The Shins - New Slang [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
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- Опубликовано: 13 май 2008
- "New Slang" by @theshins
Directed by Lance Bangs
Contains remastered audio from their 20th Anniversary Edition of their album Oh, Inverted World.
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New Slang
gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth
only i don't know how they got out dear
turn me back into the pet i was when we met
i was happier then with no mind-set
and if you'd took to me like
a gull takes to the wind
well i'd 'a jumped from my tree
and i’d ‘a danced like the King of the Eyesores
and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well
new slang when you notice the stripes the dirt in your fries
hope it's right when you die old and bony
dawn breaks like a bull through the hall never should have called
but my head’s to the wall and i'm lonely
and if you'd took to me like
a gull takes to the wind
well i'd 'a jumped from my tree
and i'd ‘a danced like the King of the Eyesores
and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well
godspeed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs
and bleed into their buns till they melt away
i'm looking in on the good life i might be doomed never to find
without a trust or flaming fields am i too dumb to refine
and if you'd took to me like
and i’d ‘a danced like the Queen of the Eyesores
and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well
#TheShins #NewSlang #OhInvertedWorld 
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I sang this song to my newborn daughter every night as she screamed, thrashed and wailed with colic. Nothing could soothe her, but singing these beautiful, timeless words at least put me at ease, which helped get us through those nights. Tonight, 4 years later, a random night when she was feeling sad and lonely and missing her mama who was gone for the evening, she couldn't fall to sleep. This song came to mind, so I sang it to her once again. She instantly nodded off to dreamland, with the sweetest look on her face. That's what this song is. This song will forever be a part of me and I hope someday my daughter will find the same beauty and peace in it that I have.
I hope your wife isn't cheating on you.
That's awesome, Matt. I am so glad you shared that story.
You made me realize that singing to a baby is just as much for the baby as the parent 🥹
you were clearly holding your child too hard 😋
it gave me peace in very dark times as well my friend. i still come back like now to listen.
Feels like a good song to listen with your best friend whom you haven't seen for years while playing basketball in your old high school.
Hehe i see what you're talking about
i've got 8 eyes, so i can see what you did there.
(also it immediately gave me a garden state-flashback)
Ahaha, I understand what you did there lol.
Swish
Yesss! Exactly why I'm here! This was my jam, though, in 9th grade. My then girlfriend showed me this song and it just made me feel a certain way still to this day!
I don't know why but this song always makes me feel like it's all going to turn out ok. Like it just has to
100%!
For sure
And it Will. So enjoy the journey.
The fact that ur alive rn means most of the bad shit in the world aint happening to you hopefully so things are going ok
On a long enough timeline the survival rate of everything is zero
This song makes me think of the end of the semester in college; I had an ecology class that did a lot of camping trips, it was popular with foreign students since it was used to promote the school in other countries.
We were driving back to school from a camping trip at dusk and it was when the weather was just starting to feel like summer, we had all gotten a lot closer on this trip since it was so long, despite the cultural/language barriers that made it more awkward at the beginning of the class.
One of my new foreign friends fell asleep with her head on my shoulder and this song came on, and at that time I knew I'd remember that moment for years to come.
I have no clue what all those people are up to now we didn't keep in touch, but I still remember that time of our life fondly and this song always takes me to that time.
Very awesome experiences you've had~
Copy
🤍🤍
😭😭
@@barryobongo8833 Not a copy, it was a trip to Hurricane Ridge and the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State - highly recommend visiting btw if you get the chance, though I wouldn't be surprised if other people had similar stories, something about sleeping on the hard ground and eating food cooked on a campfire brings people together.
I wonder if when someone makes a song this good they have any idea how much of an impact it will have in people's lives.
I think they do. They must. This is possibly the best song written in the surrounding 20 yrs. They must know, and I'm sure they are quite happy when they perform it. There is no better thrill as a musician, than to know your audience is well pleased. That's what these guys know, because they are the real deal.
For 3:57 sec. the mood of most of us is positively modified. Thanks The Sins
What a really wholesome thought. I'd like to hope so, but then again it would require a degree of arrogance which is not a quality I look for in artists. The lyrics to "I believe you but my Tommy Gun don't" by Brand New come to mind here.
I think if a song changes just one life an artist would be pleased, so there's that possibly.
Not necessarily. I’m a songwriter, and the songs that I write quickly and don’t think much of upon finishing actually end up being a lot of people’s favorites ... while the songs I spend months working on and feel extremely proud of end up being liked by around three people, haha.
Raphael i often think deeply tge same about this and so many favorite obbsessing over songs of the week. For years...thanks at least we aren't alone.
All the feels come rushing back with this one.
