I’m a fierce Shins and Broken Bells fan. Listened to each song over thousands of times. Shaped my life, and then those of my children. My take on this song (which doesn’t matter) is that I wished that James Mercer had taken it more evenly, and slow. We all know his gift of falsetto, why waste them here, the entire song. Lyrics got lost. Point was made. Cheers y’all
@@dontask6863 Nah. He hits those. He uses autotune like the mighty Imogen Heap does,as per my comment a few months back. His octave range and control are as impressive as ever.
@@zapkvr Thanks, sire! This concept really was a rabbit hole. I can't seize to imagine the extent of all that information served in a short span of time. I like to picture the information surge that passed when Adam bit off the apple. This was something else.
Man life just played me a cruel trick. I dreamed that I was talking to my brother who has just recently died. In the dream I was with him and my sister was there. We started talking and he asked me if I have seen the show the great divide, or it was possibly the great escape. I realized that he was dead and that he didn't realize it. I asked my sister if she could see him but she just looked at me like I was crazy. So I just hugged him and told him how much I loved him. And then few moments later I woke up and searched for both. Of course something would have that name. Man it's super hard.
Love can bridge any great divide. We carry the ones we love on, to the beyond. Nothing can every tear you apart from the ones you love, so long as you remain yourself.
I fell in love to this song for real. We both understand we are eternal souls in different bodies throughout time. But it feels like we have known each other for all eternity and are just meeting again. A stich in time.
When I was facing a hard time back in 2017, discovering The Shins made my year way easier to live through and I know I'll always feel this happiness when listening to their songs. You guys can't imagine how much I love you and your work! Btw what an amazing video!!!!!
I've heard this dozens of times on the radio, it's incredible, and having finally seen the music video I can safely say it's more beautiful than what I dreamed it could be.
I think most of theshins songs are really awesome but with this one everything has been surpassed so far. I haven't heard such a good song in a long time. Greetings from Germany
I found this band through pure luck with the rifle spirals a few days ago and it's impossible to not come back and listen to a new song. Also awesome music video for an epic song!
Haven’t seen any of The Shins new stuff lately. Heard this and it instantly reminded me of Shiny Toy Guns. Don’t judge me. I actually liked that band and never found much of anything like it.
I heard this song on a college radio station a few months ago and I was TRANSFIXED. So many different sounds, vocals, etc., of the bands of my college days in the early '80s. And it's just an incredible song. Love the Mellotron!
Just fucking fantastic. Total curveball from the ever surprising James Mercer. Autotune's no bad thing when used like this; see also the always innovative Imogen Heap. The Shins are back,and I,for one,couldn't be happier.
@@ddivyaaa The Shins got me through some tough times. Chutes Too Narrow is still my favorite. St Simon in particular. Also i love when they were on yo gabba gabba. I saw it with my niece and flipped out lol. James Mercer is a lyrical God.
The black girl at 2:39 lying down motionless on the car hood, wearing a mask, jaded and gazing at the sky while her surroundings are burning down is the most 2020 imagery ever.
I just heard this for the first time on the radio and it the beginning sounds JUST like some of the music from the movie Legend. They sound VERY much like Yes and Tangerine Dream.
@@eyeofcthulhu9602 April 9, 2021 I'm back to my steady stream of Volbeat with a little Sir Sly thrown in although this Shins song always makes my playlist when I'm walking in the morning
"Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, the Gods split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves." - Plato
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holy shit a new shins song
Stone Free do my ears deceive me?
Arclight seriously. Thought we’d be waiting a lot longer. Like maybe 2022
I’m a fierce Shins and Broken Bells fan. Listened to each song over thousands of times. Shaped my life, and then those of my children.
My take on this song (which doesn’t matter) is that I wished that James Mercer had taken it more evenly, and slow. We all know his gift of falsetto, why waste them here, the entire song. Lyrics got lost. Point was made. Cheers y’all
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yare yare daze
James Mercer is a legend.
Completely agreed.
Kevin Parker, Marcus King, Stu MacKenzie, Nathaniel Rateliff, and James Mercer are this Generations gems.
The only man to have made me cry tears of joy
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Don’t you mean “is legend”?
The trippy visuals combined with that beautiful voice is perfection.
I am floored by how good Mercer's voice is at 49.
happens when you don't smoke and drink like a madmen like most musicians do.
Probably because of that auto tune they added to his voice...
Only so much that auto tune can do dude
@@ragemeister yeap. Gotta still have delivery. But you can hear the touch ups on the really high notes.
@@dontask6863 Nah. He hits those. He uses autotune like the mighty Imogen Heap does,as per my comment a few months back. His octave range and control are as impressive as ever.
Beautiful and overwhelming at the same time. Looking at culture, religion, cosmos through the eyes of time.
