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The Shins — Caring Is Creepy
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justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 29, 2013 - 02:30
 
First track of their first album. What followed was a revelation for me. The Shins indeed did change my life. Well at least a bit.

jocelynsart
Posted: Oct 19, 2012 - 16:19
 
truly love this band! run to turn them up every time :-)
 

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 08:35
 
caring is definitely creepy to me today. but i do like this song.

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 06:58
 
 dc_zee wrote:
Can't trust my ears and imagination sometimes; apparently 'Old King's swallows let me in..." is really "All these squawking birds won't quit."  

Of course, I was the girl that thought "You and me endlessly groovin'...'" was 'You, and Me, and Leslie...grooving... on a Sunday afternoon".  (At the time this was a vaguely unsettling, yet intriguing lyric to my tween mind.) 
 
You mean its not, "You and me and Leslie?"  I always pictured a summer picnic in a beautiful park with Mom, Dad, and little Leslie - their daughter. 

Need to flush out my headgear. . .


Stingray
(4 A FREE INTERNET)
Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 11:29
 
WONDERFUL!

ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 - 16:25
 
I've heard they finally have a new album coming out in March!

dc_zee
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 - 17:25
 
Can't trust my ears and imagination sometimes; apparently 'Old King's swallows let me in..." is really "All these squawking birds won't quit."  

Of course, I was the girl that thought "You and me endlessly groovin'...'" was 'You, and Me, and Leslie...grooving... on a Sunday afternoon".  (At the time this was a vaguely unsettling, yet intriguing lyric to my tween mind.) 

terrapin52
Posted: Nov 04, 2011 - 06:03
 
This song never gets old.  I love RP, too.  Great mixing, Bill.

fiddler
Posted: Oct 07, 2011 - 12:54
 
This is one of the first tunes I ever heard on RP several years ago. I knew right then that I had found a good home.

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 19:36
 
the shins

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jun 03, 2011 - 17:17
 
 Stingray wrote:
WOOOW - SOOOO WONDERFUL!

so-so wonderful!!!
 

Why don't you give it a 10 then?

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 05:52
 
What do you get when you combine Albuquerque weirdness with Portland weirdness? Wonderfully weird Shins!

Dave_Mack
(Saratoga,CA)
Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 16:11
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
This good band gets a lot of air play on Radio Paradise. Could it be because RP is a real Shindig? {#Mrgreen}

 
You're gonna end up with a Shiner making puns like that.

By the way...yay.  Gotta get my 2 or 3 Shins songs per day. 


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Oct 10, 2010 - 10:19
 
WOOOW - SOOOO WONDERFUL!

so-so wonderful!!!

JalapenoJoe
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 11:42
 
Some of the best live performances I've ever seen. Fantastic musicianship.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 13:21
 
 smdeeg wrote:
I wonder how many songs from the Garden State soundtrack have been played in the last day or so. I know I've heard several. Speaks very well for it (the soundtrack that is).
 
"Garden State" really IS a good soundtrack, innit?  Which reminds me - I need to put it back into rotation in my vehicle...

I like The Shins (glad I have two of them, or I'd never find that table edge!) {#Roflol}

smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 16:13
 
I usually don't weigh in with "I think it sounds like ..." comments because so much music is derivative or inspired by other stuff (not saying that's a bad thing all), but in this case this song is really reminding me of something, and I think it's Twin Peaks.  Anybody else hearing it, or is it just me? {#Ask}

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Mar 01, 2010 - 16:12
 

So these are the Shins, eh?  Have heard this song previously on RP but was probably too distracted to look up.

I don't see the similarity to Porcupine Tree except the shifting time signatures, use of synthesizer, harmonies.



fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 03:52
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
This good band gets a lot of air play on Radio Paradise. Could it be because RP is a real Shindig? {#Mrgreen}

 
No! Geddoutahere!! ;)


peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 09:20
 
This good band gets a lot of air play on Radio Paradise. Could it be because RP is a real Shindig? {#Mrgreen}


Rick_V
(New Orleans)
Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 09:08
 
This is a great song.

rez
Posted: Aug 24, 2009 - 21:48
 
bubb1971 wrote:
I have this CD and only on this song do I hear this but as crazy as it may seem to say this, during the verse "Hold your glass up, hod it in" the strain in the signers voice reminds me of early Ozzy.

Even crazier, I've spent the last five minutes scratching my head trying to think of what early obscure early 70s
record  that the voice reminded me of and it wasn't Ozzy, it was Roy Wood's singing off the first ELO record.
Anyone with me on this ?

anyone ???


danagle
Posted: Jul 24, 2009 - 07:42
 
I like the Shins, but I'm not overly fond of this song.  "New Slang" and "Chutes Too Narrow" are far more interesting, IMHO.

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Mar 19, 2009 - 14:31
 
Only an 8? Gotta bump this one... coolest song they've done..

Exene
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 14:24
 
Oh yes. Absolutely. More Shins, please!
Saw them last year at the Ryman in Nashville and they just exuded joy and made us all crazy. Delightful, inventive, gorgeous.

