I can't believe this song is 17 years old. It seems like just yesterday I was looking up the lyrics so I could sing along. Such a perfect song from an amazing band.
I heard it a month ago on my car radio. I'd heard it many times but realized how much I missed this band's gorgeous music. It's a damned shame they aren't played more often.
I used to do acoustic gigs and learned this - only played it once and two guys in the corner booth were the only ones that knew it and bought me a shot
I have been searching for this song/video for *13 years* I'm soo glad I found it. I couldnt remember the lyrics and trying to describe the video through google search has been quite the challenge but I made it 😎
Glad you found this great song. I hope you get to enjoy the other great songs by this band: Sleeping Lessons might be a song from this album that resonates with this song.
in HS someone got to pick a CD to play during an art class i was in, and this was played over and over cuz no one else brought one I guess haha . prob in 2007. Over the years I've forgotten about it on and off, but thats the main thing i think of
How I ended up here is crazy. This song after 15 yrs still makes my neck hairs stand up. Still makes me tear up on how true this song really is. Life sucks. But can also be fun.
You’re not alone. I never bothered with watching the vid when the CD was released. I just randomly took a look for it today after wondering how they saw it.
Holy crap, the nostalgia... I love how bands mark certain times in our lives... although I have listened throughout the years, the nostalgic point is always that first listen
@@harrisonlansdale4621 Some people are just born with the gift of melody and Tim is definitely of those people. His ability to turn ordinary sentences and phrases into deep, sort of eerie, and genius melodies is completely unique to him.
Yep, it's a great song and video (and the lyrics/story behind it) in the first place, but if you've played musical instruments you can appreciate it even more.
It passed us before we had a chance to see everything. Just imagine how many great bands have been lost to the sands of time. Really makes you think about what all we missed just under our radar.
this song is about a young lesbian couple in small town America. they are completely out of place and feel like aliens, but soon they will be leaving. its written from their perspective. that said: im a proponent of freeform interpretation and think songs are better when people can assign their own meanings.
I remember when the song Viva la Vida from Coldplay came out and many people around the world tried to decipher its meaning. It was cool to see the many different perspectives. (I can't seem to find the commercial the song was in here but it was amazing.)
"... to zombie-walk in our stead" has to be one of the best insults I've ever heard. Followed by an affirmation that our time has worth, and thereby us, ourselves, are valuable. Fuck Yeah!
@@ezekielbrockmann114it's two zombies walk in our stead. As in, we went to our friend Nemarca's house to get shit faced and the following day we're hungover at school.
Foals in winter coats, White girls of the North, File past one, five and one, They are the fabled lambs, Of Sunday ham, The E.H.S. norm. And they can float above the grass, In circles if they tried, A latent power I know they hide, To keep some hope alive, That a girl like I could ever try, Could ever try. So we just skirt the hallway sides, A phantom and a fly, Follow the lines and wonder why There's no connection. A week of rolling eyes, And cheap shots from the trite, And we're off to Nemarcas' porch again, Another afternoon with the goat head tunes, And pilfered booze. We wandered through her mama's house, And the milk from the window lights, Family portraits circa ninety-five, This is that foreign land, With the sprayed on tans, And it all feels fine, Be it silk or slime, So, when they tap our Monday heads, Two zombies walk in our stead. This town seems hardly worth the time. And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme, Too far along in our climb, Stepping over what now towers to the sky, With no connection. So, when they tap our Sunday heads, Two zombies walk in our stead. This town seems hardly worth the time. And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme, Too far along in our crime, Stepping over what now towers to the sky, With no connection. Songwriters: James Mercer
@@zachary9009 Art- deciphering it is always your interpretation. Mercer is a genius, he’s not going to spell it out to you, but he sure as hell will make it interesting. To me this song is about being an outsider.
I used to think "the EHS norm" was "the ancient Norns".... - The Norns are three Norse goddesses of fate, represented as Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, who live beneath the world tree and weave the tapestry of fate. They are also known as Nornir in Old Norse.
When this album came out it was one of the darkest periods of my life. For probably 10 years I couldn't even listen to Phantom Limb specifically, because it brought to mind thoughts and feelings from that time so vividly- I couldn't deal with it. It was difficult, but I've managed to reclaim this song. It brings to mind a lot of complicated emotions, and it fills me with sadness, but also with hope.
I heard this song for the first time today in a retail store and had to look it up to hear it again. I can't believe I've never heard this before. Very good song.
