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I own all of the Bright Eyes records and a bunch of the EP’s and splits…I also own 29 Bob Dylan records, so I can sincerely claim to be a fan of both.

…And I also own every Leonard Cohen album, so if you want to begin comparing Conor’s more personal and emotive lyrics, then starting with Cohen vs. Oberst diatribe would be vastly more interesting banter.

These even more odd references to “What about Tweedy, Mangum, etc.?”…well, what about them? All excellent in their own right, but all are very different from one another and different from Bob, Leonard, and Conor.

…on an off-topic side note in support of Jeff Mangum (whom I would not even lump into this discussion), “Aeroplane Over the Sea” album is a most kick-ass record.

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Too early in his career? Conor’s been recording music since he was fourteen, touring even before then, and releasing (very rare, admittedly) albums since he was fourteen. He released his first general release album in 1995. He was fifteen then. So please, try to tell me that he’s not far along enough in his career (13 years) of recording. At this point in his career, Dylan had already been labelled the ’sound of youth’. I love them both, but please, don’t say Conor’s not been around long enough. He’s not even thirty and he’s already spent half of his life writing, recording and touring.

I have so much respect that he found something he was so good at at such a young age. Keep it up, mate!

BTW, Cassadaga is incredible! As is the Four Winds EP!

Ok all you argumentative types, deal with this. I’m a 38 year old ex-Rush addict with plenty of Dylan, Simon, Cash, Metallica and Barenaked Ladies (just to mix it up a bit) under my belt. I play covers at coffee shops and open mics endlessly, a few gigs here and there, around San Diego. I just spent a weekend in SF with my String Cheese Incident, Mother Hips loving younger brothers (who always clue me into the best new stuff) where we caught the Robert Randolph and Family Band on Friday night at the Warfield, and yes, this Bright Eyes character, at the sold out Great American Music Hall on Saturday night. I short guy with even shorter hair and glasses whom I recognized as Obersts’ erstwhile bandmate Mike Mogis was hanging out by the T-shirt paraphanelia table in back during the opening act, modestly standing there holding a drink. I recognized him and made a beeline. I shook his hand, congratulated them on their success, and said in a smooth, convincing tone to him my belief that Bright Eyes was the best act in music right now, period. Not yet infected by that rock star ego, I guess, Mogis smiled, looked at me and said “Thanks!” Then he just stood there, not running away. He was a polite man and actually engaged me in a little bit of conversation (”these venues are small, we’re excited about the new stuff,” etc.) I said “good luck” as he turned to walk away, and he turned back to me and said “thank you.” Bottom line: the new stuff CRANKS, and Oberst and the band are very well rehearsed. It’s as if they know what is at stake now. Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girtls, lets forget the Dylan comparison because inevitably one artist gets put down over the other, and neither Oberst nor (certainly) Dylan deserve it. Right now, Conor Oberst and Bright Eyes have a catalogue of workingman musicians material, 80% of which is brilliantly written, melodic music. Oberst’s songs are memorable stories and vignettes of emotions that I’ve never heard so clearly sung before. Bright Eyes has yet to capture the music world’s imagination - ever so slowly do my open mic audiences recognize the tunes I cover (’Make War’ being my current favorite) - but I believe it will happen en masse soon. Dylan was then, Oberst is now. Let’s be happy we can choose both.

Connor is amazing. I absolutely adore his wavering voice and deep, soul catching lyrics. the way it seems as if his heart is breaking within each word is so enduring. He is an amazing poet

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The Conor vs. Bob debate can go on indefinitely, but I think it’s important to evaluate each of those guys in their own context. Dylan is firmly established as a singer/songwriter/voice-of-his -generation, and Oberst really isn’t yet. I think you would have had a similar debate in the ’60s comparing the upstart Dylan to Pete Seeger or someone like that. I’m sure you’d hear quite a few people saying that Dylan shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence as Woody Guthrie, but in the end, Dylan was borne out, and the naysayers just look stupid now.

