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Mogwai — Killing All the Flies
Album: Happy Songs For Happy People
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Released: 2001
Length: 4:30
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Fan video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjDSAz6BpNk
Posted 7 years ago by Alchemist    [ Reply ]
More Mogwai please!!!
Posted 8 years ago by divis    [ Reply ]
More Mogwai please!!! {#Pray}
Posted 8 years ago by Astardis    [ Reply ]
More Mogwai please!!! {#Pray}
Posted 8 years ago by JasondotG    [ Reply ]
More Mogwai please!!! {#Pray}
Posted 11 years ago by ShamanManu    [ Reply ]
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....
Posted 11 years ago by vandarbar    [ Reply ]
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} )
Posted 11 years ago by vandarbar    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 11 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
More Mogwai. 
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 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
 

Posted 13 years ago by fabduchi    [ Reply ]
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

Posted 13 years ago by justsomeone    [ Reply ]
...if you feed mogwai after midnight, they turn into the white stripes...


Posted 14 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 mrdak wrote:
Man................................. was that sweet  {#Cheesygrin}
 
{#Curtain}  Seconds his Man!

Posted 14 years ago by SusanHiddenPoet    [ Reply ]
Man................................. was that sweet  {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 14 years ago by mrdak    [ Reply ]
More Mogwai, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 15 years ago by Smoove_D    [ Reply ]
I like the "Rising action"  9 thumbs up
Posted 15 years ago by fuh2    [ Reply ]
Man has it been a loooooooooooooooooong time since I've heard this song. Such a pleasant surprise.
Posted 15 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
 randomprime wrote:

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

(I loved that movie.)


Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
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)
Posted 16 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
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."
Posted 16 years ago by randomprime    [ Reply ]
MojoJojo wrote:
No.
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins? This boy's name is Mowgli.
Posted 16 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
This is nice background music to write to.
Posted 16 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
temporary dyslexia on the title and flashed rm -R * (shudders) was wondering when the screaming would start
Posted 16 years ago by folkalta    [ Reply ]
MrSpaz wrote:
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins?
No.
Posted 16 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Apparently the new way to kill flies is with spooky, portentous boredom. Who knew?
Posted 16 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Inoffensive, but kind of boring.
Posted 16 years ago by pannaramma    [ Reply ]
Wow. I haven't heard such excellent use of the Vocoder since Trans!
Posted 17 years ago by gvan    [ Reply ]
They're o.k., but whatever you do, don't feed them after midnight.
Posted 17 years ago by Lonestar    [ Reply ]
All I can think of is that GEICO commercial with the cave dude in the airport.
Posted 17 years ago by yogaboat    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 17 years ago by madaxeman    [ Reply ]
peyotecoyote wrote:
I'm liking this muchly - any recommendations re: which CD to buy ?
Rock Action or Happy Songs are probably good starting points.
Posted 17 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 18 years ago by MiketheKnife    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 18 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
great road music for driving into a storm!
Posted 18 years ago by noelbarnes    [ Reply ]
Far out and groovy. I'm spacing.
Posted 18 years ago by StevenQ    [ Reply ]
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...
Posted 18 years ago by valtouf    [ Reply ]
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)
Posted 18 years ago by Fi-Roy    [ Reply ]
I'm liking this muchly - any recommendations re: which CD to buy ?
Posted 18 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by jdbassman    [ Reply ]
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...)
Posted 18 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
I love this song...
Posted 18 years ago by Rodrigo    [ Reply ]
why not "Haunted By A Freak" ?!?!? why this one ?!?!?!
Posted 18 years ago by gbourbon    [ Reply ]
i would die happy if i never heard this song again!
Posted 18 years ago by muskrat-toast    [ Reply ]
for all who love mogwai: they may like sigur ros, too. visit https://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/ eeeehm, 10.
Posted 18 years ago by milchschnitte    [ Reply ]
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
Posted 18 years ago by flaterik    [ Reply ]
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?
Posted 18 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
rgrace wrote:
Oddly, reminds me of Sigur Ros.
Yeah, just without the egocentric-pseudo-bow-guitar-jimmypagecopying-bandleader
Posted 18 years ago by valtouf    [ Reply ]
Lovely.
Posted 18 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 18 years ago by jah_blessed    [ Reply ]
I like it A LOT! I am in just the right mood for it too.
Posted 18 years ago by Bizzarefall    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 18 years ago by kaupmees    [ Reply ]
Never heard of Mogwai before, but this is a great sound! Thanks RP!
Posted 18 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
transcendent. more Mogwai, please.
Posted 18 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Oddly, reminds me of Sigur Ros.
Posted 18 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
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.
Posted 18 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
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!
Posted 18 years ago by soloscottrey    [ Reply ]
swampaholic wrote:
nice transition from Dear Prudence
Posted 19 years ago by buddy213    [ Reply ]
I missed most of the song, but what i heard was great- I guess everyone agrees- 84 ratings and the lowest is a 3
Posted 19 years ago by twcarlin    [ Reply ]
I absolutely agree!!
Posted 19 years ago by madsun    [ Reply ]
Wasn't Mogwai the cute furry little guy from Gremlins?
Posted 19 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
I absolutely love mogwai. They are f*&king amazing!
Posted 19 years ago by darthblav    [ Reply ]
swampaholic wrote:
nice transition from Dear Prudence
Sure was, a month later. If it's good, it's good.
Posted 19 years ago by KitKat    [ Reply ]
nice transition from Dear Prudence
Posted 19 years ago by swampaholic    [ Reply ]
8)
Posted 19 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
This song is, well, impressive.
Posted 19 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
Intresting...will have to investigate further
Posted 19 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
Great track from an amazing and hypnotic album. One of my top 10 albums of 2003.
Posted 19 years ago by llazare    [ Reply ]
I bought this album on Platy's recommendation via iTunes. It's great. I highly recommend it to any new Mogwai fans.
Posted 19 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Dragonfly_Launch wrote:
Damn that was nice.
Cigarette?
Posted 19 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Damn that was nice.
Posted 19 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
Nice seque from Dear Prudence good job
Posted 19 years ago by Al_Koholic    [ Reply ]
Never expected Mogwai here on RP.... but very glad to hear them!
Posted 19 years ago by yashpheh    [ Reply ]
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Posted 19 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]