Listening to this while coming home late at night from my first job, go figure the memories.
ain't that the truth!! this song is magical and will always take me away back to those days many years ago when I first heard it.
absolutely.
literally
Yes
Love this song. Always gave me a Simon and Garfunkel vibe.
Same
exactly.
Beach Boys imo
You watched "We Are Lady Parts"?
@@Smartass_Jedi Curious, how does it give you a Beach Boys vibe?
i love coming to this video and reading everyone’s beautiful memories and reasons this song is important to them. Makes my soul feel warm
Same❤
Wow. This is like the best comment ive ever read under a certain song. And I definitely agree. I havent heard this song in long time. Today I got here because I was listening to Brian Wilson Pet Sounds and New Slang just popped out. ❤
i have a folder on my desktop dedicated to screenshots of peoples comments on various songs talking about what the song means to them, i recommend others to do the same its poetry
Feeling nostalgic about a song that 12 years ago made me feel nostalgic.
You can taste it
It was made 2001
@@kireveth7114 12 years ago (2008) I heard the song... and it made me feel nostalgic... about 2001. Get it?
I remember sitting in my shrink’s waiting room when Natalie Portman recommended this song to me.
This song will change your life!
She's an actual angel omg
Garden State is one of the greatest films ever made.
and the dog humping
Damn straight! The Shins have been my favorite band for years but watching Garden State a few weeks ago was the best experience I’ve had over quarantine
"You gotta hear this one song, it'll change your life I swear"
Thanks Natalie Portman, it definitely did
Can you please fill me in on the Natalie Portman comments?
@@blairfredrickson-ld6odIt's from a film called "Garden State." Natalie Portman introduces this song to the main character if I recall correctly.
@@fml666. Thank you for the answer. I appreciate you taking the time..
Yessss!!! Love that movie. And love this song and Nathalie's character in that movie
@@blairfredrickson-ld6od There is more , this whole album is in garden state. 95% learned who the Shins were from that movie/album
Gold teeth and a curse for this town
Were all in my mouth
Only I don't know how they got out, dear
Turn me back into the pet
I was when we met
I was happier then with no mindset
And if you took to me like a
Gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd've jumped from my trees
And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
New slang when you notice the stripes
The dirt in your fries
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely
And if you took to me like a
Gull takes to the wind
Well, I'd've jumped from my trees
And I'd've danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
Godspeed, all the bakers at dawn
May they all cut their thumbs
And bleed into their buns 'til they melt away
I'm looking in on the good life
I might be doomed never to find
Without a trust, a flaming field
Am I too dumb to refine?
And if you took to me like
Well, I'd've danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would've fared well
What does it all mean?
Thanks!
@@MrDudumassa Practically nothing, aside from some private things. You get a sense of uncertainty, incomprehension, searching for a path and sorting out emotions, and that's about it. If you find it murky I agree.
But it dazzles just a bit and evokes things as it goes along. I think Bowie was a pioneer of that, with more dazzle though. Before him, songs were more coherent.
@@dixonpinfold2582 It is coherent and it does mean something, only it is hard to grasp due to the almost cryptic metaphors that Mercer uses. The kind of writing you refer to I would associate more with someone like Thom Yorke.
Mercer doesn't really have much to do with that kind of writing.
@MrDudumassa this song is him wishing he asked out a g8rl and daydreaming what their life would be like... but it never happened because I don't think he had the courage to ask her out.
Gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth.
Only I don't know how they got out, dear.
Turn me back into the pet I was when we met.
I was happier then with no mind-set.
And if you'd 'a took to me like a gull takes to the wind.
Well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree
And I'd 'a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
New slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries.
Hope it's right when you die, old and bony.
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall,
Never should have called
But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely.
And if you'd 'a took to me like a gull takes to the wind.
Well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree
And I'd 'a danced like the king of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
God speed all the bakers at dawn
May they all cut their thumbs,
And bleed into their buns 'til they melt away.
I'm looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find.
Without a trust or flaming fields am I too dumb to refine?
And if you'd 'a took to me like
I'd 'a danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.
Edit: I come back three years later to find that over 350 beautiful people liked these amazing lyrics. Thank you all so much
Ethan Brown wow
Holy fuck, man... 😭❤️
Wow, what writing! So sad that he left us...
Thank you Thank you Thank you
Great job
I have literally been looking for this for 10 years
Me too. Just heard it on my friend's playlist and wanted to cry cuz i finally found it
Devin Mercer enjoy! Caring is Creepy is also a fav. Check out the movie Garden State, which has this song and a great soundtrack!! Cheers
That's how long it took me to find Santeria
👍
Welcome 😊
Garden State turned me onto The Shins way back. Been listening ever since :)
I remember listening to this in 1673 when I was just 15 years old.
