Modest Mouse

Violent & Funky · 04-10-2010, 01:09 AM

I love the Arctic Monkeys but I usually have no idea what their lyrics are about because of the accent and "language" barrier.

In this country guys drinking Smirinoff ices = pussies.

Trailer trash would be more likely to dress in a wife beater and ripped up jeans, but it is more of a product of being poor and a lack of positive role-models than anything else. I doubt they think they look good in it...

TheCunningStunt · 04-10-2010, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

I love the Arctic Monkeys but I usually have no idea what their lyrics are about because of the accent and "language" barrier.

In this country guys drinking Smirinoff ices = pussies.

Trailer trash would be more likely to dress in a wife beater and ripped up jeans, but it is more of a product of being poor and a lack of positive role-models than anything else. I doubt they think they look good in it...

alreet = alright.

I think they are a very northen English band. A person from the south might not 'get them.' I'm surprised they appeal to a mass audience because they're so damn British.

'Chavs' tend to drink their 2 Smirnoff Ices and then they act like complete drunken knobs.

I think 'Chavs' are like trailer trash in a sense, they come from council houses. (Dunno if you know what they are

but if that's a language barrier thing then the council is erm.. like a local athorities/the people that look after their area. So they give poor people crappy houses to live in.) so in that respect they're similar. Both poor.. some Chavs actually come from middle class environments but they just like to fit in.

Violent & Funky · 04-10-2010, 01:21 AM

OK, I have determined we don't really have an equivalent here but the closest thing is probably a mixture of trailer trash and wanna-be ghetto kids. We have a lot of dumb kids in the white neighborhoods here who think they are ghetto but are really just morons. I have a hard time imagining a ghetto person in the UK haha...

TheCunningStunt · 04-10-2010, 01:25 AM

Ghetto person? Is that like a wannabe gangster?

Violent & Funky · 04-10-2010, 01:42 AM

Yeah, ghetto and gangster mean about the same thing...

TheCunningStunt · 04-10-2010, 02:14 AM

Black lads that like their bling etc. and white lads who wish they were a black lad? (Eminem.

)

We do get them over here... which I still find it hard to believe

HeartsMadeOfStrings · 04-10-2010, 11:24 PM

SO MUCH NON-MODEST MOUSE SPEAK.

/caps

But, the Arctic Monkeys are love.

TheCunningStunt · 04-11-2010, 07:30 AM

sidewinder · 04-11-2010, 01:24 PM

Quite interesting how a thread about Modest Mouse can turn into a discussion about what chavs are.

At least with 'trailer trash' there's a bit of a connection...but that wasn't even accounted for.

debaserr · 04-11-2010, 02:43 PM

im going to continue on this irrelevant tangent for 1 more post.

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sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	Quite interesting how a thread about Modest Mouse can turn into a discussion about what chavs are. At least with 'trailer trash' there's a bit of a connection...but that wasn't even accounted for. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

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Violent & Funky FUNky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 2,482	I love the Arctic Monkeys but I usually have no idea what their lyrics are about because of the accent and "language" barrier. In this country guys drinking Smirinoff ices = pussies. Trailer trash would be more likely to dress in a wife beater and ripped up jeans, but it is more of a product of being poor and a lack of positive role-models than anything else. I doubt they think they look good in it...

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Violent & Funky FUNky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 2,482	OK, I have determined we don't really have an equivalent here but the closest thing is probably a mixture of trailer trash and wanna-be ghetto kids. We have a lot of dumb kids in the white neighborhoods here who think they are ghetto but are really just morons. I have a hard time imagining a ghetto person in the UK haha...

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Violent & Funky FUNky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 2,482	Yeah, ghetto and gangster mean about the same thing...

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HeartsMadeOfStrings Groupie Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 51	SO MUCH NON-MODEST MOUSE SPEAK. /caps But, the Arctic Monkeys are love.