I'm sure everyone knows Conor is a genius. This is no exception, I think the "Man and Wife" set of songs work very brilliantly together. In "The Former" he takes the Husband's point of view...How their relationship started out and they began planning for life, like what they were planning to acheive was the middle class american dream. To the point where all he became concerned with was financially supporting his wife to make her happy. And The Latter takes the wife's point of view where all she wants is his attention and love, and that the money doesn't matter. This is an all too familiar scenario in middle class america today, and Conor put the two sides of the story together to paint a vivid picture of how people really act and feel. Not quite as emotionally deep as his Bright Eyes endevours, but genius none the less.
I'm sure everyone knows Conor is a genius. This is no exception, I think the "Man and Wife" set of songs work very brilliantly together. In "The Former" he takes the Husband's point of view...How their relationship started out and they began planning for life, like what they were planning to acheive was the middle class american dream. To the point where all he became concerned with was financially supporting his wife to make her happy. And The Latter takes the wife's point of view where all she wants is his attention and love, and that the money doesn't matter. This is an all too familiar scenario in middle class america today, and Conor put the two sides of the story together to paint a vivid picture of how people really act and feel. Not quite as emotionally deep as his Bright Eyes endevours, but genius none the less.