The Shins - A Comet Appears

[Virmir2121]

God this is awsome o.o

[ThePeacemaker5555]

this is the soundtrack of my life <3

[xtranaut]

It is rare that I listen to one song by any band these days in anxious anticipation of the next song after because the first is just too good, yet not close to over. Yes kids, I have 50 years of music in my ears, my heart and my soul -- not to mention garbage cans full of the worst and I can honestly say to you that this band is melodically, lyrically, and very genuinely, the best to consistently improve and put out exceptional contemporary music. Long live Shins.

[eklxtreme]

The Shins don't always make music. But when they do, it's incredible. Simple incredible.

The songwriting, the composition, the emotion that Mercer can put into the songs (this song was perfect on Chuck btw), the beauty, and the beard!

[Ryuhza]

@eklxtreme

Ye gods THE BEARD!

[livingafairytalelove]

i love that voice...

[roflcopter2000000]

ppl who disliked this look at the dislike bar now at your heart. see? it isnt there

[42Kissess]

Can't believe they sold out :(

[shortyrb2]

@42Kissess Don't believe it! They're still making incredible music. Have you seen the Simple Song music video?

[Donnnnnnny]

@42Kissess They didn't, they're more popular, but there music is great as ever

[hamronD73]

@42Kissess ive been a fan since their inception and they are defs not selling out... same old great shins they will always be

[Theshow2100]

@42Kissess Im sorry to tell you this, but when a band is good and people like their music, theyre gonna get popular, it doesn't mean theyve sold out or they dont have souls, it just means theyre good and you should be happy that so many people can respect good music

[snapman801]

6 people do not use the right side of there brain

[sRembrandt]

@snapman801 you do not use some parts of it as well.

[snapman801]

@sRembrandt guess your right

[MrMariobrocca]

Non riesco a smettere di ascoltarla

[StellarsJay77]

How can he put so much emotion into every word while opening his mouth sooo little!?

[TheYellowochre]

A Wild Comet appears!

Wild Comet Uses Dreamy Songwriting.

It's super effective!

[fullbritches]

beautiful song

[GnomesAmok]

everytime i hear a shins song i hear i think its the best song that ever was, then i here another shins song.

[snapman801]

@GnomesAmok holy crap i was just telling a friend on the phone about simple song by them. i'm like its the best song ever ever ever...but how when the shins have so many songs lol could not agree more

[BrotherTheoretical]

You people are confusing. I'm like, Chuck? Sarah? THESE ARE/WERE NOT BAND MEMBERS!

But now I know.

And knowing is half the battle!

G.I. JOE!

[robbyharounian]

6 people should go fuck themselves

[MmentoMori]

With both the Shins and Radiohead performing "From the basement", all I have to say is

THAT'S IT I'M GETTING A BASEMENT.

[MrLxndrrhr]

@MmentoMori You sir, get all my internets. Very crafty comment.

[1emotionalsunshine]

Once upon a time was: The perfect line-up

[Ryuhza]

Yes, it was in Chuck, but please, can we appreciate the Shins here? Or- here's a thought- the song itself?

You can tell James has poured a lot of emotion into this song.

[TheYellowochre]

kevin spacey always looks so sad

[TheLipot]

Its just simple awesome :)

[TheRaziiBerii]

Trust me Chuck.

[cioroianudenis]

Chuck for life :)

[BelldandyMai]

Great band. Great song. Gave me a flashback of Chuck and Sarah on the beach (Pilot Episode). And one more thing, don't EVER, EVER comment about Fuckin Gay-ber (JB). Fuck that shit.

[NASkeywest]

kevin spacey has the voice of an angel:)

[Stoele91]

What was the inspiration for this song? Any similar songs you were listening at the time when you wrote this song?

Fan.

[vandortwouter]

beautiful song. Thans CHUCK and the shins

[codzomz]

dude... 0:25, he looks like House...

[cioroianudenis]

Good old Chuck days :( , I'll miss Sarah :(

[lostinmyroom1981]

There are few bands that I think define my generation. The shins are one of these bands.

