Death Cab For Cutie "What Sarah Said" directed by Jack Phomphithak

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  • Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
  • New England Institute of Technology 2005-2007
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 2007-2010
    An animation synchronized to the song "What Sarah Said" by Deathcab For Cutie. It was done by using Photoshop and After Effects! It took about 6 months to finish when I wasn't busy with school.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 393

  • @AlabamaWhurley
    @AlabamaWhurley 15 років тому +14

    "It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend on a faulty camera in our minds..." Are you kidding me?! F-ing BRILLIANT!
    Ben Gibbard is a warrior poet.
    Love Love LOVE.

  • @1980slone
    @1980slone 10 років тому +33

    This song will always remind me of the loss of my son. The fact that this album was in my car stereo when I left the hospital probably has a lot to do with that. It was like hearing the song for the first time that night.

    • @betsycollins601
      @betsycollins601 8 років тому +7

      +Stephen Slone I lost my daughter in 1993. This song was something I recently discovered and it took me back to that day at the hospital. I was there all over again.

    • @jasonball5959
      @jasonball5959 4 роки тому

      F

    • @estebanremici8300
      @estebanremici8300 4 роки тому

      F

    • @chefamy984
      @chefamy984 2 роки тому

      I'm so sorry

    • @chefamy984
      @chefamy984 2 роки тому

      It makes me think of losing my husband

  • @kylegunn1816
    @kylegunn1816 4 роки тому +7

    I'm 29 years old now.. I remember watching this for the first time in my best friends basement when we were 16 years old.
    Thank you for the nostalgia ❤

    • @mattcomputernerd
      @mattcomputernerd 8 місяців тому +3

      Brotherhood. Im 29 too, 30 this year. This song got me through some Stuff middle school

    • @CarsWithKyle
      @CarsWithKyle 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@mattcomputernerd 🖤

  • @gothbird512
    @gothbird512 14 років тому +5

    This video means so much to me. My name is Sara and my grandfather suffered a massive heart attack on December 19, 2009. I live in NC and he lived with my Grandmother in my home state of PA. Doctors did everything they could and we drove up there to see him for about two days and then we took him off life support, he died on Dec. 23 in the cardiac ICU. This song perfectly epitomizes every thought that went through my head. The song is true...love is watching someone you love die.

  • @arthurlevinson5744
    @arthurlevinson5744 10 років тому +11

    I see a lot of comments from what would appear to be young kids saying that this song reminds them of their youth. I agree... but I'm 44. This song touches a nerve that most of us experience at a young age, during the first death you face. Be it a family member or close friend... this song just touches that area of nostalgia.. for me anyway. Beautiful and brilliantly tragic. Thank you for this upload and this song.

  • @Rabdure
    @Rabdure 8 років тому +8

    Reminds me of when my grandmother, who raised me, passing away just leaving us all devastated :'(

  • @Sara10393
    @Sara10393 12 років тому +6

    this is the realest song ever written to me, it makes me cry every single time.

  • @jbt21479
    @jbt21479 15 років тому +1

    This song gave me strength while I sat beside both my grandma and grandma as they passed away each. Great song and still brings a tear to my eye.

  • @punkyrubberducky4
    @punkyrubberducky4 14 років тому +3

    The first time I heard this song, I was driving. As I was driving and listening, I was reminded of a person whom I had watched die, and specifically the line about "our memories depend on a faulty camera in our mind" really hit me hard. I started bawling so hard, I had to pull over for a good 15 minutes. Goddamn Gibbard, he can put a feeling/thought into words that no one else can, then he makes a song out of it that just comes along and bitchslaps you when you least expect it.

  • @Cherriheart
    @Cherriheart 15 років тому +2

    Some days, this song is the perfect song for the soundtrack of my life. Other days, its a song that can calm me like no other song can. :)

  • @27wood
    @27wood 15 років тому +3

    This was my favorite song for a long time. I can play it on the piano, and I love that I can just hear it now. Now only if someone could do Brother on a Hotel Bed...

