Vampire Weekend ‘blog band’ no more
You’re listening to a jumpy little rhythm whilst walking across Old Campus smoking a cigarette. The light is not quite evening, not quite afternoon, you can forget things. You’re not in an indie movie, but you might as well be; you’re listening to Vampire Weekend’s debut album “Vampire Weekend.”
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By Nicolas Niarchos (Unregistered User)
4:35pm on February 13, 2008
You're so right about the rhythm, sorry 'bout that, that was retarded. But I stick by my former judgement, the song is really one of the weak points of quite a good album.
Football | An offense tied down
Narcotics unit revived
In India, students aplenty but a lag in quality
I couldn't disagree more about Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa. The song is playful and silly (and recognizes it... "this feels so unnatural; Peter Gabriel too" -- referring to the '80s pop artist who perhaps used a few too many bongos himself). The mention of "Louis Vuitton" establishes the upper-class preppy context. And perhaps most obviously, the song adheres to an ABCB rhyming form, not ABAC.