Don't worry. Portland coyotes have access to one of the largest urban forest reserves in the US, Forest Park. It starts about 20 blocks west of the last scenes of the video, and stretches away for over 8 miles to the NW. And it's not some well manicured park with lawns and play structures for kids, it's purposely left mostly wild, with dense underbrush and random creeks and fallen trees covered in moss. And at the northern end of the park it gives way to what amounts to timber land and the Clatsop State Forest.
And we say "What can we say?" This one line is probably the most memorable line in the song for me. It's describing how we do something that could be considered terrible but when we're confronted about it you just say "what can we say?" and shrug it off
So interesting how the story of a wild animal spirit is being brought out of its normal environment into a more artificial, busy type setting. It’s like symbolism of being forced out of your comfort zone and the anxiety that might come with it. I dig it.
Ironic enough, that's the point of the song. We say we're in love with all of it (nature) but we lie, we love to lie. We don't do enough to protect it.
What makes this song so great is the truths in it. Coyotes are of least concern in the grand scope of endangered animals, however their natural habitat is at risk as we take more of their land from them, forcing them into the city to ride the LRT around, and the truth is mankind doesn't care what we do as long as we can gain from it.
When i was a teenager i used to live pretty much right by the lake in my hometown. And i there was a boat landing there where me and my dog Savannah would go swimming at all the time. By the time i was 17, my golden retriever started to have liver problems, she wouldnt even eat anymore because she would just puke the food back up. Our last walk to the boat landing was during the middle of winter, and i remember playing this song outloud on my phone as she's leading the way; noticing the weird gait she developed from those issues. we checked out the ice and when i noticed she was starting to became pained from walking, i took her back home. A week after, she couldnt even walk anymore so my mother decided that we had to take her to the vet and put her down so she wouldnt have to suffer anymore. I picked her up put her in the car. i was blasting music into my ears on the way there to somehow drown out what was happening. As we put her on the table, my mother pretty much stole the last few seconds of her life as the vet injected the "poison" into her, but i shoved her aside so she could curl up into my arms like she used to always do when i would cuddle with her, and as I did that, not a second later she was already gone. She was my best friend for a long time, and she will always be my best *after she died, it pained me to see her foot prints in the snow the night after*
Aw man thats pretty bad. But still you got to say goodbye properlly. I knew my doggo wasnt in a good shape November 9th of last year. But i went to work thinking he's gotten through worse. Then i call in at home to check if they mind if i worked a bit longer, since i originally had to walk the dog. My father simply told me he is dead. Dont even remember if i asked what happened until i got home. I just hung up at that point and went back to work. Worked at a theatre too. Damn i always hated putting on fake smiles but this was the worst one of them all. However i somewhat found peace in giving him a burial in a local forest. Surrounded by the freedom that i could never provide him in his life. Sure i knew he is a pack animal and he had it good with us. But it could have been better. Especially from my side. I was the one emotionally most attached to the dog, but pretty much the last to take care of him in terms of walking him and so on, atleast not for most of his life until he was old and weary already. Now i drag myself out to that grave every sunday, or monday if i cant make it in time just to keep it tidy. Light a candle. And beg for forgiveness for me not being there. Ah man its really coming back to me now and im not drunk enough for this shite. Anyway. Beyond that i do clearly remember the night before how the only thing he wanted was to be in my room by my side. Im allergic to allot of stuff, dogs aswell. So i had to keep my room clean of the hair, but a night with him in there would have not harmed me much, ignoring the smell. Which well... if i had known was especially bad for a decent reason. Massive rapid organ failure. When he was seeking closure i couldnt be there. Then we was very distant all of a sudden. As dogs are when they want to die alone, when that final moment has come. Well as always you only realize its too late - well, when its already too late. I came home and found out he was put down to spare him the suffering. My dad called up all Vets working on a weekend that he could find and got lucky that one would actually come out late in the evening. I just wished so much i would have been there. It would have been a 15 minute drive at most. But he wanted to spare me too. Im not sure if that worked at all. If i never experience death like this, a real loss, then i will always struggle to appreciate and value life.
My 5 year old son loves this so much. One morning he woke up singing it to me saying that it was stuck in his head all night. He says it sounds so sweet it makes him almost cry.
This is such a good spotlight for coyotes, because they're always seen as peasants and bad creatures when in reality, they're just trying to survive like we are.
This made me cry more than it should have. The deer statues moment is heartbreaking. To paraphrase Isaac, I hope that man can find a way to live with nature rather than against it. I'm most happy when I'm out in nature too, Coyote.
The only way that is possible is to stop human development and either decrease the population or increase population density in already developed areas. Cities are not the problem. The problem is low density suburban and rural development that does not need to exist
So this is where the "Why is there a coyote on the bus?" meme came from. I never knew. I think it's cool how that became a small meme. I love Modest Mouse
akshully, this video is in reference to a real event in Portland where a coyote was photographed taking the Max for a ride. terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2009/03/coyote-rising-portland-oregon-light.html
while this music video used a tame or trained coyote and was obviously staged, it's based on a real event from 2002 where a wild coyote did try to board a MAX train at the Portland Airport light rail station.
This sounds like their old stuff and new stuff mixed together I love it! Modest Mouse is just one of those bands that is great in west they do, sometimes it's not about the sound but the message it relays. People seem to forget about that especially about modest mouse. Old or new this band is everything to me, and I know that they cannot disappoint!
***** Agree... That is my experience with them too. Never ever see only one. And they mate for life and raise their families together. The myth of the solitary coyote as a symbol of how all coyotes function is false. I like this video btw. And of course the lovely animal that is in it. ;)
Imagine this: Your life is as it is now, and then strange creatures arrive, tear down your home, kill your friends and family and force you to flee. You try to find a new place to live but these new creatures are everywhere. They frame you as pests that should be killed off. You’re trapped, in a slowly deteriorating world, constantly trying to find safety, but you can’t. And you and your dying species can’t fight back. That is what a lot of wild animals go through.
I wish the line was "afraid of the dark" instead of sharks. I find it more fitting, we're monsters to the natural world but would be to afraid to step foot in a forest after dark, unlike the coyote.
Derrick Blackburn I'm pretty sure Brock's trying to imply that since we're afraid of sharks, we want to kill them. This song IS about killing coyotes. And sharks kill only one person a year on average, in fact, VENDING MACHINES kill thirteen people a year. It may sound dumb, but that's what I think. I like your point about the lyrical content, though
@Dogman Except that's not how biology works, dude. Humans are the ones killing the rabbits and prairie dogs because there are too many of them, and we're also killing the coyotes because there are too many. Why not leave them alone and let their populations stabilise? Us hunting other animals causes imbalances in their populations.
Considering sharks are so 'lethal' how about human beings stay the fuck out of the ocean and remain on land, even then that's generous. You can't drink seawater so there's no need to be anywhere near the ocean.
