The O.C. made me dance like a little girl. Or, An unhealthy night on the couch.
Okay, so I'm watching the O.C. tonight with my housemate Mike and, in the middle of all the zingers and jew jokes, the girl who runs the superlame rock club in Newport tells Seth to come back for the Modest Mouse show that night. My response was to jump up and do a little dance akin to the one my little cousin does whenever someone mentions Spongebob. I would have thought nothing of it if not for my roommates laughter (a kind laughter, not a mocking one). All I can think about now is how pissed I was a few short years ago when Low's "Little Drummer Boy" was used in a GAP commercial. Sure Modest Mouse isn't directly selling anything, but it's a short leap from the teen soap to the teen closet.
Mr. Brock got quite a lot of face time in the episode; much more than that doof from the Killers did a few episodes back. And, refreshingly, the band didn't play the hits "Float On" or "Ocean Breathes Salty," opting instead for the delightfully paranoid "Paper Thin Walls" and "Blame It On the Tetons" (the closest thing to a ballad from the latest album). Oh and then they played "The World At Large" as the episode faded to black.
In the middle of the episode Mike turns to me and say "I wonder if Isaac Brock is sitting at home watching this and wondering what the hell is going on." I bet he is, and I bet when Marissa and her dad cuddled for warmth on the beach towards the end of the episode he got a little teary eyed.
Mr. Brock got quite a lot of face time in the episode; much more than that doof from the Killers did a few episodes back. And, refreshingly, the band didn't play the hits "Float On" or "Ocean Breathes Salty," opting instead for the delightfully paranoid "Paper Thin Walls" and "Blame It On the Tetons" (the closest thing to a ballad from the latest album). Oh and then they played "The World At Large" as the episode faded to black.
In the middle of the episode Mike turns to me and say "I wonder if Isaac Brock is sitting at home watching this and wondering what the hell is going on." I bet he is, and I bet when Marissa and her dad cuddled for warmth on the beach towards the end of the episode he got a little teary eyed.
posted by Mark Baumgarten at 1:21 AM
2 Comments:
Dude, you finally watched it! That was yr first time right? Was it good for you? I thought it was great last year and I'm pissed I keep missing it this year. I would think that any discomfort a Modest Mouse fan might feel would be eased by this shows goodness.
I'm wondering: what exactly made you want to dance? Are you just pumped that all those suburban kids are going to hear the Mouse? I imagine that's what it is.
Thanks for the linkage, I will soon reciprocate.
I think the reason why they played "Paper Thin Walls" is because it contains the line "laugh hard, it's a long way to the bank."
Caryn and I watched episodes 8-10 on the DVD tonight. There was much little-girl dancing.
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