Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall

[@LiamMcFarlandtapioca]

That riff has worked its way deep into my subconscious and I’m not mad about it

[@claudiarangel3658]

Same here! So much so that I learned to play it on guitar

[@polymathematics_]

Ezra looks so happy to be playing live again 🤗 Baio and CT are killing it, per usual

[@GamingJake-py9rk]

Jake Weber your absolutely right

[@TheProbewizard]

Baio is a criminally underrated bass player

[@worrywirt]

Right? I love that you can hear him more in this version, he’s great

[@thegabrielguitar9727]

Noted, Ted.

[@The8347135]

"You're under arrest" "Why?" "For underrating Chris Baio"

[@delesdog]

TheProbewizard love his style

[@Realmikesambo]

bass players are meant to be 'un-heard'.

[@ImperfectGaming]

Backup singers absolutely fantastic. 10/10 performance

[@ynstantnoodle]

Love how happy they look. This makes me feel so warm. Really missed VW.

[@andrewfiske3558]

Great song - best new riff for a long time. Should include the lyric I don't want to live like this but I don't want to die in all their songs as it sums up the state of the world!

[@Jguzzyok]

Danthediamondminecart Jr true

[@chriserdman9956]

You can hear Baio so clearly in this mix. Solid playing and visibly having a great time all at once. Respect.

[@aunthaumv3711]

I like the "whooohoohuu" parts as they did it on the single. So far none of the live performance has yet did it like the original

[@lukeluigi2564]

Was looking for this, this recording sounds lifeless af

[@funkmastergeneral]

backing vocals are fantastic!

[@shawnt5779]

Knew it sounded familiar, “I don’t wanna live like this, but I don’t wanna die” is from Finger Back! Can’t wait for their new album!

[@zh78888]

Shawn T correct.

[@poppy7199]

I love it when you can just see Clara in the background, bopping away, loving life

[@catspurlee]

If you think I would watch Vampire Weekend until 1 am, you're right.

[@arguspaul]

4:05 am here in Seoul.

[@santiagobarriocanal]

Renchie Chavaria 1:47 AM here ✌🏼️

[@emilymucklow8634]

Bro same

[@marlaaaw]

That moment when the piano comes but you don't see Rostam playing it 😭😭😭😭

[@paulhendrix6345]

Will Canzoneri!! Ticking the ivory...

[@willmeyer2745]

Marlaa a I hope this isn’t sacrilege, but prefer the new line up, especially for their live performance. They seem much looser and more adventurous. Of course they did have to replace him with several people so that is saying something.

[@OOOSCAAARRR]

@@willmeyer2745 I personally feel that the sheer scale of their arrangements and songs in terms of instrumentation and production relies on a lineup of this size, especially in the case of songs from MVOTC where they're practically impossible to recreate if Rostam was playing multiple instruments. One thing that may suck in the future is the absence of Rostam's creative opinion and song writing process, although having said that, Ezra is a great musician in addition to being a phenomenal lyricist, and I have often thought that lyrics were the strongest focal point of their songs, along with the multicultural fusion of musical styles that BOTH Ezra and Rostam brought to the band's sound. I'd like him to rejoin the group to be honest but the current lineup should remain as well, however if everyones happy then I'm happy! :)

[@willmeyer2745]

@@OOOSCAAARRR so you’ve had a year to think about it.....I’m glad you responded. I’ve always liked Vampire Weekend, but Father of the Bride was the album I’ve been waiting for personally. Unfortunately, Rostam may have been my least favorite part of the band. That being said I still think those albums and shows sounded great and even amazing sometimes. It’s just a style thing I guess. Every time I hear a Baroque hook I think Rostam.

