emo hip hop song

December 1, 2005 3:29 PM

I heard this great hip hop song on some college radio station while driving through Des Moines, IA. The song featured emo bands in the lyrics. For example, I think the first line was, "I took a death cab to see my cutie". Other bands listed in the lyrics were Sunny Day, Burning Airlines, My Chemical Romance, etc. It kinda sounded like Blackalicious, but I don't think it was them. Any idea who did it and where I can get it? Thanks.
posted by emoeby to media & arts (14 comments total)

Gym Class Heroes - "Taxi Driver"
posted by milkrate at 3:40 PM on December 1, 2005

(meant to include this)
posted by milkrate at 3:41 PM on December 1, 2005

Sweet, good track. Thanks for linking that, milkrate!
posted by chudmonkey at 4:00 PM on December 1, 2005

If you don't mind my intrusion, can I ask what station you were listening to? My bets are on 88.1, but they don't play a lot of hip hop anymore.
posted by Homeskillet Freshy Fresh at 4:22 PM on December 1, 2005

Sweet, thanks milkrate.

Yep, 88.1. It's a nice station to break up the country and western stations from Mpls to KC.
posted by emoeby at 4:30 PM on December 1, 2005

It's worth noting that that song mentions the following bands: Death Cab for Cutie (of course), Bright Eyes, My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World, the Postal Service, At the Drive-In, Dashboard Confessional, Taking Back Sunday, Jets to Brazil, Hot Water Music, (And You Will Know Us) By The Trail Of Dead, Story of the Year… (and probably others I missed) and it’s just two minutes long...
posted by benzo8 at 5:04 PM on December 1, 2005

I caught sunny day real estate, getup kids, hey mercedes, and possibly thrice.

Damned good music! I'm keeping this one.
posted by fnord at 5:13 PM on December 1, 2005

Are you sure you're not talking about 88.5, KURE?
posted by delmoi at 5:14 PM on December 1, 2005

Ah, I guess there is an 88.1 in Des Moines.
posted by delmoi at 5:23 PM on December 1, 2005

saw them live with emery
posted by chuckforthought.com at 5:23 PM on December 1, 2005

Free and Legal download of the song via their Myspace Page
posted by takeyourmedicine at 5:51 PM on December 1, 2005

See also Sebadoh's Gimme Indie Rock, lyrics of which I was unable to find online ...
posted by intermod at 7:21 PM on December 1, 2005

Also see also: Tullycraft- Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend is Too Stupid to Know About and LCD Soundsystem- Losing my Edge. There's a name dropping Mary Lou Lord song, too, but I can't remember for the life of me what it's called.
posted by GilloD at 11:31 PM on December 1, 2005

gym class heroes is on Purevolume and the song papercuts is pretty catchy too, you can d/l it for free, along with Taxi Driver.
posted by tweak at 2:04 AM on December 2, 2005