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Dav3thedog
(Canberra)
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 23:04
 
Love the Shins and some great photos of Oz to go with it!
alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: 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.  

jt1
Posted: 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)

alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: 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...{#Arrowu}

oilydwarf
Posted: Feb 05, 2013 - 03:36
 
overplayed, let's give it an RP extended vacation

Vinni_NL
(Nijmegen)
Posted: 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 Live 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.

cShaggy
(..inna state of being..)
Posted: 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

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 07:35
 
La la la la la la la...

 

calypsus_1
(East of Eden)
Posted: 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 Live 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".






Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: 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.

drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: 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.

ricguy
(Costa Mesa , CA)
Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 13:04
 
SHINS!... keepn' me "go happy" :) 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: 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.

coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver)
Posted: 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.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: 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.



drsteevo
(Location Location)
Posted: 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.

jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: 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.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: 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? {#Whisper}


jim1964
(1379 miles to Wall Drug)
Posted: 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.

jt1
Posted: 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. {#Lol}


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 21:38
 

the only 'bad' part of this tune is when th mention the 'window'

freaks me out



WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 06:09
 
 gratefulgator wrote:
This song improves my mood on what seems like the billionth rainy day of this year... 7
 
Today = 1,000,000,001. It's so frigging wet here, there's moss growing on the mold...or is it the other way around?


MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Sep 06, 2011 - 15:33
 
Time to poot zee heedphonz on!

DanO-1
(Sandia Park, New Mexico)
Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 08:33
 
I've not become tired of this CD after 4 years of regular rotation in my player. Good stuff.

JoepKoperdraat
Posted: Jun 09, 2011 - 08:32
 
 sieversfam wrote:
La la la laaaaaa! 

Peppy..
 
Indeed!!!

Hu Hu Hu Hu


sieversfam
Posted: May 26, 2011 - 12:42
 
La la la laaaaaa! 

Peppy..

gratefulgator
(San Francisco CA)
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 09:48
 
This song improves my mood on what seems like the billionth rainy day of this year... 7

gabrielle7nt
(spring cleaning)
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 09:48
 

I'm a sucker for clever lyrics.



Dave_Mack
(In limbo)
Posted: Mar 22, 2011 - 17:23
 
 1wolfy wrote:
I already have it and enjoy it...too bad you're not liking it. I've bought a few CDs that I didn't like much, but later returned to them and liked them. Huey wrote:
I bought this CD. Hate it. Who wants it?? PM me. the best reason gets it. I pay mailing.

 
 
I love it too.  Amazing stuff through and through.  And this song is actually bouncy!  Who'd a thunk it?


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Mar 01, 2011 - 13:17
 
I already have it and enjoy it...too bad you're not liking it. I've bought a few CDs that I didn't like much, but later returned to them and liked them. Huey wrote:
I bought this CD. Hate it. Who wants it?? PM me. the best reason gets it. I pay mailing.

 



Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Feb 03, 2011 - 07:41
 
I bought this CD. Hate it. Who wants it?? PM me. the best reason gets it. I pay mailing.


alaken
(Missoula, MT)
Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 14:39
 
 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.
 
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.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 16:21
 
 ashjonesie wrote:
This is my all time most favorite song by my all time favorite band... ever. This song just makes me happy!
 
Every time I hear the banjo come in for the first time, I crack up.



peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 13:04
 
 stickers11 wrote:
getting into the wine...will soon start giving everything at least and "8" vote....this one a "9" cause the Shins kick ass.
 
Good on ya mate! Cheers {#Cheers}

agkagk
(Aurora, Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 13:02
 
Toe-tapping goodness!
A solid 8 from me.

Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 13:51
 
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.

kellykiernan
Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 17:59
 
I love The Shins. Love the little minor key turn they bend towards in their melodies. Never sure where the melody line is going to lead as a result. Lyrics are beautiful, too.

Vogelfrei
(Western Montana)
Posted: Oct 26, 2010 - 14:13
 
 TimeWaster wrote:
I really like these guys, but am I the only one who has a hard time making out their lyrics?
 
