The Shins - Sleeping Lessons (Live at the Crystal Ballroom)

[jojoo1396]

i need to see them in concert

[Musicasaurus]

Off with their heads!

[mcrkid22]

@Musicasaurus Jump through the hoops :]

[mcrkid22]

@Musicasaurus jump from the hook*

[DnBPossibly]

Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR?

[ahshit1006]

this needs so many more views..

[normalstalker]

Destery...

[OGanj280]

I would just like to say on a personal note that this song got me through a couple of bad acid trips and breakups. Thankyou Mercer.

[greengorillaz]

This is just excellent. Made my day for sure.

[clichedalex54]

hutch sent me here

[brrehbock1]

The guitarist is smiling because he knows how awesome this show is.

[treshermanoscnm]

Holy Shit! I forgot how much I enjoyed this video the first time I watch it.

[shebopamama]

genius

[DrSquidTids]

Shane Oneill.

[amodelqueso]

I just had a 5 and a half minute orgasm



[nthnyl]

@purelovelovelove - EXACTLY. i thought the albums were studio magic, but when i heard them live i realized they are no fucking joke.

[PimpmyNuggets]

8 people cant get to sleep

[SterninSeth]

killer voice



[Inkrunner12]

8 people need sleeping lessons

[somebodyjones2]

i dig these guys.... kind of hate hipster music, though... fucking hipsters.... i guess they're "old" enough now that they don't appeal enough to hipsters, right?

[MadmanAcrossTheWater]

@somebodyjones2 remember that guy who hated people just cause of who they were and knew nothing about them? i'm not a hipster, just hate all you hipster hitlers.

[somebodyjones2]

@MadmanAcrossTheWater lol. what a stupid fucking comment. i know you felt smart typing it, but peel that one back a bit, nimrod. lol

great album, by the way... madman....

[japangiveortake]

appreciate the music and stop arguing. :)

[riellehunter]

hopefully when ryan dunn murdered his passenger the passenger was listening to this great song

[MissSzoszo]

damn, I would have sworn that it is a song by The Killers

[haddadtm]

does anyone know what happened to the old video for this song? I like it a lot more

[talkindurinthemovie]

I love re-discovering old music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its like even better than the first time i listened to it!

[Falconxxxfaith]

@teejay89656 no

[teejay89656]

Does it make me a hipster if i generally like "hipster music"

[ykizo]

@teejay89656 no

[zah138]

@Nudlaufguss haahah thats awesome even if you didnt mean exactly what i thought you meant !!! fuckin awesome song sounds so much like the studio version

[hitch23213]

fuckin a

[lumberjack988]

This song is like the story of Socrates. And it's as if Plato had asked him to rebel... But not so much in the sense of living on, but taking the matter into his own hands to demonstrate the greatness of a single man.

[NewYorkDontLoveMe]

omg, what the fuck are they flapping about at the beggining? it looks so gay. singer sounds better on record but its still a great song

[anesthesiuh]

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn WOO woooWOOO wooo haha

[300gluestick]

I had this playing while at the same time I was playing the studio version.. They are pretty good live :D

[yasonrohan44]

Alice in Wonderland.

[alittleasiankid]

If people stopped talking about who heard The Shins first or who's sober or not, they would have more time to listen to this amazing performance of this amazing song by this amazing band.

[RedMunsterEatsYou]

The Shins+ Shuting the fuck up about who ever listens to their music and just enjoy it = 100% more enjoyable experience.

P.S: Nobody really gives a flying fuck if you heard of The Shins before Jesus Christ even.

[2001zx12]

Triple pane :) Neeeeeooooon.........

[sk8erguy011]

amazing performance. this is my absolute favorite song, besides Black Wave of course

[zizzork]

I had shins before anyone else had shins.. yeah I'm over 40000 years old what now motherfuckers

[mcrkid22]

I was listening to The Shins before anyone else heard of them.

[walverine301]

very nice song

[SwingwenuSwagga]

"Glow, glow, melt and flow," for best lyric since humanity began.

[achillez88]

the singer gave my friend a bottled water :D

[alittleasiankid]

I just don't get how this song has any dislikes...

[RaygunShaun]

I'm pretty sure this song is the best intro to anything ever.

[Donnnnnnny]

I would pay so much to look like James Mercer, but alas, I'm still too young to grow a beard

[Etheridge007]

3:40  The happiest man I have ever seen

[pearlwsz7]

1:30 <-- i love that lyric. 

