[Oberst’s] intensity was at an all time high while singing “Landlocked Blues” and towards the end of the song there is the line, “So I’m making a deal with the devils of fame, saying, ‘Let me walk away, please.” He once again changed up his lyrics and instead of spewing out what he initially wrote, he sang with force, “So I’m making a deal with the devils of fame saying, ‘Show me the money! Show me the money!”
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Bright Eyes Lollapalooza 2011 Setlist:
Four Winds
Old Soul Song (For The New World Order)
Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
Jejune Stars
Lover I Don’t Have to Love
Shell Games
Arc of Time (Time Code)
Landlocked Blues
Another Travelin’ Song
The Calendar Hung Itself
Road to Joy
One For You, One For Me
Concert Review: The Kills and Bright Eyes at Lollapalooza 2011 - National Music | Examiner.com
Comedic would not be a word I’d used to describe this performance. Intense, passionate, yes, but also angry and possibly contemptuous. But if Conor Oberst was trying to be funny I just don’t get his sense of humor.
