Here's a story of mine I'm proud of: At a Bright Eyes show in Calgary on October 31st, 2007.. A song had just ended and there was dead silence in the crowd. As loud as I could, I yelled "PLAY POISON OAK". The people around me laughed, but Conor looked right at me, smiled, turned to his band and they stood up and left the stage. My heart sunk as he started playing the opening chords. I could help but cry. This song means the world to me. No words can describe. =)
@moddynizedgaming
3 жыл бұрын
That's so awesome, dude. It's awesome that, that's a memory of yours now
@ScreamingSilence101
13 жыл бұрын
i'm getting a tattoo of a yellow bird, with the lyrics "the end of paralysis". my symbol of hope.
@auschwii9750
5 жыл бұрын
Kristina Heems that’s gorgeous!!! I feel that lyric too!!!! almost anthropomorphism
@MusicIvyRose
12 жыл бұрын
Theres no one, no song, more perfect than this.
@oberstfan
17 жыл бұрын
"The sound of lonliness makes me happier" - One of my favorite lines in any Bright Eyes song.
@dilemma105
11 жыл бұрын
this song means so much to me, but they all do. i will always be so grateful to conor for giving us some of the most beautiful songs ever written. i only wish that i'd been older when he was touring with bright eyes.
@wizardbones7159
3 жыл бұрын
I keep finding all of these life performances and I am obsessed.
@animeloverss
17 жыл бұрын
just wouldnt be Bright Eyes without his voice,lol.....good performance,i like it
@addictioner
12 жыл бұрын
That feeling you get when a bright eyes song completely washes over you...
@saveoldgrowth
16 жыл бұрын
very best version of this beautiful song. thanks
@brighteyes498
17 жыл бұрын
Connors music is about showing the beauty in the human condition. It's meant to be imperfect sloppy and depressing just like every human. That's what makes it so beautiful. It's not just an overdubbed recording of someone repeating a catchy sentence. But someone yelling and screaming there lungs out about how they feel. I don't care what anyone thinks Connor has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard.
@user-mh1yv3sy3e
2 жыл бұрын
14 years later and you’re still right
@hilaritytank
16 жыл бұрын
Man Mike Mogis makes love to that thing when he plays it.
@kathybatesmotel
15 жыл бұрын
I love him so much.
@saveoldgrowth
13 жыл бұрын
after all these years .....this song still sounds amazing! And your recordings are some of the best. thank you.
@Julie88C
8 жыл бұрын
It gives me goosebumps
@addictioner
12 жыл бұрын
This is one song he actually plays better when hes older
@saveoldgrowth
13 жыл бұрын
after all these years .....this song still sounds amazing! And your recordings are some of the best. thank you. Also so cool that clarke is playing with them this year on tour.
@AlyssaJaneVolta
14 жыл бұрын
This song is so beautiful and so deep and means everything to me. Conor's music has changed my life, I don't care how stupid or lame that sounds, it's fucking true.
@Emericanization
17 жыл бұрын
aww cool this was on my birthday although i wish i could have seen this.
@Xanquist
16 жыл бұрын
I love that book, it's my favorite
@redfacade
17 жыл бұрын
yep his shaky voice is something he is known for. its what makes the emotion heard.
@eliteteamkiller319
2 жыл бұрын
Favorite song written by Conor Oberst.
@madifu
15 жыл бұрын
this is amazing.
@EATxDANCExPUKE
15 жыл бұрын
music perfection
@ArcadianStars
12 жыл бұрын
Conor is a great guy, the song is about his cousin who died from a heroin addiction....i believe his cousin's name if i remember was ian....conor used to cry and hug w his fans years ago. he's been through alot of shit, yet , he still stands strong. thats the meaning behind all his songs. even tho you go through pain and misery...the point is, you stand strong and let people make their choices...and you make yours..don't let their choices effect you and you stay true to yourself :D
@Kayleecole21
15 жыл бұрын
He's beautiful.
@xinthisdiaryx
13 жыл бұрын
it seems that 8 people have never been drunk as hell on a piano bench
@DoggyMcDoggerson
17 жыл бұрын
hooray for fabchannel
@leighxcore11
13 жыл бұрын
@neoninagirl I most definitely did. Not because he played it, but because I finally saw all the emotion he puts into this song. It's a heartbreaker.
@ArcadianStars
12 жыл бұрын
if you were a true poet, i would sing about how i feel....without anger...anger doesn't solve anything. idk, i've been through shit too man!...i broke my back rock climbing...grew up w a father who left me when i was born...suffered from severe depression....lost some of my friends to drugs...i've seen a village full of dead bodies all around..my cousin hates me now..we were best friends...i've been homeless and living with hippies...when i was younger...you have no idea what shit is brotha!
@ArcadianStars
12 жыл бұрын
We;re all dying, everyone of us is. it's what we do with the time we have left . So get off the internet and go live the life you have been given and live it w/ happiness and love...dont look at things so black and white
@imnothear
17 жыл бұрын
his voice is kinda like a punch, to the face of all the "pretty perfect singers" maybe. i think once you get past the voice of most singers, they are'nt saying much. with conor you get deeper faster. that and his voice is fucking great.
