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Nada Surf — See These Bones
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unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: May 04, 2013 - 19:41
 
Just like we are,
You'll be dust"

Amen, bro. 

FrnaZ
Posted: Mar 28, 2013 - 08:37
 
Sounds like Always Love.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 04:50
 
Nice live and unplugged, only with guitar and voice, though!

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Jan 09, 2013 - 11:58
 
 Sloggydog wrote:

I went 7 to 8.  Creeper hey.  Got to be 8 if I hear it and recognise it and am pleased it has come on.
 
Good point Sloggydog. Bumped it to 8

justin_cook
(Ventura, CA)
Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 13:45
 
 fitzworld wrote:
Very mediocre! Nothing special about this tune. Could mistake it for a hundred other songs. And hard to take it seriously with lyrics like, "the Sharks and the Jets." BLAND and BORING!! With so much great music out there, how does anyone make time for this pabulum????
 
kinda agree and think their name fitting... no surf=boring, big surf=terrifyingly exciting.   Just have to PSD... bike, skate or even fly a kite when there is nada surf.

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 08:20
 
 ziakut wrote:
5 ——> 7
 
I went 7 to 8.  Creeper hey.  Got to be 8 if I hear it and recognise it and am pleased it has come on.

srose96
(grandma's house)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 08:20
 
{#Curtain}

joelbb
Posted: Sep 05, 2012 - 20:02
 
This song has a world class hook and what's not to like about the 12-string?  Of course, it's hard to make that first comment without thinking about the Blues Traveler piece about the purpose of a good hook.

ziakut
(Right Here)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 12:11
 
5 ——> 7

Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 14:15
 
This song takes a heady topic and makes me want to dance to it. I'd say that's a pretty good song.

Grammarcop
(i've successfully infiltrated the 1% without being detected!)
Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 14:11
 
 Bosami wrote:


Because of your comment I find myself laughing every time I hear this song. {#Lol} 
 
My work here is done. ;-)

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 19:31
 
Prefer the  Butthole Surfers meself.

leafmold
Posted: May 09, 2012 - 09:52
 
Love Nada Surf.

Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 08:39
 
 Grammarcop wrote:
The Sharks and the Jets? Is the game in San Jose or Winnipeg?
 

Because of your comment I find myself laughing every time I hear this song. {#Lol} 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Apr 22, 2012 - 10:31
 
 fitzworld wrote:
Very mediocre! Nothing special about this tune. Could mistake it for a hundred other songs. And hard to take it seriously with lyrics like, "the Sharks and the Jets." BLAND and BORING!! With so much great music out there, how does anyone make time for this pabulum????
 
There must have been something special about it to make you write such an animated and angry criticism. 

RainTarp
(Boston)
Posted: Apr 17, 2012 - 11:15
 
 kingart wrote:
Nice hook. Nice chiming guitars. I'll put this on my Pod. (The Sharks and Jets were rival gangs in West Side Story.)  
Although someone please explain to me exactly what "nothing surf" might mean. 
 

Matthew Caws explained the band name.  It doesn't mean surfing as in surfing waves on the ocean.  He meant it to mean that his mind is surfing onto different thoughts based on no preconcieved thought.  Surfing on nothing.

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 08:44
 
Nice hook. Nice chiming guitars. I'll put this on my Pod. (The Sharks and Jets were rival gangs in West Side Story.)  
Although someone please explain to me exactly what "nothing surf" might mean. 

arserocket
(S.O.B in an S.U.V)
Posted: Apr 04, 2012 - 08:39
 
so much to like about this - voice, guitar

t00lur
Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 10:36
 
 fitzworld wrote:
Very mediocre! Nothing special about this tune. Could mistake it for a hundred other songs. And hard to take it seriously with lyrics like, "the Sharks and the Jets." BLAND and BORING!! With so much great music out there, how does anyone make time for this pabulum????
 
agreed!

84MacGuy
(Portland, Oregon)
Posted: Mar 19, 2012 - 17:01
 
Just got tickets to see these boys in Portland on Friday.  Can't wait.

benpfree
Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 10:08
 
check out a great performance of Nada Surf via KEXP radio Seattle. just go to youtube and search Nada Surf KEXP. Click on the one that says full performance. The version of See These Bones is great, as is the whole show. 

fitzworld
(The Big A)
Posted: Mar 12, 2012 - 10:04
 
Very mediocre! Nothing special about this tune. Could mistake it for a hundred other songs. And hard to take it seriously with lyrics like, "the Sharks and the Jets." BLAND and BORING!! With so much great music out there, how does anyone make time for this pabulum????

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Mar 10, 2012 - 21:03
 
Just another Superset. Thanks Bill.

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 16:34
 

I love the Salish Christian graveyards nestled in the hills of the coastal and interior rain forest, often decorated with bright, colourful flowers and ribbons.  Quiet, peaceful, often situated near gorgeous views of rivers where salmon and steelhead ply the waters—year in, year out.

 

 

 



Grammarcop
(Upriver from Zug Island)
Posted: Mar 03, 2012 - 16:26
 
The Sharks and the Jets? Is the game in San Jose or Winnipeg?

