Genius Meanings
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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 – 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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Ezra Furman – Unbelievers
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A cover of the track by Vampire Weekend. Released as a single, unattached to any album as yet.
The embracing of imperfections, of “flaws” and “faults” is a theme in Punk culture
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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 – 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 – 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 (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 – 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.”
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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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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 – 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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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 – 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 – 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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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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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 – 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 – 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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My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade
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This song is on My Chemical Romance’s third studio album, entitled The Black Parade. The song, as well as the rest of the album, follows The Patient, a man who is dying, through
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Pitchfork – The Top 50 Albums of 2013
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50. Pusha T – My Name Is My Name / [Read Pitchfork's original My Name Is My Name review here] / At a time in pop music where immediacy counts more than ever, Pusha T’s official
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