  • @notMiceElf
    @notMiceElf 12 років тому

    I can honestly say this song actually touches me and I'm not the type that gets all emotional over little things. His voice, lyrics, sounds all combined is beauty.

  • @KawaiiandSasuke
    @KawaiiandSasuke 14 років тому

    It tells a story...a story of sitting in hospital, waiting for the news if someone you love is going to pull through. It tells it so perfectly, there's a hidden meaning.

  • @imsarahhh
    @imsarahhh 16 років тому +2

    5 stars-- you did amazing on the animation!

  • @Sigzi
    @Sigzi 15 років тому +2

    I know the song is amazing but great job on the video. Love the way it all moves together and keeps up with the beat and rhythm. Once again well done and thank you for this!!! ^^v

  • @Joxii4
    @Joxii4 15 років тому

    I was just about to reply to you that I didn't hear it, but then I listened to it again, with my ear right by the speaker, and I heard it! Thank you for that comment, if it were not for you, I never would have noticed that! :)

  • @Nimbus_grey0
    @Nimbus_grey0 14 років тому

    This song makes me cry everytime I listen to it, and just cant not listen.
    This song hits every emotional cord in my body, stirs up memories, good and bad.
    I wish I had found this song sooner

  • @kittsil
    @kittsil 15 років тому +1

    Great job. It's obvious that you put a lot of work into this.

    • @kromakode3110
      @kromakode3110 10 місяців тому

      It took me 6 months in 2007 I believe

  • @xkneecole
    @xkneecole 15 років тому

    I can relate 110%. Same thing happened with me and my grandma, everytime I hear this song I cry, and cry, and cry. I miss her so much.

  • @anima099
    @anima099 Рік тому

    One of the saddest songs in history not because it could happen, but because it will.

  • @melabela14
    @melabela14 14 років тому

    This is probably one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

  • @Kimmiechan
    @Kimmiechan 15 років тому +2

    this song gives me the goosebumps everytime

  • @MuffinLuvinGabers
    @MuffinLuvinGabers 15 років тому +1

    I'm pretty sure this song is based on Ben's friend (in real life) Sarah. She was walking along with her partner one day when she suddenly burst into tears. Her companion asked her what was up, and she said she'd just realized that some day, one of them is going to have to watch the other one die, hence how Sarah said "love is watching someone die."

  • @metalmanazer
    @metalmanazer 13 років тому

    This is such a beautiful song, brings back memories of childhood. One of their best songs, calms me down instantly.

  • @LinktheHylianHero
    @LinktheHylianHero 14 років тому

    I could listen to this for eternity and every time it would play, it would still touch me the same amount.

  • @SVTFjason
    @SVTFjason 15 років тому

    This song always makes me cry when I hear it. The song describes every moment of being in a hospital knowing your about to lose someone you love. "Every beep on the lcd takes you a lil farther away from me :( ..."
    I found this song to really help me cope after she passed away. I dont ever cry over shit, but I guess this song helped me get those emotions out. I think death cab has experienced the same thing, and its great they can write about it and help others as well.

  • @Huppington
    @Huppington 14 років тому

    "...Knowing that you were a truth I would rather lose, than to have never lain beside at all... Love is watching someone die."
    Almost a year ago now, I watched my cousin die from cancer. Love truly IS watching someone die. :'[
    Love love love you Matt.

  • @alexburlton
    @alexburlton 15 років тому +1

    love the video, the effects are just wow.
    so well timed with the music as well, its genius :D

  • @haunch1
    @haunch1 15 років тому +5

    this is amazing how did you do this, this is the kind of stuff i see in my head when i listen to music!

  • @5ystemError
    @5ystemError 15 років тому +2

    Every time I watch listen to this song, I think of my father.
    "Love is watching someone die..."

  • @nickymarie08
    @nickymarie08 15 років тому

    this is really what music looks like. you know like .. when i listen to music this is the type of thing that i picture in my head.. i know its wierd but its hard to explain. Its beautiful and its calming.. :)

  • @jimmymillerdood
    @jimmymillerdood 12 років тому

    I just told the girl I love that I want her more than anything in the world. She doesn't want me, and this song is the only thing keeping me going right now. Thanks Death Cab.

