OMG, the nostalgia! I discovered so many bands on this show. Bright Eyes, Postal Service, The Shins, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Yeah Yeah Yeahs... those were the days.
I love how this guy who writes these amazing songs for this amazing band can be so shy, down to earth and so honest with himself and everyone else in these interviews and in general. It doesn't seem like he's trying to impress anyone and it's not awkward, it's real. I love it.
"Oh no! It's smells musty." You just have to appreciate their honesty and awkward inept interviews they have. It's not at all a bad thing, it's actually quite good.
this is a prime example why he dosent do many interviews or avoids them...he's always so aqward in them ..poor conor :((( i just want to give him a hug
I was so excited about Conor and Mike in the same interview! Wish the interviewer kept it more lively. At least they were on MTV at all though... Highly doubt they would interview them now.
i wouldnt be suprised if he was a influence on conor. i know robert is on my music. but i dont know why someone hit thumbs down on your comment i think it was a good analogy.
I know... but I love that awkwardness. It's very endearing, how normal and polite they are. The whole I'm a rock star" thing isn't present. Lol, "there were people, in an orchestrated fashion...."
@BoyBornPoet This interview was taken around 2003/2004, and Give Up is the album by the Postal Service that they're referring to which came out around the same time. Also, the music video i would imagine they're referring to is The District Sleeps Alone Tonight which was released in 2003, and they could just be mistaken; however Such Great Heights's music video was released in 2004 (not 2010). Lastly, the musical scenes that those two bands came from have a lot in common as far as DIY and genre
i am a songwriter/drummer/singer/guitar, bass, piano, dj, french horn, harmonica, cuatro, trumpet, beat box, lyricist from nyc and i have no trouble speaking but that my friend is badass. especially if you don't suck at life, which i would assume you dont
I agree, Omaha could be the most concentrated talent in the country. However, Long Island always has a lot of talent and if you have the means check out St. Louis indie scene. Get on myspace and check out Say Panther, Berlin Whale, So Many Dynamos, Jumbling Towers, Thankful Tree, Sunday Artist. Great stuff.
@MrTatershot listen to some of conors more recent interviews and try and say that same thing again. He by far gives the most in depth and just plain awesome answers then anyone ive ever seen interview before. He's given answers before that make me stay up at night thinking.
i love the string around conors neck. and the way he always ties his sweatshirt. lets be honest. the kids got style. and it bothers me how this guy ask's them the completey wrong questions.
I love that the dude tried to make his coinage of calling Mogis the "Dr. Dre of Indie" sound like it wasn't his idea...like people say it all the time. But then admitted he came up with it five mins before the interview. Who hired this clown?
@MasterOuiukiske No there is just a lot of other things he wants to say but he cant be upfront about whats on his mind. Read his music to know his mind, will take a long time.
O yea and i managed to shake mikes hand at there oxford brooks concert and at birmingham got to touch conor when he jumped into the crowd. search on youtube "conor jumps into crowd"
Oh, wow, I commented on how he looks so much different now, and how I liked it better when he had this style. God forbid. "i play bass, i hate everyone that is better then me" And I'm the loser? Good game.
Is it just me that imagines Conor with long hair when its short, to see if he would look the same as when his hair was long?....no....just me...Ok. forget I ever said that!
True but it looks like the exact same design that the pirate bay shirts were...maybe that already existed as a universal sign of supporting piracy though?It's a shame that the piratebay is going downhill.
Yeah Conor's pretty fucked up in this which isn't surprising but he's still amazing. I heard he's somewhat clean now and looks great. I could be wrong though, idk.
lol Conor's wearing a shirt that supports the sharing of music (or piracy) on MTV a channel that plays mostly music from labels that are apart of the RIAA an organization the sue fans for sharing music
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Does anyone else find Conor really adorable in this video?
OMG, the nostalgia! I discovered so many bands on this show. Bright Eyes, Postal Service, The Shins, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Yeah Yeah Yeahs... those were the days.
I love how this guy who writes these amazing songs for this amazing band can be so shy, down to earth and so honest with himself and everyone else in these interviews and in general. It doesn't seem like he's trying to impress anyone and it's not awkward, it's real. I love it.
no one knows how happy it makes me that someone as amazing as conor seems to have the social/speech issues i do.