We'd just finished burning my sister at the stake for practicing Witchcraft.
The summer air was peacefully warm and the sun was just setting.
Then this song started playing.
I don't know what it was playing on, as no radio's had been invented yet, but still, we all stood there and listened, feeling peaceful and optimistic.
What a beautiful evening it was.
Every time I hear this song, I'm immediately transported back to the edge of those cliffs looking out at the blood orange sun setting over the ocean whilst watching my sister's ashes drift lazily into the evening sky.
Memories. 💭
priceless!
dude, I loved this when I was only 4 years old, but then i really understood it when I was 8
You mean 315 years-old
The idea of a person being burned to death is completely brutal and contradictory to the feelings of peace and tranquility you said you had afterwards. So, this is probably a fake post.
@@AndresRomero-ki2yk do you have any sense of humor at all?
I disagree with labeling this song “sad” lol. I have listened to this song for years in many different moods and it was always the perfect song for every mood ❤️
Good song for crusing anywhere real Beatles feel good song
Nana Narcisse this comment made me cry
Thank you
Melancholic maybe but not sad.
agreed
this song always made me feel "free" like i can just go out and enjoy life, idk man
My dad killed himself two weeks ago and we always listened to this song. The shins will always have a place in my heart
I’m so sorry to hear that’ sending you and daddy love ❤️
God be with your dad 🙏
God Bless You and Your family! 🙏❤️
11:11
This song kind of gives you that hug you need. Sorry to hear about your dad.
This song reminds me of a specific winter in my life. There is such a bitterness and apathy in this song. I was very lonely then.
You're never alone. Bon chánce.
Me as well.
keep a diary. no one cares
@@drsteele4749 Click Read more for a micro French tutorial. But don't yell at me if you do.
The letter 'a' never has that accent in French, ever. Luck also has the feminine gender, not masculine, so it's "bonne chance" (no accents, as you see).
@@dixonpinfold2582 Ah, well I didn't know that. Merci beaucoup.
Good song to drink coffee to while playing tennis and smoking a joint. While on college summer vacation back home
That sounds like one messy morning
this is the kinda song that should be played automatically whenever there's a peaceful silence between you and someone you like.
awesome comment :)
- ̗̀ badria ̖́- happening now... :)
So....... Elevator music then? As in something that you can ignore that will fill the silence but not be remembered when you actually make a move with said person?
- ̗̀ badria ̖́- so true. So true
haha this is cute
It's been a while since I've found a song that makes me want to stare at the ceiling while laying down
Agree
Check out ducktails, specifically the songs headbanging in the mirror or letter of intent. It might not be up your alley but it's worth a suggestion,
+Noah Hutchinson You must be reading my mind.
Vance Joy Riptide made me feel that way as well
I close my eyes.
They did not have to go this hard on this. I love the music video, whole song gives off nostalgic vibes.
This song reminds me of my son and I, living on south jackson street when he was in elementary school. When I'd get home from work and jiggle the door knob, I'd hear his little feet running across the hardwood floor and he'd sling open the door, throw his little arms up and yell "MOMMY!" And give me the hugest hug around the neck. It's one of my favorite memories. ♥️ He's 21 now. 6'4. Still gives me the strongest best hugs. He doesn't need me anymore like he did, but it's ok. I still have this song.
i think he does
❤🙌🤍
when your in the car play this song n you'll instantly act like your in a depressing nastolgic movie scene.
Lol yasss
no thx
+howard campbell You read my mind.
Yep! I pretend like I'm trapped in a bubble bubbleunable to connect with anyone, imprisoned by my rugged good looks and superior intellect...then the song ends and I'm fat, balding, and struggling to finish Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light because the story doesn't start at the climax and work it's way back like all books should.
+Joshua Masterson Awesome comment... Love it, thumbs up-- (NOT being sarcastic)..
I delivered a pizza to some guy and his downstairs neighbors was blaring this album. I remarked that it was a good album and the upstairs guy I was delivering it to says, "Yeah, if he didn't listen to it literally NON-STOP, EVERY DAY."
😂😂😂 that’s funny, I went through that phase wow memories
@@TRAVIESO_NAI go through that phase every few years at this point haha
That downstairs neighbor was me.
Greatest indie song ever written.
Change my mind.
In The Aeroplane over the sea
@@jacobtuck3086 Close second ngl
no one cares, get over yourself you boring pathetic idiot. change MY mind, asshole.
I want wind to blow, the moon (both from The Microphones), Street Spirit, Oh Comely and Chicago
This is top tier though, can see being a lot of people's favorite
@@jacobtuck3086 these are equal in my eyes
I first heard this song while boating with my high school buddies at the reservoir in the summer of 2002. If I close my eyes I start to smell the lake and it's like no time has passed at all.