Personally, I don’t know many other people who are as big Dylan fans as I am, and I often wonder if Bright Eyes isn’t better. There’s something about the way he writes that has its own quality, and it isn’t like Dylan or anyone else. Someone asked him how he liked being compared to Dylan, and he said something like “I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.” I’m not really either…I think the only valid comparison to Dylan is the fact that he sings clever lyrics with a questionable voice. But then, people have been looking for another Dylan since Dylan started going to church.

By the way, Jeff Tweedy? Not so much. I think Oberst has him soundly beat as far as lyrical content, and how shall I say it…sanity? Mangum’s stuff is more like something Syd Barrett would understand.

You people are stupid. How come every artist that comes out nowadays playing an acoustic guitar is this generations Bob Dylan. This generation still has a Bob Dylan… because Bob Dylan is still writing songs. No one has ever been as good as Dylan and as much as i love both these artists you can’t compare them. You also can’t compare Jeff Tweedy because with an exception of Being There and A.M no Wilco album sounds anything like Dylan. Jeff Tweedy is more of a Thom Yorke then a Bob Dylan. Have you ever heard A Ghost Is Born? Sure Dylan went electric but he never made an album that sounds like Kid A Part 2. No one is Bob Dylan, besides Dylan.

How is Jeff Tweedy not in the discussion of possible Dylan heir? It’s certainly not Bright Eyes.

honestly, Dylan has been one of my favorites since i was a kid and Conor is a new favorite. i think that all artists are, in their own way, comparable to another artist, but isn’t that why they created genres? Dylan is, in my opinion, the best songwriter of all time and Conor is nowhere near that but i still love both of them and yet there is no comparison. see Townes Van Zandt (one of Dylan’s early influences) or the biggest influence of his life, Woody Guthrie.

Honestly, let’s just allow them both to be themselves and continue making music because thats what they love to do and you guys love to criticize. pick up a guitar and write a song like “A hard rain’s a gonna fall” and then we’ll talk.

Dylan has been in my ears since I was a child sitting by my grandfather while he played Tangled Up in Blue and Mr. Tambourine Man on his guitar. Which leads me to say that Dylan is very, very timeless. In every generation, Dylan has emerged and continues to inspire. Whatever he means in his lyrics is up to him to decide. Yet, I can say that to me Dylan is a philosopher in his own way. Think about it.

Conor Oberst is a fantastic writer. Dylan and Obersts writings are a bit different from each other. One is blatently honest, and the other one is poetic and beautiful, but is left for other people to determine what it means to them. Oberst is definately a spokesman for this generation. But by no means is he Bob Dylan.

Both are fantastic. Cut the shit.

“bright eyes the flavor of the week????”
if you know nothing about conor other then a song you heard and you think that gave you enough sense to make a remark then i suggest you click the little box in the top right corner with an X in the middle of it. whether conor is a legend only time will tell but one thing he is most definitly NOT is flavor of the week.

a musician may become “trendy to listen too but come on! that does not automaticly distroy their credibility.

please use both eyes and ears and at least give credit where credit is deserved.

Conor Oberst says all the things our desperate souls want to articulate but can’t

Inevitably Conor was born for a reason, for us to argue over.

I’d just like to say, if we’re going to compare Conor Oberst to a past music great, it would be Leonard Cohen, not Bob Dylan. Think about it.

you can compare anyone to anyone. each person has something like everyone. and oberst and dylan’s vocals, can be, at times, a bit similar. and singing about important events in our generation is the same thing dylan did for his generation.
i think every musician has some respectable aspect. so rather than seeing the galss half empty, find something you do like.

btw. i enjoy oberst’s music. there is not one song i don’t like.

Completely disgagree. Outside of the fact that conor oberst has a poetic perspective paralleled by no legend(unparalled is not a measurement. just a statement of individuality and self understanding). As unatartistic as it is to analyze and consider worth of an artist statistically, people often approach the concept of “legends” that way. With such factors being, the length of their career, how many albums they released, how many different mediums and genres they were open to. And taking such factors into with comparison of other legends, Conor Obersts falls short of no one in my book. I see and hear more growth of person in him than i think most people do in their lifetimes, musician or not. With that perspective, I think his age (the first reason some might oppose his “legendry”) only further supports it to me. Saddle-Creek seems to embody that all together.

Although I do like Bright Eyes it is way too early in his career to even compare to a living legend. This coming from somebody who is not even a fan of Bob Dylan.

