Death Cab For Cutie - Why you'd Want To Live Here

[tetilt]

I grew up/live here. FUCK IT and its surrounding area. It is a product of greed and would not exist the way it does without stupid people and big ugly cars. It is in fast decay, covered inold dirty cracked concrete with a thick daily layer of smog. The people here are dillusional. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I don't love them, but they're fucked. Nobody could live here without a car. The nature of CA is beautiful, though. Enjoy it's hiking and watch for rattlersnakes and longhorn sheep!

[PhazeWalker]

This song is like the anti tourism ad for LA......lmao.....

[alinracdisfdu]

Denise is so annoying. Get Brett or Kassem to do? Station 2 videos.

[INS1GHTT]

FUCK CALIFORNIA!

[volcoron93]

@INS1GHTT not cool bro

[itsmystupidname]

Ironic.



[thequeensofheartss]

god Ben HATED la he HATED it!

Grapevine fires was about watching it burn,

So please tell me, why the fuck is he living there?

COME BACK HOME BEN, COME BACK TO SEATTLE LEAVE THAT SHIT WHOLE make zooeys ass come with you. Sorry guys, been a DCFC fan for eight years...that move made no sense to me.

[MiceElf2]

Bad eyesight...warm leatherette.

Auld Nick? Elven awesome.

[MiceElf2]

Warm leathertte ; 0

[MrAllengoesrawr]

this shit is effin awsome

[ueuuo]

los angeles looks like naples (ita) :(

[Awakeandalive1]

I love the way he references this song in the latest album, now that he's moved down to LA to live with his new wife.

[Zeke4TV]

@Awakeandalive1 he'll still have those same feelings about LA.I live in LA with my wife for 5 years,i still understand and relate to everything Ben is talking about.He's new in marriage so its cool for now,but being from the Pacific Northwest,he'll miss those season changes.thats what i struggle with the most is that its the same everyday.Cant wait to hear there next album lol

[sarinamarie10]

not to fight ut i hate when people just call it death cab....you cant shorten a perfect band name like death cab for cutie

[thewriter1008]

@sarinamarie10 It's an affectionate nickname...like if you had a best friend named Nicholas, you'd just call him Nick, right?

[shediesattheend]

@sarinamarie10 Yes you can. You still know exactly what it means, don't you?

[lovableYaya1123]

LOS ANGLES WAS VOTED THE RUDEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY!!!!! WOOH I LOVE MY LA!!!!! XD

[CoreyForeside]

@celinesierra Thanks, smartass...

[nataliejvindi]

HAHAHA. I live in LA and love this.

[paintball2936]

Six people live in LA...

[stewardo]

Canada represent.

[markgundy]

@stewardo huh? they're a seattle band??

[CoreyForeside]

I live in Chicago.

[johnnymac1986]

i love dcfc, this album has been playing on a loop in my car for the past two weeks

[duders28]

LA is such a great city!! So much cool shit to discover and really cool peeps from all over the world. Yeah, its a bit dirty and run down, but thats what makes it awesome! I used to live in Florida, where everything is perfect and I fucking hated it!

[Zeke4TV]

@duders28 yeah but the overall perception of LA is Hollywood and Beaches and Celebrities and Glamorous stores,beautiful people,rich people.And that stuff is true,but that's not the reality of the city.people are struggling,faking to fit in.Ive lived here for 10+years in South Central,Valley areas.Ben is just stating the real issues of the city which are true.LA is a cool place,i agree,but not all that glitters is gold.

[GJ3200]

not every song can be what you want it to be

[GlowriderOfficial]

It's ironic that someone is complaining about getting into arguments on this page; the song was created as an indie rock diss track on Las Angeles. No, arrogant California deadheads, Ben Gibbard was not discussing San Fran versus L.A. (Cos there's only two cities in the world, right?) he was merely dissing California through L.A. He loves Seattle and the Pacific Northwest, which, imho, is tons better than the glitter and trash heap that is L.A.

[TheTivoisxtothecore]

OC is a lot nicer ;) oh and its always a lovely summers day, LOVE DEATH CAB!

[ReniaHyde666]

I used to live in West Hollywood, so sad I don't live there anymore

[SashimiSayu]

I... don't... live in America... :/

[dbagize]

@lacenightmare please stay in L.A. San Francisco is a beautiful w/out you!

I was raised in The Northwest. I dedicate this song to you @lacenightmare

[megaramz11]

I live in phoenix.

[spooner0099]

i own this album and have just now noticed the kid at the "it varies from season to season, kid." how funny.

[LaceNightmare]

Love Death Cab, but I can't get behind this song. I LOVE L.A.

You have to get to know it before you knock it.