Manager: OK Shins, we have only $25 left budgeted to make the music video...
Shins: np
😂
Shins: Great! we'll have enough to share a pizza afterward!
So funny. Really.
they sure nailed it for $25. This type of video I have seen before and i love it.
Burnside Skate Park.
"I was happier then with no mindset." - truer than ever
Oh boy welcome to 2020, you are in for a ride
@@hanzfranz7739 🤣🤣🤣
Ignorance is bliss.
i was not. it's good to be angry now.
@@hanzfranz7739 Came here to state that from the second wave of the pandemic that seems to never end...
If any of you were wondering, here's all the things this video is referencing (there's some I missed though)
0:00 Husker Du - Zen Arcade album cover
0:13 The Replacements - Let it Be album cover
0:17 Husker Du - New Day Rising album cover
0:20 Slint - Spiderland album cover
0:24 Sonic Youth - Sister album cover (bottom right on back cover)
0:28 Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime album cover
0:35 Squirrel Bait - Squirrel Bait (EP) album cover
0:51 -Sonic Youth (again)
1:04 Cat Power - Nude as the News music video
1:13 Cat Power- Moon Pix album cover
1:38 Slint - Spiderland (again)
1:51 Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (again)
2:29 Husker Du - New Day Rising (agian)
2:42 Sonic Youth - Sister (again)
3:08 Sonic Youth - Sister (again)
3:28 Slint - Spiderland (again)
3:32 Minutemen - Double Nickels (again)
3:35 Husker Du - Zen Arcade (again)
3:39 Replacements - Let it Be (again)
You're welcome
Nice
Nice.
ive never seen this film clip before and seeing the replacements pose i was like "....no way". after they did slint it was awesome trying to pick them all, thanks for making the list
nice
TANKS! :)
This song makes me wanna become the best version of myself
Makes me feel grateful to be alive. My best friend who died showed me it and 10 years later i just listen to it now... Thank you life for letting me live on.
Whenever I meet a new guy I send him this and depending on his response I’ll know if we can date.
Having the girl I'm dating being into the same music as me is always a nice bonus but it's honestly never a defining factor. Unless there's literally nothing else you have in common either but that's a problem of its own haha. That being said, you have a great taste in music if you enjoy this 😁
@@theunderdog9353 It was kinda a joke. Kinda.
@@michellespecia Hahaha
@@michellespecia Hahaha, it's a joke as long as they don't try to trash the song 😛
Are you Natalie Portman?
One of the best songs in the world, a true feel good song and timeless. Thank you for this song.
Two years ago my dad was playing it in the kitchen when I came down just to say hi. I immediately demanded he tells me what song was playing. I had finally found it. It took me 14 years of my life but finally I had found it.
Demanded, eh?
It literally feels like Zach Braff heard this song and thought, yeah I can write the movie equivalent of that. Like life its sad, happy,meanigful but dumb, makes you feel things but makes you wish you couldnt feel.
So true
Totally!
My interpretation of this song, which might mean nothing to anyone is of an innocent wish for just a connection to someone or something but not wanting to push too hard to make it work out. Then you watch the moment fade away knowing there wasn't much you could do but you mourn it just the same.
song on repeat today. I am vibing it.
Wow this is me
That's is very insightful. I Iike your interpretation.
That's a bit deep and nonsensical to be honest. Who cares what the song is about? It's just a collection of words and melodies. Just lie back and enjoy it for what it is.
@chim choo ree Define nothing. You can't. All we have are somethings. Try again.
this song became a part of my soul the first time i heard it in Garden State, then all of the shins songs did.
They will always remind me of a teenage angst sad puberty period with a tiny vibe of hope.mostly bad memories, but still precious
i always come back after 2- 3 years and listen this album, it really had a huge impact in me, thank you guys
Me too, Garden State. Seems all so far away
My mother played this song while i was in the womb, this song gives me such comfort. So beautiful
Currently playing this for newborn I brought home from the hospital 3 days ago to help him calm down and its working
This song reminds me of my lost youth and the chances I didn't take and the nights that never were. The days when I was naive and in love. The days of newly lost innocence and despair. The joy and the pain of the youth that is now gone forever. I'm tipsy good night.
Gerardo Salas, we should talk two years ago
This song reminds me of my won youth and the chances I did take and the nights that always will be. The days when I was open and in love. The days of newly lost innocence and experience. The joy and the pain of the youth that is now gone forever.
Good night, Ted.
That's beautiful what you wrote...
Gerardo Salas Literally i feel EXACTLY the same
This is one of the few songs I have difficulty listening to because of its affect on me. When I listen to it, I can't function, I can only stare at walls or the sky or out the window because trying to do something else feels so wrong to me and I get distracted by it so easily. Typing this is hard enough. This is honestly the best song I've ever heard and I have no problem saying that it touches my heart in a way that is beyond beautiful.
