Bright Eyes

simplephysics · 04-23-2008, 08:17 PM

Conor is turning into quite the stage whore, thats why I'm hoping his solo album will be a little more stripped down and intimate. I have a feeling it's gonna sound alot like I'm Wide Awake though, which is where I think his music started to turn generic

~~Farfisa~~ · 04-23-2008, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

I felt Cassadaga was killed by the production. Adding the strings was cool but when you combine it to sound so sleek, perfect and "big" it came across as very cheesy, forced and pompous. Add in that with him being at his worst lyrically (bar a Collection of Songs) and having some just flat out awful songs on there you get a totally average album.

Exactly how I felt about Cassadaga....just feels so out of character for Conor.

The Dave · 04-24-2008, 02:34 AM

Cassadaga still doesn't feel like a full album to me, which my main complaint with it and still is. It has some truly wonderful tracks, but then some that I skip over every listen no matter what. Classic Cars is probably my favorite track from the album still, and if it were just a single I'd rant forever about it, but it gets caught between garble like Middleman and Make a Plan to Love Me.....it's hard to give the good tracks the credit they deserve.

British_pharaoh · 04-24-2008, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ComingUpRoses

What Bright Eyes albums have you heard?
My guess is you are talking about Four Winds and Hot Knives (if not one then the other), and both combined don't compare to the 10 minute consistent awesomeness of Lets Not **** Ourselves..

I just feel like Cassadaga was for the critics, not the fans.

And Thankyou.

Fevers and Mirrors, I'm wide awake and letting off the happiness

pheurton · 04-25-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by loose_lips_sink_ships

Exactly how I felt about Cassadaga....just feels so out of character for Conor.

He can't be a whiny teen forever, the tangent was greatly needed. Plus Cassadaga isn't as bad as people seem to make out, his christmas album even received more rapport =d

sleepy jack · 04-25-2008, 10:00 AM

Digital Ash and Wide Awake were hardly the albums of a whiny teenager.

simplephysics · 04-25-2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Crowquill

Digital Ash and Wide Awake were hardly the albums of a whiny teenager.

But they were hardly his best :/

sleepy jack · 05-10-2008, 07:42 PM

Best Songwriter: Conor Oberst: Bright Eyes : Rolling Stone

Also Conor produced the album and Andy LeMaster helped. The Mystic Valley Band is doing the backing stuff so go after those live shows! And the album was recorded in Mexico in Jan/Feb so it's done.

~~Farfisa~~ · 05-10-2008, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack fire drill

Best Songwriter: Conor Oberst: Bright Eyes : Rolling Stone

Also Conor produced the album and Andy LeMaster helped. The Mystic Valley Band is doing the backing stuff so go after those live shows! And the album was recorded in Mexico in Jan/Feb so it's done.

His cuteness is disapearing

sleepy jack · 05-10-2008, 07:53 PM

1. Cape Cañaveral
2. Sausalito
3. Get-Well-Cards
4. Lenders in the Temple
5. Danny Callahan
6. I Don't Want to Die (in the Hospital)
7. Eagle on a Pole
8. Moab
9. NYC - Gone, Gone
10. Valle Místico (Ruben's Song)
11. Souled Out!!!
12. Milk Thistle

Other Songs:
YouTube - Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band- Let Them In
YouTube - Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band- That's My Fault
YouTube - Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band- Smoke Signals
YouTube - Conor Oberst And The Mystic VB - Where Pilgrims Disappear
YouTube - Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band- Beach Bum Song
YouTube - CB & TMVB- There's Nothing That the Road Cannot Heal

04-24-2008, 02:34 AM	#213 (permalink)
The Dave Me and The Major Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,830	Cassadaga still doesn't feel like a full album to me, which my main complaint with it and still is. It has some truly wonderful tracks, but then some that I skip over every listen no matter what. Classic Cars is probably my favorite track from the album still, and if it were just a single I'd rant forever about it, but it gets caught between garble like Middleman and Make a Plan to Love Me.....it's hard to give the good tracks the credit they deserve.