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Mogwai — Killing All the Flies
Album: Happy Songs For Happy People
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7.1

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Total ratings: 478









Released: 2001
Length: 4:30
Plays (last 30 days): 0
(Instrumental)
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Fan video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDSAz6BpNk
More Mogwai please!!!
More Mogwai please!!! {#Pray}
More Mogwai please!!! {#Pray}
More Mogwai please!!! {#Pray}
peyotecoyote wrote:
I'm liking this muchly - any recommendations re: which CD to buy ?
 
Happy songs for Happy People  -  definitely the best of their album's in my humble opinion....
Loooooove this tune, and just about every other one on this album!  Fantastic!! and takes me to some weird happy-melancholy place (is that possible?! - I guess it must be  {#Meditate} )
I don't have a problem with the song, but happy? This song doesn't ellicit happy at all from me, even after I kill a fly at 10 paces with a rubber band.
More Mogwai. 
 justsomeone wrote:
I love Mogwai and I love their songtitles:

1Hunted By A Freak
2 - Moses? I Amn't
3 - Kids Will Be Skeletons
4 - Killing All the Flies
5 - Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
6 - Ratts of the Capital
7 - Golden Porsche
8 - I Know You Are But What Am I?
9 - Stop Coming to My House
 

I love Mogwai and I love their songtitles:

1Hunted By A Freak
2 - Moses? I Amn't
3 - Kids Will Be Skeletons
4 - Killing All the Flies
5 - Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep
6 - Ratts of the Capital
7 - Golden Porsche
8 - I Know You Are But What Am I?
9 - Stop Coming to My House

...if you feed mogwai after midnight, they turn into the white stripes...


 mrdak wrote:
Man................................. was that sweet  {#Cheesygrin}
 
{#Curtain}  Seconds his Man!

Man................................. was that sweet  {#Cheesygrin}
More Mogwai, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the "Rising action"  9 thumbs up
Man has it been a loooooooooooooooooong time since I've heard this song. Such a pleasant surprise.
 randomprime wrote:

Gizmo was a mogwai, which in Cantonese ( 魔怪 ) translates as "evil spirit."
 
Never, ever get him wet.

(I loved that movie.)


