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Vampire Weekend – Rich Man
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Rich Man is a tongue-in-cheek ditty built off a sample from “Please Go Easy With Me” by Sierra Leone guitarist S.E. Rogie.
The track plays as both a touching love song and a
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Vampire Weekend – Rich Man Samples
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See all of “Rich Man” by Vampire Weekend’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend – Jokerman
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[Verse 1] / Standing on the waters casting your bread / While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing / Distant ships sailing into the mist / You were born with a snake
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Vampire Weekend – Jokerman (Live in Indianapolis)
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[Spoken] / Someone was holding up a sign that said—what did it say, "eight minute 'Oxford Comma'"? I'm sorry, that—that was relati— Next time. We got you next time, we'll bring
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S.E. Rogie – Please Go Easy with Me Samples
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See all of “Please Go Easy with Me” by S.E. Rogie’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Read All The Lyrics To Vampire Weekend’s New Album ‘Father Of The Bride’
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Featured artists include Steve Lacy, Danielle Haim, & Jenny Lewis.
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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 – This Life
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“This Life” was released with “Unbearably White” on April 4th, 2019 as the third and final pair of singles before Father Of The Bride was officially released.
In his Soundcheck
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Vampire Weekend – 2021
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With its melancholic reflection on the passing of time, “2021” is one of six singles from Vampire Weekend’s fourth album Father of the Bride.
The song features a refrain from
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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 (Ft. Jude Law) – Lord Ullin's Daughter
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Exclusive to the Japanese Edition of the album, this song features Jude Law reading Thomas Campbell’s poem “Lord Ullin’s Daughter”.
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Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall
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Along with the track “2021,” “Harmony Hall” is the first single released from Vampire Weekend’s fourth album Father of the Bride, their first since 2013.
The song breezes along
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Big Thief – Vampire Empire
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[Verse 1] / Watching TV tired, bleeding on the bed / The milk has just expired, all the leaves are dead / I'm not quiet, you've been quiet, just receiving what you said / Reeling
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Vampire Weekend – How Long?
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[Verse 1] / Tough choice? Don't make me laugh / My life's a joke, your life's a gas / You broke my heart at midnight mass / Now I'm the ghost of Christmas past / The only choice
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Vampire Weekend – Bambina
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Another track off Father of the Bride that covers religion, the upbeat “Bambina” describes an old chant that translates to
bye, bye, baby
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Vampire Weekend – Sympathy
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The flamenco-tinged “Sympathy” is at times loud and crowded, at times quiet and understated, mirroring a world “where alliances are forged over shared resentment”, ending in a fast
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Vampire Weekend – My Mistake
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[Verse 1] / Skin under sun / Summer breeze, summer break / Oh, I was young then / Hadn't made my mistake / Unaware of the fall / Unaware of my fate / There was peace in the valley
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Vampire Weekend – Spring Snow
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[Verse 1] / The snow fell last night / Your flight couldn't leave / Come back to the bed / Let's take this reprieve / It felt like the end / The end's been delayed / You're here in
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Vampire Weekend – Unbearably White
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The title “Unbearably White” plays with Vampire Weekend’s reputation as a group of milquetoast Ivy League grads, but the lyrics avoid discussions of race or privilege to focus on a
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Vampire Weekend – Spring Snow
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[Verse 1] / The snow fell last night / Your flight couldn't leave / Come back to the bed / Let's take this reprieve / It felt like the end / The end's been delayed / You're here in
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Vampire Weekend (Ft. Danielle Haim) – Married in a Gold Rush
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“Married in a Gold Rush” is the second duet between Ezra and Danielle Haim from Vampire Weekend’s fourth studio album, Father of the Bride.
The song is about a married couple who
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Vampire Weekend – Big Blue
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“Big Blue” was released alongside “Sunflower” in the second of three early two song releases for Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride. It talks about the emotion felt when around
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Vampire Weekend – I Don't Think Much About Her No More
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“I Don’t Think Much About Her No More” is one of the three bonus tracks featured on the Japanese version of Vampire Weekend’s 2019 album, Father of the Bride.
The song is a cover
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Vampire Weekend (Ft. Danielle Haim) – We Belong Together
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“We Belong Together” is the third and final Danielle Haim/Ezra duet on Father of the Bride. Koenig set out to write a simple love song, and described it as the “most wholesome
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S.E. Rogie – Please Go Easy with Me
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Now mister, please go easy with me / I say, please go easy with me / I quite agree that you can dance very well / But please go easy with me / [Chorus] / I don’t love you when you’
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Vampire Weekend – Jerusalem, New York, Berlin
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“Jerusalem, New York, Berlin,” references three cities that are important to world history, but are especially important to Jewish identity. Jerusalem is the holiest city in
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Vampire Weekend – Houston, Dubai
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“Houston, Dubai” is one of the three bonus tracks featured on the Japanese version of Vampire Weekend’s 2019 album, Father of the Bride.
The track features the story of someone
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Bob Dylan – Jokerman
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“Jokerman” is the first track from Dylan’s 1983 album Infidels. This album is often seen as Dylan’s return to secular music after a conversion to Christianity and three gospel
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Tottenham Hotspur FC – List of famous Tottenham Hotspur fans
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As one of the biggest teams in England, Spurs continue to grow year-on-year, and of course, this leads to new fans joining the cause. The page is for all confirmed fans of the club
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Vampire Weekend (Ft. Steve Lacy) – Flower Moon
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[Verse: Ezra Koenig & Steve Lacy] / Flower moon cursed the night / If the sun don't make things right / Then it's gonna take a year / Gonna take a year / Flower moon, sacred sign
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Vampire Weekend – Stranger
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Speaking to Pitchfork, Koenig said
With a song like “Stranger,” even the name of it compared to “Oxford Comma” or “Mansard Roof”—it’s inexpensive. No expensive words. I still
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Quinn XCII – Look How Far We've Come
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[Verse 1] / Why don't we sleep on / On your psychology professor's Nissan? / Play some Vampire Weekend, have a threesome / Watch the stars in Cambridge / 'Cause you're way too
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