The Shins - New Slang (Live On Letterman)

Music video by The Shins performing New Slang. (c) 2012 CBS Interactive Music Group

[@Spartan771000]

First heard this song while deployed in Iraq, this is the song that somehow brought me home

[@shamaelhaider8094]

Thank you for your service good sir!

[@danielashley7349]

Ty for your service bro

[@NevadaSmith2]

Appreciate you 🤙🏻

[@bhughes8301]

Thank you for your service 💪🏼

[@deathakid]

you weren't in iraq

[@burtmcaster4739]

This song is timeless. It could’ve been written in the 60s,70s,80s,90s, or 2000s. It’s hard to tell without researching it. Beautiful and amazing sound.

[@AdamBlack]

Watch the video, which consists of 30 staged album covers..

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

it's incredibly 2001. it's a great song but it doesn't sound anything like any decade there besides maybe the late 90s

[@AlVanyl]

F

[@WorldEnds41]

Spot on take. Could be any decade!

[@jackbrooks559]

12.bq..x P

[@abdulrazakal-ahmadi7886]

This is what beautiful music sounds like. Feels like the first time I listen to it every time.

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

perfect way to explain it

[@bong_thong]

It really does.

[@ChristianPerez-i1p]

My friend used to be like "Dude! come to Hayward. Let's hang and make music!". This was in high school when we were just 14 or so. We had dreams, everyone has them when they're young. Anyway, his father is driving us back to Hayward from school in South City, which is easily an hours drive. Geoffery, my best friend puts this band on, I'm in the back seat like "Dog, what is this?!". He says it's The Shins, we probably listened to the whole album. I looked up to him from that memory forward. I knew that he understood sound. We would make music that started at this sentiment. Later, I'd fall in love with a few girls. I'd always share The Shins with them. There's something about truth in this, about continuity... it makes love palpable.

[@user-uh1il9kj4e]

This song is a instant classic for me, I cannot think of another song that sounds like it.

[@edwardsdill9060]

Give Elliot Smith or Phoebe Bridgers a listen

[@vinniecentz]

I found some similarities with Sufjan Stevens (Carrie & Lowell album) and I don't know why with Ween's "I Don't Wanna Leave You On The Farm" (after 0:28) lol

[@naksu444]

Fade into you

[@pedroferreira5793]

"You gotta hear this one song. It will change your life."

[@arcticmonkey3]

It's not the same without the original band. Billy Corgan the second.....

[@chamachuchi]

Which reference is this?

[@lancashirebomber9744]

snowfall-halo benders

[@tommynewman6376]

@@chamachuchi a movie called garden state. It's a great film

[@BlownMacTruck]

Cannot roll my eyes enough at this post. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@SANDROSILVA-my1pp]

I'm Brazilian. Discovered the band recently and became a fan.

[@woodyreed2882]

They are the quietest live band I've ever seen. I love them.

[@bhushankaduful]

There are many songs that change your mood pretty good. This one though, slows the time down and melts you away. I mean literally !

[@johnrouterer9038]

Fantastic, love it. The girl singer guitarist adds sooooooooo much.

[@marcbrule4018]

She adds so much with so little.

[@foxmulder8139]

This song is like a dream you don't want to wake up from, just beautiful.

[@gotsmthing]

This song is in essence immortal to me. It never gets old and I will never get "Used" to it. James Mercer you work magic with your voice.

[@DrKennyWang]

The amount of tears that I shed watching this live performance 😢😢😭😭😭😢

[@leemcd56]

This band should exist forever.

[@waynemurphy7248]

"Wow" just heard this so on a playlist on a radio show. I am sixty-one and love music, it reminds me of the cool innocent songs from the early seventies that get stuck in your head and your humming the song. This type of music makes you young at heart.

[@jepc92003]

I love the fact that she’s the one leading guitar, great song & lyrics

[@douglasross4377]

Sounds like an Irish love song, Jessica's guitar is magical!

[@Vaflado]

I listened to this song a lot on my Camino de Santiago when I just wanted to slow down, be alone and enjoy the feeling of just being alive. One of the strongest song I have ever listened to now. Absolute cinema

[@StellaOmega]

the prettiest version of this song!

[@jeffreywollard922]

This piece haunts me. It is so simple and at the same time so beautiful. There is a melancholy dissonance in the chords at times, and yet there is hope in the individual notes. I love how the eighth notes come and go, and the unresolved final chord gives me the chills.

