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| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 02, 2010 - 06:58 mindnumbing |
| rosedraws (almost... almost) | Posted: Aug 29, 2009 - 11:24  love this song. It's fun debating the lyrics with friends.  |
| arissimo (Bellingham, WA) | Posted: Mar 13, 2009 - 22:10 |
| biomedvgh (Victoria, BC) | Posted: Feb 20, 2009 - 14:16 Somebody please...Stop the mail. |
| Whirlpool (Nowhere Important) | Posted: Nov 17, 2008 - 16:27 I love every song by these guys. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Nov 07, 2008 - 13:25 Kraftwerk called. They want their royalty for ripping off Autobahn in the intro. Isn't it bad enough we get to endure Death Crabs without having to put up with this unimaginative effluvia? |
| kellis | Posted: Oct 17, 2008 - 04:16 xkolibuul wrote: That's what you call minimal resources? How about just one plain guitar instead, in the hands of Tom Waits, Leo Kottke, Joni Mitchell, or Nick Drake (and Leo doesn't even have to sing). To name but a few possibilities. I would be glad to minimize this song instead. They (Postal service or at least the main singer) did a more stripped-down version with a guitar and I defnitely prefer it. This isn't too bad, but I like the other version much better. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 12:57 Wouldn't it be nice if this band were lost in the mail? 3, and that's being generous. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 08:53 The voice is just too irritating. |
| vit | Posted: Aug 05, 2008 - 11:35 xkolibuul wrote: That's what you call minimal resources? How about just one plain guitar instead, in the hands of Tom Waits, Leo Kottke, Joni Mitchell, or Nick Drake (and Leo doesn't even have to sing). To name but a few possibilities. I would be glad to minimize this song instead.
I think those icons were busy being geniuses when these insignificant children decided to make a song. How dare they not consult with the deities first. Besides, the postal service has to contend with rain, sleet, snow, etc. to make it to their appointed rounds. Do you really think Nick Drake could handle that without anti-depressants? |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 17:32 xkolibuul wrote: That's what you call minimal resources? How about just one plain guitar instead, in the hands of Tom Waits, Leo Kottke, Joni Mitchell, or Nick Drake (and Leo doesn't even have to sing). To name but a few possibilities.
My bad - must have considered virtuosic musical abilities a resource. What is the significance of members of Talking Heads playing one another's instruments on their most popular "Naive melody - this must be the place'? |
| Contaminator (Serbia (...is not suburbia)) | Posted: Jun 12, 2008 - 19:21 Love it, love it, love it, love it, love it. Yeah. Love it. |
| Hinkamp (Planet Utah) | Posted: May 12, 2008 - 08:54 unitentional mashup? |
| aragon (West Lafayette) | Posted: Apr 10, 2008 - 20:40 I like the whole album...especially this song. |
| jktravl (Virginia) | Posted: Mar 31, 2008 - 17:36 perfect time for something light and bubbly with a hint of Mercurochrome |
| xkolibuul (Chuckanut sandstone) | Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 00:15 That's what you call minimal resources? How about just one plain guitar instead, in the hands of Tom Waits, Leo Kottke, Joni Mitchell, or Nick Drake (and Leo doesn't even have to sing). To name but a few possibilities. I would be glad to minimize this song instead. MinMan wrote: Rather than the knee jerk distaste, one might consider this an exercise at what is possible with minimal resources = a keyboard synthesizer / drum machine sequencer and over-dubbed vocals.
Gotta like the dissonance between the upbeat melody and apocalyptic theme. |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 09:20 TampaPurple wrote: Commentwise, I've noticed that there is no middle when it comes to any of Ben Gibbard's bands. You are only in the love 'em camp or the hate 'em camp.
Actually, I'm kinda middle-of-the-road here. I'm firmly in the love 'em camp. But it is odd how the vote distribution is much more middle of the road. |
| Atombender (Frankfurt, Germany) | Posted: Feb 29, 2008 - 05:04 I love this album. Will there ever be another one? Would be nice :) |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 12:53 I've been hearing this tune off and on since joining RP in ought-three and like it well enough but have never checked on the artist's album, AMG page, and so on. Strikes me as one of those tunes I'll hear 10 years from now, either on RP or whatever is going then, and it will ignite a skosh of recognition, "Oh, yeah, I remember that."--but I still won't know who did it and what it was called. |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 12:50 hah hah, Death Cab mail delivery, btw, I like both bands a lot! |
| bumrush (Never Forget Pluto) | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 12:49 I do agree that I always initially think this is Death Cab.  |
| Yesnil (Missing New Orleans) | Posted: Feb 13, 2008 - 12:49 What a nice surprise! |
| Mewsique (On a boat @ sea...i wish!) | Posted: Feb 07, 2008 - 22:13 QUITE NICE
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| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:02 Rather than the knee jerk distaste, one might consider this an exercise at what is possible with minimal resources = a keyboard synthesizer / drum machine sequencer and over-dubbed vocals. Gotta like the dissonance between the upbeat melody and apocalyptic theme. |
| musikalia (Somewhere (over the rainbow)) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 11:00 Beaker wrote: The opening bit reminds me of something by Kraftwerk.
