sure it showed them.

Oh, and the drummer sounds like he plays in a 80's mainstream rock band.

And I still don't get how can Adam hate them degree and still like Explosions in the Sky.

Overall, NC but with massive waffles.

crap.

i'd rather listen to blur.

Hey, I like blur.
Anyway, I met a girl and she asked me, "so did you see 'explosions' at lolla?" after I told her I would check them out. I told her, "Yeah, have you ever heard of Mogwai" it was a fun conversation from that point on and since this whole things is just a crap/not crap: my opinion. I vote NC based solely on the fact that Mogwai gave me 15 minutes of good conversation.

i like blur, too. my mention of them was supposed to be at mogwai's expense because of how i recall they felt about blur. don't they have a shirt that says "blur are shite."?

Mogwai rules.

I'm very excited to see them and for the new record next month.

Young Team and the Zidane soundtrack are my favorites. Their new single is pretty good. +1 for the Blur feud.

Not Crap.

I was a youngun when i first heard Mogwai and was interested enough to buy the New Paths To Helicon single. I liked it, but didn't love it. Then i saw them live, and they blew me away. It could very well have been a time and place thing, but the occasional cool track and stunning performance since, leads me to believe otherwise. I have since bought several of their records and seen them live many times. I don't particularly think they work that well on record too often, and i have also seen them do some gigs that were terribly uninspiring to me. This does not make them crap though. Not by a long shot.

A good Mogwai song can be a thing of joy (see: 'My Father My King', 'Tracy', 'Dial:Revenge'), and when they fire on all cylinders live it is a sight to behold. I still try to check out anything they release and catch their tours when it is not totally inconvenient, and even more recent records have some songs i really liked. ('Glasgow Mega-Snake' from Mr Beast for example).

Like others have said, Mogwai came along at a time when they were desperately needed. They opened the floodgates to all sorts of music for me, my friends and many people like us had never even heard of. Mogwai, i own many of your records but rarely put them on. Your live show is a risk i run as it either destroys me or makes me sleepy (and seems to cost a lot too). But still, how could i ever vote crap? You helped make me who i am today and i am thankful. I for one am very glad that a band like Mogwai are around.

NOT CRAP.

emmanuelle cunt wrote:And I still don't get how can Adam hate them degree and still like Explosions in the Sky.

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Adam CR wrote:

fargokamikaze wrote:10,000 people told me that this band was kick ass...

then i listened to several albums...

and I wanted to fall asleep...

and I nearly did...

Mogwai=boring...

mogwai=zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzCRAP!!!zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I thought so too when I first heard them. But I think Come On Die Young features several immediately engaging tracks, and, at this point the whole album has grown on me; become a perennial favorite of sorts. I think Young Team is also quite good, though I don't like it as much as CODY.