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Vampire Weekend – Everlasting Arms
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“Everlasting Arms” is a riff on the hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.”, which is covered by artists from multiple genres. On Grantland, Steven Hyden pointed out the inclusion
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Ezra Koenig – 2 CHRONOS (mad dog u.rtf)
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Characteristically batshit textedit file Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig wrote for his 30th birthday and published to his Twitter feed. He probably wrote this joke, which
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Vampire Weekend – Obvious Bicycle
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“Obvious Bicycle” depicts the life of a man who has lost hope in life while growing, believing he is so small in a vast world, and that he has no importance.
One could see this
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Vampire Weekend – Ya Hey (Paranoid Styles Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Oh, sweet thing / Zion doesn't love You / And Babylon don't love You / But You love everything / Oh, You saint / America don't love You / So I could never love You / In
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Vampire Weekend – Young Lion
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The band’s multi-instrumentalist and producer, Rostam Batmanglij, wrote “Young Lion” about a real-life June 2009 encounter that lyricist Ezra Koenig had “with an older rasta at
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Vampire Weekend – Step
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“Step” is inspired by “Step to My Girl” by Souls of Mischief. Per the band:
“Souls Of Mischief I’ve always loved. I kind of associate them with the first time that I really
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Vampire Weekend – Ya Hey
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“Ya Hey” has a distinct religious tone. The searcher narrative may allude to some personal testimonies from the band members on the press junket promoting this album. After the
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Vampire Weekend – Unbelievers
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“Unbelievers” is a ridiculously complex and witty take on where we stand in this world. What do our beliefs say about us? Do our commitments dictate our fate? Religious themes are
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Vampire Weekend – Finger Back
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“Finger Back” is about an Orthodox Jewish girl falling in love with an Arab falafel shop employee, as indicated in the bridge.
In this interview with Face Culture, Ezra Koenig
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Vampire Weekend – Diane Young
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“Diane Young” seems to be the “fun” song (about death) on Modern Vampires Of The City, an album full of death. The title, “Diane Young”, is a play on words of “dying young.”
You
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Vampire Weekend – Hannah Hunt
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“Hannah Hunt”, according to Ezra Koenig’s interview with Carrie Battan of Pitchfork, is “named after a girl the singer sat next to in a Buddhism class in college (who also happens
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Vampire Weekend – Don't Lie
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To provide the most Genius-style explanation of the song possible, “Don’t Lie” is a song about not lying. Truthtelling, realkeeping, you could say “Don’t Lie” is also a double
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Vampire Weekend – Hudson
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“Hudson” is drawn from a poem Ezra Koenig once wrote about Henry Hudson. The Hudson River looms large over New Jersey and Westchester County, New York as the path into the city’s
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Vampire Weekend – Worship You
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“Worship You” is a direct message to God. Although the lyrics are hard to understand with Ezra’s fast-paced vocals, it’s clear to see while reading them it’s an affirmation and
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Favorite Song from Vampire Weekends ''Modern Vampires Of The City''?
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For me…
If I can’t trust you then damn it Hannah
There’s no future, there’s no answer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJCIhDQkqTQ
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MF DOOM – Hoe Cakes
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The second track off the MM…FOOD album makes use of some pretty sick beatboxing throughout.
“Hoe Cakes” (spelled “hoecakes”) is an African American food from the 19th century
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Untitled
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Untitled
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