Oh, and I hate S.F. so bad. I've lived in both places for extended periods, and I know how it is in each of them. I do. I really do. S.F. needs to go away and stop being stuck up. L.A. is a beautiful woman in a black dress resting quietly on a window. S.F. is a whiny prick in a stupid hat by H&M. Best analogy I could think of at the moment...

[Madeppymage]

I live just south of LA

Fuck that place

[hoai4795]

I love this song, and LA!

[letsrunintraffic]

@shootingstarskycats WHO ARE YOU.

[eetretsim]

SF= NY. LA= Jersey.

[ceerivera]

@eetretsim you wish.

[ollie1504]

Even the rest of California hates L.A.

[kjcsk8r]

@ollie1504 im from la and i hate la

[thequeensofheartss]

@ollie1504 true that, I'm from SD we hate LA, we used to make fun of it a lot.

[MrPumpkins1979]

@thequeensofheartss Can you tell me why you guys hate LA? I'm NOT from LA, by the way.

[stephoriaog1]

I could not agree more.

 L.A. can be suffocating.

[illfetus89]

It sounds bad in the begging of the song but it's home Love Los Angeles in the end you could tell Ben does too you have to take the good and the bad with this city

[squeens187]

Ben Gibbard lives in L.A. now.

[LoneWulf428]

This song is amazing at the end because of how perfectly it matches the clusterfuck of sound that cities have. It meshes beautifully.

[BNelley244]

You must understand. This song really isn't about him making fun of LA. It is about a girl who is running off to LA to be a star, and he's making reason of it in his mind.

[992799279927]

How do you know about that? I always thought it was about anti-commercialism.

[ROARproDUCKtions]

Thank you immensely for explaining something I couldn't understand. I saw their live performance of this on their "DCFCtv" YouTube channel and Ben said, "It's only a love song." I couldn't see where the "love" was coming from, but your explanation makes it all clear now. Thank you.

[ladelame1]

@BNelley244 Its pretty clear he's making fun of LA. As the entire song is about how shitty LA is. And rightfully so. 

[katiefedele]

This is my favorite song by them!

[VampireWerewolfe]

this sounds more like new york. good song though:D

[AudioInjectedSoul11]

new york doesnt sleep.

[VampireWerewolfe]

yeah, but some parts do. the highway/freeways ARE always creeping in new york too though.

[mrdrprofessorpatrik]

@AudioInjectedSoul11 cuz the lights are always on to inspire you :D LETS HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK! aha

[killer6080]

Canada, British Columbia plox.

[jesusisstalkingyou]

LOS ANGELES !!! WOOOOTS

[junsworth9]

Austin, TX dominates ALL!!!

[winggoddess]

i think LA would be nice to live in if there weren't any other people there polluting it up.

[agarratumachete]

San Francisco is sweet everyone is nice there. LA has really sweet things but full of ass holes

[rawrxryanxrocks]

San Francisco isn't as bad as LA, but I really can't stand either.

[rickzters]

They envy our weather. Its okay. Rude people do still exist in New York.

[Abbytater]

And how do I love Death Cab? Let me count the ways...

[JDOCD1963]

lol!

i love Death Cab with....

haha :D

[purplemist7]

I don't see how these things are exclusive to L.A. This is pretty much true of any big city (Chicago, N.Y.C., etc.).

[darkcloud6661]

First DCFC and now Tool..or the other way around.

Whats up with everyone picking on L.A?

Are they even from L.A?

Why isn't anyone pointing out the good?

[um2007]

they're from Seattle

[pandaguy666]

because la is full of pricks

[azureish]

This song is so true, L. A. sucks.

[xylaphonehamonkey]

I absofuckinglutely looovvee this band <3

[SomeNumbersInARow]

Amazing Song.

[jacquiefcknbabi]

You can't swim in a town this shallow - you will most assuredly drown tomorrow.

[TyHairsprayProjectz]

This is along the lines of This Place is a Prison, anyone agree?

[casualtyofyou]

Nah, This Place is a Prison is more along the lines of a man finding sadness in being with other people and going out every night and it not doing anything for him. This song is about a egotistic city where no one cares for each other.

[Deathcabluver]

I love this song. It disappoints me that people are arguing on the same page as it. It's like they're looking for arguments. Sheesh. Get a life, people!

My favorite part is where they go, "I might explode...someday soon." That and the part with the gas station guy. I've never been to L.A., but I have been to San Fransisco, and the air was HORRIBLE!

[JeffreyOsb]

Sorry but San Francsico isn't mentioned at all here. DCFC is from Seattle but has a huge fondness for San Francisco, please check your lyrics and do your research first (from someone who grew up in San Francisco and lives in Seattle now).

[Emmatd]

I live in San Francisco, and the air smells lovely. :| You must have just been here on an off day.

