My Morning Jacket

Couldn't seem to find the old thread, but then again, I'm not really forum savvy... ;) So a new thread, for the love of Bright Eyes, Mystic Valley Band, Desaparecidos and pretty much all music by Conor Oberst. :)


Shell Games! I love it, bring it on Bright Eyes, bring it on! Pre-ordered the album + some more stuff... can't wait! Now all I need is more tour dates in Europe. Recent quote about the album:

QuoteThe album is about humanity. That's sort of the crux of that matter — we're all human beings and these imaginary lines and borders are really silly when you think about work and families and the need for people to survive and carry on with their lives. It seems so basic to me. It's not new, but this new wave of xenophobic, barbaric nationalism is totally scary and something that needs to be stopped in its tracks immediately. This is the opposite of what I was told America was all about.

Completely agree with Mr. Oberst, also very excited to hear the rest of the album based on this:

QuoteI wanted to make a record that was modern-sounding and steer clear of some of my tendencies, melodically. We're over the Americana, rootsy, whatever that sound is. People say country, but I never thought were very country at all. But whatever that element is or that aesthetic is, I guess it's worn a little thin for me these days. So we very much wanted it to be rocking and, for lack of a better term, contemporary, or modern.

And just because it relates to the boards interest (ish):

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M. Ward and Jim are like two of the people I admire most in the musical world, so to get a ringside seat to see them in action making a record (...) and the way they approach arranging and recording was just, it was really fantastic and I think I am better because of it. I learned things I can take with me onto new records.

Woop, woop!  :)

And while we're at it, this one is a bit old, but just beautiful:


*all quotes by Conor Oberst, december 2010 ;)

Well done SBB!

does anyone know what ticket prices are looking like for the tour? I don't wanna spend too much cause i'm saving money but would like to see conor do his thing one time

yeah, heard shell games a week or 2 ago. solid. those keys are nasty.

Quote from: e_wind on Jan 05, 2011, 02:51 PM
does anyone know what ticket prices are looking like for the tour? I don't wanna spend too much cause i'm saving money but would like to see conor do his thing one time

I got pre sale radio city tix and they were $25, bit I'm pretty sure the regular prices are 50ish. First time I saw bright eyes the tickets were 8 bucks. Those were the days.

Quote from: BH on Jan 05, 2011, 10:39 AM
Well done SBB!

Thanks Mr. BH, btw what does BH stand for, Bermuda Highway or something completely different?  :)

Quote from: capt. scotty on Jan 05, 2011, 04:26 PM
yeah, heard shell games a week or 2 ago. solid. those keys are nasty.

I know! Good stuff! One For You, One For Me and A Machine Spiritual (The People's Key) were briefly on YouTube after being played on a radioshow, but Saddle Creek requested that they'd be taken down. I suppose you could still find them if you really wanted to though, but I'm trying to save it all for the release day. I admit I did listen to them once or twice while they were still up though...  ;) One For You, One For Me was instant love for me, love the lyrics (if you wanna sneak a peak they can be found here: http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858855444/ (http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858855444/)) Found a very interesting comment there as well:

QuoteThe titles of the tracks on the album all seem to reflect upon varying beliefs - Rastafarian (Haile Selassie), Wicca (Triple Spiral), Buddhism (Beginner's Mind), Judaism/Christianity (Ladder Song - "Jacob's Ladder" possibly?), and then a world where machines are equal to/rule/save humankind (A Machine Spiritual). Without knowing any of the lyrics as of yet to any of these songs, I'd guess that maybe different beliefs are being divvied up here with 'one for me, one for you'.

The music kind of reminded me of Digital Ash if anything and I really loved Digital Ash to bits, so that fits me perfectly. I don't suppose the drums are very much like Gold Mine Gutted, but that's what it reminds me of, to me it kind of had a similar feel (if I remember correctly).

People's Key lyrics here: http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858855346/ (http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858855346/) and love that one as well, don't know what it reminds me of, but I think on all three tracks Conor seems to use his voice in a different way, I can't really describe it well enough in English, probably not even in Swedish, but it's cool, some more evolution  :)

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Quote from: e_wind on Jan 05, 2011, 02:51 PM
does anyone know what ticket prices are looking like for the tour? I don't wanna spend too much cause i'm saving money but would like to see conor do his thing one time

I got pre sale radio city tix and they were $25, bit I'm pretty sure the regular prices are 50ish. First time I saw bright eyes the tickets were 8 bucks. Those were the days.

I have no idea, but I suppose you could check the current prizes on the show that are available now: http://www.conoroberst.com/?page_id=22 (http://www.conoroberst.com/?page_id=22)

And 8 bucks sounds crazy, when was that?

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Quote from: e_wind on Jan 05, 2011, 02:51 PM
does anyone know what ticket prices are looking like for the tour? I don't wanna spend too much cause i'm saving money but would like to see conor do his thing one time

I got pre sale radio city tix and they were $25, bit I'm pretty sure the regular prices are 50ish. First time I saw bright eyes the tickets were 8 bucks. Those were the days.

I have no idea, but I suppose you could check the current prizes on the show that are available now: http://www.conoroberst.com/?page_id=22 (http://www.conoroberst.com/?page_id=22)

And 8 bucks sounds crazy, when was that?

2001.

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Quote from: BH on Jan 05, 2011, 10:39 AM
Well done SBB!

Thanks Mr. BH, btw what does BH stand for, Bermuda Highway or something completely different?  :)

Boss Hog

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Quote from: BH on Jan 05, 2011, 10:39 AM
Well done SBB!

Thanks Mr. BH, btw what does BH stand for, Bermuda Highway or something completely different?  :)

Boss Hog

Enos You Idiot!  Ha!  Roscoe P. Coltrane is the man.

Sara, I used to be Bermuda Hitchhiker when I first joined.  Bermuda HWY was my favorite song at the time.   I wanted to catch a ride and follow my "silly dreams" or something like that.  (Voice in head - "How'd that work out for you, Dave?") Everyone started abbreviating it to BH so I just changed it.   Maybe I'll go back for awhile for old time's sake....

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Quote from: e_wind on Jan 05, 2011, 02:51 PM
does anyone know what ticket prices are looking like for the tour? I don't wanna spend too much cause i'm saving money but would like to see conor do his thing one time

I got pre sale radio city tix and they were $25, bit I'm pretty sure the regular prices are 50ish. First time I saw bright eyes the tickets were 8 bucks. Those were the days.

I have no idea, but I suppose you could check the current prizes on the show that are available now: http://www.conoroberst.com/?page_id=22 (http://www.conoroberst.com/?page_id=22)

And 8 bucks sounds crazy, when was that?

2001.

