Comments on: Vampire Weekend – Horchata http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539 Pop, to two decimal places Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chuck Eddy http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539&cpage=1#comment-4627 Chuck Eddy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:02:47 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539#comment-4627 I can see them being Talking Heads circa '85 or later, actually. I can see them being Talking Heads circa ‘85 or later, actually.

]]> By: Matos W.K. http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539&cpage=1#comment-4624 Matos W.K. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:58:53 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539#comment-4624 They <I>wish</I> they were Talking Heads. They wish they were Talking Heads.

]]> By: Renato Pagnani http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539&cpage=1#comment-4616 Renato Pagnani Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:57:33 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539#comment-4616 Which I don't think is anything to be mad at, if that's the case (and you're being serious), Jackson. Which I don’t think is anything to be mad at, if that’s the case (and you’re being serious), Jackson.

]]> By: Jackson Landers http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539&cpage=1#comment-4592 Jackson Landers Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:39:25 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539#comment-4592 Folks, Vampire Weekend is just the Talking Heads of our time. Folks, Vampire Weekend is just the Talking Heads of our time.

]]> By: scott http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539&cpage=1#comment-4589 scott Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:34:18 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539#comment-4589 Slight and disjointed and full of way too much effort to my ears, but I did at least laugh on first listen at the chutzpah of following up an LPs worth of *Graceland* retreads (albeit, niftily pleasant *Graceland* retreads) with a failed *Rhythm of the Saints* homage. But then I read Anthony Easton's perfect reference to *The Lion King* -- still laughing heartily at that. 3.5 Slight and disjointed and full of way too much effort to my ears, but I did at least laugh on first listen at the chutzpah of following up an LPs worth of *Graceland* retreads (albeit, niftily pleasant *Graceland* retreads) with a failed *Rhythm of the Saints* homage. But then I read Anthony Easton’s perfect reference to *The Lion King* — still laughing heartily at that. 3.5

]]> By: a hoy hoy http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539&cpage=1#comment-4586 a hoy hoy Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:29:30 +0000 http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1539#comment-4586 Chris Boeckmann: In twenty years, when Ezra Koenig has scored a teaching position at the English dept of, like, Hampshire College, I hope one of his students calls him out on these terrible lyrics and then some other potheads in the back join in: “Like, yeah, man, why can’t Avey Tare teach us?” This is exactly how I feel about Vampire Weekend and yet I still really like them. :S Chris Boeckmann: In twenty years, when Ezra Koenig has scored a teaching position at the English dept of, like, Hampshire College, I hope one of his students calls him out on these terrible lyrics and then some other potheads in the back join in: “Like, yeah, man, why can’t Avey Tare teach us?”

This is exactly how I feel about Vampire Weekend and yet I still really like them. :S

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