Billy Bragg is fucking good in my opinion, and I like the song in question, cant see any bright eyes comparison
still, each to their own

didnt like bright eyes at all, (in fact saw connor solo in 01 and was so irritated I left the tent), all of his stuff gnawed at me on ecod too.
then saw em at Glasto last year, and they (full band) played one of the best gigs i've ever seen, Seen Bright eyes twice since (theyve played san diego twice this year), once was decent, bit meandering, the other one excellent again.

I'm definitely sold on them/him now, particularly the desperacidos stuff. It's pretentious as at times, but same can be said of other stuff

I won't be retarded and ask you to give him some time, but would tell you that this time last year I'd have given a sermon about how overatted the guy's music was, and now i'm really impressed

I tend to think of Oberst as some sort of proto donnie darko (if Schwartzman in rushmore wasnt), bit irritating at times but there's definitely something going on, at times very special.

Or you could always buy a sparklehorse/beauty shop album instead, or get drunk, and like, meet girls