John Norris Interviews: Conor Oberst Pt. 1

[21madmethod]

Shit, I'd like to be his friend too, so he can call me up to jam on his record.

[HuskerHowie]

Fellow Omahan.

[Nest1089]

He's amazing <3

[jollyroger613]

what's the song playing at the beginning?

[YoseMiteEmery]

@jollyroger613 danny callahan

[purpletycoon]

where can I find a guy like conor):

[I8RICKROLLERS]

i thought there would be chuck norris's brother

[ys00ndr3]

press 4 for fap.

[WhatTheHell5000]

I love meth!

[staind531]

@WhatTheHell5000 me too! It gives me so much energy!!

[WhatTheHell5000]

@staind531 And makes you hear voices.

They don't let me use the toilet...I have to use the neighbor's doorstep.

[staind531]

@WhatTheHell5000 I sniff a line to start the day every morning..wouldnt have it any other way

[HeavenlyBohemian86]

I would marry conor!

[CoreyGrubbNDN]

bright eyes was incredible in boise

[maferchan]

this is what i love about him!! his music is about quality not money and capitalism.

I love conor oberst's musical abilities ! xD i'm just kind of sad Bright Eyes last show will be in london and i won't be able to attend it! (p.s. it was on my bucket list to go to his concer) oh well ! long live his music!

[feetwithnoshoes]

oh my god... i've never heard him talk...... he's perfect...I kissed the screen..

[ikilledyourclown]

i only clicked on this because i thought it said chuck norris interviews coner obest.

fuck.

[spearmintythang]

bah why does everyone forget mike moglis?? he's so adorable

[nubtuberable]

ahahah the vampire things

[CrystalWTHS]

I love love love love love love love love love love love love love love love conor oberst. Did i mention that i love conor oberst?

[rach25therese3]

ahhhh everything about this and him is ubelievable!

[cricketrox4ever]

what's the song playing?

[ddddwhelan123]

@cricketrox4ever Danny Callahan off Conor's first solo album

[lumsandleafs]

I love him

[XLshred]

connor's seriously my hero I love how he doesent get wrapped up in the business side of music and just makes music for the love of it

[sbennett14]

You'll never be Elliott Smith, no matter how hard you try.

[ianmustang18]

he should have came to Kentucky and recorded where My Morning Jacket does... Jim James does his vocals in a grain silo...

[heyjude97]

THE ANSWERS ARE ON THE CEILING! 1:12

[annalizfell]

It looks like he cut his own hair. For some reason, the mental image of Conor giving himself a haircut makes me smile :)

[zaprudermacphee]

lapalapalapalapalapala! good food

[poisonproductionzz]

OVNI isn't an alien... it means UFO.

[omgleigh]

love. conor oberst is ridiculous. his music is just..great. the music that he writes/sings is some of the best music i have ever heard.

[Element1020]

whats the name of the restaurant?

[eastsidestory44]

you people just dont understand conor like i do lol, jk but serious... hes wikked interesting, and the interveiwer sucks.. butnever the lesss its cool info

[chrisballer]

srsly, dude has been on countless drugs, AND has a disability towards communication. Look how he looks up every five seconds hes dull but fucked at the same time

[Sadsappysuckher]

what man dont be so narrow minded, he clearly just has social insecurities and the reason your out numbered on that assumption is because yourve probably never experienced any neurotic exposure because your defense mechanisms do all the thinking for you.

[mackristo]

no, he's not gay

[M1rinecorps]

y does it matter?

[lukeashmoore]

Oberst has his moments musically, but hes so fucking boring in interviews.

[eastsidestory44]

lol idiot

[KazuoMaze]

Whats the song that plays at the very beginning? =/

[lukeashmoore]

Danny Callahan

[JellybeanMassacre]

Does he remind anyone else of Jon Walker from Panic At The Disco?

In seriousness though, he's a really interesting guy.

I think that that John Norris dude was a bit of a crappy interviewer though. He asked him the most mundane questions and then talked over Conor while he was trying to get his words out!

[johnbourbon]

john norris is an ageless gay vampire

[evasion89]

@johnbourbon

that made me chuckle.... thank you

[blueeyedmusicgirl19]

so beautiful. ugh. and i love his new facial hair

[assleyyyyyy]

I love this album.

[KarmaLu13]

I don't like that guy either. But Conor Oberst is amazing. And I hope AlotofCheese gets back on here one day and sees this comment...but you are awesome too. Whatever you have gone through, don't make it an excuse for the things you do, but a way to surpruse people by the fact that you are so well adapted regardless of that.