Kerly
(Estonia)
Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 22:52
 
treepop wrote:
mmmmm the shins....mmmmmm yummy

Yees, very YUMMY!



treepop
(H-Tizzle)
Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 09:58
 
mmmmm the shins....mmmmmm yummy

aquinas
Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 09:49
 
You mean New Slang {#Wink}

this song really did change my life


Stingray
Posted: Jul 21, 2008 - 17:54
 
GREAT!
jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL)
Posted: Feb 15, 2008 - 08:25
 
this song really did change my life


thank you

also, I automatically hear Zero 7 at the end of this
strange_brew00
(houston, tx)
Posted: Jan 20, 2008 - 10:21
 
meydele wrote:


Wow. I quite liked it. In fact I liked it so much I bought it. And I thank Zach Braff for introducing me to The Shins, which I would never have discovered without him, since I live in the ass-end of nowhere.

i didn't care for it much.
hey braff, "it says balls on your face". no amount of washing will get rid of it, don't try.
smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 11:24
 
I wonder how many songs from the Garden State soundtrack have been played in the last day or so. I know I've heard several. Speaks very well for it (the soundtrack that is).
perezia23
(land of UTahrds and MObots)
Posted: Aug 30, 2007 - 07:22
 
The Shins produce the best blend of melody and lyrics I've heard in a long time.
Not so much in this song, but still love 'em:

It's a luscious mix of words and tricks
That let us bet when you know we should fold
On rocks I dreamt of where we'd stepped
And all the whole mess of roads we're now on.
DoctorHooey
(/etc)
Posted: Aug 30, 2007 - 07:14
 
That song title is just hilarious.
guiguy
(Near Mt.Fuji)
Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 07:13
 
In my small corner of the world, I do think The Shins are one of the finest bands I've heard on the planet these days; thanks to RP I bought all 3 discs.
pearmax
(Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 07:10
 
meydele wrote:


Wow. I quite liked it. In fact I liked it so much I bought it. And I thank Zach Braff for introducing me to The Shins, which I would never have discovered without him, since I live in the ass-end of nowhere.



I agree....
meydele
(Par la mer)
Posted: Jun 28, 2007 - 06:10
 
Geo_orc1 wrote:
I like this song. It's just that I strongly dislike the emo-itude of Zach Braff and his self indulgent movie Garden State.


Wow. I quite liked it. In fact I liked it so much I bought it. And I thank Zach Braff for introducing me to The Shins, which I would never have discovered without him, since I live in the ass-end of nowhere.
pythian
Posted: May 27, 2007 - 23:31
 
Geo_orc1 wrote:
I like this song. It's just that I strongly dislike the emo-itude of Zach Braff and his self indulgent movie Garden State.


Thank you, ever so kindly, to the world that I got into this band before Garden State. Sure, New Slang reminds me of Natalie Portman in a helmet, but Caring is Creepy has no such association.

Woo.

Bill should play some Sea and Cake. Maybe I should figure to suggest some on the review channel.
Geo_orc1
(Kaw! Country)
Posted: May 08, 2007 - 14:53
 
I like this song. It's just that I strongly dislike the emo-itude of Zach Braff and his self indulgent movie Garden State.
twp
Posted: May 08, 2007 - 13:33
 
It's an okay song but it's gotten awfully overplayed by now.
Rickvee
(New Orleans)
Posted: Apr 26, 2007 - 12:42
 
A perfect pop song. These guys know how to write great tunes.
Wizzuvvoz
(middle of the road in the groin of America)
Posted: Apr 26, 2007 - 12:36
 
I breathed an actual sigh of relief to hear a Shins tune that was not off the most recent album (not that there's anything wrong with that one).
BillG
(Paradise, CA)
Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 14:58
 
closemindedmoron wrote:
there are 8 other people like me that rated this crap a 1 for being sucko barfo!

...and 277 that rated it 8 or higher. Sounds about right :-)
withnail
Posted: Dec 29, 2006 - 20:59
 
Frankly I'm baffled by some of the comments I see in here. The Shins haven't put out a bad record yet. They opened for Belle & Sebastian at the Hollywood Bowl and it was a terrific set. Great sense of humor as they played to a not-quite-full house. It was really an intimate set for such a large venue. The new record seems a little overproduced to me, but I've only given it one spin so far.
DD closemindedmoron
(Long Island)
Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 08:45
 
djblitz wrote:
Her??? Am I missing something!?
Yeah, this band is full of wimps and wussies. I can see how he thought this sissy of a singer was a girl.
DD closemindedmoron
(Long Island)
Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 08:39
 
there are 8 other people like me that rated this crap a 1 for being sucko barfo!
Darkmatter
(Sweden)
Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 08:38
 
I like the Shins, but I have to try really hard to find a song here. I find their songs wildly uneven regarding quality. I cannot listen to any of their albums through from start to finish, for example.
bubb1971
Posted: Dec 15, 2006 - 08:37
 
I have this CD and only on this song do I hear this but as crazy as it may seem to say this, during the verse "Hold your glass up, hod it in" the strain in the signers voice reminds me of early Ozzy.
babygirl614
(Green Bay, WI)
Posted: Nov 30, 2006 - 18:16
 
meydele wrote:
Love this song, loved Garden State.


As do I. Oh, good, Frou Frou. This soundtrack rocks.
meydele
(By the sea)
Posted: Nov 25, 2006 - 09:10
 
Love this song, loved Garden State.