Music should be transcendent. Rejoice.
That sounds like a very serious medical condition. What if your driving a car and it comes on the radio? I think you should see a medical professional immediately.
These guys opened for Modest Mouse back in fall 2000 at Sher-west Gardens in Dundalk, MD...I think it was a bingo hall. We sat in the parking lot drinking and listening to this song through the wall thinking "these guys are pretty good". We met Isaac Brock when he came out of van to head inside. He said hello and I gave him a beer.
This song reminds me of rehab in the mid 2000s. All the good people and friendships made along the way, that meant the world to me. Sadly few are still around. It's a bittersweet tune for me, but always moving and beautiful.
keep up the good work, I know how you feel!
"Should we fade this song out or end it cold?"
"Yes"
This song makes me feel like I'm missing a life that I can remember little bits and pieces of. The effect music can have on someone is crazy, yeah? Any more songs that make you feel like this song does, please do not hesitate to let me know. I show this song to other people and most of them don't really like it as much and I'm like... Are you crazy?
Mariah Good the whole of "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" by neutral milk hotel evokes exactly that to me
Cait C such a good song!!!! you have awesome music taste
Maybe "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros?
This is one of those eternal melodies.
GreenJeepAdventures awesome song
This makes me feel a whole different type of nostalgia, I literally can't explain it.
I first heard this song driving through the Nevada emptiness with Windows down, the middle of a warm starry night. Something so IDK, just beautifully simple and melodic about it made me feel high af even with nothing in my system. Was a perfect moment in a great period of life. Such a great song.
At the Shins concert in Boston a couple months ago I was front and center, and James Mercer accidentally dropped his guitar pick on my head. Best souvenir ever!
Idk what it is about this song. I feel like I could listen to it forever. It just seems to connect with something deep inside. Its like it somehow reflects all my hopes and dreams but also all of the disappointment and longing at the same time. Absolute masterpiece. The Shins are the best.
Beautifully put. This song is nostalgia in physical form
Apparently it’s not just me. This song reminds me of a time and a place. And a feeling. A good one
I like how this song played in the latest Spider-Man game, and in the first The Amazing Spider-Man movie, a other song by The Shins, No Way Down, plays. I’m not sure if that was an intentional reference to TASM, but I hope it was.
I'm feeling nostalgic about something I don't know what it is. I'm just looking at my old workplaces, my old university, the house where I used to live 10 years ago etc... using Google Maps while listening to this song... so weird lol.
That's a wonderful feeling taking a trip down memory lane...
Man , i feel you.
I miss my old life ., This is a deeply nostalgic song
@@mrwick-bb9bc yep, 10 years ago I was only 19, had no worries at all... I will turn 30 in a few months and I really miss the old days
My mom put a cd in a broken radio... I jumped on a bed mattress with my brothers... we listened to mortal kombat cd’s with this... aaaaaagh the nostalgia, I wanna be tiny again
Animoia,
Nostalgia for a time you've never known..
I regret spending a whole life without this song
really ? I know it since 2007 (environ-
Me too, it only took me 17 years to find :(
@Michael Jair @Sjoerd
You should listen to John Maus - Believer
so you don't regret that one too
Some songs transport you to a place and time, for me New Slang brings me back to 18 years old in San Francisco. This song played on repeat as I rode Bart to classes and bay area explorations with friends. Brings back memories of adventure, freedom, and a bit of melancholy looking back all these years later.
Yes agree I'm from Seattle good memories of this song for me.
Omg, i just listened to this in SF on a trip to a science museum ❤
Madison Wi, here 🤞
SF here now. Typical cold and foggy day in June. Warm blanket, couch and this song.
My dog died yesterday. I'll forever miss my best boy and all of our adventures. This song goes out to you Max. I miss you.
@Patrick O'Brien thanks. I miss him but I carry him everywhere in my heart, so he lives on with me.
RIP Max ❤️
@@cjk2468 thank you for showing my boy some love🥺
Hey man, when you have the world's best friend.
The years of loyalty and a connection to this brilliant furry amazing pup with their 4 paws, a heart that gives itself away completely.
The years and the Pups have broken my heart and given a gift of love from the first time those eyes lock on you and then a slight tilt of those faces that give the
quizzical look for a lifetime.
You never want those moments to leave.
Soon, so soon the day becomes ten years.
Too soon that look, the one you have watching the one baby you didn't bring home from the hospital. The soldier of life the truest member of our family.
That last look of trust that they give you until you feel a small peaceful moment remembering to breathe.
Never to be the same without the pups that changed the world from our homes....
