Bright Eyes - Haile Selassie (new song 2011)

[cutiekhan]

sooo good dude.

[theloveofrihanna]

RAS TEFERI

[JDMelody]

Where did you get that skeleton over the beach picture?!?! I cant find it :(((

[sharniticus]

ONE LOVE!

[iKNOKMUSIC]

What did Bob say? 'Rastafari is the future, seen'.. hipsters, DON'T YOU DARE! I'm warning you!

[jevinshollywood]

@iKNOKMUSIC what are you even saying

[iKNOKMUSIC]

@jevinshollywood i'm saying this isn't some new underground bandwagon irony that hipsters should embrace simply for being the new found anti mainstream. This is reality and spirituality in the most purest sense to be Overstood by all.

[dayawakesupexhausted]

i cant wait to see conner in 21 days!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KalebIsLegend]

Seeing them live tomorrow will be the greatest experience of my life.

[MrSantanarose]

raw

[iXscareXme]

Conor Oberst is still going to make music, right? I mean, not under the name Bright Eyes, but he's still going to make music, isn't he? In Entry Way Song, he said "The song is all I know," and "It's the reason I exisist," so Conor Oberst himself can't retire...right?

[CaliforniaJoker1]

@iXscareXme There may be another Bright Eyes album as he's unsure now whether or not to retire the name. Whatever happens, I'm sure he'll have another album out next year with the Mystic Valley Band or possibly with Jake Bellows. The albums he puts out after a long tour are usually the best (Lifted, Cassadaga, his solo album in 2008) so I can't wait.

[imtimjames]

@iXscareXme no way will he ever retire. A true musician and writer can't turn his back for long from this ultimate form of creation and expression. He said this was his last bright eyes album, but I'd bet my life there will be another new music project. hopefully another desa record and tour. I think it would be cool if he got into film

[mylanguagecards]

thankx great song. I am rastafarian christian. Blessed and glory to the most high. I have enjoyed a song today.Lets keep following the lamb of judah, and the most high.

[victordemise]

That was really great!!! The whole new album just gets me choked up- with HOPE (It's a nice change, both for me, and Connor).

[criznittles]

Bright Eyes "Haile Selassie" is featured on Indie/Rock Playlist April (2011)

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[hiddeninromance]

@irulehyrule2 Do you not know who Haile Selassie is? Thematically the album borrows a lot from Rastafari religion, Haile Selassie, I and I, Lion of Judah etc. I guess this is what the poster is grouping under the term "reggae feel" brother.

Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian King who followers of Rastafari believe was God incarnate, basically like a second coming if we convert it to a protestant/catholic point of view.

[ipukezombies]

@CaliforniaJoker1

i'm a little confused now by this album, what with all the rastafari references people are picking out. are you sure I and I is to his fans, or not just a rastafari reference?

Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Rastas say that Jah, in the form of the Holy Spirit (incarnate), lives within the human, and for this reason they often refer to themselves as "I and I." Furthermore, "I and I" is used instead of "We," <-- i definitely did just source wikipedia. so, i could be wrong.

[CaliforniaJoker1]

@ipukezombies To me, the whole album (the journeying imagery and references to past Bright Eyes albums) plays like a letter to the listener. So, the Rastafarian imagery, I feel, is used to emphasize this. And sure it can be taken at face value as a simple, fun reference, it just depends on the listener.

But it's like, if this music is in your spirit, in Conor's and in mine, then we all share 'one' spirit and I think The People's Key as a whole is one big celebration of that.

[ipukezombies]

@CaliforniaJoker1

aha, now i understand your reasoning(: i wouldn't say i took it as a simple fun reference, just that i noticed it while enjoying the album, :P i don't like to analyze his music too often, because he has stated that there's a fine line between the art and the artist. i'm sure if he was trying to convey a message to us, it has been understood <3

[mguygh]

@CaliforniaJoker1 image at 3:56 wheres it from?

[CaliforniaJoker1]

@mguygh The skeleton painting? I wish I knew its name and whom it's by, but I have no idea. I picked the scan up a year ago and don't remember where I found it. Sorry I can't be more help.

[mguygh]

@CaliforniaJoker1 no man this is great. i dont know if you meant to or not but this video is actually really excellent hats off man.

[CaliforniaJoker1]

@mguygh Thanks! : )

[iahmedia7x7]

@ipukezombies: "Haile Selassie I"(translated: Power of the Trinity), Defender of the Faith, Lion of Judah & King of all Kings on earth. This Imperial Coronation was visited by leaders of 72 nations.Threaten by Italy in 1934. He stood up to the League of nations to no avail. He diminished the League. Ethiopia was attacked by Fascist Mussolini forces using Mustard & Orange Agents on lands causing famine. He went into exile and returned with a great army who chased the Italians out of Ethiopia.

[EasyG53]

"You got a soul, use it." -he takes my thoughts right out of my head, I swear.