folkalta wrote:
temporary dyslexia on the title and flashed rm -R /* (shudders) was wondering when the screaming would start
That comment made my day! But I fixed it better for ya! Amazing how one character, more or less, can really ruin things. (edit: now that I think about it, yours'll probably do the trick in some environments)
LaurieinTucson wrote:
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins?
Gizmo was a mogwai, which in Cantonese ( 魔怪 ) translates as "evil spirit."
MojoJojo wrote:
No.
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins? This boy's name is Mowgli.
This is nice background music to write to.
temporary dyslexia on the title and flashed rm -R * (shudders) was wondering when the screaming would start
MrSpaz wrote:
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins?
No.
Apparently the new way to kill flies is with spooky, portentous boredom. Who knew?
Inoffensive, but kind of boring.
Wow. I haven't heard such excellent use of the Vocoder since Trans!
They're o.k., but whatever you do, don't feed them after midnight.
All I can think of is that GEICO commercial with the cave dude in the airport.
kaupmees wrote:
There's words in there. If anybody figures out where to find the lyrics, please post a link. Would like to read them. All I could make out was "Killing all the flies." Surprisingly enough, but I had a cheat sheet for that one.
There is a link at the top of the page here to find song lyrics. Everytime I cook out I am all for killing all the flies, but take the gnats, too. Living here in south GA causes me to put gnats as the bigger pest. The sentiment of the title is one I feel OFTEN. Oh, the music's alright I guess. A 6 but with potential for a 7 or 8 with the right mood/setting.
I like that,I'd have to hear more before I bought a CD though. Another Scottish band of similar vintage worth checking out are The Cosmic Rough Riders.
peyotecoyote wrote:
I'm liking this muchly - any recommendations re: which CD to buy ?
Rock Action or Happy Songs are probably good starting points.
Nice wallpaper. Doesn't clash w/ the curtains or the sofa. Won't go out & buy it or see them live, but I won't turn it off if it's on.
I recently saw these guys live in Charlottesville, Virginia. It was really amazing—their music left me almost totally ambivalent. I didn't hate it; I didn't like it. It was just there.
great road music for driving into a storm!
Far out and groovy. I'm spacing.
ploafmaster wrote:
Wow, I admit I don't know much about Sigur Ros (other than that I like most of what I've heard), but that's a pretty tall insult. Could you provide some detail as to why he merits such slings and arrows?
Well, I went to one of their concerts this year... Although setting the drummer on the right side instead of the center is pretty original, I couldn't help myself thinking it was mostly so that the leader would appear even more as a central point. Also, there was a pretty good backing keyboard/guitar player (I even found his guitar playing better that that of the leader), but he was set so far to the rear left, you really had to make an effort to see him play. Finally, playing the guitar with a bow is not new: Jimi Page did it almost 40 years ago... So I don't really like their presenting it as something unheard of. I can see not liking the music - it's not always very accessible. But that kind of vitriol I don't get. flaterik wrote:
I can see not liking the music - it's not always very accessible. But that kind of vitriol I don't get.
As far as not so accessible music is concerned, my liking Mogwai should say it all...
peyotecoyote wrote:
I'm liking this muchly - any recommendations re: which CD to buy ?
All of them they are all brilliant and go and see them live (but don't talk in the quiet bits)
I'm liking this muchly - any recommendations re: which CD to buy ?
always excellent to hear, but RP needs some tracks from Mr Beast, asap. (not to mention Young Team, Rock Action, Come On Die Young, etc...)
I love this song...
why not "Haunted By A Freak" ?!?!? why this one ?!?!?!
i would die happy if i never heard this song again!
for all who love mogwai: they may like sigur ros, too. visit https://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/ eeeehm, 10.
valtouf wrote:
Yeah, just without the egocentric-pseudo-bow-guitar-jimmypagecopying-bandleader
Wow. Okay, he may be ego-centric. Or at least egotistical, based on what he's said about changing rock. But I went to their "fan-club-only" show at the Avalon in LA last year, and it was hands down the best concert I've ever witnessed. At I didn't listen to any of their stuff until hearing () during the drive to the concert. Admittedly I haven't been going to many concerts lately, but just... wow. I was particularly transfixed by the drumming in the later parts of the show, but it was all good. I can see not liking the music - it's not always very accessible. But that kind of vitriol I don't get. Also this mogwai track is great. I need to get some of their albums
valtouf wrote:
Yeah, just without the egocentric-pseudo-bow-guitar-jimmypagecopying-bandleader
Wow, I admit I don't know much about Sigur Ros (other than that I like most of what I've heard), but that's a pretty tall insult. Could you provide some detail as to why he merits such slings and arrows?
rgrace wrote:
Oddly, reminds me of Sigur Ros.
Yeah, just without the egocentric-pseudo-bow-guitar-jimmypagecopying-bandleader
Lovely.
MrSpaz wrote:
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins?
Hehe! I was about the post the same question. Careful with the water now.
I like it A LOT! I am in just the right mood for it too.
There's words in there. If anybody figures out where to find the lyrics, please post a link. Would like to read them. All I could make out was "Killing all the flies." Surprisingly enough, but I had a cheat sheet for that one.
Never heard of Mogwai before, but this is a great sound! Thanks RP!
transcendent. more Mogwai, please.
Oddly, reminds me of Sigur Ros.
llazare wrote:
Great track from an amazing and hypnotic album. One of my top 10 albums of 2003.
I guess all their albums are hypnotic. I remember once having put "Young Team" into the CD-ROM drive, and playing it with a full-screen visualizer (Cthugha), in a dark room. I spent almost an entire hour doing absolutely nothing behind that screen.
here it comes...boooom! ...and thas what mogwai does...they're so gnarly...i just signed up for rp today and what a great way to start out...i read other comments to see that this song was once preceeded by 'dear prudence'...my favourite beatles song of all time... Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!
swampaholic wrote:
nice transition from Dear Prudence
I missed most of the song, but what i heard was great- I guess everyone agrees- 84 ratings and the lowest is a 3
I absolutely agree!!
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins?
I absolutely love mogwai. They are f*&king amazing!
swampaholic wrote:
nice transition from Dear Prudence
Sure was, a month later. If it's good, it's good.
nice transition from Dear Prudence
8)
This song is, well, impressive.
Intresting...will have to investigate further
Great track from an amazing and hypnotic album. One of my top 10 albums of 2003.
I bought this album on Platy's recommendation via iTunes. It's great. I highly recommend it to any new Mogwai fans.
Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
Damn that was nice.
Cigarette?
Damn that was nice.
Nice seque from Dear Prudence good job
Never expected Mogwai here on RP.... but very glad to hear them!
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