The Shins - Kissing the Lipless (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

[Hoppersongs]

Great title...

[Donnnnnnny]

1:01 happiest guy in the world right there

[ItsBlackEye19]

Can anyone tell me the name of the lead guitarist? :-) Ahh, James's vocals are matchless! What's the dealio, B.O.O.O.B.S?! Hahaha!

[Ryuhza]

B.O.O.O.B.S.?

[bigbowlofcereal1]

Quality music by some dudes with eyes, hair, arms, legs, bean bags, meat sticks etc.

[adphlash]

Chutes too narrow and oh inverted world are possibly the best debut/follow up albums ever.

[mhulin88]

Once upon a time, I went cd shopping where I came across "Chutes too Narrow". Without having any idea of who the Shins were, I decided to buy the album because I liked the art work.  Best decision ever! It still remains one of my favorite albums of all time, almost 6 years later.

[StrangerToEarth]

My favorite Trudge to School song.

Everything looks stupid and beautiful.

[alextbuck7]

Thumbs up if you love the drummer's shirt.

[BillyTheIdealist]

this song never gets old

but why iceskating? xD

[mastiffchild]

Still great. Possibly the most under appreciated band currently working if you compare exposure to talent.

[FionaCullen7]

First person to comment on this video in 2012!

[beardedspock]

He has a Joy Division guitar.

[ashreyful]

This song is brilliant, been listening to it for a couple of years now, and i just cant find a problem with it.

[palmostositive1]

i love this entire album, but the skater is fucking awesome! he's at once graceful and clumsy. his skating performance is a perfect representation of my life.

[mandomcck]

damnt that great!

[josue24]

The Shins changed my life

[livingshangrila]

I'm addicted to this song.

[hauptdrew]

Whenever he screams I have to turn the volume down, haha.

[BENGTPAPPA]

Every time I hear this song I deeply regret that I did´t put it on my MP3 before it got stolen. How can seriosly someone take someother persons stuff without caring. I hope that persons parents die in agressiv cancer

[improvmastah]

@BENGTPAPPA Because well ummmmm....Caring is Creepy...heh heh

[JennaMariex9]

omg the drummer's tight "booobs" t-shirt haha

[TheWarhammerfreak]

I miss the shins, the broken bells are ok but nothing and I mean NOTHING can beat this, I will never stop listening to them.

[hottiewithabody6996]

i love this song and them, this needs more views wtf they are amazing

[perhapswtf]

I love this song.

[777Rowen]

Cool vid i love this song.

[weedgies]

The guitar he is playing looks like a Vox Phantom made on the 1960's .Brian Jones used to play Vox Guitars .It will cost you about 1500 dollars for one.

[weedgies]

The guitar he is playing looks like a Vox Phantom made on the 1960's .Brian Jones used to play Vox Guitars

[pearljammer13]

Chutes Too Narrow is one of the greatest things to ever happen to the world.

[alecjmejia]

@pearljammer13 The Shins is one of the greatest things to ever happen to the world! :)

[pearljammer13]

@alecjmejia True story.

[EscapeArtist2329]

Duuude... Does anyone know what the hell kind of guitar that is? It's frickin sick and I must own one like, yesterday

[TheRunecafe]

@0811sky

I'm 14 too and I love them :P

[0811sky]

i understand music like this. my friends think its weird and have no idea what the lyrics mean when i sing them. im 14 and the shins is an amazing band. my friends can think what they want. i love the shins and they cant change that (:

[Coolasfonzie]

@0811sky THANK YOU. I am 14 as well and none of my friends like them.

[N0URAT0WL]

@0811sky same here...they only listen to anything popular

[brianjbean]

@0811sky you are smarter than your friends.

[snake6227]

@0811sky This is exactly what I've been thinking with my friends. It's really great to see that other people of my age appreciate bands like The Shins.

[leopower82]

Who could dislike the shins? :)

[nyjeh3000]

my fav songg of them james is greatt!

