Hey, here's a quick one for ya: The uber-preppy dickless wonders in Vampire Weekend stopped pissing me off with their lukewarm Paul Simon rip-offs long enough to branch out musically. They achieved this by covering Rancid's "Ruby Soho." Well, "covering" isn't the right word. OK, lemme rephrase that: They achieved this by ripping the balls off of Rancid's "Ruby Soho," leaving it a neutered, disgusting mess. All of the dynamic highs and lows are gone, replaced with some reggae-lite reverb and what I can only assume is VW's idea of rocking (inoffensively). I know their music is too middle-of-the-road to ever truly be awful, and that my knee-jerk reactions are partially (OK, mostly) based off of the hype surrounding it, but fuck this band. Fuck this band into outer space forever.
Click here to hear the song. Or just watch the original below.
Click here to hear the song. Or just watch the original below.
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