Bright Eyes - Conor and Mike Mogis Interview

[irulehyrule2]

I'm wondering what they're on. And where I can get some.

[MarkSaladstand]

@BoyBornPoet This interview was taken around 2003/2004, and Give Up is the album by the Postal Service that they're referring to which came out around the same time. Also, the music video i would imagine they're referring to is The District Sleeps Alone Tonight which was released in 2003, and they could just be mistaken; however Such Great Heights's music video was released in 2004 (not 2010). Lastly, the musical scenes that those two bands came from have a lot in common as far as DIY and genre

[JLCrazy25]

HIS HAIR. MY GOD IT'S LOVELY. JUST A GREASY DISARRAY. I PERSONALLY LIKE IT.

[rjetski]

Where the hell are they interviewing them?

[sharkbyte08]

this interviewer is not on the same level.

[Glenny94]

I love how this guy who writes these amazing songs for this amazing band can be so shy, down to earth and so honest with himself and everyone else in these interviews and in general. It doesn't seem like he's trying to impress anyone and it's not awkward, it's real. I love it.

[villasixx]

why is this tagged under emo?

[SuperDoctor333]

fuck man for such a great artist hes kind...of... awkward :)

[CatieIvy]

@SuperDoctor333 It makes him loveable^^

[robotroxen]

i hate that girls love this guy. i saw him this weekend and he was an arrogan douche. He acted like he was too good to be performing for us and talked about how the internet is "the pig" and that everybody at the music festival is freaking out because they can't use it. OMG HE'S A EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE BOY HE'S SO FUCKIN SEXY

[downwithcheesecake]

@robotroxen well.... as long as he makes good music iam good.. :D

[JOYWRIGHT]

Conor Oberst you are my dream.

[TehChiken]

Early 00s MTV, early 00s music.

Good times

[knf1996]

He's the most awkward speaker I've ever seen.

[tillypetals]

such awkward interviewers lol

[DreaminMyLifeAway]

wow, conor oberst on mtv?

[YeahItsPiero]

This was when MTV Was cool(Ladytron,Bright eyes!) Perfect!

[xbloodxbrothers]

@YeahItsPiero this shows still on mtv. its on at 5am tho =/

[Ashumleyo]

"It smells musty"

[tehnubster69]

Why does the camera keep panning at Conors hands

[yellowhello95]

"The postal service is coming up" "yaaay" ".....good band..."

haha so awkward

[masteruber12]

this interview is about as insightful to who oberst and mogis are as footage of a horse taking a shit :|

[UMmus1c]

whats the song in the intro???

[spearmintythang]

i want mike moglis' posture.

[EpicHale]

lol that interview seems so awkward its like that interviewer is threatening them to do the interview with a knife

[TaylorJohnsonMusic]

Conor's speaking voice and mannerisms are a lot like andrew vanwyngarden's from MGMT.

[sportsluva156]

@TaylorJohnsonMusic OH MY GOD I WAS THIKING THIS EXACTLY

and kkind off bennn goldwasser

[oak1236]

@TaylorJohnsonMusic It's the drugs;)

[thenoiboi]

@TaylorJohnsonMusic or vice-versa...

[wynngoes]

@TaylorJohnsonMusic and they kinda look alike too!

[UMmus1c]

whats the song that starts the video?

[ElNaztyBlanco87]

@UMmus1c They're called Called. And they're fucking amazing.

[Runnmill]

@UMmus1c seventeen by Ladytron

[sethjsw]

@Runnmill i knew it !

[EmmaOberst]

at the end, "oh no!" LOL :') 

[KeLsOideally]

The interviewer sucked.

[LordHypnos93]

back when mtv gave a flying fuck about music

[GymnasticBreaks]

This is such a rubbish place for an interview you can just imagine the trendy art house morons in MTV production "oh let's interview Bright Eyes in an industrial stairwell, we can make them stand and look awkward and put a green tinted lense on the camera, it will juxtapose the organic sound of their indie folk rock against the cold and uncomprimising progression of...blah blah blah..." Bollocks. Love Bright Eyes, this interview is rubbish.

[PrettyLoather]

what happened to his glasses?  does he wear contacts now?

[kingofstupid]

everybodies focusing on bright eyes (obviously) so i think im the only here that actually misses the "subteranean" on mtv2 it was such a great idea cause they use to have times for different music, like metal at 11 at night, spanking new in the afternoon, subteranean, top ten, occasionally they would play different genres of underground and mainstream from 2am till 6am.. good times.

