I must have listened to this song at least 400 times, but every time I hear it, I have to give it the whole listen-through. My favorite song by any band. It's a shame only a handful of people realize it, though.
This song is like a work of art... Just this one time he sung it, just this one time he relished each word.
Connor sings like one on the verge of a break down, finally releasing all his pent up anger towards everyone & any everything he ever dispised. It's like he means every word so it makes the lyrics even greater <3
The only terrorists are the puppets in government and the degenerates who control their strings in the Federal Reserve. Educate yourself and learn what's really going on.
@iFish88 I don't fully understand you, friend, but one dead 14 year old boy is coming your way. I'll do anything to please you, as you know. Because love is anything real in life (so life does exist too, very smart of you, my friend)
I will now, get this knife out of my mother's kitchen
@11Jurriaan Normally, i'd caution: DFTT. But your reply is so perfect i can understand why you just HAD to post it. BTW this excellent song reminds me of Bob Dylan!
@TheLesley718 You do know why he killed all those people right? He thought they were evil, and deserved it. Now, remind me why you think it's okay to kill him and sacrifice thousands of civillian lives in the process?
I think we've probably all been "staring too long at the screen." Anonymity may seem to be the safest posture, but really, it's not. It occurred to me this morning that we've only got two basic options: to love (and forgive), or to go crazy. The second option, sadly, is still the most popular.
@GrievousAngelProduct I don't think it's fair to equate Conor on Dylan's scale, if only for Dylan's influence on his generation, his mass exposure, and his extremely enviable career, and I agree with what you say... But I would never overlook Oberst's use of metaphors... I mean, "Your eyes must do some raining, if you're ever gonna grow" likening people with plants... "You see stars that clear, have been dead for years, but the idea just lives on," a metaphor on God, and they go on and on
Conor is not Dylan, but he is a great lyricist. Dylan has continued writing excellent songs for decades, and often presented his message indirectly with metaphors, personification and other lyrical trickery. Like Dylan's lyric ' . . . unharmful gentle souls'. He negated or flipped 'harmful' so it became an adjective similar to 'gentle'. I think of it as a double-negative. Check out 'Mr. Tambourine Man' and 'Chimes Of Freedom' by Dylan.
The comments about Osama reminded me of the day he died. "USA! USA! USA!" That crowd of deathcheering freaks still scare me. I'm never gonna forget them dancing around and worshipping their great god Obama and his slaying of the great satanic beast. Pitiful. It made me ashamed to be human.
@youhavegeniusshins Ohhhh! Awful person. Yep it's really twisted and rotten to kill an old man watching cartoons. He's totally a poltergeist, channeling to the taliban. We spent forty million dollars on killing an old man. Yep and thanks for the profanity. I do care about where my taxes go.
@ANeonTiger Terrorism kills a couple thousand americans, we go to war and spend billions and billions of dollars. How many people die EVERYYEAR from malaria, dirty water, ect ect....how much to we spend on that? it's not about how many people die, it how. we don't care about malaria because it doesn't make us feel vulnarable, terrorism does. we are co selfcentred, the first world is wasted on us.
@setiwoh Okay you bleeding heart liberal. No one man causes malaria deaths or dirty water. Osama directly caused the violent deaths of over 2,000 people. That's why people wanted justice.
@ANeonTiger Westerners cause it by wasting huge amounts of resources when there could be enough to go around. Of course, it's easier to be critical of someone else's thoughts and preach about "justice". Who the fuck are you or anyone to decide what justice is or isn't?
@lovefromeponine Please go look up "cause" in a dictionary. It's not Westerners' fault that people die of malaria or other diseases in third world countries.
@ANeonTiger fair enough. justice is worth it, but if we are willing to fight for justice, why don't we fight against poverty, or racism, or any of the other thousand of problems all over the world, and within our own borders. why do we really only care when someone delibratly attacks us?
@ANeonTiger for fucks sake! that's what they want to you to believe god damnit! and dick cheyney makes pipelines and think it's right to polute. listen to immortal technique please. Think about how Afghanistan has all that oil and all those drugs!
@unleashedanarchy you must be a idealistic teenager. Hate / fear / and death monger-ers need to be put away. lets celebrate the death of Osama as a victory for the human race. Its this structure of power that lets you get on the internet and act out and protest it. In lots of countries you would be killed for talking negative about the leadership. Its on the backs of many hard working people you are allowed to voice your pathetic & ignorant opinion.