[irishia101]

i used 2 listen to this when I was nine while the other kids listened to rap.

[jamescfc1]

B.O.O.O.B.S

[greendayRULE748]

the title of this song is SO ironic...

[therachelol]

@greendayRULE748 you sir, fail at being hipster.

[baillou2]

@therachelol HA HAAAAAAAAA!  Cleverest, funniest thing I've read in a while.

;)

[mellowmood89]

@therachelol Stop tossing this H word around. I'm sure youre not so hip yourself.

[therachelol]

@mellowmood89 I'm the bee's knees

[mellowmood89]

@therachelol probably. Im just hating. Long live The Shins!

[kingrule242424]

@greendayRULE748 thats the point... claps for you

[bluecog]

Everytime I think rock and pop is stale & dead, along comes a group like The Shins, Fleet Foxes, Field Music! Glad I'm wrong. Very hip stuff!

[bluecog]

Just discoverd these guys, Fleet Foxes, & Bon Iver! I'm an jaded, old, jazz funk beatnik/hippie but love this stuff too! Very Nice! I also dug "Field Music" when they came out a couple of years ago. Kind of a like a cross between The Beatles & Beach Boys. Way cool too if you've never heard of them. Check 'em out.

[kaithlyn123]

What guitar is that white and brown guitar?

[LostTransation]

@kaithlyn123 it's a spaceship

[HHLLhXc]

I need skating lessons from this guy.

[SHSMusicKid]

0:43- Isn't that the same guitar Ian Curtis played? A vox?

[nonplus86]

the ending is perfection

[TheWarhammerfreak]

I used to listen to this song while i played guild wars :P I miss the shins... screw broken bells...

[FIDsmoggydrizzle]

KRUX TRUCKS REALLY GET MY NADS PUMPING!

[getoutahereproducts]

pretty fucking awesome guitar!

[fjernesvedbrand]

THIS VIDEO NEEDS MORE VIEWS!

[modestmouse1620]

clap clap clap clapclapclap WOO

[irun12s]

i love the very first part lol the clapping n then the WHOO!!

[Melindaca2]

When I first heard the shins, it were like hearing the most beautiful sounds for the first time in my life... absolutely the most beautiful sounds ever

[giovanniimperiale]

2:26 its EPIC

[mastiffchild]

The shins are just one of the most important bands of the past ten years in the US(as seen from the UK anyway)and this, again, sees them on top form. Maybe Modest Mouse or GBV are AS important for us lot looking in but nobody surpasses The Shins for sheer songwriting nous and passion. I've not cared so much since, IDK, Pixies in their prime or Dinosaur Jr-that's the kind of company The Shins should be mentioned in anyway.

Great, great lyrics too-which is so rare today. I miss Pavement too.

[jihadpizza]

great song...terrible video

[AlexHuiTan]

B.O.O.O.B.S.

[rreljasaurus]

ugliest guitar ever

[Pemnan]

@rreljasaurus You dare discriminate a Gibson?

[rreljasaurus]

@Pemnan if that electric guitar is gibson, then they're not doing a very good job lately

[riz44]

@rreljasaurus I hope you mean the odd shaped electric guitar because the acoustic Gibson is a very pretty thing

[rreljasaurus]

@riz44 why would i say about the acoustic guitar? WTF MAN WTF

[rreljasaurus]

@rreljasaurus say *that xd

[powerrangersr]

At first glance I thought this song was called Kissing the Nipples. I'm such a child.

[geekygirl111]

@powerrangersr Wishful thinking perhaps? Cracking song though eh!

[amyliz143ny]

Such eloquent lyrics. Every one of their albums is ridiculously good. Ugh. Chills.

[Gunnerkelly]

Epic flip at 1:06.

But seriously, it took me a long time to catch onto these guys...most of a decade. I'm glad I finally did. They're not the kind of band most will appreciate the first or even tenth time.

