apd wrote: 

The Bonzos are seen performing the song in the "Magical Mystery Tour" film.

 Pazzat wrote: 
isn't it also the title of a Beatles song? (Or the same song, perhaps?)

 RadioDoc wrote: 
Commercially driven cynicism?   Yeah, most other bands manage to put the depressing stuff into a neat little package and present it to the public who is so conditioned 'not' to delve too deeply into the raw, deep emotion swirling around inside of them.  God forbid more people delving into their abyss, from whence they may not return.  Prozac, number one prescribed drug in America.  8 - just for not 'conforming.'

someone shoot that mourning dove please?

 gntlemanartist wrote: 
A very large majority of pop music (which this is) is about the depressing and disappointing side of love.  Most others manage to write songs which don't make it worse.  Death Cab is just awful in their commercially-driven cynicism, and Ben Gibbard's voice is like razor blades on a dreary day, taunting you to slit your wrist.

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Captain_D0D00 wrote:

This song killed all hope I had for this and any other off shoot bands, just on principle.

Meth lab whore duty.

electronicshaman wrote:
Funny, I thought it was one of my dogs outside whining to get in. Had to get up and go check!

I love that feedback sounding bird

makes me think of an abandoned kids playground

like a creepy swing

veegez wrote:

It's taken straight from the title of a Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band song, on that band's 1967 album 'Gorilla'.

omg this song is played out...please let it sleep for a couple of decades before playing again

Mari wrote:

It's some kind of dove-mourning dove maybe

Now I see what all the fuss is about.

maybe it's b/c im from Seattle but i love this album. Ben Gibbard is a good singer and they're very creative throughout.

The feedback-like sound is a critter, and if I lived in the US, I'd know which critter, I'd hazzard a guess at some sort of cuckoo, a bird at any rate? I love it, as I do birds in general, and I am one, so I should know ... ...

FloridaBear wrote:

I don't know what it is, but I just adore his voice. Something about it just totally absorbs me, something so lovely about it. Say whatever you want about the lyrics, I honestly haven't paid enough attention to DCFC yet to know (but I LOVE the Postal Service),but even just zoning out at work and hearing the sounds without hearing the words is great.

This song would be tolerable--barely--if it weren't for that annoying feedback-like sound all the way through. What's the point of that? It drives me crazy! I almost always mute this song...yuck.

Digging the drum beat. Funky.

lovetractor24 wrote:

I don't really know the band, so I thought they just WERE terrible period after SNL.

Did anyone catch them on SNL...it was really bad. No, I mean, really, really bad. I love this cd though.

meloman wrote:

That's part of the idea. A lot of DCFC songs are about the depressing and disappointing side of love. A little something for the ennui in all of us.

too lite for me.

Is he saying Wa-oh, or Whoa? I'm saying whoa! Let's take another cab, this guy's on something...

I found this amazing album in a used CD store for 5 bucks.

Oh god, the tedium. One of the most listless songs ever.

foppy-knight wrote:

I like 'em both!

I can't explain why I like this song. I just do. It sticks in my head (in a good way) and I find myself humming it.

beelzebubba wrote:

Can you say "The Choir"? Anyone?