@eRRRRs It's not that Osama should live or that Obama's actions were wrong. What's sad is the fact that people were so bloodthirsty, so hateful. It wasn't "I'm glad he's dead, now the world's safer", it was "I'm happy to think he's burning in hell for eternity". That is sick and wrong, to not be content with your own safety and happiness, but to also need the belief that your enemy is in pain forever. That kind of hatred is dangerous, but for some, it's not enough to love and to be loved
@Dalton856Cedarville Ahahahaha, Evvie. You WOULD say that. ^_^ god, I love this song; Richard said to me Child, I love you regardless<3.I can't believe I caught you on here.. Well, I can but still; small world. =]
Conor Oberst is my favorite lyricist. .. and Bright Eyes has had a major impact in my life. .. But, Mike Mogis helps just as much with Bright Eyes as Conor. .. They work amazingly together. ..
@DocCereal So true. So many people forget how important each member in the band is. They wanna say its all Conor, but its not. He is definitely the driving force, but they all play a huge part in the sound that is Bright Eyes.
I usually listen to all the songs on one album for a week or two, get sick of them, and move on to the next one. I've been listening to this song for years and it never gets old. Some of the best music ever written, no doubt.
@tread8888 im the same way with music, and just like you i have a few songs that never get old. "if i could give all my love" by counting crows, i bet you might like it if we are anything else alike.
Bright Eyes reminds me of Bob Dylan. Don't take that wrong, I know sound wise they are nothing the same,don't wanna end up like the poor NSN girl.. But their songs are both more poetic the musical? If that makes since :) Beautiful as always, in Conor's negative-positive way. Makes you think think think
Then I remembered that every time I come back to listen to this song, even after a year, I get the same sort of epiphany and feeling that this is special and that this is someone who is pouring their heart out.
I love the other version with the extra 2 minutes of sounds at the end too. It used to scare me but I think it's very peaceful now.
Is anyone seeing them in Chicago when they come in March, i think?
I don't understand why people say he's a terrible singer. I just think that the way he sings reflects who he is and how he feels. He doesn't try to strive for autotuned perfection. It makes what he writes and how he represents things all the more real. That's what real music is.
im such an idiot! ive known of this band for years but i never got around to lstening to them until NOW, what the fuck have i been doing with my time????.
@wordsfromjames I don't think that Dylan lacked backbone. If you listen to Masters of War, he literally says he wants them to die. Conor has backbone, but let's just stop the Dylan comparison until his "Self Portrait" comes out.
Conor has the one thing that Dylan lacks.. a backbone.
Don't let the vibrato in his voice fool you, he points the finger at the man at the top, 'cowboy presidents', something Dylan never had the political intellegence, courage or audacity to do.
Oberst incredibly has balanced the talents of both Dylan and Young, and for that reason I think the history books will hold him in as high if not a higher regard, only time will tell.
@wordsfromjames no way in hell history will hold him as high as either Dylan OR Young. No way. If you knew a bit or two about the intention behind Dylan's music, you wouldn't make the comparison of the political intention.
@wordsfromjames The finger should not go to the "man at the top". Blaming one person for America's problems is just stupid, blame the entire gov if you want to blame something. But honestly I doubt most Americans could solve a god damn thing in any political office, so not much reason to just blame the ones who got it.
How I failed to love and to be loved, because my old man can't stand the sound of your voice or hear what you say because of it. I thought you could come through for me for good with a little empathy but not in no damn way would he choose to listen to these words "child I love you regardless and there's nothing you could do that would ever change this. I'm not angry, it happens it happens but you just can't do it again" and it sounded like 30 words but it sounds like I have to hear it from urdad
Ok Conor I got through to you once or twice about Desaparecidos and how I'm not Denver Daily's bass guitarist and the whole Natalie Portman long haireds.Cully pleaded with me to get through to you, though I lost your email, and could never post your myspace. fans come in for shit. oh and the bass I'm not Cully's bass, not me. I name dropped you even Bobby Zimmerman at the Desaparecidos of our generation, THAT'S ME... not Noah, NOT Adam.
I should shove your fucking head in a meat grinder and then use your brains as fish chum..
Because you're brains being in the belly of a shark would be the best place for them to be if you talk shit about this. I hope the shark shits you're useless membrane inside a deep, deep trench where no human has to put up with it.
