Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie

Postby Kim on 08 Oct 2009 02:36

Anyone else like them? They have a few songs that I really like. They have a new single on the new Twilight soundtrack that knocked my socks off the other day - Meet Me on the Equinox. *Sigh* You can see the video on their myspace page.

I Will Possess Your Heart absolutely drove me INSANE! I was surprised it didn't do well. I guess I would suck as an A&R person!

I also liked Crooked Teeth and I Will Follow You Into the Dark.
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Re: Death Cab for Cutie

Postby TheEqualizer on 08 Oct 2009 04:50

Crooked Teeth is fantastic as is Possess Your Heart.

I was underwhelmed when they played with Elvis Costello in Atlantic City, though
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Re: Death Cab for Cutie

Postby New Zealand Promoter on 08 Oct 2009 12:12

IMO they *used* to be great, before gibbard decided to use keyboards all the time.
do yrself a favour and listen to "the photo album" and "we have the facts and we're voting yes"..... soooo much better than their MOR schmaltz these days....
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Re: Death Cab for Cutie

Postby BABA on 08 Oct 2009 16:32

I'll tell ya one thing -- their drummer (Jason McGerr) is technically, musically and philosophically sensational. I was at the 2006 Modern Drummer Festival (primarily to see STEWART/Gizmo) and McGerr's performance was absolutely mind-blowing. I'm not sure if the whole thing made it onto the video, but even if it didn't I highly recommend checking it out.
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Re: Death Cab for Cutie

Postby sockii on 08 Oct 2009 17:38

BABA wrote:I'll tell ya one thing -- their drummer (Jason McGerr) is technically, musically and philosophically sensational. I was at the 2006 Modern Drummer Festival (primarily to see STEWART/Gizmo) and McGerr's performance was absolutely mind-blowing. I'm not sure if the whole thing made it onto the video, but even if it didn't I highly recommend checking it out.


Hell yes! I remember that performance, he really was one of the standouts of the festival (without all the "flash" and overblown soloing/testosterone-laden how-fast-can-I-play theatrics of some of the others who were on stage that day). I really learned a lot from him that day.

Anyway, I've only recently been checking out DCfC more seriously and definitely enjoy a great deal of their stuff, especially for their lyrics though some of their songs are so depressing, as beautiful as they are, I really can't listen to them on a regular basis ("What Sarah Said" regularly triggers me in the worst way, as much as I think it's one of the most beautiful "pop" songs ever written).
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Re: Death Cab for Cutie

Postby Kim on 09 Oct 2009 03:45

BABA wrote:I'll tell ya one thing -- their drummer (Jason McGerr) is technically, musically and philosophically sensational. I was at the 2006 Modern Drummer Festival (primarily to see STEWART/Gizmo) and McGerr's performance was absolutely mind-blowing. I'm not sure if the whole thing made it onto the video, but even if it didn't I highly recommend checking it out.


Yes, I remember that... I was there with Sockii :mrgreen: What she said :mrgreen:
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Re: Death Cab for Cutie

Postby D-A-O on 09 Oct 2009 16:35

You also then migt want to let The Postal Service bend your ear:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postal_Service
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Re: Death Cab for Cutie

Postby Throb on 09 Oct 2009 17:02

Love.Them

I think Narrow Stairs is awesome, I never get sick of listening to it.
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