One of their greatest songs. The way Gibbard repeats that line is so strange and hauntingly beautiful. I miss that experimental flavor this band used to have more of.
I met Ben at the concert at trees, Dallas. I saw him walk south on elm about thirty minutes before the show. Sold out show. Figured I take a chance to find someone selling a ticket outside the venue. A quick drive by squashed my hopes. Nothing but eager concert goers. Continued driving and saw an open parking space right on elm. Very rare at this time of night, took it as a sign. Walked towards trees. Saw Ben gibbard. I approached him and said, “hey Ben, big fan of your music”. He said thanks. I then said, I met you before, at the postal service show, tea room, ‘02-03’. He gave me a good look, and took a step back. He remembered. We had a drunken conversation (me, solely the drunk one). He replied, “I remember you” I told him my name, “Abe” and then continued, I don’t have a ticket. Without skipping a beat, he said follow me, and he led me to his tour manager, who was on the phone discussing a postal service, dcfc concert possibility. The manager led me in, got me situated. I left promptly after their set. Closed my bar tab, bought two dcfc shirts, then exited, only to see the band loading their gear into the bus. I yelled, “thank you, Ben!” And this motherfucker. Ben gibbard. He replied, “no! Thank you, Abe!” He f’n remembered my name.
How did I not know they're form Seattle!! You're telling me I'm only a couple hours away and haven't seen them in concert?!? They're such great performers
One of their greatest songs. The way Gibbard repeats that line is so strange and hauntingly beautiful. I miss that experimental flavor this band used to have more of.
True!
Same here.
I met Ben at the concert at trees, Dallas. I saw him walk south on elm about thirty minutes before the show. Sold out show. Figured I take a chance to find someone selling a ticket outside the venue. A quick drive by squashed my hopes. Nothing but eager concert goers. Continued driving and saw an open parking space right on elm. Very rare at this time of night, took it as a sign. Walked towards trees. Saw Ben gibbard. I approached him and said, “hey Ben, big fan of your music”. He said thanks. I then said, I met you before, at the postal service show, tea room, ‘02-03’. He gave me a good look, and took a step back. He remembered. We had a drunken conversation (me, solely the drunk one). He replied, “I remember you” I told him my name, “Abe” and then continued, I don’t have a ticket. Without skipping a beat, he said follow me, and he led me to his tour manager, who was on the phone discussing a postal service, dcfc concert possibility. The manager led me in, got me situated. I left promptly after their set. Closed my bar tab, bought two dcfc shirts, then exited, only to see the band loading their gear into the bus. I yelled, “thank you, Ben!” And this motherfucker. Ben gibbard. He replied, “no! Thank you, Abe!” He f’n remembered my name.
That’s an awesome story!
I'm always remembering the guitar interlude part from "we laugh indoors" when I'm doing random stuff
I would kill to know how Chris gets those eerie sustained tones throughout the song.
So incredible.
Volume swell, vibrato, reverb, some drive.
I'm 13 years late to this comment but I'm positive he uses an E-Bow on the studio version!
Never the same after he left.
And Chris is known to use the volume knob for his swell, beautiful control.
I love tha huantingly eerie sustained notes tha chris plays in this song. It's actually my fav dcfc song
Same. I'm envious of his creativity
Always been my favorite song by them
I just saw Death Cab For Cutie 2 days ago in Vancouver. They are super-talented young musicians.
3:26
When he sings " Don't you get me started now, -- don't you get me !" 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎼🎶
Bridge pickup, and feedback works for me everytime.
How did I not know they're form Seattle!! You're telling me I'm only a couple hours away and haven't seen them in concert?!? They're such great performers
+Bryndalyn Corey whats the address to the rock you've been under for a decade+? xD
Love that they are checking their own sound
@anewamericanclassic i fully agree. just saw them in concert, chris walla is a comedic beast
This is why I named my first daughter ”Guinevere”
This is awesome
I hope I get to see them like this! Soon.
HireAStudio well, no more chris walla...
No one can replace chris walla. Damn I miss him in that band.
Chorus, delay, reverb, distortion/overdrive.
Please play this at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley.
Chris Walla plays beautifully.
Maybe some delay as well.
They sure do ring out for ages, though.
Shoutout to all the Guineveres out there
Chris Walla is pretty much a conquistador
I don't like this band but I love this song.