what the heck does this song mean? i love it... love to play the bass to it... but i don't get it! somebody please.... explain! i always laugh at the line "your uncle with a alligator chained to his leg" never really understood it though~ PLEASE HELP ME!
Bolan was 100 times better live and I guess a live version of this would have been better.. This version sounds ok but I hope someone can come up with a more rocking version.
The Shins are one of my favorite bands, along with Rogue Wave and The Beetles. Yet this is one of the songs I don't own. And I always thought, doesn't this song sound like a Beetles song?
@booklover1217 I LOVE ROGUE WAVE. california is such a good song. i put it in a video on my channel where i straighten my hair. pretty sure my intended audience of tweens won't like it. xD btws, it's beatles. they're not named after a bug. xD
This is actually very good.!!
roydagger 2 months ago
This is legit haha. It makes me happy.
brrehbock1 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for The Shins
very enjoyable
dsw274 4 months ago
i can't listen to this without dancing in my seat
TheCrashingSun16 4 months ago
@ mviseur10: gtfo if u dont like it dont look it up. Seems enough to me, or are you too stupid not to troll?
MikeyEvolve 5 months ago
the shins fucking kill it. every song...holy fuck.
mviseur10 8 months ago
LOVEIT
jimijimi1029 11 months ago
have to say it: awesome cover, respectful yet original.
enfermo3000 11 months ago
Is That Thing Dancing?
zdarelight1 1 year ago
This version is ok... a little bubble gummy though. The T-rex original is raunchier.
indiegirl71 1 year ago
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aaalayna 1 year ago
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hearditman 1 year ago
@aaalayna
Can you not use that term? You sound like a fucking idiot.
good take on the original
passiveMenis 1 year ago
Listen to the self titled T. Rex record, it's very much like this.
straycatsean 1 year ago
sweet cover :D
Seabearr 1 year ago
i always liked t-rex. this is an interesting cover. i like it.
monkeys1954 1 year ago
This song makes me love The Shins even more.
panicohilove 1 year ago 6
what the heck does this song mean? i love it... love to play the bass to it... but i don't get it! somebody please.... explain! i always laugh at the line "your uncle with a alligator chained to his leg" never really understood it though~ PLEASE HELP ME!
roxyroxrox10 1 year ago
Bolan was 100 times better live and I guess a live version of this would have been better.. This version sounds ok but I hope someone can come up with a more rocking version.
QPRTokyo 2 years ago
Definitely owns T-Rex's version.
Classic rock sucks.
aciddmc 2 years ago
@aciddmc thank you for letting the world know from a safe distance that you are indeed a douchebag
hrrsn1 1 year ago
@hrrsn1 Great call, what a rube.
mikeschultz215Wcu 1 year ago
fuckin sick song
helm8969 2 years ago 9
This is now me and and my GF's song. :D
uhhguy 2 years ago
stroll on
love it
keep a little bit of marc in your heart
imalovedrunk 2 years ago
I don't like it as much as T.Rex's version,but I like it. :)
rosestardust72 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!
0Solenklier0 2 years ago
The Shins take on T-Rex. Brilliant combo:)
1983beth 2 years ago
This is great. What a funky song!
gasmmusic 2 years ago
nice version, pretty faithful to Bolan's original!
changodesurfer 2 years ago
it sounds a little bit beatles-esque, but it's a t-rex cover.
CalliopeWilde 2 years ago 4
The Shins are one of my favorite bands, along with Rogue Wave and The Beetles. Yet this is one of the songs I don't own. And I always thought, doesn't this song sound like a Beetles song?
booklover1217 2 years ago
little too risque for the beatles, sounds a little more like the writing style of the stones actually
conwict7 2 years ago
yeah cause they ripped off marc bolan all the time
dopestarinc9868 1 year ago
@conwict7 too risque? the beatles were risque as fuck. well, not as fuck. but risque nonetheless.
lilbluehersheykiss 1 year ago
@booklover1217 I LOVE ROGUE WAVE. california is such a good song. i put it in a video on my channel where i straighten my hair. pretty sure my intended audience of tweens won't like it. xD btws, it's beatles. they're not named after a bug. xD
lilbluehersheykiss 1 year ago
@lilbluehersheykiss i know. haha :) after i posted my comment i realized my mistake. xD
booklover1217 1 year ago
great video...I could watch it all day!...LOL
even better cover !!...thanks for posting!
rexlist 3 years ago