@maytom21
15 жыл бұрын
every good indie artist has gone country?? name 3
@Nikkalottapus
17 жыл бұрын
omg 2 peps in da wurld hav da saem b-day almost dat strate up nuts
@leighxcore11
15 жыл бұрын
they have obviously been playing a show and maybe he had been doing something previously.
@MysticGrant
15 жыл бұрын
RIP Conor's cousin. poor soul.
@leighxcore11
14 жыл бұрын
@westcoastmayneee2011 Yeah they did! "My heart sunk as he started playing the opening chords."
@championette..
6 жыл бұрын
Just fucking incredible 💜
@youtubeguest6177
5 жыл бұрын
💗💗💗
@L4cer8
13 жыл бұрын
@leighxcore11 You make me proud to be from Canada.
@Username47948
13 жыл бұрын
holy shit
@championofidiots
17 жыл бұрын
*agrees* :)
@natty71991
13 жыл бұрын
@xinthisdiaryx I've never been drunk as hell on a piano bench :( but I like the song...
@1992FLOCKAFLUEGGE
13 жыл бұрын
I just want to talk to him for real.
@johnmorisi8
15 жыл бұрын
oh wow that makes it so much better... i always thot since he is bi he just had a gay lover.... wow thanks for clearing that up
@TheGODOFDEBAUCHERY
12 жыл бұрын
i am damaged goods my friend-thats why i lash out so -i've been through a lot in my day and my prison of flesh has suffered dearly--but conor is a great lyricist -i just don;t care for his voice--or the next dylan tag he gets-but he seems humble-and nice I BET CONOR IS A GOOD GUY-I just like to enrage n enflame people--Rancour curses thru my veins-but its the fate I have chosen-the fate of a TRUE POET-CHEERS--new orleans--( i guess i can hold respectful convo's on da net- I surprised myself )
@ACE9647
13 жыл бұрын
ok..... who the fuck were the 8 ppl who disliked this.....
@ASMRyouasleepyet
17 жыл бұрын
would the song have the same meaning if mariah carey sang it? I think i've always liked him because its not perfect.
@toriarabelisoa2455
8 жыл бұрын
oh ah
@JoesRedGuitar
17 жыл бұрын
Too bad there's a delay on the audio :-\. Sweet vid
@PrettyLoather
15 жыл бұрын
about his cousin? can you fill me in?
@ArcadianStars
12 жыл бұрын
Facebook as in respect of social networking-social networking sites. it's a metaphor. and far as you dying, that's sad and i'm very sorry. you have my sympathy. just don't utilize this apathetic mind set towards people trying too, essentially, try to live above their problems and hold inside themselves. a great sense of love and compassion. you can do that without your problems. i was very empathetic when i broke my back, i can still walk and i didn't let that destroy me so don't let it
@stanleysantos8422
4 жыл бұрын
@Herramn I remember I talked to you in lastfm back in the day hope youre alive love irememberwatin 💗
@jsteroyle
16 жыл бұрын
what book?
@christsbassist89
16 жыл бұрын
He was never a "cute emo kid" His music was never emo. There was never emo music or emo people. An award? That doesn't mean shit. At least his old stuff was REAL, Eh?! At least, what hes doing nowdays... how can i describe it - johnny depps favourite album: is nothing in comparison.
@ArcadianStars
12 жыл бұрын
and unless you've met conor, personally. you have no right to even judge someone. Sounds, as if , you want to pay attention to YOU!...and i don't see anywhere in the song. Where it says, conor was enabling him...the song, goes ...i still believed in war....meaning, he didn't know at the time. his actions were effecting other peoples lives. that's when he realized....that very fact. and changed his whole outlook on life...you really need to go read and learn to get facts before assuming things.
@standardyarn
15 жыл бұрын
well he couldn't do it while drumming could he? thats clark from the faint btw.
@johnmorisi8
14 жыл бұрын
woops replied to wrong comment... im high, dun yell at me please lol
@user-mh1yv3sy3e
2 жыл бұрын
lol
@ArcadianStars
12 жыл бұрын
Uhhh..he can't sing?......what songs have you been listening too?....there's TONS of songs...he sings amazing in....Coyote song...is one of the best songs i've ever heard him sing...first day of my life..and in case you haven't studied...he dated wionna ryder too.(sp)....smoke without fire.....Four winds...etc...and he's an awesome musician..and he's been playing since he was fucking like twelve?...he has some amazing experience. he's doing world tours and you're @ home singing lol
@mudkipsmakemewet
15 жыл бұрын
Slide guitar
@Klemons12
15 жыл бұрын
sweaty drummer lol :D
@craziefreekygurl
16 жыл бұрын
its a cigarette
@ArcadianStars
12 жыл бұрын
secondly, you seem very angry at this whole situation. that someone , is able to go through problems w strength and courage...other than you, who is going through problems throwing anger at everyone trying to enjoy a song. i think you would be a prime case for therapy and have some people around you, who love you , other than that, i wish to never discuss this ever again. this situation is dropped. it's been given it's due time an space. now let it go thank you! and god bless you
@johnmorisi8
14 жыл бұрын
pedal steel
@tairod
17 жыл бұрын
Anyone else bsides me think this guy can't sing? Great song, great instruments, but the guy just can't sing!
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