[@OOOSCAAARRR]

@@willmeyer2745 Hi man, yeah FOTB was most definitely more than well worth the five pounds I spent on it. The debut album is still the best, it's one of my all time favourites, but I have to say that FOTB is the second best Vampire Weekend album. I have mixed opinions on some tracks, but the summery hits like This Life, Harmony Hall, Unbearably White and Big Blue are incredibly good. Its interesting to note that Rostam apparently had some sort of a hand in producing Harmony Hall, and I can definitely see that influence and how it also benefited the track. Haim being brought into the vocal equation also spruced up these tracks, I only like some of their original work but Daniella Haim's vocals definitely complemented Ezra extremely well. I'd also argue that these are some of the best lyrics since the debut album, and tracks like Harmony Hall And Big Blue have left room for some profound thought as to what the songs mean I must say.

[@matthewmartin5610]

No doubt about it, his voice is timeless, from any era !

[@nanz282]

We took a vow in summertime Now we find ourselves in late December I believe that New Year's Eve Will be the perfect time for their great surrender But they don't remember Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing Singers harmonize 'til they can't hear anything I thought that I was free from all that questionin' But every time a problem ends, another one begins And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die Ooh, ooh, ooh I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die Within the halls of power lies a nervous heart that beats Like a Young Pretender's Beneath these velvet gloves I hide The shameful, crooked hands of a moneylender 'Cause I still remember Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing Singers harmonize 'til they can't hear anything I thought that I was free from all that questionin' But every time a problem ends, another one begins And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die Ooh, ooh, ooh I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die Ooh, ooh, ooh I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die

[@xymgg1971]

One of the best pop songs of 2019.

[@dmrsk1899]

Backing vocals for Live Lounge are always good. Like the ones when VW covered Blurred Lines

[@richardphillips6392]

Joyous pop: the best of humanity. Show us the way VW

[@coldbrewprods]

Wrong harsh noise is better

[@JessyMay1234]

LOVE this song so much

[@twerth1989]

How to get transported to the 1970s: 1. Click gear and set resolution to 144p. 2. Watch video.

[@eL_K_Dee]

I literally(not metaphorically) fell off my chair laughing after following this instruction

[@gracewynn268]

this is so pure i love it

[@jmultiply]

ezra voice is just incomparable

[@willmeyer2745]

I’m surprised every comment doesn’t say “Touch of Grey” can be sung over the chorus and that jam is freaking Jerry 2.0. I love all the genres they mashed together to make a beautiful mess of music.

[@sneezzy211]

Wow. The Touch of Grey connection....great point

[@abcdefu3198]

I’m crying right now 😩❤️❤️👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@ririschannelx]

So glad they’re back 🥳

[@MichaelBarrett1984]

Amazing live performance - and great example of arpeggios as a song’s signature riff

[@j1h00p.9]

Their live is way better than I expected!

[@davidbarrett4586]

Grateful Dead vibes for reallll!

[@luismiguelmirandagutierrez8489]

I don’t wanna live like this, but I don’t wanna die. My every morning motto

[@cmgordon12345]

Well done. I love the studio version, but this is so much nicer.

[@BigManBoss8]

Unreal talent in this group.

[@emayadiganesh8925]

My lover was from Cornwall, he sent me this song. And memories about him still remains, hope he's always happy.

[@gilolaes4725]

I did a double take after seeing Greta Salpeter doing some instrumentation. Apparently she did a bunch of live performance stuff wth Vampire Weekend around this time. Good on her!

[@iancookson8034]

Just superb - you can just feel the happiness.

[@herunats]

Grammy nomination for best group/duo or best alternative is coming (again)..

[@foragingfleur]

Herunata Joseph yup I see it as a winner

[@popeye4392]

This joint got me hooked from day one!

[@StottMikel]

The talent in this room. wow.

[@nilrantmadcap]

Winning a radio competition,recently, has re-acquainted me with this band.And I'm all the better for it.

[@pennyaldente]

guys, please come to Italy to play. Been waiting for you for the past 6 years.

[@TheProbewizard]

Eh ci starebbe pure

[@margaretdonovan1649]

I love the piano on this song!