On two levels.  First, I have a hard time making out exactly what words he is singing; then, once I understand, I have a hard time figuring out what they mean.  

Which is fine. James Mercer has a fine talent for a turn of phrase that you wouldn't normally think would fit into the meter of a pop song (e.g. "faced with the dodo's/android's conundrum"), and it seems like he's usually getting at something pretty interesting, even if it's wrapped in obscure metaphors and private jokes.


Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD)
Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 20:50
 
Lots of The Smiths in this.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 11:11
 
ballyhairs wrote:
Hmm.. I never felt glad for someone's death as his, always bothering animals around just to keep his pathetic show going, well done sting-ray {#Clap}
I still love this song {#Dancingbanana}

 

What a repellent and stupid comment. Irwin raised the consciousness of millions of people around the world to the natural habitat, especially because many people believe that reptiles are strictly ugly animals the world would be better without. I am sure that he did more for protecting wildlife than you will do in a hundred lifetimes.
You should withdraw this comment and look inside yourself about where it is coming from.
 
Agree 100% - I don't think the Sea Shephard folks would have named theur whale rescuing vessel after Steve if .. oh forget it ballyhairs - if you are still out there - please delete your insipid comment



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Sep 14, 2010 - 11:06
 
 ashjonesie wrote:
This is my all time most favorite song by my all time favorite band... ever. This song just makes me happy!
 

Love the tune and the Shins..... but you must be fairly ....ah ... young

ashjonesie
(San Luis Obispo, Ca)
Posted: Aug 13, 2010 - 10:30
 
This is my all time most favorite song by my all time favorite band... ever. This song just makes me happy!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Aug 04, 2010 - 05:15
 
 Stefen wrote:
This is rather hard to take after two fine soul songs.  Mute!
 
Well, you are warned at the start of the song: "Time to put ze ear goggles on!" {#Smile}

Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA)
Posted: Jun 10, 2010 - 16:19
 
This is rather hard to take after two fine soul songs.  Mute!

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: May 20, 2010 - 06:14
 
 peacockangel wrote:

ok I'll try ~ here goes ~

there are people who live and there are those that don't ~ a level of consciousness vs robothood ~

sounds like he tries to save them that don't ~ they never care lol ~

the Hermit ~ (inner secret) ~ holds a latern/lamp ~ (the light) —— or the lantern hanging in ritual space ~ same concept kinda ~

it becomes so futile trying to help sometimes ~ makes ya wanna jump ~ but we keep trying anyway lol ~

I'm probably nowhere close lol ~ a dream within a dream...

sorry just felt a little devilish
 
{#Think}....{#Undecided} ....{#Doh}.... {#Yes} ... {#High-five} ... {#Cry}... I see, it makes more sense why I like this song so much, thank you


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 15, 2010 - 13:36
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:

It's a perfectly cromulent word!

 
Indeed!  As cromulent as an esquilax.


calypsus_1
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 20:44
 

shinny shin by ~xMirrorMex
©2007-2010 ~xMirrorMex

The Shins
8.30.07
Bend, OR
Les Schwab Ampitheatre



shmuelman
(Denver)
Posted: Apr 18, 2010 - 12:03
 
 ballyhairs wrote:

Hmm.. I never felt glad for someone's death as his, always bothering animals around just to keep his pathetic show going, well done sting-ray {#Clap}
I still love this song {#Dancingbanana}

 
What a repellent and stupid comment. Irwin raised the consciousness of millions of people around the world to the natural habitat, especially because many people believe that reptiles are strictly ugly animals the world would be better without. I am sure that he did more for protecting wildlife than you will do in a hundred lifetimes.
You should withdraw this comment and look inside yourself about where it is coming from.



ballyhairs
Posted: Apr 09, 2010 - 01:36
 
 diegotz wrote:

As far as I'm concerned, it is dedicated to Steve Irwin

 
Hmm.. I never felt glad for someone's death as his, always bothering animals around just to keep his pathetic show going, well done sting-ray {#Clap}
I still love this song {#Dancingbanana}


photolew
Posted: Mar 30, 2010 - 03:47
 
Snappy.....luv it