Honestly, Conor oberst is my favorite poet. He has been working so hard for so long, some people don’t respect him, but he is brilliant: there is no doubt about it. I love him. Just use your brain
Soooooo happy already with the 1st 2 song choices, i literally play and sing these on the regular now 34 going on 35 this man has literally changed life........ My wife of 16+yrs who I lost Oct 4th 2018 had the cover of ""Every day and Every Night""" tattooed on her forearm, also had ""Bright Eyes"" tatted on her side, now I did introduce her that was literally back in 03' I have TRUE BLUE on my knuckles, i also have the lil stick figure he drew in Easy/Lucky/Free official video, holding the balloon on the left sode of my chest/breast, above him it obviously says ""Bright Eyes"", i have LIFTED across my chest......... I also have across the back of my right forearm """No Lies, Just Love""" This man changed my life on a number of occasions and since losing my wife, he continues to move me like mountains get moved...... I was BLESSED AND AM TRULY THANKFUL my beautiful and amazing wife was able to leave me an amazing a gorgeous little boy, she turned 31, our son turned 2 and not even 4 months after she passed liver failure....... Needed a new one and it wasn't in the cards for her not I the truth of the matter is she was, is, and always will b love of my life and I am thankful to have found it at such a young age, she was literally the 1st woman i had ever ""been"" with, she just turned 15, I was 16 almost 17 so yes this year Aug 19th wouldve made 19yrs so here's ro you baby, my yellow bird!!!!! I love you and miss u everyday, and Asa looks more and more like you everyday, he gives me looks sometimes where I'm all, yuuuup, that's ur mom riggt there, hey babe i see you!!!!!!!!Ill nevsr fprget when i first introduced her to Conor she said, u know, """just like the 1st time i heard you play babe, he gives me ""The feels"".............. I intend on getting her birth/death date including EASY/LUCKY/FREE across my shoulders Amywaaaaaays i couldnt be more thrilled with the song choices of these 3 incredibly talented empathetic men, and any1 who read this far,shit u give me the feels lol ly all
First time I cried at a damn RU-vid comment. Thanks for sharing. I’m so sorry for your loss. Sounds like she was incredible and I’m so glad you got that time together. What a gift.
Your comment gave me "the feels" thanks for sharing. I'm sorry about your loss it's a blessing to share the love of certain music with someone you love. I agree the first about the first two songs. I cover "Cleanse Song" too I think it's probably the most beautiful Bright Eyes song and one of the most meaningful to me. To see Mogis on mandolin is something special too. Can't wait to see them on tour this year!
I’ve always had rather extreme emotional reactions to beautiful music since I was a kid (certain melodies or chords just make me cry and I don’t know why), but no other artist can bring those emotions out of me quite like bright eyes.
So excellent.. I just got back from the hospital and I'm so sad and Conor is all I want to listen to right now.. so I selected this one. The best. He understands. He knows . He's been there and that's all I need to know right now.
Saw him at the 9:30 club a couple decades ago. Watched him drink himself into a stupor, each song getting better and better. Shared a cigarette after and my life was never the same for that conversation. So happy he found happiness.
I really love the new album. Conor is such a clever person. His words make me question as well as make me happy to know I'm not the only one feeling a certain way.
Me too! So glad they played it. One of my favorite Bright Eyes songs and maybe the most beautiful of instrumental arrangements. Mogis on mandolin is amazing in this version!
I remember him when I was a college freshmen in 2007 and heard cassadaga and knew they were special. I’m so happy they are back. Makes me think of better times and be thankful they are still playing.
I discovered Bright Eyes at the beginning of 2014 and for all those years I was sure I would never get a chance to hear new songs, and I am also very excited they are back. They are probably the only band I am still a huge fan since middle school.
My older sister introduced me to bright eyes in 2002 (I was 12). She had a room mate who gave her a copy of fevers and mirrors. She didn’t love it, so she gave it to me, and I was hooked. LIFTED was already out at that point, but I hadn’t heard it yet. She gifted me the LP for my birthday a few years later, and I’ve been collecting records ever since.