Debating art is all fun and mostly game, but, when it comes down to it, at the bottom of everything :-p, art is an aesthetic. its beauty and significance lies in the perception of the beholder. so ultimately all your opinions, critics, reviews are all worthless and meaningless. You can argue whether you prefer eliot or WCW for either one’s metaphores or the other’s simplicity, but at the end of the day theyre both equally good though drastically different poets.

as for my opinion, i’ve been listening to dylan longer than i have connor and yet i would rank connor higher overall. first of all he didnt betray his predecessor that gave him literaly everything, but thats neither here nor there. frankly connor is arguably the dylan of this generation and this generation is distinctly different from that of the 60s (when dylan did his best work). Music is music, it should be an enjoyable experience for everyone, unliek poetry, which is why i respect poets like eliot more than those of the minimalist school–he makes you have to think and dig deeply to fully comprehend his laborious lymrics. insofar as music is a universal art, the lyrics should be equally universal, which is why people are more alert to turns of phrases rather than heavy metaphore and allegory. when i listen to “hurricane” i marvel at the genius , but when i listen to “poison oak” i cry. emotion is emotion, and i enjoy each emotion, in retrospect, equally, which only further solidifies the theory that music ought be universal because it has the capability of being much more emotive than poetry (lyrics) alone. and frankly when i listen to music i rather feel, which is what connor does for me, than think, which is what dylan does to me. Just as we contrastingly compare logic and emotion, we have been comparing dylan and connor, and that is just a silly endeavor, so why not give each his dues? dylan is ultimately the better poet but connor the better musician

Debating art is all fun and mostly game, but, when it comes down to it, at the bottom of everything :-p, art is an aesthetic. its beauty and significance lies in the perception of the beholder. so ultimately all your opinions, critics, reviews are all worthless and meaningless. You can argue whether you prefer eliot or WCW for either one’s metaphores or the other’s simplicity, but at the end of the day theyre both equally good though drastically different poets.

as for my opinion, i’ve been listening to dylan longer than i have connor and yet i would rank connor higher overall. first of all he didnt betray his predecessor that gave him literaly everything, but thats neither here nor there. frankly connor is arguably the dylan of this generation and this generation is distinctly different from that of the 60s (when dylan did his best work). Music is music, it should be an enjoyable experience for everyone, unliek poetry, which is why i respect poets like eliot more than those of the minimalist school–he makes you have to think and dig deeply to fully comprehend his laborious lymrics. insofar as music is a universal art, the lyrics should be equally universal, which is why people are more alert to turns of phrases rather than heavy metaphore and allegory. when i listen to “hurricane” i marvel at the genius , but when i listen to “poison oak” i cry. emotion is emotion, and i enjoy each emotion, in retrospect, equally, which only further solidifies the theory that music ought be universal because it has the capability of being much more emotive than poetry (lyrics) alone. and frankly when i listen to music i rather feel, which is what connor does for me, than think, which is what dylan does to me. Just as we contrastingly compare logic and emotion, we have been comparing dyland and connor, and that is just a silly endeavor, so why not give each his dues?

I wish this was debate would end… they both are amazing!

Dylan fans need to stop being ignorant about Bright Eyes, and Bright Eyes fans need to stop being ignorant about Dylan.

A lot of people have been talking shit on here.
1) A review gives you an idea of what a record sounds like, as well as the personal opinion of the reviewer. Of course the review shouldn’t dictate whether you like a record or not and you should make your own opinion, but have you ever noticed that reviews come out often before the records do? That’s so that we can judge whether or not we may want to buy the record when it is released.
2) Just because Dylan and Oberst are from different generations and sing about different things doesn’t make them incomparable. One thing that is clear is that they both have a very good understanding of what poetry is and how to manipulate the English language to both communicate a message and evoke beautiful images. And that makes them both stand out head and shoulders above literally thousands of contemporary musicians.

its weird that u are comparing the two because last week i bought a “blonde on blonde”(my first dylan cd ever) and “noise floore”(my 4th bright eyes cd) and i was thinking to myself how great of songwriters the 2 were and how i thought conor should be given atleast half the credit dylan gets. i’m not comparing just saying they are both really genius songwriters. if i had to choose one i’d say conor because i can relate more but mayber if i were older i’d like dylan better.

