Very awesome, this is like Death Cab playing Radiohead playing Death Cab. Love this inspired hot jam by a great band of true art rockers in the Late Show garage.
Y'all, compare this to how they play the song now- it's pretty similar. They always play it faster live. Stop hating and enjoy the cool old performance
@smeh69 they have gotten heaps better performing, but i like their older music better than their newer stuff. eg photo album and trans, better than plans and narrow stairs, but i still love all of their stuff :)
boo, disappointed by this, it's my favourite DCFC song, I guess it was fresh but it sounds so amateur, too fast and not even keeping the tempo, the bass sounds like my old bandmate's $50 bass when we were 14 years old.. anyway nobody will read this :-)
I saw these guys back in probably 2000, playing a tiny venue in Minneapolis (7th Street Entry, which is the part of the legendary First Ave where lesser-known bands play) opening up for Pedro the Lion. They played a double-header, an all-ages show followed by a 21+ show. I got to talk with Ben and Nick between sets, and we drank beers and talked about guitars. Super nice dudes. Ben was also playing bass with Pedro the Lion on this tour, and during the second set I noticed that during the DCFC set he was sweating like a hog...big drips of sweat pouring off of him. Then he got up to play with Pedro and after one song he looked like he was going to puke, so he got off the stage and Pedro played the rest of the set as a two-piece. And now they sell out arenas and tour the world. But I'm glad I got to experience them as just another band trying to make it.
i think that instrumentally speaking, this band usually keeps it together live...the only shortcoming is the intonation in gibbard's singing on occasion(and depending on the show rather often). the bass is just overdriven though a RAT. If I were making a national debut as a rock n roll band, I'd want to crank it up to! Just an all around good rock band with a far better vocabulary of words and suspended chords (and a few diminished ones on PLANS!) than the average indie band.
This song is really hard to play on guitar for people that are trying to learn it, considering all the tabs online suck, and you cant play by ear because you can hardly hear the guitar. Will anybody tab this song out for me the RIGHT way? Also, they did great in this. Everything is perfect. Oh, and I think the bass sounded great at high volume.
Bad sounding? Come on! When the album came out I saw this version first and was a (very little) bit disappointed when I heard the studio version. This is played so tight and look how easy it is for Ben to sing and get that clear tone. By the way, this is played a bit faster and half a tone lower than the studio version.
im a total metalhead. fav band is Metallica, but that doesn't change the fact that i love this band's music. great stuff. Tranlanticism is one of my most fav albums ever!!!!
@vsadlarry yeah i know and i do like them. all i am really saying saying is that my favourite album are the older ones such as Transatlanticism and Photo Album :)
My god...this is incredible, they're still a great band but the energy in the sound on this live clip is mind blowing compared to now! Never seen this before!
![Death Cab For Cutie - Live 2002 [Full Set] [Live Performance] [Concert] [Complete Show]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/3qgzkzt_yIo/mqdefault.jpg)
Mind-blowing drummer!
came back to watch this again over a decade later, still amazing. especially during these hard covid times.
Very awesome, this is like Death Cab playing Radiohead playing Death Cab. Love this inspired hot jam by a great band of true art rockers in the Late Show garage.
Nick Harmer is the man. The guy writes killer basslines and has a fantastic tone.
Clearly this was mixed by a bass player
Remeber catching this on tv love them
Death cab for cutie is briliant,a love it XD!
aww...i love this song..so much!..lol..memories..
Thank you ^_^
the dude in big bang theory looks like nick harmer XD hahahahah
i love nick he is one of my influences
and happy new year
Y'all, compare this to how they play the song now- it's pretty similar. They always play it faster live. Stop hating and enjoy the cool old performance
Wow, this one is really cool. Great feelings.
Squigy on bass.
Best drummer out there. Ridiculous
you should see the drummer from the strokes and bloc party
NICE
brilliant!
The vocalist reminds me so much of Jim Adkins from jimmy eat world. great song tough
I think that's the worst idea I've ever heard. Ever.
@ChasHolling i know! isn't he wild? never seen a bassist of this type of music that gets down that much.
damn he sounds the same live hella good
Did they not tune down for this?
my life hardly, it just gets to me when people put down ben as they are no doubt very envious of his brilliant work & life
Yup.
ben's voice live i prefer more
@mpwiest70 ...? I was saying the tempo was fast? Not really sure where you were coming from. No hate, just a bit confused :)
you will never learn royboy421
I want Ben Gibbard to have my babies
@smeh69 they have gotten heaps better performing, but i like their older music better than their newer stuff. eg photo album and trans, better than plans and narrow stairs, but i still love all of their stuff :)
3:25
jizz.
