meloy v. gibbard & musician v. man

eliza is telling me that colin meloy of the decemberists is the new ben gibbard. or possibly even more crush-worthy than gibbard. below is a photo comparison...

now, maybe it's because i'm more familiar with death cab and postal service, but i'd still pick gibbard. [you know, if i was ever in some scenario where i had to pick. which would most likely only occur in a deep dream sleep.] either way, i only have one decemberists cd and it's most likely still in john's car in LA. so i'm not as familiar with the band. and as we all know by now, gibbard recently had his arm around me, the effects of which are not likely to wear off anytime soon.

i do have to wonder though, a long time ago celeste and i were discussing the musician versus the man. how you'd never actually want a guy who says the things that some of these lyrics say, yet it's so easy to have crushes on the men who are singing them. our example at the time, for some reason unclear to me now, was mick jagger singing i'll come to your emotional rescue. ew, if anyone said that to me in real life i'd be physically ill.
for a new updated example, let's say ben gibbard were to say to me something like I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned. And I have to speculate that god himself did make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay...would I be all head over heels for gibbs, or would I run away screaming because that would sound so cheesy coming out of someone's mouth? and if the latter were to happen...then why do we have such crushes on these emo rockstars?

Comments

[eliza]

i have to say, i love them both to death. but if forced to pick, i'd go with colin. he's just so hot! you have to see the decemberists play--i'm telling you, you'll fall for colin too.

[k8]

you will pick ben consistently until you see the decemeberists live and the REALLY fucking weird faces that colin meloy makes. then you may well die with longing.