Oh I see, I wish I would have know about them then, I got a great taping from a 2001 gig in Sweden, but it took a few years more for me  :)

Quote from: BH on Jan 06, 2011, 11:48 AM

Quote from: Penny Lane on Jan 06, 2011, 09:29 AM

Quote from: SaraBananaBear on Jan 06, 2011, 06:53 AM

Quote from: BH on Jan 05, 2011, 10:39 AM
Well done SBB!

Thanks Mr. BH, btw what does BH stand for, Bermuda Highway or something completely different?  :)

Boss Hog

Enos You Idiot!  Ha!  Roscoe P. Coltrane is the man.

Sara, I used to be Bermuda Hitchhiker when I first joined.  Bermuda HWY was my favorite song at the time.   I wanted to catch a ride and follow my "silly dreams" or something like that.  (Voice in head - "How'd that work out for you, Dave?") Everyone started abbreviating it to BH so I just changed it.   Maybe I'll go back for awhile for old time's sake....

Oooh, I quite like Bermuda Hitchhiker, it's a really good name :) BH works too ofc, but it means bra in Swedish, so it's a bit funny to me  ;)

What a coincidence!   Bra salesman was my silly dream! 

Quote from: BH on Jan 06, 2011, 03:08 PM
What a coincidence!   Bra salesman was my silly dream!

Hahaha, oh yeah, it all makes sense now! I fully support this dream of yours, bra in Swedish means good, I think that might be another sign this is really what you should be doing!  ;)

new bright eyes track up for dl on paste.com

Woop, got some Stockholm tickets to go along with the London tickets, weeee! :D So excited to hear the rest of the album, woohoo! I wonder if there'll be some more Europe dates along with the London show in June...  ???

leaked last night, awesome album!

beginners mind is soo fuckin good yall

Too bad it leaked, I think I'll wait until February 1st anyways, soooo looking forward to hearing it though  :D

Just got my tickets for First Avenue in April!  Yay!  (Only 3 months to go..... :-\)  Now I just have to try to keep myself from listening to the leak....heh heh. 

There was a small article on the new album in Rolling Stone a few weeks ago, complete with a lovely new Conor picture  :)  It talked about how reggae (?!) influenced The People's Key and how they're working to move away from the Cassadaga-y sound.  Also, more spoken word! 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bright-eyes-crank-guitars-drop-rasta-knowledge-on-new-album-20110112 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bright-eyes-crank-guitars-drop-rasta-knowledge-on-new-album-20110112)
(http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/story/bright-eyes-crank-guitars-drop-rasta-knowledge-on-new-album-20110112/1000x306/main.jpg)

Quote from: HighlySuspicious on Jan 25, 2011, 11:33 PM
Just got my tickets for First Avenue in April!  Yay!  (Only 3 months to go..... :-\)  Now I just have to try to keep myself from listening to the leak....heh heh. 

There was a small article on the new album in Rolling Stone a few weeks ago, complete with a lovely new Conor picture  :)  It talked about how reggae (?!) influenced The People's Key and how they're working to move away from the Cassadaga-y sound.  Also, more spoken word! 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bright-eyes-crank-guitars-drop-rasta-knowledge-on-new-album-20110112 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bright-eyes-crank-guitars-drop-rasta-knowledge-on-new-album-20110112)

Did I hear..... REGGAE! What's this about "drop rasta knowledge"...... Must investigate all of this! Thanks for sharing!!

Me likes this little ditty:

But the standout contributions came from El Paso musician Denny Brewer, a sixty­something biker and New Age shaman Oberst met while recording in Texas — and who adds mind-bending spoken-word passages. Brewer would pop by the studio and spend hours expounding on his ideas about human nature, alchemy and the Federal Reserve, and Oberst found himself rapt. "A lot of people would write him off as a conspiracy-­theory crazy person," he says. "But then he'd turn a corner and hit on a point that was completely truthful."

And that's a cool section about the reggae influence, too! Interesting they said it might not SOUND much like reggae, but that the LYRICS are namely inspired by the concepts in reggae songs..... and a track named after SELASSIE I!  8)

"In Rastafarianism, they're talking about fighting back against an imperial power with the best tools at their disposal, which are music and soul and weed and community," he says. "The symbolism in that music seemed very potent to me, and very appropriate."

Quote from: woodnymph on Jan 25, 2011, 11:57 PM
Me likes this little ditty:

But the standout contributions came from El Paso musician Denny Brewer, a sixty­something biker and New Age shaman Oberst met while recording in Texas — and who adds mind-bending spoken-word passages. Brewer would pop by the studio and spend hours expounding on his ideas about human nature, alchemy and the Federal Reserve, and Oberst found himself rapt. "A lot of people would write him off as a conspiracy-­theory crazy person," he says. "But then he'd turn a corner and hit on a point that was completely truthful."

And that's a cool section about the reggae influence, too! Interesting they said it might not SOUND much like reggae, but that the LYRICS are namely inspired by the concepts in reggae songs..... and a track named after SELASSIE I!  8)

"In Rastafarianism, they're talking about fighting back against an imperial power with the best tools at their disposal, which are music and soul and weed and community," he says. "The symbolism in that music seemed very potent to me, and very appropriate."

You can download "Haile Selassie" at spinner.com. its really good. Doesn't sound reggae.

guys i cant stop listening to this record. it takes a while to get into, but thats good. i like slow, peel away albums.

"so i go umbrella under my arm, into the green of the radar, how'd it get so dark in the day? its just so bizzar if its true what we're made of. why do i hide from the rain?"

so paranoid. so gooooooooooooooood.

yall crazy for not wanting my high quality link. lol w/e

It's streaming on npr.org

beat me to it Ghosts !

Wow, big praise from Robin Hilton at NPR!

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I won't mince words: This is the best record Bright Eyes has ever made. In fact, it's the best record the band's frontman, Conor Oberst, has ever been a part of. Publicists like to say as much any time an artist releases a new album, but in this case, it's actually true. The People's Key is a career-defining work of art.

Quote from: BH on Jan 31, 2011, 12:53 PM
Wow, big praise from Robin Hilton at NPR!

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I won't mince words: This is the best record Bright Eyes has ever made. In fact, it's the best record the band's frontman, Conor Oberst, has ever been a part of. Publicists like to say as much any time an artist releases a new album, but in this case, it's actually true. The People's Key is a career-defining work of art.

;) :) :D  SWEEEEEET

I consider MOF one o the best records ever... But excited to hear this now.

lol wow you guy fail so hard...this record is soo last week for me.

lol that npr stream is such bad quality compared to my version.

SC already sent me the 2 bonus tracks from the 7 inch...great tunes as well.