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At 29, one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time is “A Hard Rains Gonna Fall”. The imagery in those lyrics is incredible. That said (and if you disagree, write me: amy.cain@yahoo.com)Conor Oberst is the best musician of me generation. From “Letting Off the Happiness” until now, no one’s song writing has touched me so much. I do think he’s an acquired taste, though. It’s his lyrics that are so compelling (I relate to far too many of them). Even he makes a tongue in cheek reference to his singing in “Ode to Joy”; “I could be a famous singer if I had someone elses voice, but failure always sounded better”. As long as he is creating music, I’ll be buying it to hear songs like “Don’t Know when but a Day’s Gonna Come”, “Landlocked Blues”,&”June on the West Coast”.

hey rolling stone, what are you going to write about once george bush is gone and you have to get back to music? conor and bob are both wonderful, they are similar in ways but difefrent in more. why worry about it, i hear neither of them do. just listen and enjoy and take what you wish from both, and if you don’t like one or the other, don’t fret. personally i love them both for so many different reasons, and i sleep at night. at the very least, neither is a corporate money machine that took the artform out of music and show up on every cover of rolling stone. relax everybody. i like this review by the way, but then again i like bright eyes. its all a matter of opinion, maybe everyone should put on a record and calm down.

Sorry, but Conor’s lyrics are obvious and repetitive when it comes to meaning…Dylans have a lot more complexity and beauty to them. That and Oberst has yet to write a good tune. BTW, Siamese cat is a perfect yet not “hit you in the face with the obvious hammer” description of the kind of weirdness that Andy Warhol was into. Oberst would write something like “who painted cans of Tomato Soup”.

and for fucking crying out loud rolling stone has a show on mtv.. a station that also has show’s like sweet 16 and next… c’mon… you don’t need some fucking magazie to tell you what to listen to do you?

I really don’t understand the point of reading reviews… I mean can’t people decide what the like on their own since it is all a matter of opinion. You shouldn’t need anyone else you to tell you what’s good and what’s not. If what someone else says changes your feelings on something you already feel strongly about then you obviously can not think for yourself. Enjoy what you wnjoy.. fuck what anyone else thinks. Yes some music is great and is something more people can relate to but if only you or a few people can relate to it that shouldn’t make it any less great for you.

You cannot compare Bob Dylan and Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes. They both may be in the same “genre” but the comparisons must end there. Bob Dylan came out and excelled in a completely different era than Conor. Their songs are based on entirely different subjects and their personalities (as much as we are allowed to see) are very different. However, they both are musical ingenues and sing about issues that actually make a difference/connect to society’s issues. In my opinion (having been a child of the mid-late 80’s) Conor is much more relative to me and my ideals than Dylan, and so I am a fan of his music more than Bob Dylan (who I although am still a fan of and have a respect for).

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I love Bright Eyes. I’ve been having a ball listening to Noise Floor. Songs like Trees Get Wheeled Away, Bad Blood, and Amy in the White Coat just really speak to me, as most of Bright Eyes songs do. Can’t wait for the new stuff & hope to see him live!

and i just spelled his name wrong, great..sorry conor

u don’t compare these two, they may both be folk singers but they are totally different in personality…but i’m sorry bob dylan fans conner is the shit!!!

I can not wait!!!

I dont see the point in reading any mainstream music magazines reviews and taking them seriously. even pitchfork has gone downhill. rolling stone used to be a trend setter but now its just old news. that and it seems so ludicrous to me to compare conor oberst to god and bob dylan. when you have educated views on music maybe you should post then but not while you have immature assumptions on music.

CONOR OBERST IS GOD.

Oh shit.

Music from Bright Eyes with connections to Joan Didion?

I think I’m in an emo-writer’s heaven.

Tour near me two days in a row, new ep and full length. I might die I’m so happy. Conor I think I Love you.

dude, why are you all arguing? if you dont like whats being said here or if you dont like bright eyes, then ignore it and move on.

different music for different peopel!

