Future Islands - Tin Man

[DomMorelli]

hahaha 2:09 "I need weed call 9192740917 Glen"

[thenoo22oo]

i love every part of this song

[Eliu5564]

Cuba.



[prestamos1000]

love it

[sosickhcdrums]

stupid fucking sexy bass lines...

[fallingrace]

Nice job, Jay!

[theghostprogram]

I love this band but this video is obnoxious. The whole fucking hipster culture is so played out. 20 somethings drinking PBR and living frugal, down-to-earth day-to-days dancing and acting reckless. Please tell me you're all not oooing and ahhing over this? IFC's Portlandia acts a perfect example. When a subculture has died and/or become played out, it brings itself to a level of parody. 2011 was this landmark.

[adamnbalakers]

This guys voice reminds me so much of Jason Segel performing "Peters Dracula Song" from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. love it!

[ToolsnFire]

Definitely in the WU LYF direction

[theghostprogram]

@ToolsnFire Not really, but I can see where your mind could make the connection. Strictly vocally, they both share similar raspy qualities but the music is very different.

[TheOneThird]

I don't know how I came across this video but thanks. I just bought the album on iTunes.

[esteban578]

i wish i knew the clubs that playd music like this but i dont :(

[butcherbowes]

the girl with the red necklace at 1:20 is amazingly beautiful...just saying.

future islands are also an amazing band.

[codeninja100]

reminds me of my hometown

[ckkingofrats]

This video is briliant. I appreciate these guys so much.

[usedfuzzbox]

How many times can you like, and how many times will it count? :D

[texasoutlawss]

this is by far one of the most hipster fucking videos i have ever seen lol. god it makes me proud to be a part of this movement...

[theghostprogram]

@texasoutlawss What? You sound so fucking stupid. Movement? Maybe that would've made sense if this was like 1996 or something. Otherwise, you're just some fucking H&M Williamsburg-type tool.

[texasoutlawss]

@theghostprogram just chill bro... ur acting like an insecure psycho. no need to try to talk about others over youtube.

[TheCarp1989]

@texasoutlawss I really hope you're being facetious. Aside from being a culture vacuum, appropriating the aesthetics, sights and sounds of other (sub)cultures, "Hipster" is in no way a culture or movement unto itself.

That being said, this song is awesome, kinda bummed the video is so stupid.

[texasoutlawss]

@TheCarp1989 blah blah blah. opinions opinions. i didn't ask for urs. just making a statement about how much i love this band and video. blah!

[TheCarp1989]

@texasoutlawss Writing something off as an opinion does not invalidate as an accurate critique.

[texasoutlawss]

@TheCarp1989 But hinting at it being factual and unchanging does...

[TheCarp1989]

@texasoutlawss I did not say this was something that did not have the capacity to change. What does seem apparent to myself, and is perhaps close to being factual, your words not mine, is the tendency of said hipster movement to appropriate certain aspects of other sub cultures, normally pertaining to fashion, and in the process devaluing many aspects of the original sub culture.

It doesn't help that "hipster" really originated as a derogatory term for trendhoppers...

[00heyitsadam00]

@TheCarp1989 How is this video stupid? The guys originated from Eastern North Carolina, the whole beginning is them, their friends, and where they grew as a bands. The end is their eventual return to their home in Baltimore. The song is basically capturing the essence of that painfully important moment in time.

[TheCarp1989]

@00heyitsadam00 I was not aware of that aspect of it and to be honest I thought that some of those early shots of what I am now guessing is North Carolina looked cool, but then when it turned into a mash up of lame party shots, I was let down. Without knowing the history of the band and only knowing about their music, I was ignorant as to why this video may have been meaningful.

[Remisimeon]

This group is why I still look for new music. Brings memories of Ian Curtis. Who I saw live and can say this group comes from the same place.

[mijles]

background louder than lead vocal and also its not crisp enough. kind of ruines the song for me here..

[beachbumss]

rep carteret county, ftw!

[atlashomeric84]

a lot of homely looking people in this video :(

[zackv1x]

I live in a city very close to this beach. And future islands was actually just here 2 nights ago. Cool to see NC has a place in this director's heart.

[firedancerart]

chops! 1:16

[cestephe]

this video is awesome i grew up at this beach and its cool to see future islands broadcasting it

[Bazoian]

find the one that's just right

[Ykstort]

love this song

[TheFragglez]

It sounds like my grandpa is singing

[thevideovlogger]

@TheFragglez So your Grandpa has a great fucking voice?

[broadcastdadgelow]

I love that voice. Its like metal but gets the greatest things about indie.

[mishjaid]

GOON SQUAD 252

repping carteret county for life

[SenorBeagleCulo]

why are there no tabs for this band

[liaiscool333]

Great song great video (all of their videos are fantastic!!!) I just LOVE FUTURE ISLANDS!!!

[Jesusismothra]

tom waits meets depeche mode...i mean that in the best possible way. saw them open for okkervil river. insane stage presence.

[dementedpuppy]

good band

[GypsyQueen90]

The host of YouTube Presents was right! it's like Tom Waits has done a synth pop thing! AMAZING! LOVE IT!

