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Bright Eyes, genius or sell out?
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post Feb 7 2005, 08:30 PM
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i decided to make a topic about bright eyes since he has now fully broken into the mainstream (#10 and #15 on the billboard charts!).

for those of you who haven't heard of him, bright eyes is a band fronted by conor oberst, where he is the only constant (the backing band lineup is always changing). he recently came out with two cds that were released simultaneously on the 15th of january- i'm wide awake it's morning (a folky singer song writer album) and digital ash in a digital urn (a synthy techno pop album). the first is the one critics seem to be favoring (and is also selling more), while the latter is still faring well with the critics and people alike.

personally, i love bright eyes. i heard about him about two years ago, but that's when i was still obsessing with weezer, and his music seemed too weird for me. this summer when i was at best buy though, i decided to pick up fevers and mirrors to see what all the fuss was about. i loved it. since then i've bought almost every cd he's released, and they're all genius.

so, what do you guys think of him? lyric genius and next bob dylan? or talentless and overrated?


ps- i know there's an old topic on this, but it didn't seem very relevant. if you do want to close this and have me bump that one though... be my guest.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 08:30 PM
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Bright Eyes, awesome? HELL YEAH.
The lyrics are awesome.
My personal favorite would have to be Something Vague.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 08:32 PM
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wub.gif Conor. He isn't the only reason for my Bright Eyes obsession though, their lyrics are amazing and they have a new and different sound.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 08:39 PM
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QUOTE(Azarel @ Feb 7 2005, 5:30 PM)
Bright Eyes, awesome? HELL YEAH.
The lyrics are awesome.
My personaly favorite would have to be Something Vague.
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i find it so hard to choose a favorite album or song of his, almost every one is amazing.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 08:40 PM
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QUOTE(william @ Feb 7 2005, 5:39 PM)
i find it so hard to choose a favorite album or song of his, almost every one is amazing.
True, but I find that I relate to Something Vague the most. mellow.gif Yeeeah.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 09:01 PM
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i had heard of him a while ago, but i didnt immdiately take interest. i dont actually own any of his cd yet, but i love his music.

digital ash > im wide awake
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 09:06 PM
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i agree, like i've said numerous times before, i wish on wide awake he would've gone orchestrated like on his previous albums instead of folky, but oh well.

i would suggest lifted, fevers and mirrors, and digital ash for starter albums.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 09:38 PM
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i love Bright Eyes. Conor is a genius.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 09:43 PM
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aw willy. you're such a cute little bright eyes dork. tongue.gif

yes, much love to him.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 10:20 PM
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<3 I love Bright Eyes. I listen to Lover I Don't Have to Love too much.. even though it's not my favorite from Bright Eyes.

william - you look like this guy I sit next to on the bus every morning.. except hi name is Dustin. mellow.gif
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 10:25 PM
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ehh I dont like his voice.
it reminds me of robert smith and I dont like robert smith
but conor oberst is adorable...thats about it
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE(StanleyThePanda @ Feb 7 2005, 7:25 PM)
ehh I dont like his voice.
it reminds me of robert smith and I dont like robert smith
but conor oberst is adorable...thats about it
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ohmy.gif i find that really odd, because his voice is one of my favorites of all time. his screams are also some of my favorite also.
 
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post Feb 7 2005, 11:48 PM
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ermm.gif I've listened to him a couple of times 'cause my friends used to be obsessed with him. The lyrics are fantastic but I don't..like.. his voice. pinch.gif
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 01:01 AM
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bright eyes awesome??

NO DUH!!!

i love them. Conor is awesome.
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 05:07 PM
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QUOTE(william @ Feb 7 2005, 9:06 PM)
i agree, like i've said numerous times before, i wish on wide awake he would've gone orchestrated like on his previous albums instead of folky, but oh well.

i would suggest lifted, fevers and mirrors, and digital ash for starter albums.
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yeah, ive been listening to bright eyes (and borrowing friends cds) a great deal for the past couple of months, but i was broke until recently so i couldnt actually afford the albums
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 05:17 PM
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My favorite band of all time too.

Bright Eyes is so great. Conor Oberst really is a talented kid, at least in my eyes. I have all of his albums and find them all to be so wonderful. I think Fevers&Mirrors is my favorite album but I couldn't possibly choose a favorite song.

Gosh, I love Bright Eyes.
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 06:14 PM
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i love bright eyes! I have yet to listen to their new albums though and that makes me sad...but yeah conor is great! love them!
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 06:33 PM
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Don't like Bright Eyes. A friend of my loves him... so I listened to all of his songs and realized I hate his voice. And I don't like the music.


I also don't appreciate the fact that the critics love Conor so much when Chris Carrabba has done this all before with Dash.
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 07:39 PM
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QUOTE(PurchasedRebellion @ Feb 8 2005, 3:33 PM)
Don't like Bright Eyes.  A friend of my loves him... so I listened to all of his songs and realized I hate his voice.  And I don't like the music.
I also don't appreciate the fact that the critics love Conor so much when Chris Carrabba has done this all before with Dash.
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i don't listen to dashboard much, but the stuff i have listened to sounds VERY different than bright eyes. dashboard isn't orchestrated and folky... and i personally think conor's lyrics are waaay better than any dashboard ones. besides the singer/song writer aspect, i don't think bright eyes and dashboard have much in common or sound very much alike.
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 10:01 PM
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sorry to say, but i've never heard of that band X-P
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 10:14 PM
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not their biggest fan. -___-
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 10:41 PM
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QUOTE(william @ Feb 8 2005, 7:39 PM)
i don't listen to dashboard much, but the stuff i have listened to sounds VERY different than bright eyes. dashboard isn't orchestrated and folky... and i personally think conor's lyrics are waaay better than any dashboard ones. besides the singer/song writer aspect, i don't think bright eyes and dashboard have much in common or sound very much alike.
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err.. conor oberst's lyrics is not just better than dashboards.. but they surpass ANY band out there. Brand new comes in second.
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 10:46 PM
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QUOTE(D1SMANTLED @ Feb 8 2005, 7:41 PM)
err.. conor oberst's lyrics is not just better than dashboards.. but they surpass ANY band out there. Brand new comes in second.
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exactly how i feel. the only reason i even bought brand new's first cd was because the lyrical content is amazing (didn't like the pop punk sound much though).
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 11:13 PM
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^^ hmm conor's lyrics are ok.
I've heard better.
 
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post Feb 8 2005, 11:30 PM
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QUOTE(StanleyThePanda @ Feb 8 2005, 8:13 PM)
^^ hmm conor's lyrics are ok.
I've heard better.
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...but they're definitely better than dashboard's mellow.gif.
 
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