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DD rabbi_phil
(beach)
Posted: Apr 13, 2011 - 21:07
 
hmmmmmm... pretty much not so good

GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Feb 10, 2011 - 00:59
 
 emeraldrose63 wrote:

Realy does sound like a Paul Simon Song...Especially playing them right after a Paul Simon song..


 
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.


emeraldrose63
Posted: Jan 09, 2011 - 18:09
 

Realy does sound like a Paul Simon Song...Especially playing them right after a Paul simon song..



contractor07
(Ann Arbor Michigan)
Posted: Nov 17, 2010 - 17:52
 
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 {#Mrgreen}

voicers
(Sausalito, CA)
Posted: Nov 07, 2010 - 09:17
 
Are you saying Paul Simon should sue for plagiarism? :)

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 18:07
 
precious - adj
1. beloved; dear; cherished
2. very costly or valuable
3. held in high esteem, esp in moral or spiritual matters
4. very fastidious or affected, as in speech, manners, etc
5. informal worthless: you and your precious ideas!

# 4, I think - which is also my rating


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 20:59
 
 cheesemonger wrote:
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.
 
I'm thinking that's what 4's are for.  It gets better, trust me!

cheesemonger
Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 20:47
 
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.

Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: Oct 06, 2010 - 20:46
 
Paul Simon cover?

TheMountainMan
Posted: Sep 11, 2010 - 23:28
 
Dear Vampire Weekend,

Don't give up the day job.

Dear Bill,

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

phlattop
Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 22:47
 
 sici 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.

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


sici
(Madison, CT)
Posted: Aug 03, 2010 - 20:40
 
 More_Cowbell wrote:
Creative!
 
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.


ColoBacon
(Somewhere far outside of Chicago...)
Posted: Aug 03, 2010 - 20:32
 
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!!

Jack_Jefferson
(Columbus, OH)
Posted: Jul 12, 2010 - 18:58
 
 Danimal174 wrote:

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



coffeeadikt
(Albany, NY)
Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 22:35
 
Love it! {#Laughing}

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 03:46
 
Upped to a 7 just because this looks to be a fun rating curve.
The song is fun as well. =)

mirland
(Denmark)
Posted: Jun 01, 2010 - 03:34
 
Terrible.

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: May 10, 2010 - 04:40
 
My enjoyment of this song is heightened by the folks who are gettin their knickers in a twist over it all. 



fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 12:01
 
 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote:
HATERS GONNA HATE
All you people spewing your derisive drivel seriously need to split if you find RP's content so outside the confines of your tiny little world that you need to bitch about it.

 
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.


More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 11:58
 
Creative!

Phoenix4357
(Southernmost (US) yellow dot on the RP listener map)
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 09:02
 
Great sound. Even fine with yodeling. Maybe we all need to just (screm) yodel a little more! Excellent cheap therapy!

K_Love
(Central Florida)
Posted: May 02, 2010 - 09:00
 
Love this band!  I don't dislike this album but I do prefer their previous one.

Danimal174
(Upstate South Carolina)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 11:04
 
 viciousfishes wrote:


See, I like Paul Simon, but wanted a Zero rating available for this song on account of the awful yodel-like quality of the singing.
 
I agree completely. Leave the annoying chorus out of this song, and it wouldn't be too bad.



gregr79
(If you chooose not to decide you still have made a choice)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 11:01
 
What's not to like?  Refreshing tune that always caused me to listen up :)

gshrieves
(Colorado, USA)
Posted: Apr 30, 2010 - 10:59
 
This blows almost as much as the Paul Simon song which preceded it. 

contractor07
(Ann Arbor Michigan)
Posted: Apr 26, 2010 - 16:50
 


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 {#Mrgreen}

 Oscar_the_Grouch wrote:

HATERS GONNA HATE
All you people spewing your derisive drivel seriously need to split if you find RP's content so outside the confines of your tiny little world that you need to bitch about it.