[balicpica]

One Love,One World!!!! Haille Selassie Jah Rastafarai

[daniellefesta]

@irulehyrule2 Haile Selassie is the king of the rastafaris, who listen to reggae musci

[Scrumdiddlyumptions1]

Omg this song is so amazing <3

[PolarOpposites12]

@irulehyrule2 you can tell just by the name, Haile Selassie is like the Jesus of the Rastafarian religion

[davidsezulfe]

@PolarOpposites12 Rastafari isn't a religion, it's a movement,

[CaliforniaJoker1]

@irulehyrule2 Conor's spoken about how the lyrics (not the music) were largely influenced by reggae music - a sense of oneness and optimism. And those themes are evident in this song more than any other on the album (except maybe for One For You, One For Me). Also, the most obvious allusion to reggae is the title of the song. It is, by no means, a reggae song...but reggae themes and symbols are an undercurrent throughout the album.

[lacksapulse]

I seen i seen strangee things man

[mguygh]

great song conor your a cool artist

[supnuckka]

i love this dude.

[1Lozzix1]

I absolutely love the way Connor says "I was swimming with you"

[DjChozn1]

Haile Selassie I, IS JAH!!!RASTAFARI!!!!!!! this is a MOST blessed song. With beutiful slide shows. I wish the whole world knew just how IMPORTANT this man: Haile Selassie I really IS! HIM will return very soon to fix things...1LOVE Thanks for the blessing

[666cfc]

I was getting into Erich von Danikken's books and then I got this album from my sister on my birthday and everything was somehow connected! Very humanistic and religious confessions spreading it's story since the beggining of the time. Best line: "covered our heads as they split the atom". So poetic and seen in the greater context so true!

[kaddy3232]

@CaliforniaJoker1

I found this interview online, sounds like they may just make another record.

Will Bright Eyes make another record?

CO: We have no plans right now. But I guess it's not that unusual because we just finished one.

MM: I think it'll come up more naturally. "Oh, I have these new songs let's do something with them."

CO: Let's just agree right now.

MM: We'll make another record?

CO: What do you guys say?

[Band members shake hands]

[ittyx3]

i'm pretty sure this isn't the last album. i hope not, i fucking love bright eyes.

[SaintKines]

I've had this song stuck in my head for a week.

[dontmakemedothis1]

This album is so amazing... and this song in particular, gets me in the sweet spot, especially the line where Conor sings - "I had the strangest dream last night, I was swimmin' with you." Chills up the spine! By the way, at 2:19~ Is that a Coheed and Cambria coffee mug!?!? Dunno... but it's awesome either way... great video! I'm posting the tar out of it on my FaceSpace page.

[CountYanuki]

2 people like Nickleback.

[cliobaby]

first time i ever listened to or even heard of the group yet am seriously liking this song...v. different

[Diegooo140]

DUDE IM SO CHOI'D RIGHT NOW!!!  :OOOO

[jellyfishtwins]

AMAZING. VIDEO. how long did it take you? seriously, i could watch it over and over.

everything conor does is amazing. makes me sad he's retiring BE <3 the band will always hold a special place in my soul. i know whatever conor does next will be breathtaking in it's own way.

[DavidOnri]

@CaliforniaJoker1 actually he was interviewed about the new album and was asked if this is his last album under the moniker of Bright Eyes and Conor said that nothing is certain and that no one should assume anything like that. So hold on to your hope everyone! And even if it is his last Bright Eyes record Conor will still be making music till he is 207 years old.

[mecantbreakdance]

@haroldeugene this is not even bright eyes, its conor oberst recording under a name that brought him success in the past. Nothing about this new album even slightly resembles the sound he spent 9 albums constructing.

[jtfugate]

@mecantbreakdance kind of a bullshit statement if you ask me...the band has done multiple side projects together and if they were the same sound 9 albums straight they would be an awful band that was insignificant...so saying that conor is using the name Bright Eyes to assure some success, with undertones seeming to say undeserved, is absolutely ludicrous =) this album is everything any music group should aspire towards; maturity without losing the integrity and character of the band...IMO

[mecantbreakdance]

@jtfugate he did a bunch of side projects and didn't use the name bright eyes. I'm not saying its undeserved, obviously after hes made music his bitch for his whole life he has the right to do anything, but in my opinion all his previous albums he changed his sound, some were folky, some were electronic, but they all sounded like bright eyes, this album doesn't.

[azimuth457]

@mecantbreakdance I disagree. He strayed a lot from Bright Eyes with each solo/side project, and I think he brought all the influences he explored together for this album. Besides, I personally still hear some bright eyes in this album. Maybe not this song, but this song doesn't represent the entire album.

[Black9826]

@haroldeugene this is just their final album

so people are bummed

[MistaCoop14]

I am gonna be so sad now.

[TheMaddiesaurus]

I love all the pictures, wish I knew where to find them.

[ArchDukeFranzObama]

@CaliforniaJoker1

You could see it as a nod to his fans. I think that that lyric is more of a comment on the illusionary boundary of "you" and "I". When you wash away trivial ego differences we are all one, "it's I and I".

[elijahtafari]

Mystic, hear all ye nations, Haile Selassie I is the living Jah.

[YellowBirdFree]

This is incredible. The end of Bright Eyes. Ahhhhh. But of course Conor is doing some other amazing things now.

[MaxMassacered]

R.I.P Bright Eyes :I

[zerbert80]

I've missed Bright Eyes so much.