[@squidslice8384]

really nice version .such a great song

[@adambastug2497]

If John Mayer likes this song, I like this song

[@watevapoo]

Sheep.

[@adambastug2497]

watevapoo oof, imagine not knowing what a joke is :/

[@myrondcunha5670]

@@adambastug2497 I see what you did there😂😂😂

[@georgeagustialvarez]

when did he say that?

[@Reetqa]

@@georgeagustialvarez He mentioned this song a lot on his insta stories :)

[@minnelove1112]

Beautiful! Magnífic!! Song song 😎

[@sydoreis]

Uffff, Vampire came with everything!!!!!!

[@herunats]

That tongue after 'i don't wanna live like this but i don't wanna die' line

[@eugeniobecerra1775]

This song is so reminiscent of Grateful Dead!

[@Mrscheesenipz]

Wow I love this song. Didn’t know what it was called for the longest time. Great job everyone, and omg the lead singer is so cute 😍

[@robertweir1733]

So good! and Ezra's outfit is very, very cool

[@carvelrecords3132]

This song needs that drum beat! You know which one Im talking about

[@ぽんぽん-d6w]

最高です！

[@Chongboii]

such a great creation

[@IvanaStepanova-hb7wf]

Moc krasna pisen. Dik😊❤

[@joaopaganini2191]

soooooo good

[@felixpenzi]

Any Time Crisis fans out there?

[@nateglyn]

Felix Penzi I think the term you’re looking for is “TC Heads”

[@juanis173]

ty

[@junoak77]

#jumpedthesharkin2017

[@RavenStudiosRS]

I love this . Kinda sad they left the drum set out tho

[@aaronthatcher8564]

Raven Studios ya wtf

[@alvaronr7075]

House piano riffs with Vampire Weekend and Tame Impala

[@jukebox.monepyants]

new 4th member is like rostam but with and afro

[@hexaprawns8256]

SuperBeeshnu they have 4 new members to replace Rostam LMAO but I think they’re touring members...

[@ianw8479]

Mixing sounds kinda off,, maybe I'm spoiled with Tiny Desk and KEXP

[@joeyspizza8]

agreed, two guitarists besides Ezra, Brian and Greta, can baaaaarely be heard through the last chorus in particular. Great performance though don't wanna nitpick too much :)

[@schwags1969]

KEXP really has set the bar pretty high for sound engineering!!

[@robertdrummer5150]

Sounds pretty damn good to me!!

[@paulsunderman3689]

Great performance!!! But yes, piano is way loud and drowns out the rest of the texture in the pre-chorus.

[@AMovieFan35]

This version (BBC Radio 1) > 6 Music Live Room version :)

[@MrTimmy1979]

I love how backing singers all have the same moves.

[@diwaspoudel3812]

Wow. 👍❤

[@diellysantos894]

Que maravilha ❤

[@charlesfranta8472]

And the stone who I was vomitin on bear witness...

[@DeadInTheFace]

Charles Franta I still can barely hear harmony hall in there!

[@marthaweiss9063]

thank you for clarifying the lyric above. I love this song and have listened to it abt 50 times. The written lyrics do not say "vomited on" but I hear it clearly said. It's been driving me nuts and I'm about to see them at Holloywood Bowl. Bless you! :)

[@redskeletonart238]

I literally had no idea what he was saying for the first 7 months i knew this song 😂 i could hear: “And the stowa wus vomitting all their witness And the body with the wooden mind could never forget himself If we get snakes and sell the place and all was dignified I don’t wanna live like this but I don’t wanna die”

[@WiloPolis03]

@@marthaweiss9063 Ok boomer

[@crostofor]

Cool stuff 😁

[@camilainfame]

Les amo

[@raremusic2]

YES. GOD YES.

