No love for Vampire Weekend??

[dejaxentendu]

I haven't been on this site in quite some time but since Vampire Weekend's new album dropped this week I decided to drop by to see what everyone is saying about it.

How in the world is there not a single thread on the first page of the music forum about it !!????

am i just blind?
if so apologies for wasted clicking.

[dejaxentendu]

not even one on the 2nd page?

[IWasaCamera]

Might be due to the fact that the band in question is boring.

[bard]

Might be due to the fact that the band in question is boring.
pretty much, yeah

[Regards]

http://absolutepunk.net/search.php?searchid=35201681

[eriatarka24]

http://absolutepunk.net/search.php?searchid=35201681
...I was going to do that hahaha.

[blebbio]

there are like 10 threads

[kemichels]

Might be due to the fact that the band in question is boring.

lol. I hated their first release. This one is okay. I don't find it particularly exciting to listen to either, but it's pleasant.

Still don't get the hype with them, regardless. I am seeing them with my girlfriend in 2 months, so hopefully I'll enjoy them more live than I do on their cds.

[songydarko]

lol. I hated their first release. This one is okay. I don't find it particularly exciting to listen to either, but it's pleasant.

Still don't get the hype with them, regardless. I am seeing them with my girlfriend in 2 months, so hopefully I'll enjoy them more live than I do on their cds.
Psssh just okay? You SURE you wanna come with me?

[kemichels]

Psssh just okay? You SURE you wanna come with me?

Was just saying that I hated their first release, but this one is good with me. Don't hang on one word too much, darling.

[xjulianx89]

Might be due to the fact that the band in question is boring.

This.

[songydarko]

Was just saying that I hated their first release, but this one is good with me. Don't hang on one word too much, darling.
Hey you said "this one is okay". so der.

[HometownHero]

Might be due to the fact that the band in question is boring.
Wrong

[JordanBuell]

Wrong

yeah really. great band. they dont get a ton of love on this site but that doesnt mean they arnt awesome.

[aboyandhiscurse]

you are correct. no love for vampire weekend. and less love for people who like this band.

[schaft]

I haven't been on this site in quite some time but since Vampire Weekend's new album dropped this week I decided to drop by to see what everyone is saying about it.

How in the world is there not a single thread on the first page of the music forum about it !!????

am i just blind?
if so apologies for wasted clicking.
Who?

[Colorblind!]

you are correct. no love for vampire weekend. and less love for people who like this band.

You have a Max Bemis avatar.

[Nightfox33]

You have a Max Bemis avatar.
Yes, that does make him cooler than you.

[Nightfox33]

I'm giving them a listen now, it's realzzzz zzzzzz zzz zzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz

[HometownHero]

you are correct. no love for vampire weekend. and less love for people who like this band.
Nice Max Bemis avatar dood.

[HometownHero]

I'm giving them a listen now, it's realzzzz zzzzzz zzz zzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz
You have a Blink-182 avatar. As much as I love Blink, this makes you a douche for saying Vampire Weekend is boring. You listen to BLINK182

[KidRobot]

Good to see Music Forum elitism is live and well.

[Colorblind!]

Nice Max Bemis avatar dood.

We're on the same wavelength here.

Yes, that does make him cooler than you.

You caught me! :shrug:

[schaft]

Good to see Music Forum elitism is live and well.
Zing!

[HometownHero]

We're on the same wavelength here.



You caught me! :shrug:

Good. You have a Weatherbox avatar. You are my friend

[doppelganger]

i dig the new cd. didnt really like the old cd.

[KatastrophiE]

Its funny how they were acclaimed as being one of the top indie bands of 08. I still don't get their sound, i cant listen to more then a few songs at a time, so getting through their album is painstakingly difficult. Can someone explain them to me, cuz I seem to be missing something. Either that, or theyre just, like earlier posters have mentioned, really boring.

And why the hell are you fighting about avatars? Who cares

[Pat k]

Vampire Weekend is awesome, and Contra will be one of the top ten records released all year, believe me. Haters gon' hate.

[Smeee]

They just seem so average. I feel like I've heard it all before. They're not bad, just not worthy of the hype.

[aboyandhiscurse]

You have a Max Bemis avatar.

yes, im glad you noticed. and you're form london? i see us getting along. this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship!

[IWasaCamera]

Wrong
Good point. I've reconsidered and now believe Vampire Weekend created Afropop.

[oddwithoutend]

Good point. I've reconsidered and now believe Vampire Weekend created Afropop.
haha

Yeah, band is meh.

[fly_guy]

Nope, no love at all

[HometownHero]

Good point. I've reconsidered and now believe Vampire Weekend created Afropop.
Show me an interview where it says they think they created Afropop. All you'll find is that they were influenced by it. Which they were and are. Way to be a dumbass

[kearn1tm]

White people love Vampire Weekend.

