New York Times: Oberst Is Still New Dylan
Just in case you forgot, yesterday's NY Times reminds us twice on the SAME PAGE.
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By WILL HERMES
Published: January 29, 2006
That even extends to her remarkable cover of the Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care," one of her "all-time favorite songs." She gave the parts originally sung by Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne and George Harrison to her fellow indie-rock stars Ben Gibbard, M. Ward and Mr. Oberst (who, having long been billed as a "new Dylan," gets to ape him here).Playlist: Texas History and Presidential Rock
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Published: January 29, 2006
Goodweatherforairstrikes.com describes each of its 65 top videos and aims for total iPod compatibility. The site's list also gets points for including the Mary Poppins-like take on Feist's "Mushaboom" directed by Patrick Daughters, and Lily Thorne's video for Bright Eyes's "Easy/Lucky/Free," which plays on Conor Oberst's "new Dylan" reputation.All the news that's fit to print six months too late.
Some cute bytes in the Jenny Lewis Q&A, though. Who knew Miss Indie Rock 2005 was a Jew? "Although everyone assumes I'm a little shiksa," Jenny says.
Posted at 1:52 PM
Tags: Feist
i sure didn't know
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conor is a little shit. fuck him and his crappy music.
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Dylan has talent. Conor doesn't. Therefore, Conor is not the new Dylan. Simple as that.
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...and she's a nice jewish girl too? She should meet my Jacob they'd be darling together
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oberst has been wildly inconsistent... to inconsistent to be the next dylan. he shows flashes of brilliance on 'i'm wide awake...' but it's companion disc, 'digital ash' was complete garbage and boring as all hell.
jenny, on the other hand, is fantastic. great writer, great singer, and gorgeous to boot! talk about a dream girl! ~swoon~
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Bob Dylan isn't "wildly inconsistent?" Have you heard Dylan from the 80s? I love the guy, but, Dylan has decades of crap under his belt.
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ya, you're right (^)... i realized that argument was coming after i posted. i was thinking early dylan vs. early oberst. still, i'd maintain that the worst dylan is still miles better than the worst oberst. or maybe i just think digital ash is so bad that i can't help but conclude that when oberst is good, it's more luck than talent (as oppsoed to dylan who has had mis-steps but strikes me as genuinely talented). either way, point taken.
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m. ward should run out of there.
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Think about it this way. With a few exceptions (one of which shouldn't even count) for the first 15 years of his career, each of Dylan's albums was a classic. Conor Oberst made one album that arguably come close to a couple of those albums. Not nearly enough to make him heir to some imaginary throne.
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does anyone else find it creepy the way the author of the article repeatedly refers to her as "Ms. Lewis"?
also, props to whoever said 'i'm wide awake' was great but 'digital ash' sucked. i've found myself in many an argument about that.
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I think it's undeniable that Oberst has some serious talent as a songwriter, but to proclaim him ANYTHING at this stage of the game is more than premature.
We're (including me) always eager to find some basis of comparison for the latest, hippest artist. Truth is, we're hearing as much echo as actual content -- with Pitchfork and Rolling Stone pouring accolades down our ears, it's hard to discern between talent and hype.
Again, some of Bright Eyes' acclaim is well-deserved. Again, it's too early to pass any judgement of comparison.
But the Times can't really be called out for their proclamation -- it's in human nature.
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I actually like conor oberst. But I don't think he's the new dylan.
I think that he and dylan both play folkish rock, and can't sing, so everybody's reaction is that oberst is the new dylan.
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I'm too young for Dylan and too old for Bright Eyes, and quite frankly, am thankful for that.
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i don't have any desire to listen to bright eyes, but i think he is definitely stepping into the cultural spot once occupied by Dylan (as much as it can be done in the more diverse media landscape that we live in today). he's the kind of person that seems like a total genius, if you're in high school. unlike dylan, bright eyes doesn't seems to have great music to fall back on, when his pseudo-wiseman thing wears thin.
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ny times style is use whatever the word is that means 'mr. mrs. ms. etc.'
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"HAVING LONG BEEN BILLED AS a 'new Dylan'"
"'new Dylan' REPUTATION"
Read: NY Times isn't saying that oberst IS in fact the new Dylan. NY Times is just referencing the FACT that people have referred to him as the new Dylan (and, in fact, it references this reputation both times to ironic ends). Saying NY Times is reminding us that oberst is the new dylan is like saying stereogum is now reminding us that oberst is the new dylan. so stop ragging on ny times for stereogum's 8th grade level of intelligence.
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I've heard that cover of "Handle with Care." The drums are going really quickly and the singers seem to be singing as slowly as they can without falling off into another song completely.
It sucks.
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