The Shins - New Slang (Live On Letterman)

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@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

[@woodyreed2882]

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

[@SANDROSILVA-my1pp]

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

[@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😭😔🌇

[@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 !

[@jepc92003]

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

[@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.

[@StellaOmega]

the prettiest version of this song!

[@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.

[@aprilshowers1920]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@foxmulder8139]

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

[@conbaz106]

her harmonies tho!

[@norwegianblue2764]

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

[@BlueBeeMCMLXI]

Yes, and your spelling...

[@jbrown7403]

💯!

[@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

[@johnrouterer9038]

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

[@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

[@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)

[@TheSnowsbeauty5]

one of the most beautiful songs:)

[@mandarian87]

Beautiful lead guitar work

[@trecooltabbilos2279]

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

[@aeons7836]

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@drsteele4749]

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

[@jotohomomoto]

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

[@corbysherman4710]

I love this version

[@scottflores2502]

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

[@mookyyzed2216]

The soundtrack for Garden State is my all time favorite.

[@douglasross4377]

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

[@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

[@inesanfiloquio8898]

Thank you, James

[@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.

[@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!

[@kevinalexis529]

So great solo !

[@eribaldoyes3883]

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

[@Quinntheeskimo33]

4 chords*

[@matthewmascitti6007]

All about the changes

[@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.

[@siobhanrose1680]

Special song. Love love.

[@cheofbowland]

1st time listener...Awesome,x

[@jflash3451]

simply haunting

[@OmarSanchez-mp1gp]

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

[@willfromyadkinville]

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

[@isaacribeiro5859]

Listen to this in 2x speed. Country music LOL

[@miraeja]

Hahahaha this is cool 😂😂

[@natalieparedes2689]

Love this song ❤️

[@amormaedy9760]

This is so beautiful song..

[@fredfrederick5607]

The best iteration of this band by far...

[@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.

[@zuzannachylinska4445]

This song somehow saved my life

[@natalieportmanismine447]

Thank you Natalie Portman for introducing me to this wonderful song 🙏✊

[@ezequielrocha-bc9bm]

RIP RICHARD 😢

[@JasonX00]

Absolutely...this song changed my life forever.

[@jnehls4]

best live version

[@PauloPereira-fx5rc]

Such an amazing song.

[@crome2194]

Nice sound and melody.

[@Kalupz]

I like the harmonies

[@crabapplec5207]

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

[@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.

[@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]

❤❤❤

[@jamesfrazier7738]

Gorgeous.

[@Permilias]

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

[@twistedtshirt]

Abdo you said it...the best.

[@philochristos]

I love this song.

[@corbysherman4710]

I love the girl

[@andreya9187]

Amazing song

[@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.

[@bigbadbillb]

I love the added harmonies by Jessica Dobson. Too bad she wasn't on the original. Cool Harmony guitar, too.

[@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

[@DolemiteGK]

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

[@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.

[@truebloodnz]

Awesome.

[@josephcrowriley1584]

Natalie Portman was right. This song DID change my life...

[@cosimocastronuovo3267]

Sure, man. You're right. You can hear this song too in "Scrubs"

[@atinb]

Cosimo Castronuovo and Garden State

[@jbru9576]

Joseph Crow Riley Garden State is my all time favorite movie

[@maximthefox]

Zack Braff changed your life for writing it into the film

[@claytondeoliveira6897]

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

[@farnaud33]

Simply adorable!!!

[@freddamerow223]

Grandios punkt

[@juliananicole1880]

Holy shit. This is splendid!!!

[@kyanalee902]

great and beautifull

[@harrypatterson8797]

Nostalgia… good memories

[@valencorrea4802]

It´s perfect!

[@redskies4530]

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

[@stephentolfo9499]

RIP R Swift 🙏

[@IrvSauce]

RIP Richard Swift

[@totodepatas]

Hermoso.

[@johnsmith-wc8gs]

so many bad comments. it's a good song that is played slightly different than the lp version. anyone out there written a song that will be remembered for decades? probably not. anyways the new line up isn't the same... duh but they are all good musicians.

[@electroma97]

+john smith I love this version. I bet that a lot of people do, but don't express it unlike the negative comments

[@jesusarteaga6186]

I completely agree with you.

[@josephstalin7803]

I have so there Then again I also really like this version

[@TheNuszAbides]

this one's fine, but i'll get over it. i don't think i'll ever get over the version on the Fighting in a Sack EP.

[@jamesboulger8705]

I mean, you got to do something with a live performance? We all know exactly where to find the LP version.

[@johajoha460]

Young Frank Underwood

[@ludwig.mp3]

Johannes B I THOUGHT THE EXACT THING

[@user-frek2023]

teleports me back

[@Interstate08]

that is awesome

[@Darth_Lem]

Awesome

[@aidank9451]

This song to me is so much better live than studio

[@Elprofesormisterioso47]

GENIAL 🎓🤔🔟👏👏👏THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@munkeyzz69]

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

[@williamlewer3083]

Incredible

[@rengarmain3599]

Da Shins

[@MGarcia3159]

Jessica Dobson is killing the song.

[@vegard7020]

In a good way

[@TheNuszAbides]

i wouldn't say kill (in either way), but she's certainly no Sam Beam.

[@ieyke]

@@vegard7020 She definitely adds an awesome extra layer to it.

[@connieroach4630]

The best the very best....