Is Death Cab For Cutie Good Live?

allornone
allornone Posts: 269
edited February 2006 in Other Music
They are coming to St. Louis in April, and I think the show has sold out. I wanted to go and would have paid $25 to see them, but now the cheapest ticket I can find is $60. For those of you who have seen them live - are they worth $60?
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  • r1vers
    r1vers Posts: 244
    it was one of my favorite shows i've seen...but then again i just had a great experience being right in the front. but they sounded great.
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Absolutely Not. Unless you are a huge fan of the band. Then i'm sure you will love them no matter what, but i saw them once in a smaller venue (variety playhouse in Atlanta) and opening for pearl jam in asheville. And Both times i found myself slightly board.

    I am a fan of the band and i think they make good music it is fun to listen to on the cd's but for whatever reason live they just never really bring it. They started off kind of strong but then lost speed.

    That is just my opinion again if you are a huge DCFC fan then it may be worth it but i think 60 bucks for them is a bit much. Save that money for a pearl jam ticket ;)
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    intodeep wrote:
    but i think 60 bucks for them is a bit much. ;)

    60 fucking whole american dollars !?!

    i could get plastered at the local hole and bang my head in to a wall for hours without feeling pain for that kind of cash ...

    ... possibly more fun, as well.

    but i guess whatever floats your boat.

    it was fun to watch the singer shuffle his feet back and forth endlessly like he was doing the shimmy at Reading in '04 ... i'll give you that much.
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  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    $60, no way. I think DCFC are okay, but have never been impressed by their live shows. A friend who is a bigger fan feels the same way.
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  • whatsthefreezer
    whatsthefreezer Posts: 347
    Hell no. Even 25 is steep for them.
  • Gremmie Black
    Gremmie Black Posts: 12
    the only band member worth watching is ben gibbard and all he does is bob back and forth the whole time. you could watch the bassist cuz he jumps around, but his hair is dumb and annoying to look at. the rest of the band simply plays and makes no attempt to perform. also, you will deal with a bunch of 14 year old girls trying to take pictures the whole time so you can't even see. they did sound really good when i saw them, but everything was played exactly the same way as on their records. stars opened for the them and put on a much better show. thats my experience, maybe yours will be better. the highlights of death cab's performance for me were ben gibbard coming out solo and playing "i will follow you into the dark" and all of stars coming out to sing "transatlanticism" with death cab
  • DeetroitBaasketball
    DeetroitBaasketball Posts: 379
    I saw them before I knew anything about them and they were amazing. The bassist is incredible and fun to watch. I saw them at Calvin College in the Fieldhouse (gym). The entire building was shaking. Amazing. I paid $15 for DCFC and Ben Kweller as an opener. Good stuff.

    Then I saw them at the Delta Plex (again in G.R., Mi) for the VFC tour and it wasn't as good. It was still very enjoyable though.
  • flywallyfly
    flywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    Not worth $60 unless you can recite their entire catalogue. Great band but not that great.
  • Sonic19
    Sonic19 Posts: 159
    No way in hell I'd pay 60 bucks to see Death Cab...they were alright opening for PJ, but I was pretty bored at the same time...
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  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    I love the band but find their live shows a little dull.
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • PJ_GA
    PJ_GA Posts: 121
    to me its hard to make your cd's especially the softer ones catch that certain "magic" live. So, unless you really dig them i doubt you'l be floored. But they do play alot of rare stuff....sometimes...
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  • allornone
    allornone Posts: 269
    Thanks for all the posts - since I'm not a huge fan I do not think I will pay $60 to see them. Especially if they are not so special live. I'll wait until next time.

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