[howlinglymad]

If my life would have a soundtrack this song would be a must have.

[JM4LAJF]

This is too beautiful, thank you James Mercer for giving us perfection.

[Haisoj6119]

The layers. They're so perfect!

[chickaba100]

I hope this song is in chuck final episode

[BENGTPAPPA]

If my heart could speak during rough times, it would say this..

[devilzfood]

I always forget that live music can have amazing quality until I see this video. Then I remember.

[cmcRev6661]

the depth of the metaphors, and purity of his voice stuns me every time i hear this song.

[Deebates690]

<3



[skibopwns]

i wish i didn't feel like this..

[MrJadison7]

JB sucks

[CloseCCall]

The applause at the end was bullshit. They didn't even cheer! Just little golf claps.

[FlySparksVideo]

Kinda reminds me of some of those first Genesis albums, with Gabriel. 

[FlySparksVideo]

Wonderful song.

[RobotNinjaTaco]

"Close your eyes to corral a virtue,

Is this fooling anyone else?

Never worked so long and hard,

To cement a failure"

[jodilyn]

God..I am so in love with this man... sigh... (James, of course.. )

[BrandonVoiceplate]

"every post you can hitch your faith is a pie in the sky, a chalk full of lies, a tool we devise to make sinking stones fly" best line ever

[pepciofon]

actually better than the album version. IMO.

[i1a1m1t1h1e1j1a1m1e1]

Not all heores are great, not every summer day is warm. By the same, not all music is art but this is well and above the standard of true grace and beauty.

[CalebTheGuitarist]

man. the shins are even better live i bet. i wish they were still around and active. broken bells is good too tho =)

[Da2Meech2Tree]

@CalebTheGuitarist they're coming out with a new album next year : )

[baillou2]

@Da2Meech2Tree Not soon enough dammit, NOT SOON ENOUGH!!

[codyahernek]

CHUCK!

[OnAMondayTV]

The Shins, oh how you complete me.

[indierickenbacker]

He looks like he is about to cry.

[fsemple]

Great song!! Too bad James Mercer fired every member of this band. All gone....

[Niner985]

please help me....i'm sick....WITH BIEBER FEVER!!!!!! @baillou2

[1emotionalsunshine]

Good times riding the bike to this song

[EverxT]

One of the bands that are better live than a recording, truly great.

[12kate34]

This is amazing :) I think few bands today actually sound good live because they use fake computerized voices - but this is beautiful. <3

[decupero]

The Shins é uma banda de canções aparentemente simples. As tessituras de suas canções são ricas e sutis. Além disso, a aparência despojada dos componentes do grupo dão-lhe um certo charme. Quando ouvi Australia me tornei definitivamente um fã.

[dcmushi]

come on guuuuyzzzz. what the fuck.... how can something be so good.

[TheHenex]

If i had to choose one band to listen to for the rest of my life i would choose the shins.

[Pistonhips]

@TheHenex Me too my friend, me too

[ISPYWADE]

@TheHenex no doubt; no doubt.

[cbass5511]

Lol oops wrong video.

[cbass5511]

Title makes me sad, forgetting the rest of the band. :(

[herb420ism]

no dylan they are actually from new mexico, but now they live in portland and seattle

[iWillDestroyYou2012]

Thought they were a British band first time I heard them... Any who, awesome band!

[skier511]

delicious



[Ryuhza]

James looks so sad here. :[

[dylanthechameleon]

Heehee... They're from Portland Oregon, and that's where I live. :D

[sburakguneri]

@dylanthechameleon i will come to live there :P

[sburakguneri]

i wish i could listen to them live



[k4g3m4g3]

Very few things are as powerful as true music.

[TheLittleglasslungs]

the shins make me want to just quit my job

[puQYT]

This beautiful and cool - Lubię serial Chuck

Dawid

[kubaczek20]

@puQYT Ja też lubię Chuck'a

I like Chuck too.

