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mutepoint
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 11:37
 
 msymmes wrote:
Just a tip for fellow listeners.   Turn this up, up, up and drive safely.

 
Fine tune.  Love the piano!

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: May 18, 2013 - 11:36
 
Just a tip for fellow listeners.   Turn this up, up, up and drive safely.

Zep
Posted: Mar 16, 2013 - 18:04
 
 msymmes wrote:
Supertramp for Cutie.
 
Ha ha ha! I thought the same thing!



Barman
(Milan, Italy)
Posted: Mar 16, 2013 - 17:13
 
I see.

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Feb 13, 2013 - 08:14
 
Yessir, he's definitely in love.

rmsilva
(Healdsburg, CA)
Posted: Jan 26, 2013 - 20:25
 
 jnesser wrote:
Wow, this gets played a lot. Good song, but there are so many other songs to be played by them.
 
Agreed 

stevendejong
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 15:21
 
Love both the song and the album.

jnesser
Posted: Jan 18, 2013 - 08:47
 
Wow, this gets played a lot. Good song, but there are so many other songs to be played by them.

finoufk
(in my bed)
Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 06:59
 
 msymmes wrote:
Supertramp for Cutie.

 
 

exactly !

cShaggy
(..inna state of being..)
Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 02:37
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
this is a beautiful song and the lyrics fit well with it—-simply stated—-like it a lot.
 



..agree..esp lovely lyrics which suit the airy quality of the music..

southcoastsounds
(East Sussex, UK)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 14:52
 
The essence of "good enough" music

msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 15:14
 
Supertramp for Cutie.

 

N1CO
(Louviers, France)
Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 06:56
 
Soul does not meet body on this one IMO {#Wink}

Stingray
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 08:57
 
 pomalley wrote:
Great album... needs a bunch of listens to really enjoy it.  Saw them in concert earlier this year.  They rocked.  Not what I was expecting.  
 

Saw them in Cologne and they did NOT ROCK AAAAT ALL!

I left after 65% of the concert! Boring as live-band (to me)...!



Stingray
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 08:55
 
Like the band - but certainly not this album!

btc
Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 18:54
 
another banging on the piano percussion to yield nerve annoying effect

GalileoCoffeeCo
Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 17:40
 
A most excellent song by DC4C

bougui
(Qc, Canada, Near Montreal !)
Posted: Aug 10, 2012 - 08:00
 
Hi,

Can't say it better !

Guillaume

gemtag wrote:
Piano is simplistic

Vocals are subdued

Guitar seems muted.

A good example, for me anyway, of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.

Very nice musical arrangement. 
 



gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: Jul 08, 2012 - 10:03
 
Piano is simplistic

Vocals are subdued

Guitar seems muted.

A good example, for me anyway, of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts.

Very nice musical arrangement. 

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jun 30, 2012 - 11:58
 
this is a beautiful song and the lyrics fit well with it—-simply stated—-like it a lot.

Jon_Lucas
(SoCal)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 12:34
 
Really like the sound of this one. Too bad the lyrics are flat. (Wish I hadn't gone and looked them up. Sometimes helps my opinion of a song; sometimes it hurts.)

pomalley
(Land of Lincoln)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 12:29
 
Great album... needs a bunch of listens to really enjoy it.  Saw them in concert earlier this year.  They rocked.  Not what I was expecting.  

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 12:27
 
 me too  nagsheadlocal wrote:
There are either some really cool production tricks or some very complex chords mixed in here - have to listen to it again but liked it a lot on first listen.
 



gormeister
(Commonwealth of Virginia)
Posted: May 29, 2012 - 14:09
 
this is the kind of annoying crap that happens when a radio staion has to fill 24/7 with music.  some of it will suck.

nagsheadlocal
(North Carolina, the new New Jersey)
Posted: May 17, 2012 - 12:59
 
There are either some really cool production tricks or some very complex chords mixed in here - have to listen to it again but liked it a lot on first listen.

mutepoint
(jumped)
Posted: May 17, 2012 - 12:56
 
Piano like this always catches my ear.  Nice.

ziakut
(The Windy City)
Posted: May 07, 2012 - 10:00
 
Sorry, do like it!!!

guasco
Posted: May 05, 2012 - 22:25
 
Sorry, don't like it.

sajitjacob
(Christchurch NZ)
Posted: Apr 15, 2012 - 19:31
 
Is this the one moment of brilliance on an otherwise disappointing album?
I don't know, I'm actually asking, having been disappointed by Death Cab and Postal Service in the past.

powerhuge
(Baltimore, MD)
Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 16:45
 
 baba-yaga wrote:

et alors? c'est vrai que cet album est souvent "passé". ce n'en est pas moins un BON album!
 
voila!  encore plus de Death Cab, s'il vous plait!

baba-yaga
Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 15:13
 
 rtrudeau wrote:

Not directed personally, Lrobby99, but these sorts of comments make me laugh out loud. If you don't like a band/singer/whatever, they "seem" to be played more than any other band. Pretty simple. Thank goodness RP 2.0 has PSD so we can avoid this problem in the future, right?
 
et alors? c'est vrai que cet album est souvent "passé". ce n'en est pas moins un BON album!

rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 10:40
 
 Lrobby99 wrote:
death cab seems to get more play than any other band.
 
