The Late Late Show Musical Guest 12/17/08 [HQ]

[BKfilmhead]

Inspired intro by Mr. Lopton

[somethingstupid21]

Wasn't nearly enough guitar in the mix. They sounded fantastic otherwise.

[boatierra]

I absolutely love this performance. I remember being transfixed by the way Ben Gibbard moved on the stage when I saw the original broadcast. I'm so glad to have found this here on You Tube.

[pachuca326]

this is awesome, but ben gibbard's haircut is beat haha

[screendrem]

I like their music but just can't get over their singer's voice and how the singer of Owl city sounds like an even worse version of this guy. Great intro by lipton of course.

[eliava1]

@screendrem I think he has a good voice; different and raw. It's not the same old re-packaged crap.

[screendrem]

@eliava1 So you like his voice because you think it's original or unconventional? I'm curious and trying to understand because as far as ability goes he sounds weak to me. I'm also a singer so maybe I'm more critical then the next person. Some of my favorite voices aren't what you would consider good but specific character makes them great. Like Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Lou Reed etc....

[brianstewartmusic]

The guitar Chris is playing is a Vox Virage DC. The inlay on the headstock gives it away.

[MaddZzee350]

Get on with it man!!! Music please!

[BCalamityMusic]

Can someone tell me the name of the band that was on Ferguson with the girl upright bass player? she was also the lead singer. I cant find it and its driving me crazy!

[dylaninvideoland]

@BCalamityMusic Horrorpops?

[nethershadow1]

Amazing.. gives me goosebumps when I think about people seeing this song for the first time in that audience!

[2014CU]

someone please tell me what kind of guitar chris is using!!!

[ababasally]

@2014CU its a black one

[mramirez1974]

@ababasally Haha!

@2014CU It appears to be a Gibson ES-339.

[jh4124]

I have a man-crush on Chris Walla

[OutlawMELFINA]

:O HE DON'T LOOK LIKE THE BEN GIBBARD I KNOW WELL

[imturtle66]

I love this song and the intro is KILLER!!!

[zenzen5106]

Lipton is king!

[jutley93]

This whole video is excellent. Lipton made my genitals tingle. 

[sjsharks1]

you know what i just noticed the drummer has a kind of funky style, but i really like it, really fits the music.

[jutley93]

@sjsharks1 Jason McGerr. Very unique drummer.

[sjsharks1]

@jutley93 yeah i really like him lol, is he with a new band now?

[eltox86]

Jesus...that's Ben? Fuck me....for a second there i thought Dcfc had a new singer or something and i was about to kick anything in my reach....

2008? hahaha i guest i'm a bit late....

[RageAgainstNWO]

What's up with everyone judging Ben on his new look, if he wanted to cut down on weight so be it.....don't we teach it's a good thing to work out in school?

[thegetsteady]

gibbard looks scary...oh well can't wait to see them w/Archeology!!

[billyg89]

turn walla's guitar up! ugh

[ConfuseingGameing]

HOLY SHIT BEN!! and james...wtf?!?

[jynxmeTHREE]

Awesome bass line

[br0sely]

they also had a different drummer for photo album and two of their eps. his name was michael schorr i believe.

also ben gibbard played drums on something about airplanes.

[Juliabean123]

I actually just found out that Ben played drums on we have the facts and we're voting yes, except for two songs and also on you can play these songs with chords.

you can find all of it on the death cab boards.

[josephtaylor67]

god i love this band, they played this on my birthday.

[sjsharks1]

AGREE OR DISAGREE???? this is one of the best bands to go see live!!!!!!!!! I AGREE!!!!

[BrianCulticeMusic]

@sjsharks1 disagree hahaha not even close... sorry man. but even today, there are some fuckin incredible bands live... examples being arcade fire, pearl jam, and broken social scene

[gnarlybrah]

the other guitar player.. from fleet foxes?

[mudbassfan]

nope

[jaishalattacks]

no man, definitely not, he's the standard guitarist in dcfc, chris walla

[nacho3rdbowler]

are you kidding? that was an awesome intro!

[mightyhand]

WOAH SOOOO skinny.

the vibe is different

[photojoebill1989]

I agree, definitely way skinnier. his voice is a little different...maybe just the environment

[tiagomagrin]

He is a another (or new) singer? And i see to some videos from this band with another drummer, maybe i'm wrong. If somebody know please tell me. ( sorry for my poor english, is because i'm Brazilian ).