[IlyIndiegirl]

Conor Oberst is beautiful & amazingly talented. I wish he would marry me & have a thousand babies with!! <3 <3

[jkweddingentrancesux]

@IlyIndiegirl

he will cum on your face if u ask him :)

[viintagestars]

either conor has lice or he's just not good at the casual hair-ruffle.

cuuute.

[onenightstandoffstl]

Mike is hardly in any interviews...maybe this is why.

[gogunn]

I have mike's hair

[Jakesmydawg]

A love God !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AmericanFighter1212]

Does he have a speach problem or somthing? He can only say like 4 words before pausing.

[7MRsilkgrow]

@AmericanFighter1212 it is called a speach impediment you fag and its because they are asking such gay questions he doesn't know what to say because he doesnt know how to talk to idiots like yourself "americanfighter" ahahahahahahahahaha fag

[Lukeypoo91]

@7MRsilkgrow Who's the fag, Americanfighter1212 for asking an honest question? Or you, for being such a trendy fucking scene kid that you have to defend Conor Oberst's reputation with blind devotion from perceived threats on the internet?

Fag.

[7MRsilkgrow]

@Lukeypoo91 ahahaha scene kid man i am sooooo far opposite of that i am a sub soldier all i listen to is dubstep i listen to conor because he is a intelligent person unlike you, way to generalize ahaha you fucking idiot, and it wasn't an honest question it was a horrible attempt at an insult. so you my friend are the fag

[WharfRat12889]

"smells musty" hahaha mike

[specha123]

He is so awkward, but vivid.

[coughkidcough1]

back when MTV didnt suck my balls

[beeandelle1234]

who gives an interview on a staircase?

[the10eyedtwolip]

The interviewer SUCKS

[HOHROCKS]

i love when he messes up his haiiiir :D

[tothelove]

it's really strange to me that they're playing "Seventeen" by Ladytron in the background. of all the things -- Ladytron. hahahah.

[joementum5]

who decided this was where you should hold an interview?

[aceey2]

MTV fails

[domenge]

no venue? theres sokol hall and the quest and civic center retard.. just mad he cant sell any of them out. what a dick.. hatin on omaha

[chemilybff]

"Can I call it an orchestra?" "Yeah, there were a lot of people there... in an orchestrated fashion.. like together." lol

[Bookluvvers]

i love conor's out of control hair

[thouartnoisy]

i like the organic feel of their interviews. they're in music for the right reason.

[kevinkevinkevink]

conor is amazing!

[annabanana2366]

this is so awkward standing in a hallway

[Isamright33]

check out this new guy, he reminds me of bright eyes, except harder, like danial johnston, and kurt kobain.

[littlefracture]

cool what new guy? i love Kurt Cobain & bright eyes, lmao

... so what guy are you talking about?

[c00lBeansCreed]

what a stupid ass place for an interview, that song in the background is familiar, what is it? well, not bright eyes

FAIL

[initialfriend85]

seventeen by ladytron.

def not bright eyes

[MitchDouglas]

i doubt that mtv brah understands them at all..

[Shawnathen]

those interviewee's SUCK.

Connor did not enjoy this interview.

sucky interview

[heresthegoodpart]

Why do an interview on a staircase, why, why?

(2 minutes later)

And why put the camera at the bottom of the staircase during the interview?

[3ILuvmusic]

"Oh no! It's smells musty."

You just have to appreciate their honesty and awkward inept interviews they have. It's not at all a bad thing, it's actually quite good.

[jclairedelunek]

its so cute how hes all nervous

[blackballoonbabydoll]

dr. dre is a true pimp haha

[liberationn15]

He is so gorgeous and brilliant it just makes me want to die.

[awolfinsheepswool]

no one knows how happy it makes me that someone as amazing as conor seems to have the social/speech issues i do.

[njdohass]

i am a songwriter/drummer/singer/guit­ar, bass, piano, dj, french horn, harmonica, cuatro, trumpet, beat box, lyricist from nyc and i have no trouble speaking but that my friend is badass. especially if you don't suck at life, which i would assume you dont

[MasterOuiukiske]

Some of the greatest minds... can't talk straight.

:D

[hollium]

I think he was high at the time.

[MrTatershot]

@MasterOuiukiske I totally agree. For such great songwriters and musicians these guys are, they are the least eloquent speakers I've heard. Christ.

[beveah]

@MrTatershot listen to some of conors more recent interviews and try and say that same thing again. He by far gives the most in depth and just plain awesome answers then anyone ive ever seen interview before. He's given answers before that make me stay up at night thinking.