One of my favourite songs and videos ever. The Donner Party, Joan of Arc, Conquistadors wiping out the Aztecs - boy if only my history lessons at school had been like this, I may have learned something. Fabulous!
Wincing The Night Away is in my humble opinion one of the (if not THE) best album(s) of the 2000's. I guess I was mentally "ready" for it; I bought the CD, not knowing a lot about them (it was my first Shins album), listened to it, and wanted to do my homework alongside it; but in the middle of Sleeping Lessons, something snapped, and I couldn't do anything for as long as the album was playing, but to set there with my mouth open. I reheard it over and over again, and I'm still not tired of it.
The Shins, The Postal Service, Death Cab. All remind me of the best and craziest times of my life. I’m older and wiser yet these bands still reverberate with no slowing down.
All three of those are on regular play here. Music has been such a wonderful thread helping to tie my disjointed life together, and some songs just hit exactly where they should. You may like Splint Enz’ “Poor Boy”.
I can't believe I've been listening to this for 10 years now... On January 2007, this video came up in my recommended and ever since then, I've been a HUGE fan! This whole album played a big part in my childhood.
"wincing the night away" has the stuff beeing a supergroup like the cure or pumpkins. My favourite album for the year 19. I didn´t find it much earlier. german greetings.
Goddamn it man, I remember this being released, getting my driving license, the world felt so big and small at the same time. The sound brought me right back.
[Verse 1] Foals in winter coats White girls of the north File past; one, five, and one They are the fabled lambs Of Sunday ham The ancient snow [Verse 2] And they could float above the grass In circles if they tried A latent power I know they hide To keep some hope alive That a girl like I Could ever try Could ever try [Chorus 1] So we just skirt the hallway sides A phantom and a fly Follow the lines And wonder why There's no connection A week of rolling eyes And cheap shots from the tribe And we're off to Nemarca's porch again [Verse 3] Another afternoon Of the goat-head tunes And pilfered booze We wander through her Momma's house The milk from the window lights Family portrait, circa '95 [Verse 4] This is that foreign land With the sprayed-on tans And it all feels fine Be it silk or slime [Chorus 2] So, when they tap our Monday heads Two zombies walk in our stead This town seems hardly worth our time And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme Too far along in our crime Stepping over what now towers to the sky With no connection [Bridge] Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh, ohh
You must work at a clothing store? I have liked the Shins for just a couple years but I'm finding that I really like their older stuff too. Love stumbling across sounds like this.
I'm still learning them, before finding this song a few days ago I really only new SIMPLE SONG and NEW SLANG so I think I'm just going to get all 4 full albums now.
This song is my favourite of the last 10 years or so, so gorgeous and light as air, at the end it just floats away. I hear a big 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' influence
Absolutely beautiful vocal - somehow seems to be heavily influenced by the great Brian Wilson. The vocal takes this song in places where the music is not necessarily leading. Haunting melody.
Watching the Venture Bros, listening to this as the winter sun sets against a blue sky and orange bricked houses. It’s been a while since life’s felt this good
With this massive Covid-19 pandemic, I find it very interesting that this video is one of the only mediums which most accurately portrays how American Natives were all wiped out in history: Old World Diseases by far killed most of them, and the Old World settlers with armies and/or firearms mopped up the rest.
Anyone else remember this video playing on loop at Target when they were working the electronics desk back when they had a de-facto MTV station playing on their display TVs? No, just me? OK.
thats because they use the same melody and minor/major key changes from "God Only Knows"... by the Beach Boys. listen to the two tracks back to back. Nothing is original in music anymore. Everything is borrowed/sampled. Music industry of today is like a thrift shop. Every note you love has been loved and used by someone else before. :)
@@zacmorris3459 This is true of all art. Nothing was ever original. Everything takes its inspiration from something else. That doesn't make it any worse.
this song is perfect. it's unique. it'll always have a place in my personal top ten songs of all time. Takes me back to my college days in the mid-2000s
Try singing along with this - I bet you can’t! James Mercer uses every vocal trick he has in his singing repertoire which he employs to great effect. Arpeggios, downslides, up slides and everything between. Like a song thrush going through it’s song book. As someone who went to singing lessons from a very young age I can only listen with awe as to what he has done here.
This is the shit. I'm so glad RUclips recommended this because I don't know how the hell else I would have ever actually found this song. Now it'll never leave me.
