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Acathla

The Name

Posted over 5 years ago

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Death Cab For Cutie

A few days ago,I was just talking to my friend about Death Cab For Cutie.And we discussed about where the band name comes from.He had an interesting theory.There is a young boy and a girl lovers.And the boy ask for a cab for her girlfriend.She is cute by the way.And on the way,the cab crashes and she dies.So this is a death cab for a cutie....That's really interesting...Sorry for the girl,happy about the band...

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Sturgell says ya never really know.

Permalink posted 01/20/2007
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lisj27 says it comes from a beatles song... its in their documentary drive well, sleep carefully... creative theory though

Permalink posted 01/20/2007
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Zeroskilz says The name also happens to be the name of a song performed by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. I believe this is usually credited as the origin of their name. Missed the Beatles reference in the documentary though. I'll have to rewatch it. Both origins are credited at "Wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Cab_for_Cutie

Permalink posted 01/20/2007
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lisj27 says oooh... no... i think your right... but i could have sworn it had something to do with the beatles... was the song in help! or something maybe? i dunno...

Permalink posted 01/20/2007
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Zeroskilz says According to the article on Wiki, the Beatles reference is from the movie The Magical Mystery Tour. I don't know anything about the movie or even many of the Beatles songs (don't tell anyone); so, I cannot be of much more help. I haven't had time to check the DVD today, but there, evidently, is a reference. Worth checking into some more; just for the sake of trivia.

Permalink posted 01/20/2007
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whiteshadow says yeah...it definitely came from the bonzo dog doo-dah band song titled "death cab for cutie" so I'm sorry that story theory doesn't work out.

Permalink posted 01/23/2007