Derrick Blackburn afraid of the sharks” means that they are scared of something portrayed as dangerous but that is not really dangerous. People think coyotes are vicious creatures even though there are not
I think it's really weird that so many people are so disappointed with this song. I wasn't that into Lampshade On Fire because it felt like a b side from We Were Dead. This song to me sounds fresh as fuck and is a breath of fresh air as a Modest Mouse fan. The lyrics were nothing short of what you would expect from Isaac Brock as one of music's most inspirational and creative lyricists and it's fucking gorgeous. I am way more excited about the new album now than I was before I heard this.
The first song I had ever heard from this band. While I’m a fan now, I still regret not having ventured further into this band when I first discovered them.
as a Coyote therian this song touched me very deeply, stuck in a modern work where no one seems to really understand you wanting to go where you feel safe
"Mankind's behavin' like some serial killers" This song holds so much meaning to me, not because i'm a coyote therian, not because they're my favorite animal But because it holds the meaning that *humanity is killing the environment* this shit actually happens, animals get taken far from their home, never to see it again. Some say that animals don't have feelings, and i could disagree more. But what they do have, is *heart* and some humans don't even have that. This made me shed tears i didn't know i *had* So the next time you see a feral animal, remember that they have a home too
I joined the Navy last year and have be stationed in Charleston, South Carolina. I'm from Oregon and was born in Portland. I've been focused on my job and try not to ponder home too much because it makes me homesick, but seeing this video made my day. It was so nice and nostalgic to see the MAX and parts of downtown; and remember Keep Portland Weird!
I have been patiently awaiting a new modest mouse album. So far this new one sounds like exactly what I needed. This band has helped me battle through massive bouts of depression. Isaac Brock's lyrics are simply amazing. They have some of the deepest meaning of any songwriter today and he also shares a lot of past experiences in his life that I have also dealt with. Couple that with the awesome melodic sounds of the instruments and you have a fantastic band that I cannot wait to see live again. Glad to see the mouse is back.
I have figured out the message of this video and the song. The message is just so damn sad, it has left me in tears, but the message is also so strong! The coyote that goes on the train is going to his home. The lyric that says "Mankind is behaving like some serial killers" symbolizes the fact that Man slaughters thousands of coyotes each year, so Man is like "A serial killer" to the coyotes. When the coyote falls asleep at 1:18, he dreams of what his home was once like before Man moved in and destroyed the coyote's home to build houses and make room for cattle. The saddest part, the part that left me in tears, is the part where the coyote got off the train, there is a last clip where he is next to a tree, with two metal deer, and that one tree was his home... I hope someday we humans will learn to coexist peacefully with coyotes!
I like modest mouses appreciation for nature and animals, like with king rat, replacing the whales with humans and giving us a gory vision of how we treat wildlife as a piece of shit and that we need to work on it.
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great point which is why we dont like population growth and sprawl.It alienates us all,human and animal alike.Like My City was Gone by Pretenders.Mankind should be united to make developers the endangered species,not Nature and our quality of life.
For YEARS I've cried every time I watch this music video, every time I'm like "okay I think I can watch it now without crying" but I can't make it past the part of the coyote dreaming of the forest without tearing up, lol
A being known as Coyote was an important figure in some Native American mythology, the source of humanity if I remember correctly. Anyone think that might be important, considering the next song on the album is Pups To Dust?
ik your comment is 6 years old sorry if this is weird lol but yeah I think you're probably right, modest mouse songs seem to have a recurring theme of Native Americans
Little motels is the best track off of we were dead, modest mouse really can make tear emotions out of you. EX: bankrupt on selling, little motel, trailer trash, baby blue sedan and so much more.
isaiah towers while little motels is a great fucking song I disagree that it's the best on the album. Parting of the Sensory is the best track on there the emotion on that track cannot be matched! It starts off so somber and heavy then it just starts picking up pace till it unleashes a fast angry emotion... It's really ethereal in a way.
in many native american folklore tales, coyotes are revered. they are often seen as trickster gods or some other kind of sacred being. most widely referred to in the navajo and hopi mythos, virtually every native north american people had some kind of myth and deep reverence for the noble coyote
ogni creatura ha diritto ad avere un posto dove vivere in pace....come me anche il coyote meravigliosa creatura...... se capiremo questo e impareremo a rispettare gli animali forse capiremo il senso della vita............... e avremo ancora speranza.........splendido video e canzone ,grandi ModestMouse.................
most comments I've seen about the song interpret it very directly as about humans not respecting nature but I think the song is more broadly about how people say they love something but don't truly love all of it, and I think it could be alluding to the way we are towards other people we say we love. Like how people will say they love nature and earth but really only love the things that are most obviously fascinating or beautiful, not an animal like the coyote that is most commonly seen as a pest, it's really stated the most through the lines "and we say we're in love will all of it" "and we lie- love to lie." I think the way the coyotes are described in such a favorable, almost whimsical way with "coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark, at home with the ghosts in the natural parks" sort of suggests that the things we don't love about others have hidden value and beauty. I could write a whole essay here about this song lol I really like it
i agree, this song is absolutely beautiful! it makes me sad because it reminds me of mankind's 'selective liking' if you say. let's take tigers for example: they are much loved big cats because we constantly observe their beauty and grace. they very rarely attack humans, or if they do it isn't shared often, so us people have no problems with them. and then you have coyotes. we forced them out of their homes and built our own ones upon it. they have nowhere to go. so they roam the cities, being seen as a danger to all when they just want to live. very little people care to know about coyotes, just like rats, because they affect our life by being in our homes. i hate that about us. every animal deserves respect.
@@spinnysocks ur reply brought me back to re-read my year-old comment and wanting to add to it a bit lol. I feel there's sort of this theme throughout other modest mouse songs of the "American dream" and this idea of how American history and what its like living in present day America isn't really like the mythology says. Its most obvious in the songs "Cowboy Dan" and "god is an indian and you're an asshole" but its there in other songs too, like "the tourist and the tortoise" to me feels like its at least partially about the way people will take only what they want from other groups of people or cultures and ignore other valuable things they have to offer, and harming them in the process, like how the tourist rather than let the tortoise tell him about the future and how the universe ran just kills it to take its jewel-covered shell. it might be a stretch but I feel this theme is in Coyotes a bit too, Coyotes are ignored and undervalued or treated as a nuisance and a pest by the people who claim to love all of nature, even though they are as much a part of nature as the animals they like. People will dismiss or mistreat certain groups of people while claiming to love their country and its history even when those groups are as much a part of their country and its history as they are.
@@BlisaBLisa exactly! i love that analogy. i'm a newer fan to MM so i haven't listened to many songs, but i'll definitely have a listen to the ones you discussed which i haven't yet!
I did a whole essay analyzing this song in school a few years ago. It's so deep and meaningful, I'm really sad so many people have never heard this before.
In the beginning, Modest Mouse was truly experimental rock. Every song they produced was unique, but just because they were unique doesn't mean they were good. I love MM don't get me wrong, but their hit and miss style is the reason their albums never were popular with critics. Its been almost 20 years since they made their first album though, and with that time I think they've realized they must produce a solid album throughout in order to shut critics up and prove how good they are. Strangers to Ourselves as a whole will be amazing, I'm calling it right now. Isaac Brock will make every song count with emotion and just enough uniqueness. Lampshades On Fire is filled with heart, and Coyotes hits a soft spot as an environmentalist. Strangers to Ourselves will be the result of a mature band finally putting the pieces together.