[espinozajos]

This is one of their best songs ever!

[funktapus]

The lyrics aren't entirely abstract. I think it's about sex. "A thousand different versions of yourself" (sperm) "You aren't obliged to swallow anything you despise", etc.

[MrNoahthefox95]

@funktapus nah man, get your head out of the gutter, thats not at all what its about...

[TheFenderstrat77]

@funktapus haha interesting interpretation, however thats taking the lyrics a little to literally and slangy. when he says your not obliged to swallow anything you despise" he is saying that you dont HAVE to be with someone you dont love, and when he says a thousand different versions of yourself he is saying there are so many people like you in the world unfortunately.

[funktapus]

@TheFenderstrat77 Is that a fact? Cause I didn't hear anything about "being with someone," I heard talk of swallowing and spilling stuff on the ragged ground, and eviscerating fragile frames like a "low animal". Haha seriously, accept it, this song is "wipe your mouth" away from being a plain description of amazing sex.

[TheFenderstrat77]

@funktapus lol i still disagree, however you are free to interpret t however you want ;)

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus you're a tard, I'm pretty sure it's meaning is along the same lines as caring is creepy, his outlook & criticism on the social status for young western adults. he's talking about freedom of philosophy. You don't have to believe in what you don't want to, ''you don't have to swallow what you despise'' ( don't let others cram their beliefs down your throat)

[funktapus]

@jonathonfizdiz Are you aware of what a pretentious twat you sound like?

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus yes i knew i would be running that risk, but had to carry on with my point anyway.

[funktapus]

@jonathonfizdiz I think its funny how you just Favorited a video from my page, even though I'm a retard who knows nothing about music.

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus well i think its funny that you went to find for your self what the song was about after our conversation. lol and yes i did get that from there, i took the time to see if my interpretation of the song was the general consensuses of others, and low and behold.... it is. she worded it better then what i would have so i used it. dose not make it less true. as for the ONE song on your page, yes it is a good song, some times even morons like a good thing from time to time.

[funktapus]

@jonathonfizdiz It's not your point, you plagiarized it from SongMeanings. "his outlook & criticism on the social status for young western adults" is from a comment that is five years old, when you were in diapers. And you should listen to the song you're so quick to dismiss, because it's actually quite good. And good music is either about sex/drugs or nothing, as long as it sounds good, regardless of how pedantically people like you want to interpret it.

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus and yes art is open to interpretation i agree, but you would have to be a 9 year old to think this song is about sex just because he says the word swallow, that is retarded, no matter what you say about me or where i find resources to quote, you sir are a dumb ass :)

[funktapus]

@jonathonfizdiz I'd love to think you came up with that wonderful conclusion all by yourself, but in the grown-up world, when you plagiarize, you lose all credibility. And you didn't quote it, you tried to pass it off as your own. And the only reason I knew you didn't write it is because some other "intellectual" youtuber tried to pass the SAME COMMENT off as his own idea to me a few days ago. And there have been plenty of songs that are admittedly about sex that have much more innocent lyrics

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus lol no matter what you say about where the comment came from originally the fact that you are retarded still remains! the song is not about sex! so stick to the shitty videos you was looking at before you somehow stumbled onto this one!

[funktapus]

@jonathonfizdiz You act like its a bad thing. And you aren't allowed to listen so Seu Jorge if I'm a retard :P

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus This album is a complete album, and no song can be taken out of that context except phantom limb.The album follows a central character, a boy, who has been reading Nietzsche and believes that religion and society have nothing left to offer....... Or its about sucking dick.

fuckin moron!

[funktapus]

@jonathonfizdiz Having sex is a pretty intense experience, you'd know that if you'd ever had it. It's pretty likely this song is about sex, not some bullshit about Nietzsche. People don't write pop music about dead philosophers.

P.S. Anyone who brings up Nietzsche is automatically a douchebag, FYI. Ask anyone.

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus you are the dumbest person on youtube, really the song is about sex? ''And if the old guard still offend They got nothing left on which you depend So enlist every ounce Of your bright blood

And off with their heads'' yeah real sexy asshole! and maybe the bullshit pop music you listen too only talks of sex but the fact is still the same.... you are a tard!

