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Death Cab for Cutie — Passenger Seat
Album: Transatlanticism
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6.7

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Total ratings: 1515









Released: 2003
Length: 3:33
Plays (last 30 days): 2
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I roll the window down
And then begin to breathe in
The darkest country road
And the strong scent of evergreen
From the passenger seat as
You are driving me home

Then looking upwards
I strain my eyes and try
To tell the difference between
Shooting stars and satellites
From the passenger seat as
You are driving me home

Do they collide?
I ask and you smile
With my feet on the dash
The world doesn't matter

When you feel embarrassed
Then I'll be your pride
When you need directions
Then I'll be the guide

For all time
For all time
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 chastees1 wrote:
It is, singer Ben Gibbard 



Posted 11 months ago by chastees1    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:


Sounds more like the singer from The Postal Service. They sound so close they may as well be the same guy.


Posted 11 months ago by chastees1    [ Reply ]
+10 on the segue from Into Dust to this. 
Posted 1 year ago by isometric    [ Reply ]
 Roguewarer wrote:

Man! Yet *ANOTHER* group I'd likely NEVER have heard of if not for RP!

Really dig DCFC!




I must listen to the whole album - I always like the DCFC tracks as they're played on RP - I thought this sounded like Elbow - had to take a second look!
Posted 1 year ago by prs    [ Reply ]
Man! Yet *ANOTHER* group I'd likely NEVER have heard of if not for RP!

Really dig DCFC!
Posted 2 years ago by Roguewarer    [ Reply ]
yeah, not for me. has that early aughts im-not-in-a-frat-im-in-a-band college boy voice. no shade on anyone's love for them, but not for me. 
Posted 2 years ago by MavenofMayhem    [ Reply ]
 Mugro wrote:

Yes! I was wondering if anyone else heard Eno in the piano chords. I often use Ambient 1: Music for Airports to get to sleep - it is calming. I like this Death Cab for Cutie song as well. 

excellent reminder to have more Eno in my life

Posted 2 years ago by MavenofMayhem    [ Reply ]
 NorthernLad wrote:

Reminds me of a Trent Reznor riff from the film The Social Network



niiiiiice 
Posted 2 years ago by MavenofMayhem    [ Reply ]
Bill G., you are killing me tonight. First, Tom Waits ("telephone ringing, it's your second cousin") then Passenger Seat....thanks, as always
Posted 2 years ago by bairdc    [ Reply ]
I absolutely love his voice
Posted 2 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
Transatlanticism is, and shall remain, in my all-time top 10 albums.
Posted 3 years ago by tomperth1    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of a Trent Reznor riff from the film The Social Network
Posted 3 years ago by NorthernLad    [ Reply ]
Like DCFC and The Antlers equally. Does RP play the Antlers sometimes? 
Posted 3 years ago by geonuine    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
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Yes! I was wondering if anyone else heard Eno in the piano chords. I often use Ambient 1: Music for Airports to get to sleep - it is calming. I like this Death Cab for Cutie song as well. 
Posted 3 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
 Enjoy the ride.
Posted 4 years ago by bmosbarg    [ Reply ]
Sounds like one of those where the guitar player wrote and played the piano part.
Posted 4 years ago by Hippostar    [ Reply ]
 mread wrote:
Finally read the lyrics.  Must bump from 7 to 9.
 
Ben Gibbard is an incredible lyricist, IMO.
Posted 4 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
I'm at work at this was way too s...l....o....w........zzzzz
Posted 5 years ago by coyote620    [ Reply ]
 phlattop wrote:
is it just me or does this singer sound like the guy from the Decemberists? 
 

Sounds more like the singer from The Postal Service. They sound so close they may as well be the same guy.
Posted 5 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
I would love to hear Roland Orzabal (Tears for Fears) cover this.
Posted 5 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
Finally read the lyrics.  Must bump from 7 to 9.
Posted 5 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
is it just me or does this singer sound like the guy from the Decemberists?
 
this is meh.
Posted 6 years ago by phlattop    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:

I agree.  Music for Airports.  Just saying it soothes me.

 
I feel the same way about Thursday Afternoon.  That one  will likely not be played here either.
Posted 6 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]

Pope said today that spreading false news “probably the greatest damage that the media can do.”

Using exceptionally strong language, he used the word “coprophilia”
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
 decorgirl wrote:
This one belongs in the museum of shit! 

  From what I've heard of them on RP I'd say they have enough material to mount their own exhibition. 
Posted 8 years ago by Redpoint    [ Reply ]
Nauseating!
Posted 8 years ago by Wisecrowe    [ Reply ]
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Posted 8 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
DCFC is not afraid to set a mood and take their time. 