[darkrular31]

How to make it in America 2 mixtape led me to these guys

[shlomonew]

"im the tin maaaan la la la la la "

[fran13r]

what a weird voice this guy has... the lyrics are ok i guess (like the freaking horoscope, can mean anything to anyone) but weirder than that, is that i actually enjoyed this song.

[doc470]

lame hipster music,

[spurshoops00]

Does anyone else see the painting of waves on the water tower moving at 0:27? Tell me I'm not seeing things...

[deshi495]

@spurshoops00 haha the whole shot is moving slightly to the top left

[deshi495]

@spurshoops00 i meant top right

[nenommij]

@spurshoops00 Yes - if you let it play through. No - if you pause it.

=O

[redcommando1]

Like this if blah blah blah brought you here, 13 people must be deaf, this is too hipster. FUCK ME! YouTube is predictable.

[usedfuzzbox]

Yeah, love this, simply great .....

[dynamitestudio105]

Love this song

[grayt]

G-VEGAS

[aaronrocs]

same bass drum type as New Order - Blue Monday

[oftruthiness]

@nolovelost92 Bye!

[papasmurf2465]

I tried calling Glen at 2:08, but he hasn't set up his mail box )=

[supermoving]

thought he was singing "I'm the Gin Man" when I first heard this :)

[Morpheus94080]

yea this is better now that im listening again, need to get this album

[ChocolateRose91]

Love this song!

[numsiskit]

ENC!!!!!

[magiciancalledgob]

I can't listen to this without hearing Charlie's 'dayman' song

[Morpheus94080]

fyf?

[dirksiscrazy]

I saw Future Islands at fyf and this was definitely one the best bands there. The lead singer had amazing stage presence

[MatingasMex]

@dirksiscrazy i agree. it was awesome. i was there. behind the crazy indy black dude with a bagpack dancing insanely

[MSAZgreen]

@dirksiscrazy agreed :) and the tent setting they performed in just made it that much more intimate.

[tswan7]

@dirksiscrazy ! I was right in front of him for that show...... hitting himself so hard in the face haha.. def one of the best bands there though.

[09redzone]

@dirksiscrazy i saw them at fyf too!

[Cptheadstomp420]

@dirksiscrazy he inspires me to spaz out and sing with my awesome, MAN voice

[siskavard]

How did that woman grow a beard

[TheKayOss]

Sammy's Lyrics are like if David Tibet and Mary Webb had a Child... Luv LuvLuvLuvvv this band 2 bad i was slow in discovering them but Im glad i did... Deliciousness!!! Always in ALL ways BRILLant!!!!

[Morpheus94080]

i dont respect corporate tools, but i do have compassion

[saitorul]

I was digging it until I heard the guy's voice.



[lolitoki]

That's Martha's Vineyard?

[TheStuartcook]

yes



[iceonaboy]

I love that!!!!

[TheStuartcook]

Yehaaaaahui war live am Appeltree garden dabei!

[atomiccows]

I love his vocals!

[mmnuoz5]

how can anyone hate on lead singers voice!! dude!!! this guy fricken kills it on every song!!!! 

[TrueNegro]

Find a greater musical ensemble and I will grow an apricot

[MOPPI111]

my absolute favorite favorite. really love this song and the voice, just because it is so very different. :-)

[poopdogg666]

skatenerds judge and whine about everything. go back to slap

[HenryenjoiSB]

Tin man instrumental

[SkateInfest]

@HenryenjoiSB I agree! The vocals suck!

[giveitago4]

brilliant

[GabrielBricci]

i dislike his voice.

[makefoodnotwar]

just saw them live....my money was never invested better :-)

[peterpanmannnn]

Im so glad someone replied to a comment of mine on another video of theirs. I haven't listened to these guys in a year.

[papayalicious]

tonight in esslingen <3

[axwapples]

THIS SONG IS SOOO FUCKING GOODODODODODOD cant wait to see them at FYF fest!!

[waveslv]

@axwapples SAME



[GabrielBricci]

hell yeah torey

[skateorleons]

TOREY PUDWILL <3

[digazzo2]

@skateorleons what video is it of him?

[TheLRousseau]

This song was great until 0:27 came around

[trrosy]

i just keep playing the intro over and over again because the singer's voice scares me

[TheAGtheking]

like this if Torey Pudwells new shoe ad brought u here

[ProBeats213]

@TheAGtheking Torey got a new shoe? is it sweet?

[DeLachuga]

@TheAGtheking shut the fuck up queer

[queerinn]

@DeLachuga

you sir are ignorant. you don't belong here

[JesseeesXe]

t puds ad on the berrics

[n3kas]

Scary voice but the sound just stays in my mind.

[Schwartzhund]

Hahahahaha I know far too many people will take this far too seriously, but doesn't the lead singer look like a lurking rapist at 0:55? By the way, I love these guys and their music, so don't be a douche via comments.

[Jkru352]

@Schwartzhund

i lol'ed

[PowaBaua]

Oh, I didn't liked....hmm sry

[blinkfnfrvr]

HIPSTERS ARE FAGGOTS!!!!

