more recs: LIFTED- bright eyes innervisions- stevie wonder blue rev-alvvays blue-joni mitchell axis:bold as love- jimi hendrix from a basement on the hill- elliott smith karma-pharaoh sanders head hunters- herbie hancock songs about leaving- carissas wierd
Yooooo love that you have reacted to a bunch of my favorite music! I was absolutely obsessed with Bright Eyes growing up. Gotta recommend their entire discography but if I had to chose a fav I'd say either "Lifted, or the Story is in the Soil, so Keep Your Ear to the Ground" or "The People's Key"
yooo I'm late but so glad you did this! Timestamps: At the Bottom of Everything - 1:10 We Are Nowhere and It's Now - 3:40 Old Soul Song (for the New World Order) - 5:40 Lua- 8:08 Train Underwater - 10:21 First Day of My Life - 13:11 Another Travelin' Song - 14:57 Land Locked Blues - 17:05 Poison Oak - 20:04 Road to Joy - 22:33
Oh, wow. I clicked SO fast. Edit: I remember back when this dropped & how blown away people were. I can recall sitting in a coffeeshop, having a smoke & reading a review of this album in the USA Today & thinking I needed to check the album out (I didn’t get a chance until a couple years later, when a girl I was dating played it for me. I was blown away too. His lyricism is so goddamned good!)
The release of this and Digital Ash on the same day was huge man. He mentioned BE possibly influencing BCNR and it’s possible…BE was a HUGE influence on the music scene back in the 2000s.
I'll never forget being 15 years old hearing this album for the first time and I was like "... what is this masterpiece". and it changed my entire concept of what music could be. 18 years later I still love this album so freaking much.
man, haven't heard this in so long man. takes me back to sophomore year, like twelve-thirteen years ago at this point, starting my morning to first day of my life, having nowhere near the same understanding of it that i do now, or of any of these songs really. man, sometimes it gets old having to learn and grow all the time. i know im not that old, but man im tired already. i miss when i didn't know as much as i do now and these songs felt like lessons from someone beyond my years
Bright Eyes! So good to see you listening to them! I totally recommend you LIFTED, their 2002 album. It has a similar vibe to this one but the main theme it's identity, with a lot of details spread all across the record. My personal favorite of them. And this one, what to say about I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning, it was my introduction to Bright Eyes when I was 15, and it became a very good friend of mine during those highschool years. It blew my mind how well written it is, like an intimate letter, destined to a close friend. I was lucky enough to see them play in Mexico in 2022, a rainy night and the production sucked, but the show was something I'll always remember. Cheers
recs: Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Amazing album, very nearly as good as The Lonesome Crowded West) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (Insanely badass aura filled production and vocals, extremely unique) Weezer - Pinkerton (Some of the nicest sounding guitar/drums/everything you'll hear in 90s alt rock, with crazy honest lyrics, ended up inspiring some emo bands) The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (badass big-beat dance music) Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (amazing ahead of its time 1987 alt/noise rock) Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (lovely 90's lo-fi) Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (Math Rock with the drummer from Death Grips, before he was in Death Grips) Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Absolutely perfect 90's indie rock album)
Great list. Crooked rain and slanted are the ones I usually put back on. I also love building nothing out of something and everywhere and his nasty parlor tricks from modest mouse, but never recommend them. I’ve had friends that hate it. Ugly Casanova is a good as well.
The lyrics are always central and important to any Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes song. The dude was recognized very early on as being a rare, special lyricist. Like a modern day Bob Dylan.
I remember me and my best friend and the rest of our friend group were so hyped up on Bright Eyes in 2003 and this album dropped and we went nuts for it and then we saw them headline live in 2006 in Philly in a beautiful venue and they were so uninspired, played for literally one hour with no encores and barely talked to the crowd. We basically never talked about them again. I was still a fan and still am but they had to have lost so many fans that show My Morning Jacket and Feist opened and we're cool
'The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads - Lift to Experience' The album that quote "don't judge the book by its cover". Definitely feels blessed after hearing the whole album...