I was just thinking "Krautrock", ....sounds very German to me. |
| youngj (Canton, GA) | Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 10:57 hvnlyheatherly wrote: sick of the postal service.
Try FedEx. Less stress on their job and cheaper to ship in the holidays. |
| Glockman45 | Posted: Dec 28, 2007 - 08:27 Beevis this sucks worse than sucking can suck, er um suckiest of all? |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Dec 28, 2007 - 08:26  |
| musikalia (Somewhere (over the rainbow)) | Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 01:34 Reminds me of some Belle & Sebastian stuff. Not bad for pop. |
| manzanitafire | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 23:00 pkimbrel wrote: Hey cool! It's Death Cab for Cutie! Huh? The Postal Service? Ah, man, now I'm all confused.
Seriously. This stuff is all sounding the same. Same dude, different band. |
| pkimbrel (Normal, IL) | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 22:59 Hey cool! It's Death Cab for Cutie! Huh? The Postal Service? Ah, man, now I'm all confused. Seriously. This stuff is all sounding the same. |
| manzanitafire | Posted: Nov 26, 2007 - 22:58 Iron and Wine, Wilco, Postal Service - you're playing the good stuff tonight! |
| hvnlyheatherly | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 16:27 sick of the postal service. |
| TampaPurple (East) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 13:04 Commentwise, I've noticed that there is no middle when it comes to any of Ben Gibbard's bands. You are only in the love 'em camp or the hate 'em camp. I'm firmly in the love 'em camp. But it is odd how the vote distribution is much more middle of the road. |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 13:02 my gawd this is horrible... *mute* |
| kilroyjoe3 (Charlottesville VA is for lovers) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 13:01 Was he disgustingly aspirated like Iron and Whine? jbtidwell wrote: Ben played this in Atlanta on his solo tour - it was much more like the Iron and Wine version (since he only had his voice and guitar). It was awesome! he seemed like a really down-to-earth, nice guy. |
| poopypants (Porkland, OR) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 13:01 nails on a god damn chalkboard, bleh! |
| rtkmusic (SoCal) | Posted: Oct 26, 2007 - 13:00 Beaker wrote: The opening bit reminds me of something by Kraftwerk.
Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn |
| HazzeSwede (Stockholm) | Posted: Sep 25, 2007 - 04:16 Soundmachinens come too cheap nowadays! #1 BillG Music,please ! |
| Hinkamp (Planet Utah) | Posted: Sep 09, 2007 - 09:44 Saturday morning cartoon music for kids with A.D.D yuck ... |
| gatsby169 | Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 09:13 The music might be candy but the lyrics are really twisted once you listen. I assume that's intentional. |
| jjbix (san diego) | Posted: Aug 03, 2007 - 09:09 sounded like Death Cab . . . .for ugly! |
| renlat (Montreal, Canada) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 06:48 shakitten wrote: Wow! A solid 2!
Agree. Catchy but candy. Not candy as in something sweet to refresh your breath but as in something that stick under your shoe... |
| meydele (Par la mer) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 06:47 Perhaps it is because I am a child of the 80's, but I love this kind of synthpop. And I think Ben Gibbard is an excellent lyricist. The video for this is fairly amusing. Love the faded jeans and the polo shirt with the collar up. . . . Can't link to it, I'm afraid, as the Blue Meanies at work have banned YouTube. But it's out there. |
| peyotecoyote (London, Ontario) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 06:46 shakitten wrote: Wow! A solid 2!
What a funny kitten you are...hahahahhahaha!! |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Jul 24, 2007 - 06:45 "and I'm screaming at the top of my lungs" I call bullsh*t. I've heard enough of these guys that I don't believe he's capable. Dissaffected, emotionless sing-songyness seems his only mood. |
| shakitten | Posted: Jun 22, 2007 - 21:13 Wow! A solid 2! |
| bigB_3 (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Jun 01, 2007 - 12:39 jbtidwell wrote: Ben played this in Atlanta on his solo tour - it was much more like the Iron and Wine version (since he only had his voice and guitar). It was awesome! he seemed like a really down-to-earth, nice guy.
He performed Nirvana's "All Apologies" on the piano as a part of his encore. I was at the Atlanta show too. Awesome show. |
| MinMan (Bay Area, CA) | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 11:18 Stingray wrote: Silly lyrics! Hardly a melody! No drive! High-school-format band!
Guess it just doesn't get through to you. Too subtle? |
| Monkeysdad | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 11:17 ICK! :puke: |
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