Once you wrap your mind around how the lyrics are written, nonsensical phrases become romantic, beautiful, and compelling. See Pink Bullets.

I would never never bothered if it weren't for Scared of Chaka.

[wmcgoo89]

Bad-ass guitar he's got there...

[oprian45]

@joecliggott1993 that just makes us all hipsters.

[joecliggott1993]

eminem songs have over 200 million views each. this song has 100k. don't you knda feel proud to be part of that number?

[Gunnerkelly]

@joecliggott1993 Yes, frankly.

[buford115]

I just came.

[acaash]

I've been searching for this! I love the guitar :43

[coolidgejosiah]

I cant stop listening to the shins. I really cant. I have tried so that I dont get worn out but I CANT.

[WhiteNacho]

I love this song!

[CANADA5UCKS]

its funny cuz the drummer's shirt was totally made for women, but it still works for him lol

[GrannyDances]

singer kinda looks like faraday from Lost.... just sayin... I don't really listen to the shins sooooo

[nickryanmailloux]

@GrannyDances idec

[GrannyDances]

@nickryanmailloux ....I didn't ask if you did.....? I'm confused..

[palmostositive]

how could 6 people give this thumbs down!?

[guigemar18]

this was the first song i ever heard by the shins, and they changed my entire world of music!!!! this song always gives me chillbumps, it's the BEST song to wake up to. :) every time i listen to one of their songs, i feel like making a movie :P the shins are so raging epic!

[misscarolyn33]

@guigemar18 I felt exactly the same way. I had gotten a mix tape from a good friend and fell instantly in love with them. "gluing tinsel to your crown" Who fucking write lyrics like that?!!!!!

[guigemar18]

@misscarolyn33 lol seriously....james mercer is a lyrical genius. i'm so in love with him. :P

[jaypeddie]

@guigemar18 would you say that

this song changed your life?

[guigemar18]

@jaypeddie definitely!!! as do EVERY SONG THEY COME OUT WITH. i was kind of edgy when Mercer and danger mouse got together for Broken Bells...and it was an ok album...but i'm soooooo relieved the Shins are continuing together. my world would have ended.

[Jolly11808]

Mmmm.... I am in love with the Shins. and that's the Lloyd Center! Ah, I do love Portland bands. make me feel closer to home =)

[tuliplove642]

@Jolly11808 I noticed that![: Are you from Portland?[:

[Jolly11808]

@tuliplove642 yes indeed. =) actually from mt.hood but same thing

[tuliplove642]

@Jolly11808 awesome! i'm from clatskanie. idk if you know where it is but it's VERY close to longveiw ((washington)) so i'm pretty close to portland. [: modest mouse lives in portland too. idk if you've heard of them either. [:

[Jolly11808]

@tuliplove642 yep. i know clatskanie and of modest mouse (they're awesome!!!) Also the Decemberists are from Portland as well... a lot of good bands come from there. funny that

[tuliplove642]

@Jolly11808 i didn't know that the decemberists are from portland. O: damn, we're awesome. we should be best friends.

[MongoloidMania]

@tuliplove642 On a somewhat related note, Blitzen Trapper is from Portland. They are a pretty solid band.

[tuliplove642]

@MongoloidMania hmm. i'll have to check them out [:

[northcarolinahunter]

random video. the shins rock though

[Bahamutt24]

@roiblop Non, il ne chante pas faux, idiot

[libertinoire]

The Shins have to be the best band in the history of the universe. They can do no wrong, their songs are perfect in every single way!!! <3

[lebarosky]

Power through elegant ecstasy. Slow build to some awesome riffs and the smoothest big sound in modern music.

You tested your mettle of doeskin and petals, of kissing the lipless who bleed all the sweetness away ..................

[lebarosky]

Power through elegant ecstasy. Slow build to some awesome riffs and the smoothest big sound in modern music.

[youngpilgram]

Check out Dave Hernandez in Scared of Chaka!

