Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself (Live @ SXSW 2011) HD 9 of 10

[@Scrattah]

The absolute rawness of his performances especially in this era is still shocking to hear.

[@kuro2797]

I miss how genre bending and raw Conor used to be when making music. I know everyone grows up, and changing style is a good thing generally. But musically, Conor's settled into making fairly prosaic country/folk/Americana now. Lyrics are still top knotch but I wish he still experimented more with the music.

[@allthingsservethebeam4668]

I agree. Nostalgia for 2003 era Bright Eyes is strong.

[@loadedpainted7040]

I feel like the newest Bright Eyes album is pretty genre bending

[@loadedpainted7040]

@Onion Knight that was 10 years ago

[@danielcharlton1448]

this was the name of my myspace

[@therealMolochko]

holy fuck I haven't thought of this song in 10 years at least. I can't believe he was still playing it in 2011. This performance is insane.

[@nbinns999]

This was the song that made me listen to Bright Eyes - I ws working overtime in an office on a Saturday morning sometime around 2000 and this was played on Radio 1. I was hooked immediately and it took me the best part of a year to get hold of the album here in the UK. I've been hooked ever since :)

[@jamshidhamroyev4411]

Bright Eyes - best of the best Fans from Uzbekistan (Central Asia)

[@AkeFreak]

I just can't stop listen to this one. Bloody awesome.

[@meanwhilemania]

I think you're alone on that one, 4000Wiggins. This performance was as epic as the song. God, I have had this song stuck in my head out of the blue through my entire sleep. I woke craving it. This has satisfied.

[@FentForEnt]

hello, if you are still alive do you know any songs like this

[@DKPSKs]

​@@FentForEnt I do, but am regrettably no longer alive.

[@Finnigamos]

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine... You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...

[@rachela6554]

We need more bright eyes love songs 👀

[@sawbonesquad4876]

My favorite song from these guys second to Jejune Stars....

[@NK-zl4rb]

Wow! I had never seen this before! Thank you for posting!

[@auderotter]

I wish I could meet Conor and get into his psyche and get to know him. He seems like such an interesting and wonderful person, yet very broken and wild.

[@woofwoof1345]

id say you nailed it. just saw him play on sunday, he was hammered and manic. other times, he seems to be happy and well adjusted. who knows.

[@auderotter]

Quirky Puns How was he live? I'm a bit young yet, so I can't really travel to wherever he performs if it isn't nearby, but it's been a dream of mine to see him live for almost four years. Was the show for Ruminations?

[@woofwoof1345]

great! i mean i got there halfway through the set, so i missed the whole ruminations portion. he had an intermission, i walked in to lua and he stuck to 'wide awake' and 'lifted' he was drunk as hell by the end of the show, slurred a bit, forgot some lines, was really manic. i mean...but it was really authentic, and it was a small venue in chicago so when he'd talk to us it felt really intimate. i've never seen a performer so intense, and even drunk he didn't miss a note.

[@woofwoof1345]

i was driving straight from nashville to the show. i DID want to catch the whole show (til st. dymphna kicks us out's been on repeat) but im glad i missed only ruminations in retrospect. guessing you live in UK or AU because of the way you used 'yet', but catch him live first chance you get! he sold out months in advance here.

[@woofwoof1345]

PS your lua cover was nice.

[@woofwoof1345]

this whole set is dark as hell for 2011. is he handpicking his most disturbing songs?

[@thebloggervlogger792]

Quirky Puns there's barely any dark songs on this set. well, maybe to u they're dark, i absolutely love the darker songs so I don't mind at all. u say there's alot of dark songs on the set, could u name them?

[@woofwoof1345]

the calendar hung itself.

[@brittnickx0]

Most of Conor's songs are dark but that is just who he was back then it made him appeal to wider audiences.. This set is super surreal to me though the lighting and him having his hood up and singing the songs like he means what he is singing I can't help but get chills when I see it!

