Meaningless?

I don't know how I missed such a post. Maybe I was too busy waiting for Apple, or I was off doing some school-related thing. Nevertheless, I felt the need to address some of the whiny, entitled, "my generation" crap that has been eminating from this thread. I prefer to call it the ME Generation.

Please...please. Who ever spit on you? You want to talk about challenging authority and fighting for rights and such? Do some research about the civil rights movement. Cleveland Sellers.

Told to be quiet? Questioning authority? My goodness. You act as though you're trying to push some monumental movement when in reality, as you've already alluded to in your post, it is a rehash of the hippies of the Vietnam era, educated kids who feel that they are obligated to nothing and deserving and entitled to everything.

Funny, because, if you go to the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., you'd see that the Constitution (among other major American documents) were based in part upon religious texts (hence, the 10 Commandments being displayed on public sites).

And let's not get all high-and-mighty about the Constitution here...after all, on one hand, you'll hold it up and praise it when it suits you, and then on the other, you'll spit on it and wipe your ass with it. That is how the ME generation is operating to this point.

Please note, the following comments are directed towards Oberst, not any members here.

No, you blasphemous bastard. God asks us to love one another.

Unfortunately, shit happens. And then we have to fight to preserve our nation.

Here's a good one.

When Ted Kennedy talks to God
Does he take a drink or chew a wad?
Have another beer at the bar?
Maybe learn to drive his car?
Staying away from certain lakes
Poor Mary Jo, he couldn't "will" back that mistake

Because, Mr. Oberst, you know that the President is directly responsible for liquor stores and cocaine.

Oh, snap! You mean that the poor might be poor for a reason besides George W. Bush! Unthinkable! It's the governments fault!

Gee...why don't you write a song about Osama Bin Laden? I hear he talked to God too...and then killed 3,000+ Americans one fine day in September of 2001.

The only bullshit here is coming from this wanks yuppie arse.

I wish Bob Dylan was the voice of our generation...he knew how to write a song (beyond Oberst's "Mother Goose" rhyme time).

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So, in the end, the ME Generation can continue to worship people like Oberst, cry that they can't get jobs despite their education, and claim that their rights are being infringed. Then again, you could always just listen to G-Unit and be a gansta', smoke some more pot, and then do the responsible thing and participate in underage drinking!

Certainly, a generation that respects the law like that should be treated with respect! :rolleyes:

Cheers,
Double-J

Go easy on Patrick, Double-J. He's a very angry young man, seems enjoy being caught up in the 'liberal flow' and is luckily young enough to have time to get some sense knocked into him.

While showing sparks of true intelligence and warmth every now and then on the BB, he's still confused and rebellous enough to be attracted to the useless anger of the liberal Democrats. It's a source of adventure and he knows it gets attention, both here and elsewhere.

I have genuine hope for Patrick. Time will tell.

Just the same, I'm grateful he's not my son...

Apple

But I do so enjoy the ritual bashing ineptitude, Apple! I can't contain myself! :p

And I pity your child.

DJ - Hope you realize that the post you replied to was made almost 6 months ago. You replied to it then.

I know. But my previous reply didn't address the topic at hand, I merely made a comment in response to Neil Young's name being mentioned.

Cheers,
Double-J

I hope it isn't Bright Eyes, a man that slated the late John Peel for basically no reason then blamed it all on alcohol.

Bright Eyes Completing Politics-Free Album At Nebraska Compound

With President Bush's approval rating hovering around 35 percent, the violence in Iraq going from bad to worse and the nation seemingly divided by issues like immigration reform and gay marriage, you'd think Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst would have songwriting material to spare.

Over the past year, he's fashioned himself into a modern-day Woody Guthrie, belting out songs like "When the President Talks to God" on The Tonight Show and appearing at anti-war concerts like the Bring 'Em Home Now show in New York (see "Bright Eyes Slam 'Off-The-Leash Administration'; Give Details On New Albums").

But if nothing else, Oberst is unpredictable. So when he told MTV News that his new album wouldn't feature a single political song, it wasn't really that surprising.

"I don't think there's going to be any more overtly political stuff," Oberst said. "I mean, obviously, we need to have some kind of change in the mid-term elections and in the next presidential election, but when I sing the songs now, it's like shooting fish in a barrel. It's too easy.

"Everyone knows we have an incompetent administration," he continued. "Back in 2003, 2004, it was different. The idea of going out now and hitting people over the head with it doesn't appeal to me [because] I feel that people are coming around."

Oberst has been working on the new Bright Eyes album in New York; Portland, Oregon; and his new home studio in Omaha, Nebraska, with a band that consists of Saddle Creek producer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis and musician/arranger Nate Walcott. He said that he hopes to have all the recording finished by November, and that the album should be in stores by March or April.

"So far, the songs reflect all the things we're into: The folky, storytelling aspect of the music, the psychedelic studio vibe and the rock we all grew up doing," he said. "We have a lot of ideas. I write songs and Mike is great at setting up microphones to get specific sounds, and Nate is a great piano player and a great trumpet player, and he writes and arranges string parts, too. I bought a new house and we're building the studio there, to finish the record. Mike and I have connecting houses, with the studio in between. It's like a compound."

Unlike last year's double-barreled releases I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, the new Bright Eyes LP is shaping up to be a single-disc affair, which will be preceded by an EP featuring "at least" one song from the new album. There's also an all-star group of guest musicians lined up for the album, including Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss, fellow folkie M. Ward and My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James.

"That's the great thing about traveling around and playing music: You meet these incredible people that you have a connection with," Oberst said. "I meet a lot of people I like and I'm happy to be friends with, but then there's other people who — not to get super-hippied out or anything — but you feel like you have to do something with them, that you have to work with them.

"And our band, not having set members, we're free to always change players and try new things."

Whatever happen to great anti-war artists, like James Taylor? My generation sucks. :p

No goofy/tongue out face needed. Our generation really does suck.

I was right about this. I knew Neil would not let me down. His new Living With War album is the only thing that has gotten me through these depressing few months. I can't wait to see him sing the songs live on Aug. 31.

Listen to Neil Young.

Listen to Neil Young. Listen to Neil Young. Listen to Neil Young.

The Doc

P.S. As for Conor, he's just doing what Dylan did and is now distancing himself from being labeled as a "protest singer". Probably a smart move.