One yesr ago, 11/14/2020 We lost my Dophie, the six pound Pomeranian who called me Daddy for 11 years.
Still not over it man, not sure if I want to be.
The pups that their time has come, it seems as they know a future pup needs the love your home can provide.
Ain't we lucky? Love...
God bless your pup my friend.
@@josephtreesh1080 beautifully put🥺
It's like "I guess we're all sort of fcked but hey, life's still pretty sweet."
perfectly said
Sums it up perfectly.
You're so right
How very Woody Allen, Manhattan. You're not wrong. The food is terrible, and such small portions.
This is my favorite comment so far
I've spent 10 years with this song, and met many people sometimes loved one.
However this song didn't step into my personal memory so far.
Every time I listen to this song, it reminds me the first memory of listening to this.
It was a lecture hall in my college,few people was there,and I felt nostalgia but I still don't know for what.
In my memories I’ll always be 27yo, singing this song walking through the streets of Dublin enjoying the windy and rainy Irish weather that I love so much.
This makes me remember sitting by the side of a canal in Amsterdam sometime in the early 2000s, in the evening, happily stoned, listening to this on my ipod touch or whatever it was back then..
Am I the only one to think it's refreshing to see a comments page that isn't full of people arguing about how stupid other nations are, how crap the music is or how so and so is better? It's nice to see comments where people are actually talking to each other without resorting to insults. Wonder if it's the music!
USA!USA!USA!
It's definitely the music. You can see it with ambient electronica music too. Almost never any negative comments (sure maybe a load of space-head supposedly "deep" comments about the universe) but almost never anything aggressive or insulting.
Well looks like it's my time to shine
USA is the best nation in the world and Playstation sucks
Ryan Healy 'MERICA!
Ryan Healy But USA has turned into Atari now.
James Mercer is a lyrical genius.
yes, he is. btw, i still maintain respect for Thom.
one of the greatest i've everrrrrr encountered in my short days
Yep - this is a great song by a great band - one of my favorites my the Shins....my other favorites are Saint Simon, Australia, Simple song, and Phantom limb
Definitely. Along with being a genius of melody and composition. One of the best bands of the last 20 years.
John Doe haha, "imma let you finish"
this song helped me through on my struggles adapting into internship and juggling between university and work. night driving while crying with this song blasting in the background really hits different.
I don't know what it is about this song.. I'm currently 23 years old and remember when my dad would always play it when I was younger. It's comforting. I'll go years without listening to it but whenever I do listen to it, I feel like no time has passed and I'm still a kid. Love it.
♥️💝🤎🙌🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
Yes, this song changed my life
yep mine too
share how
apparently Zach braff heard these guys and thought "This is the only music I need"
+GnomesAmok and it was right decision
Didn't he have the soundtrack first and then write the movie around it? He just wanted the movie to feel like the music
He wrote the screenplay then used the soundtrack to pitch it to the studio.
i remember when i bought this album at fingerprints in long beach and it had a hidden video at the end with an unofficial vid for new slang. It was just some girl mouthing the words to the song and it looked like it was shot on super 8
and he was fucking right
Fuck, this song man. It's so beautiful. As a piece of communication, it just captures "that feeling" so perfectly. That amazing human experience. Those feelings of uncertainty, doubt, hope, gentleness, love. It's an amazing song.
30 something transported back to my teen years with this...
“I guess the key to a lot of things is balance. Whether it’s balance of power, balance in love, and sometimes, just balance. For some of us it seems too far out of reach, too difficult to achieve. But the important thing is just to never stop trying, especially if you like girls named Alex... And chicken salad.”
-JD (Scrubs S01E13 “My Balancing Act”)
Scrubs introduced me to The Shins, and I’m forever grateful to have both of them in my life!
Same! Scrubs introduced me to music i never knew i would fall in love with! It has amazing music.
dhruv preach! I’ll see you in the Our Lady Peace’s Innocent video, and many more!
I must have listened to New Slang a thousand times, but today is the first time in several years I've listened to a Shins song. I burst into tears.
I’ll share something too because apparently everyone has memories about this song, and the comments are pretty heartwarming so I thought I’d add. I first heard this song when I was in rehab and I was in my last few months there. It was an incredibly hard time in my life and I have never fought so hard for anything. I used to listen to it whenever I was allowed to have my phone and it always comforted me in a strange way. When I got out and I finally had a roof above my head, let alone one I could call my own I still listened to it a lot. I eventually started studying music, fell pretty madly in love with a beautiful girl and seeing as she was the singer in the band I was assigned to in school, I wanted to share a bit of myself with her. We were playin covers, so I recommended new slang. We didn’t end up keeping it in the set because of some difficulty with backing vocals, and so this song slowly started fading out of my life. Me and the girl got into a rushed relationship, and to keep it short we were too different wavelengths trying to talk to each other. I became caught up with school, my girlfriend and just life in general, and because I wasn’t living right I eventually relapsed into drug use. Me and her broke up, I lost the house I worked so hard for because of my own stupidity and I went fully off the rails again. People learn though, and even though I’m not where I want to be, I am clean, I have the best relationship I’ve ever been in. This time it’s not rushed, and this time I have a lot of experiences that have made me learn about myself and the world around me. I was sitting at the coffee table listening to music just now, and guess what came on. It’s been almost a year since the things I just wrote out happened, so that’s how long it’s been since I’ve heard new slang. And this time, I’m gonna make life work. I know I will. Thank you for reading.
