This song works really well as part of Canadian Olympic ads. So much better than the crap "official" theme song, "Pass The Torch"

PattonFever wrote:
I can't go that far, but -- maddeningly -- it does have some kind of entrancing effect on me. Help!

Way too long for such a limited idea. Would be good at a generous 4.5 minutes, overstayed its welcome at nearly 8 minutes.

Got stuck in my head (Canadian tv is using a clip of it for its Olympic teasers), and not in a good way. I finally overcame it by singing aharamanx's favourite that all the girls in the seafood factory sway and sing to while they're working. Better than Death Cab, by a wide margin.

the_jake wrote:

Yeah...this kinda killed this song for me. I thought it was an extremely cheesy moment.

Thanks to the_Jake for the Six Feet Under ref. I sat here madly wondering why I knew this song. Once I read that... I immediately grabbed the mental pic of Claire and her friends.

this song gives me shivers. goodness knows why.

Pyro wrote:

it's all about the Eclectic!! and if Paste Magazine says Death Cab is eclectic, then they must be!

an excellent work of art. this is fantastic.

It's a great song. Rating: 8!

This is being used in an ad here in Canada, for an internet company's Olympic coverage. They've edited it down to 30 seconds. It was quite a shock to hear the tune on my tv, when I'm used to hearing it on my computer...
Oddly enough, the more I hear it, the more I admire the edit: they've managed to compress the track very efficiently, and keep most of the essential flavour.

One word : MAGNIFIQUE!!!

On SACD this album sounds GREAT!!!

@+

the_jake wrote:

Ya gotta love SFU....

This song was used in the recent "Six Feet Under" episode.
Clare and a group of art school friends did some controlled substance,
and eventually started singin the chorus.

I need you so much closer.........

Liked it the first 12 times I heard it. Overplayed to death (cab for cutie) on RP....

phineas wrote: Thanks, phineas. I take great pride in my butt (if only my cyber butt!). Banal is rather kind for this music - rectal might be more apropos.

Platypus wrote:

or mike patton's fantomas project. their songs are about 20 seconds long, usually. they toured with tool once, which is funny, because tool has a tendency toward very long songs as well. good contrast, i say.

Johray63 wrote:
When the UK punk band Crass released their first record, there was a furore about the track Reality Asylum which was pulled from the album. The band replaced it with a little over two minutes of silence which they entitled The sound of free speech...

I need this song so much farther away...yuck!

Johray63 wrote:

try John Zorn's "Naked City" (among others) on for size.

An amazing song, like all of their songs. They have beautiful instrumentals with captivating lyrics. I don't regret buying all of their cd's at all. I'm actually kind of shocked to see so much distaste for them here on RP though, oh well.

Johray63 wrote:
Stormtroopers of Death did the Ballad of Jimi Hendrix:

Guitar: to the intro to Purple Haze
strum, strum, strum, strum, "I'm dead."

end of song.

rascal420 wrote:

After all this time, no one's gotten closer yet? Ye gads. That'd end it.

I need you so much....further away. Get a cab already! :puke:

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

A band here released a single that lasted six seconds. What you hear is a distorted chord and the leadvocalist saying: 'no, that's nothing'

It became a collector's item and therefore a hit, but they didn't allow it to get into the charts because a single needs a minimum length for that!

ScottFromWyoming wrote:
But Ramones' songs are like 2.5-3 minutes long, therefore we need two Ramones songs for every DCforC "opus". That's a trade-off I'd go for.

rulebritannia wrote:
It's clear that subtlety escapes me. Nice butt, btw. But don't let joe see it.
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It's weird being so out of synch with the majority of posters/listeners when it comes to DCforC ---> people seem to love 'em, while I think they're redefining "banal". Go figure.

nice tune, though i'm starting to get a little burned out on it....maybe i listen too much

phineas wrote: I suppose I should have used an appropriate emoticon before writing that this song rocks. Let's try it this time: :butt:

Just downgraded after a few listens. The crescendo/climax desired effect at about minute 6 of this song just doesn't quite make it there, unfortunately rendering the first 5 minutes of the song dull.

end damn it!