[@Berniewahlbrinck]

Unresolved? I just hear C major.

[@ericsteffen6042]

Glad you like it, but by definition the final chord is not unresolved.

[@Lloyd_Christmas11]

Wow that woman was extremely talented.

[@ieyke]

Jessica Dobson

[@Zizzyyzz]

Probably still is.

[@edmundau-yeung9598]

Ms Deep Sea Diver herself

[@deathkampdrone]

Then think of the talent of James Mercer, who also wrote the song :o

[@aprilshowers1920]

I didn't think I could like this song any more, then I heard this version

[@TheSnowsbeauty5]

one of the most beautiful songs:)

[@DSDTale]

Y si me llevaras como una gaviota coge el viento Bueno, saltaría de mi árbol, y bailaría como el rey de los monstruos, y el resto de nuestras vidas nos iría bien... You are... huge!!! I love your music... (From Madrid, Spain)

[@Moon-gy9np]

" *I was happier then with no mind set* " good ol days Nothing to worry about No school no work Just play in front of a beautiful sunset GOD i miss those days😭😔🌇

[@froshman1803]

Great song, I listened to it on a road trip across the US of A, miss David Letterman too, what a cool dude and a great show

[@Vladhagen]

Jessica Dobson really makes this version work. I'd never heard of her before and now I'm deep into Deep Sea Diver.

[@HotelMarte]

Correct, you nailed it

[@scottflores2502]

So, The Shins have had so many line-ups.....this one is my favorite.....pretty sick group of musicians

[@mandarian87]

Beautiful lead guitar work

[@pecohero]

I always listen to this song every day

[@SpikeAsks]

Lou! Fabulous Tune!

[@OmarSanchez-mp1gp]

Going to hike the Colorado Trail with this song on loop : )

[@walkingstick6655]

Still a gift.

[@inesanfiloquio8898]

Thank you, James

[@fredfrederick5607]

The best iteration of this band by far...

[@mookyyzed2216]

The soundtrack for Garden State is my all time favorite.

[@crystalr.8913]

Garden State...all of the music covered a total chapter of my life. Not good, but not bad either. These songs capture that well.

[@madburnie]

It’s nearly my favourite song ever. I just love it. I was living in a VW van in Europe which was the best time of my life and this song was so much a part of it

[@drsteele4749]

It's so bittersweet that I forgot I was sad.

[@aeons7836]

Beautiful song...

[@ilovekatieledecky]

i love this song forever

[@cheofbowland]

1st time listener...Awesome,x

[@norwegianblue2764]

The Shins are a great band, and always will be, but they were never better than this brief moment in time, when Jessica shared the stage with James.

[@IonicApple]

Why are people complaining about this performance so much? Sure, it's taken a little slower than the original version, and Jessica sings harmonic parts, but it's still SOOO GOOD

[@the_katman2181]

People can be so irritating. Ignore them.

[@DerEk-cy8uw]

People who are not jazz fans don't know music evolves... Or it dies in stagnant pools w mosquito larva

[@trple2]

funny,. i wasn't liking it but didn't know why.

[@NM-rz6tq]

I like the harmonies...

[@jmack3411]

I really like the harmonizing.

[@justingriffith1191]

Amazing guitar solo - sounds like something out of an old Western cowboy movie

[@andygrosvenor1079]

I've just heard this song in the background of a tv news report...so I shazam'd it and had a full listen...beautiful song!

[@akatxch1914]

I miss the shins so much... :"(

[@mosscarpetart]

+SteelBow09 Check their Instagram. They're posting snippets of new music they're working on.

[@akatxch1914]

clap clap AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kevinalexis529]

So great solo !

[@jameshood1928]

Beautiful, soft melody. Hearing it you think all could be right in the world. Mercer has a great voice and the harmony from Dobson was perfect.

[@siobhanrose1680]

Special song. Love love.

[@trecooltabbilos2279]

I watched this over a hundred times, probably...

[@zuzannachylinska4445]

This song somehow saved my life

[@byindani]

This song and Chutes to narrow are my favorite. Great music for boarding and skiing.

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

and you are how old? 35?

[@byindani]

@@BlueBeeMCMLXI Yep.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Great song in 2000 but i just grew out of it.

[@corbysherman4710]

I love this version

[@claytondeoliveira6897]

Que música linda, acabei de conhecer a música e a banda e estou adorando.