In a world with full volume aggressive in-your-face thoughtlessness, this is a good thing. 
Posted 10 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
OK, I guess.  I would much rather listen to music.
Posted 10 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
Can't listen to that voice... No.
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Love it!
Posted 10 years ago by FRP    [ Reply ]
I have been a big fan of Death Cab for Cutie; this song sounds a bit different from what I have heard from them before but it is really nice; contemplative music.
Posted 11 years ago by nikki54    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:


I'll have to speculate because I don't have much to go on here so far as clues...I think ambient music would put a lot of people to sleep.  There really is not a single ambient song played on RP.  It would be difficult to fit into the playlist I'd bet, and a lot of people would complain.  I think Music for Airports is one of the greatest works of art.

 
I agree.  Music for Airports.  Just saying it soothes me.
Posted 11 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
Love the intro to this song.
Posted 11 years ago by jukes1    [ Reply ]
like these guys a lot... along with bare naked ladies...kinda similar, but not. definitely not everyones cup of tea but enjoyable none the less
Posted 11 years ago by trek_29er    [ Reply ]
Love this song.
So peaceful yet eloquent.  Thank you RP.
Posted 11 years ago by Ballzak    [ Reply ]
This guy suffers from Low T...
Posted 11 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
I see a picture from Bangladesh... Passenger in rickshaw seat .. COOL ;)

 
Posted 11 years ago by adolescent    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:


Why don't we have anything from Eno's ambient days?  Once in a while is very soothing.
 

I'll have to speculate because I don't have much to go on here so far as clues...I think ambient music would put a lot of people to sleep.  There really is not a single ambient song played on RP.  It would be difficult to fit into the playlist I'd bet, and a lot of people would complain.  I think Music for Airports is one of the greatest works of art.
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 ronniegirl wrote:


Why don't we have anything from Eno's ambient days?  Once in a while is very soothing.
  Yeah. I heard the opening notes of this and said "Brian Eno?" to myself.


Posted 12 years ago by AlienRelic    [ Reply ]
Sounds more like the "Postal Service" stuff, don't it?  (Which is a good thing).
Posted 12 years ago by pinnyrat    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

You must have some pretty hi-tech equipment to be able to receive olfactory signals through an internet connection.

 
...or have synaesthesia. I know what RadioDoc means, about this having a "musty" atmosphere. I'd probably apply that to most of DCFC's songs, most of which seem to be about death, dying or illness. For all their toe-tapping poppiness, they do make me think of places like Undercliffe Cemetery in Bradford, a strange and imposing necropolis with gothic tombs and baroque gravestones. I'd put DCFC into the same electro-Goth category as Depeche Mode. I like them both very much, btw.


Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I just start to dig these guys. They are not great inventers, but their music is "sooo good for the ears" (c) {#Angel}
Posted 13 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:


Yep, straight from Music For Airports.
 

Why don't we have anything from Eno's ambient days?  Once in a while is very soothing.
Posted 13 years ago by ronniegirl    [ Reply ]
I agree
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Damn, I like Ben's stuff. Not sure what it is. He has my attention, that's all. Melodic passages, seems every time.
 


Posted 13 years ago by Baketown    [ Reply ]
Purrrrrrfection!
Posted 13 years ago by Dangerpussy    [ Reply ]
Damn, I like Ben's stuff. Not sure what it is. He has my attention, that's all. Melodic passages, seems every time.
Posted 13 years ago by michaelgmitchell    [ Reply ]
 RadioDoc wrote:
This song smells like a musty basement.

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You must have some pretty hi-tech equipment to be able to receive olfactory signals through an internet connection.

Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Pretty weak
Posted 13 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
 Deadwing wrote:
I am by nature a very happy, upbeat person- but for some reason musical meloncholia always resonates deeply for me. I'll take a sad ditty over a breezy one any day    {#Cheers}
 

You and me both.  Who can explain it?  It must be about yin and yang. 

Stay positive.  I give the song a "7"
Posted 14 years ago by ice-9    [ Reply ]
I hear the rain outside my office window, and I hear the rain on the windshield of the song's car...
Posted 14 years ago by ubuntourist    [ Reply ]
I like a lot of their music but I wish this band (and Vampire Weekend) would change their name!
Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 Dgradeworkunit wrote:
Would anybody get in the passenger seat of a death cab, cute or not?
Just wondering...   {#Shifty}
 
Pretty much what we all are, passengers in this death cab called life on planet earth. 


