Thursday, August 17, 2006
I'm not sure when my column in the Times-Standard turned into the Unedited Musings of a 17-year Old (or maybe "Happy Peace Love Understanding Time With Joel"), but, well, there you have it. A column about, among other things, my vacation, some records I bought, and a show I didn't actually end up going to. I promise the next one will be about music.
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it's ironic (in the wrong sense of the word) that you refer to this article as the musings of a 17-year old--i was about to ask a question that's a tiny bit related to 17-year olds.
a dispute arose in my office today about whether death cab was (a) an emo band and/or (perhaps by definition) (b) an overly sentimental, self-aggrandizing band that is the haven of mock intellectual 17-year olds. i don't know precisely what i'm asking, but you've spoken with death cab, are a music genius/nerd, and beth tells me that you wrote an article in the falcon about emo, so if anyone can provide insight, maybe it's you....
ps.
so did you listen to over the rhine on your trip south? i see that you referenced them in the article....
I can't say I see them as either. Maybe I'm naive, but I've always seen Death Cab for Cutie as your "basic" rock/pop band -- kind of like an 00's Beatles. I don't think their music qualifies as "emo" -- it doesn't strike me as bathetic, anyway -- and I don't think they're purposely making music for teenagers. I interviewed Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla in 2003, right before "Transatlanticism" came out, and more than anything they seemed nerdy. Gibbard walked into the coffee shop wearing an enormous pair of headphones. Walla spent a huge chunk of the interview talking about Super Audio CD's and how things sound so much better on them (I wouldn't know). I agree that Gibbard sometimes skews toward the sentimental (much moreso in the Postal Service), but what rock band doesn't?
I'm afraid I haven't answered the question at all. The Over the Rhine reference had to do with a song by them ("Latter Days") being played by the band at Quest Church. I know very little about that band, actually.
actually, this seems like a good answer to me, but perhaps that's just cause it seems to parallel my impression of death cab. i really didn't think they fit into the "emo" category.
got it. you confessed a similar otr ignorance when you were visiting with us in seattle; after seeing the reference i just wondered if you had listened to them between then and now.
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