Just finished watching the full video on Patreon, wanted to come drop a comment here. First off, Conor Oberst is one of, if not the best, songwriter of my generation. Personally, this is one of my least favorite albums of his so I’m really hoping you check out at least 1 or 2 more of his. Recommend Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and Cassadaga. Cassadaga, in my opinion, is peak Bright Eyes when it comes to musicianship and lyricism. He also did an album with Phoebe Bridgers under the moniker Better Oblivion Community Center that might be worthwhile. Glad you did this one man but really hoping you give some of his other works a shot….he’s in so many different projects and is an extremely versatile musician. Cheers bro (whispers in animal collective)
So interesting that it’s your least favorite while it’s pretty much their only album I like (it’s one of my favorite albums of all time though.) I will say the singles from the upcoming album are very promising
Love the vid as always some recs: Wilco - Summerteeth TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth Bloodthirsty Babes Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a Changin Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary Pulp - Different Class
This was dual release with "digital ash in a digital urn". Totally different style of music but it's really good. I think he's one of the best songwriters ever.
had to get the uncut version after recommending this for like 6+ months lmao I'd definitely recommend Conor's project with Phoebe Bridgers "Better Oblivion Community Center". And if you want to check out more of Bright Eyes my personal recommendations would be Digital Ashes (similar vibe but all electronic instrumentals), or Down in The Weeds (latest album, fuller more mature band sound). (alot of ppl probably recommend going backwards in their discog from here but i think it'll be another "id like this more if i was depressed" vibe for you lmao)
You should check out the band Friko, their lead singer is literally your Doppelganger haha and their debut album released this year is kinda similar to this and is depressingly beautiful Other recs: PAINLESS - Nilufer Yanya Songs About Leaving - Carrissa's wierd Reading, writing and arithmetic - The Sundays Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? - The Cranberries And then nothing turned itself inside out - Yo La Tengo STRUGGLER - Genesis Owusu Below The Heavens - Blu and Exile Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington Modal Soul - Nujabes Plastic Death - Glass Beach You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene
Fun fact: Bright Eyes released another album on the same day as this one, Digital Ash Digital Urn, and it's just as good but in a completely different style.
I can’t be the only person that thinks the female vocals on this album sound so much like Adrianne Lenker I know it’s not but it drives me crazy how much it sounds like her
Kinda weird right? I’ve done some searching for Bright Eyes reactions and there just aren’t many. Conor has SO many different albums that are worth reacting to. Hoping Smags gets to a couple more…Cassadaga would be dope but so would something like BOCC or MoF.
Funny thing, Ive been owning this album for decades, and I only always constantly relistening to Road to Joy, because I love that song. Never listened to the other songs on that album. I think I got the abum when I heard Road to Joy somwhere. Please do Takk by Sigur Ros and/or Before The Dawn Heals Us by M83. ;*
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY a few recommendations: Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production) Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production) Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo) Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop) Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
I'm here to contribute to the LIFTED recs, one of the best albums ever imo. If you like black country new road and/or microphones i think you'll defintnly vibe with it
hey you should totally do fiona apple’s ‘fetch the bolt cutters!’ imo it’s her best album. so emotional and sonically interesting. it’s a very rewarding listen.
Lifted is another great album of theirs, and i think you would enjoy the singer Conor Oberst's solo stuff too. I really love his self titled album and his album Ruminations
CO self-titled is so damn good many. Every time Cape Canaveral kicks in, I find myself back in the summer of 2008 and my God what a beautiful summer it was.
i don't know if the others in the comments would recommend this to you, but i think you'd really like the Lomelda album "Hannah", it was an indie-folk album that released in 2020 that's a personal fav of mine. You might like it if you like this album
I am one in a very small camp of people who think "Lifted, or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground" is the better album. I think that if you liked IWAIM, this one should be your next stop.