[IWasaCamera]

Show me an interview where it says they think they created Afropop. All you'll find is that they were influenced by it. Which they were and are. Way to be a dumbass
Your ability to detect sarcasm is about as finely tuned as your ability to discern good music.

[kearn1tm]

The greatest review of Vampire Weekend you could hope for, courtesy of Buddyhead.com

http://www.buddyhead.com/vampire-weekend-contra-2/

Vampire Weekend
“Contra”
Castrated Sissy Recordings
Hi, I’m Meathead. I could have sworn there was already a review for this album on Buddyhead, but I guess I must have been thinking about one of those other websites that wish they were as cool as Buddyhead. Weird.


Remember when Contra was an awesome Nintendo game where you blow up terrorists from outer space? Well, let’s all give a big hand to the fuckfaces collectively known as Vampire Weekend for pissing all over that fun memory and naming their new album Contra! Now, rather than associating the word with kick-ass laser guns and the Konami code, we can instead think of precious hipsters singing in falsetto about white people stuff over xylophones. Yeah, that’s much better, thanks!


I made it about two and a half songs into this moldering heap of sonic smegma before a dull, throbbing ache began to form right behind my right eye, and the pain only got worse the longer I listened, spreading across my entire head and down into my back. When the music (for lack of a better word) was finally, mercifully finished, and the “enhanced interrogation” stopped pouring out of my headphones and into my brain, the pain magically stopped as well. Of course, I’m not saying there’s absolutely a connection there, but I think it’s worth noting, at least.


Also worth noting: time behaves differently when listening to Vampire Weekend. It slows down to a sluggish crawl that defies all previously established laws of the universe. The first track, while allegedly three and a half minutes, feels closer to approximately four hours as singer Ezra Koenig repeatedly enunciates the word “horchata” as if he just discovered it for the first time at Whole Foods and couldn’t wait to use it in a song to show everybody how cultured he is. After miraculously enduring the entire album, I went into the bathroom to vomit, and as I passed the mirror I discovered that I had aged quite noticeably. At this rate, I would probably be eligible for my AARP card after a second listen. Do not listen to this album.


http://www.buddyhead.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/vampire2.jpg



If it’s all right with you, I’d like to take a second here to share what may very likely be the single worst moment on Contra. Mind you, there aren’t any moments on it that are more pleasurable than getting your genitals gnawed off by feral pigs, but there’s one in particular that made me visibly cringe with pain. On the second song, “White Sky,” the chorus consists of the single sissiest whine I’ve ever heard come out of a human being. It’s the type of sound that makes Thom Yorke sound like James Earl Jones. It’s reasonably safe to say Tori Amos has bigger testicles than this guy.


I know Vampire Weekend thinks they’re doing something really clever by mixing reggae and “world music” with shitty indie hipster folk rock. Their perceived cleverness completely soaks through every single second on every song. I can picture Ezra and pals in the studio smirking to themselves and high-fiving each other as they record songs that will inevitably be played during the end credits of Michael Cera movies. Although, to be honest, I prefer picturing them getting run over by an out-of-control wheat thresher (while still high-fiving each other). But that’s just me.


The last song on the album, irritatingly titled “I Think UR A Contra,” sure sounds like a last song on an album. It’s got the obligatory weepy strings and deep, introspective lyrics that apparently sum up whatever the fuck this jerk-off parade was supposed to have been about. It’s great to listen to while slamming your head repeatedly on your desk and hating yourself. It’s not too fast, so it’s easy to keep up with the beat before you pass out.


Oh, wait. Shit. There was a review of this on Buddyhead already. My bad.
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[Pat k]

White people love Vampire Weekend.

Some black people like them too!
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[shes.a.ghost]

They have some catchy songs. That's about it.

[HometownHero]

Your ability to detect sarcasm is about as finely tuned as your ability to discern good music.
You gave OK Go a 7.0

[Pat k]

Oof, it's on!

[andrew_upto11]

I personally love Vampire Weekend.
But maybe I'm just an indie douche.

[IWasaCamera]

You gave OK Go a 7.0
My name is Matthew James? Keep grasping at straws, bud.

[HometownHero]

My name is Matthew James? Keep grasping at straws, bud.
If your decade list sucked I'd make fun of it. But it doesn't. Sooooo. I hate you anyway right now

[IWasaCamera]

If your decade list sucked I'd make fun of it. But it doesn't. Sooooo. I hate you anyway right now
You certainly could -- it's a fairly predictable collection of critical darlings -- but the list isn't all that representative of my personal favorites which would defy the purpose of the ridicule.

[underthetalking]

Sometimes I forget why I don't post here as much as I used to, then I see a thread like this and I remember why.

