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The Shins — Bait And Switch
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stephw
(From The Great White North)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 10:27
 
Love Love Love the Shins!{#Dancingbanana_2}

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Apr 27, 2013 - 13:31
 
Riffing off of Jack White.

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 12:14
 
I really liked the guitar part.  Like em.  Have some of their stuff.
Haven't listened to it all and haven't heard this whole album, yet, just the stuff you play on here.

dwlangham
(Nowhere to be found)
Posted: Apr 19, 2013 - 11:14
 
Hey, it's that song that . . . I don't . . . like. Shit.

gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 15:19
 
Man...didn't hear the Shins at first. But I did hear some Jefferson Airplane guitar licks.

1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Apr 17, 2013 - 15:16
 
 {#Yes}you said it ! socalhol wrote:
This is decent enough, but so far I'm not loving it as much as older Shins & Broken Bells..... 

 



TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 17:47
 
 
Lazarus wrote:

marvelous...  love it...
 

 
Lazarus Taxon indeed.

:+:_DL
(RVA)
Posted: Apr 03, 2013 - 10:25
 
I've never really liked this band, but now I'm beginning to wonder why they're even relevant in modern music. 
 

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 19:46
 

marvelous...  love it...
 

earthbased
(By a Big Lake)
Posted: Mar 12, 2013 - 06:55
 
Same old.

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 19:08
 
"Shins" are, like, an automatic 7 or plus. (Hope I got that use of "like" right.)  Anyway, they do little wrong, IM(H)O.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Mar 02, 2013 - 23:14
 
 oldsaxon wrote:

Truth be told: Yes I am, thanks and welcome back.
 

Thank you!  We be dancing...  love this song...
 

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 11:54
 
RP: All Shins, All the TIme.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 23, 2013 - 15:02
 
I don't seriously mean for anyone to ban any word anytime, anyplace, or anywhere.  Here is a display of what people mean when they use the term "accessible" in relation to art...
   
This music is really great and only someone with refined tastes can appreciate it.  It is complex and experimental, it is 100s of years ahead of its time.  Only true artist/aficionados like me can appreciate it.  You have to be one of the select, the initiated.  If you do not like it, you have a lack of sophistication and education, culture even, that prevents you from grasping it.  It is not possibly that my tastes are defective, for my tastes are superior to yours and they are unassailable.  The reason you do not see the brilliance in this work of art is caused by a defect in your inferior intellect, and perhaps your only hope is to go to an institution of higher learning and shell out all kinds of cash, and slog through all kinds of tomes, and kiss all kinds of old-farts asses and you might someday have a clue and appreciate this great piece of music.    

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 11:15
 
 Lazarus wrote:


This song is awesome... everybody in my church is dancing right now...  hope you are having a marvelous day right this minute...
 
 
Truth be told: Yes I am, thanks and welcome back.

Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 11:12
 
 oldsaxon wrote:
I'm wondering...is there a hotel manager banging on a door, somewhere in Vegas, because Romeotuma is dancing to this, music up just that bit too loud?
 

This song is awesome... everybody in my church is dancing right now...  hope you are having a marvelous day right this minute...
 

ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Jan 15, 2013 - 07:25
 
 drewd wrote:

Yay ! We can ban words now .. How cool is that ? Overplayed, hasn't aged well, mute, sucko barfo, derivative,insipid, PSD (not a word but people seem to use that one a lot),over produced,underrated, about,above,across,after, against,along. Ban them all. Did I miss any?
 
Yeah!  Why don't we all just shut the #@$* up!

richlister
(Here, there, pretty much everywhere.)
Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 02:57
 
 rdo wrote:

Could we possibly ban the word accessible from the RP comment board?  My all-time pet peeve. 
 
We would love to appropriately ban accessible, but unfortunately, the accessibility of accessible, is not easily accessible, and not easily amendable. Is that acceptable? I wish I could be more amenable.

drewd
Posted: Dec 25, 2012 - 20:51
 
 rdo wrote:

Could we possibly ban the word accessible from the RP comment board?  My all-time pet peeve. 
 
Yay ! We can ban words now .. How cool is that ? Overplayed, hasn't aged well, mute, sucko barfo, derivative,insipid, PSD (not a word but people seem to use that one a lot),over produced,underrated, about,above,across,after, against,along. Ban them all. Did I miss any?


rdo
(DC)
Posted: Dec 01, 2012 - 18:27
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:
You probably like them because James Mercer's influences are, I think, first and foremost of the Beach Boys and Beatles variety. But I also hear a little Zombies and Turtles in there. The latest album (Port of Morrow) feels like the most accessible of the four complete LP's to date. But Their last album, Wincing the Night Away, made a lot of "Album of the Year" lists in 2008 so you really can't go wrong.
 
Could we possibly ban the word accessible from the RP comment board?  My all-time pet peeve. 

justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Nov 13, 2012 - 13:42
 
I am a Shins-fan of the first hour but I just don´t get this album.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 19:44
 
There are those who wonder if Romeotuma is the Manager of that motel.

oldsaxon
(Wales via Vancouver, BC.)
Posted: Oct 28, 2012 - 13:53
 
I'm wondering...is there a hotel manager banging on a door, somewhere in Vegas, because Romeotuma is dancing to this, music up just that bit too loud?