Not directed personally, Lrobby99, but these sorts of comments make me laugh out loud. If you don't like a band/singer/whatever, they "seem" to be played more than any other band. Pretty simple. Thank goodness RP 2.0 has PSD so we can avoid this problem in the future, right?

sieversfam
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 20:53
 
I love Built to Spill !!! 

jberko
(Franklin, TN)
Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 15:08
 
Reminiscent of Camel from the 1970's.  Very, very similar.  I like.

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 13:18
 
 Proclivities wrote:
Quite a likable song; it has a cool ambient feel to it as well.  It seems a lot of folks have very rigid and narrow rules about what music should do.  Contrary to sentiments expressed here, all songs do not have to "go somewhere", and all music does not have to be up-tempo or "foreground".
 
Nice comment.


msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Jan 01, 2012 - 13:15
 
I am taking this up to a 7.99 !!
 
 

AndyJ
(Oregon)
Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 17:14
 
Ludovico Einaudi-?  

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 17:14
 
 msymmes wrote:
Starts at a 7 for me.  
 
yes, same here... I like the piano.


msymmes
(Toronto, CA)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 15:18
 
Starts at a 7 for me.  

olivertwist
(Atlanta GA)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:41
 
 Proclivities wrote:
Quite a likable song; it has a cool ambient feel to it as well.  It seems a lot of folks have very rigid and narrow rules about what music should do.  Contrary to sentiments expressed here, all songs do not have to "go somewhere", and all music does not have to be up-tempo or "foreground".
 

I agree — I believe guitarist Chris Walla plays a key role in the production of the band's songs, and he's produced quite a few notable records by other artists in recent years.

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 08:33
 
seems like some people are always looking for the payoff...

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Nov 21, 2011 - 06:45
 
Quite a likable song; it has a cool ambient feel to it as well.  It seems a lot of folks have very rigid and narrow rules about what music should do.  Contrary to sentiments expressed here, all songs do not have to "go somewhere", and all music does not have to be up-tempo or "foreground".

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 18:17
 
this song has really grown on me...

dpvest
(northern cali)
Posted: Oct 20, 2011 - 16:25
 
nice segue from bruce springsteen's streets of Philadelphia.  third song in a row w/ this kind of ambient feel.

to_the_eleven
(the groove)
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 05:33
 
I thought there was a Death Cab song I could get on board with, but then the vocals kicked in.

Do they have any instrumentals?

Baketown
(Maryland)
Posted: Sep 28, 2011 - 11:25
 

Great song,  perfect the way it is, hence,  needs no climax.  Too many songs already do that!  



ce
(the Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 27, 2011 - 01:39
 
 kcar wrote:
 And no, this song doesn't really take off despite hinting that it will.

Yes, this sounds like the start of a great song and then, eventually, isn't. I think it could do with a more bombastic "pump-and-circumstance" ending

Still quite nice though.



kcar
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 00:45
 
 handyrae wrote:
I'm trying to decide if I like it or not. There's something there I find compelling, but then it also sounds like background music for a movie (the key word being background).
 
A lot of RPers are ambivalent or undecided about DCfC. I liked "Doors Unlocked and Open" that I bought the whole album, but after listening to the 4th or 5th song I realize that I don't want to listen to the singer for much longer. He's got a very mannered style that doesn't work with extended listening. And no, this song doesn't really take off despite hinting that it will. 

 Lrobby99 wrote:
death cab seems to get more play than any other band.
  
Here? No. Try Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler. A close second, I suspect, is Peter Gabriel (as I write this, "Feeling Begins" from "Passion" is thundering away...).  



haretic
(toward Abad, just south of Maitri)
Posted: Sep 09, 2011 - 16:05
 
Yes, I agree. Actually, I think this really needs that David Gilmour solo a lot of people below have wished for... It has that strong undercurrent that would set up a great climax. And then nothing much happens.


 handyrae wrote:
I'm trying to decide if I like it or not. There's something there I find compelling, but then it also sounds like background music for a movie (the key word being background).
 


Droidac
(Blacklight District)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 15:36
 
Starts at an 8 for me.  We'll see which way it goes from here.......(I'm thinking upwards)