Genius Lyrics
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Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun
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“Giving Up The Gun” is technically an update of Ezra Koenig’s 2004 “Giving Up Da Gun” by L'Homme Run, a comedic rap duo that Koenig created during while attending Columbia
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Vampire Weekend – Giving Up the Gun Samples
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See all of “Giving Up the Gun” by Vampire Weekend’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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L'Homme Run – Giving Up Da Gun
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[Chorus] / Your sword's grown old and rusty / Burnt beneath the rising sun / It's locked up like a trophy / Forgetting all the things it's done / And though it's been a long time
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Radiohead – Let Down Samples
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See all of “Let Down” by Radiohead’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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L'Homme Run – Pizza Party
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“Pizza Party” is an ode to eating pizza simply and like a college student—just a hot, simple slice eaten with one’s hands, nothing French or fancy.
It’s one of the four known L'
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MoMilli – Young Money: Rap, "Step," and V-Dubs (And the Vampy Weeks Rap References You Missed)
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Last week, Vampire Weekend covered “Blurred Lines” on the BBC. A lot of listeners said they’d never heard Ezra Koenig rap to T.I. before–or rap ever !–which got them asking how
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Genius Lists – Songs Based On Stories
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The perfect way for Lit Geniuses to get in on the music scene, or vice versa. Let us know if you work on any of these songs by making an annotation.
– Album cover to Leviathan
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Vampire Weekend – I Think Ur a Contra
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“I Think Ur A Contra” is a look into the inner workings of a man’s mind questioning a failed relationship–including all the doubts, signs (once ignored) indicating an unhappy end
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Vampire Weekend – Holiday
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“Holiday” similarly begins life as a ska thrash in the mould of The Specials’ Too Much Too Young with nothing more on its mind than hitting the beach before a submerged bed of
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Vampire Weekend – Taxi Cab
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“Taxi Cab” deals with the darker side of a relationship that Ezra was slowly exposed to (even as their affection deepened) before the inevitable consequences caught up with the
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Vampire Weekend – Run
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“Run” is essentially Vampire Weekend’s take on the themes of Drake’s “Over” (“I know way too many people here that I didn’t know last year–who the fuck are y'all?!”), which may be
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Best song to never hit Top 100?
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Mine would probably be Paranoid by Kanye ft. Mr. Hudson. I feel like it could have been a huge radio hit.
Discuss
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Best song to never hit Top 100?
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Mine would probably be Paranoid by Kanye ft. Mr. Hudson. I feel like it could have been a huge radio hit.
Discuss
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Vampire Weekend – Horchata
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Although “Horchata” isn’t a rap song by any means, its lyrics are reference-y enough and potentially even influenced enough to warrant a comparison. Weirdly, New York Magazine
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Vampire Weekend – Diplomat's Son
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Either a Whit Stillman-esque coming out / gay love story or a parable about Clash frontman Joe Strummer; really, it’s both of these things. Music critic Simon Reynolds called it “
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Vampire Weekend – White Sky
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Synth foam, perky digital rhythms, joyful whoops and African-flavored guitars…“White Sky” is the sound of a young band discovering how much is possible. Or just a song.
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Vampire Weekend – California English
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Offering keen commentary on snobbish east coast attitudes, “California English” stands out for being one of the most bright, jittery, and hyper songs on an album full of them.
It
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Vampire Weekend – Giant
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“Giant”, the bonus track from Contra, seems to be a token rap track with its mentions to California, Thrasher Magazine, and yachts. However, within the context of the almost-faux
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Vampire Weekend – Cousins
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“Cousins” features long, complicated guitar riffs and disjointed vocalizations in the background, but it’s still good enough to serve as Contra’s second single and gain critical
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Vampire Weekend – Ottoman
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“Ottoman” was included as the B-side to “Holiday”. It was on Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist OST.
Decline and fall – in a Vampire Weekend song?! Surely you jest! (In other
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Vampire Weekend – Contra Melt B
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[Intro] / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound to compound / Compound
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