@piercethevale How funny you should mention how "we" (whoever the right fuck that is) are not impressed by this artist. Especially in the song where he explicitly states that he's not doing this to make you happy. "I do not read the reviews/No I am not singing for you". Besides the fact that Bright Eyes is a positively fantastic group, you managed to pick the one song to talk shit on where he says he doesn't care. Good job, man.
this dude has more talent in his sperm than you and your 6 friends have had in your whole lives. what meoldy isnt somehow recycled?haha i hate you so much and i hardly even know you. easier to make fun of him than for you to make anything yourself, eh? whats your name man, i want to make fun of your songs! who wastches youtube with 6 people anyway? go outside and play!
when you say you have been in the music business, you are talking about cleaning the bathrooms at a record company? ever heard of a dude called eminem? hes sold more albums than God, and motherfucker is his favorite word. If you are an adult and you can't handle "god damn", you should get your balls checked out
to question the last comment, not that i generally do this, but, if you look at like 'dont think twice its alright' or similar, they portray a less hope fueled portrait thn this song. i mean.. 'to love, and to be loved' .. thats beautiful, after, from the lyrics, everything he's been through, its, if anything, hopeful at most, and more!
to question the last comment, not that i generally do this, but, if you look at like 'dont think twice its alright' or similar, they portray a less hope fueled portrait thn this song. i mean.. 'to love, and to be loved' .. thats beautiful, after, from the lyrics, everything he's been through, its, if anything, hopeful at most, and more!
I can't get enough of this song. It's perfection, so it feels short to me. I just noticed today that it was 8 minutes and 36 seconds long. Conor Oberst - the master of time illusion.
absolutely brilliant with these lyrics. I never thought i'd love an 8-minute song with so little variation in the music so much. This has to be one of my favorite songs ever, and definitely one of my favorite Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst songs.
@ohhcomely How about "The Past is a Grotesque Animal"? I'm fairly certain that song goes on for over 10 minutes with the same music. That song to me is perfection.
I must have listened to this song at least 400 times, but every time I hear it, I have to give it the whole listen-through. My favorite song by any band. It's a shame only a handful of people realize it, though.
WilfordlBrimley 2 days ago
Don't worry Miss Leslie. I don't think you're uncool. I don't want to meet you around the corner, but I respect you. Truly.
kellylbarron 3 weeks ago
He stopped me and said, "Child I love you regardless
and there's nothing you could do that would ever change this.
I'm not angry. It happens. But you just can't do it again."
<3
o0afadingvoice0o 1 month ago
Oberst's masterpiece
TooncesRidesMetro 1 month ago 3
i love this song. by the way . . . what's for supper?
fBuRcOk 1 month ago
This song is like a work of art... Just this one time he sung it, just this one time he relished each word.
Connor sings like one on the verge of a break down, finally releasing all his pent up anger towards everyone & any everything he ever dispised. It's like he means every word so it makes the lyrics even greater <3
sebo18394 2 months ago
The death of one man never benefits another man. The $hit from one fan never outwits another clan. A featherless eagle shouldn't boast it's wingspan!
skyyyskiii 2 months ago
This is Bright Eyes' best song. Period.
garylindsay34 3 months ago in playlist Liked 15
@garylindsay34 I second this!
MolinMUSE 3 months ago
@garylindsay34 I third this!
ivanyantis 2 months ago
The only terrorists are the puppets in government and the degenerates who control their strings in the Federal Reserve. Educate yourself and learn what's really going on.
synnyswhore 3 months ago
Attn: any writers of this shit attempt at a "song" and anything like it, kill your fucking self,for me. Much obliged. P.s. I didn't like it
iFish88 4 months ago
@iFish88 I don't fully understand you, friend, but one dead 14 year old boy is coming your way. I'll do anything to please you, as you know. Because love is anything real in life (so life does exist too, very smart of you, my friend)
I will now, get this knife out of my mother's kitchen
11Jurriaan 3 months ago 2
@11Jurriaan Normally, i'd caution: DFTT. But your reply is so perfect i can understand why you just HAD to post it. BTW this excellent song reminds me of Bob Dylan!
HammerStorm7 3 months ago
unleashedanarchy - yes, being proud we were able to kill the most evil person on the planet made me ashamed to be human as well...
TheLesley718 4 months ago
@TheLesley718 You do know why he killed all those people right? He thought they were evil, and deserved it. Now, remind me why you think it's okay to kill him and sacrifice thousands of civillian lives in the process?
lovefromeponine 4 months ago
I think we've probably all been "staring too long at the screen." Anonymity may seem to be the safest posture, but really, it's not. It occurred to me this morning that we've only got two basic options: to love (and forgive), or to go crazy. The second option, sadly, is still the most popular.
erichb42 4 months ago
Stop fighting guys, To love and to be loved. Its terrible that bad things happen.
jeremypipes 4 months ago
I can always trust this man to be there. These songs are like always in my brain.
