Everyone I've played it to who isn't a music journalist or internet hardman critic has really enjoyed it.
My two co-workers (neither is a critic) who've played it at work after downloading it out of curiosity basically had the reaction of "eh, whatever," not getting what the big deal is either way.
(my girlfriend likes 'em, though)
― da croupier, Wednesday, 6 February 2008 14:25 (sixteen years ago) link
debuted at #17 in da US !
― tramp steamer, Thursday, 7 February 2008 02:39 (sixteen years ago) link
on what charts???
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:00 (sixteen years ago) link
billboard albums...
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
somehow I'm not finding that on billboard
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Funny thing is real vampires prefer "Hot Girls in Love."
― Terrible Cold, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link
http://idolator.com/353345/alicia-keys-yep-shes-still-on-top-of-the-album-charts
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:15 (sixteen years ago) link
ah ok next week's chart apparently
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1581036/20080206/vampire_weekend.jhtml
(head slowly explodes)
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:15 (sixteen years ago) link
there you go
so who's gonna tell us the first week/highest chart positions for the Arctic Monkeys, Feelies, CYHSY, french kicks, etc etc?
― gabbneb, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
the second AM album debuted in the top ten, and the Feelies never charted. Beyond that, gabbs, run it past your pollsters.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I have CYHSY - Some Loud Thunder at 47
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:40 (sixteen years ago) link
obviously their debut didn't chart because CYHSY was still in the process of inventing the internet
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link
comparing vampire weekend, both musically and any other way, to the arctic monkeys is beyond irrelevant
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link
or rather beyond stupid, and makes you irrelevant!
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm gonna stick my neck out and say French Kicks didn't chart
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
french kicks were pretty good. sad how quick this shit turns over
― gff, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:48 (sixteen years ago) link
French Kicks' bass player was a friend of mine in high school but haven't talked to him in a long time
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't stick your neck out too far. There are vampires loose.
― Terrible Cold, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link
French Kicks >>> Vampire Weekend > Arctic Monkeys > CYHSY
― Hurting 2, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I played this to my Babyshambles-loving housemate, coz I thought he'd love it, and he does.
― Choose Leif, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
aw, I like CYHSY.
― da croupier, Thursday, 7 February 2008 03:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, Anthony, you were arguing all this time on this thread and you hadn't even heard the album yet??!?!?!?!
― nabisco, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Wait, Anthony, you were arguing with yourself all this time on this thread and you hadn't even heard the album yet??!?!?!?!
-- nabisco, Thursday, February 7, 2008 3:34 PM (36 seconds ago) Bookmark Link
fixed
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard their tracks on myspace and checked out a bunch of youtubes, but I hadn't heard the album in full, no.
― da croupier, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
partially because the album wasn't out yet and I felt no desire to dl the fucking thing after hearing their tracks on myspace and checking out a bunch of youtubes.
― da croupier, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:39 (sixteen years ago) link
so, in summary: haterz ="this is boring music; i dont like to listen to it" loverz ="omg why r u so hung up on class signifiers?"
― uptown churl, Friday, 8 February 2008 00:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't know how to listen to vampire weekend right
― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 8 February 2008 00:37 (sixteen years ago) link
^^^ oa tee yem
― The Reverend, Friday, 8 February 2008 01:18 (sixteen years ago) link
x-post
maybe a change in wardrobe will help:
http://www.mpumalangatourism.info/history/images/ndebele_sept05.jpg
― QuantumNoise, Friday, 8 February 2008 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey, it's just good pop! The only reason writers are constantly bringing up signifiers is that there's evidently no way to describe what makes a good pop album a good pop album aside from saying "it's just a good pop album!" And when indie rockers say an album is good pop you know its good pop.
― da croupier, Friday, 8 February 2008 02:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Like, you know, Imperial Bedroom and shit.
― da croupier, Friday, 8 February 2008 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
And when indie rockers say an album is good pop you know its good pop. unmemorable but cheerful
― Hurting 2, Friday, 8 February 2008 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link
This was the top album in Rhapsody this week. Followed by Tom Petty's Greatest Hits. Wild.
― fukasaku tollbooth, Friday, 8 February 2008 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Vampire Weekend = Momus fans, apparently. But not the inverse.
http://imomus.livejournal.com/350070.html
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 8 February 2008 12:42 (sixteen years ago) link
LOL momus doesn't like anything unless he thinks it's 'weird'
besides, when they said 'fans' they were talking about his writing and not his music
"Often, long after the initial, rebuffed contact from these artists [AND LONG AFTER THEY'D BECOME SUPER-FAMOUS AND SUCCESSFUL], I'd realize that they really had something."
― tramp steamer, Friday, 8 February 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ momus posting a black dice youtube there. remember the thread where he was the last person to find out about black dice?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 8 February 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Momus really comes across like a dick in that post.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 8 February 2008 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
(ill go ahead and get it over with)
"in that post"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 February 2008 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I was waiting for that. Hell, I almost threw that in myself.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 8 February 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm glad Momus has come to grips his lack of any real talent artistic success!
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 8 February 2008 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
"but it's cool, because i don't want to be famous anyway, so nyah"
― Jordan, Friday, 8 February 2008 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Momus makes some pretty good music. I just think he's ridiculously stubborn and contrarian as a person (taking from 2 years of reading his blog).
― burt_stanton, Friday, 8 February 2008 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Momus hasn't had an original idea ever and lives surrounded by sycophants.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Friday, 8 February 2008 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I love the Kwassa Kwassa song.
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 20:58 (sixteen years ago) link
4 0 accident-free days
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Huh. A struck-out 4 looks exactly like a regular 4. Who knew?
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:06 (sixteen years ago) link
?
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:22 (sixteen years ago) link
I know, right?
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
???
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link