The band includes heavy Caribbean influences while maintaining their indie pop sound to create a masterpiece of a song, despite not being released as a single. While most of the lyrics are vague, the narrator offers up a few hints when describing a close encounter with his best friend and good ol’ Mary Jane. Written by Ezra Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij, “Diplomat’s Son” is based on the family background of the latter, and his own relationship experiences. With a riff that would make Graceland-era Paul Simon proud, and a music video that is as '80s as the '80s themselves, “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” established Vampire Weekend as the preppiest boys in indie music.įor this song off their second album, Vampire Weekend offered a cryptic story about a turbulent early '80s relationship. One minute a young gal is carousing with Louis Vuitton, and the next, Vampire Weekend has us questioning the importance of Peter Gabriel.
You be the judge.Īdvertisement #8: “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”Īs a slick investigation into the artistic connections of American preps and African natives, this Vampire Weekend track is lyrically thin but intellectually profound. Ok, perhaps that’s not the official description of “Diane Young,” but the lyrics allow one to contemplate the essence of…dying young…and the momentous decisions of our youth. With a clever play on words, Vampire Weekend offered listeners a rich tale of a death-defying dame on the prowl, and in the completely insane music video, the lads from Columbia re-created a Renaissance classic with modern indie icons, and saxophones that double as bongs. If you ever find yourself on a road trip with Diane Young, it just may be your last. Becoming not only a concert staple, but the song that closes every Vampire Weekend show, there’s no better way to get the hell out of Cape Cod than with this 2008 classic. The lyrics unveil a striking affinity for poetic realism, while the chorus provides something for fans to sing and dance along to. Welcome to, and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Vampire Weekend Songs.įor this list, we’ve chosen our entries based on a combination of the artist’s fan favorites and their most commercially successful songs.īased on a cinematic vision of lead singer Ezra Koenig, this song tells the harrowing tale of a boy desperate to save his Cape Cod community from blood-sucking vampires.
From Colombia University to Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.
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