[sebasp777]

@blinkfnfrvr the more you hate a thing... the more you become that thing.

[blinkfnfrvr]

@sebasp777 i hate you... fingers crossed you are wrong

[sebasp777]

@blinkfnfrvr metaphor

[MisterSensitivity]

I can't stop listening to this song, I'm worried.

[74associates]

look at that fucking hipster

[SebbyG0]

Like this if you wish you could like this song a hundred times the normal amount you liked this song and think it would be worth deserving.

[NIKE123456789ish]

filthy

[agonzales1133]

if you don't like this song odds are you have no heart, and you are in fact a tin man

[sudokuwkroku]

music is very good but vocal is quite... specific :))

[ajr525600]

my only complaint is i don't like the vocals.

[NarrowJoy]

@ajr525600 Pssssssssh, the vocals don't like you.

[ajr525600]

@NarrowJoy perhaps. the vocals make my ears bleed. regardless of whether or not i like the melody, if i don't like the vocals, i won't like the song. end of.

[NarrowJoy]

@NarrowJoy His vocals are peculiar and very different, which is probably why you're put off by it. His voice does not cause bleeding. I used to hate Nick Drake because of his voice. His voice is strange and very feminine, almost creepy. His music is something I have grown to enjoy. Much about music appreciation is about exposure, which leads to a certain understanding. But I can totally understand why many wouldn't like his voice. But it's a shame to not like something that oozes so much passion

[KPogue87]

I love the vocals... Future Islands is my absolute favorite... of the modern music of course. I deny bob dylan my favoritism...

[MrHugostiglitz]

Wow what a cool voice.

[cookeallan]

Hell yeah, stoked to see good shit still coming out

[TheJazzDalek]

This is the best song on youtube.

Nothing can compare.

[iamtheiv]

Seeing these guys Wednesday with Titus Andronicus and Okkvervil River. It's going to be ridiculous.

[tjason12]

EPIC!

[Jesusismothra]

im about to see these guys with okkervil river and titus andronicus...so fucking stoked.

[C0rnst4lk]

@Jesusismothra

I was totally just at that show last Friday! I'd never heard of these guys, but they were surprisingly pretty good! OR fucking killed though eh?

[C0rnst4lk]

@Jesusismothra

I was totally just at that show last Friday! I'd never heard of these guys, but they were surprisingly pretty good! My friend and I loved how chill the keyboardist and bassist were compared to the lead singer, lawl.

On a side note, OR fucking killed though eh?

[Antics79]

@C0rnst4lk He was a sweaty motherfucker. OR was absolutely amazing when i saw them.

[kbeeuts]

I AM THE TIN MANNNNNNNNNNNN

[aMomentofBeauty]

Greenville, throw it uuup X ]

[TheJabberwock]

does anyone know what kind of camera this is shot with???

[TheJabberwock]

Atlantic Beach is one of my favorite places in the world! Future Islands is one of my favorite bands ever! Great combo! They're also some of my favorite people in general!

[bmx3r101]

Woah, people are actually disliking the vocals? This is like a mountain-man meets tom waits meets indie.

[sonicshot55]

Is this North carolina?

[sbarbozag]

@sonicshot55 i guess its baltimore cause thats where they are from

[sonicshot55]

@sbarbozag it is actually if you pause at 2:28 you will see the baltimore tower

[xxdtox]

This song just legitimately made my day.

[cheatereric]

just amazing vid + song !

[JohnWaynesPistola]

I hope Glen got his weed.

[postscorch]

great song, great video

[Ne5k]

it'll be pretty cool is someone made a video with the actual tin man with this song.

[AliveInTheEnd]

Saw em live today =)

[bikeaddict1996]

Like if you found this song after watching the shadow/vans tour in cali :D

[padmundo]

Thank you to good old fashioned radio for reminding me of these guys and their epic gig...

[Jesusismothra]

should be very interesting seeing these guys open for okkervil river.

[lawldrattigan]

Vic Reeves, club style

[iamskywarp]

This song kicks butt



[iamskywarp]

"this songs kicks awsome in the balls" Ronnie B Quotes

[L3xByE]

shadow vans tour!

[DanRJones24]

PBR FTW

[ultimateblong]

OOHHHH I get it!! The song is called "Tin Man" because in the Wizard of Oz, the Tin Man has no heart! Wow, I am slow. lmfao. That idea just makes me like the song 58059835498598 times more!!

[sruardy]

Also, the tin man is looking for love.

[mantisbog]

This is kind of like if Lemmy were lame and was a member of the world's worst band.

[Antics79]

@mantisbog I thought he already was both of those things.

[Jaimelapoesie]

free show in Baltimore tonight!

[jeru205]

there is something wrong with youtube there is a dislike button lol_lol

[TheDantonable]

0:51 cool img :D

[kazodrummer]

I first heard this song on the "Uhh Yeah Dude" podcast. Episode 226 outro music.

[MrStorkpatrol]

3 people have a different musical taste and i respect that.

[GanjaGrowers]

@MrStorkpatrol 4

[ItsOvechkin]

@MrStorkpatrol LOL