[cyrus7913]

the most boring interview i've ever watched

[CompleteRandomly]

I just saw the latest comment and thought you were talking about conor, not talking about meaningless stuff

[biirdonawire]

drooooooool......

[alotofcheese76]

the interviewer looks like a guy i know

weird

[0captain0eddie0]

i don't like that fellow from mtv.

[cinephilist]

i like him better with short hair.

[johnmorisi8]

"i was looking every night" haha

[boostie218]

The things I would do to this boy...

[guyswherearewe]

conor looking for aliens in mexico = <3

[3ILuvmusic]

I am glad that he cleared that up in this video, saying that everyone was asking him about whether or not he had seen any aliens, because when I saw him in April, he rambled on about UFO's and I was beginning to think he had lost it. Although if he had lost it, I wouldn't mind at all. He is the type of person that even though not everyone likes him, just about everyone respects him as a person.

[Fwiech]

conor is so damn sexy

[cortneylaura]

aw, he looked for aliens :)

[goldmineguttedco]

Oh! Now I know what the UFO ship on their website is all about.

[ahceda09]

john norris got laidoff tons hundres of workers on mtv can you believedue to the economy he is one of the best news reporter

[timothywyatt72]

huh?

[beatara]

He's amazing! Classic music.

[valeriexvaccine]

i love conor, everything he touches turns2gold, he's amazing.

[TrIpPyNoIsE]

i quite enjoy connor<3

[lexcanfly]

which song is playing during this, please?

[umovelikehoney]

Danny Callahan

Sausalito

[brighteyes1334]

im not sure what song that is thats playing but my guess is its from the new album..the mystic valley one.i havent had a chance to buy it yet but its nothing from his past ones

[accree11]

Danny Callahan off Conors self title album

[haysupmia]

he sort of asked him the same question like... ten times

[hohumming]

jesus, john norris is the love child of zack morris and the cryptkeeper.

[Dynamicdistiller]

FUCK YOU JOHN NORRIS YOU LUCKY BASTARD! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Conor is amazing. Enough Said.

[k2snake]

how old was he on "Here's To Special Treatment" ?

even his early records are awesome

[EmilyRoseWills]

Don't mouth over Conor Oberst.

He's amazing, that's it :)

[kwilton214]

he has. he released his first album at 13.

[123missmurder]

duhh, you noob

[kwilton214]

i was responding to the person who "heard somewhere"

[k2snake]

I heard somewhere that Conor has been writing music since he was 13..

[huxtiblejones]

One of the albums is called 'Water.' His voice is unbelievably tiny sounding in it.

[speakslow1989]

Age has nothing to do with it. Conor was writing songs when he was 16. Have you heard any of them? They're fucking amazing. If he can write deep music at 16 then obviously fans can appreciate his music in depth at any age.

[StephBerri]

13.

[EllisDinh]

well said well said

[oliverhart77]

how the hell can you relate to in-depth music at such a young age? you have no life experience. all im saying is you may listen to a band when youre younger, and think you understand, but you truly dont. heres how it goes, youll listen to a song when youre 16 and fall in love with it, 5 years later youll see it differently (yes, SEE), again in another 5 years, youll see it different all over again. i dont know why, but thats the truth. same with movies. with your age comes knowledge and truth

[EllisDinh]

for some people, with age just comes more stupidity

[alotofcheese76]

dude im 13 and saved my dads life , went through a tough divorce (parents of course), have to deal with the fact that my dad lives in japan and my mom in michigan, lost friends due to homophobia, and have had extreme bullying in the past

plus i know a lot about politics and art and movies

[alotofcheese76]

im a girl asshole.

did you even read I saved my dads life.

He had a hemmorage and I had to cal 911 and go through the process (really horribel by the way) ecpecially since they thought that he would die.

oh an d you said that 13 year olds arent that experienced or something, and i was replying to that. and yes divorce is shit ecpecially if both your parents live across the globe and if you want to see them you have to travel for 20 plus hours

[beginer990]

So you're a Dyke? That's awesome.

and no, not really. no one cares about your problems on the internet.

[alotofcheese76]

just saying that there is things that 13 year olds can right about that are meaningful.

[3ILuvmusic]

Stop acting like your the only one honey. That isn't going to get you ahywhere in life. Follow Conor's advice: "I give myself three days to feel better, or else I'm driving off a fucking cliff, because if I can't make myself feel better, how can I expect anyone else to give a shit?"