Check out Carissa’s weird-songs about leaving. A hauntingly beautiful album that’s similar to works by bright eyes and Elliot smith and also one of my favorite projects
some more recs! fevers and mirrors - bright eyes stranger in the alps - phoebe bridgers souvlaki- slowdive caligula - lingua ignota fetch the bolt cutters - fiona apple
‘Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People’ would go so hard, has that same 00’s indie feeling.
Omg I love cause=time soooooo much!!
Son dont ever mention BSS and trash ass SA Oberst in the same sentence.
Yessssss, I've been recommending this one forever!
YES PLEASE
Dont ever mention bss with that dumpster juice dude Oberst.
more recs:
LIFTED- bright eyes
innervisions- stevie wonder
blue rev-alvvays
blue-joni mitchell
axis:bold as love- jimi hendrix
from a basement on the hill- elliott smith
karma-pharaoh sanders
head hunters- herbie hancock
songs about leaving- carissas wierd
Songs about leaving is so incredibly depressing (and amazing)
From a Basement On a Hill mentioned ‼️
Songs about leaving!
second the Herbie and the Pharaoh
Yooooo love that you have reacted to a bunch of my favorite music! I was absolutely obsessed with Bright Eyes growing up. Gotta recommend their entire discography but if I had to chose a fav I'd say either "Lifted, or the Story is in the Soil, so Keep Your Ear to the Ground" or "The People's Key"
Lua and Poison Oak are both in my top 15 songs of all time
yooo I'm late but so glad you did this!
Timestamps:
At the Bottom of Everything - 1:10
We Are Nowhere and It's Now - 3:40
Old Soul Song (for the New World Order) - 5:40
Lua- 8:08
Train Underwater - 10:21
First Day of My Life - 13:11
Another Travelin' Song - 14:57
Land Locked Blues - 17:05
Poison Oak - 20:04
Road to Joy - 22:33
LETS GOOOOOO WE MADE JT
WE MADE IT
WE DID IT!!!!!
Oh, wow. I clicked SO fast.
Edit: I remember back when this dropped & how blown away people were. I can recall sitting in a coffeeshop, having a smoke & reading a review of this album in the USA Today & thinking I needed to check the album out (I didn’t get a chance until a couple years later, when a girl I was dating played it for me. I was blown away too. His lyricism is so goddamned good!)
The release of this and Digital Ash on the same day was huge man. He mentioned BE possibly influencing BCNR and it’s possible…BE was a HUGE influence on the music scene back in the 2000s.
I'll never forget being 15 years old hearing this album for the first time and I was like "... what is this masterpiece". and it changed my entire concept of what music could be. 18 years later I still love this album so freaking much.
Right there with ya. Played this and the rest of his music on repeat forever
@@dimitriasimov356 same
Lifted Lifted Lifted Lifted Lifted Lifted Lifted Lifted Lifted
yessss
Or
Cassadega
Such a wonderful record!!! Excited to see your reaction of it :3
Yes! Was asking for it since months!!! Thank youuuuuuuuuu
OMG BRIGHT EYES CAN'T BELIEVE IIIIT
i will not rest until you listen to age of adz
That impossible soul reaction alone would be worth it
oh god yes
FINALLY DUDE FINALLY DUDE PLEASE PLEASEEE AHHHHHHHH AHHHHH
i loooove this album!! Im glad you finally came around to it!!
man, haven't heard this in so long man. takes me back to sophomore year, like twelve-thirteen years ago at this point, starting my morning to first day of my life, having nowhere near the same understanding of it that i do now, or of any of these songs really. man, sometimes it gets old having to learn and grow all the time. i know im not that old, but man im tired already. i miss when i didn't know as much as i do now and these songs felt like lessons from someone beyond my years
Thanks for this comment
OMG YOU DID IT THIS IS ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE ALBUMS EVER JFKDKFJF
Bright Eyes! So good to see you listening to them! I totally recommend you LIFTED, their 2002 album. It has a similar vibe to this one but the main theme it's identity, with a lot of details spread all across the record. My personal favorite of them. And this one, what to say about I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning, it was my introduction to Bright Eyes when I was 15, and it became a very good friend of mine during those highschool years. It blew my mind how well written it is, like an intimate letter, destined to a close friend. I was lucky enough to see them play in Mexico in 2022, a rainy night and the production sucked, but the show was something I'll always remember. Cheers
Can I get a goddamn Timpani Roll!!
