Bright Eyes- Arc of Time 11/16/07

[PoisonOak321]

The atmosphere this song creates when it's played live is completely insane, everybody...vibrates!

[19ThyRickster91]

They were in town a few months ago. My brother neglected to tell me... Lucky me.

[167dwpoole]

can someone please tell me what guitar mr oberst is using here?

[MrAdrianloera]

I kinda with the album version sounded more like this, it sounds great..

[GoogleVideoMan]

Bright Eyes has some of the best lyrics.

[pageseventyfive]

best concert i've ever been to. I'm pretty sure I left that comment already.. but it should be repeated.

[MeteorShower97]

Conor...sigh

[mancheromanchero]

thats sum really good shit. oberst is mah nigga!

[sunhoney1]

This video makes me :) I like how he animates the song lol...

I saw the interview too, ratm3413 is correct.

[pageseventyfive]

Such a good concert.

[pockmarkedbuttocks]

is this a Christian song/group?

[AdobeCSTutorials]

hahahahahahhahaa. no.

[pockmarkedbuttocks]

but the lyrics are : " If make friends with Jesus Christ, you'll get right up from that chalk outline.." Isn't that what happens when someone gets truly saved?

[thealee]

he makes alot of ambiguous comments about god and stuff

[ratm3413]

Yeah he said in an interview I think that a lot of bright eyes songs have to do with his loss of faith

[AdobeCSTutorials]

He's probably talking in the mind of someone else: hence "I heard if you make friends, etc. etc."

[pockmarkedbuttocks]

Makes sense...thanks!

[BurningOrchids]

He also asserts going to heaven seems to be a compromise in which you give up earthly pleasures to be part of a show. It's not a glowing review of chrisitanity from what I'm hearing.

[pockmarkedbuttocks]

That's too bad - I was, in my naivete, really enjoying the song as a Christian anthem.

[TheBenny48]

hahahahahaha. you were soooooo wrong on that one. He's like a pagan dude.

[llamalameness]

I think that is the wonderful thing about Oberst's lyrics. The fact that they can be interpreted so many ways. even if your meaning is not the same as his, it is still valid.

[meemo50]

:] thats okay, it definately sounds like it

[standardyarn]

i don't feel like the earthly pleasures are really a theme here. i think it's more just about earthly possessions and emotions. i don't think it's meant to hold any concrete conclusions about the end of life, just that you are supposed to go somehwere.

[MaxstertheBard211]

@BurningOrchids He changes his opinion a lot. Remember, he's been making music since he was 14, with Bright Eyes since 17, and he's now 31. My understanding from his more recent stuff is he's in this Neo-Spirituality sort of phase. But at the same time, some of The People's Key's lyrics really point to some sort of faith. Definitely not mainline Christian, but some sort of redeeming god figure...

I guess the most you can do is pray and hope he figures it out.

[bubsadoozy]

@MaxstertheBard211

Don't take his lyrics too seriously. He's a humanist. He doesn't, for a fact, believe in a deity. His lyric's spirituality are concerned more with the ideas around pantheism. Watch some of his newer interviews.

[breakdowntimeyeeeh]

make what you will of it.

it's ambigious for a reason, to be neutral and convey that where all in this together. whether what belief.

wonderful descriptions.

[tobarrr]

good old jesus christ! nice touch.

[weremostlywater]

this is a remarkable performance, of one of his best songs. performances like this will one day prove a specific period of bright eyes as in standing among greats like the velvet underground, et

[particleman01]

february 2007- to around october 2007

[karmaplan74]

i like this song live and didnt really like it on the way it sounded on the cd for some reason but its a good song.

old soul song performance was just amazing and i am also glad that he did an attempt to tip the scales I wished the song was longer but i like it soo much haha,

thanks for posting these great videos :)

[Candyann22]

Conor is my god.

[particleman01]

no! he cut it short again after the cassadaga tour. it's even shorter now, than in this video.

[harrylovesron4eva]

i know. it was the worst day of my life. kind of.

but then i also realised it was sold out (before i realised it was an american one :P) which was equally as sad, because ti was the only one that i would be able to get to

HOWEVER

conors playing at reading fest, which although isnt the whole of bright eyes, its the BEST BIT

and im wetting myself with excitement :D :D :D

only a hundred and one days!!!

:D

[apoeticretelling]

i was gunna go to this

then realised it was porstmouth in america

not england

and nearly cried :(

[NowlinMD]

Awesome. You must have used a nice camera

[sarahisbeef]

wish he'd play in England :( and in the North not the South. North East, Yorkshire, Leeds to be exact :D lol

this looked like an amazing concert, thanks for posting!!

[dearley18]

great live version of the song... makes me realize how I don't pull out Digital Ash often enough.. some great songs on there.. thanks for posting

[justinwwwalin]

he needs to come play in omaha again. its been since the slowdown (the saddle creek bar) opened. wich was awhile ago. but cursive is playing friday :)

[championofidiots]

aw, this is so great. thanks for posting

[PunkyheadShannon]

was he drunk at this show? i went to a show in omaha in early 2004 and he was pretty darn drunk.

[TopDog69]

I love this performance, just great.

And how the hell did you get this in such good quality, haha. Greatness.

[nightgeorgiegirl]

I was at this show and IT WAS INCREDIBLE!!!

Magical!

Absolutely one of the best concerts I've ever seen (and I'm not a young kid - I'm in my forties - seen lots of concerts) - I'm still high over it.

THIS song was amazing.

Every moment was brilliant.

This guy is SOOOO talented and has an incredibly powerful stage presence, AND the band and arrangements were stunning.

I was in awe - filled with wonder and total joy.

blah blah blah BLAH blah I can't stop talking about it!!!!!!

[jbentz1966]

I agree with you on every point. I, too, am in my 40's, and was there that night.

This is actually my 3rd Bright Eyes concert this year (the other two were Somerville and Boston, MA earlier in the year)

It was a great concert, though. Gotta say the new song (Roosevelt Room) he closed with was the best of the night, along with Old Soul Song, which is ALWAYS awesome.

Bright Eyes - they ain't just for kids anymore. :-)

[nightgeorgiegirl]

Yes! - Roosevelt Room was so well written and powerful!

Agree too about Old Soul Song - I love it when he gets loud and passionate. What an amazing vocalist!

I still can't get over the whole performance.

Were the other 2 shows you saw as amazing as this one?

I envy you for seeing them 3 times now. Happily, though, Conor is still a very young guy, so we have many years of his creativity to look forward to!

(Even us old folks - just kidding.)

[nightgeorgiegirl]

Also loved his comments on "you all remember we're in a war, right?, etc... ... for no reason except to make rich people richer..." Yeah Conor!

[jbentz1966]

Yes. I thought that comment was well put by him. Actually, the Boston show was much better than in Portsmouth. But it was an entirely different beast. It was the middle of the Cassadaga tour, and he had all the band members (17 in all) and more of a stage show. and it was LOUDER. LOL This show was more reserved. Although it was nice that he did alot of older tunes, I was sad that he didn't do a couple he had been doing on this leg of the tour at other cities.

[coldandblank]

thanks for posting... : ) its amazing!

[sqirrel]

i loved those hand movements he did. thanks for posting such incredible videos. i cant believe how good the quality is. awesome.