hmmmmmm... pretty much not so good

 emeraldrose63 wrote: 
Agreed. Except it lacks the additional weight that Simon's history as a musician and songwriter brings. It's a fair homage, but it's not as good as the weakest song on Graceland.

Embrace VW, they are young, fresh, and creating some brilliant music, 2nd album as good as the 1st, they willl be around for years to come 

Are you saying Paul Simon should sue for plagiarism? :)

 cheesemonger wrote: 
I'm thinking that's what 4's are for.  It gets better, trust me!

huh.  I enjoy the diversity of the music on RP as much as anyone, but as someone that usually listens at work with earphones... I would be fine never hearing that again.  I pulled the phones off my head like bees had flown in.

Paul Simon cover?

Dear Vampire Weekend,

Don't give up the day job.

Dear Bill,

Ouch. Solid 1. (Ever thought of making available a negative scale?)

 sici wrote: 
funny, I thought this was some obscure Paul Simon tune upon hearing it. still like it

 More_Cowbell wrote: 
Paul Simon made music that sounds like this, over two decades ago.

The only thing that Paul Simon didn't do was that yodel thing, and I personally find it grating, not creative.

My 4 year old song was asking for a song with yodeling in it...this should fit the bill just fine!  Thanks Jack Big Music Show!!

 Danimal174 wrote: 
I also agree.

Love it!

Upped to a 7 just because this looks to be a fun rating curve.
The song is fun as well. =)

Terrible.

My enjoyment of this song is heightened by the folks who are gettin their knickers in a twist over it all. 

 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote: 
Keep your hair on. Criticism isn't hatred.You can loathe a song without loathing the artist. You might even loathe the artist's output without loathing RP. Just because you hate a song or an artist doesn't make you a "hater" who has nothing positive to say. Only if you find yourself loathing more than you're liking on RP should you "split" (whoah, what a 70s term that is - I was using it at school). If your comment's to be taken at face value then if you even hate one song on RP you should leave, an attitude which Bill & Becky would disagree with, I reckon...

No one and nothing is above criticism. If you want a negativity-free criticism-free discussion board then you'd do well to listen to the music and ignore the comments.

Creative!

Love this band!  I don't dislike this album but I do prefer their previous one.

 viciousfishes wrote: 
I agree completely. Leave the annoying chorus out of this song, and it wouldn't be too bad.

What's not to like?  Refreshing tune that always caused me to listen up :)

This blows almost as much as the Paul Simon song which preceded it. 

Agreed, check hater profiles, same old and I mean OLD favs: Beatles, Tull, Floyd , Dillon, Zeppelin, Stones etc.. Try embracing new stuff, it wont hurt you 

 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote:

 

Graceland was a geat album. It's about time somebody picked up where Simon left off. We'll see where VW goes from here, but I sense some real talent behind the obvious comparisons.

less rotation please

This band is not bad, definitely an acquired taste tho.

All this song needs is more cowbell (IMHO)