[@woofwoof1345]

woah, this was one min ago? yeah, i agree. he looks like he needs sleep or is just....pissed off for some reason, but it does make this whole set pretty cinematic.

[@brittnickx0]

I saw him during his the people's key tour and he was certainly in a different mind set but he still had a dark presence to him... I don't know what it is but bright eyes never gets old to me I'm about 13 years into being a fan and every song is different for me as the years go by to a lot they mean less each year but to me they are more meaningful and I understand them better.. But this is a very dark set I agree 100% with your first statement!

[@uh-lee-sha5319]

Soooo good live

[@minish1]

Saw him (them) a couple of nights ago. Amazing.

[@AustFisch]

awesome i love theese guys

[@addictioner]

His headbanging is great !

[@estivenvlogs5345]

desde peru que buena es la mejor

[@lazyatthedisco]

Estiven vlogs y yo creyendo ser el único peruano que le gustaba BE

[@joseluissejjeyucra5761]

now ............viva perù carhuancho el pueblo esta contigo

[@salocinzelaznog]

amezing.

[@juliawirch2454]

Eternally...

[@Gasdurbal]

Nice text. Song about all ex-es! Listened million times after divorce

[@spencerhoffman1744]

Dude just knows how to jam.

[@ashthompson261]

Chills

[@actionnotforce]

Good version.

[@deeplyblue7299]

i wonder if he still likes eggless huevos rancheros

[@Biverix]

She's actually good at many instruments more complex than the tambourine :)

[@StevexOwnz]

Conor Oberst looks like Toby Mcguire,.

[@ТатьянаИванова-т4н3ь]

Класс

[@metalchocobo9]

Toby Macguire looks like Conor

[@joliverius1217]

NOICE!

[@adventurous25]

Conor looks so upset all throughout this performace. but nonetheless amazing videos!

[@salocinzelaznog]

Bright Eyes debería visitar Chile de nuevo.

[@callmenevada9505]

Am I the only one who realises eyes bright enough to burn me bright eyes get it

[@rossmat707]

@11Jurriaan fame makes people attractive because its seen as a form of power. They also relate closely to his lyrics so they feel like they have a deep personal connection with him.

[@LittleStarsMiffy]

BEG U PLAY THIS AT END OF THE ROAD OXOXOXXO

[@sij6169]

Vintage performance from Conor and the boys.

[@itsmetats]

[@shoppingforasummer3201]

Shoutout drew Bledsoe first down 2991 jets ur move

[@clintwheeler2184]

You go Clark B

[@shoppingforasummer3201]

Stop that eyelid kissing sniff sniff sniff

[@colocolowb1]

Does he sound funny or is it just me? When he say sun shine it sounds like sun sine.

[@peanutbutter013]

Hey guys . . . Conor Oberst was a punk before he was a folk singer before he was a pop singer . . . facts

[@19robz84]

i think mike mogis and conor oberst should marry, make babys and then make them form a band. should be the only way to top this.

[@shoppingforasummer3201]

I said weather reports storms moved away piker got a bomb

[@4000Wiggins]

Bright Eyes should stop trying to do this song live. I love this band and I've seen them a few times. Just seems they can't get this one right.

[@marknelson4390]

Really? I find its one of my favourites live. I like how it sounds a little bit different each time, I think that's the charm of a bright eyes show... Each one is a little bit different

[@4000Wiggins]

Yea I don't know. I kind of regret making this comment because I really do love this band, and Im liking the new record and I hate putting the negative out there. In the past when I've seen them play this live I felt like they always struggled keeping the beat on this one. As if it was on the verge of falling apart. I do love the recorded version though, and it's one of the songs that made me really love this band.

[@UnicornsAreTight]

4000Wiggins I get where you're coming from when you say that it feels like it's about to fall apart but I really like that, it feels desperate in a passionate type of way It is reminiscent of Cursive's The Ugly Organ album. I really love that style, but yeah, I get where you are coming from.

[@Theclectic]

They should play more Fever and Mirrors songs. went right down the toilet after that