Was supposed to get the pre-order download link today, but seems Saddle Creek has got some trouble with DDoS attacks...   >:( and :'( at the same time. The YouTube stream of the album will do for now though :)

I ran into the same problem when trying to download the album yesterday.  >:( I spent the morning trying to do it over and over, but to no avail.  However, when I got back that night, Saddle Creek sent me an email saying that the earlier problems were fixed, and within a few minutes, it was in my iTunes!  YES.  Listening to it right now and loving it more than I thought I would!  :)

Here's where I'm at with Conor. Love his work on MoF, love his solo record and MVB, was a fan of Desa back when I was in highschool, like Bright Eyes songs here and there, but LOVE his voice. Is this record good enough for me (a very broke man) to spend money on? I think (and hope) that it will be better than previous Bright Eyes records because of his other project's influence, but I need some insight before I buy it.

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 02, 2011, 04:06 PM
Here's where I'm at with Conor. Love his work on MoF, love his solo record and MVB, was a fan of Desa back when I was in highschool, like Bright Eyes songs here and there, but LOVE his voice. Is this record good enough for me (a very broke man) to spend money on? I think (and hope) that it will be better than previous Bright Eyes records because of his other project's influence, but I need some insight before I buy it.

I'm confused dude.  Why don't you just check out the stream?  Am I missing something?

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Quote from: e_wind on Feb 02, 2011, 04:06 PM
Here's where I'm at with Conor. Love his work on MoF, love his solo record and MVB, was a fan of Desa back when I was in highschool, like Bright Eyes songs here and there, but LOVE his voice. Is this record good enough for me (a very broke man) to spend money on? I think (and hope) that it will be better than previous Bright Eyes records because of his other project's influence, but I need some insight before I buy it.

I'm confused dude.  Why don't you just check out the stream?  Am I missing something?

Yes have a look here:
Bright Eyes - The People's Key full album stream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVyxRNc_gTs#ws)

I think you will love it, it's amazing!  :D

that makes sense... i just dont spend a lot of time sitting at a comp to listen to a full album

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 02, 2011, 11:11 PM
that makes sense... i just dont spend a lot of time sitting at a comp to listen to a full album

Oh okay, well, then just for you, here comes my top 3 this morning (it changes every other hour or so, since all of the songs are BRILLIANT, but if forced to pick...)  :)

This one, oh my God this one, I always thought there should be some more piano songs and this one was just instant for me, first few seconds just BAM right into my heart. It almost hurts to listen to.

Some reviewer said how this might be his mainstream breakthrough song or something like that and even though I think all Bright Eyes songs are beyond amazing, this one might just be a little easier to take to heart perhaps?
The drums in this one kind of reminds me of the very last part of Cobra, but I dunno, maybe that's just me hallucinating...  ??? either way, brilliant song, brilliant!

It was oh so hard to pick and the others are just as lovely, I like everything Bright Eyes so I'm probably not the right person to ask for advice if you don't like regular Bright Eyes stuff that much... but, truly, I think you'll like it!  :D

Quote from: HighlySuspicious on Feb 02, 2011, 01:47 PM
I ran into the same problem when trying to download the album yesterday.  >:( I spent the morning trying to do it over and over, but to no avail.  However, when I got back that night, Saddle Creek sent me an email saying that the earlier problems were fixed, and within a few minutes, it was in my iTunes!  YES.  Listening to it right now and loving it more than I thought I would!  :)

Yeah so happy they solved it, SC really handled it well, always so nice. I've pretty much been listening since, loving it to no end. Lights a fire in your heart it does, goooo Bright Eyes. And how hilarious is this one:
;D

:D

Absolutely love the new record. Can't wait to see them at the Tabernacle in the ATL in march for about the 8th time

my 2 cents after listening through the album is that it's definitely quality.   Lots to get your arms around for sure.   But for sure I like it.

Quote from: scosby2 on Feb 05, 2011, 06:55 AM
Absolutely love the new record. Can't wait to see them at the Tabernacle in the ATL in march for about the 8th time

Same here, absolutely love the new record and I'll be seeing them on the 16th in Stockholm, woop woop! :D

Quote from: mahg33ta on Feb 05, 2011, 07:40 AM
my 2 cents after listening through the album is that it's definitely quality.   Lots to get your arms around for sure.   But for sure I like it.

Any favorite songs? Maybe all of them? ;) :D

i really like all of them so far but approximate sunlight is one i have been listening to a lot lately...the ladder song is great too

just pre ordered the album. now i play the waiting game. i wonder if i'll immediately get the digi dl?

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 06, 2011, 08:52 PM
just pre ordered the album. now i play the waiting game. i wonder if i'll immediately get the digi dl?

you should get it soon.

if you don't just send them an e-mail. i hadn't received my digital download on the 1st by like 6 that night so i sent them one and within ten minutes I had my songs downloaded. real good customer service. they even took the time in the e-mail to explain what had been going on all day and why it had taken so long to get me the e-mail.

Quote from: scosby2 on Feb 06, 2011, 06:35 PM
i really like all of them so far but approximate sunlight is one i have been listening to a lot lately...the ladder song is great too

They're all so good, but Ladder Song is just insanely good and when I read this in an interview it somehow got another dimension to it:

QuoteLast fall, the singer's Omaha community lost an old friend to suicide. Stricken, he wrote the "Ladder Song" in two days. He recorded the track with his own outdated keyboard, passing over the studio's grand piano to preserve the feeling of his first takes at home. Amidst the dreamy imagery and alien references elsewhere on the album, the spare, melancholy song provided a human touch. "It seemed like the missing piece," he said, "but I didn't know there was a piece missing."

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Quote from: e_wind on Feb 06, 2011, 08:52 PM
just pre ordered the album. now i play the waiting game. i wonder if i'll immediately get the digi dl?

you should get it soon.

if you don't just send them an e-mail. i hadn't received my digital download on the 1st by like 6 that night so i sent them one and within ten minutes I had my songs downloaded. real good customer service. they even took the time in the e-mail to explain what had been going on all day and why it had taken so long to get me the e-mail.

Yup, excellent customer service indeed and the idea of getting digital downloads straight away is just brilliant. :)

Listening for the first time right now, and like it a lot so far. Only beef I have is the intro. I'm not gonna wanna listen to that 2 minute intro every time I spin this one.

Upon 1st listen, I really like the album and as Mahg33ta said, there is a lot to it I think.  Two things kinda bothered me about it though.  First was the extended spoken word intro in Firewall.  I just wish it was a separate track.  Secondly, while there is no basis to this other than my own bias, I don't really care for Conor writing a tune named Haille Selassie.  Those were the only two initial beefs I had with this album.  Otherwise, I enjoyed every tune a bunch.  Hopefully I'll be able to give it another spin or two this afternoon. :)

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 07, 2011, 12:03 PM
Listening for the first time right now, and like it a lot so far. Only beef I have is the intro. I'm not gonna wanna listen to that 2 minute intro every time I spin this one.