[mrsalbinorhino]

its songs like this that make me love being alive at this very moment

[pessimystica]

@mrsalbinorhino

i completely agree with you. I especially like the line "it's hard to leave all these moments behind"... it's hard to believe i 1st heard this song in 2003 & i'm already nostalgic for certain people & places *sigh*.

[sageocean]

this song is my life. or ex.

[lemmehaveone]

clap clap clap clap clap clap WOO!

[nelesells]

five people don't like b.o.o.o.b.s

[candeleitor]

A friend sent me this video for my birthday, a beutiful song, thanks :)

[mastiffchild]

Remember being blown away when The Shins did the (IIRC) Late Show's busking challenge on the BBC the other year before their Man Academy gig that evening. Great band and stopped for a lovely chat on the Manchester Uni Union for a while after even though everyone was baltic! They were amazing on stage later too!

Blessed with more light and shade than a lot of US bands today(similar range to Scots bands like Delgados or Mogwai in this respect)- a rare thing to find a better band anywhere today.

[RockSalami]

Does that drummer work at his own food cart in Portland now?

[synkciu]

you gotta this hooooooooook :D

[synkciu]

@synkciu "gotta dig" :P

[sonofshallow]

What a nice song

[seekur32]

Three people are deaf and blind.

[MirkwOodElf89]

loooove,love,love the Shins!!!!one of my three wishes:see them at least once live before I die..(one wish left to go,use it wisely:P)..

[hgenevieveable]

Great band, broad range, lyrics, guitar, video too. Go Shins

[rgworrior]

best shirt ever??

[MrMohamedsaccoh]

true,the best band ever

[prostoazz]

@TheFreeConcert whaaaat? :X

[thevillainable]

My nephew is going away to college, gave him this album as a sendoff into that world.

[electricpub]

This was my alarm for the longest time. <3

[tfashion19]

It's  amazing to see such a great American band, Very refreshing.

[peace4allyo]

I want that shirt. :]

[NikeDunksHero]

film from lloyd center. portland all day errday!

[GuitarJaz]

All of The Shins' music makes me feel so nostalgic.

[sageocean]

@GuitarJaz i feel like its a bitter longing for the past everytime i listen to them, its awful/awesome at the same time.

[londonbrat]

i love them!!!!!!

[CincinnatiSkater]

ending gives me the goosbumps

[thonthonshady]

super badass pentagon-like guitar

[ALICEtheMONSTER]

hell yuhhhh!<3

[Sandy12602]

I love this song! i wish there was a button for that.

[NotNotKenny]

Where did the people who were skating when Mr Skater Guy first hit the ice go?I'm thinking in his mind he's the only one on the ice and he's crashing into them as they skate for their lives.I'd like to see an alternate ending to this video showing the carnage.Kidding.Wish the band would get back together already.Will James change the lineup again??

[oOoOosummeroOoOo]

LMFAO BOOOBS

[HootyInWonderLand]

I wish the guy iceskating was the gym teacher from mean girls xDD

[LeftHandMeth0d]

he definatley doesnt look like a lead singer, theyre just some geeky white guys like weezer i love it<33

[w4r7]

boooobs indeed!

[FHkeeper24]

i loveeee the shins. such a good band! try checking out The Decemberists.

[chapogyr]

booobs

[SonofMrPeanut]

This is a great opening song, period. Sleeping Lessons is fine and all, but it can't even touch this. Just like no ending song of theirs can touch Past and the Pending.

[oldmoviemusic]

Haha,

Drummer's t-shirt FTW!!

[DKNY1994]

@oldmoviemusic LMFAOOO!!!!!!!!!

[incompletesentence]

@oldmoviemusic any fucker who says ftw should be shot. especially deadmau5

[waffledude117]

@incompletesentence ftw

[supernova1990]

So wonderfully mellow.

[Konversekid]

Keep posting the Shins. The best band ever.

[Wisconsin222]

@Konversekid Yeah never was a fan of the Shins, but college kids keep suggesting them to me and yeah they are awesome!!