Author Topic: MTV News compares Death Cab's Narrow Stairs to OK Computer (Read 3335 times)

Bloodwake · « **on:** March 05, 2008, 04:34:05 PM »

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1582775/20080304/death_cab_for_cutie.jhtml

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In short, it's the album on which Death Cab make the leap, graduating from one of indie's premiere acts to one of the best bands in the country, a formidable and fearless outfit existing at the exact intersection of critical acclaim and commercial success. This kind of thing only happens when bands stop trying to be all things to all people, shut themselves off from the outside world, and simply play. If they're good enough — and clearly, Death Cab are — then greatness follows. It's what happened to Radiohead on OK Computer, or Beck on Odelay or even the White Stripes on Elephant. And now you can add Death Cab for Cutie to the conversation, and whether Narrow Stairs has the same cultural impact as any of those other albums remains to be seen — I'm not even sure any of their fans are gonna buy it — but suffice it to say, it deserves to be heard by as many people as possible.

Human Snorenado · « **Reply #1 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:35:58 PM »

Breaking News: EB poster Raoul Duke compares MTV News to a remedial first grade shapes and colors class, and Death Cab for Cutie to the sound of good taste dying in a corner.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:36:44 PM »

Welp, that about wraps it up for this thread.

Now watch this video

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d6e1037cc2

Himu · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:38:18 PM »

Death Cab sucks. I remember a bunch of people jizzing over Death Cab for Cutie and I dled that album, and it SUCKED.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:38:23 PM »

Quote from: Raoul Duke on March 05, 2008, 04:35:58 PM

Breaking News: EB poster Raoul Duke compares MTV News to a remedial first grade shapes and colors class, and Death Cab for Cutie to the sound of good taste dying in a corner.

Death Cab is awesome, so you're wrong.

Besides, the guy who wrote the article wasn't a fan to begin with. So you might want to give it a chance. It's evidently completely different than any album they've ever done.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:39:04 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on March 05, 2008, 04:38:18 PM

Death Cab sucks. I remember a bunch of people jizzing over Death Cab for Cutie and I dled that album, and it SUCKED.

If you are talking about Plans, that definitely isn't their best. Transatlanticism is IMO.

WHERE'S DISTANTMANTRA WITH SOME DCFC LOVE?

Himu · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:39:47 PM »

Okay. I'll check it out.

demi · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:40:10 PM »

I'll check it out, DCFC usually has some songs that are nice. I like What Sarah Said.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:42:21 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 05, 2008, 04:40:10 PM

I'll check it out, DCFC usually has some songs that are nice. I like What Sarah Said.

Whenever I saw them live they didn't play that song. It was the only song they didn't play that I wanted to hear. Such a fucking great song.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:44:10 PM »

They're not the band from my late high school and college years (1999-2003) anymore, but I still like them.

I'd hesitate to get so excited about the new album, though. That's a very outrageous claim to make.

I'll try to check them out at the show in Bremerton, 56 shows isn't enough!

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:45:41 PM »

So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Himu · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:47:22 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 05, 2008, 04:45:41 PM

So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Shut the hell up. OKC is my favorite rock album and the only album that can turn my

to

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:49:30 PM »

I think what they are trying to say is that they have cultivated a sound all their own and are at the peak of whatever that "sound" may be.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:53:06 PM »

Quote from: Himuro on March 05, 2008, 04:47:22 PM

Shut the hell up. OKC is my favorite rock album and the only album that can turn my to

Quote from: Himuro on March 05, 2008, 04:47:22 PM

Shut the hell up. OKC is my favorite rock album and the only album that can turn my to

Quote from: Himuro on March 05, 2008, 04:47:22 PM

OKC is my favorite rock album

Bloodwake · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2008, 04:53:07 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 05, 2008, 04:45:41 PM

So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Except it's not.

OK Computer is probably the best album of the nineties.

Mupepe · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:00:48 PM »

Death Cab is pretty good

But most people might say I have the worst music taste on this forum

T234 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:03:29 PM »

You should totally put "Never gonna give you up" real loud as the music that plays when somebody calls you, mups.

Mupepe · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:05:48 PM »

I would, but company phone am cry :'(

T234 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:07:00 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on March 05, 2008, 05:05:48 PM

I would, but company phone am cry :'(

I thought you had two phones?

