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rdo
(DC)
Posted: Mar 03, 2013 - 13:03
 

Awesome song...as for the rest of ths CD...does Mercer need the ole haddock treatment...Fred??



justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 07:00
 

 rdo wrote:
By far the best song on a mediocre, disappointing CD...
 

Very true and that´s a shame.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Oct 13, 2012 - 13:43
 

By far the best song on a mediocre, disappointing CD...

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 16:30
 

 bindi wrote:
Second listen, . .I had to bump this up a notch.  Soooo good
 
I agree. I just bumped it up it to an 8. I love that melody. The song has so much life. 

natural_tools
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Sep 27, 2012 - 16:29
 

For some reason, I can't get excited about this album even though I liked all the other. Something about the behind-the-scenes band change turned me off maybe.

bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Aug 11, 2012 - 12:50
 

Second listen, . .I had to bump this up a notch.  Soooo good

RKeaton
(South of Paradise)
Posted: Jul 26, 2012 - 21:42
 

 tedevlin wrote:
Gee, where was that main hook from?  Sounded really familiar.

Now, listen to 'North Country Girl" by Pete Townshend from "Chinese Eyes" album. That's were I heard it from!  They must be fans

Listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WavnVVDlBak
 
The Who, fans of The Shins? Yeah, I can see that.

tedevlin
Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 07:56
 

Gee, where was that main hook from?  Sounded really familiar.

Now, listen to 'North Country Girl" by Pete Townshend from "Chinese Eyes" album. That's were I heard it from!  They must be fans

Listen to it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WavnVVDlBak

jonahboo
(in a corner)
Posted: Jun 25, 2012 - 07:54
 

:)
http://rockbeareguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/gibson_les_paul_tv_special_1.jpg

k_trout
(Dream State)
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 17:27
 

I love this band - a great lead vocalist.

tuttle99
Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 17:25
 

Reminds me of The Arcade Fire....only happier

{#Bananasplit}

Tuesday1
Posted: May 08, 2012 - 14:56
 

I like this song more every time I hear it.  The video is pretty funny too!

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Mar 31, 2012 - 06:29
 

 Sasha2001 wrote:

Go for the music, just don't expect a "show." Mercer's new backup band appears younger and more energetic than him so perhaps their live shows will have a little more energy than the one I saw several years ago.
 

Right -  the music.  Maybe the era of the Rock Star is winding down.  Is that really such a bad thing?  I think the more we can appreciate genius like he has, as the pure art that it is, the better for all of us lovers of Rock music. 

Bat
(Austin)
Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 08:13
 

I saw them last night, along with what seemed like about 10,000 others, at a free show at SXSW and I have to agree.  Generally only groups that really rock can hold onto a crowd that big, especially outdoors.  The Shins aren't really that type of band.

The new band was good, but then I never saw the old one so I can't really compare.

iTunes is allowing streaming of the whole new CD before it is released.  I've listened to it throughout a couple times and I like it.
 
Sasha2001 wrote:

Go for the music, just don't expect a "show." Mercer's new backup band appears younger and more energetic than him so perhaps their live shows will have a little more energy than the one I saw several years ago.
 
 LPCity wrote:
Is anybody familiar with these guys in concert.  I have an opportunity to see them but don't really know much about them.
  



Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Mar 11, 2012 - 07:49
 

 LPCity wrote:
Is anybody familiar with these guys in concert.  I have an opportunity to see them but don't really know much about them.
 
Go for the music, just don't expect a "show." Mercer's new backup band appears younger and more energetic than him so perhaps their live shows will have a little more energy than the one I saw several years ago.

Schmackdown
(Chicago)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 10:48
 

This song rocks city blocks. 7 to 8 to 9 on repeated listens, I really like the vocal range on display as well as the instrumental reach. Once I get back to some distance running this will definitely be in the playlist.