11Jurriaan 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Bright Eyes
Fucking genius.
areology 5 months ago
@GrievousAngelProduct I don't think it's fair to equate Conor on Dylan's scale, if only for Dylan's influence on his generation, his mass exposure, and his extremely enviable career, and I agree with what you say... But I would never overlook Oberst's use of metaphors... I mean, "Your eyes must do some raining, if you're ever gonna grow" likening people with plants... "You see stars that clear, have been dead for years, but the idea just lives on," a metaphor on God, and they go on and on
5videoviewer 5 months ago
'Chimes of Freedom' by Dylan:
Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed
An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting
Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
GrievousAngelProduct 5 months ago
Conor is not Dylan, but he is a great lyricist. Dylan has continued writing excellent songs for decades, and often presented his message indirectly with metaphors, personification and other lyrical trickery. Like Dylan's lyric ' . . . unharmful gentle souls'. He negated or flipped 'harmful' so it became an adjective similar to 'gentle'. I think of it as a double-negative. Check out 'Mr. Tambourine Man' and 'Chimes Of Freedom' by Dylan.
GrievousAngelProduct 5 months ago
Conors' lyrics paint a clear image for me, word by word . His choice of words is severely influencing. I'm 60 and I dig most of Bright Eyes work.
GrievousAngelProduct 5 months ago 4
EPIC SONG
wasteofpaint22 6 months ago
:)
bharrellsbs 6 months ago
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
tortagirl 6 months ago
The comments about Osama reminded me of the day he died. "USA! USA! USA!" That crowd of deathcheering freaks still scare me. I'm never gonna forget them dancing around and worshipping their great god Obama and his slaying of the great satanic beast. Pitiful. It made me ashamed to be human.
unleashedanarchy 6 months ago 42
@unleashedanarchy You're a baby. An awful person died. Americans celebrated. Who gives a fuck?
youhavegeniusshins 5 months ago
@youhavegeniusshins Ohhhh! Awful person. Yep it's really twisted and rotten to kill an old man watching cartoons. He's totally a poltergeist, channeling to the taliban. We spent forty million dollars on killing an old man. Yep and thanks for the profanity. I do care about where my taxes go.
PaleMoons 5 months ago in playlist PaleMoons's Favorited Videos
@PaleMoons I mean it's really twisted and rotten to watch watch cartoons. I mean for goodness sakes he watched spongebob.
PaleMoons 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Bright Eyes
@PaleMoons You're welcome cocksucker.
youhavegeniusshins 4 months ago
@youhavegeniusshins Ohh! That's really clever ;) You must of done some deep thinking on that one.
PaleMoons 4 months ago
@youhavegeniusshins
This. I hate when people overreact about these things.
J0000OOOO 4 months ago
@unleashedanarchy WOOHOO! AMERICA!
Globo50 4 months ago
@unleashedanarchy Seriously, he only killed what, 2,000 something people? Why did we even go after him?
ANeonTiger 4 months ago
@ANeonTiger Terrorism kills a couple thousand americans, we go to war and spend billions and billions of dollars. How many people die EVERYYEAR from malaria, dirty water, ect ect....how much to we spend on that? it's not about how many people die, it how. we don't care about malaria because it doesn't make us feel vulnarable, terrorism does. we are co selfcentred, the first world is wasted on us.
setiwoh 4 months ago
@setiwoh Okay you bleeding heart liberal. No one man causes malaria deaths or dirty water. Osama directly caused the violent deaths of over 2,000 people. That's why people wanted justice.
ANeonTiger 4 months ago
@ANeonTiger Westerners cause it by wasting huge amounts of resources when there could be enough to go around. Of course, it's easier to be critical of someone else's thoughts and preach about "justice". Who the fuck are you or anyone to decide what justice is or isn't?
lovefromeponine 4 months ago
@lovefromeponine Please go look up "cause" in a dictionary. It's not Westerners' fault that people die of malaria or other diseases in third world countries.
ANeonTiger 4 months ago
@ANeonTiger fair enough. justice is worth it, but if we are willing to fight for justice, why don't we fight against poverty, or racism, or any of the other thousand of problems all over the world, and within our own borders. why do we really only care when someone delibratly attacks us?
setiwoh 4 months ago
@ANeonTiger for fucks sake! that's what they want to you to believe god damnit! and dick cheyney makes pipelines and think it's right to polute. listen to immortal technique please. Think about how Afghanistan has all that oil and all those drugs!
