Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride

heh -- my pick for worst song of their career through 2011. I didn't care about the literate lyrics or whatever -- I could not stand the untethered track and Koenig's vocal tone.

it’s funny that he sings the keats line, i like to imagine she was too embarrassed lol

rich man -> married in a gold rush -> my mistake -> sympathy -> sunflower

i don’t really dislike any of these songs but this run kills the album. album kicks ass both before and after it but also feels like it’s constantly getting started until it ends

― american bradass (BradNelson)

Yeah, I totally know what you mean. I had that same feeling earlier today although I've come to love Sunflower now.

I like Rich Man!

it'll prob grow on me

xp I do too. also like both of the steve lacy collaborations. haven't listened to the album as a whole to see how it flows

Two drum kits : now that’s getting serious !
https://youtu.be/l7RTO8uqUB8

rich man -> married in a gold rush -> my mistake -> sympathy -> sunflower

i don’t really dislike any of these songs but this run kills the album. album kicks ass both before and after it but also feels like it’s constantly getting started until it ends

― american bradass (BradNelson), 8. maj 2019 00:58 (seven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ezra keeps talking about the album as a double lp, so I don't think this is meant to run together. I agree, it's a but much, but I like Married in a Gold Rush as the end of one side, and while I don't like My Mistake, I think Sympathy -> Sunflower -> Flower Moon -> 2021 is a pretty good LP side. Weird as hell.

hmm i don't really like that jammy version of jerusalem new york berlin, that approach has worked for a lot of the other tracks from this album live but not this one. the sparseness of the album version with just the piano & bass synth is really what makes it work

« Gold rush » and « rich man » being among my favourites, I have no problem with that part of the album !
For me there are 3 main sections :
- « hold u » / « big blue »
- « unbearably white » / « sympathy »
- «  flower moon » / « jerusalem »
(I always skip « how long » and « sunflower »)
At this point I’m not sure which of these 3 parts I prefer...

the Steve Lacy numbers don't do a thing for me

« Flower moon » is so nice. And it’s one of the rare tracks that groove !
Regarding « we belong together » is it certain only Ezra sings the keats and yeats line ? I hear both of them.

And the middle 8 of « flower moon » is great.

my favourite alt tracklist so far is just cutting "married in a gold rush", "sympathy", "sunflower" and "we belong together" which really helps the flow of that awkward section. i'm fine with "sunflower" but keeping it there felt awkward and if it were there it'd be the weakest track.

Oh yeah, Flower Moon is perfect. Someone already pointed out the It's gonna take a YeeeAAaaaar but, but my gf and I have been walking around the house singing that non-stop since it came out. So catchy. Danielle Haim's "simple twist of fate" on the bridge is really nice too.

my gf and I have been walking around the house singing that non-stop since it came out.

you belong together

Oh I just heard this album and oh it's good. I think it's the most I've enjoyed an album by this band

Flower Moon makes me hope indie-mpb becomes a thing soon. So Good!

What song is the bassline from How Long referencing? It's really bugging me

it kinda kinda sounds like 'where is my mind?'

I'm hearing some sort of early-2000s hip hop tune from the Dre/Eminem/D12 era??

housewife?

https://youtu.be/WGXhmz1bEfg

Agree about the middle stretch. No duds but I reckon Sympathy is a really hard track to sequence within that album, and Rich Man really feels like a back-stretch tune rather than early (relatively) in the album.

I like "Sympathy," but am I the only one who hears the Doobie Brothers in there? "Without love, where would you be right now" etc.

should’ve waited to revisit modern vampires maybe, currently this record is paling in comparison to “unbelievers”

last nite my friend pointed out that Quincy Jones is ezra's father in law. if any of u interview him ask him what thats like

I like this band the best when they remind me of dudes I would have smoked a joint with at a Ween show

last nite my friend pointed out that Quincy Jones is ezra's father in law. if any of u interview him ask him what thats like

― flopson, Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Rashida Jones and Koenig aren't married but yeah

According to the credits, How Long contains elements of "And the Beat Goes On" by the Whispers, but I'm not really hearing it.

this album is very good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Sub9jldNejc

Hi, Bee!

Jerusalem, New York, Berlin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7RTO8uqUB8

According to the credits, How Long contains elements of "And the Beat Goes On" by the Whispers, but I'm not really hearing it.

― MarkoP, Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:15 AM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's it. to me it's really prominent

although now I'm listening to th Whispers song and no they're not the same so maybe there's a version with a more stripped down bassline? this is bugging me

Still, I think people moaning about this album are playing hard to please. It's their best album

I like the piano on Harmony Hall - makes me think of Happy Mondays

isn't it an embarrassingly undisguised george michael lift

maybe, what song? makes me think of Step On

which, if true, would kind of make sense since they based it on John Kongos' song and their obsession with South African music.

a pleasing feedback loop, even if it is contrived and in my head only

Is the mix a bit shit on that Fallon performance or do the band just lack a bit of oomph in general?

Fucking great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TcYMwXBrKY

Harmony Hall piano sounds like The Charlatans’ “Just When You’re Thinking Things Over”.

Stranger is straight fleetwood mac to me

same

Isn't the Harmony Hall the same samba-like piano that has been on a bunch of songs since Sympathy for the Devil?

it reminds me of screamadelica

Stranger is def Fleetwood Mac, and the overall sonics of the album owe more than a little to Lindsey Buckingham.

otm brad. not the piano per se, but harmony hall also reminds me quite a bit of touch of grey, prob because they're in the same key.

Now with not only Danielle but the whole Haim !
https://youtu.be/Sub9jldNejc