You might remember that a few months ago we launched a series called SICGOOMH or “Songs I Can’t Get Out of My Head.”
Well, currently that song is the new Death Cab for Cutie Single “I Will Possess Your Heart” (full 8:30 version here):
That’s right, the full verison of the song is 8:30 long. As one of the commentators on YouTube put it “An intro. twice as long as the actual song? Prententious much, Death Cab?” And yes, that’s exactly what they are, pretentious. But for some reason, I don’t mind this. DCFC never pretended to be anything other than what they are. Are they pretentious? Yes. No other asshole has an instrumental intro. longer than the lyrical section of the song in an era driven by radio plays and the demands of a short attention span buying public. But DCFC does. And God bless ‘em.
Also, with this song they advance the Stalker genre (dominated by the Police’s “Every Breath You Take”), which has been greatly in need of a revival.
It’s not a world shaking or life changing song, but dammit if we’re not suckers for bands who don’t pretend to be something other than what they are. DCFC is elitist, snobbish, hipster, WASP music that appeals to highly educated 20s and 30s. In other words, they make music for us. We like it.
