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the singer, not the song

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his songtitles are great for instance

― erik, Sunday, 13 October 2002 11:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Conor's got that warblee "oh woe is me" voice that just beckons to be sung along with. And with his Desparacidos stuff there is no way you can help yourself.

― Claire Miccio, Sunday, 13 October 2002 14:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Conor's got that warblee "oh woe is me" voice that just beckons to be sung along with.

Or punched repeatedly until he stops singing.

― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 13 October 2002 15:14 (twenty-three years ago)

I really liked Bright Eyes... until I heard them (him). Awful voice, songwriting "shows potential" I suppose... but who cares.

― Sean (Sean), Sunday, 13 October 2002 15:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I heard one song, there wasn't a great deal of difference between him and Soul Asylum.

― Max Cannon, Sunday, 13 October 2002 15:37 (twenty-three years ago)

but at least he never had a video starring Claire Danes and her "angel" within.

― Claire (Claire Miccio), Sunday, 13 October 2002 15:44 (twenty-three years ago)

wow, his loss. whatever happened to claire danes anyway?

― Wyndham Earl, Sunday, 13 October 2002 15:55 (twenty-three years ago)

mod squad.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 13 October 2002 16:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Fuck this guy.

― Kenan, Sunday, 13 October 2002 16:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Great review.

Claire Danes has been away at college, by the way.

― paul cox (paul cox), Sunday, 13 October 2002 16:43 (twenty-three years ago)

actually she just played the role of a mistreated skeleton in Igby Goes Down.

― Claire (Claire Miccio), Sunday, 13 October 2002 17:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Matos to thread!

― Nate Patrin, Sunday, 13 October 2002 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I find Bright Eyes pretentious, but in a very endearing way.

The Big Picture however, is a HORRIBLE song and possibly the worst excuse for an opening song I have ever heard.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 13 October 2002 21:08 (twenty-three years ago)

So why couldn't I lay half those slams against melodrama and earnestness on the vaunted Morrissey? With "the big picture" and a handful of other tracks, Conor does do himself in. He seems to put his own dramatics over the importance of the song. Still, that doesn't take away from the fact that there are some great tracks on the album.

And in general, the only thing that gets an eyeroll outta me faster then a critic making fun of Conor, is one making fun of Bono.

― bnw (bnw), Sunday, 13 October 2002 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I think that review was pretty accurate. I try and try to enjoy it, because I know there's -something- good in these songs.. but I just can't bring myself to really like them at all. I just can't take the lyrics, or maybe not so much the lyrics themselves, but as the reviewer said.. they sound so naive and earnest in the way they're sung.. I can't relate or take it seriously. I usually don't have to relate to music to enjoy it, but when the songs focus so much on emotions and personal issues, it becomes important.

― Bobby D Gray (bedhead), Sunday, 13 October 2002 22:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Ugh.
Why is every remotely positive piece written about them some bloated, doe-eyed, hyperbolic gush-fest?

― Steph (Steph), Monday, 14 October 2002 00:31 (twenty-three years ago)

The sad thing is, there are other members of the band--talented musicians, actually. Yet Oberst is the only one who seems to get any attention. Probably because he pleads for it so flailingly.

― Steph (Steph), Monday, 14 October 2002 00:33 (twenty-three years ago)

The sad thing is, there are other members of the band--talented musicians, actually. Yet Oberst is the only one who seems to get any attention. Probably because he pleads for it so flailingly.

probably because his cast of musicians is always revolving. my pal, steph, plays a mean bass for him! is that you. steph?

― chaki (chaki), Monday, 14 October 2002 01:12 (twenty-three years ago)

my pal, steph, plays a mean bass for him! is that you. steph?
No. Sorry to disappoint you. It's only me.

― Steph (Steph), Monday, 14 October 2002 02:03 (twenty-three years ago)

the only thing that gets an eyeroll outta me faster then a critic making fun of Conor, is one making fun of Bono.

Oh, Good Lord. Am I among a cadre of Bono fans? Should I stop reading this list now, before I start losing sleep?

― Kenan, Monday, 14 October 2002 06:03 (twenty-three years ago)

So why couldn't I lay half those slams against melodrama and earnestness on the vaunted Morrissey?

Can open, worms everywhere.

The short answer: Morrissey understands, and in fact has a finely-tuned sense of, irony and wit. Oberst just bludgeons you over the head with his own precious "sincerity."

― Kenan, Monday, 14 October 2002 06:06 (twenty-three years ago)

BNW - judging by the cpl of Bright Eyes tracks I've heard Morrissey's delivery is much better - much less ostentatious pausing for effect. Also he's got more range in his voice. Kenan is also right in that "sincerity" is not what Moz is about - you can take him as seriously or not as you need to.

Kenan - generally U2 fandom here runs at a low ebb but there are some posters who are sick of the easy-target aspects of picking on U2.

― Tom (Groke), Monday, 14 October 2002 09:04 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven years pass...

could. not. believe. my. eyes. when I saw this detritus on the internet.... I really liked Bright Eyes... until I heard them (him). Awful voice, songwriting "shows potential" I suppose... but who cares

Sean...or can I call you Plebe...do you wash your ears with motor oil at night....Bright Eyes is perhaps the finest of our generation...geniuses are rarely appreciated by the lamestream media

do go run home to your Morrissey shite and tell me the next time it gets you a shag worth writing home about, then try the same with Bright Eyes...fuckin wankspot

― Pedro Thelion, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:28 (twelve years ago)

Pedro...do you realize you're answering something somebody wrote...eleven years ago...and that everybody who originally posted on this thread...has been in in prison for at least the last five years

phantoms...you're yelling at phantoms...phantoms are rarely appreciated by the mainstream media

― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:43 (twelve years ago)

don't care if it was written in 1783...it had to be tackled

― Pedro Thelion, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:09 (twelve years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GilqqHC0SQ8

― shit man props for that hit! fuckin massive! (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:10 (twelve years ago)

I think there's still some graffitti scrawled under a bridge in Vienna about how Beethoven's new sonatas suck. You should get after those vandals next.

― I got the glares, the mutterings, the snarls (President Keyes), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 23:14 (twelve years ago)

one month passes...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/08/conor-oberst-bright-eyes-denies-rape-allegations

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:50 (twelve years ago)

six months pass...

And, six months later:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/15/conor-oberst-false-rape-claims-retracted-by-accuser

― goth colouring book (anagram), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 12:24 (eleven years ago)

so he was telling the truth.

― Bee OK, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 02:22 (eleven years ago)

oopsy daisy

― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 02:29 (eleven years ago)

lolling at aero's comment a few posts above

― Vinnie, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 13:17 (eleven years ago)

I like the touch about all first generation ilm posters being in prison

― Treeship, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 15:02 (eleven years ago)

phantoms are rarely appreciated by the mainstream media

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 16 July 2014 15:47 (eleven years ago)

six years pass...

Pedro...do you realize you're answering something somebody wrote...eleven years ago...and that everybody who originally posted on this thread...has been in in prison for at least the last five years

― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 1 December 2020 08:25 (five years ago)

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