[MrTatershot]

@beveah I could totally see that happening. He's a great writer. If you have a link to any of that stuff I'd gladly give it a read.

[beveah]

@MrTatershot

/watch?v=yXUiYPAn1fc is a personal favorite of mine

[kgunitpimp]

@MasterOuiukiske their brains move too fast for there mouths to catch up

[MasterOuiukiske]

@kgunitpimp I agree.

[vinneh89]

@MasterOuiukiske No there is just a lot of other things he wants to say but he cant be upfront about whats on his mind. Read his music to know his mind, will take a long time.

[rhiannonwalsh]

For some reason Conor reminds me of Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT.

[alexlulz]

i have to agree on that one

[getoutofmykoolaid]

yea! your right...like the way he talks sorta

[Dylan9384]

Jim Shearer is a huge fucking dork

[Twobitgangster]

I love how Conor rambles and his thoughts are always jumbled up. It makes him seem really genuine.

[TheKillwhores]

"we had no other choice than to put out our music so..."

lol

[Fwiech]

i love the way conor says "cuz hes a pimp" about dr dre. so adorable!

[MoreLikeButtFilms]

Conor looks kinda like Robert Smith of the cure

[himsa12288]

i wouldnt be suprised if he was a influence on conor. i know robert is on my music. but i dont know why someone hit thumbs down on your comment i think it was a good analogy.

[hollium]

he did - one of the first, if not the first, tape he got was Staring at the Sea. According to 'reliable sources'. But anyone, Robert is AWESOME.

[theRockabillyRhino]

@himsa12288 The first album Conor owned was a Cure album (can't remember which) and he said that it influenced him a lot...so yeah you're right :)

[lizletsdisco]

i hate this background music.

[xPeaceloveandmusicx]

Me too. The entire interview I was thinking that this was not the right background music for Bright Eyes.

[ericinsurgent]

lol Conor's wearing a shirt that supports the sharing of music (or piracy) on MTV a channel that plays mostly music from labels that are apart of the RIAA an organization the sue fans for sharing music

[stankylittleangus]

Haha yeah i was going to ask if that's a piratebay t shirt.

[ericinsurgent]

I thought that at first, but i think this was filmed in 2002 and the pirate bay wasn't up yet

[stankylittleangus]

True but it looks like the exact same design that the pirate bay shirts were...maybe that already existed as a universal sign of supporting piracy though?It's a shame that the piratebay is going downhill.

[ericinsurgent]

In the 80's there was a big anti piracy campaign that made the cassette tape and cross bones logo with the words "Home Taping Is Killing Music And It's Illegal" so it's been around for awhile if you go to Wikipedia and search "Home Taping Is Killing Music" there an article about it. its funny how some thing that started as anti piracy has turned into the a symbol supporting it.

[stankylittleangus]

That's pretty cool haha, and very ironic, thanks for the mini-history lesson, I appreciate it.

[saltinemadness]

i fucking... hate "music television".

so glad he still to this day has not sold out

[tacojohn69]

"they only want you when you 17, when your 21, your on fun"

[GenericReb420]

NO MORE TALKING ABOUT EMO.

[Grimm1337]

I want conors hair.

[orangepencilonlaptop]

i want conor.

[Ninjarmor]

@Grimm1337 Me too :)

[PrettyLoather]

@Grimm1337 eww, this is the worst hair he's had.

[pivvot]

@Grimm1337 yeah thats really gay and emo

[anicake]

who actually does an interview in a stairwell. really.

[Facialcream13]

where the fuck does jim shearer come up with this shit! the doctor dre of independent music. what a smelly douche that boy is!

[s3n0jkc1n]

stairs = awkward interview setting

*especially when the interviewer is sitting a few steps down from conor & mike.

[futoncat]

I wonder how musty it actually smelled.

No matter what, it definitely smelled musty.

[meowey55]

lol its funny his slitty shy and he has a hard time expelling things lol he has a grasp of it but can't get it into words lol it awesome ^^

[dylanyoung22]

connor seems way more insecure here then he does in interviews nowadays.

[thepurplebottIe]

prob cause he was a lot younger here

[PrettyLoather]

aha, pimp.

[psufever19]

what's conor's shirt say?

[ultimateairhead]

thistle

[hardfj]

No, people said that he could be the next Bob Dylan early on. I don't honestly think that people compare them much. But Bright eyes is great. His lyrics are awesome, but not as good as Bob's

[GuidoRox]

He is the Cobain of folk music.

[GuidoRox]

Not folk? What would you call them under then?