Bloodwake · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:08:04 PM »

Quote from: T234 on March 05, 2008, 05:03:29 PM

You should totally put "Never gonna give you up" real loud as the music that plays when somebody calls you, mups.

Hehe, guess what my next voicemail message is going to be.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #20 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:11:31 PM »

I like death cab, I will buy this new cd.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #21 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:18:41 PM »

Yeah PLANS isn't my favorite CD

Tauntaun · « **Reply #22 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:44:57 PM »

Quote from: Bloodwake on March 05, 2008, 04:53:07 PM

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 05, 2008, 04:45:41 PM
So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Except it's not.

OK Computer is probably the best album of the nineties.

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #23 on:** March 05, 2008, 05:47:01 PM »

I really dont like OK Computer

Bloodwake · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2008, 06:24:28 PM »

Quote from: Tauntaun on March 05, 2008, 05:44:57 PM

Quote from: Bloodwake on March 05, 2008, 04:53:07 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 05, 2008, 04:45:41 PM
So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Except it's not.

OK Computer is probably the best album of the nineties.

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Pearl Jam is quite good. Of course, I fucking love Nirvana, so In Utero would probably chart higher on my list of best albums for the nineties. Still a very good album though.

As for Genghis Cohen, I really don't understand why a solo Ben Gibbard song not only made it onto a Death Cab CD, but became a single as well. There's tons of better songs on the album. I would have made What Sarah Said a single instead. It's so much more descriptive. I Will Follow You Into The Dark is basically just a simple love song with some commentary on dying thrown in there.

Seriously though, OK Computer is probably one of maybe two or three albums I can sit down to and listen to the entire way through without changing a track. The other one I can think of off of the top of my head would probably be Transatlanticism, by Death Cab, of course.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #25 on:** March 05, 2008, 06:28:44 PM »

Quote from: Tauntaun on March 05, 2008, 05:44:57 PM

Quote from: Bloodwake on March 05, 2008, 04:53:07 PM
Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 05, 2008, 04:45:41 PM
So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Except it's not.

OK Computer is probably the best album of the nineties.

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bagofeyes · « **Reply #26 on:** March 05, 2008, 06:39:31 PM »

this thread is chock-full of shitty bands

Flannel Boy · « **Reply #27 on:** March 05, 2008, 07:04:21 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 05, 2008, 04:36:44 PM

Welp, that about wraps it up for this thread.

Now watch this video

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d6e1037cc2

Wrong one

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4f551b0252

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #28 on:** March 05, 2008, 08:08:28 PM »

Quote from: CajoleJuice on March 05, 2008, 06:28:44 PM

Quote from: Tauntaun on March 05, 2008, 05:44:57 PM
Quote from: Bloodwake on March 05, 2008, 04:53:07 PM
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So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Except it's not.

OK Computer is probably the best album of the nineties.

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TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #29 on:** March 05, 2008, 08:11:24 PM »

I won't lie. I really quite enjoyed Transatlanticism, especially the title track. Maybe this new album coming out will be as good as that album.

Yeah, Plans sucked.

bagofeyes · « **Reply #30 on:** March 05, 2008, 08:27:24 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on March 05, 2008, 08:08:28 PM

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So they're saying it's overrated? Ok

Except it's not.

OK Computer is probably the best album of the nineties.

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Bloodwake · « **Reply #31 on:** March 05, 2008, 09:02:29 PM »

Quote from: BrandNew on March 05, 2008, 08:11:24 PM

I won't lie. I really quite enjoyed Transatlanticism, especially the title track. Maybe this new album coming out will be as good as that album.

Yeah, Plans sucked.

I won't say it sucked, but a lot of the tracks on there weren't really even that original.

Still, the first two tracks and the entire rest of the album from Crooked Teeth onward is good.

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Eric P · « **Reply #34 on:** March 05, 2008, 09:51:01 PM »

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Flannel Boy · « **Reply #35 on:** March 05, 2008, 09:51:22 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 05, 2008, 09:50:43 PM

don't we have monkey pissing gif so I can piss on the chili peppers?

o here it is

rhcp

* Malek: King of Kings agrees with Billy Bob Rygar.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #36 on:** March 06, 2008, 12:33:03 AM »

Yay Mudhoney.

death cab is whiny shit pop. fuck them.