I8RICKROLLERS 2 months ago
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@I8RICKROLLERS You can't even spell his name so I doubt you know what's going on.
ANeonTiger 2 months ago
@unleashedanarchy you must be a idealistic teenager. Hate / fear / and death monger-ers need to be put away. lets celebrate the death of Osama as a victory for the human race. Its this structure of power that lets you get on the internet and act out and protest it. In lots of countries you would be killed for talking negative about the leadership. Its on the backs of many hard working people you are allowed to voice your pathetic & ignorant opinion.
eRRRRs 3 months ago
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jimborrific 3 months ago
@eRRRRs It's not that Osama should live or that Obama's actions were wrong. What's sad is the fact that people were so bloodthirsty, so hateful. It wasn't "I'm glad he's dead, now the world's safer", it was "I'm happy to think he's burning in hell for eternity". That is sick and wrong, to not be content with your own safety and happiness, but to also need the belief that your enemy is in pain forever. That kind of hatred is dangerous, but for some, it's not enough to love and to be loved
jimborrific 3 months ago
@unleashedanarchy why because you don't think he had anything to do with it or do you think the usa should have let it go.
fogt1430 3 months ago
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@unleashedanarchy The worst thing about it is that they have never met him.
I8RICKROLLERS 2 months ago
@unleashedanarchy your sucha stereotypical indie hippie for that one. the way you worded it especially.
no hate, it just made me giggle.
Dalton856Cedarville 2 months ago 2
@Dalton856Cedarville Ahahahaha, Evvie. You WOULD say that. ^_^ god, I love this song; Richard said to me Child, I love you regardless<3.I can't believe I caught you on here.. Well, I can but still; small world. =]
crackedcompass 1 month ago
@crackedcompass are you implying we know each other?
do we?
Dalton856Cedarville 4 weeks ago
@Dalton856Cedarville hmm, maybe not. sorry, maybe i just thought you were someone else.. my bad. Take it easy. [ahaha.]
crackedcompass 3 weeks ago
@Dalton856Cedarville yeah but he was right.
undathebridge 3 weeks ago
@unleashedanarchy Cool username, bro.
areology 4 weeks ago
@unleashedanarchy You are very cynical
shmonnorshmusie 1 week ago
@shmonnorshmusie and you are also retarded.
shmonnorshmusie 1 week ago
oh conor. with every song i swear, just puts it perfectly.
abigailras 6 months ago 3
Eight minutes and 36 seconds of Bright Eyes goodness?! <3 the length of this song is good enough to make me happy for a very long time
BloomingWithJoy1 6 months ago
There's worse things than being alone
kieranlabbe97 7 months ago
@kieranlabbe97 i have this tattoed on me
C4LLI3HUMM3L 6 months ago
@C4LLI3HUMM3L that sounds like a wonderful tattoo =]
kieranlabbe97 6 months ago
Good song to vent to. Preach it Conor!
Tigerlily21 7 months ago in playlist Bright Eyes
pretty much love these guys! they're kinda melancholly and happy a perfect mixture if you ask me....i guess thats why i love them and The Cure...:)
estrallaeyes 7 months ago
Conor Oberst is my favorite lyricist. .. and Bright Eyes has had a major impact in my life. .. But, Mike Mogis helps just as much with Bright Eyes as Conor. .. They work amazingly together. ..
DocCereal 7 months ago
@DocCereal So true. So many people forget how important each member in the band is. They wanna say its all Conor, but its not. He is definitely the driving force, but they all play a huge part in the sound that is Bright Eyes.
jrr619901 6 months ago
This song still gives me chills, 9 years later. I'm not a huge Bright Eyes fan but he knocks this one out of the park.
STG2SWLEASE 7 months ago 2
I shit myself when I heard this song.
follownicholas 8 months ago 3
Just found this song, and wow they're amazing
phillsfan10 9 months ago
This is the first song I listened to after Osama was killed -
"As they take eye for an eye until no one can see, we must stumble blindly forward, repeating history. "
Very glad that Osama can do no more harm, concerned about future reprisals.
atakarmamusicvideo 9 months ago 6
@atakarmamusicvideo I too think that the lyrics to this song speaks a lot of what is happening in the world right now.
thisfallowstate 9 months ago
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bairnotforlong 9 months ago
this is on a par with any of dylan's 7 minute-long-story-songs.
no, it's even better; it's perfect.
garylindsay34 9 months ago 9
definetly one of his best song. its like the only song of this length that i listen to all the way.masterpiece
jialian93 9 months ago
lets not.