[alotofcheese76]

you obviously dont know the original context of my comment

someebody said "13 year olds havent had any experiences" and therefore cant write anytthing or something and I was merely responding

[3ILuvmusic]

Being the thirteen myself, I can write a lot of stuff about it.

However I do not see the point in replying to a comment like that, since people are always going to believe what they want to believe. I guess thats hypocritical of me because I responded to yours, it's just that i wanted to tell you how I felt about it.

[LoewSusan]

@3ILuvmusic i totally agree with you!

it's good that you speak up your mind! =)

[fmachadomaia]

he also said: "and lie to me and say it's going to be alright".

But you're right. People need to learn to pick themselves up.

[Castaril]

he's whiny

[3moMonkey]

He is a musical genius LoL

i love his music and his voice is so original and for saying his music is like fall out boy is really stupid V

there nothing alike

bright eyes<333

[StripedTed]

Wow dude, you are a complete fucking moron.

You think people can't appreciate music until you're 16? Who the fuck do you think you are? All you need to do is listen, and find what you want to hear. You don't have to be an age, douche bag.

[josiesezlol]

You don't have to be older than 16 to understand good music.

[BrownEyedBrahmin]

ok, what does age have to do with it?

[uhimbailey]

Hahaha what does this all even MEAN

Bright Eyes aside I thought Neutral Milk Hotel was so-so when I was 15 and (after the ubiquitous 16?) now that I'm 20.

Don't be like that, if everyone agreed on things the world would be boring dawg. BYE!

[feely121]

why does everyone hate john norris? hes just a fucking reporter

[hellsya24]

go away.

[feely121]

What? I'll never leave

[JapeRhino]

I really love how whenever you read through comments on a Conor Oberst video, there are always people commenting on his well-being and his sobriety. It makes me happy how much his fans care about him and him being happy. He will always be a brilliant musician and song-writer and I'll always be a fan. xD

[bucketboy63]

I've only just gotten into his work through last year's solo album, I love it. You speak of his sobriety, did he used to be on alot of drugs or something? You have piqued my curiousity now!

[sparkylampshade]

I heard he was drunk at several shows. I don't really know for sure...

[lubylui]

Most artists drink before going on stage. It's not really a big deal

[terrorhawk3072]

go back to second grade

[cooperjonah]

okay, i will, at least i wont be an alcoholic who plays a show intoxicated, that's a joke.. art is about expressing yourself... and you may not agree but i believe that your true music comes from within, and that cannot be fully portrayed when intoxicated...

[terrorhawk3072]

i certainly see where you are coming from but i dont think it is fair to generalize and say that anyone who drinks or does drugs lacks what it takes to be an artist. alcohol, as well as many other substances affects everyone differently. I would be willing to bet that a lot of the "artists" you listen to drink or do other drugs. probably while recording and before performing as well...

unless of course you are a straight edge kid.

XXX NO PITY! XXX

[cooperjonah]

i see where your coming from too, im sure some of them are artists, but its not very artistic in my opinion to just get drunk like before a show, when a bunch of people are paying to see you. but im the one in a million person who wont even look at most drugs i dont even take pharmacuticals sooo like it just makes me sad any type of intoxication,, and i only listen to xgoodfellasx and xdeathstarx and xprovacoax... lol

straightedge til the grave'

jk i only listen to saddlecreek artists,,, jk

[terrorhawk3072]

that is fair enough to say. i know i would be disappointed if i went to a show when the artists are too fucked up to play. i suppose it defeats the purpose in some ways. i do drink smoke and what not so obviously i think different. but im with you on the pharmaceuticals...im kind of a hypocrite i guess. hah.

[crlxc]

He's not singing for you.

[cooperjonah]

thats not what he told me...

[crlxc]

Yeah he did. Listen to the song "Lets not Sh** ourselves" to love, and to be loved."

As if it needed to be said.

[bringmetheKYLE]

cooperjonah what do you know.

[applepie1656]

Conor dont give a FUCK

[POPEWORSHIPER]

John Norris looks like an old man trying too hard to look young. Really pathetic.

[jillfrostxx]

he has the most beautiful speaking voice

its so distinctive

[bambambritt]

I love conor regardless if he is depressed, high, or naturally happy and tan from the mexican sun.

He's amazing, and can do what he wants for a change.

