So with the 24th of January looming ever closer, it will be 21 years since I crawled out of my mother's vagina with squinted eyes and a stupid grin. Due to her prolonged potheadedness, I was born with a natural nonchalant attitude toward life, love and all things in between. A disinterest in school and lack of respect for authoritative figures made me a rebellious, angst filled youth just oozing with rugged, uninhibited, sex appeal. I lost my virginity to a girl named Trixie, a 17 year old hooker with a nipple ring in the back of an El Camino.. When I was 8. True story.
Anyways, in these past 20 years I have learned many things, none of them important, and seen a lot of shit. Wise beyond my years and way ahead of my time, I'm a catalyst. A catalyst for what you may ask? To which I replay, I have no fucking clue. In these 20 years, with so much under my belt and a head full of wisdom, I have never heard anything like Vampire Weekend before. Lately it seems, I was constantly hearing this name floating around, until finally I could take no more. Curiosity got the best of me and I caved. I listened. And I wasn't impressed. I really don't see what the big fucking deal is about this band. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're bad, they're just not god. I just don't see how they deserve all this attention they're getting. They have a weird sound unlike any I've heard before. Someone said they sounded like "suburban white kids pounding on tribal African drums", and as far as I can tell that is a fair assessment. One song sounded like it was from a terrible Bollywood movie and another reminded me of Ska. I don't like either of those things.
Their latest album 'Contra' is just one of those anomalies that for whatever reason gets heaps of hype, and ends up being a heap of shite. Never thought I would say this, but I think I might actually prefer to listen to 'Paramore' before this. Oh how I envy the hearing impaired.
Just so this post wasn't a total waste and the title can live up to it's name, here's some good songs with "Weekend" in it.
DOWNLOADS
Down With Webster - Weekends
MGMT - Weekend Wars
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