The other night with Seanne (Xiani, xylophone), Austin (PowerZ LOL) & maybe Olivia (Tremor Control) as well we discussed Bright Eyes & how everyone they know is like "O ya, I liked Bright Eyes back when I was 16". I didn't like Bright Eyes when I was 16, but around that time I was listening 2 the only album of his I've ever heard in its entirety: "Fevers & mirrors". My opinion? I dig his lyrics (of course...so emo, so me), but the music...not so mich. Conor Oberst, u are a ~st0ne f0x~, but...2 whiny & dramatic even 4 my taste, sry. Some ppl have since then recommended songs by him. Irana liked "Bowl of oranges" & put it on a mix she made me, 4 example, Etienne said I gotta check out some of his later work & other Saddle Creek stuff & I will. Just haven't gotten around 2 it yet. Anyways we were talking about that song "Lover I don't have to love", was that his hit or something? Everyone seems 2 know it. I liked the lyrics then (@ 16), I like them now...worth remembering, if u ask me.
I picked you out
Of a crowd & talked to you.
Said I liked your shoes,
You said, "Thanks, Can I follow you?"
So it's up the stairs,
And out of view. No prying eyes.
I poured some wine.
I asked your name;
You asked the time.
Now it's two o'clock.
The club is closed,
We are up the block.
Your hands are on me,
Pressing hard against your jeans,
Your tongue in my mouth,
Trying to keep the words from coming out,
You didn't care to know
Who else may have been you before.
I want a lover I don't have to love,
I want a girl who's too sad to give a fuck.
Where's the kid with the chemicals?
I thought he said to meet him here,
But I'm not sure.
I've got the money
If you've got the time.
He said, "It feels good."
I said "I'll give it a try."
Then my mind went dark,
We both forgot where your car was parked.
Let's just take the train.
I'll meet up with the band in the morning
Bad actors, with bad habits...
Some sad singers, they just play tragic.
& the phone is ringing,
& the van is leaving
Let's just keep touching,
Let's just keep...keep singing
I want a lover I don't have to love,
I want a boy who's so drunk he doesn't talk.
Where's the kid with the chemicals?
I got a hunger & I can't seem to get full.
I need some meaning I can memorize.
The kind I have always seems to slip my mind.
But you, but you...
You write such pretty words,
But life's no storybook.
Love's an excuse to get hurt.
& to hurt.
Do you like to hurt?
I do, I do.
Then hurt me (repeat etc etc)
- "Lover I don't have to love", BRiGHT EYES
Ha, I was googling the cover art for the album & found this description. "Simple guitar tunes & above all, the dramatic voice of Conor Oberst. Some call him the voice of the generation. @ the least, the voice of all depressive & self-obsessed souls". SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT, UH HUH.
&&& I recall Conor is in2 Latin American stuff. Like, he had another band called Desaparecidos after the ppl who disappeared during Argentina's military dictatorship. I used 2 like their song "What's new for fall", kinda about ~FASHiON~. Or maybe it had a srs bsns, Deep Meaning but I didn't get it. Wouldn't be a surprise since I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box. Desaparecidos had an album called WRITE MUSIC READ SPANISH or something like that. BUENA ONDA.
