Bright Eyes Set list

Originally posted by Jack Black, Caucasian American:
I disagree. If someone wants to be an "artist" let them go play in a room by themself. If someone has a paying audience, they should be obliged to at least attempt to make their audience happy.

i disagree with this, rhett. he's the artist, not you, so let HIM decide what music fits together and sounds good for the evening. if you want to hear certain songs, play them yourself, or pop them into your iTunes.

you dont want people who arent qualified to tell you how to do your job do you?

that said, i doubt he made "no attempt" to make the audience happy.

i was happy ;)

I let my boss tell me how to do my job. He is the one who ensures that I get paid.

The paying audience plays the role of the boss.

Just my nine cents.

If an artist mostly plays music from an unreleased album, they won't be getting my money again.

Originally posted by le sonick:

Originally posted by Jack Black, Caucasian American:
I disagree. If someone wants to be an "artist" let them go play in a room by themself. If someone has a paying audience, they should be obliged to at least attempt to make their audience happy.

i disagree with this, rhett. he's the artist, not you, so let HIM decide what music fits together and sounds good for the evening. if you want to hear certain songs, play them yourself, or pop them into your iTunes.

you dont want people who arent qualified to tell you how to do your job do you?

that said, i doubt he made "no attempt" to make the audience happy.

It depends on the setting. In a situation like this, where the performer could easily be playing a bigger hall at higher prices, they should play whatever they want. You're paying for the opportunity to see a performer in a more intimate setting, at a decent price, at the expense of not getting all of the songs you wanted.

However, if you're talking about acts that are playing huge venues and charging hundreds of dollars per ticket, then yeah - they need to cater to the audience a bit. The reason they're in a position to play for those prices is because of their catalog and their hits - not because everyone is so anxious to hear what they're up to next. At a minimum they need to mix it up a bit.

If I'm paying the equivalent of a car payment for a pair of tickets - you owe me some hits.

Good points.

Though I don't think there's any artist I like enough to go and see them play mostly unknown material. And there's no artist period who I'd pay more than a couple of twenties to see. But that's just me. I'm not as big of a showgoer as some of y'all.

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
It depends on the setting. In a situation like this, where the performer could easily be playing a bigger hall at higher prices, they should play whatever they want. You're paying for the opportunity to see a performer in a more intimate setting, at a decent price, at the expense of not getting all of the songs you wanted.

However, if you're talking about acts that are playing huge venues and charging hundreds of dollars per ticket, then yeah - they need to cater to the audience a bit. The reason they're in a position to play for those prices is because of their catalog and their hits - not because everyone is so anxious to hear what they're up to next. At a minimum they need to mix it up a bit.

If I'm paying the equivalent of a car payment for a pair of tickets - you owe me some hits.

hey just curious - what songs did m ward play with bright eyes? any of his own?

They played "Lullaby and Exile" by M. Ward.

Originally posted by Jack Black, Caucasian American:
Though I don't think there's any artist I like enough to go and see them play mostly unknown material.

I can understand that. And I can understand how some people would have been disappointed with Monday's show. Honestly, though, I don't really think that Conor cares all that much about money, or about losing a few concertgoers because he didn't please them enough with his performance. I really think that Conor is a true artist, someone who cares about his music and who plays what he wants to play regardless of whether it gets him fans or not. If a few people decide that they won't go see Bright Eyes shows anymore because of that, I'm willing to bet that he's fine with that. He just seems like that kind of person. I'm not really defending him here, just stating what I believe about him. Like I said, I can definitely understand how people would be turned off by that kind of attitude.