  • @TheMonkey987654321
    @TheMonkey987654321 10 років тому +1

    Great work.I know the programs you used and can only imagine the time and effort.

  • @ccoledude
    @ccoledude 15 років тому

    Oh my goodness. I knew this song was beautiful musically but I just read the lyrics for the first time and that is SHEER magnificence. DCFC, I wish I had your talents.

  • @AbbeyRoadkill1
    @AbbeyRoadkill1 12 років тому

    GREAT song.
    Some people don't like the tear-jerkers, they think they're contrived and sappy. Not me, the songs that make you think of your loved ones are the best IMHO.

  • @haunch1
    @haunch1 15 років тому +1

    yeah i can definatly see how every instrament had its on character, really top notch job. Beautiful art for a beautiful song

  • @musicdood97
    @musicdood97 13 років тому

    This song was a revelation from me. Love is bittersweet.

  • @laceylarissa
    @laceylarissa 15 років тому

    I feel that if you are present when someone is dying, when they are in their final moments, then your love for them is great - you really *do* love them.
    The music video for "What Sarah Said" has a girl asking a guy if he loves her, and how much. At the end, she writes "Not at all" (all the asking is done in French). The way the vid played, I felt as if she was dying of an illness, and he couldn't accept it, and therefore not loving her.

  • @A_Flash1992
    @A_Flash1992 14 років тому

    no. I'm on the same page as you dude. It takes a real man to acknowledge something beautiful; let alone recognize it.

  • @dinogurl666
    @dinogurl666 15 років тому

    amazing song. i dont know what to do with myself after i listen to it. it really makes you think. did i mention this song is amazing! i love it. ♥♥♥♥

  • @qwoat
    @qwoat 15 років тому

    @ Deathculber
    "who's gonna watch you die?" = "who will be there for you until your very last moment?"
    such a beautiful song

  • @BoomQueeDa
    @BoomQueeDa 15 років тому

    This is my favorite song in the entire world! Thanks for adding it :)

  • @equivalent.exchange
    @equivalent.exchange 10 років тому

    this song is so beautiful, the first time I listened to it, I cried. This video goes so well with the song. I reacted very well with the colors. This video is perfect.

  • @ronrivero1039
    @ronrivero1039 8 років тому +12

    listening in 2016

  • @ahamright
    @ahamright 15 років тому

    this is really beautiful, I'm usually fascinated by stuff moving to the music; this is fantastic, the colors and lights fit the song (which itself is

  • @BTNN
    @BTNN 15 років тому

    This is Death Cab's best song hands down.

  • @TearsBehindSmiles
    @TearsBehindSmiles 15 років тому

    I love this song! It's so pretty and so sad. It reminds me a lot of the book My Sister's Keeper. I kept listening to it on repeat while I was reading, and it ended right before the epilouge started, in the sadest part of the book! It's so sad. I love this song! You did a really good job on the video!

  • @DriftLibrary
    @DriftLibrary 15 років тому

    Adobe After Affects is an amazing program.. it's been around for years. great vid.

  • @pinkchocolategirl55
    @pinkchocolategirl55 15 років тому +1

    amazing song. Video goes sooo well with it too! Awesome

  • @justinsurgent
    @justinsurgent 14 років тому

    Its powerful how accurate these lyrics are.

  • @CADdesignr
    @CADdesignr 6 місяців тому

    Bens lyrics are soooo goood!!! This song makes me soo sad but I love it soo much!!!

  • @Eva86ae
    @Eva86ae 15 років тому

    very nice. I liked the display. The shapes definitely had feeling in them as they twinkled and move about. I do miss that other video that got taken off too. But anyhow, this is good too. :D

  • @nforan100
    @nforan100 15 років тому

    love is watching someone die,,,u don't know what you have till they are gone and you know how to love others better

  • @osoblonde1416
    @osoblonde1416 15 років тому

    i love this song it's so sweet and it gives you a whole new way to look at love. Excellent song so amazing.