MadSnowmen 9 months ago
I usually listen to all the songs on one album for a week or two, get sick of them, and move on to the next one. I've been listening to this song for years and it never gets old. Some of the best music ever written, no doubt.
tread8888 10 months ago 3
@tread8888 im the same way with music, and just like you i have a few songs that never get old. "if i could give all my love" by counting crows, i bet you might like it if we are anything else alike.
bairnotforlong 8 months ago
no i am not singing for you - woo!
Mrganjaskim 10 months ago 2
Best song by far Conor Oberst has been involved with.
cubbies4e 10 months ago
Can someone please tell me what the woman is saying in the background at the VERY beginning of the song?
DrVonNostrand 10 months ago
All you goddamn people... I love you all!
Takehaniyasubiko 11 months ago
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Takehaniyasubiko 11 months ago
This is my first meeting with this kind of music. I must say... I love it...
LamaLamaRedPajama 11 months ago
Vibrato much?
thepfcictwo 11 months ago
Bright Eyes reminds me of Bob Dylan. Don't take that wrong, I know sound wise they are nothing the same,don't wanna end up like the poor NSN girl.. But their songs are both more poetic the musical? If that makes since :) Beautiful as always, in Conor's negative-positive way. Makes you think think think
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13thfloor18 11 months ago
@MrRainy678 uh welcome to 10 years ago when everyone was comparing Conor to Bob Dylan. Cheers!!
cubbies4e 10 months ago
@cubbies4e There isn't a comparison to be made.
RMabee88 9 months ago
I always wondered what my favorite song was.
Then I remembered that every time I come back to listen to this song, even after a year, I get the same sort of epiphany and feeling that this is special and that this is someone who is pouring their heart out.
I love the other version with the extra 2 minutes of sounds at the end too. It used to scare me but I think it's very peaceful now.
Is anyone seeing them in Chicago when they come in March, i think?
mexifrida 11 months ago 4
4 people shit themselves
zepster100 11 months ago 85
such a terrible singer but a terrific writer
Pow3r0fSugg3stion 1 year ago
@Pow3r0fSugg3stion
I don't understand why people say he's a terrible singer. I just think that the way he sings reflects who he is and how he feels. He doesn't try to strive for autotuned perfection. It makes what he writes and how he represents things all the more real. That's what real music is.
vannerrr 11 months ago 4
@Pow3r0fSugg3stion i fucking love his voice
Bojl95 11 months ago 3
Rihanna songs get views of 50 Million Plus.... this has not even 75,000......terrible
jmakrez 1 year ago 2
@jmakrez it's a reflection of society. just be happy we're on the minority side.
myquest666420 11 months ago 2
wooohoo gna see them in april in pomona, ca and at coachella!!!!
mattersalma 1 year ago
Best lyricist EVER!
skezzbox 1 year ago
@skezzbox
I agree. I think that Morrissey is a lyrical genius, (don't judge me *g*) but nothing compared to Conor! makes me so happy.
petstorekitty 1 year ago
First Day of My Life was deffinately influenced by this.. Such a beautiful composition. One of my greatest infulences and to many others..
atticus999x 1 year ago
the first time me and my 2nd girlfriend had sex, this song was playing...thus making me a huge Bright Eyes fan.
chuckmastazero 1 year ago 3
Coner's music has destroyed my life, but also rebuild it. i lover you man, in a no homo way, wait mebay i do mean it in a homo way.
cobainfan101 1 year ago
@cobainfan101 how has it destroyed your life
jialian93 6 months ago
Not the greatest vocals but definitely hear the heart in his singing. Nice lyrics too, not the dumb crap you hear nowadays,
kamikrazi123 1 year ago
conor oberst's words are the philosophy of my life
gotten through many tough times because of those words
bclydesdale8990 1 year ago 5
O AND THE BLUES, I'VE GOT THE BLUES, THAT'S ME
overwhelmed..
tortagirl 1 year ago 5
RIGHT!?!?!?!?!?
shadowofsaints 1 year ago
He is NOT singing for us.
BeckyTheBeast 1 year ago 2
@BeckyTheBeast
He's talking about critics. Not his listeners...
justandardprocedure 1 year ago
im such an idiot! ive known of this band for years but i never got around to lstening to them until NOW, what the fuck have i been doing with my time????.
kereru 1 year ago 4
It makes me happy to see only three dislikes:) I love him. So much.
thatcatTALKS 1 year ago
@wordsfromjames I don't think that Dylan lacked backbone. If you listen to Masters of War, he literally says he wants them to die. Conor has backbone, but let's just stop the Dylan comparison until his "Self Portrait" comes out.
brettalbertson01 1 year ago
it makes me want to cry every time i hear this song
atheistpally 1 year ago
Conor has the one thing that Dylan lacks.. a backbone.