Finding lyrics like this is incredibly rare and the brilliant James Mercer does it often. Bless his voice, his sheer talent and bless music from the Shins.
@@BT-oj1bn I know I’m over 3 years late to this reply so you probably don’t give a shit anymore but I think they mean the lyrics are really abstract and hard to decipher, meaning wise
Haha I love how the majority of the shins fans are intelligent. Reading the comments is like listening to an intellectual discussion. It makes me so proud of my fellow The Shins lovers :)
Right now I wish I was more intelligent, honestly, but I recently scrolled through a Cardi B comment section. And yeah, with a move like that I realize it's obvious that I wasn't getting into Mensa anyway.
This was the v first song I discovered thru the internet. I remember it being on the RUclips homepage when I was 11, and thinking the music video was so obscure. I loved it tho. I’m 28 now. Time is crazy
![The Shins - Australia [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/OHTSxw6zN1E/mqdefault.jpg)
I can't believe this song is 17 years old. It seems like just yesterday I was looking up the lyrics so I could sing along. Such a perfect song from an amazing band.
I heard it a month ago on my car radio. I'd heard it many times but realized how much I missed this band's gorgeous music. It's a damned shame they aren't played more often.
Hard to believe this song is older than my kid!! Because it makes me feel like a kid tbh
I used to do acoustic gigs and learned this - only played it once and two guys in the corner booth were the only ones that knew it and bought me a shot
17??? good God I'm old
One of the most gifted songwriters to come out of America.
Austrialer!
@@leeparker1053 that’s what I was thinking
Albuquerque, NM to be exact! Come visit sometime.
Sure - what do you charge per night 😅
The band is Albuquerque. Band leader Mercer was born in Hawaii. Definitely American! :)
13yr old me loved this song. 30yr old me still loves this song. Can go years without hearing it and still sing every word
67 year old me loves this 😍
19 year old me loved falling asleep to this album 😊 I'm 36 now.
I have been searching for this song/video for *13 years*
I'm soo glad I found it.
I couldnt remember the lyrics and trying to describe the video through google search has been quite the challenge but I made it 😎
That is exactly how I found this too, Reddit does wonders for this type of problem, lol
I love finding songs I've been looking for
Glad you found this great song. I hope you get to enjoy the other great songs by this band:
Sleeping Lessons might be a song from this album that resonates with this song.
in HS someone got to pick a CD to play during an art class i was in, and this was played over and over cuz no one else brought one I guess haha . prob in 2007. Over the years I've forgotten about it on and off, but thats the main thing i think of
Mercer is a genius... but good grief, Laura Otega... 13 years.... Come on
The Indie heyday was a glorious time to be young
Luke Brunet Yes it was. So thankful for my teenage years, but what I wouldn’t give to go back...
Wasn't the indie prime heyday in the late 80's- early 90's? This is when indie was already mainstream.
The late 90's was indies best time in my opinion, but The Shins are amazing in this time period
Good times back them, can’t believe I’m saying this, but I would love to go back to that time. I was 18 then and if only I did things differently.
The album was released in 2007... Not in the late 90's
How I ended up here is crazy. This song after 15 yrs still makes my neck hairs stand up. Still makes me tear up on how true this song really is. Life sucks. But can also be fun.
Hi I recommend an indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Indeed. I can’t really explain my infatuation with this song, it just soothes. And that’s fine.
Totally get you man. This song never fails to bring joy.
You’re not alone. I never bothered with watching the vid when the CD was released. I just randomly took a look for it today after wondering how they saw it.
Hel ya dood. I discovered them 15 years ago too and I am still blown away when I hear this song
this song is flawless
The whole album is! One of if not their best works imo.
Do you know what this song is aboot though?
@@troyounce3295 lesbians?
It could do without the two Millennial Whoop-like sections though.
Where the hell did that time go? 2007-2022? I'm starting to feel ripped off
Holy crap, the nostalgia... I love how bands mark certain times in our lives... although I have listened throughout the years, the nostalgic point is always that first listen
agreed
Kinda makes me sad
Completely yes
We are in this together :D
Right? Holy shit
This chord progression still makes me faint. It's so fun. Such a beautiful song
there's no connection
@@weefek and ooohhhh ohhhohhhh ohhh ohhh oh oh oh oh
Love that minor to major chord change in the chorus. Just killer!