FlatCat
(Chicago)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 09:09
 

I got hooked on the Shin's with Gold Teeth and a Curse for this Town, or whatever that song was called, and then it's all been down hill from there. Everything Mercer has done since sounds so limp to me. Pleasant enough, but drab.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 08:34
 

 Andy_B wrote:

And I'll bet you're dancing in your room too!  I'm dancing in the main salon.
 


Yes!  We be dancing right this minute!  Love this song...

hope you are having a great day...

 

gandalfbmg
(3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 08:33
 

Whole new band? And if this song is representative of the whole album (I hope it's not), I fear they might have jumped the shark... 'tis a shame, they were the best band of the 'aughts', IMO.

Andy_B
(aboard MV "Horizon," east coast Fla)
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 13:11
 

 romeotuma wrote:


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day...

 
 
And I'll bet you're dancing in your room too!  I'm dancing in the main salon.



LPCity
(Salt Lake City, Utah)
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 13:08
 

Is anybody familiar with these guys in concert.  I have an opportunity to see them but don't really know much about them.

Phototrekker
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 13:04
 

How refreshing after that horrible Beatles song - God!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 21, 2012 - 13:04
 



This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day...

 

rushed
(Edwardsville, IL)
Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 07:21
 

Nice.
Something in there gives me a Quadrophenia-era Who vibe.

bluecshells
(EARTH)
Posted: Feb 19, 2012 - 07:20
 

Another favorite by The Shins....love this

dlaumor
(Nantes - France)
Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 06:31
 

very nice new song !
Get a bit tired to always listen their olds songs

Seahunt
(Parent's Basement)
Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 05:06
 

I love this song.  Just sayin'...

malvey254
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 06:39
 

 WonderLizard wrote:

Maybe the same reason Sam Beam calls himself "Iron and Wine." It's not just you, but whoever you gather about you, the creative nexus, to collaborate on a musical enterprise. In the end, IMHO it doesn't matter a whit so long as the music is good, yes?
 
Or the same reason why Mark Everrett calls his band Eels when he is the only constant, or Badly Drawn Boy, or....

Cool tune - I like it better than anything from Broken Bells. 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Feb 11, 2012 - 06:38
 

I cannot wait til March 20.   I think this is my 3rd listen.  One word:  Godlike.




scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 12:53
 

I think I have figured out what's on top of the rock:

 

kylieh
(Gibsons, BC)
Posted: Feb 03, 2012 - 12:48
 

Yuk.  This sounds like something from 80's radio.  Shocked it was the Shins.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 07:14
 



simply marvelous...
 

coloradojohn
(Tokyo till Jan. 29, then it's back to Rocky Mtn Way!)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 21:06
 

Hey, cool...the Shins are back on the musical scene...Mercer's incredible, they're fantastic, and I root for them in the future!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 21:04
 



cool...

 

window
(Richmond, VA)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 14:04
 

 kapetto wrote:

I'm a cynic.  I always expect my favorite band's next album to be its death knell.  I always listen to the new singles with a critical ear.  I haven't been this optimistic about a new album since hearing the singles off of Ganging Up on the Sun, by Guster, some seven-odd years ago.

But, then, I generally avoid the singles so I won't judge them all cynically, and prefer to wait until I forget the new album is even coming out, and only remember 6 months after its release when I hear some tracks, or a friend tells me.

Come to think of it, I'm pretty much the anti-hipster.  "You probably know them.  They're been played to death."
 
Let's see... always expecting a band's newer work to suck, constantly critical in nature, conscious avoidance of widely available music information to protect your well-refined judgements...
 
Gee - for an anti-hipster, you sure do adhere closely to the strict hipster creed!

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 13:47
 

 justin4kick wrote:
At last a new song. It has been worth waiting for.

I am going to see them for the second time 25 March in Amsterdam.
 
NICE!


justin4kick
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 13:46
 

At last a new song. It has been worth waiting for.

I am going to see them for the second time 25 March in Amsterdam.

rlr511
(Philadelphia)
Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 13:45
 

I agree.  But they are a great band

 
ziggytrix wrote:
I normally love the Shins, but find this tune strangely uninspiring.
 



ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 10:18
 

I normally love the Shins, but find this tune strangely uninspiring.

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Jan 18, 2012 - 13:18
 

 oldsaxon wrote:

Steely Dan was never just Fagen and Becker. 
 
They did have a "Skunk" in the band.



buddy
Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 13:00
 

 Sasha2001 wrote:
+Interesting comments below. It makes me wonder though, if the last band wasn't contributing enough creatively (this is pure conjecture of course) what makes Mercer think a new band will be that much better? I'm considering the man's ego here. He might go out and get musicians he respects more, but at the end of the day, they're still glorified side-men and he's really just a solo act, no?

 
Mercer is clearly the artist here.  It could be the other band members' egos at play and not so much his own.  If they have nothing relevant to contribute artistically except playing their parts and yet want to exercise some creative control or direction, that would be their problem, not his (also pure conjecture).  Given Mercer surely understands its "his" music, then perhaps labeling it "The Shins" is his way of keeping his own ego in check.

Also, re the Iron & Wine reference below: Mercer could be thinking of "The Shins" as a 'project', much as Steve Wilson has his Porcupine Tree and Blackfield projects. Just a thought.



oldsaxon
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 12:44
 

 WonderLizard wrote:

Maybe the same reason Sam Beam calls himself "Iron and Wine." It's not just you, but whoever you gather about you, the creative nexus, to collaborate on a musical enterprise. In the end, IMHO it doesn't matter a whit so long as the music is good, yes?
 
Steely Dan was never just Fagen and Becker. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 16, 2012 - 12:43
 



This really is a fine song...  love it...

 

Sasha2001
(I can see Zabars from my window)
Posted: Jan 14, 2012 - 10:54
 

+Interesting comments below. It makes me wonder though, if the last band wasn't contributing enough creatively (this is pure conjecture of course) what makes Mercer think a new band will be that much better? I'm considering the man's ego here. He might go out and get musicians he respects more, but at the end of the day, they're still glorified side-men and he's really just a solo act, no?


SchoepTone
(Duke City)
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 15:52
 

 Troutnskibum wrote:
 I just don't know why he doesn't call himself a solo act at this point. Is it really "The Shins" when it's just one person?
 
I think the name "The Shins" will sell more records than "James Mercer." He's not exactly a household name.


WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 15:48
 

 Troutnskibum wrote:

<snip> I just don't know why he doesn't call himself a solo act at this point. Is it really "The Shins" when it's just one person?
 
Maybe the same reason Sam Beam calls himself "Iron and Wine." It's not just you, but whoever you gather about you, the creative nexus, to collaborate on a musical enterprise. In the end, IMHO it doesn't matter a whit so long as the music is good, yes?


KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 15:35
 

 Troutnskibum wrote:

I agree, but if you watch some of the Youtube interviews with Mercer, he seemed really frustrated with the band. I think he was the only true creative contributor to the albums and felt he was dragging everyone else along. I think maybe working with Danger Mouse really opened his eyes. I just don't know why he doesn't call himself a solo act at this point. Is it really "The Shins" when it's just one person?
 
He should be just a Shin.
And what about Danger Mice?



bokey
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 15:31
 

 dreadpixie wrote:
really!?  you just played this yesterday.  It has not improved with age, though it is cheesy.  and romeotuma says the same thing about every song. 
 
He doesn't understand that there are other people in the world,he doesn't understand that he is polluting the song comments for everyone else with his gibberish.


Troutnskibum
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 14:59
 

 rtree wrote:
Shoulda kept the original band{#Arghhh}
 
I agree, but if you watch some of the Youtube interviews with Mercer, he seemed really frustrated with the band. I think he was the only true creative contributor to the albums and felt he was dragging everyone else along. I think maybe working with Danger Mouse really opened his eyes. I just don't know why he doesn't call himself a solo act at this point. Is it really "The Shins" when it's just one person?

rtree
(Crestone, Colorado)
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 11:27
 

Shoulda kept the original band{#Arghhh}