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he's an amazing writer and their records are pretty good but I've never been blown away by them.
Lets not shit ourselves is probably my favorite song of his.
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McParadigm wrote:
Good songs, solid records, lots of potential, incredible asshole in person.
I've seen him live a few times. When he played with M Ward and Jim James of My Morning Jacket it was a spiritual experience. Letting Off The Happiness is an amazing album.
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McParadigm wrote:
Good songs, solid records, lots of potential, incredible asshole in person.
where did you meet him?
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Good songs, solid records, lots of potential, incredible asshole in person.
where did you meet him?
I live in Omaha, and have done a lot of playing with local musicians...especially off Saddle Creek Road. I've never played with Oberst, but I know a few of his friends and have met him a few times.
Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:33 pm Posts: 366 Location: Venice, CA
his lyrics are damn good. i think melodically he sucks though- the same thing over and over and kinda boring. digital ash showed that- it was like his songs with a drum track and seemed really out of place. i love "waste of paint" because its another societal-judgement rant song, then in a measure of great humility and introspection near the end of the song he turns his focus to himself and takes back his projection and owns that he's no better than anyone else.
This made me like him a bit and took away some of the pretense.
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