Tim Sujak yesssss glad somebody said it
@@harrisonlansdale4621
Some people are just born with the gift of melody and Tim is definitely of those people. His ability to turn ordinary sentences and phrases into deep, sort of eerie, and genius melodies is completely unique to him.
Yep, it's a great song and video (and the lyrics/story behind it) in the first place, but if you've played musical instruments you can appreciate it even more.
The end of the chorus transitions so smoothly back into the verse again too!
didnt even notice that was the change- thats why its so brilliant!!
This is a good modern retort to the old saying 'they dont make music like this anymore', a modern masterpiece of the age
The music is alright... But this video is extremely good.
I say that sometimes, but the Shins are always my exception
There wasn't much good on the radio back then. maybe a few good songs.
How about NOW?
Being 8 years late is better than never showing up.
This group is crazy awesome. And this song.....woooo ooo ooo ooo ooo.
+JfnDWatchesVids The Shins are life
thank you son, never be afraid to listen to the old stuff! (or the new stuff!)
This song is a masterpiece
I don’t think we truly appreciated the 2000’s music scene
It passed us before we had a chance to see everything. Just imagine how many great bands have been lost to the sands of time.
Really makes you think about what all we missed just under our radar.
I sure do / did
We probably didn't. However, we enjoyed it quite a lot. Appreciation comes with perspective that only time provides.
We never do. Let’s think about that now, in the present!
It was a special thing..
The first Shins song I ever heard - hooked for life. Mercer is a genius
Mine as well
Lyrically you could lie awake all night trying to decipher the meanings. Musically, it's just simply great, end of.
It's about lesbians
this song is about a young lesbian couple in small town America. they are completely out of place and feel like aliens, but soon they will be leaving. its written from their perspective. that said: im a proponent of freeform interpretation and think songs are better when people can assign their own meanings.
I remember when the song Viva la Vida from Coldplay came out and many people around the world tried to decipher its meaning. It was cool to see the many different perspectives.
(I can't seem to find the commercial the song was in here but it was amazing.)
I can feel the serotonin flooding my brain. I love The Shins so much.
This has to be the most epic school play ever.
Mercer has to be my favorite lyricist. "stepping over what now towers to the sky" so simple, but so pertinent.
"... to zombie-walk in our stead" has to be one of the best insults I've ever heard. Followed by an affirmation that our time has worth, and thereby us, ourselves, are valuable. Fuck Yeah!
he basically admitted to 9/11
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@@edmundmcgrath213 Oh wow, that's even better!
@@ezekielbrockmann114it's two zombies walk in our stead.
As in, we went to our friend Nemarca's house to get shit faced and the following day we're hungover at school.
Foals in winter coats,
White girls of the North,
File past one, five and one,
They are the fabled lambs,
Of Sunday ham,
The E.H.S. norm.
And they can float above the grass,
In circles if they tried,
A latent power I know they hide,
To keep some hope alive,
That a girl like I could ever try,
Could ever try.
So we just skirt the hallway sides,
A phantom and a fly,
Follow the lines and wonder why
There's no connection.
A week of rolling eyes,
And cheap shots from the trite,
And we're off to Nemarcas' porch again,
Another afternoon with the goat head tunes,
And pilfered booze.
We wandered through her mama's house,
And the milk from the window lights,
Family portraits circa ninety-five,
This is that foreign land,
With the sprayed on tans,
And it all feels fine,
Be it silk or slime,
So, when they tap our Monday heads,
Two zombies walk in our stead.
This town seems hardly worth the time.
And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme,
Too far along in our climb,
Stepping over what now towers to the sky,
With no connection.
So, when they tap our Sunday heads,
Two zombies walk in our stead.
This town seems hardly worth the time.
And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme,
Too far along in our crime,
Stepping over what now towers to the sky,
With no connection.
Songwriters: James Mercer
Do you have any insight? Does he like white yankee chicks? Just wondering. I love the music. Video lends nothing.
@@zachary9009 Art- deciphering it is always your interpretation. Mercer is a genius, he’s not going to spell it out to you, but he sure as hell will make it interesting. To me this song is about being an outsider.
I know these are the real lyrics, but I can't help but sing, "Frozen into Coats... the ancient snow"
Awesome job
I used to think "the EHS norm" was "the ancient Norns"....
- The Norns are three Norse goddesses of fate, represented as Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld, who live beneath the world tree and weave the tapestry of fate. They are also known as Nornir in Old Norse.