Posted 14 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
Good morning from the west coast, I like this one, giving it a 7.
Posted 14 years ago by jim1964    [ Reply ]
Would anybody get in the passenger seat of a death cab, cute or not?
Just wondering...   {#Shifty}
Posted 14 years ago by Dgradeworkunit    [ Reply ]
I am getting a lot of static while this one plays.  Making an already marginal piece even worse.
Posted 14 years ago by ick    [ Reply ]
Follow this up with Sniff 'N' the Tears, "Driver's Seat"?  

Posted 14 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Brings back some memories. Bittersweet.
Posted 15 years ago by jenntenn    [ Reply ]
 auburntigerrich wrote:
One of the more delicious tracks from this, the more delectable pre-Plans, album.  Nothing beats "We Looked Like Giants" with the windows down, but this track is a close second in my book.

Moving; powerful imagery; better production.
 
We looked like giants is definitely a favourite. This whole album is much better together though than by tracks. Ben Gibbards voice resonates swimmingly with the music and lyrics, its almost chilling.


Posted 15 years ago by mmshock    [ Reply ]
 theGOOT wrote:
stop crying, you woman. i'm off to lift some weights and watch The Dirty Dozen.
 
What he said.....

Posted 15 years ago by biomedvgh    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Like the song, although that piano sound is lifted from Brian Eno's first Ambient LP. (If you're gonna steal, steal from the best!)
 

Yep, straight from Music For Airports.
Posted 15 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
One of the more delicious tracks from this, the more delectable pre-Plans, album.  Nothing beats "We Looked Like Giants" with the windows down, but this track is a close second in my book.

Moving; powerful imagery; better production.
Posted 15 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
I am by nature a very happy, upbeat person- but for some reason musical meloncholia always resonates deeply for me. I'll take a sad ditty over a breezy one any day    {#Cheers}
Posted 15 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Beautiful imagery. I could almost feel the cold air and smell the pine. {#Meditate}
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]
This song smells like a musty basement.

