the emotion he puts into the live version gives me such a new perspective on this song he sounds almost pissed off during the chorus i love it,
@litethepath8 жыл бұрын
This is a masterpiece. Let it be known....
@James925Lee2 жыл бұрын
Well... it's a little uncanny...
@blatty72378 жыл бұрын
I miss Christopher Hitchens too. Gosh, I can really hear Dylan's spirit in this song.
@melaniewhorehouse52977 жыл бұрын
Even people who never new Hitchens when he was alive, now when they look at his debates and read his stuff feel like they miss him.
@AlistairIsCool7 жыл бұрын
Christopher Hitchens was a shameless charlatan pseudo-intellectual
@comradehermit93207 жыл бұрын
I miss Alexander Cockburn.
@danielgray657 жыл бұрын
True, but Sweet Sylvia was a genius.
@emotionwave7 жыл бұрын
Dylan's still alive.
@comradehermit93207 жыл бұрын
Definitely Conor's finest solo work yet.
@chrissantos55807 жыл бұрын
I never thought he would match the genius of wide awake its morning but I think he has
@doyler3696 жыл бұрын
This guy is the greatest songwriter since Cohen/Dylan His lyrics are breathtaking
@mallorymaeknox8 жыл бұрын
@chaseburris2894 жыл бұрын
“Some people say you sound a lot like bob dylan” “well, maybe bob Dylan sounds a lot like me?!”-Conor Oberst 2020
@ahlaamrafiq44773 жыл бұрын
ok, conor for president
@darling_danke_schoen7 жыл бұрын
Dang this is on par with John Prine and/or Warren Zevon in cutting satire; nice work Bright Eyes!
@CodyAlushin7 жыл бұрын
Good call. Zevon was one of the best when it came to that tounge-in--cheek stuff that still hit you hard. Conor's killing it too
@quridapearson50688 жыл бұрын
💕 LOVE IT 💕
@seanpaul87987 жыл бұрын
I just watched this on TV,we should jam hahaha
@pankace32965 жыл бұрын
Why tf is saint dymphna blocked in the US? am i missing something?
@aidanbolduc17358 жыл бұрын
I could guess which Russian authors he was talking about, but does anyone know specifically which ones he meant? Perhaps via interview?
@adamsteinmetz87668 жыл бұрын
There isn't anything specific that I've read, but I know that fans have speculated on Reddit about the comparison between Oberst's lyrics with Dostoyevski's... So there's that.
@V8trickshot7 жыл бұрын
Aidan bolduc pretty sure he's talking about Marx
@adamsteinmetz87667 жыл бұрын
Marx is a well-known German, that'd be something I don't think Oberst wouldn't know.
@timothyweltgeist33633 жыл бұрын
Lenin, Stalin
@dwoebebuffay5 жыл бұрын
Real gear.
@hannahjustine22286 жыл бұрын
My aong- I never expected anyone to say these words.
@billburwood70477 жыл бұрын
Which Bob Dylan song is this
@bulkthedisturbedfatmanchri84857 жыл бұрын
he said the perfect ten tye dillinger is the perfect 10
@AdamHenrymusic7 жыл бұрын
this is literally the same melody as His Bright Eyes song "Classic Cars"...
@daydrmnation7 жыл бұрын
if you listen closely enough, they're all the same tune really, because it's from the same artist and he has stayed true to himself while exploring different ways of conveying that. listen from beginning to end. on repeat.
@daydrmnation7 жыл бұрын
+daydrmnation you'll be sure to be taken on a ride, but it's nothing unfamiliar.
@autumnbrown30707 жыл бұрын
haha it's really really similar yeah. I still like both songs though.
@wolfcub18353 жыл бұрын
@@daydrmnation lol you’ve clearly never heard his albums noise floor or a collection of song recorded from 1997-1998
@daydrmnation3 жыл бұрын
@@wolfcub1835 i most definitely have. i’ve been with conor from the beginning to now. ;) and actually his progression from those albums is just what i mean.
@leighharris20805 жыл бұрын
I thought the intro was Dylan
@Danny__Noble4 жыл бұрын
I’m sharing with my mom and sisters 🤓😂
@Andrew_Erickson7 жыл бұрын
Somebody misses Sylvia Plath?
@ashthompson2616 жыл бұрын
“Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.” ― Sylvia Plath
@testchannel8948 жыл бұрын
Anyone have insight on the Reagan/Russian authors line? All I got is that Conor was probably young when Reagan was in office. And with the attention on Russia he got curious and looked into reading the Russian classics. But I don't know what's uncanny about that. Anyone?
@AubyanneMeletio8 жыл бұрын
Marx and Lenin? Maybe? I'm not sure that's a direct link, but they might be 'the Russian authors' that would most relate to politics, and given WHEN Reagan was in office, that would jibe.
@Cardboardcell8 жыл бұрын
He couldn't of meant Marx, as he was German. Really it is probably the "big three" of Russian authors that he is referring to, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, and Tolstoy. All three of those writers would be more apt, as they explore political and philosophical themes (also, I'm fairly certain he has referenced Dostoevsky in a few songs). Also, Oberst is a liberal, as confirmed by the Hitchens line and his past political affiliations . . . so while he very well might have read communist theory and philosophy, he probably doesn't particularly adhere to it. Dostoevsky, Chekov, and Tolstoy all have themes that would adhere to the theme of this song in particular. To be frank, I don't know if he has read Marx and Lenin "through and through" (which implies some kind of adherence to that theory and philosophy) because of how he talks about art -- Marxist aesthetics are fairly easy to spot, and Conor never speaks about art in that way. I'm not saying he has ever picked up a Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels, Mao book, but the Russian "big three" are much more likely.
@kylestallings96848 жыл бұрын
Test Channel Theres also a chance he didn't actually read them all that much, rather used the line figuratively to describe how dissent was sewn into him by Regan, idk
@mcmcmcm65207 жыл бұрын
Follow his lyrics and interviews and you'll see that Conor's a left-winger and not a liberal. Not all socialists follow some hard Soviet line on art and aesthetics.
@sleepygonzales85596 жыл бұрын
All he means is that Reagan's uncanny influence on Conor is that Reagan's association with solidifying capitalism in America ("he made a joke of the poor people and that made him a saint,") made Conor personally become more interested in communism/socialism (Russian authors like Lenin and such)
@richardjohnson65317 жыл бұрын
Robin :(
@itwasntmeanttobe52215 жыл бұрын
SHE WAS TEN
@SkunkWorksWL5 жыл бұрын
This song is perfect, but harmonica is a crime. See also: Bobby Dylan / Laura Jane Grace
@loucat27794 жыл бұрын
who refers to Christopher Hitchens? atheists say yay!!!
@ambermatos95144 жыл бұрын
*smashes guitar strings* *blows furiously into a harmonica with no sense of musical rhythm* yeah that's some good quality music right there
@loucat27794 жыл бұрын
works, because I'm here.
@Stoic92 жыл бұрын
I feel like you're being sarcastic., But I honestly feel this is true., lol., Like yes, it is quality music sir.
@tylerlindenmeyer80794 жыл бұрын
These songs are decent but Jesus when he starts blowing that harmonica my brain splits in two. Slaughters that poor instrument just as badly as Dylan does. Just because it's a simple instrument to play doesn't mean it doesn't take skill to play beautifully.