James Mercer of The Shins - New Slang (Bing Lounge)

February 13, 2012 - James Mercer of The Shins with "New Slang" in the Bing Lounge at 101.9 KINK.FM. Portland, OR. Presented by Dick Hannah Dealerships.
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[@beebop333]

james has probably sang this song a millon times, and he makes it sound like this could be the first time! love ya james

[@apaggful]

he's got such a control of his voice!!!!!!!!!!

[@Todtel]

Still one of the best songs ever written... Awesome!

[@mitsukosuki]

so beautiful... almost made me cry..

[@Nammm37]

Great song, great live quality, great singer!!! Go JAMES MERCER!!!

[@winifredwaters5642]

KZbin should really have a repeat button for videos like these

[@ROMANEMPIRE69]

Winifred Waters and an ad skip. 🤪

[@loitersquadbaconboy]

I wish I was James Mercer

[@willcoxnick]

I don’t know if any person with any instrument has ever sounded better than that. He is absolutely incredible

[@baconlatte]

Flawless performance. Alone with voice and acoustic guitar in a quiet room... there is no margin for error.

[@CallisonNashOfficial]

The king of songwriters

[@herbertshake2814]

serious? I thought this guy was in his 20s by his voice. first time I've seen him. amazing artist! true talent. real music.

[@heathercarter7086]

i love his songs he's amazing ...so cool

[@MrBbb57]

the control he has over his voice is insane. no doubt one of the best singers ever!

[@pendragonU]

This was sublimely well done and shared generously. James could play this in so many ways, and in this rendition he chose to reach within for something more filled with own feeling as only an author knows, and polished his so well cherished gem by so many with special emotions invoked and freshly hashed in the moment, very intimately he realized and noted in his brief intro the place deserved his best (which usually are, no mater where he is playing, always at 100%) and he was very generous to not just play it in any pro manner with tech and method, this was more into. This was a gift delivery, if I was in the audience I will cherish for Life. Like I still do from seeing Peter Gabriel walk into the restaurant we were eating and on request from the owner seemly friends, and very pleased fellow patrons regaled us with 2 songs not just sang a capella, but he added sentiment to transformed while he was singing his 2 masterpieces like none. One of those rare and true to the soul renditions with full surrender from audience and artists connected as one

[@trippmiller6199]

Very simple tune and unexplainable lyrics. Perfect hipster tune. I love it.

[@bezilliox]

greatest live session ever.

[@shoninanen6938]

I want to marry his voice

[@selfdefenseman]

Haunting and beautiful.

[@Jooleywoo]

I could really listen to this guy sing on a continuous loop, beautiful!! Great song, love The Shins, cheers for the post.

[@ShengyingXu]

So wonderful!! also, some part of the song reminds me of Belle and Sebastian.

[@commissioner1969]

I'm so glad he never got really big. The shins are a diamond in the rough. The type of band you want to bury their cds in the sand on a beach and have a young kid stumble across them and change their life hopefully

[@MYMICHELLE70]

smmmmoooooooooth! hypnotic!

[@jessicagreene2649]

his voice...his voice!

[@josejimenezone]

Amaaaaaaaaazzzzzing!!!!!

[@user-vf8ti4dq3d]

man that melody at 3:33, he should make that into a full blown song, just that melody for the chorus

[@michaelanderson3426]

You mean the part of the guitar solo....

[@user-vf8ti4dq3d]

@@michaelanderson3426 no the voice over the guitar

[@jhaas6618]

Awesome song, very talented.

[@MannyVazquezmannyvazz]

James you are up there with my favs...Robert Smith and Morrissey. Patiently waiting for a next Broken Bells album.

[@manlybucko]

Manny Vazquez Good Luck

[@luv2mx]

WOW, Thanks Kink!

[@ccramit]

Amazing.

[@eempeee]

If this song was only 20 secs long, with just that humming bit - it'd still be brilliant

[@affanfadillah1200]

that's a very clean bass line

[@RemoteAbductionArm]

I see/pray/hope see awesome things coming in James Mercer's gerneral direction.

[@chrishappe9272]

Memorial day 2021 love this

[@sarahzentexas]

Oh, my. Exquisite. -3

[@GrimPlaysMC]

Most talented musician alive imo

[@randomguyoudontknow]

Bing is my new favorite search engine.

[@calebcustombricks2631]

ok

[@treeoneseven]

so good.

[@lukewalker06]

You brilliant man.

[@boobop007]

All of these videos are amazing! and under-appreciated apparently! spread the word

[@JamesCarmichael]

My taste in music just got upgraded. I must restart my brain and install updates.

[@the420god3]

Magical

[@pcetime]

I didn’t want that to end. Chills.

[@alexjackson4257]

Just perfection.

[@DanOfAwsome]

Ben Gibbard and James Mercer are my favorite artists. they should make a record together.

[@NormtheGenome]

...But my head's to the wall and I'm lonely... Good GOD. That makes my body radiate with emotion!

[@JM4LAJF]

Goddamn, this is awesome.

[@kerchydaproductions6384]

Hear that voice see that face That's the man who's experienced heartache

[@MYMICHELLE70]

like a gull takes to the wind...

[@grantmacmillan4218]

Wow!!!!

[@nonsens8]

his voice has grown so much

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Neat room!