Yeah, those intros... it's better than the Cassadaga intro at least, I've only just recently gotten used to that one and the Clairaudients track is so good, it's been annoying having to skip it. Anyways, keep us updated on what you think of the album once you've listened to it some more!  :)

All of the intros on his albums are annoying.   I am not the most technically proficient but they drove me how to figure out how to set the start time for a song manually in itunes.   Now when I play "at the bottom of everything" it skips the whole beginning and starts at the "1, 2 ..... 1, 2, 3, 4".   The knowledge how to do that came in handy for Cassadaga and will help again here.

Haven't really had a chance to listen again but will report back w some favorites after a bit more time to soak in.

Agree that the immediate digital download is fantastic, especially when the band is touring soon.   Gives me a few more weeks to learn the stuff.   (take note Middle Brother:  album 3/1, show 3/3)

Just finished my first listen. Good stuff. I'm in a library right now studying for a spanish exam, but this had me distracted. So now I'll go bomb this test in 20 minutes.

Quote from: Ruckus on Feb 07, 2011, 12:04 PM
Upon 1st listen, I really like the album and as Mahg33ta said, there is a lot to it I think.  Two things that bothered me was the extended spoken word intro in Firewall.  I just wish it was a separate track.  Also, while there is no basis to this other than my own bias, I don't really care for Conor writing a tune named Haille Selassie.  Those were the only two initial beefs I had with this album.  Otherwise, I enjoyed every tune a bunch.  Hopefully I'll be able to give it another spin or two this afternoon. :)

It's an excellent track though! I've seen, I've seen, I've seen strangers things man! (http://im-smiley.com/imgs/music/music008.gif) (http://im-smiley.com)  ;) Keep us updated on what you think after a few more spins!  :)

Quote from: mahg33ta on Feb 07, 2011, 12:35 PM
All of the intros on his albums are annoying.   I am not the most technically proficient but they drove me how to figure out how to set the start time for a song manually in itunes.   Now when I play "at the bottom of everything" it skips the whole beginning and starts at the "1, 2 ..... 1, 2, 3, 4".   The knowledge how to do that came in handy for Cassadaga and will help again here.

Haven't really had a chance to listen again but will report back w some favorites after a bit more time to soak in.

Agree that the immediate digital download is fantastic, especially when the band is touring soon.   Gives me a few more weeks to learn the stuff.   (take note Middle Brother:  album 3/1, show 3/3)

Oh but At the bottom of everything is the most pleasant one!  ;) Pretty handy with the start time thingy though, I'm not a fan of Itunes, but will see if it works with some other program... probably not with Spotify that's my number one music program, I'll probably just have to endure. And please report back after the soak, looking forward to hearing more opinions!  :)

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 07, 2011, 12:40 PM
Just finished my first listen. Good stuff. I'm in a library right now studying for a spanish exam, but this had me distracted. So now I'll go bomb this test in 20 minutes.

Best of luck! Too bad Conor didn't include some Spanish on this one like on the MVB ones...  ;)

I'm also listening to One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels right now... the not-bright eyes songs are really good.

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 07, 2011, 12:53 PM
I'm also listening to One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels right now... the not-bright eyes songs are really good.

Wooah, wooaah, are you saying the Bright Eyes songs on that one aren't good! :o Happy Accident is excellent, no arguing mister! ;) I'm a huge fan of Rollerskating though, and all the other Neva Dinova songs on there too, but Spring Cleaning was written by Conor... both versions are excellent, but I think the Conor version might be just a tad better 'cause of the piano.

Just got my "I Want It All" package. A WHOLE WEEK EARLY!! Gotta love saddle creek. I must say that the vinyl is wonderful, the packaging is excellent, and all the extra things are awesome. Gonna be a great night!!

Quote from: scosby2 on Feb 08, 2011, 07:09 PM
Just got my "I Want It All" package. A WHOLE WEEK EARLY!! Gotta love saddle creek. I must say that the vinyl is wonderful, the packaging is excellent, and all the extra things are awesome. Gonna be a great night!!

Yay, sounds great! I can't wait to get mine! :D Guess it might take a while longer for it to get to Sweden though...

Sara, have you seen any setlists from the past couple of nights? I figured you would be attending a couple of them. So far not one person has posted anything about the new shows and it's killing me. I can't wait to find out what they are gonna be playing live for the new tour. I saw in one interview where he said that they were gonna be doing a lot of the older songs in the same style as the new record and they are gonna be touring with a lot of new equipment as well as two new huge keyboard rigs. Should be wonderful...

Quote from: scosby2 on Feb 09, 2011, 05:43 AM
Sara, have you seen any setlists from the past couple of nights? I figured you would be attending a couple of them. So far not one person has posted anything about the new shows and it's killing me. I can't wait to find out what they are gonna be playing live for the new tour. I saw in one interview where he said that they were gonna be doing a lot of the older songs in the same style as the new record and they are gonna be touring with a lot of new equipment as well as two new huge keyboard rigs. Should be wonderful...

Yeah the setlist looked like this, according to reports:
Firewall
Haile Selassie
Gold Mine Gutted
Lover I Don't Have To Love
Four Winds
Bowl Of Oranges
Old Soul Song
Shell Games
Approximate Sunlight
Arc Of Time
Jejune Stars
Falling Out Of Love At This Volume
Hot Knives
No One Would Riot For Less
Beginner's Mind
Cartoon Blues
Poison Oak
Nothing Gets Crossed Out
The Calendar Hung Itself

Encore
Lua
Padriac My Prince
Road To Joy
One For You, One For Me

Shell Games
Bright Eyes - Shell Games (Live in Glasgow, 8th of Feb 2011) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_KNx_EKzc#)

Lua
Bright Eyes - Lua (Live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTRm22DxIyc#ws)

The trumpet on Lua just kills me, it's so beautiful! I'll be seeing them on the 16th in Stockholm and then later in June in London  :D

Looks awesome!! Love the setlist...can't wait til March 4th

Singularity is really f*ckin good yall.

Quote from: scosby2 on Feb 09, 2011, 05:56 PM
Looks awesome!! Love the setlist...can't wait til March 4th

Me too! I wonder how much they'll change it around? I read this morning that Conor said they got 200 shows booked this year (http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-reviews/bright-eyes-oran-mor-glasgow-1.1084293 (http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/music-reviews/bright-eyes-oran-mor-glasgow-1.1084293)), that sounds to me like you'd want to mix it up a little, at least after a 100 shows or so...  ;)

Quote from: hacksaw on Feb 10, 2011, 01:56 AM
Singularity is really f*ckin good yall.

Indeed, it took me a few listens, but now I really love it too :) Which song is your album favorite though, still  beginner's mind?