[ibuprofenPill]

I see hundred of average bands, and then there are these guys. Great melodies and intense lyrics. I have yet to see them but look forward to the next time they're in Dallas or Austin. Definitely a cut above.

[10YaLan10]

Chuck...

[geekman127]

lmao, we've forgotten how many views 30k really is.. i won't have that many videos on a video for a looooooooooooong time xD

[ifitsfunnytome]

lets carve my aging face off fetch us a knife start with my eyes down til the lines form a grimacing smile..

[baillou2]

I swear to God if one more moron complains about Justin Bieber on another music video I'll track him down.

We get it, he sucks. We all get it. I promise you we're all thinking the same thing. Now please don't post it.

Yes Bieber sucks, We know this. We've always known this. We know that you know this. It's a universally acknowledged truth.

[NiGhtprOwIeR]

@baillou2 Now to start a chain of bent Bieber love naggings.

[andrewdrury1]

@baillou2 Dude... Justin Bieber

[13themusicman]

@baillou2 You just posted about Justin Bieber in another video. Shame on you

[Kaaaaaattiiee]

so beautiful :) james mercer <3

[dosomething777]

Loving the calmness of the song :D.

[Steynjh1]

This song still gives me goosebumps!

[monolithsound]

Absolutely my favorite songwriter, lyrcist, band in the past 10 years... I am so praying Wincing the Night Away wasn't their last effort, although brilliant... I'm a 45 year old guy, lived through a lot of music from Zeppelin to the popular radio ga ga. For me it's been Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Radiohead, and The Shins... something to be said when Shins, such amazing artists aren't recognized world over like the aforementioned... Thank you J Mercer and Shins...

[TJVeech17]

@monolithsound couldnt agree more

[mainsqueez13]

this is REAL music

[tomfeltonrox]

This songs amazing. Why is life all dedicated to people who have great looks instead of great songs? I had to hear this from my friend. Not the radio. I missed a year of this type of wonderful music. This is what we should be hearing on the radio now adays.

[4sara8]

Beautiful.. 

[thefourthlegacy]

Best Shins song ever. I love him, I love his lyricism, and I love how incredibly beautiful this description of pure heartbreak is. Stunning

[oneleggoalie]

the music industry wants to keep the tastes simple so as to be able to produce the next pop thing with ease. another reason is people don't listen to lyrics.

[high3nd]

absolutely amazing!

[BENGTPAPPA]

I have watched this video around 2000 times and I cant get enough.

[stevie128]

@BENGTPAPPA

The other 47000 views are mine! :D

[BENGTPAPPA]

@stevie128

Haha :)!

Great song anyway!!! Poetic and calm. Just awesome

[TheHenex]

@BENGTPAPPA who can?

[BENGTPAPPA]

Greatest song from The Shins according to me. Great, great.

[Yeungster23]

This gives me great memories of how Chuck all got started!

[attheboss]

who the hell disliked this song???

[gaymeledeush]

songs soo depressing , it's awesome!



[CornerOfIvyRoad]

The look on his face as he sings is exactly how I feel when I hear this song. It's like they looked into my soul and put it to music.

[ejtacos]

I Love the shins

[BENGTPAPPA]

The Shins got the most calming music. Its also making you happy and makes you feel tranquillity! ON OF THEIR GREATEST SONGS!

[radioheadsunburn]

i like to watch the sunset with this song in my ears, i feel warming.

[cristaIIine]

can't believe my ears, this is one of the most absolutely perfect live performances i've ever listened to. I can close my eyes and be suddenly in another place miles away, maybe on a comet in the sky. Magic.

[Koshesha73]

@WeirdTree please stop mentioning [You Know Who] in YouTube comments. Its bad enough that [You Know Who] is essentially ubiquitous, but why contribute to this injustice by mentioning him, even in negativity?

[Daadddd]

Everyone whomheard this liked it

[Sidster39]

Also this song was played on my favorite tv show called Chuck. Great TV show

[Sidster39]

I love this song and I would it to be my wedding song.

