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Question: emo hip hop song

emoeby — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:29:59 -0800

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.

By: milkrate

milkrate — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:40:15 -0800

Gym Class Heroes - "Taxi Driver"

By: milkrate

milkrate — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:41:17 -0800

(meant to include this)

By: chudmonkey

chudmonkey — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:00:13 -0800

Sweet, good track. Thanks for linking that, milkrate!

By: Homeskillet Freshy Fresh

Homeskillet Freshy Fresh — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:22:16 -0800

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.

By: emoeby

emoeby — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 16:30:23 -0800

Sweet, thanks milkrate.

Yep, 88.1. It's a nice station to break up the country and western stations from Mpls to KC.

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:04:00 -0800

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...

By: fnord

fnord — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:13:22 -0800

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

Damned good music! I'm keeping this one.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:14:05 -0800

Are you sure you're not talking about 88.5, KURE?

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:23:31 -0800

Ah, I guess there is an 88.1 in Des Moines.

By: chuckforthought.com

chuckforthought.com — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:23:57 -0800

saw them live with emery

By: takeyourmedicine

takeyourmedicine — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:51:45 -0800

Free and Legal download of the song via their Myspace Page

By: intermod

intermod — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:21:22 -0800

See also Sebadoh's Gimme Indie Rock, lyrics of which I was unable to find online ...

By: GilloD

GilloD — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 23:31:10 -0800

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.

By: tweak

tweak — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:04:43 -0800

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.