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Article: Death Cab for Cutie drives along singing out life's crucial themes
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- Daily Breeze
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- December 1, 2006
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Everyone has them.
Memories from your youth, when the future was so bright you had to
wear shades, as if anything was possible if you could only find the
words grand enough to express your ideas. When it seemed as though
you had to do Big Important Things Right Now.
And most of those memories involve a girl. Or a boy.
They are exactly the kind of recollections that pop into your head
when you listen to the lyrics of Death Cab for Cutie, who will play
the Terrace Theater in Long Beach on Monday.
Take "What Sarah Said," the song that serves as the unofficial
theme of the group's latest album, "Plans" (Atlantic, 2005).
The song, inspired by a conversation between DCFC songwriter/
singer Ben ...