Is it a good thing that they're true to their recordings? I've never understood why people like that aspect of a band. I've heard the recording, I'd like to hear something a bit different or at least with more dynamics live
@@dubnessIII Why? I mean, I get it to a certain extent, but if you like a song then you like *that* song, why would you want to go along and hear it performed differently to the way you like? Possibly for the worse.
@@WilliamKilbride The sax is sampled. Baio is controlling all of the sax samples with the 12-step foot controller by his pedal board. You can also see him using this board to trigger other samples in the song (the chopped drum samples and synth breakdown)
Declan Cochran they did a great job reenacting it live. It's just that the production was so perfect, there's no way a subpar SNL audio mix can compare.
Damn, I saw them live in brooklyn and from what I saw, CT is the 'bad ass' of the group, Chris Baio has got a pretty sick move playing his bass, Rostam is the darling of the group, Ezra is just the hypnotizing one of the group with his stare and little smirks. Oh and I caught his guitar pick, so that was flippin' awesome!!
Only better NYC bands to exist are the Velvets (Velvet Underground), maaaybe Television and LCD. The Strokes were great for only one to two albums and same goes for Interpol. Fever To Tell is a very good album but is not near the album Modern Vampire’s
This song to me is about JFK’s death and JFK Junior death. First one is about JFK running around the burn while the government agents around you again that’s when he got shot in the government agents protecting the motorcade and the third verse which says Kennedy then says grab the wheel. Keep on holding it tight as your tottering off into that good night, that’s about JFK Junior flying over the Long Island sound to his death.
They sound great but man their live performances lack energy from the band members themselves. They seem more focused on the technical part of playing/singing than having a great time on stage
if you watch more of their live stuff it's usually much better than this. i think they were just kind of nervous from being in front of a shit ton of people that aren't already fans of them you know?
I agree but from what I've seen most bands that play Saturday Night Live aren't moving around a lot due to the lack of space on stage. Watch Vampire Weekend's live set from Lollapalooza, they're a lot more energetic there.
I was really enjoying this performance, but something was bugging me the whole time: the lead singer looks like someone, is it someone I know, someone I saw in a movie, someone I saw in a dream? Then 3 days later, someone mentioned Boardwalk Empire, and BAM there is was, Michael Stuhlbarg
Fun song. Really boring performance though. I think when song's are fun instead of meaningful, you've gotta dress it up a bit more and look like you're having fun yourself, on stage. Everyone here was either standing motionless or calmly pacing back and forth; way to work the crowd.
You mean the pitch toggling they could do over and over again until they got it exactly how they wanted it? Fuck me, I didn't realise bands playing live sounded different to the record. You must be a blast at gigs.
Did anyone else find this video after watching Ask A Mortician's video on the Forgotten New England American Vampire Panic and be disappointed that Vampire Weekend wasn't done up in actual vampire makeup and red contact lenses?