Don't let the vibrato in his voice fool you, he points the finger at the man at the top, 'cowboy presidents', something Dylan never had the political intellegence, courage or audacity to do.
Oberst incredibly has balanced the talents of both Dylan and Young, and for that reason I think the history books will hold him in as high if not a higher regard, only time will tell.
wordsfromjames 1 year ago 3
@wordsfromjames no way in hell history will hold him as high as either Dylan OR Young. No way. If you knew a bit or two about the intention behind Dylan's music, you wouldn't make the comparison of the political intention.
rockitC 1 year ago
@wordsfromjames The finger should not go to the "man at the top". Blaming one person for America's problems is just stupid, blame the entire gov if you want to blame something. But honestly I doubt most Americans could solve a god damn thing in any political office, so not much reason to just blame the ones who got it.
libbren 1 year ago
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heyjude97 1 year ago
so many unfortunate truths in this song.. but i love it
hobbsmusic 1 year ago 3
3 people dont enjoy timpani rolls...
theproject2212 1 year ago 5
I can fap to this.
InterpolAntics3012 1 year ago 4
@InterpolAntics3012 FJ ftw.
tinyjoker666 1 year ago
oberst slays this
beskepticalways 1 year ago
Wow.... Amazing writer
CadillacKincaid 1 year ago
i just shit myself
Biggs534 1 year ago
Fuck, I am going to die alone...
Oxfordless 1 year ago 8
I can't speak my mind, so Conor does it for me. :P
XxSaraxXxBethxX 1 year ago
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this is like nevershoutnever......... but with balls
Naruvatar2 1 year ago
@Naruvatar2 but Bright Eye's is the best band ever .
sethjsw 1 year ago
@Naruvatar2 Are you fucking kidding me. Never put Bright Eyes in a category with Never Shout Never. That should be considered a sin.
Twinkcycle 1 year ago 173
@Twinkcycle hey i'm gonna fight you!
coloringbooker 1 year ago
@Twinkcycle nice one bruv! too true.
shawnatell0 10 months ago
@Twinkcycle They are 2 completely different artists I love both equally
kageinu121 9 months ago
@Twinkcycle A god damn sin.
Trumpour93 8 months ago in playlist life.
@Twinkcycle I wish I could like this comment one million fucking times.
JordanJParsons 6 months ago
@Twinkcycle I'm a pretty big fan of both nsn and Bright Eyes, but I'd have to agree with you..
arindeardorff 5 months ago
@Naruvatar2 Gross its nothing like nevershoutnever.
grapejewcer 1 year ago
@Naruvatar2 dont EVER say such a thing again
jtbrodz 1 year ago
@Naruvatar2 Nevershoutnever? Have you had a fucking lobotomy you fucking retard?
izaak03 1 year ago
@izaak03
dude, i think you and everyone else took my comment the wrong way
so yeah..
fuck off
Naruvatar2 1 year ago
@Naruvatar2 ... I am left speechless by your infinite ignorance
MrWayJay 11 months ago
How I failed to love and to be loved, because my old man can't stand the sound of your voice or hear what you say because of it. I thought you could come through for me for good with a little empathy but not in no damn way would he choose to listen to these words "child I love you regardless and there's nothing you could do that would ever change this. I'm not angry, it happens it happens but you just can't do it again" and it sounded like 30 words but it sounds like I have to hear it from urdad
MistaMANG 1 year ago
Ok Conor I got through to you once or twice about Desaparecidos and how I'm not Denver Daily's bass guitarist and the whole Natalie Portman long haireds.Cully pleaded with me to get through to you, though I lost your email, and could never post your myspace. fans come in for shit. oh and the bass I'm not Cully's bass, not me. I name dropped you even Bobby Zimmerman at the Desaparecidos of our generation, THAT'S ME... not Noah, NOT Adam.
MistaMANG 1 year ago
brilliant
lillavildikas 1 year ago
Love this
wuppz 1 year ago
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fucking biggest piece of douche tits of my life
TheEzzy95 1 year ago
@TheEzzy95
I should shove your fucking head in a meat grinder and then use your brains as fish chum..
Because you're brains being in the belly of a shark would be the best place for them to be if you talk shit about this. I hope the shark shits you're useless membrane inside a deep, deep trench where no human has to put up with it.