I love this song! I can't wait for the new album. My favorite band of all time. Love their old stuff and NEW stuff. You can't say they are your favorite band/love them if you shit/complain/whine about their new stuff. Honestly heard the same complaints every time they release something new. Get over yourselves I know that when you go see them in concert you'll be cheering and singing along when they play this song.
MrGirmillionair I agree! I love this song. I don't understand why people complain about this being "bad". This song is really quite beautiful, and it holds a very powerful message. I don't understand why people are complaining about this song. Every band has its unique style, and I like that.
The Red Fennec Fox they are mainly complaining it doesn't sound like their favorite old album.... They don't realize that artist evolve and grow and prob will never make a repeat album cause that is boring as shit.
antonio mangione what are u talking about? For the most part posers are people who can't form their own original opinion and just like what is hip and mainstream... For the most part I ask them 'what's your favorite album or song?' depending on their answer I can tell if they be posing or not.
***** Not all of them. One of them wrote the Bible. P.S. This is a joke. I'm not trying to start an argument. It's kind of a shame I have to type this because it takes some of the humor out of the joke.
I used to always listen to modest mouse when I was taking the L train to my bosses/mentors place to take care of his dog hawkeye and walk her for him. I miss those days. I was on my way to go see him listening to this song when I saw on the news he was murdered. I still love this song even though it hurts hearing it.
What drew my attention to this amazing band is an old [adult swim] ad that advertised the CD "Good News for People that Love Bad News". Been a fan since then and even went back and now I love their old stuff as well. Old. New. Doesn't matter to me. This band is great.
I had a female coyote named Luna fer a pet. She had a green eye an a blue eye. She was orphaned as a pup when her mom was hit by a car. I found her in her den yelping from hunger pains. So I brought her to my camp an I fed her an I raised her. She was loyal. Smart. An super friendly. An she got along with kids very well. Even cats would hang out with her. There was even a chicken hawk who I saw sleeping right up beside her. She was the koolest coyote I ever had the pleasure to have as a friend.
I apologise but is it the same Luna that was forcibly taken from her home? I know it's a common name but I recall someone having a beautiful coyote girl and she was taken wonderful care of but the state dragged her away... I work with coyotes at the Wild Life Sanctuary in my city and I always advise that coyotes, wolves and hybrids can be extremely dangerous and usually more often than not, they will be euthanized because when puberty hits all the wild comes out. Snarls, barks, death gape, everything.
I knew it was filmed in Portland, but still when I went up there to visit my brother I ended up seeing those deer statues at the end by chance. The feels.
Walking with ghosts in the national parks Coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark i love this line because of all the wild animals who lived out here before western expansion really picked up, coyotes seem to be the only ones left. they adapt to live in places where other such creatures could not. only ghosts of the huge populations they once had still exist in national parks, places largely untouched by humans ever present expansion into any free or wild space. while coyotes, on the other hand, have learned to make do in the cities and towns. just small enough to survive, and just big enough to seem wild and threatening. well, to some people at least
What I love so much about Modest Mouse is when you hear their music, you don't confuse it with anyone else. Everytime I turn the radio on, its another auto tuned disaster. Yes, there are great bands out there but Modest Mouse will always be number one. I feel like they've made so far and got so big and still did not go mainstream ,they're not all over TMZ or stupid shit like that. They didn't loose sight of what they love or what they feel. The music is still different... And I love that. I fucking hate turning the radio on and hearing a song that sounds just like the next. Modest mouse still has it.
Coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark At home with the ghosts in the national parks Mankind's behavin' like some serial killers Giant ol' monsters afraid of the sharks And we're in love with all of it And we say, what can we say? Walking with ghosts in the national parks Coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark And we're in love with all of it And we say, what can we say? Another branch on the tinder-bound tree Birds flying low, looking downwards to feed Mankind's behavin' like some serial killers Giant ol' monsters afraid of the sharks And we're in love with all of it And we say, what can we say? And we say, we're in love with all of it And we say, we're in love with everything And we say, what can we say? And we say, we're in love with all of it And we say, we're in love with everything And we say, what can we say? And we say, we're in love with all of it And we say, we're in love with everything And we lie, we love to lie
@@joaquin3844 Good god. How could you say th- Yeah wait right. All knowing, Omnipotent, get it. I said nothing. Just please dont put me on Santas Naughty-list.
Modest Mouse has been one of my favorite bands since literally before I can remember. And I just wanna say that I think it's badass when I see people who are just now getting into them for the first time because of their new album. They've barely scratched the surface of what Modest Mouse has to offer, but I'm so happy to see so many new people on the right path. And while I'm on the subject, fuck the obnoxious hipsters who talk shit on the new fans. Just because you've liked Modest Mouse longer than they have doesn't mean they're not allowed to like it. That ideology is illogical, and it makes me sick when people behave like that.
Hello, Portland. I’d recognize those trains and bridges anywhere, coyotes get a bad rap out here but we hurt them so much worse than anything they could ever do to us.
Coyote is our Northwest s version of Iron Eyes Cody (the Indian with the tear in his eye from the 70s).I feel we owe them both an apology for what we did to their homes.
canid videos: "aww look at the poor widdle puppy almost as sweet as my pit bull" meanwhile, in wildcat videos: "they are killing machines that can never be tamed that bobcat is capable of killing an adult man instantly"
Somber, melodic, and depressive with an underlying of bitter tragedies; a definitive great from these boys. I don't often revisit their music but when I do I definitely sit and chill with it for a minute. Absolutely loved near everything they put out and it's only fitting to have this video filmed in the metropolis of dreams and the place I lived and called home for 12 years. Missing so very much, boys. Keep your heads up!
This is so cool. I have to say the coyote is really cute, for something the could cause serious harm to a person if provoked. He's just commuting to work.
The first few times I listened to it I wasn't a huge fan, but it's starting to grow on me... So pumped for Strangers to Ourselves though. I just pray it isn't as repetitive as We Were Dead.
Definitely growing on me too. The first time I felt like I needed to understand what the song was about and now I'm just listening to it. I love it. Isaac still has it.
We Were Dead was a fantastic album, but after awhile a lot of the songs start to mix and mash together. One of the staples of MM albums over the past decade (at least in my opinion) is that every song is its own and tells its own story. I just think about songs like People as Places as People, Invisible, Education, and Steam Engeinus were all kind of meh and don't do themselves much justice. Spitting Venom is one of my all time favorite Mouse songs, and Parting of the Sensory is another classic. I think just about every song was either a huge hit or a huge miss.