[alltimecam]

The record is a whole bunch of fun, how is it at all boring?

[GuitarGuy]

The record is a whole bunch of fun, how is it at all boring?
Agreed. I bought their second album, and I'll admit I'm enjoying a lot more than I thought I would. Tracks 2-4 are flat out annoying, but the rest of the songs are pretty good. 'Cousins' is by far the best song on there.

[alltimecam]

Agreed. I bought their second album, and I'll admit I'm enjoying a lot more than I thought I would. Tracks 2-4 are flat out annoying, but the rest of the songs are pretty good. 'Cousins' is by far the best song on there.

2-4 are annoying?
California English and White Sky are 2 of my favorites on the album

[And Hours Pass]

Vampire Weekend is awesome, and Contra will be one of the top ten records released all year, believe me. Haters gon' hate.

I'm not a hater, but you're just wrong. I mean, there's really not much else to it. You're just not right.

They just seem so average. I feel like I've heard it all before. They're not bad, just not worthy of the hype.

Bingo.

White people love Vampire Weekend.

I'm white, and I do not.

[yellowhouse]

Fuck all this noise, Vampire Weekend is awesome.

[IntoTheSun]

I'm white, and I do not.


lol

[wuduprod]

this band was in the latest issue of Complex, so i thought about checking them out. then i got lazy and didn't.

[EchoPark]

The really great thing about this album is that I don't own it.

[Deadbolt23]

They are good, but overrated.

[And Hours Pass]

The really great thing about this album is that I don't own it.
This made me laugh.

[Mosh]

they were alright two years ago, now they just blow dick.

[Wake Up]

Just got their latest album, not bad guys. not bad

[IWasaCamera]

they were alright two years ago, now they just blow dick.
How so? They're just as bland now as they were when they initially took the blogosphere by storm.

[will_to_burn]

I lost interest in this band so fast. Kids at my school are obsessed with them, I just don't see why.

[Nourez]

Might be due to the fact that the band in question is boring.
This. I've tried a couple of times, but I just can't get into this band at all.

[Keagan Ilvonen]

they were alright two years ago, now they just blow dick.

Alright Mr. I was 13 and made solid music choices and they have gotten worse with my 2 years of aging.

[Keagan Ilvonen]

This. I've tried a couple of times, but I just can't get into this band at all.

and you like +44, I don't see why you would like Vampire Weekend.

[wroteurname]

Ah I see they got pushed to the level where it isn't cool to like them anymore, nice nice.

[runningohfive]

The greatest review of Vampire Weekend you could hope for, courtesy of Buddyhead.com

http://www.buddyhead.com/vampire-weekend-contra-2/

I actually like the band, but this is hilarious....not to mention the game Contra is one of the greatest games on earth.

[IWasaCamera]

Wait, it was once cool to like them? They've been recipients of pretty rampant hate from the start.

[Nourez]

and you like +44, I don't see why you would like Vampire Weekend.
Says the one who is wearing an All Time Low shirt in his profile picture.

[Keagan Ilvonen]

Says the one who is wearing an All Time Low shirt in his profile picture.

Yeah? Your point? I like both bands. All Time Low is a far greater band than +44.

[Nourez]

Yeah? Your point? I like both bands. All Time Low is a far greater band than +44.
Not even close. I'll admit +44 can get repetitive, but ATL is much worse.

[Keagan Ilvonen]

Not even close. I'll admit +44 can get repetitive, but ATL is much worse.

Let bygones be bygones, you can have your shitty watered down Blink-182 and I'll listen to the modern equivalent to Blink.

[Nightfox33]

You have a Blink-182 avatar. As much as I love Blink, this makes you a douche for saying Vampire Weekend is boring. You listen to BLINK182
Yes, Blink 182 is fast paced music which is not boring. I don't have a problem with Vampire Weekend but it's music that could put you to sleep. Blink may not be unique but they also aren't boring. A Blink song gets people jumping around at a party, not sure how that is boring.

[anthonydarko]

I honestly never really cared for this band.

[batmannj]

I don't really understand why someone could totally dislike this band as much as some do. Maybe they just had the people who hype them I dunno :shrug:

[HometownHero]

Yes, Blink 182 is fast paced music which is not boring. I don't have a problem with Vampire Weekend but it's music that could put you to sleep. Blink may not be unique but they also aren't boring. A Blink song gets people jumping around at a party, not sure how that is boring.

Being stimulated by something has absolutely nothing to do with the music being boring or not. Or unique. I love Blink-182. But their music is super simple and is not very intelligently written at all. First songs I learned on guitar were theirs because it takes absolutely zero practice. Simple music. Vampire Weekend may not be your style but the music is interesting and is written well. They know how to not only write a catchy pop song but a good one. Blink is catchy. And funny. And that is all that they have going for them.