[jonasfavefan]

it smells like ocean. i like that smell =D

[nikylp]

sorry but i would wanna live there!!...only cause of beach and they always get all the bands playing gigs over there !!!

[Flarf333]

Why do people have to get into silly arguments on the same page as this beautiful song? It is pathetic. But as for the song, it is another amazing piece of art by death cab.

zA~

[SaRaDidntDoIt]

aww shit, I totally meant to give you thumbs up..and hit the wrong button.. sorry! but yeah,I agree, it is pathetic!! People need to get a life!

[stewardo]

@Flarf333 it's YouTube. people argue. get over it.

[evmister94]

its a lovely summers day,

i can almost see the skyline through a thickenening shroud of egos.

Is this the the city of angels

or demons?

[SmallTimeNinja333]

my favorite line

[wiscbe08]

yea....didnt work, i had exams and it was NOT the best day of my life.

[jereexx]

and what about the wish?

[discophobic]

Great song. Crap audio.

[Ac3Jay]

Not really, it's really supposed to sound like that.

[discophobic]

This isn't the first time I'd heard the songI

I'm not critiquing the 'sound' of the song, it's a good song, just a crap MP3 rip. Find a better rip, get some better speakers or headphones, you'll hear the difference.

[JeffreyOsb]

Actually, I bought the album from a retail store and this is pretty much as on-par as you get for a streaming version. It's a pre-major release. Expect the quality. Well, at least before they got the major money. =)

[discophobic]

I do agree that it probably is 'on-par', and it certainly met my needs as I was looking for a quick way to link somebody to the song.

However, it's not any more difficult to stream quality audio vs. on-par audio. The bandwith needed is hardly comparable to video.

I fully admit I'm a picky sonofabitch when it comes to audio quality.

[Ac3Jay]

If you really want to hear better quality then just add &fmt=8 to the end of the video URL. After some comparison it really does sorta make a difference.

[Ac3Jay]

Uh. I mean &fmt=18. Yes.

[tcorourke2007]

Maybe you should buy the song?

[discophobic]

That presumes I don't already have the song.

[tcorourke2007]

My point is that You Tube is not the place for audiophiles. If you have such high standards, there are countless better ways to meet them, most of which cost money. No self respecting sound snob listens to music on YT. You are a complete and total fraud.

[discophobic]

Ouch. A complete AND total fraud. Eloquent. Fraud implies deception for gain and I'm not quite sure how you think I've deceived anybody or what it is you think I've gained from this alleged deception.

Also, I wasn't here 'listening to music'. As stated previously, I wanted a quick & easy way to link somebody to a song I thought they'd enjoy. Quality aside, YouTube served that purpose quite nicely, dick.

[katara13]

Ru seriously telling off ppl for listening to music on youtube?

[tcorourke2007]

You forgot to call me a dick.

[cspring08]

is your username seriously katara!? what do you think you can water bend or something!!!

i am like 78% sure you CANT so..... uh..... YA

stomp the yard

[katara13]

78% SURE??? I'm 100% SURE NO ONE can waterbend. and wat? cant katara be my name? it automatically has to associate with avatar n waterbending? i may wish i could waterbend, but im sure. and "YA stomp the yard" tat makes NO sense at all dude. for real.

[mellymeliza]

No Comment.

(Except I like Dcfc ;D )

[vsfishy]

soooo true i live in san diego (which is the most beautiful place in the world) but LA is horrible i hate going!!!!

[oswald31]

The last line is the best

[992799279927]

Intense, genius lyrics.

Heard this first on my iPod when walking outside. Couldn't wait to get home, play it loud, and analyse each word.

[frannyhoots]

probably my favorite death cab song

[Nikki199655942]

this song almost pu t me to sleep

but i love it

[bugdom89]

This song is lovely. <3

[muahahaha101]

I love death cab for cutie! I live in loos angeles and the truth is that I always found it rather gross sometimes. This song definetly makes it seem worse than it is in ym opinion, but it is also very true.

[07kje07]

i feel sad i'm an LA native and i love Death Cab

oh well

[daviewavie112]

im sorry

[kuptai]

why?

california is pretty horrible

try to buy a pet there that isn't a cat or dog

[07kje07]

its true in some parts of california, but other parts of california is beautiful and i'd rather live here than anywhere else

[brittany51791]

this song made me really reconsider going to college in la. thank god i didnt.

wooo go sf!

[Briantino]

norcal > socal

[beatlesrhcpdmb]

eeeeerksssss

[diegocrusius]

I came desperately to youtube to look for that song I forgot at home...

s2 u.

[thenaturalstructure]

thanks for this.

[pieballz]

i fucking love this.

[lild00t]

Great song. Thanks for posting :)

[kevintheomanharris]

LA sucks

[fitz0527]

yep

[thankyousir74]

i feel that this song could just as well apply to my hometown, miami...