@mpwiest70 Ha. I see what you did there.
but how do you really know? :)~
240p we meet again...
Hes playing the bass too hard......
Right... noob
boo, disappointed by this, it's my favourite DCFC song, I guess it was fresh but it sounds so amateur, too fast and not even keeping the tempo, the bass sounds like my old bandmate's $50 bass when we were 14 years old.. anyway nobody will read this :-)
I saw these guys back in probably 2000, playing a tiny venue in Minneapolis (7th Street Entry, which is the part of the legendary First Ave where lesser-known bands play) opening up for Pedro the Lion. They played a double-header, an all-ages show followed by a 21+ show. I got to talk with Ben and Nick between sets, and we drank beers and talked about guitars. Super nice dudes.
Ben was also playing bass with Pedro the Lion on this tour, and during the second set I noticed that during the DCFC set he was sweating like a hog...big drips of sweat pouring off of him. Then he got up to play with Pedro and after one song he looked like he was going to puke, so he got off the stage and Pedro played the rest of the set as a two-piece.
And now they sell out arenas and tour the world. But I'm glad I got to experience them as just another band trying to make it.
I think my favorite person to watch is Nick...his energy is hilarious, and awesome all at the same time.
Happy New Year 2019!!!
Chris' note at 3:27 is awesome.
i think that instrumentally speaking, this band usually keeps it together live...the only shortcoming is the intonation in gibbard's singing on occasion(and depending on the show rather often). the bass is just overdriven though a RAT. If I were making a national debut as a rock n roll band, I'd want to crank it up to! Just an all around good rock band with a far better vocabulary of words and suspended chords (and a few diminished ones on PLANS!) than the average indie band.
This song is really hard to play on guitar for people that are trying to learn it, considering all the tabs online suck, and you cant play by ear because you can hardly hear the guitar. Will anybody tab this song out for me the RIGHT way? Also, they did great in this. Everything is perfect. Oh, and I think the bass sounded great at high volume.
hey all dcfc fans,
i'm wondering witch album to purchase. i'm hesitating between Narrow Stairs, Plans or Transatlanticism...
any thoughts?
transatlanticism and craig kilborn. the good old days right??
i say no more airplanes or speedtrains or freeways
The bass in this sounds like "the Package" by A Perfect Circle. The songs were released the same year too.
What's your favorite album, I can't choose between the photo album and trans
I loved that.
Their first was their best
haha did wallah fuck up
Bad sounding? Come on! When the album came out I saw this version first and was a (very little) bit disappointed when I heard the studio version. This is played so tight and look how easy it is for Ben to sing and get that clear tone. By the way, this is played a bit faster and half a tone lower than the studio version.
wow rush much?
im a total metalhead. fav band is Metallica, but that doesn't change the fact that i love this band's music. great stuff. Tranlanticism is one of my most fav albums ever!!!!
YEAH!
@jtmcrae1 I totally back you up, but they have some pretty good new tracks too! we looked like giants, grapevine fires, cath, soul meets body, etc.
@vsadlarry yeah i know and i do like them. all i am really saying saying is that my favourite album are the older ones such as Transatlanticism and Photo Album :)
i cant decide if i like ben more on guitar or piano... its so hard :]
wow, this is amazing.
their performance and sound and everything.
i love how ben's voice actually sounds like it does on the albums
Damn...
I wish I could have seen them when they came here...
I fucking love this band...and i usually listen to death metal so death cab really got it right.
@mpwiest70 what? I'm saying they rushed the song; played too fast o_O
No idea what you're talking about!
GOD fuckballs that this song has a comment comparing it to U2... BOOM BOOM.. so this is the new year...
cool this is their first show one tv, sweeet
after i lost of hope from SDRE finally im happy because Deathcabforcutie has conquering america
These guys are amazing, one of my favorite bands and they can play amazingly live.
yeah totally...i mean him actually looking good. i'm surprised.
so this is the new year and i don't feel any different
happy new year!
@OliverEdwardV if it had cheesy chorus tone, and 7/4..maybe?
the bass is in tune and sounds fine. seeing them in 4 days.
My god...this is incredible, they're still a great band but the energy in the sound on this live clip is mind blowing compared to now! Never seen this before!
Saw them live twice back in those days. It was amazing
Transaltanticism will always be my fave. Great album!
Ditto. Wait, this is the internet... hate hate hate hate
i totally agree
Stunnig performance! So this is the new year...
at 3:04 omgosh!
ben's voice...
ohh dear.
the best band ever ever ever ever!!!!
walla totally came in too early!
so this is the new year
they should change their stile and make some good post rock