 



rationibus
(Toronto)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 11:01
 
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.



montamat
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 10:55
 
less rotation please

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 10:53
 
This band is not bad, definitely an acquired taste tho.

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 10:52
 
All this song needs is more cowbell (IMHO)

Oscar_the_Grouch
(In my trash can)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 10:52
 
HATERS GONNA HATE
All you people spewing your derisive drivel seriously need to split if you find RP's content so outside the confines of your tiny little world that you need to bitch about it.


sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 15:06
 
No, naw, nu uh, nope, nay, nein, nien, {#No}

chasech5
(East Lansing, MI)
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 15:06
 
Yes, people recognized the Paul Simon and the Afrobeat arpeggios. Congratulations. I think its great. Given the deadvibe drivel on the college radio scene, this is a fun,quirky piece with a driving beat that puts the spring in the step of a late Friday at work. More from this band, please.

dggeek
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 11:25
 
Indeed.  I'd like to hear something of theirs where they don't use the "Casio claps" if possible.

 sici wrote:
I'd be willing to give other Vampire Weekend songs a fair listen... so please play this one far less and put something else on please. 
 


dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 11:24
 
and a poor paul simon rip off at that.

derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 - 11:24
 
Yes, clearly Paul Simon (or South African music) fans who also love electronica. Doesn't bother me. Glad to see a younger, modern "hipster" band pushing music that isn't rehashed 80s New Wave.

sici
(Madison, CT)
Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 19:22
 
It does hurt my ears... That high-pitched oooohoooo, aaahaaa is just abrasive as hell.

This is a total Paul Simon ripoff too.  The music itself is hard to discern from something off of Paul Simon's album from 20-something years ago.  And his voice, lyrics and singing style are also completely Paul Simon.

This isn't original, unless of course, you've never heard songs by Paul Simon over the past twenty to thirty years.

I'd be willing to give other Vampire Weekend songs a fair listen... so please play this one far less and put something else on please. 

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 14:28
 
 viciousfishes wrote:


See, I like Paul Simon, but wanted a Zero rating available for this song on account of the awful yodel-like quality of the singing.
  
Philistine!   {#Arghhh}

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 14:25
 
My daughter, now 16, is going to see them tonight in DC. I think it's screaming time...{#Wink}

crockydile
(Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way)
Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 17:32
 
Let's drive a stake through their heart, cut of their heads and submerge them under a stream. For starters...{#War}

twitterpated
Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 15:13
 
I thought it was Paul Simon at first, too.  But I also wanted to tell y'all that I went out and bought this CD after hearing a couple of songs on RP and that is the first time in a very long time that I have bought a CD and liked every song on the disk.  I believe it is fair to say, as the saying goes, that it is something of an "acquired taste," but it is such an original CD!  He uses his voice in the most interesting ways and the songs are very compelling.  I recommend this CD highly.  It is a lot of fun.

grungepuppy
(Flagstaff, AZ)
Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 15:12
 
Absolute garbage!

davin
(Victoria, British Columbia)
Posted: Mar 24, 2010 - 15:11
 
HAHAHAHAHA

jhorton
Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 22:21
 
Thought it was Paul Simon, right through till the end.

joerw
Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 13:09
 
No more please.  Thank You.   {#Crashcomp}

pauleywalnuts
(Springfield)
Posted: Mar 21, 2010 - 13:07
 
Please, enough of these guys already! {#Stop}


coentje
(Rotterdam or anywhere...)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 01:01
 
wow, this got me right out of my bad morning mood {#Bananajam}

zair99
(In Cognito)
Posted: Mar 07, 2010 - 20:26
 
 cattail321 wrote:
sort a PaulSimon incognito....great sound

 
I was just thinking the same thing. 


cattail321
Posted: Mar 07, 2010 - 20:24
 
sort a PaulSimon incognito....great sound


Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 05, 2010 - 04:16
 
Gotta love it!!! This always makes me smile, i absolutely respect Vampire Weekend for what they do, it's unconventional and i really dig it!!

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