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Feb 24, 2012 - 18:14
 
 fredriley wrote:

Thanks for this. The practice of individual burials is very much a recent thing, in archaeological timespans. This reminds me of neolithic chambered cairns I saw on Shetland and Orkney, which were communal interment chambers where the bodies of all the community were stored. The tombs in their age were open and very likely the community would regularly come and commune with their ancestors, and would have a very clear idea of the inevitability of death. I can see why such places would be "uplifting" rather than morbid. The close presence of death can act as a spur to live life while you've got it.

 

And Kutna Hora near Prague, the Peruvian skeletons, Capadoccia, Sagada in the Philippines, all still easy to see and walk away from, feeling alive.

Here's your bucket list: http://www.superstock.com/stock-photography/Skeleton+Cave 

Dahnyul
Posted: Feb 18, 2012 - 23:52
 
 westslope wrote:

Nada surf?    Too self-deprecating for an American band.   ;-)

 

Catchy.

 
Good one Westy!  How dare those Americanos horn in on our Canadian birth right!

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Feb 12, 2012 - 15:35
 

Nada surf?    Too self-deprecating for an American band.   ;-)

 

Catchy.



Stingray
(NWO reloaded)
Posted: Jan 07, 2012 - 09:04
 
Really lovely!

srose96
(grandma's house)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 06:23
 
I remember when this first came out.. such a lovely era

terrapin52
(Terrapin Station, SC)
Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 01:48
 
Such an amazing song from the band that brought us "Popular."  Wonders never cease.

84MacGuy
(Portland, Oregon)
Posted: Dec 06, 2011 - 13:37
 

Nada Surf has some of the most catchy songs on RP. Another great one.



Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 18:00
 
7 to 8, with potential.  It grows on me... {#Music}

motorichi
(formerly known as Owensmouth)
Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 08:35
 
8————————————->9

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 04:17
 
 jpdribbler wrote:

Glad you like "my" song {#Smile} - really didn't expect this one to be added right away. Thanks Bill & Rebecca!

Sadly, I feel that Lucky is a rather weak record overall with See These Bones being the best track by far. Has a Let Go feel to me, which I'd call their opus magnum.

Pretty evocative lyrics, too - here's some info on the background (from Nada Surf's myspace bio):

"See These Bones" was inspired by a visit Caws made a few years back to the Crypt of the Capuchin Monks in Rome, who created a macabre but stirring environmental sculpture from the bones of their departed brethren. (Caws says, "It's a chilling place. Seeing all those old bones up close really drives home that this is it - and you better make the most of your life. Ultimately, it's uplifting. I left there in a bizarrely good mood.")
 
Thanks for this. The practice of individual burials is very much a recent thing, in archaeological timespans. This reminds me of neolithic chambered cairns I saw on Shetland and Orkney, which were communal interment chambers where the bodies of all the community were stored. The tombs in their age were open and very likely the community would regularly come and commune with their ancestors, and would have a very clear idea of the inevitability of death. I can see why such places would be "uplifting" rather than morbid. The close presence of death can act as a spur to live life while you've got it.


Alexandra
(Here and Now)
Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 07:38
 
 bseib wrote:
An okay tune... Nice line: "What you are now, we were once..."

 

That was what was written in Latin over the bone sculpture made by the Capuchin monks in Rome, mentioned in the post below. It had a profound effect on Caws.


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Sep 02, 2011 - 23:00
 
 My kind of comment - Cynaera wrote:
My first time hearing this song.  I love Nada Surf.  I might have to invest in this CD....{#Mrgreen}
 
{#Group-hug}



robadr
(vancouver bc)
Posted: Aug 07, 2011 - 14:47
 
Loved this song from first listening. For some reason I've only just started listening to the rest of the album - the most beautiful soundtrack for a sunny summer day. Strongly recommend adding 'Beautiful Beat' to the playlist!

jpdribbler
(Berlin)
Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 05:16
 
 thefoodoflove wrote:
I was a nada virgin until now I think I love this song must have it even if by burglary!
 
Congrats on your nada-defloration! No need for burglary, though - here's a perfectly legal download link!


thefoodoflove
(Sydney)
Posted: Jun 11, 2011 - 07:36
 
I was a nada virgin until now I think I love this song must have it even if by burglary!

jpdribbler
(Berlin)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 13:12
 
 Cynaera wrote:
My first time hearing this song.  I love Nada Surf.  I might have to invest in this CD....{#Mrgreen}
 
Glad you like "my" song {#Smile} - really didn't expect this one to be added right away. Thanks Bill & Rebecca!

Sadly, I feel that Lucky is a rather weak record overall with See These Bones being the best track by far. Has a Let Go feel to me, which I'd call their opus magnum.

Pretty evocative lyrics, too - here's some info on the background (from Nada Surf's myspace bio):

"See These Bones" was inspired by a visit Caws made a few years back to the Crypt of the Capuchin Monks in Rome, who created a macabre but stirring environmental sculpture from the bones of their departed brethren. (Caws says, "It's a chilling place. Seeing all those old bones up close really drives home that this is it - and you better make the most of your life. Ultimately, it's uplifting. I left there in a bizarrely good mood.")



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 11:02
 
My first time hearing this song.  I love Nada Surf.  I might have to invest in this CD....{#Mrgreen}

bseib
(40 24' N 86 53' W)
Posted: May 04, 2011 - 11:01
 
An okay tune... Nice line: "What you are now, we were once..."
makes me think of: Dads, the original hipsters