Bright Eyes - christmas in prison cover, 2023

"Prine, a notoriously huge fan of the Christmas season (the office Christmas tree stays up year-round!!), was a friend and hero to Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)."

Bright Eyes - make war, 2002

"This is an album haunted by a foreign war, by the tale of the midwesterner’s broken New York fairy tale, by figures of love and pain and despair."

Bright Eyes - gold mine gutted, 2005

"Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is the seventh studio album by American band Bright Eyes, released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records, the same day as their sixth album I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning. It peaked at number 15 in the US and 43 in the UK. In US it has sold 268,000 units. In 2007 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe. In contrast to the acoustic nature of I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is more electronic."

Bright Eyes - southern state, 2002

"The song describes an acquaintance of the narrator and their ways of dealing with depression, relationships, and alcohol abuse; all of the events of this individuals life seem to wind up leading them back to Athens."

Bright Eyes And Neva Dinova - rollerskating, 2004

"‘Rollerskating’ comes with that long-time staple of Bright Eyes records: a weird opening sample. This time round it’s spooky pre-pubescent ramblings which, coupled with the old dude at the start of ‘Tripped’ rattling on about time looping in on itself, means that the record now possesses not one but two weird opening samples, and yet doesn’t quite grate. Perhaps mindful of the pitfalls inherent in such things, neither of the two are more than a few seconds long, and being familiar with its original incarnation makes ‘Tripped’ difficult to contemplate without said old dude at its fore."

Bright Eyes - at the bottom of everything, 2005

 

"Oberst is a man on a mission, battling with urgency against the cynicism and indifference he sees. The opening song, “At the Bottom of Everything,” underscores his belief in taking a stand on issues of the day: 

We must take all of the medicines too expensive now to sell.

Set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell.

Into the ear of every anarchist that sleeps but doesn’t dream

We must sing, we must sing, we must sing."

Bright Eyes And Neva Dinova - poison, 2004

"One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels is a meeting of the minds between Oberst and his friends Neva Dinova"

Art Garfunkel - bright eyes, 1979

Bright Eyes And Neva Dinova - poison live, 2008

Bright Eyes - old soul song, 2005

Bright Eyes - we are nowhere and it's now, 2005

Bright Eyes And Neva Dinova - tripped, 2004