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus ahahahahaha! and after looking at your youtube profile i can see why you must think pop bands dont sing about intellectual topics lol do your self a favor and stick to what you know ..... slim thug videos and Wayne's world clips cause you look like an asshole to me here

[jonathonfizdiz]

@funktapus oh and P.S. anyone who likes a guy who calls himself ''slim thug'' is automatically retarded, FYI. Ask anyone.

[haddadtm]

@funktapus you're being dumb. jonathonfizdiz had it right. Read thus spoke zarathustra and you'll see how much of the Shins' brilliance you're missing.

[funktapus]

0:36 AHHH!

[djfjsd45]

The shins suck

[bornflippy1]

@djfjsd45 as do you!

[jonathonfizdiz]

@bornflippy1 again.... agreed

[Donnnnnnny]

@djfjsd45 Leave.



[djfjsd45]

@Donnnnnnny lol

[Willybuho]

thing is you can interpret these lyrics in so many ways...and that's pretty awesome!

[DarkDarius1994]

OhOhhOoohhh... Being high got you beat by 77... looks like the stoners win!

[bornflippy1]

The Shins and Flowbee Tubes at 40: + = Most Epic. Flowbee Tubes People!

Who have you ever seen use one of those in a live performance? These guys have a Damn Flowbee orchestra going for that intro. Yep..thats fuckin EPIC!

[jonathonfizdiz]

@bornflippy1 saw the blue man group do it

[bornflippy1]

@jonathonfizdiz Flobees FTW!

[jonathonfizdiz]

@bornflippy1 agreed!

[thebritty320]

the Shins+being dead= STILL EPIC

[funnyjunkcom]

@thebritty320 How is that EPIC? you can't listen to them...

[thebritty320]

@funnyjunkcom being pretentious :p jokes man. jokes.

[qghop]

they need to get back together i cannot settle for broken bells

[navajopinoy]

The word 'epic' is fcuking QUEER. The Shins are not.

[CuexThexViolins]

Any thing by The Shins = The soundtrack of my SOUL

[notanon666]

while all music + weed = better, fucking shins is just perfect for it, since all their lyrics are nonsense and all the songs are pretty calm

[xRA1D32x]

@notanon666 lyrics are nonsense? man you really don't know what your talking about if you are describing the shins. James Mercer is a lyrical genius, they are by no means nonsense.

[MonkeyWrench1988]

@xRA1D32x I second that. The shins have probably the most deeply meaningful lyrics of any artist of our time.

[notanon666]

@xRA1D32x they certainly aren't obvious or understandable. they are very abstract. lyrics that seem to make no sense aren't a bad thing. These lines still give great imagery and feeling.

[xRA1D32x]

@notanon666 This song here has meaning to it that exists precisely in the words and it really isn't difficult to understand. I never said it was a bad thing, one of my other favorite bands Fleet Foxes use lyrics that seem to be only for their imagery and don't have any deep meaning really at all. All i'm saying is that "nonsense lyrics" does not in any way describe the shins lyrics.

[sHART1780]

@notanon666 I don't think this song is very abstract. It's about not letting other people get to you basically.

[SoCalL0VE]

I have to agree with you Maso, I could hear this song infinitely.

[tazorwookie]

such a good song i could listen to it over and over again...

[riopieboy]

Hutch

[JackMetJill]

The Shins + any type of narcotic = OH MY GOD! WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH MY SPEAKERS!

[Kelertasable]

fuck theyre good live

[Dean5629]

The shins – hipsters = 80% more enjoyable experience

[SwingwenuSwagga]

@Dean5629 The Shins minus hipsters? Then who would play the instruments?

[JackMetJill]

@Dean5629

You just don't appreciate The Shins like I do...

JK :) I be no hipster 

[RnRDino]

the shins+random ppl telling me they got raped=should have just bought the album

[happygolucky9181]

This makes me feel alive

[MrNew2012]

What does the beginning of this song sound like? Another song has the same sound, I cant put my finger on it.

[dukewells17]

This video is the first song that ever made me forget I was raped. I wished they read the comments, because I mean it.

[andykins118118]

the shins+being sober=EPIC

[SpicyDonuts]

@andykins118118 Maybe so, but less epic none the less

[Nudlaufguss]

the shins + being sober = not sober anymore

@andykins118118

[andykins118118]

what are those things they're spinning?

[sarathroniyal]

Try online Latino women profiles rockmycity.info

[ProRevolution1]

Meth = Epic

[RAPinkerton]

5 people have no soul...

[JazzyFilms]

5 people totally suck

[andykins118118]

turn out the lights, close your eyes, open your ears, open your mind, and listen.

