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DC4C
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:30 pm
by obiwankobe
Death Cab for Cutie: "Soul Meets Body"
genre: rock
For anyone wondering just how mainstream Death Cab can go, their new single offers one answer: poppy, but in a stuffy, pop-in-a-glass-case, "Losing My Religion", poking at the melody with a stick sort of way. Mandolin sounds merge with strummed guitars and Ben Gibbard's vocals, forcibly lower and less fey, through the nearly graceful build-up of the verses. The instrumental breakdown is a strange anti-climax, and when it returns, it turns out to be the song's weak chorus. When Gibbard sings the song title over pounding drums, back in his usual higher register, he finds his captivating moment, but it's too little and too late.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:33 pm
by Glenn
those guys are on both the front of Spin & Under the Radar this month.
I'm trying to learn the mandolin - thinking of maybe violen/fiddle also.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:35 pm
by obiwankobe
The only thing I can play is my stereo
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:47 pm
by *Annie*
I hate it when people try to get all technical and intellectual with their music reviews. It blurs the line between "good" and "bad"... it's like politics... then you have to read it twice, then backwards and between the lines to figure out wether the writer thought it "sucked" or "rocked"! IF he's complaining about the way the song is assembled and the rythms in melody, then he's obviouly not a DC4C fan in the first place (and his opinion doesn't count) because that's just classic DC4C... I mean, the loss of any logical pattern, or bulid up leading to a release is signature, and that combined with Gibbards struggling voice (at times) is what makes them so lovely! Where is that article from?
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:09 pm
by obiwankobe
*Annie* wrote:I hate it when people try to get all technical and intellectual
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:19 pm
by *Annie*
Are you making fun of me??? That's different... I know what I'm talking about!
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:32 pm
by Glenn
from what little I know of Death Cab I like. I still want that Juilian cope cover they did.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:18 pm
by obiwankobe
I want the Avril Lavigne cover and to be covered by her
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:26 pm
by *Annie*
Dork... oh, and I sent you that cover!
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:32 pm
by obiwankobe
where did you send it to?
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:33 pm
by a KROQ spy!
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:42 pm
by *Annie*
obiwankobe wrote:where did you send it to?
I PM'd it to you... I'll try to find and send it again!
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:46 pm
by Glenn
obiwankobe wrote:The only thing I can play is my stereo
You can always play the skin-flute...but it makes you go blind.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:48 pm
by obiwankobe
that flying dog actually scared me when I scrolled down
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:53 pm
by *Annie*
again... DORK! ... plus, the dude's evil face is scarrier
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:03 pm
by gidgetgoestohell
a KROQ spy! wrote:
Fucking Spy....put Holden DOWN!!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:07 pm
by obiwankobe
fucking scared me again
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:08 pm
by gidgetgoestohell
LMAO...I swear...it looks like my little Beagle Boy....
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:29 pm
by Glenn
mine too.
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:30 pm
by gidgetgoestohell
I say we knock the tar outta the Spy for that one....
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 3:36 pm
by a KROQ spy!
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:52 am
by assholitis
Whoa, right as I opened this thread that very song came on the radio. How did you plan that, Tom?! 
Anyways, I think it's a decent song. Not that thrilled about it, but I'm sure it'll grow on me after a few listens.
-Kevin
