Lenders In The Temple - Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band

[owlwithknees]

Elliott Smith... so reminiscent... beautiful

[Jussaedi]

If I miss you, well, that's YOUR fault.

What a lovely song, every time I play it gives me a different emotional sensation.

[ellsworththeman]

erase yourself and you'll be free, mandala destroyed by the sea

[JinxedOut]

I'm going to cave and buy this album, he's such a genius

[Carlvskansas]

why are all of your songs such terrible quality

[RubyCherokee]

i think this is just conor oberst not conor oberst and the mystic valley band.. it's his solo project- a separate release that came out before the mystic valley band

[xoFrankenstein]

@thepoppiepopsicle yes, yes it is.

[ThePoppiepopsicle]

Isnt this the same guy from Bright Eyes

[TheJakeasaurr]

@ThePoppiepopsicle You make me sad.

[ThePoppiepopsicle]

@TheJakeasaurr how?

[manifestdestiny17]

what album is this on?

[ibuiltfire]

Every time this starts I think I'm listening to Middleman, now I gotta listen to Middleman.

[longliveu]

ha the lenders in the temple are everywhere

[JosephThePenguin]

The best way to experience Conors music imo

is to get up real early, watch the sun come up, smoke a cigarette, and listen to the record.

[cachilupi08]

beautiful. you guys should check out Dear God by Monsters of Folk (Conor oberst) and Tiger Mountain Peasant song by Fleet Foxes

[appleonastring]

or listen to Temazcal by MoF. Thats probably my favorite on the album

[pict7]

Beautiful.

[edwardlover88]

pretty good song

[Megatrousers]

I love this guy's username: "fggtSTDs"

[fggtSTDs]

Uhm... I'm a girl....thanks..

[syambor]

cool

[Megatrousers]

Whatever. It still reads faggot sexually transmitted diseases to me.

[fggtSTDs]

That's correct, lol.

Still doesn't say a thing about my gender ;p

[tomot456]

@fggtSTDs

I believe faggot is the male and faguette is female. Much like baguette is the female and baggot is the male bread.

[1729439568]

@tomot456 LMAO

[oesoy]

@fggtSTDs so what does your name mean?

[oesoy]

@fggtSTDs 

[randalb201988]

@fggtSTDs Unpossible. There are no girls in the internets. Guy is def a troll.

[manifestdestiny17]

@Megatrousers wow you fucked up homophobic. dont ever say something like that ever again

[dragonicmonkey7]

@manifestdestiny17 fag

[Megatrousers]

@manifestdestiny17

Whoah, calm down there dude. I'm about as un-homophobic as people get.

I'm bi, to be precise. Doesn't mean I can't laugh at an over-the-top screen name.

[Snight101]

@fggtSTDs wanna fuck?

[manifestdestiny17]

@fggtSTDs why would you make your screename? thats evil

[heyjude97]

@Megatrousers that's what i just thought!! lol

[letshavefun732]

what is this song about?

[aidagrotesque]

alot.

[breyenz]

Sounds to me like he's comparing the process of losing faith in the church with the ending of a love affair.

All the historical stuff like Julius Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March, (a Roman holiday of worship to Mars, god of war) and Joan of Arc, an illiterate farm girl who claimed that the voice of God was instructing her to take charge of her countrys army and lead it to victory, who was later burned at the stake by the Church, is a warning about having TOO MUCH faith in something.

[breyenz]

Lenders in The Temple is a reference to a scene in the bible where jesus get's pissed and tosses over the cashier's table in the Temple of worship and starts whipping people-

" My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations."—Isaiah 56:7

and " But you have made it a den of thieves"—Jeremiah 7:11

The reference to den of thieves may be a reference to inflated pricing or more sinister forms of using a religious cult to exploit the poor.

etc.

[edwardlover88]

hhaha jesus gets pissed

[breyenz]

well, he did drink a lot.

:)

[tayrex77]

beautiful song.

[tayluhxhxc]

than*

[johnsmythe99]

i keep hearing "Mandela destroyed by the sea."

doesn't sound right though.

[bluedoor4]

you're almost right :) ,it's "Mendola destroyed by the sea"

[Megatrousers]

Knowing connor, that's probably right.

[iamgabbyface]

All we are is colored sand.

<3

[jxwhee]

hello? patterns in my mind now moving slow...

[hellbornelfchild]

truly amazing stuff this is!

[xxJebsterxx]

wonderful song. <3

[spitinsk8er]

IMO this Album was much better then Cassadega.

[CwalkSG]

agreed, for sure.

cassadaga was good, tho

[PhoneLad]

i love this song so much

[graceandlucy]

fantastic song - music and lyrics. Conor is one of the greatest song writers around.

[L0LUNIC0RN]

lovely song [:

[mrtiZl33t]

VOLLLL ÖDEEEEE

[evil4ever123]

i just got this album yesterday i llooovvveee it!!!yay conor:P

[dbible4]

his voice in this song is heart breaking.....totally my fav on the album

[millarlu]

yeah it rips

[MarkCooper1]

another classis from the best lyricist around, love it all

[noonerofl]

He is one of the artists that every new album is awesome. Cassadaga was awesome and I just picked this album up and so far love it.

[gv1256]

cassadaga blew

[Jakusthecount]

yeh, it did a bit

[connoryeayea47]

cassadaga was awesome yo. which songs didnt you like?

[NationalTypo]

Agreed, Cassadaga was the shayt!

[NewShoesRecords]

only compared to his other stuff. its a good cd, just not as strong as his others

[quietus5590]

This song is so great. This song, in my opinion, is probably the best on the album, followed by Milk Thistle. My thoughts might change after I listen to each song some more, but I have this song currently on repeat.

[MarkCooper1]

same as me , totally amazing album, this is the best on the album i would say

[jadefalcon5]

agreed.

milk thistle, lenders in the temple, and get well cards are my 3 favs.

good release =]

[motorrobot]

@quietus5590 Sausalito is my favorite -- sick album all together, I've got the CD, need to dig it up and digitize!

[tantraman8]

Just heard this guy on public radio. Am I the only one who thinks he sounds like Paul Simon ?? Even has the same punctuated folk like poetry!!

[UNCtarheelvids]

one of my favorite songs of conor oberst's career.

[netjuako]

BEST SONG OF THE ALBUM

[fggtSTDs]

Oh, completely agreed!

I'm in love with it :D

[tprunt14]

Did you get these songs with an encrypted bittorrent...and if so what's the password because I have the leak downloaded, but I cant listen to them without the password

[fggtSTDs]

Nope,

I just taped them off actually.

If there's any way that I could send you the file,

let me know,

and I'll do that if you'd like.

[RichardFender24]

if your looking to put them on an ipod or mp3 player they have all the songs from the album on limewire

[fggtSTDs]

I already converted the audio recordings I made and used for these,

so they're on my iPod :p

[denouement5]

You can find it on thepiratebay, it's a torrent program, I just googled Conor Oberst (Album)" and it was the first thing to come up.

[thebluekey]

this album deserves to be bought