why don't all Villagers reviews contain the sentences
Villagers are the Owl City of Bright Eyes
or
he's even called Conor O-something-fer-fucks-sake
?
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Bright Eyes
I think you accidentally a word
The weird thing is they've gone for Cassadaga-era Bright Eyes
Genuinely couldn't believe it when I found out his name
Shameless.
Probably because Villagers are better than Bright Eyes.
^ ban request
NO CHANCE
I'd sugest maybe also
If you liked Mumford & Sons, you'll LOVE...
didnt mean to this this
search your feelings...
...you know this'd to be true.
Probably because
Bright Eyes (like the Postal Service) are broadly totally unlistenable, but occasionally genuinely great. Whereas Villagers are mostly good, but rarely better than very good. imo. (Adverbs!)
That Postal Service record is full of fantastic songs
you're right about Bright Eyes though
nnnnnnnnnnahhhhhhh
...trollol?
I dunno
Do people who enjoy those bands just block out the lyrics or what?
I know some of the early stuff is a bit over the top emo
But I genuinely think Conor Oberst is a great lyricist
I see where the notion comes from
But personally I find even the newer stuff pretty squirmy. The Postal Service however are off the scale.
So by that logic Owl City are good?
:O
imagine two people having similar
names. IMAGINE.
but then one of them becoming famous
and the other copying the first's voice, hairstyle and image
but having SIMILAR NAMES!
that's how much of a copy he is
it's like the room of knackered clones in alien resurrection
Voice isn't that similar is it?
I dunno
It's pretty quavery. It's slightly similar.
O'Brien sounds like less of a bedwetting loser cunt
Everyone sounds like less of a bedwetting loser cunt next to Conor Oberst
He's still brilliant though <3
imagine being called Conor O'"something"
when you are Irish. What the heck are the odds of that happening!
if anything conor oberst is the charlatan here.
Conor O'berst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpZxQxOhpCo
Chickenboner this'd this
the Villagers guy is so bad at lyrics
got a nice voice, though.
you know who does the same thing but better?
PROBABLY
because Conors output quality has steadily declined to the point where I'd argue Villagers is the better act at this present moment in time. I dont LOVE Villagers but they're decent and have a few songs I really enjoy where as Conor hasn't put out anything I've liked since Casawhatever it was called
But the People's Key is the best thing he's done since Digital Ash/Wide Awake
did you like that?
I would call myself a Bright Eyes fan
and I haven't liked anything he's done since Digital Ash / I'm Wide Awake. So yeah, Villagers are probably better at this moment in time.
When they release something anywhere near as good as Fevers & Mirrors or I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, I'd be more ready to have the debate about who's better overall.
In fact this has remined me of a band called An Angle that came out around 2002
A bigger Fevers and Mirrors era Bright Eyes rip off you could not find from the voice, down to the lyrics and song titles. People were wondering if it was a Conor Oberst side project.
I'm listening to their first album now (for first time) http://open.spotify.com/album/5N9xgB73MxJQqU3ds5FMKb
it truly is shameless, check out song titles such as ''Like a Locket, Like A Necklace, Like a Bracelet'' and ''Did You, Did You, Did You''.
Shame is it's actually pretty competent but it's crosses the line from influence to plagerism so so blatently you can't really take it seriously.
On track 4 now - god this is just amazing how much he has copied a fairly idiosyncratic style.
Ha, yeah I remember An Angle.
I don't remember them ever being discussed in any other context either.
Listening to this again for the first time since it came out
I had forgotten just how astonishing a rip-off it is.
It's so bare-faced. Like a Locket is just a 7 minute version of June on the West Coast.
Why are we acting like only one of them sucks?
:D
...when neither of them does!
soapy is my favourite
Villagers haven't exactly set my world alight
But I can't stand Conor Oberst
yeah tbh he's always skirted unbearable
and I mean on the bad side. like, a few songs he's done are even listenable.
i think he's maybe an artist you either get into when you're 15 and love forever
or never get into at all
I think that's a fair point
This is true
You could put together a very decent playlist of his material, I'm sure ;I like "The Calendar Hung Itself"). But you'd have to ignore what he's singing.
because you all moan like cunts when people go with lazy journalism like that
so they stopped doing it and now you're moaning again
calm down dear.
let's get you back to the social board
f u
:D
I hate that little nerd's voice
"oh I'm so sensitive & damaged, indie cred blah blah old "new-dylan", eight bands going at once. I'd rather listen to DES O-Conor.
why don't they include THAT sentence?
Because that could apply to so many bands / artists
zing
never cease to be amazed by peoples irrational positive opinions towards Bright Eyes
you're not 14 any more guys, you're allowed to admit you can't stand them now
oh shit
...I think you all just got brusma'd.