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.
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.
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!
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!!!!
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.
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
@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 :)
@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 :)
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.
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.
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 :-)
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Mind-blowing drummer!
Nick Harmer is the man. The guy writes killer basslines and has a fantastic tone.
came back to watch this again over a decade later, still amazing. especially during these hard covid times.
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.
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.
I think my favorite person to watch is Nick...his energy is hilarious, and awesome all at the same time.
These guys are amazing, one of my favorite bands and they can play amazingly live.
Their first was their best
wow, this is amazing.
their performance and sound and everything.
i love how ben's voice actually sounds like it does on the albums
Chris' note at 3:27 is awesome.
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
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!!!!
the bass is in tune and sounds fine. seeing them in 4 days.
Remeber catching this on tv love them
I loved that.
after i lost of hope from SDRE finally im happy because Deathcabforcutie has conquering america
Clearly this was mixed by a bass player
Death cab for cutie is briliant,a love it XD!
aww...i love this song..so much!..lol..memories..
Thank you ^_^
Stunnig performance! So this is the new year...
so this is the new year and i don't feel any different
happy new year!
the best band ever ever ever ever!!!!
cool this is their first show one tv, sweeet
I fucking love this band...and i usually listen to death metal so death cab really got it right.
Wow, this one is really cool. Great feelings.
The bass in this sounds like "the Package" by A Perfect Circle. The songs were released the same year too.
Happy New Year 2019!!!
Damn...
I wish I could have seen them when they came here...
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
yeah totally...i mean him actually looking good. i'm surprised.
Transaltanticism will always be my fave. Great album!
YEAH!
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.
i totally agree
brilliant!
Best drummer out there. Ridiculous
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
so this is the new year
Squigy on bass.
at 3:04 omgosh!
ben's voice...
ohh dear.
NICE
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
damn he sounds the same live hella good
The vocalist reminds me so much of Jim Adkins from jimmy eat world. great song tough
walla totally came in too early!
Yup.
you should see the drummer from the strokes and bloc party
ben's voice live i prefer more
i cant decide if i like ben more on guitar or piano... its so hard :]
@ChasHolling i know! isn't he wild? never seen a bassist of this type of music that gets down that much.
hey all dcfc fans,
i'm wondering witch album to purchase. i'm hesitating between Narrow Stairs, Plans or Transatlanticism...
any thoughts?
I think that's the worst idea I've ever heard. Ever.
@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.
you will never learn royboy421
@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 :)
@mpwiest70 ...? I was saying the tempo was fast? Not really sure where you were coming from. No hate, just a bit confused :)
Ditto. Wait, this is the internet... hate hate hate hate
transatlanticism and craig kilborn. the good old days right??
i say no more airplanes or speedtrains or freeways
@mpwiest70 what? I'm saying they rushed the song; played too fast o_O
No idea what you're talking about!
Did they not tune down for this?
I want Ben Gibbard to have my babies
GOD fuckballs that this song has a comment comparing it to U2... BOOM BOOM.. so this is the new year...
@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 :)
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.
haha did wallah fuck up
What's your favorite album, I can't choose between the photo album and trans
3:25
jizz.
@OliverEdwardV if it had cheesy chorus tone, and 7/4..maybe?
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.
@mpwiest70 Ha. I see what you did there.
but how do you really know? :)~
240p we meet again...
wow rush much?
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 :-)