SONG OF THE DAY
“Missed The Boat” By Modest Mouse (We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, Epic Records, 2007). Written by Isaac Brock & Modest Mouse.
INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)
– “Missed the Boat” was released as the second single from that album and peaked at #24 in Billboard’s Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart.
– James Mercer of The Shins sings backup vocals on “Missed the Boat”.
– In 2007, Apple Inc. and Modest Mouse asked fans to direct and film a video for the song. The contest ended on May 22, 2007. Christopher Mills, who also directed the “Float On” video, directed the green screen sequences used in the contest. The winning video, directed by Walter Robot, that is Christopher Louie and Bill Barminski, shows a robot who directed himself in a video about a robot who runs away from home.
– Another video, shown on MTV2 and Fuse TV, features segued segments of other submitted videos, with the winning video only appearing for five seconds (this one is below).