because I just do really.

I really, really think Bright Eyes are past the point where anyone gets any indie points for liking them.

i used to like bright eyes because i related to his emotional outciries???
i don't like him anyomre, maybe because i "got bored"??? or "grew up"??? i have no idea.

like him to appear more eclectic in the slightest.

I used to really like him/them but his whiney vocals started to grate after a while and the lyrics came across a little too try-hard.

more likely: i think he has a great way with words. i like how there's always a glimmer of something hopeful in his songs. i like the way mogis' arrangements, and the way that a lot of them on paper shouldn't work but they it all meshes together. i think Lifted is a brilliant piece of work, a sprawling, messed up concept record for a sprawling, messed up world. i like that he doesn't feel the need to pander to anyone with his music.

plus, i really AM emo.

Seem to think he's rubbish and a bit of a chancer! I like him a lot, although his lyrics veer from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Isn't an indie fan listening to the bright eyes to show they're eclectic a bit like an oasis fan listening to shed 7 to show they're not all about the britpop?

When I first listened to Wide Awake the only songs I really liked on it were Road To Joy and Lua! I like them all now though. Although First Day Of Your Life's a bit silly.

by an "indie sound."

and have been since I bought I'm Wide Awake/Digital Ash when they came out, after a friend played me At the Bottom of Everything and convinced me to take a chance.

I can't say exactly why I think Bright Eyes are so good, or why they mean so much to me. But I'll try:

The lyrics are the best I've ever heard and by that, I mean the most poetic, with incredible use of imagery, switching from ambiguity to clarity, with a use of language that is often astounding. For example - the opening of Digital Ash - "Death, data entry, anthill law, encoded arc, our common cause, drink liquid clocks till I see God, crystal display, can't turn it off, don't talk, don't talk" - the way the first world of the album sums up its main concern, subtly reaffirmed by the repeated D sound, the image of the anthill that comes back as a symbol of blind faith, and way the first syllable of "our common" repeats the "arc" that comes before it, the way the last phrase repeats itself as a self-denfing mantra. The expression that he attains with such simple language is mindblowing.

I also think the repeated concerns of his whole work - death, time, language, sickness, reailty, love, etc - are the great themes of all literature, and that Oberst is completely aware of the profundity behind them and unafraid to explore it (hence why some people think he tries too hard, or that it's 6th form stuff). The line in Landlocked Blues - ""you'll be free child once you have died, from the shackles of language and measurable time" shows an awareness of the two things that limit all human expression, and which his art seeks to overcome.

Thirdly, the songwriting is brilliant, simple yet inventive chord structures that anyone can hum along too, mixed with more experimental sounds and arrangements that are frequently challenging (Thereza and Thomas anyone?).

I like Bright Eyes because they're sincere, and not afraid to make mistakes, or to take a risk.

But in truth, I like them for the same reason I like chocolate. I just do.

(Wow. Sorry about the length/probably inchoherence. Before anyone asks, yes, I am an English student. I think the past few weeks spent on my dissertation on Nabokov and time have had a profound effect on me. I'm going to go lie down now).

no dylan.

I can be pretty emo as well though. I think I truley fell in love with him when he did Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, as it made me see that he wasn't all about the folky acoustic stuff and could push stuff forward a little bit. Plus his lyrics are beautiful and they have conected with me durring parts of my life.

was the first song we played during our wedding service after our snog!

Cliches' are good sometimes!

We entered to Sebastian Tellier La Ritournelle.

Bright Eyes is definitely one of my favorite bands and has been for quite a while, but The Study Band (http://thestudyband.com or myspace.com/thestudyband) just came out and they are possibly even more amazing. It's singer/songwriter style, but it has a fuller sounds than most singer/songwriters. Good work Eric Morelli!!!

'Why do I enjoy bright sunny days?'

'Why do I dislike the sewer outside my house bursting and flooding my life in raw efluva?'

etc

Why does anyone like anything? Err, because ya just do?!

Just cuz its not what u usually listen to, doesznt mean u aren't allowed to like it...

This thread is making my head hurt <:(

because of that first day of my life video. conor oberst might have had no say in it, but its ruined for me what would probably have been a good band to get into. might still give it a go, though. should i?