The Shins might change your life...

Well, yes, they just might. Hearing a Shins song might make you so irritable that you snap at work, destroying your cube in a fit of dissonant rage. Your boss proceeds to fire you on the spot. Then you're forced to give away your dog because you can't afford food any longer.

You find yourself in the unemployment line talking to a bright-eyed stranger who convinces you he's discovered the secret to time travel. You're skeptical but this guy really seems genuine and you're sold. You ride the bus over to his place, just in time for the first real world test of this grand piece of machinery. Lo and behold, sure enough you're transplanted back in time to this very recording studio at the very time this album is being recorded.

In one vengeful motion you set fire to the place, forever erasing this album from history. Afterwards, reality sets in that this idiot with the time machine failed to provide a way for you to get home. Crap...

I totally dig that wierd drum/cymbal thing they got going on in this song...

I like this song...is this a good indication of their sound...or a high in a sea of lows?

These guys are brutally boring.

shades of Orgy... remember them?

Man! This tune is this>< close to Midnight Oil...

8.

papaman wrote:

My brother used to watch Ray Charles ride his motorcycle from the corner store to his home--quite clever, some of those unsighted folk...

the bridge to this kinda reminds me of Rush. NTTAWWT.

YES the whole CD is great! wow! and every song they do is great and just saw them play every song off this album and most of their others too last month at Shibuya Club Quattro and have to say that SEEING THEM LIVE made them transcend from great to truly AWESOME in my book...some of the best songwriting and tunesmanship ever put together!
THE SHINS ROCK!
and so does RP!

heyjoe3577 wrote:

YEP!
(from an old geeky type....)

heyjoe3577 wrote:

This CD is in my top 10 of all time favorites. This song on it's own is worth the buy.

TheFriendlyCat wrote:

I am too, and I think you're talking about the song "Sea Legs" or at least that's the ONE song that made me notice The Shins. Of course, for all the "cool" people (read: YOUNG) out there they already have overlistened to this CD so they'd say don't bother.

So, anyone out there, is the ENTIRE cd good?

IS this whole CD this good? I really like this song, and i think i liked another one of their songs, (the cd cover is familiar,) but I am almost totally unfamiliar w/ the band.

papaman wrote:

the blind shouldnt ride bikes, but at least if you're perched on the handlebars you can yell "look out!"

The great thing about taking a blind man's bike is that he won't know it's gone. He probably doesn't even know he has one to begin with - very clever writing.

...i won't speak to whether or not they should be compared, but hearing this song without knowing who it was, i totally thought it was an old mid-eighties shoegazer piece...

...the synth's a dead-on match for an obscure forgotten b-side...

One of their more formulaic songs, I think. Very good album though IMO. Even if (long) off heavy rotation for me.

These wimps get to be annoying quickly, and the words DON'T fit the music. They shouldn't be compared to The Cure. I'll give them a 3.

dsrtfalcon wrote:Some of the vocal inflections are similar to Robert Smith and I also thoght "Cure" at the opening line. Enjoyable.

synth player is on LSD?

esotericderek wrote:

I was thinking the exact same thing. Clicked over to see if an old Cure song was starting. Hmmmn. I was on the fence about buying the album. Now I'm definitely getting it.

Interesting. I never noticed the subtle similarities to the Cure until Bill played this after "Lullaby". Very cool connection on his part.

Of course, one could posit equal similarities to U2, but that's neither here nor there.

This is just really painful with headphones.........

nice album title

I wince every time I hear these dirgemeisters

WonderLizard wrote:

Real helpful if you've seen Garden State.

I like the Shins. I love this song.

Shesdifferent wrote:

Yeah...me too. This was a 3 or a 4. Uneven and warbly and out of tune sounding. Eek.

Everyone loves the shins. it's in the rules of life.

keller1 wrote:

The Shins will change your life.

musikalia wrote:

So right, you said it! Music is about feeling, which is often hard and sometimes impossible to "understand". I don't even understand some of my own sometimes.

Wow, I hear a huge Cure influence on this one. Thinking 'The Top' or 'Japanese Whispers' albums.