@@nostalgia_clinic to start this goddamn song!!! hell yeah
recs:
Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (Amazing album, very nearly as good as The Lonesome Crowded West)
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (Insanely badass aura filled production and vocals, extremely unique)
Weezer - Pinkerton (Some of the nicest sounding guitar/drums/everything you'll hear in 90s alt rock, with crazy honest lyrics, ended up inspiring some emo bands)
The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (badass big-beat dance music)
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (amazing ahead of its time 1987 alt/noise rock)
Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand (lovely 90's lo-fi)
Hella - Hold Your Horse Is (Math Rock with the drummer from Death Grips, before he was in Death Grips)
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Absolutely perfect 90's indie rock album)
awesome recs^
Great list. Crooked rain and slanted are the ones I usually put back on. I also love building nothing out of something and everywhere and his nasty parlor tricks from modest mouse, but never recommend them. I’ve had friends that hate it. Ugly Casanova is a good as well.
IVE BEEN BEGGING LETS GOOO
THANK UUUUU
BRO FINALLY. THANK YOU
The lyrics are always central and important to any Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes song. The dude was recognized very early on as being a rare, special lyricist. Like a modern day Bob Dylan.
it would be so sick to see ur reaction to a Joanna Newsom album!!! i would reccomend starting with Ys. her albums are works of frickin art
Absolutely
Thank you for reacting to this
I recommended this album a couple months ago, so glad you liked it.
LET’S GOOOOOO ITS TIME TO CRYYYYYYYYYY
WE UPPPPP
I remember me and my best friend and the rest of our friend group were so hyped up on Bright Eyes in 2003 and this album dropped and we went nuts for it and then we saw them headline live in 2006 in Philly in a beautiful venue and they were so uninspired, played for literally one hour with no encores and barely talked to the crowd. We basically never talked about them again. I was still a fan and still am but they had to have lost so many fans that show
My Morning Jacket and Feist opened and we're cool
'The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads - Lift to Experience'
The album that quote "don't judge the book by its cover". Definitely feels blessed after hearing the whole album...
FINALLYYYYYYYYYY, THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED TO IT I WAS SO IMPRESSED, MAN, THE VOCALS AND LYRICS....
Songs about leaving
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway next?
Yes please. Or Red House Painters 1
@@lizardman7718 yes I would prefer both but I think Smagsll want to listen to more once he hears any of the two
this would be sick
YES
Aw man right in the nostalgia, love it! I think you’d dig The Ugly Organ by Cursive 🔥
Well there you have it
Caligula is Next! (I’m delusional)
Just finished watching the full video on Patreon, wanted to come drop a comment here. First off, Conor Oberst is one of, if not the best, songwriter of my generation. Personally, this is one of my least favorite albums of his so I’m really hoping you check out at least 1 or 2 more of his.
Recommend Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and Cassadaga. Cassadaga, in my opinion, is peak Bright Eyes when it comes to musicianship and lyricism. He also did an album with Phoebe Bridgers under the moniker Better Oblivion Community Center that might be worthwhile.
