Dear Texas, I Hate You, Love Bright Eyes

He sure sounds like a fuckin' dufus, though. Something tells me I won't be ditching ZZ Top or Butthole Surfers or even Criss Cross for his stuff.

He is a douche.

oh conor, you hate the president? guess what you fuck, we were hating him back in the day when he was just the governor and we're pretty damn tired of hearing about him. you're in texas at a bright eyes show. you can take it as read everyone hates george fucking bush, so give it a rest and just play your stupid little songs.

You live in a town that has the same name as you? Fucking narcissist.

-- Al (hoteloper...), February 10th, 2005.

Really? This is too fuckin' sad. Bonehead tribalism at its worst.

Oberst's rant was ignorantly put, and he probably is a douche and all, but what he said about Texas is basically true. Worst state in the union, by far.

Like, whoah!

I imagine Bill Hicks' could have done a great routine on sensitive-guy rock like Bright Eyes.

I think I'd respect Conor more if he were a bit more like this:

http://gfx.dagbladet.no/kultur/2001/01/16/terminator_sak.jpg

-- Dr Morbius (wjwe...), February 10th, 2005.

Ok, but they're FROM Texas, so they have a little more right.

Really? This is too fuckin' sad. Bonehead tribalism at its worst.

Oberst's rant was ignorantly put, and he probably is a douche and all, but what he said about Texas is basically true. Worst state in the union, by far.

Calling other posters sad = DUD

Hardly.

Rounding out the bottom five are Montana, North Dakota, Alaska, and your pick of any state with endless stretches of nothing.

Like Texas?

California even. Of course the difference is that after travelling for hours through endless stretches of nothing you finally arrive at something without having crossed a border.

I liked ESN's earlier stuff better.

One of my best friends here is from near Austin (and other parts of the state at other times), left-wing tendencies, probably going to move to Europe one of these days, and she loves Texas whilst hating Bush. She goes back all the time because she misses it so much. She told me once she gets tired of defending Texas because of Bush and for other reasons related to the misguided perspective of outsiders and "elitist assholes" who think everything outside of Austin is a wasteland.

can't wait for the recovering alkie album, sure to come down the line. or book:
"Once from a stage in Fort Worth I pilloried the great state of Texas. I was tired of the road, tired of having to play some dumb shit I came up with off the top of my head, and especially of the trick where I just repeated a portentous phrase over and over, sometimes even three or four or fifteen thousand times, every song.
My drummer was really good though. I noticed he seldom drank.
Then of course I met Bono..."

That's an absolutely ludicrous if your job (or your spouse's job) involves the fine arts!

Conor Oberst never said anything about insulting those residing in Texas. And by the way look at the facts, it is true that Texas is a pretty awful state, and that Conor had been drinking, perhaps he was a little, if not, not at all aware of the words that he "blurred" out. I personally have nothing againts Texas, except that I do honestly have to agree with the fact stated before.
Besides, most of you Texan residents - that came across this article, read it, then got all worked up about someone actually having the nerve to say to you the FACTS (once again)- are probably and most likely obliviated to Conor Oberst's music and great lyrical abilities, he was actually stated one of the most genious of our era. So if you have no idea on who he is and have something negative to say, best if you dont say anything at all, and all those Texans here that are aware of Conor 's talent, I respect you and I'm telling you there's no need really to try and defend your state, it's pretty much worthless to do so..Oh, and the person that said he/she'd rather listen to Dashboard Confesional, do you not have ears and a brain working well enough to know the difference between good and not so good music?

Oberst walks off stage after two songs in Houston, band has fans do live karaoke before show is cancelled.

https://www.spin.com/2022/05/bright-eyes-conor-oberst-houston/

Every now and then he falls apart.

Conor Noberst