WhiteWater
(right where you are sitting now) | | Posted: Feb 01, 2013 - 08:34 | |
bill-1956 wrote:This song rubs me the right way. That's not legal in all states. |
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bill-1956
(The Greater Moncure Metro Area, NC) | | Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 08:02 | |
This song rubs me the right way.
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dpvest
(northern cali) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 14:08 | |
The Shins will be the musical guest on SNL thiis weekend. Looking forward to seeing what two songs they perform for us...
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ziakut
(The Windy City) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2012 - 14:07 | |
I'm liking this Shins tune very much thank you!  |
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mcYammer
(Beervana) | | Posted: Dec 01, 2011 - 08:54 | |
kdavistcb wrote:As for me - I'm lovin' the steel guitar in the background. Reminds me a little of My Favorite Band.
the steel was a nice follow up to the Jangly Jayhawks |
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MiracleDrug
(Earth) | | Posted: Nov 15, 2011 - 10:16 | |
okay someone loses a Jules Shear CD boxset in an Albuquerque trailer park about 1985 and a young James Mercer...
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kdavistcb
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As for me - I'm lovin' the steel guitar in the background. Reminds me a little of My Favorite Band.
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Stingray
(JULIAN - no NWO) | | Posted: Jul 21, 2011 - 15:53 | |
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df1489
(Lake Palestine, Tyler Tx) | | Posted: Jun 26, 2011 - 20:17 | |
fredriley wrote: The usual gnomic Shins lyrics...
 Here I thought they were protecting my garden, now I find out they've been writing lyrics for The Shins! |
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FrankAnja
(the Netherlands) | | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 08:31 | |
i simply adore this song! always a treat to hear!
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 12:53 | |
marksda wrote:I love this band.
This song is cool because it has a country sound to it, but it's better.
Agree!! |
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marksda
| | Posted: Dec 03, 2010 - 22:30 | |
I love this band.
This song is cool because it has a country sound to it, but it's better.
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calypsus_1
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gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 14:46 | |
fredriley wrote:
Same here, but what a shame about the steel guitar in the background - Shins and C&W don't mix, IMO. Without the gee-tar this would be an easy 7, with it it's nearly mutable. The usual gnomic Shins lyrics, though: "you can't wrestle a dove" - wtf?
I LOVE hearing REAL musicians take on the C&W sound. I'm a US midwesterner so I shoudl like that music but the drivel they pass off as country these days is unbearable. I like it when good artists bring a little life back into the mid-american music style. And I actually think the lyrics on this are about as straighforward as you're going to get out of the Shins (maybe that's why it's in a more 'earthly' musical style compared to their other stuff?); it's about how he's been living with/in a relationship with someone but he realizes it's not going anywhere/is codependent/etc., and his forcing them to move out and let go of him, because he's over it, and they need to get their act together. etc. etc... "you wanna fight for this love, but you cannot wrestle a dove" means that "love" and "fight" are diametricall oppossed and have no business being together, if you *have* to fight, it's not really love... Not saying I agree with the viewpoint of the singer here, but I think his message isn't all that gnomic. |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 14:41 | |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: May 11, 2010 - 06:45 | |
Susan_Ssun wrote:Really like the harmonies.
Same here, but what a shame about the steel guitar in the background - Shins and C&W don't mix, IMO. Without the gee-tar this would be an easy 7, with it it's nearly mutable. The usual gnomic Shins lyrics, though: "you can't wrestle a dove" - wtf? |
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 22:34 | |
Susan_Ssun wrote:Really like the harmonies. Reminds me of the 80's band The Proclaimers.
Yes! I heard recently the Shins will be back. Thank goodness! |
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Susan_Ssun
| | Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:31 | |
Really like the harmonies. Reminds me of the 80's band The Proclaimers.
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window
(Richmond, VA) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 11:10 | |
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Rick_V
(New Orleans) | | Posted: Dec 04, 2009 - 15:10 | |
With maybe only a couple of exceptions, no modern band can match The Shins for melody. |
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tompoll
(Seattle WA USA) | | Posted: Nov 18, 2009 - 17:45 | |
alaken wrote:Wow, great song. Love the vocal harmonies!  Very odd harmonies in the chorus, but I like them! Works for me. |
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ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2009 - 15:29 | |
What ever happened to these guys? They need another album, lest they become a mid-2000s anomaly...
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 17:35 | |
rdo wrote:I see a lot in common between the Shins and Gomez, taking other, older music genres and making them quite new.
Nice observation. I might add this song continues another killer set. Many Thanks! |
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Bone
(Divided States of Sanity) | | Posted: Sep 16, 2009 - 17:29 | |
Live at Lollapalooza '07, good times. :)
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sharkey
(Toronto - Ontario - Canada) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2009 - 11:37 | |
scott4261 wrote:
This is a fantastic album! I wish RP would play "Kissing the Lipless" every now and then...
Agreed on both counts
holborne wrote:
And again please
Agreed on both counts.
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rdo
(Washington, DC) | | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 06:47 | |
I see a lot in common between the Shins and Gomez, taking other, older music genres and making them quite new.
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jonahboo
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alaken
(Missoula, MT) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2009 - 18:56 | |
Wow, great song. Love the vocal harmonies! |
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thilo
(650 miles east of Ushant) | | Posted: Dec 04, 2008 - 01:22 | |
What a fabulous, understated song. This is why I love the Shins.
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Nov 20, 2008 - 14:18 | |
YEE HAW!
Good and Y' Alternative!!!
Wouldn't this be great on a radio station that won't play it because it's to country.
Or a station that won't play it because it's to rock?
Wait!
It's here on Paradise!
Thanks Bill!
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