Comments on: Review: Bright Eyes, Cassadaga

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 03:06:47 +0000

Chris: Emo is the Yankees after that series against the A’s last week. That is to say, LOSERS. muahaha.

Amber: I want to say that I like your sullying, but that just sounds… you know… off…

By: amber

amber — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:22:30 +0000

i was going to review this, too, but something fucked up when i was downloading the album and i never got it. i took it as a sign from the universe that my bright eyes days were over. however, this is a fabulous review, so i’m glad i didnt sully the site with my own blabbering. great job!

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:29:20 +0000

(yep, despite my many protests to the contrary, I was often a bit, shall we say, emo)

HA!! I knew it.
WTF is emo?

By: Commissar Startastic

Commissar Startastic — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:24:38 +0000

Connor Oberst is the Pearl Jam singer dude of this generation.

Eddie Veder. Ya that was his name. I will forget about Conner Oberst soon enough too.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:42:53 +0000

@Joie: I definitely agree with you that this album isn’t groundbreaking. Fevers and Mirrors definitely had moments that were more unique–you know, like the background noise of “Song to Pass the Time”–but the whining, it was not unique…. especially after successive albums. My favorite track on Cassadaga is “Everything Must Belong Somewhere”–this was a high point for me during the aforementioned concert at which I started otherwise being annoyed by Conor Oberst. Hearing Bright Eyes sing about cauliflower was way more interesting than hearing them sing about poliitics.

@DJ: As I said, before this album, I think his main appeal was to the young’uns… so I’m guessing you were already Non-Emo in 1998. Go you! But I definitely don’t get the “I love you Conor” phenomenon either.

By: hotshotrobot

hotshotrobot — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:01:42 +0000

In all seriousness, i will never understand the fascination with this Conor dipshit. Granted, my experience with him has consisted of one unfortunate live show at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, back in, like, 1998 or something, but that was so trying that i vowed to avoid him forever and ever since then.

By: joiezabel

joiezabel — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:03:55 +0000

you just f’ing made me spit water all over my keyboard with those pics. well played, christine, well played.

i too loved bright eyes back in the day of fevers and mirrors but started getting annoyed with his whining long ago. however, i agree with you that cassadaga is a good album, one i’ll come back to occasionally even if it’s not earth-shatteringly special. the exception for me is the song “if the brakeman turns my way,” which i cannot stop listening to.