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Post by a Nick O! on Mar 23, 2008 9:01:57 GMT -4
Shhh...Don't tell oscillations., but I actually like this song now. But like I was saying in that topic, I don't see myself liking them any more than I like bands like, say, the Shins or Kings of Leon.
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Post by Pipa on Mar 23, 2008 10:02:57 GMT -4
"Oxford Comma" is better.
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Post by crash46 on Mar 23, 2008 23:32:25 GMT -4
I like this too, and the video was fun to watch for a song that's 2 minutes long.
But yeah, if you even hint at the possibility of liking any of their music, you'll be bombarded with about 25 other songs that you have to listen to, when you know that none of those 25 songs are gonna sound distinguishable from one another, much less "brilliant". Or even if you say you hate it you'll get 25 songs that are "better".
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Post by Mega248 on Mar 23, 2008 23:52:33 GMT -4
"Oxford Comma" is better. That it is. I really like them, but Steve's right that the songs aren't exactly drastically different from one another and for that reason I think they'll be lucky to get more than one other top 50 hit from this album. |
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Post by Pipa on Mar 24, 2008 9:36:34 GMT -4
But yeah, if you even hint at the possibility of liking any of their music, you'll be bombarded with about 25 other songs that you have to listen to, when you know that none of those 25 songs are gonna sound distinguishable from one another, much less "brilliant". Or even if you say you hate it you'll get 25 songs that are "better". "Oxford Comma" isn't "brilliant", or the next coming of The Beatles, or anything. It's just a nice cheerful 3-minute ditty. I think that, for me this year, Vampire Weekend may be making their way up to Shins county. |
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Post by crash46 on Mar 24, 2008 12:47:42 GMT -4
But yeah, if you even hint at the possibility of liking any of their music, you'll be bombarded with about 25 other songs that you have to listen to, when you know that none of those 25 songs are gonna sound distinguishable from one another, much less "brilliant". Or even if you say you hate it you'll get 25 songs that are "better". "Oxford Comma" isn't "brilliant", or the next coming of The Beatles, or anything. It's just a nice cheerful 3-minute ditty. I think that, for me this year, Vampire Weekend may be making their way up to Shins county. I wasn't referring to you, for the record. You only cited one song. I can make time for one song, and I probably will give it a listen. I don't, however, have time for 25 of one song. |
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Post by Pipa on Mar 24, 2008 14:51:50 GMT -4
I was aware of that, but I just wanted to get my two cents in.
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Post by halo19 on Apr 14, 2008 12:14:30 GMT -4
I love "Oxford Comma," but this one is just okay. Nothing special and just because you found them via a blog doesn't make them the world's greatest band.
To me, they're more to this year like what the Arctic Monkeys were to 2006 and what Franz Ferdinand were to 2004 or the Strokes to 2001.
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Post by a Nick O! on Apr 21, 2008 4:05:49 GMT -4
To me, they're more to this year like what the Arctic Monkeys were to 2006 and what Franz Ferdinand were to 2004 or the Strokes to 2001. Only they would've had to do a lot better with this song than #24 for that to be an appropriate comparison. Just saying, now that it's peaked. |
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