[@myteacold]

My best song I ever have had

[@agathag8985]

❤❤❤

[@sithistephaniechounlamount9510]

💜

[@christophersartagoda7576]

you hurt us so much and you expect my effort to do as well that's brilliant aa

[@shinobuoshino5249]

😍

[@slothboy2896]

Thomas middleditch on piano

[@ColePhillips]

my kings

[@sdubs89]

Guitar riff is very Sheepdogs! Love it!

[@Goodtime_Charley]

The Peter Gabriel sessions......

[@autumncassandrakoertgen1009]

Icould yes I want level for ever Billy hart

[@kathycassidy5302]

I miss the vibraslap from the original in this version (the instrument that you whack with your hand and it makes a buzzing sound - think beginning of "Crazy Train")

[@junoak77]

i dunno....when was their 'Sgt Pepper-phase' supposed to start again? #puzzled #dontwannadie

[@145inA]

“Wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified.” Is such a great line. I wonder if it’s about our POS POTUS & Co. 🤔🇺🇸

[@mfrog38]

more fitting for the Democrats I would say ..

[@foragingfleur]

Yup all the above

[@kathycassidy5302]

I think the whole song is about the current state of politics. "harmony hall" is actually another term for echo chamber. The lyric "anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing, singers harmonize till they can't hear anything" sounds like what has happened on social media with people going in their own little bubbles and never hearing viewpoints that differ from their own.

[@lee-anlu6946]

i need me that gucci psychedelic shirt

[@mikev.4037]

Greta 😩❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@IvanaStepanova-hb7wf]

❤❤GRAMMY AWARDS❤😅MAI❤

[@walluvalkama3927]

Roskilde 2019, please!!

[@katrinamarice]

You totally missed out on Baio's dancing

[@live4marilyn]

Sounds alittle bit like Grateful Dead's Touch of Grey

[@eloise2127]

me? ascended? its more likely than you think

[@Amandanumnum]

who's the lead guitarist?

[@calzoneboy30]

My boy ezra

[@Mikeevanko967]

dont know why that person is saying Ezra is playing lead... hes doing chords on the acoustic the girl appears to be playing lead and shes killin it

[@michaelgreene4816]

Who's the blonde lady??

[@DownLocked]

Michael Greene she is crushing it!!

[@daram2672]

Greta Morgan

[@t.t.venkatesh8173]

Is that Toni Lindgren?

[@eloymn5739]

They sound great but what happened with the drums. The song gains a lot with them

[@zphocking]

Eloy MN agree, the drum production on the track is fantastic, maybe too hard to recreate live?

[@eloymn5739]

@@zphocking obviously is not going to sound the same but it's not a complicated beat and in my opinion gives the song much more energy

[@xanderkajani3607]

WTF dragon ball Super actually had good animation

[@Zbad123]

xannnderrr what are you on about

[@xanderkajani3607]

normally DBS animation sucks but it's getting better

[@Zbad123]

xannnderrr no I'm saying what does that have to do with the video

[@xanderkajani3607]

no I'm trolling sorry have a good day

[@Zbad123]

xannnderrr hahahahaha good trolling man I thought it had something to do with Ezra because he did an anime for Netflix

[@freefall9124]

I didn’t think I would, but I miss Rostam

[@sledgehammer5033]

Free Fall he helped make the album so I don’t know why you’d miss him

[@dimelsamabelayalamadrid1550]

fire force op

[@wademoores1201]

who’s the guy at 4:13 wearing the t-pain tank top though

[@starchington]

Wade Moores that’s T-Pain

[@Skat9]

Damn you really don't know the original cast of VW. CT btw

[@isaacmr.trumpetmanbobonis]

Anyone here after Stumptown?

[@chiarapiccolo4819]

blake shelton

[@zimzimzalabim]

why did you shave your hair chest that took you so long to grow, Ezra? :(

[@jasenjahn]

Turn the base up. Turn the piano down. Damn.

[@afrahafrah3282]

quill18

[@ruewei5321]

I am here because of Ted Lasso, thumbs up if ditto