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November 24, 2008

Conan O'Brien Loves That Vampire Weekend Song

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We know this because he says so. Twice! You get one when Conan excitedly greets the band after this performance of the latest Vampire Weekend single "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance," and one more before Mr. O'Brien introduces the Max Weinberg 7. Per custom, if it's a performance at 30 Rock, Ezra will bring the string section. And if it's a performance anywhere, Rostam will bring the scarf. The twist on this "Kids" take? No sign of Chromeo.

Vampire Weekend will be making at least two more appearances this year: the Best Album category and the Most Overrated category in this year's Gummy Awards. Few acts have such power.

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Sonofabitch, why would they choose this song as a single? I mean, I know they've already used four songs from the album, but why not choose a better, more radio-friendly song like "M79" or "Walcott"?

Also, what was with that first line sung by Ezra? He sounded like Bjork with a cold.

Posted by: kicking222 profile link at 11/24/08 2:28 PM  | Reply
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It's kind of an obscure song, but the riff is EXACTLY the riff from "It Shows in Your Face" by The Gas. Has anybody else noticed?

Posted by: Sweet River Baines at 11/24/08 2:39 PM  | Reply
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http://www.littlehits.com/archives/2005_04_17_index.html

Posted by: Sweet River Baines at 11/24/08 2:41 PM  | Reply
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When watching the video of Chromeo joining VW, all I could think of was Musical Youth's "Pass the Dutchie".

Posted by: Chadams at 11/24/08 3:07 PM  | Reply
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few human beings act as ridiculous on stage as that bass player.

Posted by: la la landon profile link at 11/24/08 3:08 PM  | Reply
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well, the lead singer too.

Posted by: la la landon profile link at 11/24/08 3:09 PM  | Reply
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I didn't want to believe this was a really good band.

Seeing this performance sort of changed that...

Posted by: derek at 11/24/08 3:22 PM  | Reply
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I didn't want to believe this was a really good band.

This performance sort of changed that.

Posted by: derek profile link at 11/24/08 3:25 PM  | Reply
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this only proves that vampire weekend is a great band, and has what it takes to put on a tight live performance

Posted by: razorroller22 at 11/24/08 4:31 PM  | Reply
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I love these guys. I've been listening to the album all year long, but I'm still not tried of any of the songs, not even "A-Punk" or "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa". I don't understand where all the disdain for them comes from. Oh well. Not my loss.

Posted by: mouchette1 profile link at 11/24/08 5:02 PM  | Reply
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aww, conan, what are you thinking?!

Posted by: grace6697 profile link at 11/24/08 5:34 PM  | Reply
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you are so annoying

Posted by: matthew  in reply to grace6697's comment at 11/25/08 1:28 AM  | Reply
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This was incredibly boring. And I'm not even a big VW hater.

Posted by: asdfjdfoi at 11/24/08 7:10 PM  | Reply
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It is actually fun for me, hating vampire weekend is like a game.

Posted by: Nick Wilson at 11/24/08 11:13 PM  | Reply
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chris the bassist might be the most sweetly awkward guy in contemporary music.. and that's saying a lot.

Posted by: sass at 11/25/08 12:37 AM  | Reply
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The drummer resembles a pigeon with the way he moves his head. haha

Posted by: glazzy profile link at 11/25/08 12:44 AM  | Reply
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I think that is the best performance I've seen from them. Very tight overall and Ezra's vocals were as good, if not better, than they are on the album.

Posted by: Captain Spork profile link at 11/25/08 2:32 AM  | Reply
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Love Vampire Weekend (Don't think im too cool to say that unlike some), but this is just about the worst song off the album to release as a single. i mean, come on Vampire Weekend. like someone else said, M79 is awesome. how about I Stand Corrected? there are many gems on the album, why this one?

Posted by: Brian at 11/26/08 10:07 PM  | Reply
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I love these guys.

Posted by: TotalValetTeam profile link at 11/30/08 5:48 AM  | Reply
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What's with the scarf Batmanglij? Evertime I see this guy he's wearing a scarf, including that time on th beach. He either got bit by a...ok, I won't go there or he has a huge hicky.

Posted by: The Baker at 11/30/08 11:50 PM  | Reply
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easily top 10 albums of the years. the people that dont like them because their getting famous sicken me so fucking much.

Posted by: Q-Tip at 12/09/08 9:19 PM  | Reply
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