[ChaddyAlonzo18]

no, all the same members. just minus the thick glasses and plus long hair, honestly he was never fat his glasses just make his face look round/ chubby, but his body never was check the i will follow you into the dark vid

[webcreeper2002]

no definitely sme singer, Ben Gibbard. hes just a LOT thinner.

and i'm pretty sure same drummer too. [i dont know his name]

and dont worry about ur english, its not bad.

[iq340]

nathan good was the original drummer, and jason mcgerr came in for Transatlanticism I think

[jutley93]

@webcreeper2002 The drummer changed starting with the Transatlanticism album.

[rachellejane1]

i like <3

[shakemeshakeme]

best introduction ever lipton

[chilidog1001]

woah ben looks so different

[georgelikesmusic]

thats what cocaine and veganism do to you

[DaBomb3434]

@georgelikesmusic haha i'm pretty sure he never did cocaine, he just stopped drinking

[ifiwasabug]

Zooey doesn't like fat dudes.

[twistedimagev2]

i miss chunky ben

[BlueLightSpecial90]

@twistedimagev2 Poor guy looks sickly here.

[goatsheadsoup20]

dude i cant figure out what chords ben gibbard is playing after the first two chords of the meledy at like 2:08 if somebody could help me out that would be great

[lightwolf345]

Relative to Capo 2 you should play the first two chords as (8-7-0-10-x-x) then (3-2-0-5-x-x) then the next two are (8-7-0-7-x-x) and (3-2-0-2-x-x). For the last chord, the 2 on the G is hit and then pulled off. The names are simply C - G - Cadd9 - Gadd9

[goatsheadsoup20]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[wjchoi92]

funny how they are all dressed up nice and dont look messy hahahahahah

[BlackHayate42]

To tell you the truth, Transatlanticism takes me back. so other than that, Narrow Stairs is the best for me.

[jebusmanimal2008]

stick it in my butt james lipton, it feels so good!

[fishnet4media]

ben gibbard lost weight!

COOL

[nick27c]

He said in an interview that he stopped drinking and that did it.

[paxtonsmith]

holy crap, he's skinny

[plussign17]

That's really relieving, actually. I was afraid he'd become addicted to heroin or something.

[Soniclife91]

ben became a sex god in like less then a year

[EMOxHEARTSxRxBROKEN]

the lead singing turned from nerdy emo

to sexxy emo

if only he turned the part n the middle of his haid

to a side sweep bang

otherwise

i love DCFC

[roundroom]

your dumb,

they just play good music

choke on dick emo x hearts x whatever the fuck is rest of ur name

[cholechadizzle]

Emo?! Please! What a slam!

[idiotkari]

Good drummer.

[dairyproducts]

what song even is this hahah?

i just stumbled across it and it sounds great!

[XxRfizzlexX]

Kath By Deth Cab for Cutie

I can't find it anywhere online cept here

[XxRfizzlexX]

**cath

[ExplodingAstronauts]

**Death

And it's off the album "Narrow Stairs"

[PajaBear]

I wasn't impressed by Narrow Stairs.

[ExplodingAstronauts]

It's not their best, but it wasn't bad, imo.

[PajaBear]

Long Division was the only song I liked. The Photo Album and Voting are my favorites.

[ExplodingAstronauts]

I liked Talking Bird a lot too. Plans was my favourite album.

[dairyproducts]

transatlanticism was hella good too!

[PentucketXC05]

WHAT?!?!?!?! Narrow Stairs was AWESOME!!!!

[PajaBear]

Hey, to each their own.

[PentucketXC05]

Yea, but I think it was one of their most polished and creative albums ever. From tracks like "I Will Possess Your Heart" to "Grapevine Fires" to this song, "Cath...". Everything is so innovative.

Its my favorite album so far and I own every one they made!

[PentucketXC05]

Great album too. And I respect that opinion. No album they have is bad.

[PajaBear]

Try searching "Cath..." that's the actual song title.

[XxRfizzlexX]

ha ha typo

[dreamtheaterfan25]

cath

[cjmahoney]

One of the worst moments as a drummer when playing live is when you start a song too slow. Then you don't know what to do with the rest of the song. Do you try to speed it back up, or do you just go with what you started...

This is what happened here. You could see Gibbard trying to cue him during the intro to speed it up a bit.

Great band though and a fantastic drummer.

[oeddawg]

yep, Jason McGerr is great. when you start out too slow, gradually lift it. it seems he did that too.