Amen

CONOR IS WAYYYYYYYYYYYY BETTER THAN BOBBY BITCHY BOY…but they are both very good(anyone who talks shit to god is an idiot)

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why would you hate conor? Cuz he is better than you thats why

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I’ve been looking forward to this for months and months.

im on the edge of my seat

Ahhhh, I’m so excited for these albums.
Damn, why can’t march and april come soooner?

The comparison you can make between Dylan and Conor is both have a style that has evolved to suit their changing artistic directions and advancements in technology.
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for such a prestigious music magazine with such a proud history etc, i find your reviews stupid, inconsistent and unprofessional… this review sounds like something a teenager would write for the school paper…
and you can’t compare bright eyes and dylan, they’re entirely different, singing to different generations about different issues.

i love dylan and conor. dylan is more political, conor more personal. right now conor means more to me and i prefer his voice. they don’t need to be compared, just appreciate both.

fuck, i hate bright eyes…

Soon

ps.

“To the deepest part
of the human heart
the fear of death expands

till we crack the code
we have always known
but could never understand

on a circuit board
we will soon be born,
again
and again”

when’s bob dylan going to die?

no one should even bother trying to compare them, if you listen to one of Connor’s songs, and then ANY Bob Dylan one, you can pick the difference straight away. Just because Connor has a similar lyrical tendency as Bob is no reason to start saying that he’s the next Bob Dylan or he’s better than Bob Dylan, if you actually paid attention instead of getting fired up over what someone else had said, you’d see it’s apples and oranges babydoll.

Can’t wait for this album to come out. Can’t wait to see Conor live again.

If Bob Dylan were to have a child, it would be…Oh, wait. He does and his name is Jacob and his band is the Wallflowers.
Soooo, Conor Oberst may just be the offspring of Gordon Gano and Patti Smith.

I’m of the mind that comparing them is pointless. I love ‘em both for different reasons. Calling someone the “next” anything is doing a disservice to whomever you’re categorizing.

While I do enjoy Bright Eyes records and find them very stimulating lyrically, especially when compared to the current musical landscape. Let’s face it people Oberst couldn’t even hold Dylan’s sack, and he definitely should not be discussed as Dylan’s songwriting equal. Those of you claiming he is Dylan’s songwriting superior……….have you ever even listened to Hwy 61? I turned 34 this week, but you all are making me feel like the old man here. Dylan’s words and music will be played throughout the 21st century and beyond………..his genius is timeless.

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there is only one true way to settle this one folks, celebrity death match.

my guitar player jimi explained dylan’s best lyrics like this; every last word of every sentence leads in to the next arcanely connected and/or totally unconnected thought like on big run-on sentence - for example:

it was up in the tree top ~ of the day of my enlightened desire ~ your breasts in my face ~ the music you fail to acknowledge ~ my valiant presence etc…

Bob Dylan certainly has a few classic songs, however he must be losing his poetic edge as he’s started “borrowing” other musicians’ work from as far back as the ’20s on the new album. It’s kind of sad how little credit they’re getting too. I think that Conor Oberst has a more creative mind, Dylan is more realistic. Whatever that means to you…

whoever said that bright eyes is just a “flavor of the week” is completely idiotic. ive been in love with bright eyes for over 5 years. and it never gets old. and bob dylan, PAH! no comparison. whatever mock me, but there are plenty of people who believe as i do.

conor’s lyrics and music is amazing. i will admit, i was dissapointed with “digital ash” and “im wide awake” but his earlier stuff such as “fevers and mirrors”, “letting off the happiness”, “lifted”… i could go on forever, is simply undescribable. better than any bob dylan i’ve ever heard.