Man, I just don't understand, why won't UA-cam recommended me these songs ;-; The only way I found this song was from the "Were-Whisker MAP Au about Warrior Cats" and I'm glad I watched it to find this song. Like I rewatched this song like 11 times now, that's how amazing this song is and It's because the song just feels like pure "nostalgia." Like it feels like going back to thinking about childhood and how we used to not be stressed out as kids, but now when we get older things just aren't the same as they were. (And this song kind of talks about that but it's more about the aspect of coyotes out in the wilderness trying to survive but end up in places where humanity thrives.
Just wondering, exactly how close do you actually think you can get to a coyote? And I'm not talking about the suburban scouting, trash can dining, yotes that are totally desensitized to the presence of human beings. I'm talking about truly wild coyotes that literally don't eat unless they are catching mice or maybe a jack rabbit every now and then. I live in a very remote area and the coyotes around here are already at a top speed run, going the opposite direction by the time you even see them. To actually be bitten by one would indefinitely mean you either cornered it and continued to approach, despite all the warning signs of raised hackles, bared teeth and pinned back ears...or you trapped one and got too close. Either way, where I'm from getting bit by a coyote means you were doing something you shouldn't have been doing, being cruel or both. But I agree they should be respected. Natures trickster and a quiet interesting creature with a lot of personality.
Dude I live in eastern Kentucky And I've saved and raised 4 coyotes in my 46 years... when they're in packs yes they can be troublesome but a coyote in 20 min of eye contact slow gestures friendly clicks of my tongue on my teeth few twists of jerkey.. yea I could have a friend in less than a half hour or a trip to the ER but I truly love these animals and I truly respect them
It really seems like strangers to ourselves is really going to hit hard on our impact on nature as mankind. I think the whole strangers to ourselves titles represents how far we have gone from being "animals" to the destructive force of a race we are today. Like we have Lost all touch with our natural selves
The title is a quote from Neitzsche, I think. "So we remain necessarily strangers to ourselves, we do not understand ourselves, we have to keep ourselves confused." (On the Genealogy of Morals). But yeah, I agree that there's a definite environmental theme going on in this one. Plus the album cover, with its suburban spiderweb.
Nhotmyereahl Nheyme For guys that make depressing songs often about drugs and alcohol, they read a lot of books. Modest Mouse is actually a quote from a book too.
That part when the coyote dreams of the forest made me so incredibly sad. It took a tremendous effort to hold back my tears.
Modest Mouse used this approach in "Little Motel", and it made that clip unbearably sad. I even can't watch it anymore
Or when he gets excited to see the deer then realizes it's fake.
Dont hold back, feel it
Don't worry. Portland coyotes have access to one of the largest urban forest reserves in the US, Forest Park. It starts about 20 blocks west of the last scenes of the video, and stretches away for over 8 miles to the NW. And it's not some well manicured park with lawns and play structures for kids, it's purposely left mostly wild, with dense underbrush and random creeks and fallen trees covered in moss. And at the northern end of the park it gives way to what amounts to timber land and the Clatsop State Forest.
Relatable and sad
And we say "What can we say?"
This one line is probably the most memorable line in the song for me. It's describing how we do something that could be considered terrible but when we're confronted about it you just say "what can we say?" and shrug it off
Sadly
But it is true.
What CAN we say?
What CAN we do?
And we say, we're in love with all of it
And we say, we're in love with everything
And we lie, we love to lie
So interesting how the story of a wild animal spirit is being brought out of its normal environment into a more artificial, busy type setting. It’s like symbolism of being forced out of your comfort zone and the anxiety that might come with it. I dig it.
life love, love life type of stuff. exist living, life existent
Oh you dig it geek idiot
1:10 look at him stretch his little TOOOOEEES
:D
it's just cute
The cutest of fuckers
Ironic enough, that's the point of the song. We say we're in love with all of it (nature) but we lie, we love to lie. We don't do enough to protect it.
thank you for pointing out that wholesome moment, made my morning
What makes this song so great is the truths in it. Coyotes are of least concern in the grand scope of endangered animals, however their natural habitat is at risk as we take more of their land from them, forcing them into the city to ride the LRT around, and the truth is mankind doesn't care what we do as long as we can gain from it.
When i was a teenager i used to live pretty much right by the lake in my hometown. And i there was a boat landing there where me and my dog Savannah would go swimming at all the time. By the time i was 17, my golden retriever started to have liver problems, she wouldnt even eat anymore because she would just puke the food back up. Our last walk to the boat landing was during the middle of winter, and i remember playing this song outloud on my phone as she's leading the way; noticing the weird gait she developed from those issues. we checked out the ice and when i noticed she was starting to became pained from walking, i took her back home. A week after, she couldnt even walk anymore so my mother decided that we had to take her to the vet and put her down so she wouldnt have to suffer anymore. I picked her up put her in the car. i was blasting music into my ears on the way there to somehow drown out what was happening. As we put her on the table, my mother pretty much stole the last few seconds of her life as the vet injected the "poison" into her, but i shoved her aside so she could curl up into my arms like she used to always do when i would cuddle with her, and as I did that, not a second later she was already gone. She was my best friend for a long time, and she will always be my best
*after she died, it pained me to see her foot prints in the snow the night after*
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Aw man thats pretty bad.
But still you got to say goodbye properlly.
I knew my doggo wasnt in a good shape November 9th of last year. But i went to work thinking he's gotten through worse.
Then i call in at home to check if they mind if i worked a bit longer, since i originally had to walk the dog.
My father simply told me he is dead. Dont even remember if i asked what happened until i got home. I just hung up at that point and went back to work. Worked at a theatre too. Damn i always hated putting on fake smiles but this was the worst one of them all.
However i somewhat found peace in giving him a burial in a local forest. Surrounded by the freedom that i could never provide him in his life. Sure i knew he is a pack animal and he had it good with us. But it could have been better. Especially from my side. I was the one emotionally most attached to the dog, but pretty much the last to take care of him in terms of walking him and so on, atleast not for most of his life until he was old and weary already.
Now i drag myself out to that grave every sunday, or monday if i cant make it in time just to keep it tidy. Light a candle. And beg for forgiveness for me not being there.
Ah man its really coming back to me now and im not drunk enough for this shite.
Anyway. Beyond that i do clearly remember the night before how the only thing he wanted was to be in my room by my side. Im allergic to allot of stuff, dogs aswell. So i had to keep my room clean of the hair, but a night with him in there would have not harmed me much, ignoring the smell. Which well... if i had known was especially bad for a decent reason.
Massive rapid organ failure.
When he was seeking closure i couldnt be there. Then we was very distant all of a sudden. As dogs are when they want to die alone, when that final moment has come.
Well as always you only realize its too late - well, when its already too late. I came home and found out he was put down to spare him the suffering. My dad called up all Vets working on a weekend that he could find and got lucky that one would actually come out late in the evening.
I just wished so much i would have been there. It would have been a 15 minute drive at most. But he wanted to spare me too.
Im not sure if that worked at all. If i never experience death like this, a real loss, then i will always struggle to appreciate and value life.
I feel this all too well. Lost a best friend to parvo. Died in my arms then buried him. Modest mouse replenishes that lost love
@@AnselmoIturri I found and enjoyed it 2 years later, Reminds me of Murray who died 3 weeks ago.