Best of luck 🙏👍💐
Wish you all the best on your journey stay strong.
Good luck man, wish you all the best!
I KNOW yoU wiLLLL 🙌☀️
To my best friend,
Not a day has gone by that I haven't thought of you since you left this world on August 20th. There's always something that reminds me of you, whether it's big or small, everyday. So, many things that I want to talk to you about that I'll never get to. So many plans we made that we'll never get to do. I would even settle listening to this song with you for the 100th time. I miss you buddy, and there won't be a day that goes by that I won't.
♥️🙌☀️
Walking on Amsterdam somewhere in Upper West Side on a windy autumn day. This song just perfectly blinds out all the city bustling
try walking true the centrum next or jordaan next, the feels....
I love this
awww...makes me miss new york so much!
I only met her twice, they were the best twice ever. But she wasn't ready... I don't know if I was either but she was just...just so beautiful. Her short dark hair, blue eyes, mesmerising smile. If you ever read this and are ready, let me know, I'm waiting. X
I can’t express how fortunate we were to see these guys a few years ago here in our hometown of Bend on a late summer night with the sun setting with the love of my life of 30+ years. Truly one of the greatest nights of my life. She had been given a clear bill of health after multiple brain tumor surgeries. I feel like god blessed us that evening.
I just discovered this song by accident yesterday while building a Spotify Playlist and played it the first time while I was on a plane that was flying down the gulf coast at sunset. I don't think I've had a song hit so hard.
just now for me also..watching a stan show background music..i saw one sentence in subtitles now here i am.
Album covers:
0:06 Husker Du - Zen Arcade
0:14 Replacements - Let It Be
0:17 Husker Du - New Day Rising
0:21 Slint - Spiderland
0:25 Sonic Youth - Sister (back cover, lower right photo)
0:29 Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
0:35 Squirrel Bait - [self-titled EP]
1:14 Cat Power - Moon Pix
3:14 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
What am I missing?
Sonic Youth Sister?
Those, with Sonic Youth’s “Sister”, are all that are mentioned in the 2002 Entertainment Weekly article about the video. So I think you got them all. I remember the Let It Be reference jumping out at me and getting excited and playing closer attention to the visuals.
The ‘Mats are one of my favorite bands, and almost every other band I’ve liked (and some I haven’t) name them as an influence in one way or another. It’s kinda wild.
(Personally, my favorite album of theirs is Tim, followed closely by Don’t Tell a Soul.) The Shins and the Replacements were soundtracks to very different times in my life, and thus served very different emotional and entertainment purposes, but sensing a thread through all of it is reassuring, in that there’s some sort of comfortable consistency in what appeals to me musically. (Just kinda “thinking out loud” here while geeking about music, thanks for indulging me.)
Yeah this is a hodge-podge ripoff. Music sucks right now.
Thaddeus Gutierrez What’s a hodge podge rip-off? The music video, the song, or music today? Sorry, it seems like you’re maybe responding to my comment about a thread of consistency among bands who were genuinely influenced by the Replacements, but maybe not, so that’s why I’m asking. Plus this song came out in 2001 so if you’re saying the *song* is a ripoff and “music sucks right now” means you’re assuming it’s current, well, obviously, no.
I thought I saw Sister but I keep looking for it and I don't see it... At least not the album cover that I'm familiar with. What timestamp is it?
EDIT: Got it, it's one of the photos on the back cover.
I had to pull the car over the first time I heard this song. It is just so beautiful I was blinded and overcome with emotion. I hope I will never stop being so affected by it.
This was on the radio?
Yeah, on the alternative station.
I heard it first time on The Scrubs. One of the best shows I've ever watched
Normunds Rudzinskis Just came here from that episode... Season 1 Episode 12 if anyone's curious.
I feel the same. It's got this melancholy quality that gets to me. A lot of their songs have it.