Last nights setlist:
Firewall
Jejune Stars
Arc of Time (Time Code)
Cleanse Song
We Are Nowhere and it's Now
Something Vague
Four Winds
Triple Spiral
A Machine Spiritual (In the People's Key)
Take it Easy (Love Nothing)
Approximate Sunlight
False Advertising
Falling Out of Love at This Volume
Beginner's Mind
Spring Cleaning
Shell Games
Bowl of Oranges
Lover I Don't Have to Love
Lua

Encore:
Gold Mine Gutted
Haile Selassie
Something Vague
The Calendar Hung Itself
One for You, One for Me

Really love Spring Cleaning and Cleanse Song is just brilliant as well, I really hope they play Spring Cleaning in Stockholm! :D

Quote from: SaraBananaBear on Feb 10, 2011, 09:16 AM
Last nights setlist:
Firewall
Jejune Stars
Arc of Time (Time Code)
Cleanse Song
We Are Nowhere and it's Now
Something Vague
Four Winds
Triple Spiral
A Machine Spiritual (In the People's Key)
Take it Easy (Love Nothing)
Approximate Sunlight
False Advertising
Falling Out of Love at This Volume
Beginner's Mind
Spring Cleaning
Shell Games
Bowl of Oranges
Lover I Don't Have to Love
Lua

Encore:
Gold Mine Gutted
Haile Selassie
Something Vague
The Calendar Hung Itself
One for You, One for Me

Really love Spring Cleaning and Cleanse Song is just brilliant as well, I really hope they play Spring Cleaning in Stockholm! :D

Something vague twice?

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Quote from: SaraBananaBear on Feb 10, 2011, 09:16 AM
Last nights setlist:
Firewall
Jejune Stars
Arc of Time (Time Code)
Cleanse Song
We Are Nowhere and it's Now
Something Vague
Four Winds
Triple Spiral
A Machine Spiritual (In the People's Key)
Take it Easy (Love Nothing)
Approximate Sunlight
False Advertising
Falling Out of Love at This Volume
Beginner's Mind
Spring Cleaning
Shell Games
Bowl of Oranges
Lover I Don't Have to Love
Lua

Encore:
Gold Mine Gutted
Haile Selassie
Something Vague
The Calendar Hung Itself
One for You, One for Me

Really love Spring Cleaning and Cleanse Song is just brilliant as well, I really hope they play Spring Cleaning in Stockholm! :D

Something vague twice?

Yup, they were supposed to playn Poison Oak (the second time), but some lady shouted out for Something Vague until Conor eventually said that he'd be a human jukebox and play it again.  ???

Yeah, this album is growing on me a lot. I may try and attend this Nashville show now.

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 10, 2011, 02:52 PM
Yeah, this album is growing on me a lot. I may try and attend this Nashville show now.

It is a really good album. I wasn't so sure my first listen but now that I have listened to it for a few days it has really grown on me. I honestly couldn't tell you a favorite song because each one has something in it I really like. I really hope he continues to make Bright Eyes songs. I know I had had a ball at their shows over the last 5 or 6 years. I'm so glad they are visiting the south on this tour...

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Yeah, this album is growing on me a lot. I may try and attend this Nashville show now.

Sounds great, it'd be nice to see some forum member reviews  :)

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Quote from: e_wind on Feb 10, 2011, 02:52 PM
Yeah, this album is growing on me a lot. I may try and attend this Nashville show now.

It is a really good album. I wasn't so sure my first listen but now that I have listened to it for a few days it has really grown on me. I honestly couldn't tell you a favorite song because each one has something in it I really like. I really hope he continues to make Bright Eyes songs. I know I had had a ball at their shows over the last 5 or 6 years. I'm so glad they are visiting the south on this tour...

I have a hard time picking a favorite song too, it they're all so good and they just keep getting better the more I listen to them. If Conor does take a break from Bright Eyes, I wonder what he'll do instead? What did you think of his solo album and the MVB stuff? I loved all of it,  I even like the rap... ;)

I hope for a follow up Monsters of Folk album everyday. Thats what should happen next in Conor's future.

who the hell said naming a song haile selassie isnt okay? i dont understand this.

That may be my favorite song on the album.

So who's the guy speaking on the first track?

conors drunk uncle.

I have a live acoustic version of 'Cleanse Song' that is soo. SOOO much fucking better than the version on Cassadaga. He gets way EMO CORE on it. ALL OF ARE JOOOOOY. AND ALL OF OUR...SAARRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.

none of you will ever hear it, its super rare yall and i'm not sharing it. gonna have to stick to your super lame cassadaga version/the lame versions he usually performs live other than that one acoustic performance that you will never hear :D

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 10, 2011, 07:17 PM
I hope for a follow up Monsters of Folk album everyday. Thats what should happen next in Conor's future.

Another MoF album would be lovely for sure, only problem would be for all four to have a clear schedule I suppose?  ???

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 10, 2011, 11:03 PM
That may be my favorite song on the album.

It is very, very good. I keep trying to decide which one I like more, but I put one on and go, this one probably, when the next one comes, no this one, or this one...  :D Right now it's probably Beginner's Mind and Haile Selassie though and Ladder Song and...  ;)

Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 10, 2011, 11:37 PM
So who's the guy speaking on the first track?

Denny Brewer, singer and guitarist for the father/son band, Refried Ice Cream.  :)

I've loved all of his side projects and stuff. I liked MOF much more than the mystic valley band. I like his self-titled album with MVB much more than outer south though. I used a netflix rental to get "Spend an evening with Saddle Creek" a documentary on the album labels roots. It is very interesting to see him when he was so young just getting started. I recommend it to any big fan. I figure the MOF will sit down next winter after a big year for MMJ with the release of the new album. That means the new MOF album will be in our hands in the fall of 12 or winter or 13. In my opinion anyway

Quote from: scosby2 on Feb 11, 2011, 07:47 AM
I've loved all of his side projects and stuff. I liked MOF much more than the mystic valley band. I like his self-titled album with MVB much more than outer south though. I used a netflix rental to get "Spend an evening with Saddle Creek" a documentary on the album labels roots. It is very interesting to see him when he was so young just getting started. I recommend it to any big fan. I figure the MOF will sit down next winter after a big year for MMJ with the release of the new album. That means the new MOF album will be in our hands in the fall of 12 or winter or 13. In my opinion anyway

thanks, seth! putting that on my netflix list now..

just checking back in-  for me, the album hasn't grabbed me yet... kind of unfortunate as I want to like it and have concert tickets -  It's interesting, I respect it, but the songs aren't growing on me.    I'll keep trying  :-\

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15111-the-peoples-key/ (http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15111-the-peoples-key/)

lol pwned

lol @ the shell games music video. conor trying to be the gay guy from the cure.

The official video for Shell Games:

Bright Eyes - Shell Games (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6MnpD5_4GI#ws)

I won't lie, I'm not an immediate fan of the video, but maybe it will grow on me.  The album took a little while to sink in too.

Quote from: HighlySuspicious on Feb 17, 2011, 12:56 AM
The official video for Shell Games:

Bright Eyes - Shell Games (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6MnpD5_4GI#ws)

I won't lie, I'm not an immediate fan of the video, but maybe it will grow on me.  The album took a little while to sink in too.