Fur babies are definitely family
My 5 year old son loves this so much. One morning he woke up singing it to me saying that it was stuck in his head all night. He says it sounds so sweet it makes him almost cry.
It makes me cry.
This is such a good spotlight for coyotes, because they're always seen as peasants and bad creatures when in reality, they're just trying to survive like we are.
*high-five*
i see Juniper, i reply :D
I think they're beautiful creatures just like wolves but I don't want them in my backyard because I have a Chihuahua I'm very attached to. X3
What are you doing with an art piece from Kenket? Hehehe >.>
Well said rez.
Coyotes are precious...one of the awesome creatures made by the Creator. He put them here..they need protection!
This made me cry more than it should have. The deer statues moment is heartbreaking. To paraphrase Isaac, I hope that man can find a way to live with nature rather than against it. I'm most happy when I'm out in nature too, Coyote.
Agh I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're another goddamn troll, dogman
Nah I think it’s reasonable to cry about this video
Love you PDX
The only way that is possible is to stop human development and either decrease the population or increase population density in already developed areas. Cities are not the problem. The problem is low density suburban and rural development that does not need to exist
There are also large bronze sealions in that same area. lol
I won't lie. I'm a new fan to Modest Mouse, but they are quickly becoming my favorite band
you have good taste, they're my fav band. Also check out Ugly Cassanova (Isaac's side projecct) and Mimicking Birds
***** together? wanna watch?
If you're new to them, be sure to check out their older stuff like "Lonesome Crowded West" and "The Moon and Antartica"
Yaay!
Fucken Band Wagon, Here it comes
So this is where the "Why is there a coyote on the bus?" meme came from. I never knew. I think it's cool how that became a small meme. I love Modest Mouse
Your comment might be the reason google showed this to me when I was looking for the meme, so thank you.
akshully, this video is in reference to a real event in Portland where a coyote was photographed taking the Max for a ride.
terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2009/03/coyote-rising-portland-oregon-light.html
while this music video used a tame or trained coyote and was obviously staged, it's based on a real event from 2002 where a wild coyote did try to board a MAX train at the Portland Airport light rail station.
Coyote is fucking adorable.
I agree
He is a really good animator.
Aww the coyote is sooo cute
Didn't move to the city, the city moved to me.
And I want out desperately.
MultiUnreal love that song
God if I have to die...
Jay Pulido Because Coyote Dan's a major player in the coyote scene...
***** Traveling swallowing coyotes.
So touching and beautiful. powerful message. i love coyotes. . been around them my whole life.
This sounds like their old stuff and new stuff mixed together I love it! Modest Mouse is just one of those bands that is great in west they do, sometimes it's not about the sound but the message it relays. People seem to forget about that especially about modest mouse. Old or new this band is everything to me, and I know that they cannot disappoint!
poor coyote, all alone.
Where is a wild pack of family dogs when you need one
So true.
coyotes are solitary animals
***** Agree... That is my experience with them too. Never ever see only one. And they mate for life and raise their families together. The myth of the solitary coyote as a symbol of how all coyotes function is false.
I like this video btw. And of course the lovely animal that is in it. ;)
This comment needs more attention. The good kind.
Edit: Am I actually the only one who caught the reference?
Did you not get the "wild pack of family dogs" reference??
That's such a sweet animal, this video brought tears to my eyes, goddamn.
Imagine this: Your life is as it is now, and then strange creatures arrive, tear down your home, kill your friends and family and force you to flee. You try to find a new place to live but these new creatures are everywhere. They frame you as pests that should be killed off. You’re trapped, in a slowly deteriorating world, constantly trying to find safety, but you can’t. And you and your dying species can’t fight back. That is what a lot of wild animals go through.
That hurt.
@@seVentorun4 it’s the sad reality we all must accept. Some day it will happen to us..
I am totally in agreement 😌
humans really have no sympathy.
i can imagine it, really powerful comment
I hope he got plenty of treats and love for being in this video
I wish the line was "afraid of the dark" instead of sharks. I find it more fitting, we're monsters to the natural world but would be to afraid to step foot in a forest after dark, unlike the coyote.
Derrick Blackburn I'm pretty sure Brock's trying to imply that since we're afraid of sharks, we want to kill them. This song IS about killing coyotes. And sharks kill only one person a year on average, in fact, VENDING MACHINES kill thirteen people a year. It may sound dumb, but that's what I think. I like your point about the lyrical content, though
@Dogman Except that's not how biology works, dude. Humans are the ones killing the rabbits and prairie dogs because there are too many of them, and we're also killing the coyotes because there are too many. Why not leave them alone and let their populations stabilise? Us hunting other animals causes imbalances in their populations.
Vending machines kill 13 people a year?! We need to put an end to this, then! Get your bayonets out, everyone, we're going snack-machine culling!
Considering sharks are so 'lethal' how about human beings stay the fuck out of the ocean and remain on land, even then that's generous. You can't drink seawater so there's no need to be anywhere near the ocean.
Derrick Blackburn afraid of the sharks” means that they are scared of something portrayed as dangerous but that is not really dangerous. People think coyotes are vicious creatures even though there are not
I think it's really weird that so many people are so disappointed with this song. I wasn't that into Lampshade On Fire because it felt like a b side from We Were Dead. This song to me sounds fresh as fuck and is a breath of fresh air as a Modest Mouse fan. The lyrics were nothing short of what you would expect from Isaac Brock as one of music's most inspirational and creative lyricists and it's fucking gorgeous. I am way more excited about the new album now than I was before I heard this.
The first song I had ever heard from this band. While I’m a fan now, I still regret not having ventured further into this band when I first discovered them.
Glad and thankful you found Modest Mouse! Maybe they are getting ready to release something new! Let's hope so!🐭🐭
I cry myself to sleep over a coyote who never loved me over this song every night.
+1. :,(
What the heck are you talking about?
+MOUNTAIN FORGE
+ I know . a darkness that can be felt +
this song is literally about coyotes and mans irreversible effect on an otherwise natural order. so i think youre grossly misinterpreting it
I think some of the people on here don't realize this is a quote
as a Coyote therian this song touched me very deeply, stuck in a modern work where no one seems to really understand you wanting to go where you feel safe
Despite everything coyotes are thriving more than ever before.
Its not easy living, sure, but what kind of living would it be otherwise?
Unrelated but may you be granted with many therian/otherkin friends :>
i have 3 right now! they're all so amazing@@DR34M0N.D3M0N
Yess coyote therian! Same here
@@Moonstone101 oh ha our usernames are almost the same- be funny if u were a dragonkin to
"Mankind's behavin' like some serial killers"
This song holds so much meaning to me, not because i'm a coyote therian, not because they're my favorite animal
But because it holds the meaning that *humanity is killing the environment*
this shit actually happens, animals get taken far from their home, never to see it again.
Some say that animals don't have feelings, and i could disagree more.
But what they do have, is *heart*
and some humans don't even have that.
