Ben Gibbard Continues The Cover Love, Tackles The Mountain Goats
While we were at Radio City last night, Ben Gibbard was 90 miles down the NJ and PA turnpikes at Philly's TLA on South Street for another stop on his solo tour. Of course you know what that means: more covers! And not surprisingly, Darnielle's Mountain Goat bleat is a better fit for Ben than was Cobain's In Utero anguish. Feast yer eyes and ears on Ben doing the Mountain Goats' "Palmcorder Yanja." (Thanks for sending it in, Sam!)
For those that can't make it, tune in to NPR tonight for a live feed of Ben's set at the 9:30 Club in D.C. and stream away. What new cover will he do tonight? Guess right (before 9:30 PM EST) and ... we'll be impressed.
Posted at 7:33 PM in Video
Tags: Ben Gibbard | Death Cab For Cutie | The Mountain Goats
im gonna say neil young or spoon.
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Ben sounds so much like John here. So much.
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Sounds great. He should do a cover of a Postal Service song.
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Nirvana - All Apologies again. :|
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^seconded.
his piano version of all apologies blew my mind.
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He already covered Neil Young in Detroit...He played Harvest Moon.
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this is SO great - thanks. it made my week.
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well that was much better than All Apologies. God I love The Mountain Goats....and Ben Gibbard. Tonight's cover will be of The Decemberists' July July ;-)
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Sadly, the TLA is now the Fillmore at The TLA or I think even the Fillmore Philadelphia.
Thanks corporate America!
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My guess is he will play that PS song "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" - After all the song does refer to the district of columbia.
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> Sadly, the TLA is now the Fillmore at The TLA
> or I think even the Fillmore Philadelphia.
That makes me so sad. I can't tell you how many shows I've seen in that room! If Fillmore's got its mitts in the TLA, I hope they do more than just invest in a new sign. Like maybe get a sound system that takes out the mud and distributes the low end a little better? But that's probably asking too much.
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This was an amazing concert- I loved the tongue-in-cheek Thriller cover. Unlike recent Death cab shows, which were all private-school teenagers with popped collars talking through the whole show, this one was die-hard fans, totally focused, singing along. Maybe like more like Death cab shows used to be. Nostalgia aside though, he was really amazing on Wednesday. Thanks for the video!
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Sucked the soul right out of it. How can anybody like that?
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I recorded the entire philly show. Click my name to get the audio.
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Mr. Gibbard comes off as a gentle, earnest young man in his music and videos, but he is quite the presence onstage. Plus the dude looks like he could be a linebacker. Well, maybe a running back. Anyway, its Neat to see him laid back and strumming an acoustic.
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saw this show live, was amazing.
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it is so great ;- )
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