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What is "Dramamine" by Modest Mouse about?

By posepwetty Asked Nov 12 2006 5:44PM
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by txucobroncho on Dec 13, 2006 at 12:27 pm Permalink

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It is apparent in the title "Dramamine". Isaac Brock wrote this song about the effects of overdosing on dramamine. I have taken 12 of the motion sickness pills before and experienced what he is referring to in this song.

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You are definitely spaced out. Completely.
When I began to trip on the 12, my mouth felt really dry and weirdly dirty. I suppose Brock gargled Listerine to combat this nasty feeling.
Your thoughts and conversations are useless. Basically, your mental functions go around in circles. You do not get anything mentally challenging accomplished nor do your conversations go any further than what is originally muttered. Also, your speech is slurred. Your hearing senses are magnified at the time, so everything seems louder than usual. If you stare at a TV turned off, it will appear to be on. Strange images will surface on the screen. They are multicolored and girate and spiral frequently. If you get up and try to walk around, it feels like you have rollerskates or rollerblades on. Walking long distances is definitely not recommended. If you do look at your face in the mirror while tripping, your face will appear to be altering. Sort of like LSD if you have taken that before. Only it is very intense on a lot of dramamine. This maybe why Brock says "look at your face like you're killed in a dream". It is shocking, the face visuals.

The lyrics are not detailed nor lengthy. This leads me to the notion that Brock was tripping on an overdose of dramamine while conjouring up this song. The lyrics go in circles, much like thoughts are while on it. Also, the endless (but great) guitar structure in the song indicates the overall mentality while trippin on dramamine.

Add: Punk/indie music always sends messages about getting around things. Dramamine is a way around more expensive psychedelics. It is at almost every drugstore in America. And cheap too. I am sure the Title is a reference to beating the sytem or finding an alternative way around things and then writing about those experiences.
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by Anonymous on Nov 18, 2006 at 8:26 pm Permalink

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I assumed everyone got this song...

"Travelling swallowing Dramamine"

>Dramamine is diphenhydrinate, an anti-cholingergic over the counter drug used to treat motion sickness in normal doses.

"Feeling spaced breathing out listerine
I’d said what I’d said that I’d tell ya
And that you’d killed the better part of me
If you could just milk it for everything
I’ve said what I’d said and you know what I mean
But I still can’t focus on anything"

>In larger doses, anti-cholinergics induce delirium and highly realistic hallucinations. Hence, feeling spaced out and, the sinker, being unable to focus on anything.

"Traveling swallowing Dramamine
Look at your face like you’re killed in a dream"

>Beyond this point, you pretty much have to have tripped on a deliriant to understand where he's coming from.
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Avatar posepwetty Nov, 19 2006 at 10:59 AM
its more metaphorical than serious... the song has nothing to do with dramamine...

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by Pslipi on Sep 10, 2008 at 10:07 pm Permalink

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dude i know. i havent taken dramamine but i have taken 500Mgs of benadryl (Diphenhydramine) which causes basicly the same effects. and yeah i totaly know what your talking about when you said "the endless (but great) guitar structure in the song indicates the overall mentality while trippin on dramamine." i agree 100% every time i take it i always listen to that song just because it makes the tripp beter. you should check out www.erowid.org just because you mentioned using drugs....and that will teach you everything about anything
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by intellegensia on Nov 20, 2006 at 8:55 am Permalink

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dramamine is used for motion sickness so i if you travel your moving, thus taking dramamine who knows isaac brock has obscure lyrics anyways
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by fender_carly_strat on Nov 12, 2006 at 5:53 pm Permalink

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Well, i'm not really sure what the actual song is about, but i DO know that Dramamine is an anti-emetic for preventing motion sickness.
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