Most Bright Eyes videos suck.

jim james is nothing without the MOF

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jim james is nothing without the MOF

the mmj forum is nothing without hacksaw

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jim james is nothing without the MOF

the mmj forum is nothing without hacksaw

true, true

aww <3 love u guys

Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

I could probably elaborate all day long, any specific area you're interested in? :D ;)

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Quote from: HighlySuspicious on Feb 17, 2011, 12:56 AM
The official video for Shell Games:

Bright Eyes - Shell Games (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6MnpD5_4GI#ws)

I won't lie, I'm not an immediate fan of the video, but maybe it will grow on me.  The album took a little while to sink in too.

Most Bright Eyes videos suck.

At first thought I was like, yeah that's true, but then I thought I really like the First Day of My Life video and that Easy/Lucky/Free one and Four Winds come to think of it and At the Bottom of Everything and even the one for Hot Knives. Only one that I don't like is Lover I Don't Have to Love and well, Bowl of Oranges is okay, it's just that the quality of the YouTube versions are kind of bad. I haven't made my mind up about Coyote Song just yet and I agree with you miss HS, not an immediate fan of the new video, but it might grow on me.

Quote from: mahg33ta on Feb 11, 2011, 11:26 AM
just checking back in-  for me, the album hasn't grabbed me yet... kind of unfortunate as I want to like it and have concert tickets -  It's interesting, I respect it, but the songs aren't growing on me.    I'll keep trying  :-\

Keep at it, I think that it'll get better, if not by the time of the show, then after the show. Hearing them live, OH MY GOD, it was so good.  :D

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Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

I could probably elaborate all day long, any specific area you're interested in? :D ;)

Just wondering how yim inspired oberst for this song?

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Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

I could probably elaborate all day long, any specific area you're interested in? :D ;)

Just wondering how yim inspired oberst for this song?

Well, this is my own highly subjective and very personal interpretation, but to me this song seems to be about keeping in touch with your inner child and not letting demands or opinions of others change your own vision of what you want to do. And based on comments from people who know JJ, he seems to be a person who's good at that.

Bo Koster, 2006 Pitchfork interview found here: http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6299-my-morning-jacket/ (http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/6299-my-morning-jacket/)

QuoteAnd he's hilarious. That's a big contradiction in him, where he can be completely sincere and serious and really take a lot of care in everything he does but at the same time he can be very carefree and childlike. One of the main things I learned from him was to stop compartmentalizing things and deconstructing moments and instead just feel them as if we were still children. 'Cause when you're six years old you're an artist. Those are the most creative moments of anyone's life. He still has that wide-eyed wonder through it all. There's no pretension at all to anything he does.

I think the song is a wish to be able to do the same, to keep from being cynical, for the inner child to stay. I often suspect that Conor's singing to himself, no matter the pronoun and this one might be one of those. And also, there's some reverb in this song, when they perform it live Conor even uses another microphone when singing this one  :)

Very good interpretation!

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Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

I could probably elaborate all day long, any specific area you're interested in? :D ;)

Just wondering how yim inspired oberst for this song?

The latest Rolling Stone has a Q&A with Conor Oberst:

The song "Beginner's Mind" obviously refers to Buddhism.

That song is actually sort of dedicated to my friend Jim James - it's a tribute to his spirit.  He got into some of that [Buddhist] stuff, and we would talk about it a lot, just the idea that every time you go into an artistic endeavor, you need to try to start from zero again and throw out the things you've learned and your preconceptions and start new.

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Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 20, 2011, 09:20 AM

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Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

I could probably elaborate all day long, any specific area you're interested in? :D ;)

Just wondering how yim inspired oberst for this song?

The latest Rolling Stone has a Q&A with Conor Oberst:

The song "Beginner's Mind" obviously refers to Buddhism.

That song is actually sort of dedicated to my friend Jim James - it's a tribute to his spirit.  He got into some of that [Buddhist] stuff, and we would talk about it a lot, just the idea that every time you go into an artistic endeavor, you need to try to start from zero again and throw out the things you've learned and your preconceptions and start new.

bmc  thanks for posting that up!!!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Hey Sara, I really enjoyed your review that was posted to Jason's blog.  Good stuff :beer: :thumbsup:

Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 20, 2011, 11:23 PM
Very good interpretation!

Thank you! :)

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Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

I could probably elaborate all day long, any specific area you're interested in? :D ;)

Just wondering how yim inspired oberst for this song?

The latest Rolling Stone has a Q&A with Conor Oberst:

The song "Beginner's Mind" obviously refers to Buddhism.

That song is actually sort of dedicated to my friend Jim James - it's a tribute to his spirit.  He got into some of that [Buddhist] stuff, and we would talk about it a lot, just the idea that every time you go into an artistic endeavor, you need to try to start from zero again and throw out the things you've learned and your preconceptions and start new.

bmc  thanks for posting that up!!!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Second that, thank you so much for sharing!

Quote from: Ruckus on Feb 21, 2011, 10:49 AM
Hey Sara, I really enjoyed your review that was posted to Jason's blog.  Good stuff :beer: :thumbsup:

Aww, thank you so much for your kind words, deeply appreciate it! :)

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Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

I could probably elaborate all day long, any specific area you're interested in? :D ;)

Just wondering how yim inspired oberst for this song?

The latest Rolling Stone has a Q&A with Conor Oberst:

The song "Beginner's Mind" obviously refers to Buddhism.

That song is actually sort of dedicated to my friend Jim James - it's a tribute to his spirit.  He got into some of that [Buddhist] stuff, and we would talk about it a lot, just the idea that every time you go into an artistic endeavor, you need to try to start from zero again and throw out the things you've learned and your preconceptions and start new.

bmc  thanks for posting that up!!!  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Second that, thank you so much for sharing!

You lovely ladies are very welcome.

bright eyes on letterman tonight!

tornado warning in bama...no letterman...no bright eyes...just weather reports...SUXXXXXXX

Quote from: scosby2 on Feb 25, 2011, 12:13 AM
tornado warning in bama...no letterman...no bright eyes...just weather reports...SUXXXXXXX

Hope yer still alive, Seth. 

Quote from: touchingmept2 on Feb 19, 2011, 10:40 PM
Can someone elaborate on "beginners mind"?

Sorry if this is posted elsewhere.  From the latest Rolling Stone (Issue 1125, March 3, 2011), Q & A with Conor Oberst:

Q - The song "Beginner's Mind" obviously refers to Buddhism.

A - That song is actually sort of dedicated to my friend Jim James - it's a tribute to his spirit.  He got into some of that [Buddhist] stuff, and we would talk about it a lot, just the idea that every time you go into an artistic endeavor, you need to try to start from zero again and throw out the things you've learned and your preconceptions and start new.

