Modest Mouse是一支拥有平常心的绅士乐队。没有露骨的愤怒,优美的旋律和漫不经心的嗓音下,Modest Mouse几乎天真地用嘲讽的话语和深层的处世哲学阐述着非常摇滚的内容。并不是任何人都愿意用直白的态度来表明立场,而这正是Modest Mouse的风格
Modest Mouse本身具有一种天生的亲和力,简单的音乐中融合着其它许多类型的音乐,从Post-Fugazi的Emo-core到Pixies和 Pavement甚至早期的Talking Heads。Pixies的歌曲结构一直是乐队的主要特点,还有非常少的爆发片段都非常像Pixies,总体听起来又有些像轻型的Pavement。除去上述较明确的音乐影响外,Modest Mouse本身其实就是一个怪胎,60年代的节奏布鲁斯和新浪潮的No Wave之声竟然会被融合在一起,用管弦乐模式作为内在驱动力,这还不算“犹抱琵琶半遮面”的生涩Solo(其实这也是故意的
Modest Mouse这种风格在同时期的摇滚乐队中是极为罕见的,究其原因,Modest Mouse流行/摇滚的独立姿态并不是刻意追求一贯的DIY精神,音乐细致富有张力,在足够的空间感下形式紧凑,表现方法随意又不失谨慎严密。可以说,他们的音乐体现了摇滚的另一种境界,也可以说是一种极端——纯粹的唯美主义。任何极端总是有一定的弊端,“不够摇滚”于是就成为了Modest Mouse最大的缺点(这恐怕还是我一厢情愿的主观臆断,也可以说是不良习惯)。历史上不够“摇滚”却摇得厉害的乐队不胜枚举,Jimi Hendrix、Rush、Pink Floyd、R.E.M.……审美标准的不同的结果在此时就非常明显了,Modest Mouse的评语中绝对没有一丝一毫“重量”感,却稳稳地和Ween一起占据着校园排行榜
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