This made me shed tears i didn't know i *had*
So the next time you see a feral animal, remember that they have a home too
I joined the Navy last year and have be stationed in Charleston, South Carolina. I'm from Oregon and was born in Portland. I've been focused on my job and try not to ponder home too much because it makes me homesick, but seeing this video made my day. It was so nice and nostalgic to see the MAX and parts of downtown; and remember Keep Portland Weird!
Thank you Modest Mouse for this brilliant song. The Coyotes needed this.
I have been patiently awaiting a new modest mouse album. So far this new one sounds like exactly what I needed. This band has helped me battle through massive bouts of depression. Isaac Brock's lyrics are simply amazing. They have some of the deepest meaning of any songwriter today and he also shares a lot of past experiences in his life that I have also dealt with. Couple that with the awesome melodic sounds of the instruments and you have a fantastic band that I cannot wait to see live again. Glad to see the mouse is back.
I have figured out the message of this video and the song.
The message is just so damn sad, it has left me in tears, but the message is also so strong!
The coyote that goes on the train is going to his home.
The lyric that says "Mankind is behaving like some serial killers" symbolizes the fact that Man slaughters thousands of coyotes each year, so Man is like "A serial killer" to the coyotes.
When the coyote falls asleep at 1:18, he dreams of what his home was once like before Man moved in and destroyed the coyote's home to build houses and make room for cattle.
The saddest part, the part that left me in tears, is the part where the coyote got off the train, there is a last clip where he is next to a tree, with two metal deer, and that one tree was his home...
I hope someday we humans will learn to coexist peacefully with coyotes!
Not just Coyotes, but nature in general. Modest Mouse is always peacefully somber. A very heavy song.
I like modest mouses appreciation for nature and animals, like with king rat, replacing the whales with humans and giving us a gory vision of how we treat wildlife as a piece of shit and that we need to work on it.
Hi sir, please post your insightful comment in reddit.com/r/im14andthisisdeep. The fine gentlefolk of this subreddit would be most intrigued by your rousing display of analytical prowess. Kudos to you, fine scallywag.
Ryan Kennedy lol gayyyyyyyyy
great point which is why we dont like population growth and sprawl.It alienates us all,human and animal alike.Like My City was Gone by Pretenders.Mankind should be united to make developers the endangered species,not Nature and our quality of life.
Damn, that part when it dreams of home :'(
Flere602 if it had stayed on the MAX it could have gotten off at the Zoo station & taken an elevator ride to Forest Park. Home wast very far away.
I'm getti'n goosebumps 😭
I love this video. I feel like the coyote, in a world I don’t belong in
For YEARS I've cried every time I watch this music video, every time I'm like "okay I think I can watch it now without crying" but I can't make it past the part of the coyote dreaming of the forest without tearing up, lol
He was so happy at the bird!
I live up in hills and the forest and it's so beautiful. This song reminds me of how beautiful nature is.
I hope humans don't tear it down.
A being known as Coyote was an important figure in some Native American mythology, the source of humanity if I remember correctly. Anyone think that might be important, considering the next song on the album is Pups To Dust?
ik your comment is 6 years old sorry if this is weird lol but yeah I think you're probably right, modest mouse songs seem to have a recurring theme of Native Americans
I'm glad Cotys found a way to adapt, but it was sad they had to in the first place.
I get the same feel while listening to this song that I get when I listen to Little Motel, although both songs are very different from eachother.
For sure, the guitar's tone during the climax is similarly high and emotional.
Little motels is the best track off of we were dead, modest mouse really can make tear emotions out of you. EX: bankrupt on selling, little motel, trailer trash, baby blue sedan and so much more.
isaiah towers FLORIDAAAAAAA
isaiah towers while little motels is a great fucking song I disagree that it's the best on the album. Parting of the Sensory is the best track on there the emotion on that track cannot be matched! It starts off so somber and heavy then it just starts picking up pace till it unleashes a fast angry emotion... It's really ethereal in a way.
eddiealdanna117 I love that song but I listen to them in different moods so I can't really ever decide when a modest mouse song is better than another
in many native american folklore tales, coyotes are revered. they are often seen as trickster gods or some other kind of sacred being. most widely referred to in the navajo and hopi mythos, virtually every native north american people had some kind of myth and deep reverence for the noble coyote
Makes me cry every time
ogni creatura ha diritto ad avere un posto dove vivere in pace....come me anche il coyote meravigliosa creatura...... se capiremo questo e impareremo a rispettare gli animali forse capiremo il senso della vita............... e avremo ancora speranza.........splendido video e canzone ,grandi ModestMouse.................
most comments I've seen about the song interpret it very directly as about humans not respecting nature but I think the song is more broadly about how people say they love something but don't truly love all of it, and I think it could be alluding to the way we are towards other people we say we love. Like how people will say they love nature and earth but really only love the things that are most obviously fascinating or beautiful, not an animal like the coyote that is most commonly seen as a pest, it's really stated the most through the lines "and we say we're in love will all of it" "and we lie- love to lie." I think the way the coyotes are described in such a favorable, almost whimsical way with "coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark, at home with the ghosts in the natural parks" sort of suggests that the things we don't love about others have hidden value and beauty. I could write a whole essay here about this song lol I really like it
i agree, this song is absolutely beautiful! it makes me sad because it reminds me of mankind's 'selective liking' if you say. let's take tigers for example: they are much loved big cats because we constantly observe their beauty and grace. they very rarely attack humans, or if they do it isn't shared often, so us people have no problems with them. and then you have coyotes. we forced them out of their homes and built our own ones upon it. they have nowhere to go. so they roam the cities, being seen as a danger to all when they just want to live. very little people care to know about coyotes, just like rats, because they affect our life by being in our homes. i hate that about us. every animal deserves respect.
@@spinnysocks ur reply brought me back to re-read my year-old comment and wanting to add to it a bit lol. I feel there's sort of this theme throughout other modest mouse songs of the "American dream" and this idea of how American history and what its like living in present day America isn't really like the mythology says. Its most obvious in the songs "Cowboy Dan" and "god is an indian and you're an asshole" but its there in other songs too, like "the tourist and the tortoise" to me feels like its at least partially about the way people will take only what they want from other groups of people or cultures and ignore other valuable things they have to offer, and harming them in the process, like how the tourist rather than let the tortoise tell him about the future and how the universe ran just kills it to take its jewel-covered shell. it might be a stretch but I feel this theme is in Coyotes a bit too, Coyotes are ignored and undervalued or treated as a nuisance and a pest by the people who claim to love all of nature, even though they are as much a part of nature as the animals they like. People will dismiss or mistreat certain groups of people while claiming to love their country and its history even when those groups are as much a part of their country and its history as they are.
@@BlisaBLisa exactly! i love that analogy. i'm a newer fan to MM so i haven't listened to many songs, but i'll definitely have a listen to the ones you discussed which i haven't yet!
I did a whole essay analyzing this song in school a few years ago. It's so deep and meaningful, I'm really sad so many people have never heard this before.