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ok um
here are some conor lyrics

“Soon all the joy that pours from everything makes fountains of your eyes
Because you finally understand the movement of a hand waving you goodbye ”

and

“On a day so gray it’s black inside
Watching churches on tv
In a coma you don’t dream
You just hope that someone sits with you”

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“Because it hurts when you discover
One’s worse and one’s better
To suffer or cause others to
And you can live by your conscience
Now guilt is a concept
You’re no longer subscribing to”

ps.

if you think that Conors delivery is whiney, listen to “Nothing gets crossed out” or “Soon you will be leaving your man”

First of all, it doesn’t have to be one is better than the other. Second of all, if it DID have to be that way, anyone with an open mind would pick Conor over Bob. Have you LISTENED to that swill that Dylan has put out recently? It’s unlistenable. Not even JACOB Dylan would put out anything that bad. Conor: “You see stars that clear/ Have been dead for years/ But the idea, just lives on”

Are you kidding me? Dylan is a legend. Oberst is a flavor of the week. Dylan wrote great songs, with good lyrics. Oberst writes mediocre to sub-par songs with lyrics that are just ramblings from a teenage girls diary. Please stop this….

comparing bright eyes and dylan is simply stupid, dylan was a pioneer in music, bright eyes is very good but please dont make silly comparisons, saying anyone will be the next dyaln is like saying oasis were the second beatles, its dumb.

Dylan- boring and bright eyes - awesome…riiiight. congratulations, all your future posts just lost any credibility whatsoever.

dylan’s boring. bright eyes is awesome.

Digital Ash and Wide Awake both came out in early 2005.

the four winds is from didion

bart, “slouching toward bethlehem” is a line from Yeats, and ALSO is the title of a great essay book by Joan Didion.

Don’t act like you know.

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i dont get it. a while back you (rolling stone) ran a thing on albums that you were excited for in 2007 or something like that and you didn’t even mention bright eyes. so, are you guys excited for the new album]

That’s because Rolling Stones incosistent.

sm, Bob Dylan would win that lyrical battle. “We sure killed all the pain”…not very good. Bad song as well. Let’s try…

Oberst- Now a mother takes loans out, sends her kids off to colleges.
Her family’s reduced to names on a shopping list.
While, a coroner kneels beneath a great, wooden crucifix.
He knows there’s worse things than being alone.

vs.

Dylan- As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don’t hate nothing at all
Except hatred.

They have nothing to do with each other, but I’d still pick Dylan

Yeah, exactly. A few days ago Elizabeth Goodman was stoked about the new Britney Spears opus, but she didn’t seem to care about the new albums coming from Bright Eyes, Radiohead, and Wilco.

i dont get it. a while back you (rolling stone) ran a thing on albums that you were excited for in 2007 or something like that and you didn’t even mention bright eyes. so, are you guys excited for the new album or not? i know i am, that’s for sure!

You lucky bastards.

like dylan writes ‘great’ lyrics. Dylan is timeless but his lyrics are hardly great. He writes cat, hat, bat, rat, tat, tat, clat, mat, stuff. Conor thinks and writes from his heart, creativly and inspirationally.

Conor; ‘We might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain.’

Dylan; ‘You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat.’

Bright Eyes : 1
Dylan: 0

Can’t wait for the EP and the new album

sm
myspace.com/scott macgregor

Joan Diddion wrote the line “Slouching Toward Bethlehem?” Yeah, and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers wrote “Higher Ground.”

Um, have any of you morons that compare Bright Eyes to Bob Dylan actually listened to more than a couple Dylan albums beginning to end? Or do you just write & say it because you’ve seen someone else say it? What’s that? Yes? Thought so.

Oberst & Dylan are completely different.

For one thing…. Oberst writes bad lyrics while Dylan writes great lyrics.

Writing a bunch of bad lyrics & fitting them in one short song doesn’t make you Dylan.

anyone have a loratab?

theres a band i just found called thebignothing on cd baby that sounds alot like connor and elliott smith put together. not like dylan though.
heres the link
www.cdbaby.com/thebignoth ing

Bright Eyes has some interesting lyrics. I find his delivery whiny and pretentious. Hopefully that’ll change. As for any Dylan comparisons - there is none. You want to hear someone who rightly can be compared to Dylan in style and songwriting - check out Tim Easton.

cant wait ,,, loving the song titles

yer all a bunch a fuckin’ drunks…gimme some!…

Um, try 2005, friends. Sorry to be a corrective jerk, but you kinda started it, K.

You guys said how great Wincing the Night Away was as well, then you gave it 3 1/2 stars and the hardest to understand review ever.

I’ll just wait for the actual review for this.

(Sorry, I’m just still really pissed by The Shins latest review)

umm, Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning came out in 2004.

And let the Dylan comparisons commence.