Early 00s MTV, early 00s music.
Good times
THEE BEST times!!🙌🥺
why the hell would you hold an interview there
What a beautiful boy
"Oh no! It's smells musty."
You just have to appreciate their honesty and awkward inept interviews they have. It's not at all a bad thing, it's actually quite good.
this is a prime example why he dosent do many interviews or avoids them...he's always so aqward in them ..poor conor :((( i just want to give him a hug
I loved it! it's so perfect and awkward!
I was so excited about Conor and Mike in the same interview! Wish the interviewer kept it more lively. At least they were on MTV at all though... Highly doubt they would interview them now.
3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06 3:06
Omg Conor. You're tiny-voice-singing is so cute. LOL
I think watching interviews with him are as enjoyable as his songs
thanks for posting this. it's cool that saddle creek did end up building a great venue in omaha (the slowdown)
Me too. The entire interview I was thinking that this was not the right background music for Bright Eyes.
i wouldnt be suprised if he was a influence on conor. i know robert is on my music. but i dont know why someone hit thumbs down on your comment i think it was a good analogy.
I know... but I love that awkwardness. It's very endearing, how normal and polite they are. The whole I'm a rock star" thing isn't present. Lol, "there were people, in an orchestrated fashion...."
I love when he ruffles his hair at around 1:45 and for some reason right after that I think he sounds like Robert Smith (...minus the English accent).
@BoyBornPoet This interview was taken around 2003/2004, and Give Up is the album by the Postal Service that they're referring to which came out around the same time. Also, the music video i would imagine they're referring to is The District Sleeps Alone Tonight which was released in 2003, and they could just be mistaken; however Such Great Heights's music video was released in 2004 (not 2010). Lastly, the musical scenes that those two bands came from have a lot in common as far as DIY and genre
I love him so much he's such an awkward person its so cool...
I love how it seems Conor's so shy and awkward in interviews,
it's very cute.
I wish he was still this way :[
With the look I mean.
I thought that at first, but i think this was filmed in 2002 and the pirate bay wasn't up yet
"they will see us waving from such great heights." they should cover that
excellent closing music. Completes the video. But seriously nice clip!
obviously the only way conor can comunicate is through his guitar. If only we were all like that. Conor for god!
Why do an interview on a staircase, why, why?
(2 minutes later)
And why put the camera at the bottom of the staircase during the interview?
I want conors hair.
Hes wonderfully awkward. And his speaking voice is nice. He almost kinda has a lisp and its adorable. so is he...
Where the hell are they interviewing them?
Where has 15 years gone?
ladytron in the background i love it
he obviously puts words together better with music than in straight conversation
this camera man keeps using these fast pans and zooms to make it seem more intense than it is
I love how they try to answer questions in interviews. It seems to be a little hard for them. lol
I weep for you.
i am a songwriter/drummer/singer/guitar, bass, piano, dj, french horn, harmonica, cuatro, trumpet, beat box, lyricist from nyc and i have no trouble speaking but that my friend is badass. especially if you don't suck at life, which i would assume you dont
@YeahItsPiero this shows still on mtv. its on at 5am tho =/
i fucking... hate "music television".
so glad he still to this day has not sold out
i think that conor is
a great person.. and
he's handsome and talented
love him to death :]
why are they in a stairway? and why is everything so green?
whats the song that starts the video?
who decided this was where you should hold an interview?
its so cute how hes all nervous
I agree, Omaha could be the most concentrated talent in the country. However, Long Island always has a lot of talent and if you have the means check out St. Louis indie scene. Get on myspace and check out Say Panther, Berlin Whale, So Many Dynamos, Jumbling Towers, Thankful Tree, Sunday Artist. Great stuff.
I love Conor at 7:34. "Oh no". Cracks me up. Ha ha.
"Well...there were a lot of people there...in an orchestrated fashion..."
at the end, "oh no!" LOL :')
That's pretty cool haha, and very ironic, thanks for the mini-history lesson, I appreciate it.
woooooo! I hear Tihiti 80 in the background at 4:00.......