"This town seems hardly worth the time." Loving and being wistfully nostalgic of a place while still having had your fill and being ready to move on.
Wincing the Night Away is one of my go-to albums to fall asleep to. So beautiful and soothing
I do the same. So great.
When this album came out it was one of the darkest periods of my life. For probably 10 years I couldn't even listen to Phantom Limb specifically, because it brought to mind thoughts and feelings from that time so vividly- I couldn't deal with it. It was difficult, but I've managed to reclaim this song. It brings to mind a lot of complicated emotions, and it fills me with sadness, but also with hope.
I’m so glad you were able reclaim this song! I hope it becomes a song associated with many happy memories in the future 🕊️😎
Such a beautiful song ... It makes me cry everytime I listen for
I don't know how anyone can dislike The Shins. They're such an original and incredible band.
This song just never gets old all these years later...it should play forever...
Words cannot express my love for this song.
Yep - this is a great song - one of my favorites my the Shins....my other favorites are Saint Simon, Australia, New Slang, Turn on Me, & Simple song
rebjiii Ditto, and A Comet Appears...
Ditto :)
Words just did.
I heard this song for the first time today in a retail store and had to look it up to hear it again. I can't believe I've never heard this before. Very good song.
Haha, same here, I was walking through academy and took me hours to find out what this song was.
Ahh the beautiful feeling of nostalgia. An indie masterpiece
I’ll never get sick of this song. It’s perfect.
One of the best songs ever.
One of my favourite songs and videos ever. The Donner Party, Joan of Arc, Conquistadors wiping out the Aztecs - boy if only my history lessons at school had been like this, I may have learned something. Fabulous!
Wincing The Night Away is in my humble opinion one of the (if not THE) best album(s) of the 2000's. I guess I was mentally "ready" for it; I bought the CD, not knowing a lot about them (it was my first Shins album), listened to it, and wanted to do my homework alongside it; but in the middle of Sleeping Lessons, something snapped, and I couldn't do anything for as long as the album was playing, but to set there with my mouth open. I reheard it over and over again, and I'm still not tired of it.
Agree 100%, an absolute classic.
11 years later, still give me the chills
These are the songs I listen too on repeat when I'm by my self. Kinda like a secret little soul album
We all have our secret little soul albums/songs. Perfect way to say it. This is one of mind too
How's life different since you left this comment miss Sparks?
I don't know of any song that can match this for sheer musical perfection ❤
The Shins, The Postal Service, Death Cab. All remind me of the best and craziest times of my life. I’m older and wiser yet these bands still reverberate with no slowing down.
All three of those are on regular play here. Music has been such a wonderful thread helping to tie my disjointed life together, and some songs just hit exactly where they should. You may like Splint Enz’ “Poor Boy”.
I couldn't imagine living in Portland in the mid 2000's
@@jevinday just living anywhere throught the mid late 90s was crazy enough
Same.
grew up on heavy metal and death metal and this is one of my favorite songs of all time. Go figure
I can't believe I've been listening to this for 10 years now... On January 2007, this video came up in my recommended and ever since then, I've been a HUGE fan! This whole album played a big part in my childhood.
"wincing the night away" has the stuff beeing a supergroup like the cure or pumpkins. My favourite album for the year 19. I didn´t find it much earlier. german greetings.
Goddamn it man, I remember this being released, getting my driving license, the world felt so big and small at the same time. The sound brought me right back.
This song got me thru some tough times,Shin's TY!
The Shins are the one band that are a little to real to listen to all the time. They hit too many truths, and it can be overwhelming.
Literally! As a full-grown adult I’m like… damn I listened to this in high school??
Do you wear nappies?
The creative turns of key and chord are what put the Shins among my favorite artists of all time, along with Yeasayer!
This band has never been the same since they broke up 😢! Their chemistry was so pure!
The video reminds me of peter pan. This song makes me remember how sad I am in a good way. Love and light. I always keep that in mind
Great post. Explains being human so well. Wish you the best, Johan - five years after your post!
Perfect song. Underrated to the max.