Glad you did this one man but really hoping you give some of his other works a shot….he’s in so many different projects and is an extremely versatile musician. Cheers bro
(whispers in animal collective)
So interesting that it’s your least favorite while it’s pretty much their only album I like (it’s one of my favorite albums of all time though.) I will say the singles from the upcoming album are very promising
Such a perfect album, definitely one of my top 10 of all time
Love the vid as always
some recs:
Wilco - Summerteeth
TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth Bloodthirsty Babes
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are a Changin
Wolf Parade - Apologies to Queen Mary
Pulp - Different Class
FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING
this album is amazing, yeah
Parachutes by Coldplay recently turned 20 years old, honestly really worth checking out, also the new clairo - charm
BANGER VID MAN ILY
This was dual release with "digital ash in a digital urn". Totally different style of music but it's really good. I think he's one of the best songwriters ever.
had to get the uncut version after recommending this for like 6+ months lmao
I'd definitely recommend Conor's project with Phoebe Bridgers "Better Oblivion Community Center".
And if you want to check out more of Bright Eyes my personal recommendations would be Digital Ashes (similar vibe but all electronic instrumentals), or Down in The Weeds (latest album, fuller more mature band sound).
(alot of ppl probably recommend going backwards in their discog from here but i think it'll be another "id like this more if i was depressed" vibe for you lmao)
hell yes. you should do their next album after this one (and digital ash, released same day as wide awake) anyway it's called cassadaga.
Cassadaga is peak Bright Eyes. Digital Ash is also goated.
Please do By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Injury Reserve PLEAAASE🙏🙏🙏
he should start with Floss then work his way up to By The Time I Get To Phoenix so he appreciates the full musical transformation
For sure gotta check out the 2 bright eyes albums that came before this one, LIFTED as wells as Fevers and Mirrors
Hold on freakbob calling ☎️🧽🥵
You should check out Ghosts of the Great Highway by Sun Kil Moon or Rollercoaster by Red House Painters, I feel you'll really mess with it
Repeater by fugazi would be a great reaction, quality album
I've been recommending Serotonin ii by Yeule and Caligula by Lingua ignota for months, and I won't give up, I love you
finallyyyyyy this is why smags the goat man
You nailed the land locked blues lines. The world would be a more peaceful place if we chose to amicably walk away from conflict.
I WANTED THIS FOR A WHILE.....
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Please do more Bright Eyes ❤️❤️❤️
Lifted has to be your next Bright Eyes album
You should check out the band Friko, their lead singer is literally your Doppelganger haha and their debut album released this year is kinda similar to this and is depressingly beautiful
Other recs:
PAINLESS - Nilufer Yanya
Songs About Leaving - Carrissa's wierd
Reading, writing and arithmetic - The Sundays
Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? - The Cranberries
And then nothing turned itself inside out - Yo La Tengo
STRUGGLER - Genesis Owusu
Below The Heavens - Blu and Exile
Fearless Movement - Kamasi Washington
Modal Soul - Nujabes
Plastic Death - Glass Beach
You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene
FINALLYYYYYYYYYY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
i cant be watching this reaction at work this album makes me cry whxbwicnej
My daily portion of smags
Fun fact: Bright Eyes released another album on the same day as this one, Digital Ash Digital Urn, and it's just as good but in a completely different style.
We need that 'Symbolic' by Death reaction man
SMAGS DO THE AGE OF ADZ AND MY LIFE IS YOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRSSSSS (thanks for this doing this album too it's great.)
I can’t be the only person that thinks the female vocals on this album sound so much like Adrianne Lenker I know it’s not but it drives me crazy how much it sounds like her
I thought of that while editing
omg bro the comments have been BEGGIN
More bright eyes, under-reacted to, such a deep catalogue...
Kinda weird right? I’ve done some searching for Bright Eyes reactions and there just aren’t many. Conor has SO many different albums that are worth reacting to. Hoping Smags gets to a couple more…Cassadaga would be dope but so would something like BOCC or MoF.
Love these reviews, such a cool way to discover new music!
