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quote: Originally posted by Moses, R.M.:
Speaking of Amy Adams and off-topic, does anyone else think that her "Junebug" performance is among the best of our generation? I certainly do.
Yeah, that's where I first noticed her. "Best of our generation" may be hyperbole, but it was definitely quite excellent. |
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| Posts: 875 | Location: Ain'T it stiLl obvious? | Registered: 22 August 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by golden flea:
i don't think this album will truly live up to its potential until the all of the goddamn snow up here melts away in april, and i can lay down in the cool grass on UC hill with some friends and smoke a joint and eat a ruben on fresh rye and watch the students bustle by to 'oxford comma' in the early afternoon. maybe that perpetuates the prep aesthetic that moses was talking about... sorry about that, but summer music demands summer listening. in short, i really like it, even if it isn't the most progressive or interesting music... it suits my anticipation for that atmosphere in the same way that christmas carols do for the holiday season. and if you still have feet of snow in your driveway, that's all you care about at all.
A truer word has never been spoken. I think the release date on the album is questionable at best. What better time to release some Simon-inspired summer jams? Why the dead of winter, of course! Honestly, like "Beyond" last year, I won't be able to fully appreciate this album until it gets above seventy and I can chill on the beach and listen to it. The question is: will I still care about it by the time summer rolls around or will it be replaced by one of the numerous summer releases that are bound to leak around mid-May?
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| Posts: 464 | Location: Sweden | Registered: 27 September 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Moses, R.M.:
Lame, wannabe afro-pop from a bunch of ivy league kids.
If you don't care about the band being a bunch of college kids with rich parents, why was this in your initial post? If it didn't bother you, you probably wouldn't have mentioned they were ivy league. Anyway, I quite like the album. I imagine it is becoming a bit too mainstream for some. Heck, my 7 year old loves the A-Punk video, and she mostly listens to Hannah Montana. I quite understand some not liking the sound though. It is awfully "poppy". |
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| Posts: 149 | Location: At work - not working | Registered: 26 February 2008 | |
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Ok, Built...you did catch me there a bit. I'm admitting that p4k perpetuated that claim in my head. I would of hated it either way, but I dislike how they gave a face to it, especially since they like the album. I guess I expect more from highly educated musicians. Look at Radiohead, they went to Oxford or Cambridge or whatever and they are flat out geniuses. I will bump up the post that mentions that maybe this album will be better in some 70 degree weather smoking a j. I'll try it out.
"don't get sentimental...it always ends up drivel"
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| Posts: 101 | Location: Louisville, KY | Registered: 16 November 2007 | |
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I think it's rather odd that they are selling out huge venues. Aren't those reserved for bands with some actual musical substance? Yeah the music might be fun in the summer if I was way stoned, but even then it seems like it would get boring pretty quickly. Maybe in a few months people will be all "Oh man. Ok this is getting old." It just bothers me how so many more bands who are so much better and have been playing for longer than those ass clowns have been alive are still under the radar and struggling to make a living. But then again, there is no justice. Meh.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
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| Posts: 92 | Location: Boulder, CO | Registered: 18 July 2007 | |
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You will know when a genius arrives in this world, for a confederacy of dunces will be against them. I came to Vampire Summer after hearing them on the radio. I knew nothing of their background. It was enough to hear their extremely accomplished debut. (and I don't use drugs)
'for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.'
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| Posts: 2058 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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That's how it works sometimes.
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| Posts: 2099 | Location: ATL-abouts. | Registered: 24 October 2006 | |
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I might have been one of the first people to say they were not too impressed with Vampire Weekend. Now let it be said that this is a very solid, very good album that deserves to be counted among the year's best... so far.
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| Posts: 2099 | Location: ATL-abouts. | Registered: 24 October 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Ish:
You will know when a genius arrives in this world, for a confederacy of dunces will be against them.
I came to Vampire Summer after hearing them on the radio. I knew nothing of their background. It was enough to hear their extremely accomplished debut. (and I don't use drugs)
I'm sure that is sometimes true. If it were always true, I guess a bunch of us would be wrong about our Presidente. |
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| Posts: 875 | Location: Ain'T it stiLl obvious? | Registered: 22 August 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Chamberk:
I might have been one of the first people to say they were not too impressed with Vampire Weekend. Now let it be said that this is a very solid, very good album that deserves to be counted among the year's best... so far.
Oh, it's definetley up there in the best of 2008. But let's not forget that 2008 so far has been an extremely weak year.
Market fresh
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Where will it ever land?
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| Posts: 322 | Location: the moon. | Registered: 27 June 2007 | |
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Remember guys that a lot of the original hype came from the "Blue CD-R" (proud owner!). For a demo that was one of the best things I've heard. I still enjoy the demo much more then the official release even though M79 is a great track. They've come extremely far so fast. It's a pleasant surprise.
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| Posts: 225 | Location: Toronto, Ontario | Registered: 16 September 2007 | |
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quote: Originally posted by modestaretaloger: quote: Originally posted by Chamberk:
I might have been one of the first people to say they were not too impressed with Vampire Weekend. Now let it be said that this is a very solid, very good album that deserves to be counted among the year's best... so far.
Oh, it's definetley up there in the best of 2008. But let's not forget that 2008 so far has been an extremely weak year.
Oh most definitely!
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| Posts: 2099 | Location: ATL-abouts. | Registered: 24 October 2006 | |
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This must be what it felt like to not like Funeral when it was released...
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| Posts: 2561 | Location: Drug induced coma. | Registered: 01 December 2006 | |
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quote: Originally posted by JGlass:
This must be what it felt like to not like Funeral when it was released...
Hah! That's how I felt about Okkervil River's release last year. I'm not saying Vampire Weekend's first album is Funeral. Far from it. But it's a solid, fun, and somewhat addictive album. It's not going to change my life or anything, but it's good fun for sure. Like I said, 08's been a weak year so far (at least, in my eyes) so this stands out a little brighter than it probably should.
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| Posts: 2099 | Location: ATL-abouts. | Registered: 24 October 2006 | |
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I thought it was pleasant enough but not really worth another listen. If I want pop there are better things to listen to, and if I want substance I'm not finding it here. Kind of fits in that "in-between" category for me. But I don't have any anger towards them for being successful, either. It's understandable. Everything cycles around again after 20 years or so..
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| Posts: 389 | Location: Richmond, VA | Registered: 17 February 2006 | |
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Now listen here O & O! If you take the time to listen closely to the album again, you will hear far more than a bit of Graceland-ish emulation. In fact, try going back 40 yrs to the Kinks and yr own beloved (and mine) Zombies you will hear the sticky fingerprints (sorry, mixed metaphors) of these and other wonderful which has beautifully adapted and developed. To paraphrase Colin Blunstone, 'This will be their year for a long time to come'
'for my purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.'
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| Posts: 2058 | Location: The ever silent spaces of the East | Registered: 12 February 2007 | |
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The Kinks AND the Zombies? Maybe I'll have to give them another shot.
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| Posts: 389 | Location: Richmond, VA | Registered: 17 February 2006 | |
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