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4 Bright Eyes quizzes and 40 Bright Eyes trivia questions.
1.
  "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the Bright Eyes album "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning," which is a masterpiece by the way! One or two questions are about Bright Eyes in general though. I only saw one Bright Eyes quiz so I thought I'd give making my own a go.
Average, 10 Qns, reddevil666, Sep 16 05
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  Poison Oak    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on the lyrics of the song "Poison Oak" by the band Bright Eyes....AKA "The drunk on a piano bench song".
Easier, 10 Qns, SpiritFox777, May 26 06
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3.
  Bright Eyes Lyrics    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give you the lyric and you tell me which song it's from. If you know Bright Eyes, it should be a piece of cake. Have fun, and maybe you can learn a little about an awesome band.
Average, 10 Qns, murmuring_soul, Sep 16 05
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  Conor Oberst    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Bright Eyes are my favourite band ever and with the music category being full up at the moment i decided to write a quiz on the best song writer in our time, in my opinion anyway.
Average, 10 Qns, nibbleme, Feb 08 09
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Bright Eyes Trivia Questions
1. Conor Oberst was born in 1980, but on which date? He also names a song after his birthday on the album 'A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997'.

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: 15th February

'February fifteenth. All eyes on the calendar. Another year I claim of total indifference.' These are lyrics from the song "Feb. 15th".

2. "Poison Oak, some _________ bravery/When a _________ was a tin can on a string" What're the missing words?

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: boyhood, telephone

Actually, childhood would work better, because I don't know how many times I played in poison oak and poison ivy as a kid. And I definitely remember my "telephone". The label for Bright Eyes is Saddle Creek.

3. Who is the lead singer of Bright Eyes?

From Quiz "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes

Answer: Conor Oberst

Conor Oberst was born in 1980 and has been recording songs since he was 13!

4. What song is this lyric from? "I believe that lovers should be chained together and thrown into a fire with their songs and letters..."

From Quiz Bright Eyes Lyrics

Answer: A Perfect Sonnet

From the "Every Day and Every Night" EP. Bright Eyes is headed by Conor Oberst, a prodigy from Omaha, Nebraska who has been recording since he was thirteen.

5. Where did Conor grow up?

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: Omaha, Nebraska

Conor was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.

6. "I fell asleep with you still ________ to me; you said you were afraid to _____" Find the missing words.

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: talking, die

The lead singer of Bright Eyes is Conor Oberst. No one is in a permanent place for the rest of the band.

7. Finish the lyric: "I got a flask inside my pocket we can share it on the train. And if you promise to stay conscious I will try and do the same. We might die from medication but..."

From Quiz "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes

Answer: we sure killed all the pain

This is from the song "Lua"...there's been lots of discussion regarding the meaning of this song. Some people believe it's about an eating disorder (Bulima probably)"You just keep goin to the bathroom always say you'll be right back." The other idea, what I personally think, is that its about drug use and being an addict(cocaine and alcohol), but listen for yourself and decide.

8. What song is this lyric from? "And I kissed a girl with a broken jaw that her father gave to her..."

From Quiz Bright Eyes Lyrics

Answer: The Calendar Hung Itself

From the album "Fevers and Mirrors".

9. Which band has Conor NOT played in?

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: Rilo Kiley

Conor fronted Commander Venus in 1994, played drums in Park Ave. in 1996 and fronted the band Desaparecidos in 2001.

10. "In __________ you were dressed in ________ clothes/Were you made __________ why'd you lock them in a ___________" What are the missing words?

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: polaroids, women's, ashamed, drawer

Do you remember when you were a kid and dressed up in your parent's clothes? The song "Poison Oak" comes off the "I'm Wide Awake and It's Morning" album.

11. What song is this lyric from? "So I will find my fears and face them, or I will cower like a dog. I will kick and scream or kneel and plead. I'll fight like hell to hide that I've given up."

From Quiz "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes

Answer: Another Travelin' Song

"Rolling Stone" magazine has called Oberst "rock's boy genius".

12. What song is this lyric from? "And I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps and it stays in your spine for the rest of your life..."

From Quiz Bright Eyes Lyrics

Answer: The City Has Sex

From the album "Letting Off the Happiness". Bright Eyes is signed to the independent label Saddle Creek Records, based in Omaha, Nebraska.

13. Which independent record label is Conor a founding member of?

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: Saddle Creek Records

Saddle Creek Records is an indie rock label based in Omaha and founded in 1993.

14. "Well I don't think that I ever loved you more/Than when you turned away/ and you slammed the door/ when you stole the car/ and drove towards _________." Where you take the stolen car?

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: Mexico

In order to help with hurricane Katrina relief, Mexico sent bottled water to the troubled areas. Ironic, isn't it? Oberst has been writing since he was 13 and was tagged "rock boy genius" by music press in the last few years.

15. Whose beautiful female voice can be heard on several songs such as "We Are Nowhere And It's Now" and "Landlocked Blues"?

From Quiz "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes

Answer: Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer, songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

16. What song is this lyric from? "I've got the money if you've got the time. He said it feels good I said I'll give it a try..."

From Quiz Bright Eyes Lyrics

Answer: Lover I Don't Have to Love

From the album "Lifted, Or the Story is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground".

17. Conor Oberst was widly regarded as the only permenant member of Bright Eyes untill recently. Which other members permanently joined the band in 2007?

