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Dav3thedog Apr 08, 2013 - 23:04	Love the Shins and some great photos of Oz to go with it! [ Reply ]
alux Mar 27, 2013 - 14:37	jt1 wrote: Overplayed? 3 times in 30 days...I make that about 1 song in 3000 (very very roughly) Your math is right on. I'll add to it and say precisely that ANY complaint about overplay on RP is absolute rubbish. And incredibly tiresome. [ Reply ]
jt1 Mar 27, 2013 - 14:33	oilydwarf wrote: overplayed, let's give it an RP extended vacation Overplayed? 3 times in 30 days...I make that about 1 song in 3000 (very very roughly) [ Reply ]
alux Mar 27, 2013 - 14:31	Sorry Dwarf, no such thing as too much Shins at the moment. Latest album is leading to my newfound appreciation for their earlier stuff, including this. Ratings revising... [ Reply ]
oilydwarf Feb 05, 2013 - 03:36	overplayed, let's give it an RP extended vacation [ Reply ]
Vinni_NL Jan 09, 2013 - 07:41	calypsus_1 wrote: Just to remind: "Australia" is that "class" of songs by his originality, creativity, great sense of musicality, superb melody, written by James Mercer / Shins in 2007, will endure in time, I think. I had this feeling, the first time I heard this song, and I still have today. Incidentally, this album "Wincing the Night Away" (2007), come from a particularly happy moment of inspiration, is a musical richness exceptional, characteristics that can be repeated in the future or not. I think we all wish so. The success, and artistic merit obtained by this class of songs (regardless of the commercial aspect), are often inexplicable, including for the artists who conceived them. The songs that comprise this album, as a whole, persisted over time, and can obtain the same level of satisfaction as on day 1, and resist , unscathed, numerous and endless auditions, whether in the studio version 2007 The Shins v1.0 or L ive on stage The Shins v2.0 . This is fundamental to a "music lover" at a stage where there is a real void in the music and creative despair. For me , the best and most original song on the album , continues to be , " A Comet Appears ". Hear hear, greatly underappreciated if you ask me, those shins boys (and girl nowadays!). I've been a big fan of the Wincing the Night Away record since day one and as far as I could understand what you were saying, I agree. So many songs that stay really good even after having heard them for at least a couple of dozen times. [ Reply ]
cShaggy Dec 13, 2012 - 07:41	Proclivities wrote: True, "carelessly" is the wrong term, "loosely" or "casually" may have been better - maybe not. I was being too literal about the term being a psychological assessment of human behavior and not being a noun phrase used to describe creative works. No offense intended; carry on... Good tune. ..yer just rationalizing things now, Proc.. :P [ Reply ]
MojoJojo Dec 13, 2012 - 07:35	La la la la la la la... [ Reply ]
calypsus_1 Sep 20, 2012 - 10:59	Just to remind: "Australia" is that "class" of songs by his originality, creativity, great sense of musicality, superb melody, written by James Mercer / Shins in 2007, will endure in time, I think. I had this feeling, the first time I heard this song, and I still have today. Incidentally, this album "Wincing the Night Away" (2007), come from a particularly happy moment of inspiration, is a musical richness exceptional, characteristics that can be repeated in the future or not. I think we all wish so. The success, and artistic merit obtained by this class of songs (regardless of the commercial aspect), are often inexplicable, including for the artists who conceived them. The songs that comprise this album, as a whole, persisted over time, and can obtain the same level of satisfaction as on day 1, and resist , unscathed, numerous and endless auditions, whether in the studio version 2007 The Shins v1.0 or L ive on stage The Shins v2.0 . This is fundamental to a "music lover" at a stage where there is a real void in the music and creative despair. For me , the best and most original song on the album , continues to be , " A Comet Appears ". [ Reply ]
Proclivities Aug 10, 2012 - 04:35	drsteevo wrote: It was really only mentioned once. My comment was a direct reply to the original post and I don't think either of us invoked the term carelessly. True, "carelessly" is the wrong term, "loosely" or "casually" may have been better - maybe not. I was being too literal about the term being a psychological assessment of human behavior and not being a noun phrase used to describe creative works. No offense intended; carry on... Good tune. [ Reply ]
drsteevo Aug 09, 2012 - 13:09	Proclivities wrote: Good tune. Interesting, how many other tunes have the phrase "cognitive dissonance" carelessly invoked at least two times in the song comments? At least "rationalizing" doesn't seem to have been brought up. It was really only mentioned once. My comment was a direct reply to the original post and I don't think either of us invoked the term carelessly. [ Reply ]
ricguy Aug 09, 2012 - 13:04	SHINS!... keepn' me "go happy" :) [ Reply ]
Proclivities Jul 14, 2012 - 15:17	Good tune. Interesting, how many other tunes have the phrase "cognitive dissonance" carelessly invoked at least two times in the song comments? At least "rationalizing" doesn't seem to have been brought up. [ Reply ]
coloradojohn Jun 17, 2012 - 19:06	So glad I got to catch them on the tour for this album when they had the original lineup...THEY ROCKED TOKYO PRETTY HARD! and though I like their new stuff okay enough, and their first two collections were incredible, this was possibly their creative and energetic peak. [ Reply ]
Misterfixit Apr 10, 2012 - 11:45	jkhandy wrote: True, to the point of how each and every human has felt at one time another. You are only as sick as your secrets. Ah yes, secrets .... not just "ordinary secrets" but SECRETS!. Ones which make you cringe and curl your toes; secrets which cause you to quickly crawl into a nearby closet and cover yourself with old laundry whilst moaning "oh God, please! No!". Secrets which, if revealed would result in death. Not just "ordinary death" but literal defenestration, with vivisection of the soul and an eternal burning in pits of hell so intense that the greatest supernova of all times could not compare. Secrets. I have too, too many. [ Reply ]
drsteevo Apr 10, 2012 - 11:44	alaken wrote: But when you really look at the Shins' lyrics, they're far darker than anything Morrisey ever wrote. I got into the Shins last year, just couldn't get enough of their amazing tunes and music – once I started reading the lyrics, I liked them a little less! There's often incredible cognitive dissonance between the music and words. I love cognitive dissonance between the music and words. Happy music with downer lyrics — my favorite kind of music. [ Reply ]
jkhandy Feb 11, 2012 - 20:31	True, to the point of how each and every human has felt at one time another. You are only as sick as your secrets. [ Reply ]
ziggytrix Jan 23, 2012 - 13:32	jim1964 wrote: This song always makes me smile when I hear it and I don't have a clue what he's singing about, probably Australia. Not exactly... " Been alone since you were twenty-one/ You haven't laughed since January/ You try and make like this is so much fun/ But we know it to be quite contrary." " You don't know how long I've been/ Watching the lantern dim/ Starved of oxygen/ So give me your hand, and let's jump out the window." Cheery, eh? [ Reply ]
jim1964 Dec 15, 2011 - 12:24	This song always makes me smile when I hear it and I don't have a clue what he's singing about, probably Australia. [ Reply ]
jt1 Nov 08, 2011 - 13:51	Shimmer wrote: This is nice enough. I think it's what The Smiths would've sounded like if Morrisey had been on anti-depressants and talk therapy. you may have a point. [ Reply ]