Nope. I won't be doing that. Have you ever heard of the Total perspective vortex? It will blow your sanity. Peace out.
@@zapkvr Thanks, sire! This concept really was a rabbit hole. I can't seize to imagine the extent of all that information served in a short span of time. I like to picture the information surge that passed when Adam bit off the apple. This was something else.
No lives matter. We're specs of dust.
Man life just played me a cruel trick. I dreamed that I was talking to my brother who has just recently died. In the dream I was with him and my sister was there. We started talking and he asked me if I have seen the show the great divide, or it was possibly the great escape. I realized that he was dead and that he didn't realize it. I asked my sister if she could see him but she just looked at me like I was crazy. So I just hugged him and told him how much I loved him. And then few moments later I woke up and searched for both. Of course something would have that name. Man it's super hard.
Hugs to you..
hey, im sorry i gave you a notification about this by liking your comment ... hope you doing great!!
Sorry friend for your great loss. I know how it is.
Love can bridge any great divide. We carry the ones we love on, to the beyond. Nothing can every tear you apart from the ones you love, so long as you remain yourself.
I'm sorry, man. Love to you.
What an amazing song and video!!!!
I miss you so much the shins, welcome again
i love the tiny detail that the universe was started by a computer program, absolutely brilliant
James Mercer's voice is so melodic and peaceful it's always made me happy. Not to mention the lyrics he writes are amazing. The perfect combination.
I fell in love to this song for real. We both understand we are eternal souls in different bodies throughout time. But it feels like we have known each other for all eternity and are just meeting again. A stich in time.
i really love this song!
Never would’ve thought the shins would drop a song before broken bells finished that album...
Jon Sortland is a creative genius
Amen
"The Great Divide" debuted at #7 on the New Alternative 40 Chart this week!
My phone: 1%, about to shut down
Me: play the song
My phone: “we can make an exception”
Whoever did the graphics, congratulations, this is a masterpiece.
Book of revelation
I agree it is a masterpiece 🥰 All glory to God xxxxxxxxx
Absolute Masterpiece.
Something makes me yearn for the older shins style, part of me loves to see how it evolved over the years. Regardless, this is a banger.
My favorite band returns them when I need them the most!
This is the Greatest and Best song I have ever heard. It is so good that I cried. Thank you Shins for this little view of heaven.
When I was facing a hard time back in 2017, discovering The Shins made my year way easier to live through and I know I'll always feel this happiness when listening to their songs. You guys can't imagine how much I love you and your work!
Btw what an amazing video!!!!!
This song reminds me so much of old YES material, especially Close to the Edge.
Yours is the comment I was looking for. Glad I'm not the only one who thought this sounded like Jon Anderson.
You both are not the only ones! His voice absolutely reminds me of Jon Anderson, and this song reminds me of "Loved By the Sun".
I've heard this dozens of times on the radio, it's incredible, and having finally seen the music video I can safely say it's more beautiful than what I dreamed it could be.
Just when I think 2020 couldn't get any worse, James makes a song like this, and totally redeems itself.
I think most of theshins songs are really awesome but with this one everything has been surpassed so far.
I haven't heard such a good song in a long time.
Greetings from Germany
I cannot wait to take my kids to a Shins concert. We saw them at Merrymoor Park and I've been waiting since to see them again!!
I found this band through pure luck with the rifle spirals a few days ago and it's impossible to not come back and listen to a new song. Also awesome music video for an epic song!
Haven’t seen any of The Shins new stuff lately. Heard this and it instantly reminded me of Shiny Toy Guns. Don’t judge me. I actually liked that band and never found much of anything like it.
I just discovered this band (?) and please this voice is heaven
Thanks for never flinching away from the difficult stuff.
Today's my birthday and I can't ask for a better gift from ya, thanks for the good music.
Happy birthday!
Happy Bday and you get a new Shins song pretty good day.
The Shins make 2020 a bit better
oh, yeah
Exactly.
🩰🖤🖤🩰 This is what The Never Ending Story would be if Falkor was
Tz
Agreed
Its safe to say, we're all ready for the rest of this album.
Mhmm, need more especially after Heartworms!
I'm stunned... kinda speechless
So happy to hear new material from James and co. Love the electronic textures, hopefully a new album on the way.
Finally!!! This genuinely makes me feel so much better. I'm so glad they made another song
This the best music video Ive seen in a VERY LONG TIME!
Omg sounds like Jon Anderson of Yes what a great voice!!!
I heard this song on a college radio station a few months ago and I was TRANSFIXED. So many different sounds, vocals, etc., of the bands of my college days in the early '80s. And it's just an incredible song. Love the Mellotron!
I literally searched up yesterday if the shins still made music and then this came up omggg
same here
What a great way to start a Thursday.
Thursday is my Friday, first time hearing the song for me
how does this song not have more views?
I cried a little bit. Thank you.
