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Topic: check out Bright Eyes |
William Johnson
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Posted 6 Feb 2006 4:02 am |
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i just found the 'Emo-Folk' band "Bright Eyes" which is mostly singer/song writer Conor Oberst. as i often say 'he feels wrinkles in glass'. you have to have passion to be a NEW, great song writer or most any creative artist.
listen to Bright Eyes's "Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)", "Landloacked Blues", "Let's Not Sh?? Ourselves (To Love And To Be Loved)". Oberst is 22 and wrote some of those songs when is was 18 or so.
also, listen to Neutral Milk Hotel's "Aeroplane Over The Sea". he wrote this after having a deam about Anne Franks (spelled correctly?).
take care,
GrievousAngel
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 12:01 am
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I'll give them another chance but my god I have rarely heard such self indulgent arrogant and pointless drivel so poorly performed in my life as one time I was subjected to a Brite Eyes concert. I was ready to claw my own eyes out durring one of those 15 minute whinny diatribes that they calls songs. This in a rock club before they really hit in NYC. I was in another emo band on the bill. After the gig the steel player asked me about some problems he was having. (The changer was rusted into a mass of absolutely useless crud ) I looked his steel over and offered him some phone numbers of guys that could help him with a rebuild. When I didn't spend the evedently required time adoring him he had no use for me. I mean whats the point of dealing with the craft of music when you could be getting your ass kissed ?
I have heard a little bit here and there of there recordings. In one band I tour with there are a couple of Brite Eyes tunes on one guys Ipod running through the van. I found the music intolerable even before I knew what it was.
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William Johnson
From:
Statesboro, Georgia, USA
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Posted 7 Feb 2006 2:26 am
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i just ran into some of their tunes about a month or two back. for the most part, i agree with BoB, you do have to dig though many songs to fine the better ones. here is a number many of us would love to have: his last CD has sold over 300K+ as of about 6 months back plus nhe's on an independent small laabel named Saddle Creek out of Nebraska. that ain't bad bread!
in all fairness, it would hard to expect a young rock (emo-folk) band to have a top notch PSG player. Conor Oberst is 22 years old now i am told, so they are quite young, plus they are using a PSG maybe 30% of the time, at least on his last two projects. i bet it was a worn-out PSG, they got it cheap probadly and started out as an musical experiment as they also had Ms. E. Harris on many of the songs on the last CD. to be sure, the PSG playing is basic. using a PSG in that type of band would be similar to if one of us (this forum) used a PSG on an HipHop song, yes it is a risky push.
i just am happy that some of the younger rock bands are trying to use PSG and fiddles, etc. on the latest music styles.
if any ones is curiuos check out Bright Eyes tunes like: "We Are Nowhere and Its Now", "Old Soul Song", "Traveling Song" and maybe "Ode To Joy". don't expect expect Pop Country, it is interesting.
later,
Billy
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William Johnson (Billy)
Grievous Angel Productions
Statesboro, GA. 30461 USA
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Allan Scott
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Ayrshire, Scotland
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Posted 10 Feb 2006 7:33 am
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| Hey guys, its my first post since joining the forum and I don't want to come across as a bit dim witted.......but, what does this 'emo' thing mean?...I've heard it used in relation to 'emo-punk' and now 'emo-folk' |
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2006 2:34 pm
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emo = "emotional"
It generally refers to the lyric, rather than some kind of syrupy sound.
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Posted 10 Feb 2006 10:19 pm
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| I've played with a bunch of emo bands and to perfectly honest they don't even know what it means. |
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William Johnson
From:
Statesboro, Georgia, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2006 1:10 pm
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yea.
actually BoB Dylan's work for the most part was 'emo' but the genre 'label' has not been 'discovered' yet! today's society loves to label everything.
this is a thought, actaully almost all folk was 'emo' in its earliest days. i guess today we feel it needs to sliced and diced to get proper 'listeners'?
later,
billy
hell, i was a 'emo' type person and did'nt even know?
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William Johnson (Billy)
Grievous Angel Productions
Statesboro, GA. 30461 USA
http://www.grievousangelpro.com
Derby DB10 E9
Custom BillieTele Telecaster
Peavey NV400
Peavey TubeFex
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Summer 1969
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Terry Edwards
From:
Florida... livin' on spongecake...
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Posted 11 Feb 2006 5:23 pm
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What better instrument to go with emo rock than the cry of a steel guitar!!!
Dashboard Confessional is a pretty good emo band.
You have to take it in doses though or you might get depressed!!
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William Johnson
From:
Statesboro, Georgia, USA
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Posted 12 Feb 2006 3:11 am
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i agree 99.97% (within 3 sigmas correct?)!
i also take it in small doses depoending on my strenght in any given day.
i guess being 55.5 years of age, i have a real excuse for falling victum to this curse of 'seeing wrinkles in glass' as i call it sometimes (sometimes i say 'feeling wrinles in glass'). But who really gives a s...! there i go again crying and weeping over something that does not directly effect me! i will try to do better i promise.
Bob Dylan was maybe the greatest emo-folk artist in our brief history on this small planet (or pimble).
BUT aside from this fun (i dig it also) with emails, posting and chatting; good music is Gods and Mankinds greatest gift to us or ourselves (give us some credit as in 'free-will'). But as Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) sang, "Lets not sh..t ourselves (to love and to be loved)" is our path to sanity in this crazy world.
happiness to all,
GrievousAngel
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William Johnson (Billy)
Grievous Angel Productions
Statesboro, GA. 30461 USA
http://www.grievousangelpro.com
Derby DB10 E9
Custom BillieTele Telecaster
Peavey NV400
Peavey TubeFex
Goodrich 7A
Please 'Mouse' to see larger photo.
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Summer 1969
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