  • @Octember13
    @Octember13 15 років тому

    I may have just fallen in love with this band.
    "That love is watching someone die"
    "So who's gonna watch you die?"
    That's fucking beautiful.

  • @theworldatlargex407
    @theworldatlargex407 14 років тому

    this song reminds me so much of my great grandfather. he's in the hospital right now & we don't know if he's going to make it. this song is keeping me strong. i guess love is meant to let go after all.

  • @byrongrande
    @byrongrande 15 років тому

    I think love is seeing someone's beauty at their weakest moments and I think dying is when you are your weakest of all

  • @SSJSasuke777
    @SSJSasuke777 15 років тому

    This is Probably wonna of of my favorite songs that get to me right next to alot of Coldplays Work Like Fix You. I Actually Used to See my life flash before my eyes that song

  • @gothicaPrincess1
    @gothicaPrincess1 14 років тому

    @muffinface573 oh my god...that was so beautiful what you wrote. And...i cant believe it though, Im crying. :')
    your cat is in a marvelous place

  • @elcapitan369
    @elcapitan369 15 років тому

    love to love to love this song. it makes life better.

  • @paintball2936
    @paintball2936 14 років тому

    In this case, he's speaking of his love for sarah. As he watches her final breaths, he's in great pain, but he stays through it because she needs him to be there... It's really quite a powerful image

  • @ohmySTEVE
    @ohmySTEVE 15 років тому

    My goodness, that video must have taken quite a long time to make! Great song, great video!

  • @gobblygoop7
    @gobblygoop7 7 років тому

    There's no where else I'd rather you and I had been than in my arms with me as you lay dying...R.I.P. my beloved catson & friend, Bandit, a.k.a. Boy. 5-11-17

  • @EepiczombieE
    @EepiczombieE 15 років тому

    I absolutely love this song!
    I cannot listen to it enough!

  • @chriscalamia6218
    @chriscalamia6218 9 років тому

    This song paints vivid imagery for me, as it brings back memories of my old Catholic school from my childhood.

    • @chriscalamia6218
      @chriscalamia6218 9 років тому +1

      How does going to a Catholic school at age 5-13 make me a molester? It just brings back memories of me and my friends playing on the playground. This album came out in my time of going to this school so thats why it reminds me of it

    • @violetoliviaballerina7118
      @violetoliviaballerina7118 9 років тому

      +Weston Kuehn youre a douche

  • @949OC714
    @949OC714 15 років тому

    REAL music that doesn't get the credit it deserves!!!!

  • @Blackhammer99
    @Blackhammer99 15 років тому

    A well organized video for a moderately well organized song. You should be proud of yourself, whomever created this video. I am impressed by the video but I still expect more out of Benjie.

  • @phomphithak
    @phomphithak  13 років тому

    @fiveten7
    I like that! It really took me awhile to decide what i wanted to do in terms of making the images to represent each instrument. The theme of the album cover was really the true key for me to make the images move with such grace.

  • @Kezreal
    @Kezreal 15 років тому

    OK, let me just say that you are, after this post, the king of posts for my week. I agree on all accounts and yeah DCFC rox. Killer.

  • @daviddanielgraham
    @daviddanielgraham 15 років тому

    Love is not the only thing that allows a person to put themselves through an ideal like that for another. It can also be the overwhelming sense that they are right in one way or another (situationally dependent) , with no love involved. I understand your sentiment, just wanted to point out another perspective.