In the beginning, Modest Mouse was truly experimental rock. Every song they produced was unique, but just because they were unique doesn't mean they were good. I love MM don't get me wrong, but their hit and miss style is the reason their albums never were popular with critics. Its been almost 20 years since they made their first album though, and with that time I think they've realized they must produce a solid album throughout in order to shut critics up and prove how good they are. Strangers to Ourselves as a whole will be amazing, I'm calling it right now. Isaac Brock will make every song count with emotion and just enough uniqueness. Lampshades On Fire is filled with heart, and Coyotes hits a soft spot as an environmentalist. Strangers to Ourselves will be the result of a mature band finally putting the pieces together.
Evan Lutz and then it was. you were right.
I'm not sure why but I feel like that coyote and I have a lot in common.
Paddy's Pub Egg most of us do
it really do be like that
I love this song! I can't wait for the new album. My favorite band of all time. Love their old stuff and NEW stuff. You can't say they are your favorite band/love them if you shit/complain/whine about their new stuff. Honestly heard the same complaints every time they release something new. Get over yourselves I know that when you go see them in concert you'll be cheering and singing along when they play this song.
MrGirmillionair I agree! I love this song. I don't understand why people complain about this being "bad". This song is really quite beautiful, and it holds a very powerful message. I don't understand why people are complaining about this song. Every band has its unique style, and I like that.
The Red Fennec Fox they are mainly complaining it doesn't sound like their favorite old album.... They don't realize that artist evolve and grow and prob will never make a repeat album cause that is boring as shit.
but how...how do you really feel about posers?
antonio mangione what are u talking about? For the most part posers are people who can't form their own original opinion and just like what is hip and mainstream... For the most part I ask them 'what's your favorite album or song?' depending on their answer I can tell if they be posing or not.
go with *insta-pham[]us/d[]tc0m* if you want real people and not shitty bots
This song feels almost relatable, fitting in and how strange this all really is 🐌🌀🪶⭐
Best band of all time.
Yes, you are correct. And if Jesus is saying that, then it must be true.
Oh, all those Jesuses. Always telling the truth.
Agreed
***** Not all of them. One of them wrote the Bible.
P.S. This is a joke. I'm not trying to start an argument. It's kind of a shame I have to type this because it takes some of the humor out of the joke.
LukeDude759 you're incorrect, it takes all of it out
This made me sad as fuck.
Bryn Keller You're not alone 😢
I am absolutely in love with this song, I really cannot wait for this album.
I used to always listen to modest mouse when I was taking the L train to my bosses/mentors place to take care of his dog hawkeye and walk her for him.
I miss those days.
I was on my way to go see him listening to this song when I saw on the news he was murdered.
I still love this song even though it hurts hearing it.
What drew my attention to this amazing band is an old [adult swim] ad that advertised the CD "Good News for People that Love Bad News".
Been a fan since then and even went back and now I love their old stuff as well.
Old. New. Doesn't matter to me.
This band is great.
*Good News For People *Who* Love Bad News*
***** I don't, I love all their songs. Each is great in its own way and I love that almost all have deep messages.
This is why I love coyotes, they are cute and always happy unless humans abuse them.
I had a female coyote named Luna fer a pet. She had a green eye an a blue eye. She was orphaned as a pup when her mom was hit by a car. I found her in her den yelping from hunger pains. So I brought her to my camp an I fed her an I raised her. She was loyal. Smart. An super friendly. An she got along with kids very well. Even cats would hang out with her. There was even a chicken hawk who I saw sleeping right up beside her. She was the koolest coyote I ever had the pleasure to have as a friend.
This is so cute 💜
That's awesome man.
sweet but if it had heterochromia like that it wasnt full coyote.
I'm happy for you, stranger.
I apologise but is it the same Luna that was forcibly taken from her home? I know it's a common name but I recall someone having a beautiful coyote girl and she was taken wonderful care of but the state dragged her away...
I work with coyotes at the Wild Life Sanctuary in my city and I always advise that coyotes, wolves and hybrids can be extremely dangerous and usually more often than not, they will be euthanized because when puberty hits all the wild comes out. Snarls, barks, death gape, everything.
I knew it was filmed in Portland, but still when I went up there to visit my brother I ended up seeing those deer statues at the end by chance. The feels.
Walking with ghosts in the national parks
Coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark
i love this line because of all the wild animals who lived out here before western expansion really picked up, coyotes seem to be the only ones left. they adapt to live in places where other such creatures could not. only ghosts of the huge populations they once had still exist in national parks, places largely untouched by humans ever present expansion into any free or wild space. while coyotes, on the other hand, have learned to make do in the cities and towns. just small enough to survive, and just big enough to seem wild and threatening. well, to some people at least
this song brought tears to my eyes.
not the first of their songs to do that.
What I love so much about Modest Mouse is when you hear their music, you don't confuse it with anyone else. Everytime I turn the radio on, its another auto tuned disaster. Yes, there are great bands out there but Modest Mouse will always be number one. I feel like they've made so far and got so big and still did not go mainstream ,they're not all over TMZ or stupid shit like that. They didn't loose sight of what they love or what they feel. The music is still different... And I love that. I fucking hate turning the radio on and hearing a song that sounds just like the next. Modest mouse still has it.
When the coyote falls asleep and for a few seconds it's walking through the woods and you see from it's pov gets me everytime....
I remembered my local news talking about this video when they were making it. I love this city and I ride that train almost every day😂
Blue Line represent
I love coyotes, such wonderful creatures!!!
I love this song even more the video was filmed in Portland omg
this video displays so much of the northwest i know and love from tacoma to portland
Coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark
At home with the ghosts in the national parks
Mankind's behavin' like some serial killers
Giant ol' monsters afraid of the sharks
And we're in love with all of it
And we say, what can we say?
Walking with ghosts in the national parks
Coyotes tiptoe in the snow after dark
And we're in love with all of it
And we say, what can we say?
Another branch on the tinder-bound tree
Birds flying low, looking downwards to feed
Mankind's behavin' like some serial killers
Giant ol' monsters afraid of the sharks
And we're in love with all of it
And we say, what can we say?
And we say, we're in love with all of it
And we say, we're in love with everything
And we say, what can we say?
And we say, we're in love with all of it
And we say, we're in love with everything
And we say, what can we say?
And we say, we're in love with all of it
And we say, we're in love with everything
And we lie, we love to lie
Thank you.
i think you are gay arthur
Arthur Duckett I thought your pfp was dope bandana H3H3
@@joaquin3844 Good god. How could you say th-
Yeah wait right. All knowing, Omnipotent, get it. I said nothing. Just please dont put me on Santas Naughty-list.
That’s sus
The video itself is truly poetic. To finish it with a shot of Pioneer Square is a beautiful sentiment to an already beautiful song.
Beautiful video ~ I love Coyotes, the MAX, Portland and Earthfire Institute ~ Pimpernel the Coyote is wonderful!!
Thanks for putting this together
Even the Coyotes are weird in Portland. I love the new songs and can't wait for the new album!
