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nothingwitty:
Dear Connor Oberst,


Stick to writing shitty, warbely songs about your dead baby brother and calanders.  The Desaparecidos suck, this song sucks, and your ironic cowboy hat sucks.  Nothing you said here is backed up by any facts and are nothing but the rantings of an ill-informed flaming liberal.  All you have done is taken all the stupid shit people say on TV and the internet and set it to music.  This is not impressive, creative, or controversial - it's public opinion.  And, while being a flaming liberal is okay - and sometimes pretty cool, being ill-informed always sucks.  Please, stick to emo.  Politics just aren't for  you.

Love,

Nothingwitty




(PS - I think "Lifted" was a keen album.)



Edit - man, when I clicked the title here "Conor owning up", I thought he was going admit on national television that everything he's done post-"Letting Off the Happiness" was contrived bullshit.  Man, I was let
down.


Edit2 - Man, already beaten to the whole "Dear Connor," letter gag.  I'm not funny.

muffy:
It's not his best song by a long shot, and was definitely a case of message above style, and the message is a popular one,

BUT,
 what made it impressive was to have it seemingly endorsed by something as huge as Leno. That's not to say that it's the only statement that's been made in mainstream culture ever about the fact that George Bush is a twat, but it's a good thing to have it so boldly stamped across the TV, just to remind people.
Conor's in a position of influence, even if only over fawning teenage girls and insecure indie kids, I just hope to God he doesn't start turning into Bono.

And I preferred the songs about drowning babies too :)

ForteBass:

--- Quote from: Praeserpium Machinarum ---hell aren't we all ;)
--- End quote ---


Could always be gay in the mouth...

est:
locking this.  we've got the point, and i can see this slowly turning into a "HURR, GW SUCKS", "DURRR, NO HE DOESN'T" thread.  arguing about politics is like milking a truck.

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