  • @OutSpokenGamer
    @OutSpokenGamer 15 років тому

    this is one of the best song i've ever heard.. when he sings "whos going to watch you die" its sounds so vivid yet painful question

  • @davidrwilsonjr
    @davidrwilsonjr 14 років тому

    brings back bittersweet memories. we were all there, but it was so hard.... :(

  • @otakumultifandom
    @otakumultifandom 8 років тому

    Listening to this because it was played in class during a music write. I didn't hear the lyrics at school, I just know that I liked the beat but now I'm in feels rip ;-; - 2k16

  • @glowstix813
    @glowstix813 15 років тому

    what a breathtaking song

  • @acidmuffins420
    @acidmuffins420 14 років тому

    "& it seems like a violent wind, that our memories depend on a faulty camera in our minds. & i knew that you were a truth i would rather lose, than to have never lain beside at all...."

  • @HayleighCovella
    @HayleighCovella 16 років тому

    You did an amazing job on this.

  • @CrimsonBrothers
    @CrimsonBrothers 13 років тому

    I hope this song never gets popular. Or more than it already is.

  • @ColourThisGrey
    @ColourThisGrey 15 років тому

    'So who's watch you die?'
    I both love and hate how the question makes me think.

  • @nicoleduke9193
    @nicoleduke9193 7 років тому +7

    what happened to the original video? it was so beautiful...

  • @Puddnuggit
    @Puddnuggit 13 років тому

    I'm coming down on ice and this is really something else..

  • @audl776
    @audl776 3 роки тому

    This video means so much to me.

  • @Rastahgod
    @Rastahgod 15 років тому

    I just lost my grandfather today, it was just like this in the hospital ICU. So sad :(

  • @webcreeper2002
    @webcreeper2002 15 років тому

    gr8 song, and the animation is nice. gr8 work, dude

  • @SoccialButterfly
    @SoccialButterfly 15 років тому

    awsome :) and the synchronization totally fits in

  • @chaosmonkey99
    @chaosmonkey99 15 років тому

    My personal interpretation of the lyrics "Who's going to watch you die?" is actually asking the listener who really matters to them in life. Who is going to be there at the end watching you die and who are you willing to be there at the end for, watching him/her die?

  • @AbstractPoetNerd
    @AbstractPoetNerd 15 років тому

    This is an amazing video for an amazing song. Wow, this must have taken a lot of time to do. Awesome job!!!! :D

  • @sulli130
    @sulli130 14 років тому

    I love this song. Period.

  • @Ssmileplz
    @Ssmileplz 15 років тому

    This is the most depressing song i've heard in awhile. It's beautiful.

  • @hannateden
    @hannateden 15 років тому

    BEAUTIFUL song I'm in LOVE!

  • @miyaissleepdeprieved
    @miyaissleepdeprieved 15 років тому

    Same thing happened to me yesterday...though with "I´ll folllow you into the dark"
    Amazing music and lyrics

  • @domyboji
    @domyboji 15 років тому

    the beginning is actually quite easy(the piano bit) to learn, and its really rewarding to hear while you play..even if it last about 10 seconds ^-^

  • @GemCityTreasureHunters
    @GemCityTreasureHunters 15 років тому

    wonderful i must say wonderfully well done and a great sad but enjoyable song

  • @notMiceElf
    @notMiceElf 12 років тому

    Honestly the only song that gives me chills.

  • @blueamerican54
    @blueamerican54 15 років тому

    My favourite song on this album...

  • @vannylily
    @vannylily 15 років тому

    Absolutely Beautiful.

  • @SSJSasuke777
    @SSJSasuke777 15 років тому

    Man Ive Been Just cryinh all night to thia song thinking about alot of shit like me life and just other stuff so i hope everyone understands and Appreciates This Song

  • @lachirulis
    @lachirulis 15 років тому

    Dude you did an amazing job!!!

  • @SoapeJ
    @SoapeJ 14 років тому

    dunno how to interpret it but GF of 3 years (named sarah...) broke it off a month ago and when this came on pandora i freestyled the best guitar of my life and i felt what it was like to express feelings through music

  • @Hill177
    @Hill177 15 років тому

    I know...life sucks eh. But I tend to listen to music that doesn't make me feel depressed but instead what inspires those to do more.

  • @angelaknight3153
    @angelaknight3153 2 роки тому

    This song makes me so sad.. but I love it ❤