I also think you'll like Before The Dawn Heals Us by M83 :)
FINALLY. One of my favorite albums. You should also listen to Cassadega it’s a little more upbeat but still has the same feel
Funny thing, Ive been owning this album for decades, and I only always constantly relistening to Road to Joy, because I love that song. Never listened to the other songs on that album. I think I got the abum when I heard Road to Joy somwhere. Please do Takk by Sigur Ros and/or Before The Dawn Heals Us by M83. ;*
Gonna keep recommending Ben Folds Five- The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner until it happens
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS MY GUY
a few recommendations:
Process - Sampha (experimental r&b, great production)
Nurture - Porter Robinson (light summer electric with fun production)
Koi No Yokan - Deftones (very heavy, sexier and heavier radiohead imo)
Hypochondriac - Brakence (very experimental emo rap, glitch pop)
Reading Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays (the smiths ish, with beautiful female vocals)
I'm here to contribute to the LIFTED recs, one of the best albums ever imo. If you like black country new road and/or microphones i think you'll defintnly vibe with it
Bright eyes album Fevers and Mirros literally has almost NO reactions on youtube. please save us mr smags
Based off this I recommend AJJ - Knife Man
Crossing my fingers for "Lifted..." eventually 😄
hey you should totally do fiona apple’s ‘fetch the bolt cutters!’ imo it’s her best album. so emotional and sonically interesting. it’s a very rewarding listen.
Lifted is another great album of theirs, and i think you would enjoy the singer Conor Oberst's solo stuff too. I really love his self titled album and his album Ruminations
CO self-titled is so damn good many. Every time Cape Canaveral kicks in, I find myself back in the summer of 2008 and my God what a beautiful summer it was.
Fevers and Mirrors next please!!!
Awesome Video Man, Highly recommend Ram by Paul McCartney and HiLo by Jack Stauber!! Two of my favorite albums of all time!!!
ohhhh.finally breaking out some bright eyes! can't wait to watch!
at the bottom, lua, and first day of my life make this album a classic
let’s goooo
i don't know if the others in the comments would recommend this to you, but i think you'd really like the Lomelda album "Hannah", it was an indie-folk album that released in 2020 that's a personal fav of mine. You might like it if you like this album
LETS GOOO (day 2 of asking for Uchu Nippon Setagaya by Fishmans)
Great album. Decided on the next Bowie reaction yet.......what else we getting before Blackstar?
Bright Eyes are great!! I'd love to see what you think of Methodrone by the Brian Jonestown Massacre :) thanks so much for the videos!
I am one in a very small camp of people who think "Lifted, or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground" is the better album. I think that if you liked IWAIM, this one should be your next stop.
Check out Carissa’s weird-songs about leaving.
A hauntingly beautiful album that’s similar to works by bright eyes and Elliot smith and also one of my favorite projects
You have to listen to after the magic by Parannoul, It's maybe evn better than To See the Next Part of the Dream.
its underrated I definitly should listen to it more again, thanks for the reminder
Album of the year 2023
Album of the year 2023
Album of the year 2023
Album of the year 2023
oh hell yeah
fantastic
you need to hear Corea's Los Peores 7km De Mi Vida at some point, it's my favorite emo/screamo album ever
Why u thinking bout freakbob brother bear?
FINALLY AAAAAAAAAA,
some more recs!
fevers and mirrors - bright eyes
stranger in the alps - phoebe bridgers
souvlaki- slowdive
caligula - lingua ignota
fetch the bolt cutters - fiona apple
I did souvlaki! It’s grown to be one of my favorites ever
@@smags1082 oh shit i’ll have to watch!! adore souvlaki sm
If you want more folk (but less emo and more progressive) I'd HIGHLY recommend the crane wife by the Decemberists
You gotta do Hejira - Joni Mitchell 🙏
Goated album 👆👆👆
Great album, Connor’s got a few more good ones. I’m thinking Between the bars playing at the end was an omen, time to listen to Basement on the hill.
Almost can't listen to this album anymore because it got me through a break up. Shit hurts
that’s nice that’s real nice that’s beautiful honestly but Nurture by Porter Robinson
Been trying to recommend this one 😭🙏
smags you GOTTA listen to Headhunters by Herbie Hancock it's such a classic