[dreamtheaterfan25]

i like the drum part i was calling the kid a fag because he said it was bad ass as fuck...who says that

[iluvacdc92]

oo wow jason is speeding up a lot

this is the first time ive really seen him so out of the pocket

[dmb6210]

Wow you're an idiot.

[dreamtheaterfan25]

bad ass as fuck are you serious... youre a fag

[danh5150]

The lead singer looks a little like a young James Taylor here.

[infiniteexpanse]

I didn't even recognize him without his glasses. Lol.

[joongkl]

i prefer the chubby ben

[crpat]

anyone know what finish ben's guitar is?

[PatricRox]

i wish. i really want it lol

[treflipper]

antique sunburst, @ crpat

[factoryaudidriver]

Ok, I heard last year that the whole band were vegans or a couple of the members(I cant remember exactly), which one is it?

[babybooo2]

probably the one who lost a ton of weight lol

[xXxIndeedxXx]

Ben and Chris are vegan.

[hosway1992]

Ben is a pescetarian.

[aillama]

Mr. Walla, you look very handsome.

[totter2]

found out they wrote this because of wuthering heights. wow did i hate that book.

[sexipancake08]

I tried to read Wuthering Heights but I didn't like, understand any of it. I hated it too. But I love this song, so it's all good.

[totter2]

oh trust me its an absolutely horrible book :P its just cool he wrote the song about it, which made my writing of a horrible wuthering heights paper more enjoyable

[MrsIndieRock]

is this really about Cath from Wuthering Heights? the masterpeice theater movie is really good

[Richardoma]

beautiful song.

ben lost a fuckload a wieght!

He looks great! But scary at the same time:P

DEATH CAB 4EVER!!!

=w= 4EVER!!!

Blink 182 4EVER!!!

[UnToUcHeDbYyOu]

I would die to meet them, they rock!!!!

[pinkxfloydx123]

Awesome!!!!

[JAJ4000]

Wait, is that connor oberst?

oh.

no.

That's Ben Gibbard.

=]

[sketchskateco]

holy shittt i started luaghing when he sang cuz i was like shit whos that guy, wtf its ben?

[motioncity2112]

Ben looks scary.

[TheGreatestHandband]

ben gibbard lose weight?

[21rush12]

Whoa, a load of weight. Someone buy him a Big Mac...

[TheGreatestHandband]

ok so I wasn't imagining it. lol.

I think it's cool.

[tux0ofunk]

woa thats crazy, he lost like a ton of weight

[factoryaudidriver]

bowoowowdangdonboombaddaboomda­ngboom. Thats the intro riff if you say it verbally.

[Davidkevin]

Worth watching just for James Lipton's introduction even if you don't like the band.

Lipton does an excellent Jack Benny impression, too

[roulettedares88]

Death Cab For Cutie is the best band out there right now.

[Burrellfan1]

Right now, they are the best band on the planet. Death Cab For Cutie should have done the Super Bowl instead of Springsteen.

[heywally]

I think you are correct, for this type of rock. A very tight band, not prone to the usual cliches and with a bunch of great songs. I'm seeing them in Bellingham in April 2009 - first time. Looking forward to it as it's been a long time since I've been to a real 'rock concert.'

[RaZorXwireXbabyX]

this is the first time I've ever actually seen this band. They don't look how I though they would. lol

[xylophoneshitter]

well ya see, he lost weight again. The man still has it though. The new album is alright, but he still has it after all this time.

[doobygillis]

she stands with a well intentioned man...

[hockywierdo]

why does ben gibbard look like a girl?

[rockrapgirl]

dude, where did all his fat go?? Have him and Tom Chaplin been planning this or something...??? I'm amazed!!! O.o o.O

[betoski]

lol he's so thin!

[fillspacewithgrace]

long hair is out, short hair is in

[jesse9283]

just baught my tickets for their show in a few months

[tugboattait]

These men are possessed by the instruments of ROCK!

[RosieGrl26]

james lipton needs to introduce everything on conan from now on.

[stuartmac8]

good comment, except this isn't conan...

[RosieGrl26]

oh my bad. i thought of a C name and conan came out instead of collin.

[stuartmac8]

haha i was just buggin ya, i figured thats what you meant :P.

[blackiponki]

goodness. they're beginning to look suspiciously like the click five. i miss the old ben gibbard! :/

but they still sound as great as ever :) love them, skinnies, slick hair, or not.