And regardless of Cobain's abilities, I was referring to his ability to play through broken sound and failure and use those elements to sound, in a sense, "beautiful". (Though I do realize Nirvana was far from pretty, but you get what I mean.)

[GraceXTheXLoser]

I feel as if you'd be an asshole.

[FouxDuFaafa]

haha, that was really funny for some reason

[ethanbaze]

i love this guy and this band but he is not the most well spoken person. ;)

[3ILuvmusic]

i love this guy=)

This band though,is even better muahaha

[holdmiester]

conor oberst looks like milo whatever (peter from heroes) in this. amirite?

[the10eyedtwolip]

Ya I ALWAYS say that when I see the Heroes commercial. Never watched it, but I always say they look alike!

[wasteofpaint18]

anyone know where i can buy it?

[wasteofpaint18]

i want conors hoodie.

[classygirl1188]

he is so gorgeous

[pjharveyrox]

thanks for posting this. it's cool that saddle creek did end up building a great venue in omaha (the slowdown)

[LydiaTheLoveableOne]

He look gorgeous in this.

[xSophieSynthetic]

He always looks gorgeous tbh.

[kolopo908]

He's cleaned up now, look at his interviews about the mystic valley band he's just like a really cool calm guy.

The awkward conor is funny but unsettling.

Now he's all grown up :)

[Randysk22]

I love how akward Conor is xD

[beckypai]

Conor is hawt!

[BlikjeBier]

what is the music at 3:30? pleeeeeease tell meeeeeee

[LollisTamalis]

I love most of all that they are doing the interview in a stairwell...

[TurboShorts]

Yeah Conor's pretty fucked up in this which isn't surprising but he's still amazing. I heard he's somewhat clean now and looks great. I could be wrong though, idk.

[amberlovespants]

ahahaha "it smells musty in here"

[shaivong]

I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself.

[pivvot]

wow

you must be really dumb if you think he is emo.

[kentjames81]

hahahaha thats funny.... but shaivong dude is right, bright eyes and dashboard are like the most emo bands on earth, I like bright eyes, but come on, seriously come on! WASTE OF PAINT! PADRIAC THE PRINCE! come on!

[thomals]

just because emo stands for emotional doesn't mean all emotional music is emo.

[kentjames81]

what does it mean then????? I think emo stands for angst

[thomals]

emo MUSIC is different to being emotional.

it's like indie. technically indie means something very different (individual) or unsigned but it's become a genre of high pitched guitars etc.

and EMO stands for EMOtional lol.

emotional music is personal and passionate.

[kentjames81]

ok I'll call bright eyes contemporary folk. Emo will just be hardcore and screamo cuz you don't get much more emotional than screaming and plus that's all those guys with the girl pants listen to.

[kolopo908]

I wear girls trousers and Bright Eyes is my favourite band and has been for many years.

Silly kid

[kentjames81]

Luk you silly waster, I'm an upstanding chap, and your comments are really quite boring, so piss off mate!

[stupidstupidpeople]

i think bright eyes is way more emotional than any of that stuff, i mean it doesn't reach your emotions like oberst can. And really all music is emotional in one way or another, sad, happy, angry, depressed, optimistic, all music is emo. That's why the term doesn't make sense.

[bmc92]

1:48

God dammit i want hair like that

[pivvot]

haha

its just hair

[LisaTwamley08]

I love Conor. I want to marry him.

[iliketosaypoopy]

why the hell are they standing in that place?!

[LisaTwamley08]

I like it. It's different.

[BlikjeBier]

because they have to maintain the image of independent music, the record company told them so...

[BlikjeBier]

what is the song at the beginning of the video? please tell!

[DookNun]

fantastic

[123missmurder]

Ugh.

MTV

Fuhken lame.

Whatever.

Still amazing.

[sappeninm8]

miss murder huh

[123missmurder]

Yes, that screen name is rather old.

If only I could change it.

But rather not make a new account.

So keep your shit to yourself.

Please and thank you.

[sappeninm8]

take it easy dogg

[SweetEmotion987]

Conor is one of the greatest songwriters around. The places he takes you in just one song, let alone in one whole record, is simply unique.

[Hellogoodbye113]

even tho conor does look mentally or socially ill, i still love him, its just one of the reason why i love him.

he's so smart tho :]

[sayhell0]

OH MY GOD

[brandnewsictransit33]

connor is so smart!!! "its good to make money but far better to do what you want to do and do it the way you want to do it" i love that quote

[thrills120]

hes not nervous hes jut blown mad coke