This song brings me back to a good time in my life 2005-2007. Thank you Shins 👍
@Jerm Johnson
Same here buddy 👍
[Verse 1]
Foals in winter coats
White girls of the north
File past; one, five, and one
They are the fabled lambs
Of Sunday ham
The ancient snow
[Verse 2]
And they could float above the grass
In circles if they tried
A latent power I know they hide
To keep some hope alive
That a girl like I
Could ever try
Could ever try
[Chorus 1]
So we just skirt the hallway sides
A phantom and a fly
Follow the lines
And wonder why
There's no connection
A week of rolling eyes
And cheap shots from the tribe
And we're off to Nemarca's porch again
[Verse 3]
Another afternoon
Of the goat-head tunes
And pilfered booze
We wander through her Momma's house
The milk from the window lights
Family portrait, circa '95
[Verse 4]
This is that foreign land
With the sprayed-on tans
And it all feels fine
Be it silk or slime
[Chorus 2]
So, when they tap our Monday heads
Two zombies walk in our stead
This town seems hardly worth our time
And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme
Too far along in our crime
Stepping over what now towers to the sky
With no connection
[Bridge]
Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh
Oh, oh-oh, oh-ohh, ohh
Sunday* heads surely?
Cannot believe this song is 13 years old. Wow. Glad it's still played on Pandora Alt Rock and Sirius XM.
always hear this song at work. puts me in such a good mood..
Your work plays good music :)
Sierra Scott Indeed.. :)
You must work at a clothing store? I have liked the Shins for just a couple years but I'm finding that I really like their older stuff too. Love stumbling across sounds like this.
Annony Mouse No.. I used to guard a drugstore..I don't really know their old stuff..what songs would you recommend?
I'm still learning them, before finding this song a few days ago I really only new SIMPLE SONG and NEW SLANG so I think I'm just going to get all 4 full albums now.
The Shins:
*The glorious final breath of Alternative Rock*
Thank you, Shins.
Think You nailed it with your comment
Sigh…
Hi I recommend a new indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Probably one of the most underrated and misunderstood bands of the 00s
This song is my favourite of the last 10 years or so, so gorgeous and light as air, at the end it just floats away.
I hear a big 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' influence
Interesting point about the influence
Remember when this came out, it still sounds as fresh now more than 10 years on.
Absolutely beautiful vocal - somehow seems to be heavily influenced by the great Brian Wilson. The vocal takes this song in places where the music is not necessarily leading. Haunting melody.
I've said that this song is The Beach Boys funneled threw the indie rock aesthetic.
@@johnnyray6596 Good line.
Detroit radio is so bad. Driving through Chicago today with you guys made me happy.
Watching the Venture Bros, listening to this as the winter sun sets against a blue sky and orange bricked houses. It’s been a while since life’s felt this good
For some people, Covid has been a curse, but I gotta say. For nearly as many, it's been a blessing.
My absolute favorite Shins song. It does my soul good.
Seeing them tomorrow night in Seattle and I am so beyond excited!
Heard this on Q101.1 FM about a week or so ago and I haven't stopped listening to it.. Thank you for helping me discover such a great band!!! 😘
Julia Chernov Chicago
:)
This song honestly got me through high school
Go back to high school
Gosh. Shins rescue crew ey. With me, "Kissing The Lipless" opening Chutes too Narrow did that. Were quite similar. Ha ha.
And beyond.
SAME
Talent.. great guitar, lyrics..!!! 🥰🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥
When I listen to this song, it makes me want to look for things that are lost.
Me too
With this massive Covid-19 pandemic, I find it very interesting that this video is one of the only mediums which most accurately portrays how American Natives were all wiped out in history: Old World Diseases by far killed most of them, and the Old World settlers with armies and/or firearms mopped up the rest.
Like your sense of purpose
@@Wasserkaktus hahaha
Anyone else remember this video playing on loop at Target when they were working the electronics desk back when they had a de-facto MTV station playing on their display TVs? No, just me? OK.
This song makes my eyes roll back in my head. Pure bliss. What an incredible decade of music.
You guys dont hear any Beach Boys influence? The Shins are so creative as were the Beach Boys in their day!
Thank you ! Ive been saying that for a long time. He sounds allot like Mr Wilson :)
thats because they use the same melody and minor/major key changes from "God Only Knows"... by the Beach Boys. listen to the two tracks back to back. Nothing is original in music anymore. Everything is borrowed/sampled. Music industry of today is like a thrift shop. Every note you love has been loved and used by someone else before. :)
Totally!
@@zacmorris3459 This is true of all art. Nothing was ever original. Everything takes its inspiration from something else. That doesn't make it any worse.
