The Shins - 40 Mark Strasse video free download

POONAKAN WANAELOH

this is more touching if you know about story of this song which from Mercer's childhood experience.

Alan Morganstein

"both the over-flowing cup, and the painful lack there-of" wow

Desert Loner

5th best song in the album

Esmeralda's Life Fandango

Takes me back to Kaiserslautern, Germany, early 1980s and seeing the prostitutes walk the street around the air base. 

jess firsow

The thing I like about this song is that the song itself has an 80s vibe to me and James Mercer says he wrote the song about when he was on Rammstein with his folks in the 80s. Kudos to Shannon for pointing this out when I mentioned it. Doo doo doo.The Shins - 40 Mark Strasse

Fabian Schorp

I love this song.

1018Abrown

Mmm. Work dat falsetto.

Dave K

Gotta listen to entire records to get to these gems. Great to see there are new artists out there making real music... you just got to look for it. Great song and album.

Silver Linx

Hauntingly beautiful.

Randall Hocking

It's " a heart of a dove "

Realist413

This song is straight up "groovy". Listen to that chorus! Fuck yeah!

Tamara Killick

the best song ever of port of morrow

Hannah Garner

beautiful

wanderer7in7blue

Wake up America!!

Sarah Brisk

This is one of my favorite songs. James mercer is amazing!!

TheHouseOffice

"Every single story is a story about love. Both the overwhelming kind, and the painful lack thereof." <3

Gavin Stapley

Is it just me or does this song sound like 'heart songs' by Weezer. And Weezer sounds like the acoustic version of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana. Also in 'Heart Songs' they reference Nevermind the Nirvana album... Am I really onto something, or is it just me?

JIBEROCK ROUEN

it's magic!

Jessica Wackes

Basically, it's James Mercer. He replaces the entire band for every album.

sapphireblueifyable

I believe that it's about a prostitute that used to hang around 40 Mark Strasse street, Germany, during WW2. The "American boys" lyric is in reference to the American soldiers who would visit that street. Or this is what I was told, anyway.

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