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Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
I just don't get it. And I'm even from Portland.
Posted 16 years ago by mmoyer    [ Reply ]
Brian Eno piano + Postal Service vocals = This Song Works though.
Posted 16 years ago by curufinwe    [ Reply ]
cc_rider wrote:
You're right, Mouse. MEN shouldn't show emotions; all that nonsense about opening up and sharing your feelings with those close to you is just that: nonsense. MEN should be stoic and brave and above all SILENT about their feelings. Heaven forbid a MAN share a tender moment or exhibit any vulnerability whatsoever. Peace, c.
Me, suck it up, walk it off, rub some dirt in it, man up, etc. etc.
Posted 16 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Like the song, although that piano sound is lifted from Brian Eno's first Ambient LP. (If you're gonna steal, steal from the best!)
Posted 16 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
I love it. Love the imagery, love the way he sings, love it. Not sure exactly what this "emo" stuff is, as I am old and grey, but if that's what this is, it works for me.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
cc_rider wrote:
You're right, Mouse. MEN shouldn't show emotions; all that nonsense about opening up and sharing your feelings with those close to you is just that: nonsense. MEN should be stoic and brave and above all SILENT about their feelings. Heaven forbid a MAN share a tender moment or exhibit any vulnerability whatsoever. Peace, c.
stop crying, you woman. i'm off to lift some weights and watch The Dirty Dozen.
Posted 17 years ago by theGOOT    [ Reply ]
cc_rider wrote:
You're right, Mouse. MEN shouldn't show emotions; all that nonsense about opening up and sharing your feelings with those close to you is just that: nonsense. MEN should be stoic and brave and above all SILENT about their feelings. Heaven forbid a MAN share a tender moment or exhibit any vulnerability whatsoever. Peace, c.
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
ah, listening to this song and liking it, i was wondering why i had never heard it before. conclusion: because i don't have this album! added to the list.
Posted 17 years ago by jubilantme    [ Reply ]
A_Nonny_Mouse wrote:
crying man. blech.
You're right, Mouse. MEN shouldn't show emotions; all that nonsense about opening up and sharing your feelings with those close to you is just that: nonsense. MEN should be stoic and brave and above all SILENT about their feelings. Heaven forbid a MAN share a tender moment or exhibit any vulnerability whatsoever. Peace, c.
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Ever since I heard 'Styrofoam Plates' I've been a Death Cab fan. First to admit it ain't everyone's cuppa joe however. Plaintive? Whiny? Yes and Yes. I still really like it, but then I'm chronically depressed; maybe the plaintive whining just resonates with me. c.
Posted 17 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
sutcliff wrote:
Stop.
Go!
Posted 17 years ago by the_bink    [ Reply ]
Stop.
Posted 17 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
exciter76 wrote:
I started listening D.C.F.C. thanks to RP, expecially their last 2 albums, and this is one o the songs that I like more of them.... theres a warm feeling that touch me inside when I listen to this song, something sad, something comfortable, something so deeply personal....
The imagery is exceptional... to think of being, or having been, cradled in comfort with your life literally in someone else's hands. It has a natal quality to it. It moved me when I heard REM's "You Are The Everything" back in '90-something, and no less now.
Posted 18 years ago by tsw    [ Reply ]
laozilover wrote:
When I first heard this, I wondered "Which Sufjan Stevens album IS this?".
...and the SECOND time, too!
Posted 18 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Hmm... I don't seem to enjoy DCFC much after 2001.
Posted 18 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
i love the little art-garfunkly thing he does with his voice toward the end... so sweet.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Odyzzeuz wrote:
Agony. I'm so sick of Scene I could scream. Please make the fad pass quickly.
Angsty. You could very well start your own emo band! Save that angst; it's worth money!
Posted 18 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
Agony. I'm so sick of Scene I could scream. Please make the fad pass quickly.
Posted 18 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
I started listening D.C.F.C. thanks to RP, expecially their last 2 albums, and this is one o the songs that I like more of them.... theres a warm feeling that touch me inside when I listen to this song, something sad, something comfortable, something so deeply personal....
Posted 18 years ago by exciter76    [ Reply ]
When I first heard this, I wondered "Which Sufjan Stevens album IS this?".
Posted 18 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
This is Godlike. Amen.
Posted 18 years ago by Gryn    [ Reply ]
Love this. Love them.
Posted 18 years ago by glassjawgrlxxx    [ Reply ]
Funny, I always felt this song to be very ethereal, yet heartfelt. Like it very much. Reminds me of something in my life that happened, but not yet.
Posted 18 years ago by luminousjune    [ Reply ]
Tendentious and pretentious, definitely not among their best
Posted 18 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
ainecliach wrote:
Reminds me of Brick by Ben Folds Five.
but not as good...
Posted 18 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Puts me to sleep.
Posted 19 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
This stands head-and-shoulders above the other death cab stuff we've heard so far.
Which makes it about, oh, 11 inches tall.
Posted 19 years ago by phineas    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Brick by Ben Folds Five.
Posted 19 years ago by ainecliach    [ Reply ]
I dig this one. In fact I really like the whole album.
Posted 19 years ago by thermion7    [ Reply ]
I love this. But it sounds like someone singing over an Einaudi piano piece.
Posted 20 years ago by beag    [ Reply ]
wow -- why has it taken so long for us to get this track? this stands head-and-shoulders above the other death cab stuff we've heard so far.
Posted 20 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
One of the most beautiful tracks on the album, the story is so blatant, but I think that's really what makes it great.
Posted 20 years ago by DMay    [ Reply ]
warm wrote:
Most definitely, I bought Transatlanticism because of RP. Thank you!
So did I! Better yet...did it through the RP Amazon link.
Posted 20 years ago by charlesryder    [ Reply ]
I think I'm just not a DCC fan.......
Posted 20 years ago by rulebritannia    [ Reply ]
Relatively little edge, wore off after first listening, now grates.
Posted 20 years ago by Errowen    [ Reply ]
gillicious wrote:
I want to thank RadioParadise for introducing me to Death Cab. I feel connected to this music somehow... Must be the Pacific Northwest thing.
Most definitely, I bought Transatlanticism because of RP. Thank you!
Posted 20 years ago by warm    [ Reply ]
A_Nonny_Mouse wrote:
crying man. blech.
It's not even a sad song...it's a happy song if anything, he's talking about watching the stars while is girl is driving him home.
Posted 20 years ago by DMay    [ Reply ]
I want to thank RadioParadise for introducing me to Death Cab. I feel connected to this music somehow... Must be the Pacific Northwest thing.
Posted 20 years ago by gillicious    [ Reply ]
The word "gormless" leaps to mind.
Posted 20 years ago by lexica    [ Reply ]
crying man. blech.
Posted 20 years ago by A_Nonny_Mouse    [ Reply ]
i'm so happy to hear this great band - and Ben Gibbard's other band Postal Service as well - on RP. hits the spot every time.
Posted 20 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
i'm out here... ;) i haven't heard this album yet.
Posted 21 years ago by cynthos    [ Reply ]
Heh. The other person to rate and myself both pick 8. :) Who's out there?
Posted 21 years ago by MrSpaz    [ Reply ]
Zzzz....
Posted 21 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]