[@conbaz106]

her harmonies tho!

[@norwegianblue2764]

Four years later, the harmonies still... priceless.

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

Yes, and your spelling...

[@jbrown7403]

💯!

[@jflash3451]

simply haunting

[@amormaedy9760]

This is so beautiful song..

[@crome2194]

Nice sound and melody.

[@okn3297]

Really enjoy this song, it’s not my usual preference but I heard it in scrubs once when I was 14ish. I remember really enjoying the message, actors and song it tied up the end of the episode really well. Like that somewhat bittersweet rest after a long day before you go back again. Whenever I hear this song I’m transported to that time for a bit. God bless everyone who watches this let’s enjoy his creation.

[@Permilias]

That first comment make me proud. Because I totally love the Shins.

[@JasonX00]

Absolutely...this song changed my life forever.

[@birdssurfshed]

If you have ever wanted to know what Real music sounds like then here you go.

[@PauloPereira-fx5rc]

Such an amazing song.

[@jotohomomoto]

Omg that chick’s vocal harmony accompaniment is beautiful highlight to this already brilliant song...fuck

[@willfromyadkinville]

oh my GOD she can do no wrong! i am convinced

[@crabapplec5207]

I'm going to see them tomorrow and I'm SO EXCITED

[@philochristos]

I love this song.

[@Kalupz]

I like the harmonies

[@natalieparedes2689]

Love this song ❤️

[@jamesfrazier7738]

Gorgeous.

[@an-najmussaqib690]

Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Guitar Solo] You might also like The Celibate Life The Shins Girl Inform Me The Shins Simple Song The Shins [Verse 3] Godspeed all the bakers at dawn May they all cut their thumbs And bleed into their buns 'Til they melt away [Verse 4] 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? [Chorus] 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 [Guitar Solo] [Outro] Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

[@eribaldoyes3883]

Yes, you can do an absolute masterpiece with 4 notes.

[@Jacrowles7]

4 chords*

[@matthewmascitti6007]

All about the changes

[@jnehls4]

best live version

[@valencorrea4802]

It´s perfect!

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a new indie song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@DolemiteGK]

This version captures more soul than the solo sung version. Just beautiful

[@hartmonkey]

Just realized the whole band is in the Music video of "Simple Song" that's real good acting for singers!

[@trashcanjely]

yes! but this wasn't the original lineup for when they recorded this masterpiece though

[@farnaud33]

Simply adorable!!!

[@freddamerow223]

Grandios punkt

[@damotheman4196]

Brilliant

[@redskies4530]

Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix

[@twistedtshirt]

Abdo you said it...the best.

[@williamlewer3083]

Incredible

[@kyanalee902]

great and beautifull

[@truebloodnz]

Awesome.

[@andreya9187]

Amazing song

[@harrypatterson8797]

Nostalgia… good memories

[@totodepatas]

Hermoso.

[@juliananicole1880]

Holy shit. This is splendid!!!

[@user-frek2023]

teleports me back

[@Darth_Lem]

Awesome

[@Pboy7272]

I love this version. I really like Jessica's voice along side James' on this one. Think she should've been on the release version.

[@jackkelley1114]

Jessica wasn't a part of the shins when the song was released but I would totally be up for a new version with Jessica in there and the keyboard at the start

[@Pboy7272]

+Jack Kelley Thanks for the info; I've just recently discovered The Shins.

[@TheNuszAbides]

look for the Fighting in a Sack EP, there's an older (and IMO better) live version with Sam Beam (Iron & Wine).

[@Interstate08]

that is awesome

[@faunoram]

absolutamente fabuloso ! imagino a los haters escuchando esto con las palmas de sus manos sudorosas y frías para después escribir algo absurdamente negativo sobre esta excelente banda : )

[@Elprofesormisterioso47]

GENIAL 🎓🤔🔟👏👏👏THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@corbysherman4710]

I love the girl

[@munkeyzz69]

Awwww James you're so cute when your nervous! :)

[@TheExiledTexan]

+1 for sporting Silvertone guitar.

[@richardengquist5070]

she gets such an excellent tone out of it

[@mediaworldwide9848]

Natalie Portman's face when she gives Zach Braff the headphones. One of the most beautiful moments in film history.

[@LDixon007]

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[@jannsagisi3576]

❤❤❤

[@connieroach4630]

The best the very best....