Many thanks! As an artist and mother myself it’s been inspiring connecting with a wider community through motherhood and keeping going with my independent music. We need more examples of empowered parents like this around!around the world!
i did a cover of first day of my life at our high school talent show in 2007, and won! even the janitors came up to tell me how much they loved it. bright eyes is the shit!
Conor is a poet who's been working on the same poem that ties every human feeling, every human thought, every human emotion, every human movement, every human interaction, every human being, together. Good for him.
The first time shook Conor's hand I did it because he was able to survive the greatest musical performance I had ever witnessed in person. I believed in my heart he was going to commit suicide right in front of me like kurt cobain but right in front of my face. I had never seen such intensity in person before or since that night. For me when I shook his hand afterward it was a biblical level miracle I witnessed with all my senses the fifth being the touch. I could taste the moisture of sweat fuming earlier and smell the spirit and see a maniac and hear the tears.
THIS Non Grata 😍👍 LET’S SING (everyone!!) Getting dressed for a date Put on blue aftershave Wore a kilt like a Celt Hid the way that I felt Combat boots, fallen leaves West Village Halloween To a Bollywood song Taking shots 'til we're gone Unwelcome in the autumn Persona non grata I'm the last of the best I'm your thoughts in the swamp There's a playground of children In the shadows of buildings There's a line out the church Where your homelessness works Where the stain glass of crimson Meets Ezekiel's Visions Saw a valley of bones Where no man shall be saved And now you, you come to me asking that And now you, you come to me and you're asking that Oh, how can we reconcile? Left your innocence there In Tiananmen Square You were filled with despair Underfed and depressed Vacant lot where a prison stood God knows you never would Lie to yourself But you do every time Made a life of deception And passive aggression Going to scream when I sing Going to die in the rain Turn me on, you're a knockout Climb up on to my cloud Do your worst to me now Before I change my mind And now you, you want to be true to me once again And you want me to be true to you once again Oh yeah, you, you want to be true to me once again And you want me to be true to you once again
Best fourteen minutes and twenty seconds I have spent in quite some time. I somehow missed this pandemic lockdown performance and now I am so pleased to have found it. I saw Bright Eyes last summer in New Haven on the first leg of the tour for Down in the Weeds- one of the best shows ever with the 14 piece orchestra backing on the more symphonic tracks. Wish I could've seen him the second time around this year
I have an endless amount of love for connor, but i swear, every single time i listen to his music...i cry...a lot...and...i cant not. No matter how many times ive listened to any of his albums, there is not a single one that i can make it through to the end of, without shedding a river of tears.
i still love everything bright eyes. i should have given conor the very long love letter i wrote him when i was 16 ... now i'm 34 and still thinking I should send it to him. i have a masters in poetry and conor is probably responsible for that
For my 16th birthday (2013) I saw Bright Eyes, My morning jacket, and M. Ward in Vegas at HoB. I yearned out "I love you Connor!" And he looked through his emo hair and said right to me "I love you too." Unfortunately, Conor, I moved on, got married, and started a family of my own. Still love your voice though.
I told my uncle george christmas morning I had witnessed the greatest musical performance and had no idea it was even going to be them playing there when I got there.
My far away famous friend, known you since 99, yeah way back when; though we have not met. Still can't find the lovers we don't have to love, not yet. Our relationship began with a sunrise, sunset, you sang me such a perfect sonnet as I sat alone in the basement. I love you connor.
Dear Conor, If I may, I'd like to carry you around with me everywhere I go. You can sit on my shoulder and sing to me all those brilliant thoughts that form in your beautiful mind. I mean, if it's cool with you. I love you! Since I first lay eyes on you in Los Angeles on valentines day in 1999? Maybe... I forget the exact year but somewhere along there. Thank you for sharing your talent with us! XoXo
You get your life together lol. He already inspires lots of people, has been for more than 30 years. He is allowed to be a mess, he's human. That's not any less inspiring. As a matter of fact one could argue seeing humans be human is more inspiring than pretending everything is perfect. You should see what some of these "sober" artists are into....it's pretty gross
8 years clean and sober here. Cleanse Song got me through the dark days. "On a detox walk through a Glendale park someone wrote, in red, start over." Go take your walk my man.