Wow! Just....
May god bless you all❤
Today I woke up listening this tune, I didn’t know who was the singer…I’m amazed!! ✨💜✨💜✨💫✨✨✨✨
You don't know how happy this makes me.❤️🌹
So glad this song exists, it helped me grieve a best friend and my baby girl cat passing
The Shins are back?? I must be dreaming cause this is too good to be true!
That was incredible! loved the heavy synth use! Video was cool, and Mercers vocal range never seizes to impress me!
Learning moment: its ceasss!
Please when this is all over go on tour in the UK and/or Ireland please
Sounds like something off of the Yes. Album Closer to the Edge !!! Awesome vocals like Jon Anderson
What a great start to the day that was. Top.
New shins and fleet foxes just what we need in times like these !!!!!
and sufjan!
O Jones we stannnnnnn
I love and appreciate the Shins.
I just discovered this video thanks to youtube ads. Easily the best ad I've seen this month. Really good music and loved the video.
Listened to it like 50,000 times already. That’s healthy right? I think it is 😎 masterpiece!!!
Nice song. I didn't think the shins were still together. I'm glad
The shins are just James mercer, it really depends on whether he wants to make music again
@@ilikerice5208 I know that, but I really liked the 2012 group.
We ALL needed this!
So excited for new Shins music....
The song, divine, the video, phantasmagorical
New music from tame impala, the strokes and now the shins? This is keeping 2020 together at the seams.
Kanye west is standing for president in 2024, this will hopefully ruin 2020
I love this song!!! Thanks ❤❤❤❤ The Shins save my life!!!
Ngl I passed up on this band growing up but this song completely blows me away, incredible
Just fucking fantastic. Total curveball from the ever surprising James Mercer. Autotune's no bad thing when used like this; see also the always innovative Imogen Heap. The Shins are back,and I,for one,couldn't be happier.
Imogen❤️❤️❤️
Tell me why I've been binging every single Shins song and album this week and then coincidentally they decide to release new music 😳
No seriously
their best song ever
I just got my first tattoo! "Its Only Life" in cursive on my forearm. Love the shins!!!
It’s only life is def one of my favorite shins songs
I'm ready to eat lunch, but i can't stop listening to this song.
Man, Ive been watching a lot of PBS SpaceTime so now the lyrics really hit different.
YES YES Y’ALL REALLY WAITED FOR MIDNIGHT ✨🔥
If you like the shins as much as me then we should just fall in love already. :)
bruh this guy sounds like the lead singer from Broken Bells, but you've probably never heard of them. They're really underground.
ManFish Meldrum I don’t think anyone likes them as much as me! Sorry ‘bout it 🥴
Yup
@@ddivyaaa The Shins got me through some tough times. Chutes Too Narrow is still my favorite. St Simon in particular. Also i love when they were on yo gabba gabba. I saw it with my niece and flipped out lol. James Mercer is a lyrical God.
Wow wow wow love this so much ❣️
The black girl at 2:39 lying down motionless on the car hood, wearing a mask, jaded and gazing at the sky while her surroundings are burning down is the most 2020 imagery ever.
yeah that about sums it up. probably could have just said "girl" though. no need to throw a color in there.
Im so happy like i cant explain, the video, the song, the lyrics, the style.... James... you never dissapoint thanks !!!
Brilliant song and great vocals sir.
Beautiful
I just heard this for the first time on the radio and it the beginning sounds JUST like some of the music from the movie Legend. They sound VERY much like Yes and Tangerine Dream.
"Loved By the Sun". Yaaaasss!
Oh how beautiful
great.
The album and tour I have been waiting for......I'm like a pig in shit this morning!
Just found this.The melody the video @_@ brought shivers from second 10
i keep playing it, amazing musical experience
December 8, 2020 10:51 pm
If someone asked me at this moment in time to pick my favorite song this would be the one.
what about 9th April, 2021 12:15 am?
@@eyeofcthulhu9602 April 9, 2021 I'm back to my steady stream of Volbeat with a little Sir Sly thrown in although this Shins song always makes my playlist when I'm walking in the morning
OBSESSED 🙌🏼
IS THIS REAL LIFE? THE SHINS ARE BACK?
This is absolutely beautiful, thank you for this ♥️
Um dos clipes mais fod@s que eu já vi.
Great show
"Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, the Gods split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves."
- Plato
Thankyou for this song 😎
what a shiny song!
holy shit, this song is amazing
Now playing in Burlington!
I was hesitant after a couple of months trying to like it... and I do, i freaking do.
I AM FALLING IN LOVE WITH THIS BAND
Yes.
if i played this to myself 10 years ago and said its a Shins song I probably would slap myself in disbelief.
Grats 100k , love it the song ♡
CANT WAIT 👼
Thank you
Oh shit, what a pleasant surprise before bed. 😌