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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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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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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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Genius (Ft. Vampire Weekend) – Artist Archive: Vampire Weekend
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This page serves as an evolving archive of online resources pertaining to Vampire Weekend. Examples of works contained within in this archive include:
Discography/filmography
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SBTRKT (Ft. Ezra Koenig) – NEW DORP. NEW YORK.
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This strange tribute to New York, featuring Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, serves as the second single for SBTRKT’s 2014 album Wonder Where We Land
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Song Directory
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Jul 3, 2023 ... – anxious* Lyrics · Friday Brown – And To Me He Meant Everything Lyrics · Vampire Weekend – Run (Live in Indianapolis) Lyrics · Atomix5.56 ...
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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 – 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 – M 79 (Daytrotter Session)
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[Verse 1] / Gonna take a little time while you're waiting in the factory line / I'll ride across the park, backseat on the 79 / Wasted days, you've come to have / [Pre-Chorus] / So
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Vampire Weekend – Ladies of Cambridge
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“Ladies Of Cambridge” is based off of E.E. Cummings 1922 sonnet, the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls, which negates the idea of privileged women living an insular life
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Vampire Weekend – Arrows
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Based on scenes from Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, “Arrows” was apparently too hot for the American release and was only included on the Japanese version of the debut album
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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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Vampire Weekend – Request Zone + Pizza Party (Live in Indianapolis)
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[Spoken - Ezra Koenig] / Alright, well hold on a second. So—we got a little bit of time, you know we're outside, there's a curfew, so we only got so much time left. But—'cause we
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Vampire Weekend – Unbelievers (Live in Indianapolis)
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[Verse 1] / Got a little soul / The world is a cold, cold place to be / Want a little warmth / But who's going to save a little warmth for me? / [Pre-Chorus] / We know the fire
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Vampire Weekend (Ft. Danny Brown, Despot & Heems) – Step (Remix)
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On New Years Eve 2013, the band released the remix to what Pitchfork named the 14th best song of the year.
https://twitter.com/vampireweekend/statuses/418132457825644544
As a
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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 – This Life (Live in Indianapolis)
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[Verse 1] / Baby, I know pain is as natural as the rain / I just thought it didn't rain in California / Baby, I know love isn't what I thought it was / 'Cause I've never known a
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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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Vampire Weekend – White Sky (Basement Jaxx Remix)
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[Intro] / [Verse 1] / An ancient business, a modern piece of glasswork / Down on the corner that you walk each day in passing / The elderly sales clerk won't eye us with suspicion
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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 – 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 – 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 (Ft. Danielle Haim) – Hold You Now
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“Hold You Now” describes the intensity of a promising but unstable relationship and the love shared between two people. It is Vampire Weekend’s first collaboration with HAIM member
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – California English Pt. 2
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“California English Part 2” serves as a sequel to “California English” yet was a B-side to “Cousins.”
https://twitter.com/matsoR/status/1028018706977185792
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Nadia Oh – Vampire Night
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[Chorus] / Party like vampires, we run the night / Drink 'til the sunlight, the vampire life / Party all weekend, so run for your life / Midnight to twilight, the vampire life
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Vampire Weekend Flips Post Malone And Swae Lee’s ‘Sunflower’ On Its Head With New Cover
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The band added a guitar riff from its song of the same name.
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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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VAMP1RE WEEKEND (Ft. Puppy Otis & Whitegrls) – JINGLE BELLS (OUTRO)
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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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