Kids Will Be Skeletons (the Mogwai thread)

[Bob Loblaw]

Listening to Les Revenants right now for the first time.

Fantastic.

[bodysnatcher]

This is the latest Mogwai mix I made for my 10-mile runs. It focuses more on tempo than the moody stuff I usually pick for my longer runs.

George Square Thatcher Death Party
Folk Death 95
Two Rights Make One Wrong
Mogwai Fear Satan
Glasgow Mega-Snake
Batcat
Stupid Prick Gets Chased By The Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend
San Pedro
The Sun Smells Too Loud
Gouge Away (Pixies cover)

Cool...they did Gouge Away? nice, that´s such a good song.

yeah, it's on the pixies tribute album "dig for fire". kinda random

[bodysnatcher]

i stumbled upon and picked this single up at the record store in college about 12-13 years ago, just bc it was mogwai. Been one of my favorite remixes ever since...

[BurtReynolds]

top 10 timez!!!!!!!!!!1!

sure to change after I think about it some more:

1. Batcat
2. Friend of the Night
3. Superheroes of BMX
4. You're Lionel Richie
5. Yes, I Am A Long Way From Home
6. Mogwai Fear Satan
7. Glasgow Mega-snake
8. I Love You I'm Going To Blow Up Your School
9. Stupid Prick Gets Chased By the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend
10. How To Be A Werewolf

[nyquillyn]

1. Batcat
2. Folk Death 95
3. Travel is Dangerous
4. Summer(Priority Version)
5. Mogwai Fear Satan
6. Ex-Cowboy
7. Kids Will Be Skeletons
8. SuperHeroes of BMX
9. Mexican Grand Prix
10. Special N

[Kevin Davis]

Facebook reports that Mogwai are beginning sessions for their next album today.

And how did I miss making a top ten? No particular order:

1. Untitled (Travels in Constants EP)
2. The Sun Smells Too Loud
3. Stanley Kubrick
4. Christmas Song
5. Killing All the Flies
6. Golden Porsche
7. Hunted By a Freak
8. Thank You, Space Expert
9. Summer
10. Like Herod

[nyquillyn]

2. The Sun Smells Too Loud

This probably should have been in my top 10.

[stonefury]

Oooh, I like lists!

1. Superheroes of BMX
2. Mogwai Fear Satan
3. Kids Will Be Skeletons
4. Autorock
5. Tracy
6. 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
7. Sun Smells Too Loud
8. Jim Morrison
9. Yes I Am A Long Way from Home
10. Ratts of the Capital

That changes pretty frequently, too. Nothing beats Superheroes of BMX, though. Nothing!

[Bob Loblaw]

Facebook reports that Mogwai are beginning sessions for their next album today.

[nyquillyn]

Rock Action is always way better than I remember. I guess, for me, it kinda gets lost because it's the bridge between the early stuff and that glorious run of Happy Songs-Mr. Beast-The Hawk Is Howling.

[Kevin Davis]

Agreed. Rock Action was the "new" album when I discovered Mogwai, and for whatever reason it kind of got lost in the shuffle of my listening at the time. It's really the first album where they begin to explore layers and textures more lush than their basic band format. I like it a lot.

[stonefury]

2 Rights Make 1 Wrong is the song that got me into Mogwai, so I always loved Rock Action. It has its weaker moments, but the strong ones are pretty exceptional. Their two extra songs from the Japanese version of the album were pretty money, too.

Always a treat to hear them play anything live from this album, as it tends to be forgotten by the band with the exception of 2 Rights (which is a beast live - my hair was blowing in the wind from the amps) and an occasional You Don't Know Jesus.

[Brett]

My top 10 (as usual, in nor order and totally malleable):

1. 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong
2. Danphe and the Brain
3. Mogwai Fear Satan
4. Emergency Trap
5. Too Raging to Cheers
6. May Nothing But Happiness Come Through Your Door
7. I Know You Are, But What Am I?
8. Summer
9. Helicon 2
10. Sad DC

Hmm, looks like that's my chill-out top 10; guess I'm in the mood for mellow Mogwai right now.

[VinylGuy]

Just listened to that dvd Burning..anyone saw it? some very good performances.

[BurtReynolds]

Just listened to that dvd Burning..anyone saw it? some very good performances.

its awesome.

[nyquillyn]

Just listened to that dvd Burning..anyone saw it? some very good performances.

its awesome.

It's probably my favorite music-related video/movie of the past several years. Mixing Vincent Moon and Mogwai is an orgy of sight and sound.

[Spirit Fingers]

I've been on a non-stop Mogwai odyssey for the past week +. This band seems to be the only thing that can satisfy the void in my ear holes. Come on Die Young is still my least favorite, but I'd take anything else these guys have done over anything by any other "post rock" type of band.

[Kevin Davis]

Come on Die Young is still my least favorite

You know what, I think it's my least favorite too. Feels weird saying it but I think it just may be the case.

[VinylGuy]

ill listen to their entire discography this weekend...any suggestion on which order should i follow?

[nyquillyn]

ill listen to their entire discography this weekend...any suggestion on which order should i follow?

I would start at the beginning, but the beginning should really be Ten Rapid, not Young Team. The key to Mogwai is to make sure to listening to EVERYTHING. Some of the best stuff is on their non-studio albums. EPs, soundtracks, B-sides, special collections, etc. Even the remix albums are excellent!