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tornado warning in bama...no letterman...no bright eyes...just weather reports...SUXXXXXXX

Hope yer still alive, Seth.

yea buddy I'm still here. it didn't really get bad where I live...just in the northwest part of the state. they do share the same cbs with us though so I had to watch the weather. I found the performance online though. thought they did a really good job. the thing about buddha makes me laugh

(HD) Bright Eyes - "Jejune Stars" 2/24 Letterman (TheAudioPerv.com) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3eaO8ZWo0k#ws)

Jejune Stars on Letterman in HD!  YAY!

Also, thanks for the Beginner's Mind info.  I didn't know that Jim was into Buddhism.  Ha ha, as if I need another reason to love that man....

Thanks for the HD version HS! Thought they might do Shell Games, but nono, Jejune Stars! Rocking, can't wait to see them again in June, woop! :D

i am about to leave for atlanta for the show tonight.! if you get a chance and are interested look on youtube at the miami and orlando shows from past couple of nights. they have a new stage design and light show that they didn't take with them to europe and it is awesome! quite a nice surprise. i think the show tonight is gonna be great!

I'm turning into Mr Negative I guess - don't mean to! - just posted my comments on the disappointing Middle Brother album also...

After many listens of the new Bright Eyes, at least 15 times I'd say start to finish, I've reached the conclusion it's IMO a pretty weak album.   The songs have not grown on me and the whole spoken word / studio trickery / effects wears thin on me.   The songs just aren't that great.

So I went surfing for reviews to see how it's being received.   Wow, a lot of negative reviews.   This one (D+) sums up my feelings pretty well and is fair without just being a slamfest

http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Bright-Eyes&id=2299 (http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Bright-Eyes&id=2299)


Again, I'm not trying to bash here- nothing against Bright Eyes - went into this with an open mind after being impressed by MOF...

Quote from: scosby2 on Mar 04, 2011, 10:55 AM
i am about to leave for atlanta for the show tonight.! if you get a chance and are interested look on youtube at the miami and orlando shows from past couple of nights. they have a new stage design and light show that they didn't take with them to europe and it is awesome! quite a nice surprise. i think the show tonight is gonna be great!

Oh cool, I will definitely check youtube for that and looking forward to a review from you when you come back!  Have lots of fun! :D

Quote from: mahg33ta on Mar 04, 2011, 02:08 PM
I'm turning into Mr Negative I guess - don't mean to! - just posted my comments on the disappointing Middle Brother album also...

After many listens of the new Bright Eyes, at least 15 times I'd say start to finish, I've reached the conclusion it's IMO a pretty weak album.   The songs have not grown on me and the whole spoken word / studio trickery / effects wears thin on me.   The songs just aren't that great.

So I went surfing for reviews to see how it's being received.   Wow, a lot of negative reviews.   This one (D+) sums up my feelings pretty well and is fair without just being a slamfest

http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Bright-Eyes&id=2299 (http://www.redefinemag.com/music/reviews_album_2.php?artist=Bright-Eyes&id=2299)


Again, I'm not trying to bash here- nothing against Bright Eyes - went into this with an open mind after being impressed by MOF...

As this is the only band I hold as dear or possibly even slightly more dear than My Morning Jacket I will now turn into miss Positive! ;) I actually think there's been quite a few positive reviews, more than I even expected since reviewers love to compare everything Conor does to I'm Wide Awake It's Morning (or sometimes Lifted) and somehow they never think it measures up (which just seems crazy to me). The review you posted doesn't really say much about the actual music, which isn't all that uncommon, even the review I tried to write suffers from the same problem.

Either way, I understand if you don't like the spoken words, I find the rhythm of quite nice, especially the "people freak out, just flat flip out" part. But I can't agree that the songs lack space, or maybe rather my opinion is that even though some of them contain a lot of different instruments, it never takes away from the beauty of each song.

I find this review much more accurate:

QuoteIt is like a Greatest Hits album, where he's reworked and collaged everything we've loved (and others have absolutely hated) about him over the past fifteen or more years - the world-weary rush of frustrated energy, the Elvis-ish Dylanisms, the over-emoted troubles of the soul, the quest for bottled innocence and the inner war with spirituality. There's the production suss of Lifted... and Digital Ash (which at times sort of hints that Conor and Mike Mogis might go the way of Trent Reznor and end up making some incredible soundtracks), the Scientology-baiting hippy-dippiness of Cassadaga, trembling pianos, tumbling double kick-drums, and the cut up De La Soul-esque samples canoodling with the cartoon-angst of Fevers & Mirrors. The whole thing feels soaked in the heart-breaking honesty of his career-defining opus I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning but with shimmers of everything else he's done humming beneath and above the surface of it. There's even a bunch of rattling drum-rolls and yelps that wouldn't be out of place on a second Desaparacidos record. And, that's not to mention the lyrics about stuff like snuff films on gumbo-trons, which feature on 'Beginner's Mind' which could possibly be his first radio hit or at the very least one of his finest songs, with a universal appeal.

From: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141839-guide-to-2011-part-2--albums-dis-is-looking-forward-to-in-2011 (http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4141839-guide-to-2011-part-2--albums-dis-is-looking-forward-to-in-2011)

How about trying the more stripped down live versions: http://thesteamengine.blogspot.com/2011/02/download-bright-eyes-2011-10-02-bbc6.html (http://thesteamengine.blogspot.com/2011/02/download-bright-eyes-2011-10-02-bbc6.html) :)

I didn't even know he added more tour dates, but BE will be here in Louisville the day before I leave for Bonnaroo. A nice little bonnaroo pre-game.

Quote from: e_wind on Mar 11, 2011, 11:00 AM
I didn't even know he added more tour dates, but BE will be here in Louisville the day before I leave for Bonnaroo. A nice little bonnaroo pre-game.

Woop, woop, sounds great! :) I just saw that M. Ward will join them on the Philadelphia and Washington shows as well... too bad he didn't come to Sweden as well, that would have been so nice :)

I know alot of people didnt really like cassadaga but this song is great.....Bright Eyes- Lime Tree (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9591zoSkqyc#)

I love Cassadaga and that is a great song indeed! Such a sad topic, beautifully phrased as always, ♥ Bright Eyes. In Spotify they incorrectly put Smoke Without Fire as the 14th track, but I quite like that, since Lime Tree is so very sad, it's nice to let Smoke Without Fire be the final song instead.

Whoa!  Flash time warp:::  I'm finally listening to this album, via the same site that is currently streaming Thievery Corporation's new album.

I remember reading the interview (maybe in RS) where Conor explains about the guy who's behind all of the spoken word... sounds like an interesting dude!  I too may not have it in me to always listen to the intro talk, but I reaaaallly like the pieces Conor decided to stick throughout the album.

So far the stickiest song for me has been "One For You, One For Me."  And I like the spoken bit at the end  8)  Excited to finally be giving this a spin!  A lot to grasp for sure, as several people have mentioned, but I like hearing different things with each spin, until I eventually get the words down.  And I like deciphering the lyrics and connecting dots of information, etc...