Suck it.
vannerrr 1 year ago
chills down my spine. that's what this is.
TheGrayStripes 1 year ago
Conor Oberst brings the truth about life into music, easily the most underrated artist ever, but I wanna keep it that way..
skatemantehehe123 1 year ago
@piercethevale How funny you should mention how "we" (whoever the right fuck that is) are not impressed by this artist. Especially in the song where he explicitly states that he's not doing this to make you happy. "I do not read the reviews/No I am not singing for you". Besides the fact that Bright Eyes is a positively fantastic group, you managed to pick the one song to talk shit on where he says he doesn't care. Good job, man.
DollaFingas777 1 year ago
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schneid75 1 year ago
Where was it when i first heard the sweet sound of humility?
It came to my ears in the goddamn loveliest melody
kieranlabbe97 1 year ago 4
Bright Eyes<3
ZOMBIEKITTYxx 1 year ago
@piercethevale I like you have to imput "Dont Shit Yourself" into all your replies. And its the internet. Feel free to say fuck
Fr0stOverOswego 1 year ago
@piercethevale I am impressed.
Fr0stOverOswego 1 year ago
Oberst is indeed a genius. Such a fucking powerful song.
xoFrankenstein 1 year ago
this fool is an evil genius
waddupitsjonny 1 year ago
Love Bright Eyes. Hate the fans.
Shloopp 1 year ago
I love him!
ericaahhhh 1 year ago
Long Live the Revolution.. :(
DanielJessome 1 year ago
@piercethevale
this dude has more talent in his sperm than you and your 6 friends have had in your whole lives. what meoldy isnt somehow recycled?haha i hate you so much and i hardly even know you. easier to make fun of him than for you to make anything yourself, eh? whats your name man, i want to make fun of your songs! who wastches youtube with 6 people anyway? go outside and play!
r0llskyay0 1 year ago 2
@r0llskyay0 i love the way bright eyes fan's are so loyal and intillectual. its beautiful, much like oberst himself.
ethankernaghan 1 year ago
@piercethevale
when you say you have been in the music business, you are talking about cleaning the bathrooms at a record company? ever heard of a dude called eminem? hes sold more albums than God, and motherfucker is his favorite word. If you are an adult and you can't handle "god damn", you should get your balls checked out
r0llskyay0 1 year ago
One of his best...love the chicago act
MarkBade 1 year ago
@piercethevale Hide the children and cover your ears! A musician said "goddamn" a few times!
ANeonTiger 1 year ago 3
this is art o.O
~Nout
mopsnuf 1 year ago
@piercethevale Conservative person is conservative.
thirtysilver 1 year ago
to question the last comment, not that i generally do this, but, if you look at like 'dont think twice its alright' or similar, they portray a less hope fueled portrait thn this song. i mean.. 'to love, and to be loved' .. thats beautiful, after, from the lyrics, everything he's been through, its, if anything, hopeful at most, and more!
wordsfromjames 1 year ago
to question the last comment, not that i generally do this, but, if you look at like 'dont think twice its alright' or similar, they portray a less hope fueled portrait thn this song. i mean.. 'to love, and to be loved' .. thats beautiful, after, from the lyrics, everything he's been through, its, if anything, hopeful at most, and more!
wordsfromjames 1 year ago
plenty of hope here:-) if you are prepared to think about it?
butsy1818 1 year ago
By far and away the greatest of all Bright Eyes songs. Shear brilliance
libbren 1 year ago 2
Some people don't like his voice but I think it is orgasmic!
specha123 1 year ago 3
@piercethevale Is that the royal we?
PhoenixQuill 1 year ago
I can't get enough of this song. It's perfection, so it feels short to me. I just noticed today that it was 8 minutes and 36 seconds long. Conor Oberst - the master of time illusion.
Swiftlygothedays 1 year ago 12
only conor oberst could pull off an 8 minute song
Fleedmn 1 year ago
@Fleedmn Led Zep much? lol
imabookie3 1 year ago
@Fleedmn What about Neil Young?
thirtysilver 1 year ago
@Fleedmn What about Neil Young?
thirtysilver 1 year ago
absolutely brilliant with these lyrics. I never thought i'd love an 8-minute song with so little variation in the music so much. This has to be one of my favorite songs ever, and definitely one of my favorite Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst songs.
ohhcomely 1 year ago 4
@ohhcomely How about "The Past is a Grotesque Animal"? I'm fairly certain that song goes on for over 10 minutes with the same music. That song to me is perfection.
Rms869 1 year ago