Comments on: Vampire Weekend on SNL This Saturday

By: i do like vw better...

i do like vw better... — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:04:50 +0000

not that i checked their site before the show, but it’s possible that they posted their classic “pick what you play” section for the snl show and people just wanted those songs? probably not, but who knows…

By: not even a wilco fan

not even a wilco fan — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:16:52 +0000

What alternate reality is this where Wilco is the crappy band and Vampire Weekend are all the rage? I really don’t like Vampire Weekend, and I think they are completely overrated. I must not read enough internet buzz to buy into their hype. I listened to their album, and that was enough to make me wish they didn’t exist.

By: laura

laura — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:30:53 +0000

I have no problem with bands playing older material. I just would prefer the performance to be fresh.

By: deb

deb — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:31:15 +0000

I and some people knew about that before you did. Vampire Weekend had announced it like a day before it actually aired on SNL. Even though I wish they would play “Campus” with “mansard roof” or “A-punk” with “I stand corrected”, I know they are gonna play “mansard roof” with “A-punk”. oh well. they rock.

By: Anton

Anton — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:57:45 +0000

Maybe I’m missing something, but what was so bad about the performance? House Music? Have you listened to Vampire Weekend latley? I’m not hating, I just don’t understand what you didn’t like about the performance, other than the fact that the song itself isn’t very good…but that’s vintage Wilco, right? Shouldn’t we applaud bands who just say ‘fuck it’ and play whatever they want? All in all my point is–the performance was not bad by any means.

By: yvonne

yvonne — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:10:48 +0000

“internet buzzzzzzzzzzz” or ian montone?

By: John

John — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:59:25 +0000

…you didn’t even know those songs were from their latest album. *eye roll*

By: Andy Mcnab

Andy Mcnab — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:22:11 +0000

Laura, you are a god of a person, don’t change. One of the prices you pay for winning an NME award is an influx of pedantic dickheads looking at your site.

By: rachel

rachel — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:18:59 +0000

if you people are going to hate on her for having an opinion then you clearly don’t get the point of a BLOG do you?
and for what it’s worth, i’m a longtime fan of wilco and i thought they were terrible on SNL. shoot me.

obvs you know my jaw dropped when i saw VW were gonna be on next week. just shows what internet buzzzzzzzzzzz can do for a band

By: laura

laura — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:11:33 +0000

Fair play, cmailman. Made the change.