[torkle]

hahahahahaha

[oliverhart77]

i wont fully agree, but there is def a different sort of sound that his bands make depending on how he's feeling. i fell in love with the angst filled sad voice, and while i like everything he does, have to say the depressed conor makes for better, soul grabbing songs. and to those in here blasing him, why are you even watching this? run along to your fall out boy and young jeezy videos.

[xiamlegendx06]

that is completely wrong

[feely121]

the fact that you actually know, or care about how his name is spelled, reflects exactly how un-insightful the people who drank, Cunter Blowberst's, kool-aid, really are.

[typ0graphy]

I love listening to conor speak, but that interviewer pisses me off.

[EllisDinh]

same here. kept asking the same questions

[AndyOutbreak]

John Norris kept asking the same questions over+over

[yesterdaydream]

I miss 15-year-old Conor.

[Andrew0325]

totally cool

[POPEWORSHIPER]

John Norris is so lame...he looks like a 50 year old mid-life chrisis guy trying to dress & act like a 20 year old. I remember his soryy ass on cd commercials on the USA channel in the 90's.

[LydiaTheLoveableOne]

Conor is a beauty.

[KarsonAndCompany]

He is beautiful.

[friggofilms]

I fell away from Bright Eyes as I grew into adulthood, but listening to him in this interview and listening to some of the music...I think he's grown up a bit too.

[amvaddict]

I like how John gives him plenty of time to answer his questions. good interview.

[badskroy71]

Wow, Norris is like pushing 60.

[xyellowcard21x]

im marrying conor

[mynameisberlin]

oh my god he's talking about energy centers.

he may be cleaned up, but it's always the same conor :)

[robbwithnobeard]

wow a normal interview. its nice to see he's not as weird as he portrays himself sometimes

[sephmarie]

He's so much better at interviews now than he used to be. It's kind of cool to see all these interviews and notice the progress.

[kissthesky5056]

i adore conor oberst.

his eyes are just...wow!

[kandinsky20]

oh God i love love love love him!!! he is soooo gorgeous.

[TheodorBjork]

What is the song that they play in the beginning?

[lovebabyyyyy]

"danny callahan" from his new album

[frequentflyer66]

I'm digging the new haircut.

And he DOES look like Donnie Darko. And yeah he looks great health-wise.

[moveapart]

he look's so bright and healthy here.

[thesuzies]

donnie darko!

[jle717]

I'm worried his hair is going to eat the interviewer. he should be careful.

[PearlOvaries]

he looks really healthy here.

[yermom8993]

yes he does :D

[mark1800]

new york skeaze village eh? 0:14

[obssesiveilluminate]

i found a conor oberst album at a library in france

and i am eternally grateful

[WhenConorAteCheese]

You checked it out at a library in france or actually just found it of no where in a library in france? Either way,that's eternally cool Did he say "thick energy center" at about the 3:30 mark?

[nacho3rdbowler]

"I think energy center"

[justinmc16]

John Norris is a really good interviewer

[bumblebee12345and6]

I saw him awhile ago.

it was the besttt night of my life

[ASongToPassTheTime]

I want to see him to! I'm so fucking jeulous, why can't he come to sweden!

[ChaelaTheCannibal]

i feel sorry for conor whenever he has to do these boring interviews...John Norris((just the same as any other interviewer))you're lame.--keepin it mainstream. what's up with the change?? IT'S DIFFERENT MUSIC! different people. different sounds. new experiences. new moves. fuck man.

Conor Oberst &&the mystic valley band?? It's just NEW GROOVES. Conor's maybe not growing up which is absolutely great i hope he never grows old but he is aging..learning &&through the music he makes it shows.

[divinewoodstock]

don't you think maybe if he didn't want to do it he wouldn't. I mean he seems like maybe he would just decide not to do the interview if he didn't want to talk about it

[headvsheart08]

I'm seeing him tomorrrrrrrrow night! I can't believe he's real.

<3

[sailboatsandwine]

When I saw him he was really drunk. How was he when you saw him?

[headvsheart08]

I really enjoyed the show; it was my first time seeing him live. the paper didn't give him the Best review... and basically everybody in the crowd [but me] was drunk. =/

he wasn't drunk that I could tell? he looked like he was enjoying himself at least. and he didn't come out to meet anyone afterwards either, which kind of sucked.

holy long comment. sorry. hahah.

[peterandavidmtsu]

Smashed but great.

[illuminati20]

amazing man! I am so happy I am seeing them on the 14th of Nov.

[DaienyChin]

I'm seeing Conor tomorrow. I don't think I will be able to sleep tonight.

[bubbahammer666]

Hug him for me lol