Vampire Weekend’s “Oxford Comma”

Wes-inspired? Based on Wes?

Thanks to Pam for this!

Edward Appleby Jun 30th 2008 11:43 am Music 9 Comments Trackback URI Comments RSS

9 Responses to “Vampire Weekend’s “Oxford Comma””

  1. Stephenon 30 Jun 2008 at 5.05 pm link comment

    “Inspired?” More like annoyingly ripped off.

  2. Ethan Schaeferon 01 Jul 2008 at 2.29 am link comment

    Hah.. Wes Inspired? more like Based On. These guys have even gone as far as even stealing melodies from mothersbaugh in their songs. Gotta love it. Futura, dolley, dry humor, what more could you ask for?

  3. Ethan Schaeferon 01 Jul 2008 at 2.31 am link comment

    Inspired, more like based off of. These guys have even gone as far as stealing melodies from mothersbaugh’s scores. Gotta love it. Dolleys, Futura bold, dry humor. They may as well have attributed wes to the video.

  4. G.on 02 Jul 2008 at 7.38 pm link comment

    Clearly.

    and, also, in Vampire Weekend’s song Blake’s Got A New Face, they mention Darjeeling: “English Breakfast tastes like Darjeeling”

    this could be a mere coincidence, but it’s clear that they definitely enjoy and like to imitate Wes Anderson.

  5. Ethan Schaeferon 04 Jul 2008 at 1.36 am link comment

    oops i figured mine didn’t post. Yah they do mention the word darjeeling. I’m sure they did it on purpose to reference how much they love wes but they’re talking about darjeeling tea. I also hear they’re going to collaborate with Mothersbaugh. Gotta love that guy. Mark Mothersbaugh is one of the coolest people I’ve ever been near before in my life.

  6. G.on 08 Jul 2008 at 4.01 pm link comment

    Yeah, I did realize that they were talking baout the tea, but it was just a coincidence I thought I’d bring up.

    Mark Mothersbaugh is brilliant, most definitely.

  7. Bingham Bryanton 09 Jul 2008 at 11.20 pm link comment

    I think it may also be a homage to Jean Luc Godard’s movie “Week-End”, which features a lot of long tracking shots with a red/blue color scheme, including one of a pianist giving a concert in a farm yard surrounded by cows.
    Of course, it could just be inspiration by proxy, as Wes rips off Godard just as much as Vampire Weekend seem to be copying him. Not that I don’t sincerely love Wes, but his style is almost entirely derived from Godard.

  8. gabson 12 Jul 2008 at 4.37 pm link comment

    Jean-Luc Godard…that does make a lot of sense, now that I think about it.

  9. Don 23 Jul 2008 at 12.33 am link comment

    That’s a good video. The best is either the troupe of aspiring guitarists doing Buddy Hollys or the amazing white Olds getaway coupe. The CD is nice too. Anderson clearly gets credit even if not named…

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