I've always heard The Beach Boys in this song.
Indie rock + Beach Boys = this song
Brian Wilson crssed with WEEZER!!!! Angelic Harmonies!!!!!!!
I only just discovered them! Got this album, can’t stop listening to it..
The shins scratch an itch that hasn't been scratched for some time :-)
eww
@tej darbar LOL
Dude, they make a cream for that.
John K 😂😂😂
petestrat07 I couldn't have put it better myself.
If only my school plays were this epic!
I just discovered this song. Thanks snl back from 2007 I'm watching on peacock.
High school love, heart break, happy, bittersweet, fun, sad, new times bro
This song reminds me of the beach boys, well Brian Wilson mainly.
yeah its the coolest song the beach boys never did. AND the concept of the phantom limb of history is miles beyond anywhere the bboys ever went.
Except anything by the Beach Boys repeats the word "girl" about twenty times throughout the duration of the song.
That's kinda what Saint Simon reminds me of...
both power pop
Said the same thing.
this song is perfect. it's unique. it'll always have a place in my personal top ten songs of all time. Takes me back to my college days in the mid-2000s
Same but mine were late 00s
Anybody else's favourite band? :)
Me
Yes - toss up with the Smashing Pumpkins on some days
You sure yours isn't the Dandys? Either way, you're fabulous
Not Favorite, but definitely favorite full album front to back in a long time, a really long time!
Bohemian Like You yess
10/10 would Limb again
i totaly forgot this song existed, it used to be one of my favorite bands, so glad I found this again!
this is the foreign lands with the sprayed on tans... best lyrics of the song lol
Try singing along with this - I bet you can’t! James Mercer uses every vocal trick he has in his singing repertoire which he employs to great effect. Arpeggios, downslides, up slides and everything between. Like a song thrush going through it’s song book. As someone who went to singing lessons from a very young age I can only listen with awe as to what he has done here.
This is the shit. I'm so glad RUclips recommended this because I don't know how the hell else I would have ever actually found this song. Now it'll never leave me.
This song just makes me want to grab my friends and take a road trip. :p
ik what you mean
JEEVES that's actually how I found this song lol. Craziest week of my life
I'm still listening to this in 2019
Hell yeah! And 2020 won't be different
2020 !
That's because this music lasts forever...
After many years a come across this great song again. Beautifully written song.
Take some Acid and listen to this record, a musical experience you will never forget.
Am I legend if I’m listening in Jan.2024?
Finding lyrics like this is incredibly rare and the brilliant James Mercer does it often. Bless his voice, his sheer talent and bless music from the Shins.
i love this song so much, i remember hearing it on the radio when i was around 8. now i’m 19 almost 20 and it’s still one of my favs
So much of what he says is hard to make out yet it still sounds great, kinda like Modest Mouse.
I can pretty clearly understand every word Modest Mouse sings honestly.
Yep
@@BT-oj1bn pity
@@BT-oj1bn I know I’m over 3 years late to this reply so you probably don’t give a shit anymore but I think they mean the lyrics are really abstract and hard to decipher, meaning wise
@@hibuhemu2311 I care. Maybe so
showcases their own brand of alt country folk rock - a winning way with melody, subtle instrumentation and pure, fine vocals.
Haha I love how the majority of the shins fans are intelligent. Reading the comments is like listening to an intellectual discussion. It makes me so proud of my fellow The Shins lovers :)
We are
Right now I wish I was more intelligent, honestly, but I recently scrolled through a Cardi B comment section. And yeah, with a move like that I realize it's obvious that I wasn't getting into Mensa anyway.
Oh yesss we are, Sir! ^_^'
y'all being cringe
And with that comment you’ve made everyone sound like a dumb ass
This song❤️❤️❤️
This was the v first song I discovered thru the internet. I remember it being on the RUclips homepage when I was 11, and thinking the music video was so obscure. I loved it tho. I’m 28 now. Time is crazy
This song is pure rich and thick like good coffee
Hearing pop music makes me think that music has run out of melodies. The shins are here to tell me otherwise.
And from Albuquerque NM....lotta memories there. Big part of my life. Great tune.
Favorite Shins song right here yo
We as a species are torn between our civility and our natural animal evolution, and our intelligence makes us painfully aware of this.
when video and lyrics mesh like this its next level and deeply spiritual. u prob can learn more from music than anything else
Re-embracing my love of this song, thanks to Marika...