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis

Matthew Olsen played keyboard and synths in the 2007 line up, Maria Taylor has been a frequent contributor and appears as the drummer in the video for "Four Winds". Clay Leverett played drums in the 2007 line up. Nate Walcott and Mike Mogis are both multi-talented permanent members of Bright Eyes.

18. "When you wrote bad checks/ just to fill your arms. I was young enough/ I still believed in ________" What'd you still believe in?

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: war

Sadly, I have been unable to find any information saying Bright Eyes has won any awards. Although this is believeable because of the number of people that have never heard of the band. Bright Eyes has been on "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn".

19. What "indie" record label is the lead singer one of the founders of?

From Quiz "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes

Answer: Saddle Creek

Artists on Saddle Creek include Cursive, Desaparecidos, The Faint, Rilo Kiley, Bright Eyes, Son Ambulance, Azure Ray, The Good Life, and Sorry About Dresden, among others.

20. What song is this lyric from? "I'll give you only one reply: I know not who I am..."

From Quiz Bright Eyes Lyrics

Answer: Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh

From the album "Fevers and Mirrors". Other bands signed on Saddle Creek Records include Cursive, Rilo Kiley, Sorry About Dresden, and Now It's Overhead.

21. Oberst is quoted as saying: 'Whether people praise or criticize, it's only going to make me...'.

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: more self-conscious

This quote was taken from an interview with The A.V club where he speaks about growing up in public, pride and heritage.

22. "Well, let the __________ cry themselves to sleep/ And all their tearful words will turn back into _______." Whose words and what do they turn into?

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: poets, steam

This song has a lot of poetry within it as well as many underlying meanings. It's unbelieveable that they haven't won any awards for their music. Bright Eyes was a prominent addition to the MTV2-televised 2003 "Shortlist Awards".

23. What song is this lyric from? "So that's how I learned the lesson that everyone's alone, and your eyes must do some raining if you're ever going to grow..."

From Quiz Bright Eyes Lyrics

Answer: Bowl of Oranges

From the album "Lifted".

24. In 'To Love and to be Loved', track 13 from the album 'Lifted', where does Conor say he woke up?

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: Chicago hospital

'Well I awoke in relief. My sheets and tubes were all tangled, weak from whiskey and pills, in a Chicago hospital.' One of my favourite songs!

25. "But me, I'm a single cell on a serpent's tongue/ there's a muddy field where a garden was/ And I'm glad _______ got away, but I'm still stcuk out here." Who got away?

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: You

Who wouldn't want someone they love to get away? The whole lines about a single cell on a serpent's tongue reminds me of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. On the "I'm Wide Awake and It's Morning" album, are some of Conor's finest songs, featuring guest vocal appearances from Emmylou Harris and Jim James.

26. At the beginning of the album in the very first song, there's an intro type monologue. What is the very first line you hear?

From Quiz "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes

Answer: So there was this woman and she was on an airplane, and she was flying to meet her fiancé seaming high above the largest ocean on planet Earth

I've listened to this cd so many times that I've memerized the intro...here it goes, completely from memory.."So there was this woman and she was on an airplane, and she was flying to meet her fiancé seaming high above the largest ocean on planet Earth. She was seated next to this man who she had tried to start conversations, but the only thing she had really heard him say was to order his Bloody Mary. She was sitting there and she was reading this really arduous magazine article about a third world country that she couldn't even pronounce the name of. And she was feeling very bored and despondent. And then suddenly there was this huge mechanical failure and one of the engines gave out, and they started just falling from thirty-thousand feet, and the pilot's on the microphone and he's saying 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, oh my god, I'm sorry' and apologizing. And she looks at the man and says 'Where are we going?' and he looks at her and he says 'We're going to a party. It's a birthday party. It's your birthday party. Happy birthday darlin. We love you very, very, very, very, very, very, very much.' And then he starts humming this little tune, it goes something like this: 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4" -wow, I have way too much free time.

27. What song is this lyric from? "There's kids playing guns in the street, and one's pointing his tree branch at me..."

From Quiz Bright Eyes Lyrics

Answer: One Foot in Front of the Other (Landlocked Blues)

From the "Saddle Creek 50" compilation CD. As opposed to a traditional band, Bright Eyes is more of a collective of musicians from various Saddle Creek acts. Different cd's feature different musicians, with Conor Oberst as the only constant.

28. Which organisation is Conor an active member of?

From Quiz Conor Oberst

Answer: PETA

Conor has appeared in various videos supporting PETA and a vegetarian lifestyle.

29. "My clothes are soaking wet with your _________'s tears." Who do the tears belong to?

From Quiz Poison Oak

Answer: brother

This produces a nice image for the productive and inventive imagination. The second album Oberst recorded, "Digital Ash In A Digital Urn", is a more produced, band-centric album featuring cameo appearances by Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

30. Which song is this lyric from? "And you wrote bad checks to just to fill your arm. I was young enough, I still believed in war. So let the poets cry themselves to sleep."

From Quiz "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"- Bright Eyes

Answer: Poison Oak

After Commander Venus disbanded in 1997, Oberst and some friends started a new project--Park Ave.--with the intention of writing pop music. Oberst decided to learn to play drums, and Clark Baechle, the drummer from The Faint, joined up to learn how to play guitar. They asked three girlfriends to help round out the lineup on vocals, bass and keyboards. None of them knew how to play their instruments either. Park Ave. released a split 7" with The Wrens, had two songs on a Saddle Creek sampler CD, and put out a full-length of four-track recordings as well. When one of its members moved to London, Park Ave. broke up.

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