3 years ago this month, i lost one of my greatest friends. this was his favourite song. every year, near the anniversary, i come back to this song and i say out loud "i love and miss you so much, Damion".
you are such a beautiful memory in my head. i'll cherish you forever. i'll love you forever. naming my first-born son after you. ❤️
40 year old black guy.... I don't know much about the Beatles but when I discovered these guys and this song in particula ..their my Beatles. I don't know if that makes sense
that makes perfect sense to me. thanks for sharing. this song is really good
Yes !!!!!!!!! It maKes aLL the SENSE !!!! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️♥️
You know.. I've listened to some really depressing and dark music in my life: Elliott Smith, Scott Walker, Some Radiohead, some Swans, Late Joy Division etc, but none of them really affected me.. in fact I found them to be beautiful. But for some reason from the moment I heard this song it just hit me so strong and I was moved to tears from that first time. That was a very long time ago, and it still holds that same spell over me. It's hard to listen to it without chocking up. I still wonder why
It does. The theme of wistful regret, I think.
Cali Curmudgeon
Nailed it
First time I heard this track I was driving to my dreaded job [still there] However I was driving my 64 ap6 Valiant Safari wagon, the presenter announced the song as a track he could not stop playing. I listened.12 some years later still resonates my soul. I have since been driving a 64 beetle like the one in the clip accidental and my other is a 60 F100. I digress. Reminds me of being different and enjoying moments in life, even if they are between other moments that are not enjoyable.
Sim o It reminds me of a time when I was very innocent and naive. When I suffered from such a lack of experience and sensations that I felt frustrated by the constant feeling of sedation. Even through all the stuff I've been through, some 5-6 years later, Im glad it has been this way.
it's your soul
melancholy at its finest, makes me feel alive and human :)
Not in melancholy chord tho?
@@THXx1138 wtf are you talking about
this song blew my mind in 6th grade, i couldn't stop listening. one of the first songs i truly loved. still do.
Bless, this little song's such an innocent throwback to the 60s and 70ss summer of love.
There are some epic record cover references: husker du, the replacements, slowdive, minutemen, slint. My god, so good.
I noticed the slint one but now just looked up the others. clever idea. the minutemen one with the san pedro sign is pretty funny!
I'd like to put on my headphones , go on a walk outside in a place where i can see stars and just make me realise myself that it doesn't always have to require someone else to have fun or enjoy life or feel good about yourself. And even being alone , you can remember the good times and feel good about yourself , others , and everything around you. Blissful song
Beautifully said💜
When someone writes one of these songs that you know will outlive you, it's something special. You have a moment where you think: this is a song that can fix everything that's wrong...and it should, but people are by and large too shallow to feel what a song can give, and they miss it. It is forgotten
This boy is the vocalist of Broken Bells!! I WAS TODAY YEARS OLD!!!!!!!
my god, the simplicity and beauty....
+K. Shawn Edgar that's stupid
A little too simple, I'm afraid
This song makes me feel invincible.Honestly, I feel like I can do anything while listening to this, it's beautiful.
This song makes me think of that one time that I ordered pizza. Saw my delivery driver's VIA tracker getting lost. I ran outside in the rain to catch him. While he gave me my pizza, this song was playing. It pretty much means that everything will be fine and pizza is life.
i just thought of something really bad to happen, but gladly everything turned out fine... what a rollercoaster of emotions i just went through
Bitchin!!!
This song was so ahead of its time. It always gave me 2011-2012 alternative vibes
This is the song thatgot me into indie music
Brodie Williams same
I think this music video is meant for that since they reenacted so many covers of important indie albums, it's basically a bibliography. Although they are much softer than those bands like Hüsker Dü, still great early indie bands. I only noticed two of them, others mentioned it but it's buried by Garden States comments.
Good luck exploring indie music. :)
What are some other good indie bands with a similar style or sound?
Annony Mouse I like the 'Head and the Heart' personally
Tr0nz Head and the Heart is pure gold. I'd also say Fleet Foxes and Lumineers
I listen to this when I think of what could have been.
Paul Wagner hope you’re having a good life paul
That's a definite same
same buddy 🙂
You should change your name to Paul Wanker
my favorite song of all time...I cant explain the feelings it brings out in my little heart
You dont have to. I feel them too
@@Tysontastic bro what is with these goofy ahh comments
I suppose it's just one of those songs that captures a mood. I happened upon this song in 2004 in a cafe and it brings goosebumps and a pleasant feeling in my soul every time I've heard it since
peter the type of spider to say "i needed this" when he plays basketball with his best friend
This song captures my bohemian,technology-free teenage life of the 90s
The simple days
Oooooooh myyyyy goooood. I just realized the whole video is tributes to classic album cover art?!?! Cat Power, Husker Du, Slint, Minutemen!!
This is the kind of song that adds that certain "spice" to your day, making you feel at one with the world again.
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
Spiderman 2 with the deep cuts!