Dashboard

This reminds of being in sixth grade (when this came out) and really makes me feel good. This is a great art driven video, and I love it. A big inspiration.

The sailor who mouths the words to this song cracks me up every time! Isaac Brock looks like he should be a sailor.

For me, this song and "Float On" both have similar meanings. "Dashboard " is about looking at the positive side of things in the worst case scenario. "Float On" is about reassurance that everything will be alright despite when life is falling apart. Basically, they both talk about optimism in the worst case scenario. Good video, too. I really like the lyrics: "Well, it would've been, could've been worse than you would ever know" and "Well, you told me about nowhere well it sounds like someplace I'd like to go".

Just brilliant. The lyrics ar great, the music is an amazing composition and the video is genius. It goes with the song so well in every aspect. A very creative video and song.

Ah i love this song. I swear i can listen to it over&over again :)

To be honest, I hadn't originally thought of the song having a video like that, but once I watched the 30 second demo, I actually got to like it! Definitely a must-buy! Go Modest Mouse!

Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock revealed in a 2007 interview that his band was working on a video with actor Heath Ledger for 'King Rat,' a song that didn't make the cut on their 2007's LP 'We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.' "Heath and I have a mutual friend and when we were in Australia, my fiancé and some of us in the band went out on a boat with him and his family and friends, and talked about the idea," Brock said at the time. "He's got a video production company and was interested in working on something. We were talking back and forth for a while. The idea seemed sort of dropped, but then he just sent me an email saying that he wanted to do it." That video never saw the light of day, following Ledger's death in January 2008. Until now. Co-directed and illustrator Daniel Auber jumped in to finish the video, with animation by Norris Houk and Jade Taglioli. Sara Cline of the Masses, the production company where Ledger was a partner, produced. The clip is making its debut on Tuesday, as the song, 'King Rat' also makes its debut on Modest Mouse's latest, 'No One's First, and You're Next.' Proceeds from iTunes sales of the video are being donated to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society during the first month of release. Sea Shepherd is "committed to ending the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world's oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species," according to a press release.

I love this band but i still dont get why they named there band Modest Mouse

I really love this song and the video was awesome it was worth the purchase.

That is sooooo cool-looking. Tentacles, sailor stories--it looks so classic, like an old comic book. Great song, too, though I must admit MM isn't my favorite (indie sacilege, I know).