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 08:58
 
 joelbb wrote:
I'm a 60s kind of guy, too old to be in The Shins demo, but I really like everything by them that gets played here.  One of you 20-somethings please tell me, what's the best Shins album to start with?
 
I'd suggest Oh, Inverted World and Chutes Too Narrow—two of their first three. Wincing the Night Away is more stylistically akin to Port of Morrow (you can hear Mercer asserting his own voice over that of a band) yet no less distinct. 

joelbb
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 16:56
 
 Sasha2001 wrote:
You probably like them because James Mercer's influences are, I think, first and foremost of the Beach Boys and Beatles variety. But I also hear a little Zombies and Turtles in there. The latest album (Port of Morrow) feels like the most accessible of the four complete LP's to date. But Their last album, Wincing the Night Away, made a lot of "Album of the Year" lists in 2008 so you really can't go wrong.
 
Thanks, Sasha.  I also hear a little Garcia guitar and multiple late 60s/early 70s country rock influences.  Hope you can find a private restroom somewhere.

ch83575
Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 16:53
 
ahhh, the old bait and switch.

Sasha2001
(Nowhere near a public restroom...)
Posted: Sep 09, 2012 - 19:33
 
You probably like them because James Mercer's influences are, I think, first and foremost of the Beach Boys and Beatles variety. But I also hear a little Zombies and Turtles in there. The latest album (Port of Morrow) feels like the most accessible of the four complete LP's to date. But Their last album, Wincing the Night Away, made a lot of "Album of the Year" lists in 2008 so you really can't go wrong.

joelbb
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 10:50
 
I'm a 60s kind of guy, too old to be in The Shins demo, but I really like everything by them that gets played here.  One of you 20-somethings please tell me, what's the best Shins album to start with?

Propayne
(Richmond VA)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 10:47
 
Wonderful, soaring chorus.

Jalmari
(Kuopio,Finland)
Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 10:05
 
Perfect pop- music! Makes me want to dance.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Aug 26, 2012 - 14:19
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Were you expecting a phone call from him to be asked to play the flugel horn parts?  Anyhow, there are quite a few other musicians playing on this album.
 
The sad but true fact is that solo artists just have not been as good as bands have been in Rock music.  This CD is a let down for me. 

Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet)
Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 16:59
 
 FogAudio wrote:
First time I've heard this song but I know I am going to dig it more and more on subsequent listens!
 
Ditto

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 16:59
 
This album is enjoyable so far. I've only heard the tracks that have been played here on RP.

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 05:24
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:
Love this album, but why does it bother me that he is such a control freak he had to play every instrument??
 
Were you expecting a phone call from him to be asked to play the flugel horn parts?  Anyhow, there are quite a few other musicians playing on this album.

arserocket
(S.O.B in an S.U.V)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 05:22
 
its Dickey Betts - I can't hear anything now apart from the Allmans, its getting bad

MM_Oz
(Gidgie.. in the golden west)
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 22:58
 
Yes..  I can see (hear) why it was free too..... 

JsDad wrote:
This song is on Amazon's list of the 50 Best Songs so far this year, and... it's free!  (or at least it was earlier in the week).  Guess if you use the link from RP they won't get much of a commission.
 



JsDad
(Chapel Hill, NC)
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 17:19
 
This song is on Amazon's list of the 50 Best Songs so far this year, and... it's free!  (or at least it was earlier in the week).  Guess if you use the link from RP they won't get much of a commission.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: May 01, 2012 - 09:39
 
I kind of agree that their earlier stuff had more real and true new rare polished gems in it, but this does have its charms, and I do love some of the lines in this one!

Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Apr 28, 2012 - 11:50
 
Interesting the Echo song followed by The Shins: if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, somewhere Echo & the Bunnymen are smiling.

musman
Posted: Apr 24, 2012 - 23:02
 
Beautiful song !

malvey254
Posted: Apr 21, 2012 - 04:56
 
I have no objection to the fact that this song is played every 18 hours on RP.  Still fresh after 45 listens here and on my iPod.

socalhol
(Seattle)
Posted: Apr 17, 2012 - 16:50
 
This is decent enough, but so far I'm not loving it as much as older Shins & Broken Bells..... 

FogAudio
(St Petersburg, FL)
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 10:44
 
First time I've heard this song but I know I am going to dig it more and more on subsequent listens!

coloradojohn
(Mile High on the Colorado Vibe, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: Mar 25, 2012 - 19:02
 
Hey, I really like that little tear on guitar near the end...some new personnel, but typically shining through with Shin-ness and then some; dig it!

jonahboo
(in a corner)
Posted: Mar 22, 2012 - 06:19
 
got my tix for Terminal 5!
April 29 2012

looking forward to some goodness   

TJS
(Bradley, Il)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 12:02
 
This is the 3rd shins song today. 

kysmet
(Central Florida)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 12:02
 
Yay, new Shins!!!

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 12:01
 
 Troutnskibum wrote:
Love this album, but why does it bother me that he is such a control freak he had to play every instrument??
 
I bothers you because it isn't true.  He didn't play every instrument, in fact he collaborated quite a bit, with nearly everyone he's previously worked with.  Read Pitchfork's review for more info. 

rlr511
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 12:00
 
these guys are growing on me.  cool, kinda funky, great lead singer voice.  like and like again!

Troutnskibum
Posted: Mar 21, 2012 - 12:00
 
Love this album, but why does it bother me that he is such a control freak he had to play every instrument??