Comments on: Breaking: Vampire Weekend’s Mothers Dress Them Funny

By: suckitbitch120

suckitbitch120 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:08:29 +0000

wow, its just their style. prolly a lot more than youll ever have. and id say he rocks the shorts and scarves. youve never seen a dude wear a scarf?? youve missed out. so anyways, his name is ezra. not just “he.” or “guy.” and no one gives a fuck about an oxford comma.

By: SpeedyGonzalas is.

SpeedyGonzalas is. — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:20:53 +0000

“Going preppy is punk rock if you think about it.” You are so OTM. GG Allin was an Izod wearing bastard weren’t he? Preppy asshole, that GG.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:28:04 +0000

@Catbirdseat: Best comment here, by far. All you douchebags hating on Vampire Weekend so hard are more pathetic than they will ever be, and your bile says far more about your petty biases than it does about them.

By: narymary

narymary — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:02:49 +0000

@lizochka: It's necessary when said band is churning out boring twaddle.

By: sncreducer

sncreducer — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:42:02 +0000

I don't know anything about music blogs and hype and blah de blah de blah.

I just know I watched SNL this weekend, and the musical guest, a band I was vaguely aware from hearing their name several times in recent months - but a band whose music I had not yet heard - was fucking terrible. Boring, incomprehensible, derivative, and twee. And yes, I'm using "twee" as a pejorative.

This comment officially ends the "thinking anything at all about Vampire Weekend" portion of my life.

By: baconfat

baconfat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:37:26 +0000

@AL: Marty was "The Goofy One" in The Shins, then he ended up getting arrested for fisticuffs with his hot model girlfriend.

By: AL

AL — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:34:56 +0000

Don’t you know? The keyboardist is The Goofy One — the one who would do something like wear a giant scarf. It’s totally in line with the persona he’s cultivated in previous live videos I’ve seen.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:50:17 +0000

I know them and the pianist (Rostam) is a huge douche. Wears that kinda clothing all the time.

The boat shoes are mostly a joke though, they're pretty chill guys (at least the ones in the band I know/my friends know).

By: Feh Am Legend

Feh Am Legend — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:07:38 +0000

As an old guy I can say, "Vampire Who?" and sort of mean it. If one, by and large, has little interest in any hype, and this is a mere blip. First album? Meh. Give me a band on their 3rd album and we'll see if they have legs.

But, yeah, the scarf isn't doing them any favors. And twee was never my thing.

By: disinterested 3rd party

disinterested 3rd party — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:06:46 +0000

@harumph: I guess that's what I'm trying to say. People seem to object to their omnipresence more than their music. If you don't want to encounter them, lay off the blogs for a while. It will pass. I also know that a lot of people object to their music too but I don't really. I just don't find inoffensiveness as offensive as some do.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:12:51 +0000

is it necessary to hate them for doing something they like and being successful at it?

and hating them for dressing like preppy parodies is beyond unecessary. seriously, they're not bad, so what's the huge problem?

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:23:18 +0000

@EddieRebel: Should they have any other massive scarf needs, pls. direct them to our site. (;

By: Tauwan

Tauwan — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:19:46 +0000

P.S. Did anyone else notice how the band’s CD shot up to number 5 on the iTunes albums chart the morning after SNL? Or am I the only one who pays attention to that little music store on his iTunes media player?

By: CloudCarrier

CloudCarrier — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:09:14 +0000

I guess no one here has actually been inside Studio 8H before, as it’s colder than a motherfucker, and literally floats suspended in air. Scary! I would have worn three scarves, two pairs of cherry red legwarmers, and a miner’s helmet. I dug the violist doing the staredown with the lead siger, though.

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:06:26 +0000

I didn’t know that Chevy Chase had kids.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:25:46 +0000

@Catbirdseat: i hadn't heard that one yet.

By: narymary

narymary — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:20:43 +0000

I have just now heard this band for the first time and I can’t believe anyone would pay money for this crap, much less give it a slot on SNL. And they’re all dressed like such douches!

By: Catbirdseat

Catbirdseat — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:14:08 +0000

Reminds me of a joke:

"Knock Knock."

"Who's there?"

"Vampire Weekend."

"BLEAAAAARGGGGH MOTHER FUCKING VAMPIRE WEEKEND FUCKING BLOGS AND HYPE FUCK YOU FUCKING SNL AND STARBUCKS AND FUCKING HYPE MONGERING AND FUCK FUCK FUCK YOU FUCKING WILLIAMSBURG FUCK FUCKING PREP SCHOOL FUCKING RICH BOYS MOTHER FUCKERS FUCKING BLAND FUCKING WHITEBREAD FUCKING PREP FUCKING FUCKED UP COLUMBIA FUCK BOYS FUCKITTY FUCK OVERHYPED MOTHERFUCKING STARBUCKS FUCKING FUCKING VAMPIRE WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAARRRRGGH!!!!!!"

By: spazandmojo

spazandmojo — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:50:45 +0000

@Halfwit: no mindless rage here, just boredom. how can you possibly be enraged by wonder bread?

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:46:27 +0000

This is like, the worst day in music journalism ever.