[@Bsquez0129]

I was hoping he'd do that for the solo :)

[@adrishad]

nice

[@adammcquade3139]

Nah man, that's vsauce.

[@aimtcb]

Damn breaks like a bull thru the hall

[@AnskiMusic]

That is one hell of a ratio. So many feels. Only one person so far has never been in love.

[@et13603]

I swear I was writing that till I saw two comments below you wrote the exact same thing!

[@garnetred02]

[@watcherofthings]

BROKEN BELLS" HOLDING ON FOR LIFE"( SINGER JAMES MERCER OF THE SHINS) RESULT ( AMAZINGNESS)

[@husbandofbecca]

Kevin Spacey + Hugh Jackman = James Mercer

[@rupman27isback]

love you kevin spacey!!!!!

[@joo8878]

bagus om.. bella

[@didoma73]

It's wheezywaiter!

[@rjbeals]

I'm not even sure I understand the lyrics, but they are pretty deep! And why does gangham style have 1 billion views and this less than 100k? It's really not right.

[@wakeskatebumTX09]

That J-45 sounds awesome 😎

[@angusmcleod9400]

Fucking sensational

[@themnewromantics]

we'be just covered this great song, give it a listen?

[@bluejacket2112]

i hate it when there is dirt in my fries.

[@aurelianocapone]

Does anybody know which pickup microfones they are using there?

[@ubfjvszdbfvjsdnxl]

Zero dislikes? Damn straight.

[@yoursir100]

No dislikes? Shhhh... the trolls are sleeping

[@thomassedlacek9627]

I went to go and play this song on my guitar after listening to it.... but I had to clean all the gunk off my pants first

[@062829648]

And also, I didn't say "hilarious", so I don't know who you're quoting.

[@062829648]

I was complimenting your comment, while slighting the people that do make comments like the ones in *quotation* marks in mine. Sorry if that was lost on you.

[@Safeness07]

Got 99 likes and the dislikes got none

[@johajoha460]

young Frank Underwood

[@didoma73]

vsauce IS wheezeywaiter IS James Mercer

[@aimtcb]

@aimtcb Dawn

[@jaredvillasenor3257]

Am C F C G C Am G x4 C [Verse 1] Am C F Gold teeth and a curse for this town C G Were all in my mouth C F Am G Only I don't know how they got out, dear Am C F Turn me back into the pet C G I was when we met C F Am G I was happier then with no mind set [Chorus] G C And if you'd took to me like F C G A gull takes to the wind G C Well, I'd jumped from my trees F C F C And I'd have danced like the king of the eyesores F C G And the rest of our lives would've fared well [Verse 2] Am C F New slang when you notice the stripes C G The dirt in your fries C F Hope it's right when you die Am G Old and bo...ny Am C F Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall C G Never should've called C F But my head's to the wall Am G And I'm lonely [Chorus] G C And if you'd took to me like F C G A gull takes to the wind G C Well, I'd jumped from my trees F C F C And I'd have danced like the king of the eyesores F C G And the rest of our lives would've fared well [Solo] G G C F C F C G C G C F F C F C G C Am G C (hang and walk down to Am) [Verse 3] Am C F Godspeed all the baker's at dawn C G May they all cut their thumbs C F And bleed into their buns Am G 'Till they melt away [Chorus 2] G C I'm looking in on the good life F C G I might be doomed never to find G C Without a trust or flaming fields F C G Am I too dumb to refine? C And if you'd took to me like F C F C Well I'd have danced like the queen of the eyesores F C G And the rest of our lives would've fared well [Solo] G G C F C F C G C G C F F C F C G C Am G C (hang and walk down to Am)

[@user-vf8ti4dq3d]

3:33 - 3:40

[@leerumbley]

Wish he'd have done a little Walken before he left.

[@062829648]

Could it be?! A funny comment?! One that isn't: "HAHA NICE JOB KEVIN SPACEY! YOU KNOW THAT GUY FROM AMERICAN BEAUTY?! YEAH HE LOOKS LIKE HIM! HAHA!"

[@NLNLNLNLNL]

.

[@NOVIAURAH]

It looks like its pretty hard to hit those hight notes lol

[@immad60]

NOVIAURAH Not for him

[@Zizzyyzz]

He chooses to exhale into the note rather than sing it in one roll. Easier to do.

[@vitaminmusic890]

you fail your own fail. you are wrong

[@ModestMousekateer]

Lol fail, it wasn't Natalie Portman's character that said it, it was Zach Braff's.

[@Zizzyyzz]

It actually was Natalie's line.

[@doughboycod2]

Gangham style is just substance-less garbage that all the dummies consume while crying about how "there is no good music out today." They fail to listen to people like The Shins, Alexi Murdoch, and other good musicians like Elliott Smith since they are dunderheads. The real atrocity is how a lot of Nick Drake songs uploaded back in 2006 have less than a million views.

[@roundtheoutside16]

Because there's a stupid dance associated to it. No talent required.

[@TheDudezer]

Talented guy, great musician....but I ask you what the hell were you thinking breaking up with the shins...are you mad? this song just seems odd and incomplete without the original band members. sure u had your personal issues so what...u put that aside with the guys for the sake of great music. now since the new album, the shins suck....mercer i don't know what u were thinking but big mistake breaking up the shins.