Down On High: Examining the Records That Made Us

Bright Eyes Live in 2025

In this episode, we discuss the mythology of misery around Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst, as he surprises us with his showing up as "okay" to the Palace Theatre in St. Paul on April 4, 2025. Okay is by no means a low bar, considering the show was top form Bright Eyes. Truly. It was an incredible show that shook our expectations, and we're thrilled to share what we learned.

Setlist:

  1. Bells and Whistles
  2. El Capitan
  3. Gold Mine Gutted
  4. We Are Nowhere and It's Now
  5. Loose Leaves
  6. Persona Non Grata
  7. Mariana Trench
  8. I Won't Ever Be Happy Again
  9. Method Acting
  10. Trains Still Run On Time
  11. First Day of My Life
  12. Old Soul Song (for the New World Order)
  13. Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)
  14. Happy Accident
  15. Tiny Suicides
  16. Rainbow Overpass
  17. Shell Games
  18. Tin Soldier Boy
  19. One For You, One for Me


Encore

  1. At The Bottom of Everything
  2. Devil Town
  3. Let's Not Shit Ourselves (to Love and to Be Loved)

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