[stuartmac8]

hes lost a lot of weight eh? And looks weird without glasses haha

[trinaxk]

whoa, skinny man!

they all look so great.

i freaking love Cath.

super performance.

long live death cab!

[Deffie]

Holy crap, I almost didn't recognize Ben! I don't see any point in critiquing how he looks, but he does look different. It's gonna take some getting used to.

[slimbillybob]

i dont like it meself

but the musics still good so i dont really care

[eguiat]

i remember seeing this....man this is awsume!

[spencecarpets]

from the best album of 2008..........no contest.............I wish to fuck they play in Belfast this year

[Eroktronic]

Chris's guitar looks and sounds awesome...i'm pretty sure it's one of those new VOX Virages...anyone here tried one yet?

[oneghtytwo]

i just don't get why everything is about looks now.

they are coming to my town with cold war kids...of course it's going to be amazing.

[redsdox72]

dsnt even look like ben,when i saw them in concert he had shorter hair with some scruff and he was wearing his glasses.

[schermanfreak]

Which song is this?

[ThisOnesADoozy]

This song is called "Cath..." from their "Narrow Stairs" album

[oneghtytwo]

who cares how he looks?

no one but crazy fashion forward hipsters who are about look and not music.

they are an amazing band, very talented.

oh but he doesnt have his glasses oh no!

seriously.

[daspro]

It's not about how he looks, it's about his image. And the image of the whole band.

You obviously havent been a fan long enough to appreciate not only the wonderfull music, but the image of the band, what the band stands for, and most of all; Ben Gibbards image.

[thedrumking94]

He needs to cut his hair, grow back the little scruff and put the glasses back on. He just looks weird without the glasses.

[rtsoccerplayer]

listen to the music, don't look at the person.

if you wanna look, go look at pete wentze and fall out boy or nick jonas and the jonas brothers

[rikkycx]

bahaha.

he looks like caleb followil.

[WelcomeToReykjavik]

I really love Ben's fancy footwork

[schelter300]

He looks fine- his biggest problem in this vid is that he can't stay on key! The album version rocks, though. The music video has mysteriously disappeared off the face of Youtube.

[treymcneil]

good stuff

[TheRabidCockroach]

I really don't like the new Ben Gibbard.

I have been a fan of him ever since the Postal Service days, and I really think he looks stupid without the glasses and scruffy look.

[lilyelectric]

i absolutely agree with you. it looks very strange

and i really don't see why this song is their second single. it's not one of their best

[Paint94979]

you clearly do not know your head from your ass.

[lilyelectric]

guess you're right there

[MichaelValentine84]

well, on the album it might be considered, "among" the best, Deatch cab is absolutely in my opinion one of the best bands out there. However, narrow stairs will not be remembered as one of their best works.

So which song would be the better 2nd single?

[crizwell83]

lol @ "since the postal service days".

Because that was totally his big beginning breakout, y'all.

[WelcomeToReykjavik]

OMG i was just gonna say that... "since the postal service days"... oh these crazy kids...

[crippledbread]

he looks like he used to when they were still hipsters in seattle mang. when they were just another band around this town.

[heatwave92]

I see what you're saying, but who cares? Is it still Ben Gibbard? Yes. Is it still Death Cab? Yes. Is Ben Gibbard still the lead singer of Death Cab? Yes. Who cares what he looks like. He still sings just as good, and the band is better than ever. Plus he's engaged to Zooey Deschanel. One of the most attractive women in Hollywood. Got to give him his props there.

[babybooo2]

yeah but its clearly cuz hes dating zooey deschanel that he looks like that lol

[heatwave92]

You know what? You are so right. I never really thought of that. Well done...

[Walkr]

ha lipton is great in this clip

[endlesssearchfortone]

Ludwig kits have so much character.. actually the whole sound of this band has so much character.

[KoldKalamity]

doin the skinny thing now. welcome to the team ben. :D

[prespiringactor1]

i miss my baby

[Gammarklar]

o wow ben gibbard looks like crispin glover here. he lost mad weight.

[timathythom]

ben looks cooler skinny

[Fluxchase]

Do they do the exact same moves every time they play this song?

[oedeok]

WILLY WONKA!

[oedeok]

Damn, just keep listening, that's a really tight pocket.

[lazysac]

solid

[929292matt929292]

where can i download this in an mp3 ??

[DxMonkey]

n00b.

[maestoso47]

Why the hell is James Lipton doing this? Is he really that big of a fan of DCfC?