[Balzak53]

His voice it sounds like an angel farting in my ear, so beautiful and delicate

[KonrKodiak]

He looks like he is going to cry :(

[ilu2wootwoot]

outstanding

[95Blackwaves]

James Mercer's voice was created by god himself

[youvandalx]

@95Blackwaves james mercer IS God

[95Blackwaves]

@youvandalx I don't doubt it.

[dannyjosef]

i just keep listening to this again and again.

[CoRTiNGeN]

this is just pure beauty! what a song...

[cHicHiIadore]

james mercer is a god! his lyrics are perfect and his voice is beautiful.

i love the shins!

[WeirdTree]

I don't get why justin bieber has hundreds of millions of views and this only has about five thousand. I mean, it just doesn't make sense! This is unbelievably good! The world must be deaf... or brainwashed.

[mikecvet]

@WeirdTree but on the bright side, it doesn't have as many dislikes as a justin beiber video...

[vielbosheit]

@WeirdTree It's just the process of growing up. Many never get past the stage of development that lets them relate to mainstream music; some of us end up listening to songs about Nietzsche though.

[BENGTPAPPA]

@WeirdTree

So happy there is people who can think by them selvies. We just need to spread this to end brainwashing and let great stuff like this song get out there instead of a little prat kid singing "baby" for no reason!!!!!!

[mcolvin1975]

@WeirdTree I would rather keep this all for myself anyways.

[Phimmmm]

@WeirdTree I think it's just that the majority of people have horrific taste in music. Record labels like Bieber's can produce absolute shit and know that loads of people will buy in to it

[SparkRedundantChill]

@WeirdTree The Shins have a fan base that actually respect the work that is put into the music and buy the albums. So everyone is listening on itunes or the CD!

[WIlliamMunnyOutlaw]

@WeirdTree bad pop music has a way of doing that

[TysonCooley]

@WeirdTree He's so popular because people are constantly talking about him. If people would just refrain from taking every opportunity to spit his name all over YouTube, he'd lose a lot of attention.

[DGog224]

@WeirdTree because assholes like yourself keep mentioning him unnecessarily. what does he have anything to do with the shins? he is an INTERNATIONAL POP STAR.  hence more people look up his videos. just enjoy the music, be glad it's a somewhat intimate love by comparison, and shut the fuck up about bieber.

[monobyte1]

@WeirdTree One thing I have realised on my short time on earth is that most people, in general are idiots. This is a fact.

[MrPeintica]

@WeirdTree those people are brain dead!

[mesuhlikemusic]

PS...I noticed you only have 2 videos of their basement performance. Are you aware if they have more? I would love to see a basement performance of "sleeping lessons"

Anyone?

[spicy69838]

@mesuhlikemusic Nah man, that was all they did. It's basically like a top of the pops show, there are loads of musicians on there. Check out their website. Another amazing performance on there is Gnarls Barkley, now Im not the biggest fan of their music on the radio, but my God his voice is sensational and their songs are actually good. Im sure you already have, but if you like the Shins and/or Gnarls Barkley, check Broken Bells. In fact, im sure you have already!

[mesuhlikemusic]

Before this video, i kind of thought of The Shins as, a spirit, if you will... Their music just flowing from nowhere. Perfectly soothing. But, they are people, playing instruments.. obviously.

[TheMorgendugg]

Doesn't this just define the whole deal of our lives. Such an amazing song.

[DrummerLittleBrother]

very good performance!

[mesuhlikemusic]

Fuck. How the hell have i not seen this? One of my top favorite Shins songs. And this only has 2k views? Wtf?

[stevensview]

This song is one of my favorites. This performance has to be the best ever!

[mudbike]

this is just such a well written song.. its sooo impressive

[spicy69838]

Yea, someone finally got it up. One of my favourite performances of any song ever. His face tells you so much about how he is feeling and he makes singing so perfectly look so easy. Geniune hero of modern music!

[ichhalt000]

This is awesome...

Great song and really good version!!!