According to Wikipedia, the band name Deathcab for Cutie:
Lead singer Ben, "Gibbard took the band name from the title of the song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, in The Beatles' 1967 film, Magical Mystery Tour."
I offer you that information cuz I have often wondered about that name but never bothered to look it up.
Recently Deathcab appeared on Letterman performing the song "Stay Young, Go Dancing". First up- Gibbard has shed the nerd glasses (perhaps giving them to Colin Melloy?) and got the River Phoenix/Lord Fauntelroy grunge hairdo. Weird, as this look totally changes his image. Time changes all- we can blame his wife Zooey Deschanel.
The song is brilliant. The trademark vocals but with a fun and more upbeat, beat. I cant help but love these guys and as much as they're the kings of the hipster parade, I cannot get enough of them. This is such a fun song. Granted its not Pitbull dance music but it certainly is a fun departure from some of the songs on their last lp "Narrow Stairs''. I danced. Good stuff! Bad hair.