[stalkerowl]

I love this version so much more than the studio recorded version.

[skeight976]

i think the shins are in almost every snowboard video

[darkchimeraa]

The Shins + Marijuana + Magic Mushroomz = OMFG*JIZZ*!!

[zedooncadhz]

Mezzin'

[DAMitDONy]

The Shins + Heroin = Epic

[funkymonkyize]

@DAMitDONy well for sure I have something wrong in my head too..lol.......if I become addicted by this kind of music...only freaks walk this way...lol

[ThatFilthyChoch]

Bands like this, that actually have some fun with music and arent worried about record sales or popularity, are why I still have some faith in the world :]

[Icestationzero]

awesome video. i love this song. 

[jamie82411]

they make me so happy!

[ckronaldo36]

5 people spilled it out on the ragged floor...

[EmaciatedPuppet]

hm, i always thought it was "Spill it out and let it flow" but "Spill it out on the ragged floor" is sooo much better.

xD

[livefortruth101]

Proud to be a Shins fan, going 4 years strong.

[skinislam]

they are 5HT-2 agonists. they probably be reincarnated as LSD in the next live

[alittleasiankid]

5 people don't have souls.

[hbash089]

anything + marijuana = epic

[Austin393]

I generally dont like bands who make music for spongebob soundtracks but this is seemms pretty dam awesome,

[ferraridog11]

This video is amazing. I have never seen these guys live, but now I have to. I haven't heard one song of theirs that I haven't instantly loved.

[cokursh]

james mercer = poet

[uniJackson]

its so quiet for being live, thats respect.

[slowlearner12]

@uniJackson its a rehearsal session.

[VictorMWolf]

Five people shouldn't have children. 

[dinkus92]

Why does this magnificent video have so few views, when every schmuck who makes a video of their kitten hits a million?

[NorthWriter]

James Russell Mercer looks like a younger, cooler Raffi. And I don't mean that as a slam...it's a cool look.

[evaglasgow]

Amazing texture - the shins are so unique - love james mercer.

[seanybooboo]

yeahahhhh james is fuckin sexy

[TattiRae]

@seanybooboo

oh god, sean, i found you. hahaha

[seanybooboo]

@TattiRae hahahahah fuck yeah!

[StaulkHolm]

that guy has some range. great voice.

[JFKlone]

"Wincing the Night Away" is a masterpiece. And the new Mercer project "Broken Bells" is no less astounding.

[mdstylee]

you can tell DAMitDONy and Mr. Brownstone been hanging out..he cant spell HEROIN

[jvadams72]

@mdstylee lol

[luomio]

The Shins got me through the toughest year of college back in 2007. This song reminds me of that personal victory.

[DAMitDONy]

the shins + herion = climax

[skel3t0nX]

well, this video/song/performance/band is incredible

[Ix3Apples]

This song always gives me goosebumps; beautiful.

[gagagurl103]

This goes to prove that not all bands suck live. The Shins are SOOO FREAKING AMAZING. I cry when I listen to this song, and I'm not even stoned. lol ;)

[loveisreal143]

i LOVE this song.

[soerimatz]

No, I do not - but from where did you get the funny pills??? =)

[blackhawkrocker]

definately the best shins song :D 

[TheCraziesInc]

wow.

[dannyjosef]

This video is choice.

[tbone1078]

can easily say this is my favorite song.. the buildup to the instrumental jam at the end makes my heart beat fast every single time i hear it

[Yupperooski]

@tbone1078 I agree with every last bit of that sentence.

[ConradMcBad]

I'd like to hear an album recording of the version of the song with this ending. It's awesome!

[ThorneTheWolf]

Wow what a great song and performance!

[ohbabyjenn]

This song is epic!!

[RUAMirage]

singer = Kevin Spacey

bassist= Seth Rogen

[MorningView4]

The Shins + Marijuana = EPIC.

[musiccritic72]

@MorningView4 The Shins+ Shrooms= MORE EPIC

[2012itbeggins]

@MorningView4 fag

[alinktozelda]

@MorningView4 you should

(if you don't already)

really live in Portland

of course everything goes with pot if you ask me

[wmack101]

ohhhh yes

[LezlieJennifer]

@MorningView4 

[SoundRadiation]

@MorningView4 -cheers to that!!

[yararu]

@MorningView4 The Shins - mind altering substances = incredible