Took me long enough to give it a go!  :P

Quote from: woodnymph on Jul 03, 2011, 07:31 PM
Whoa!  Flash time warp:::  I'm finally listening to this album, via the same site that is currently streaming Thievery Corporation's new album.

I remember reading the interview (maybe in RS) where Conor explains about the guy who's behind all of the spoken word... sounds like an interesting dude!  I too may not have it in me to always listen to the intro talk, but I reaaaallly like the pieces Conor decided to stick throughout the album.

So far the stickiest song for me has been "One For You, One For Me."  And I like the spoken bit at the end  8)  Excited to finally be giving this a spin!  A lot to grasp for sure, as several people have mentioned, but I like hearing different things with each spin, until I eventually get the words down.  And I like deciphering the lyrics and connecting dots of information, etc...

Took me long enough to give it a go!  :P

Sounds goodie! One For You, One For Me is definitely my favorite off the new album to hear live, I like how they usually end the show with it and how it just kind of sums up all the feeling you've felt during the concert in one long musical embrace. ♥  :thumbsup:

Some Conor news, so exciting!  :cheesy: :cheesy: :cheesy:

Q: Earlier this year, you released a single, "MariKKKopa," and toured with your political punk-rock band Desaparecidos, with whom you hadn't put out an album for a decade. Is there more to come?

A: They haven't announced it yet, but we are going to do some more shows, and put out more music next year.

Q: What's happening next?

A: My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose. That'll happen next year, probably under my own name.

Q: There have been a lot of reports suggesting you've retired Bright Eyes. True?

A: No. I love playing with Mike and Nate. Hopefully, we'll do that sometime in the near future. . . . They both worked on a movie called Writers that I wrote a song for that will be out next year.

(via this  (http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20121115_A_chat_with_Conor_Oberst.html#ixzz2CJQMN5Gd%20Watch%20sports%20videos%20you%20won%27t%20find%20anywhere%20else)article)

I saw Conor last night in DC and it was freaking brilliant.  Mostly a solo show though on some songs he one of the Bright Eyes guys play keyboards and some trumpet.

He played a few new songs, which were all great, and then great picks of older stuff.  I was particularly excited to hear The Big Picture, Waste of Paint, At The Bottom of Everything, Lua, Land Locked Blues, and First Day of My Life. 

Really rekindled my love for Conor after being very disappointed by Bright Eyes on the last tour.

Anyone hear the new Desaparecidos tracks? I'm into em...

http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/02/new-music-desaparecidos-the-left-is-right-and-anonymous/ (http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/02/new-music-desaparecidos-the-left-is-right-and-anonymous/)

I really like the two new songs. I'm seeing Desaparecidos next weekend in DC. It should be a great time.

http://www.npr.org/2014/05/11/310087950/first-listen-conor-oberst-upside-down-mountain?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20140511 (http://www.npr.org/2014/05/11/310087950/first-listen-conor-oberst-upside-down-mountain?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20140511)

New record is streaming. It's good.

Woke up to pre order downloaded...
Great way to start a shitty Monday!!!
Sounds great  :thumbsup:

Will be catching the Dawes/Conor show this Thursday on Long Island. Can't wait. Will likely pick up the vinyl of the new album at the show.


Edit: Hmmm....maybe not:

Due to manufacturing delays, vinyl pressings for Upside Down Mountain will not be available until around the end of May.

Nonesuch hopes to start shipping the vinyl on May 23.


Oh well.

I'm enjoying the album so far. 

I've never been a MEGA Oberst fan, but I am definitely a huge fan of his songwriting, and challenge anyone to find a better lyricist. The guy is a poet whose skills with the pen are lightyears away from any of his peers. While I sometimes find his vocal delivery style a little grating, I am a huge fan of Jonathan Wilson's work as a producer, so I went into this release with pretty high expectations. While I wouldn't say those expectations have been surpassed, I'm definitely enjoying this record. The highpoints here are as high as any of my favorite songs written by Oberst. "Double Life" is my clear-cut favorite so far, just love that concept for a song, and those are some breathtaking harmonies in the chorus. "Enola Gay", "Hundreds of Ways" and "Time Forgot" are just great too. What a pleasant record. Definitely worth tracking down!

enjoying the new album.. I like dawes as a backing band I think they suit conors music very well.

Quote from: bartel on May 26, 2014, 10:24 AM
enjoying the new album.. I like dawes as a backing band I think they suit conors music very well.

I'm not sure if you meant it like this, but they aren't the band that plays on the album.

Also, was at the show in Pittsburgh on Sunday, and the new vinyl wasn't there. Show was great.

Upside Down Mountain is sooo good! Will be very interesting to hear Standing on the Outside Looking In/Sugar Street http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/7620 (http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/7620)  :cheesy:  :thumbsup:

So good indeed! It could very easily be my favorite of the year. I've got my eye on this too.


Also, Fast Friends, the b side to Hundreds of Ways is very good. Has a bit of an MMJ sound to me with that long guitar part at the end.

Quote from: Angelo on Oct 31, 2014, 09:23 PM
So good indeed! It could very easily be my favorite of the year. I've got my eye on this too.


Also, Fast Friends, the b side to Hundreds of Ways is very good. Has a bit of an MMJ sound to me with that long guitar part at the end.

Got the Hundreds of Ways/Fast Friends record, but no player at the moment. Found it on YouTube though, thanks for the reminder! Definitely agree with you on the guitar part.  :thumbsup:

http://m.pitchfork.com/news/59261-conor-obersts-band-desaparecidos-share-city-on-the-hill-video/ (http://m.pitchfork.com/news/59261-conor-obersts-band-desaparecidos-share-city-on-the-hill-video/)

New song/video by Conor and Desaparecidos!
Album = 6/23

New solo album - 10/14

http://www.conoroberst.com/02/

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6G9nfcO7PHQ

Holy shit!! :thumbsup:

New song from the Fillmore. Getting excited to hear this album

I have the audience recording of Conor's set from the Fillmore. Would it be ok to post here or would that be frowned upon?

You can listen to the new album here

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/29/495773081/first-listen-conor-oberst-ruminations

Awesome! Thanks

What are the odds that Conor will be at OBH again?


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If he's playing anywhere down in Mexico around then I'd say pretty good.  If not... probably not.

Quote from: sillyboob on Oct 07, 2016, 10:44 AM
If he's playing anywhere down in Mexico around then I'd say pretty good.  If not... probably not.

I just looked. He's going to be in Europe during OBH.  Darn

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/conor-oberst-announces-star-studded-companion-album-salutations-shares-two-tracks-listen/ (http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/01/conor-oberst-announces-star-studded-companion-album-salutations-shares-two-tracks-listen/)

Jim duh