Damn this made me cry hard
Possibly one of my favorite Modest Mouse songs of all time. It is so lonely and yet relative.
As a coyote therian I'm in love with this song
This song makes me cry every time I hear it
Modest Mouse has been one of my favorite bands since literally before I can remember. And I just wanna say that I think it's badass when I see people who are just now getting into them for the first time because of their new album. They've barely scratched the surface of what Modest Mouse has to offer, but I'm so happy to see so many new people on the right path.
And while I'm on the subject, fuck the obnoxious hipsters who talk shit on the new fans. Just because you've liked Modest Mouse longer than they have doesn't mean they're not allowed to like it. That ideology is illogical, and it makes me sick when people behave like that.
Was not expecting such a slow single for such a long gap between albums. Give me some fire!!
WHY A COYOTE ON A TRAIN
NGL HE JUST VIBIN THO
Cause coyotes can't drive and he pays for his ticket like everybody else
The human ruined the earth drove the animals away from their home
Because they can't drive silly..
Humans destroyed the coyotes habitat and built a city where it used to be
why a human on a train?
Hello, Portland. I’d recognize those trains and bridges anywhere, coyotes get a bad rap out here but we hurt them so much worse than anything they could ever do to us.
Coyote is our Northwest s version of Iron Eyes Cody (the Indian with the tear in his eye from the 70s).I feel we owe them both an apology for what we did to their homes.
Beautiful coyote i can't get enough of this band
That's a very well groomed coyote.
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@Odi I must have one
@Odi wasn't there a book based off of someone who had one named Coyote Autumn
It's clearly a tame coyote hired for the video. Various companies rent out trained wildlife for films.
canid videos: "aww look at the poor widdle puppy almost as sweet as my pit bull"
meanwhile, in wildcat videos: "they are killing machines that can never be tamed that bobcat is capable of killing an adult man instantly"
Somber, melodic, and depressive with an underlying of bitter tragedies; a definitive great from these boys. I don't often revisit their music but when I do I definitely sit and chill with it for a minute. Absolutely loved near everything they put out and it's only fitting to have this video filmed in the metropolis of dreams and the place I lived and called home for 12 years.
Missing so very much, boys. Keep your heads up!
This is so cool. I have to say the coyote is really cute, for something the could cause serious harm to a person if provoked. He's just commuting to work.
Zeacorzeppelin10 coyotes would almost never harm a human, the reverse is unfortunately not true
yeah unless youre in 4th grade i wouldnt worry about a lone coyote
this song puts me in tears everytime, this song is so dark....
The first few times I listened to it I wasn't a huge fan, but it's starting to grow on me... So pumped for Strangers to Ourselves though. I just pray it isn't as repetitive as We Were Dead.
Definitely growing on me too. The first time I felt like I needed to understand what the song was about and now I'm just listening to it. I love it. Isaac still has it.
I loved We Were Dead. What was repetitive about it?
Darren Coll no one knows. We were dead was a great album
We Were Dead is anything but repetitive.
We Were Dead was a fantastic album, but after awhile a lot of the songs start to mix and mash together. One of the staples of MM albums over the past decade (at least in my opinion) is that every song is its own and tells its own story. I just think about songs like People as Places as People, Invisible, Education, and Steam Engeinus were all kind of meh and don't do themselves much justice. Spitting Venom is one of my all time favorite Mouse songs, and Parting of the Sensory is another classic. I think just about every song was either a huge hit or a huge miss.
Man, I just don't understand, why won't UA-cam recommended me these songs ;-; The only way I found this song was from the "Were-Whisker MAP Au about Warrior Cats" and I'm glad I watched it to find this song. Like I rewatched this song like 11 times now, that's how amazing this song is and It's because the song just feels like pure "nostalgia." Like it feels like going back to thinking about childhood and how we used to not be stressed out as kids, but now when we get older things just aren't the same as they were. (And this song kind of talks about that but it's more about the aspect of coyotes out in the wilderness trying to survive but end up in places where humanity thrives.
Coyotes may look cute, but they deserved to be observed from afar. Respect them.
Plus if you get too close to them or scare them their bite can be hard!
@@madhavilanka7787 becauee its scared of you
Just wondering, exactly how close do you actually think you can get to a coyote? And I'm not talking about the suburban scouting, trash can dining, yotes that are totally desensitized to the presence of human beings. I'm talking about truly wild coyotes that literally don't eat unless they are catching mice or maybe a jack rabbit every now and then. I live in a very remote area and the coyotes around here are already at a top speed run, going the opposite direction by the time you even see them. To actually be bitten by one would indefinitely mean you either cornered it and continued to approach, despite all the warning signs of raised hackles, bared teeth and pinned back ears...or you trapped one and got too close. Either way, where I'm from getting bit by a coyote means you were doing something you shouldn't have been doing, being cruel or both. But I agree they should be respected. Natures trickster and a quiet interesting creature with a lot of personality.
Dude I live in eastern Kentucky And I've saved and raised 4 coyotes in my 46 years... when they're in packs yes they can be troublesome but a coyote in 20 min of eye contact slow gestures friendly clicks of my tongue on my teeth few twists of jerkey.. yea I could have a friend in less than a half hour or a trip to the ER but I truly love these animals and I truly respect them
I wanna open a coyote sanctuary one day
This sung is tooooo purrfect!
2016 miss all my real friends I won’t forget about them ❤️ makes me so sad to think about
This group never disappoints. And they really show their versatility with time.
This song doesn't get nearly enough attention.
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+Majesticanine It's the same with all their songs.
Lampshades gets a fair amount of radio play where I live
I found this song at an amusement park that was playing the same songs over and over lol.
The scene where he sits with his legs stretched out became a small meme on tumblr
Im gunna cry- This has been my favorite song since I was 5. It just always helps me calm down I guess.
Goose bumps. enough said
I remember listening to MM as a kid. Now as an adult, years of relentless music theory, I found out why their music was so special.
This and The Ground Walks are perfect for Earth Day
Favorite song on the album.
Magic coyote keeps teleporting from the blue line to the yellow (on the east bank no less) and back again! =)
I absolutely love this song and the cute coyote
I sent my kids this song from jail n they love it
I'm impressed that they could film this from so many angles.
It really seems like strangers to ourselves is really going to hit hard on our impact on nature as mankind. I think the whole strangers to ourselves titles represents how far we have gone from being "animals" to the destructive force of a race we are today. Like we have Lost all touch with our natural selves
Couldn't have said it better myself.
The title is a quote from Neitzsche, I think. "So we remain necessarily strangers to ourselves, we do not understand ourselves, we have to keep ourselves confused." (On the Genealogy of Morals). But yeah, I agree that there's a definite environmental theme going on in this one. Plus the album cover, with its suburban spiderweb.
Nhotmyereahl Nheyme For guys that make depressing songs often about drugs and alcohol, they read a lot of books.
Modest Mouse is actually a quote from a book too.
It has been a while since a new Modest mouse album but this album looks extremely promising with Coyotes and Lampshades On Fire. So excited!