Why does the camera keep panning at Conors hands
@MrTatershot listen to some of conors more recent interviews and try and say that same thing again. He by far gives the most in depth and just plain awesome answers then anyone ive ever seen interview before. He's given answers before that make me stay up at night thinking.
He is so gorgeous and brilliant it just makes me want to die.
i love this guy=)
This band though,is even better muahaha
i love the string around conors neck.
and the way he always ties his sweatshirt.
lets be honest.
the kids got style.
and it bothers me how this guy ask's them the completey wrong questions.
it says 03 at the end of the interview, yeah i wouldve thought 03-04 as well.
Where
the
hell
are they
I'm debating with myself whether conor is just an awkward type person.
Or if he's just never sober.
Either way, I love his music.
I think the answer after all these years is...he's both.
what happened to his glasses? does he wear contacts now?
I love that the dude tried to make his coinage of calling Mogis the "Dr. Dre of Indie" sound like it wasn't his idea...like people say it all the time. But then admitted he came up with it five mins before the interview. Who hired this clown?
I just recently discovered this, haha :p
HIS HAIR. MY GOD IT'S LOVELY. JUST A GREASY DISARRAY. I PERSONALLY LIKE IT.
who actually does an interview in a stairwell. really.
@MasterOuiukiske No there is just a lot of other things he wants to say but he cant be upfront about whats on his mind. Read his music to know his mind, will take a long time.
you should take the fucking mtv promo that comes up between every question out
it's really strange to me that they're playing "Seventeen" by Ladytron in the background. of all the things -- Ladytron. hahahah.
haha i love how he messes up his hair
lol its funny his slitty shy and he has a hard time expelling things lol he has a grasp of it but can't get it into words lol it awesome ^^
For some reason Conor reminds me of Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT.
his hair gets so wild
O yea and i managed to shake mikes hand at there oxford brooks concert and at birmingham got to touch conor when he jumped into the crowd. search on youtube "conor jumps into crowd"
Yooo Ladytron in the background
awkward and cool simultaneously
lol that interview seems so awkward its like that interviewer is threatening them to do the interview with a knife
"..and theres no like support from the general public" lololol O conor
Oh, wow, I commented on how he looks so much different now,
and how I liked it better when he had this style.
God forbid.
"i play bass, i hate everyone that is better then me"
And I'm the loser?
Good game.
the interviewer looks like the kind of guy would beat conor and mike up in high school.
"There were a lot of people there in an orchestrated fashion..on purpose." Hahahaha
conor oberst looks like milo whatever (peter from heroes) in this. amirite?
@TaylorJohnsonMusic and they kinda look alike too!
Omaha is a really good music scene
Is it just me that imagines Conor with long hair when its short, to see if he would look the same as when his hair was long?....no....just me...Ok. forget I ever said that!
True but it looks like the exact same design that the pirate bay shirts were...maybe that already existed as a universal sign of supporting piracy though?It's a shame that the piratebay is going downhill.
Haha yeah i was going to ask if that's a piratebay t shirt.
take it easy dogg
@UMmus1c seventeen by Ladytron
More like personal interrogation.
prob cause he was a lot younger here
@TaylorJohnsonMusic or vice-versa...
Yeah Conor's pretty fucked up in this which isn't surprising but he's still amazing. I heard he's somewhat clean now and looks great. I could be wrong though, idk.
I have mike's hair
lol Conor's wearing a shirt that supports the sharing of music (or piracy) on MTV a channel that plays mostly music from labels that are apart of the RIAA an organization the sue fans for sharing music
@robotroxen well.... as long as he makes good music iam good.. :D
@SuperDoctor333 It makes him loveable^^
Yes, that screen name is rather old.
If only I could change it.
But rather not make a new account.
So keep your shit to yourself.
Please and thank you.
Oh, sorry :\
Written sarcasm doesn't go over very well.
It's always taken seriously.
@Grimm1337 Me too :)
@MrTatershot
/watch?v=yXUiYPAn1fc
is a personal favorite of mine
either conor has lice or he's just not good at the casual hair-ruffle.
cuuute.
i agree that .. but he's still very cute :P
this has to be the most awkward interview ever.