Let’s talk about Vampire Weekend’s Original Trilogy

[@franciscofarias6385]

Modern Vampire of the City is a masterpiece. You could cut that atmosphere with a knife.

[@BeanAben]

Francisco Farias there best album for sure

[@HotStrange]

I prefer Contra but all 3 are amazing.

[@BeanAben]

@@HotStrange Idk why people like contra so much. 2nd worst of there albums. (that's not saying much cause all their albums are amazing). The worst is FOTB by far doe...

[@CIDILIABRA]

Bread Knife

[@HMCarsSOA]

@@BeanAben I personally like the electronic elements and the more subtle sound of Contra. I'd still say MVotC is their best with Contra just behind it.

[@Zak-yu4hi]

Dude, your videos are so well crafted man, so underrated

[@Middle8]

thanks!

[@ElFede513]

@@Middle8 what program you use? awesome edition!

[@japexican007]

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[@ninjakais]

japexican007 ..now wait a minute... what..?

[@japexican007]

V9 ELITE watch this playlist and wake up to the truth kzbin.info/aero/PLNyEZkCMFMV-SUR29B74iav2pK199jzzU

[@vivfrrz]

I forgot how much I liked Vampire Weekend until I watched this, they remind me of middle school and Freshmen year of high school.

[@gabrielbennett9376]

I dont get people who dislike a band because of their background. Good music is good music, whether it's made by an unknown band in Africa or Ivy League college kids.

[@hoze1235]

jealousy

[@Minty1888]

Well said.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

The majority look like them lol

[@daraotl5187]

At least 2 of them got into college off of scholarships anyway

[@rashotcake6945]

Depends on context. I think for what they were going for, VW background is fine. But if say, they tried to make gangsta rap, which is explicitly about growing up in poverty and struggle, then that would be pretty yikes

[@Bandstand]

6:46 That transition was so damn good

[@noeisnothere]

go away bots

[@tayzatun6351]

Editing inspo

[@fay8498]

why did this make me cry. i love vampire weekend so much

[@recklesscupcake1]

Fay me too

[@frhhzrh]

Me too

[@christianlesurfmusic]

Vampire Weekend are simply beautiful! Thank you for making this video and for being of the best KZbin channels out there!

[@theartofpablo0110]

This video is brilliant. Truly brilliant. Everything I love, admire, and appreciate in Vampire Weekend is summed up in this video. I have never been able to put this Trilogy concept into words but I’ve always thought about it. This video is amazing.

[@otiagomarques]

Peter Gabriel too

[@WiloPolis03]

This comment feels so unnatural

[@superorangebody]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RunningToNotBeSeen]

You should do an episode on Jack White when his new Raconteurs album comes out about how Jack White collaborates with other musicians

[@GoranZ1]

YUUUUSSS.

[@erinrulezok]

Wonderful idea. Hope it happens.

[@siddarthvashisht]

Jack White vs Dave Grohl on collaborations with other artists

[@erinrulezok]

@@siddarthvashisht that sounds pretty good too.

[@DG-ck2mv]

Is it weird to say that this video gave me goosebumps? Love your insights on music and the world! Also, I know she's relatively new, but it'd be awesome if you did a video on Maggie Rogers! Keep up the good work dude!

[@nueck]

Great. Vampire Weekend is by far my favorite band and you explanied the whole appeal to the band so well in this video. Thank you so much!

[@uptown3636]

okay, so that was a seriously great video. Your retrospective made me reflect not only on the vampire weekend trilogy, but also on the decade of my life that unfolded while I was listening to it.

[@chrisjeremy8109]

...Um you know how bloody expensive leather jackets are? Lol. Another great video btw - Keep it up!

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Lol.

[@WiloPolis03]

@Elijah Ford Hey I've seen you on Council of Geeks vids! We have identical taste

[@austins.2495]

I saw them as frat bro music, but now as a slightly more mature adult I see/hear how they are actually insanely talented and unique artists. Great video 👍

[@amayachoudhury150]

I found this band because my teacher assigned a literary analysis on “Taxi Cab”

[@edensylvester13]

that's amazing

[@WiloPolis03]

@@edensylvester13 It is

[@verticalfish]

You had an amazing teacher

[@SlyHikari03]

Nice teacher

[@CL2-]

Where can I get a teacher like this

[@TheLedonne3]

Would love to hear a collaboration between VW & Paul Simon. It would be off the charts.

[@shiv2033]

I can hear diamonds on the soles of her shoes in my ears.

[@NintendoNerdo]

All because of shopping at Hollister as a 13 year old, I found “White Sky” and never looked back. Contra is still my favorite album

[@crosemerie4055]

I was so looking forward to this video, it's excellent. I always learn something new when I watch a video on this channel, honestly it's one of my favourite channels on youtube, all the way from Ireland. Contra is probably my favourite just because of Diplomat's Son, but Modern Vampires of the City has Hannah Hunt. I think they're both modern masterpieces.

[@daraotl5187]

Contra probably takes the cake for me too (Horchata and D's S). Liking their new album a lot. Galway here by the way!

[@jorgie1415]

Yeah, Diplomat’s Son is my favourite from VP.

[@CIDILIABRA]

My favorite album of all time is their self titled, it’s just the soundtrack to my life.

[@IthinkitsaDanny]

Modern Vampires of the City is easily one of my favorite albums of all time. I’ve grown so much with it

[@miggy78]

Modern Vampires of the city felt like I had been suffocating my entire life. It’s meta, present and post modern. It blemishes anyone’s understanding of rock and pop music and take all that into a whole different level. When it was announced that Rostum left. It’s like a hole was created in the space time continuum. I hope he goes back to VW one day….but I respect what the band and Rostum are doing on their own. Legends in their own time.

[@elrabeechum5180]

Contra's gotta be my top, both the music and the lyrics are complex and consistently brilliant. Each song has an amazing sense of character. (Which could be said for any one of their albums) Father of the Bride is definitely a new chapter for them, I like the open-ended nature of the video and the inclusion of the Haruomi Hosono song used in '2021' as the background music. Very well done video!

[@ThePanzerFreak5]

Contra’s definitely my favorite too. Especially Run.

[@benmontero36]

I discovered Vampire Weekend before I went to college in 2016 & fell in love with their music as I was transitioning from HS to College. Father of the Bride is a phenomenal album, & now I’m gonna see them perform in Austin this August & I cannot be more excited!

[@JackRinderArt]

Jack Antonoff deserves his own video around the time Bleacher's third album comes out later this year

[@kit5850]

lmao yikes

[@asiahd5074]

Another album is coming out?!?!??

[@huntrrams]

I remember when they were some East Coast Preppy Indie pop band and after Father of the Bride, you can listen to how they matured their sound. Could you do a video on the Australian plunderphonics band The Avalanches?

[@quancavevideo232]

Such a beautiful production! I love your channel and you put their trilogy in a fully concise and (IMO) accurate depiction! It’s hard choosing a favorite because, like you said, each one is a different chapter of where the world was, and how they saw it! BUT..if I must, I think I had Modern vampires on repeat the most! BUT THIS NEW RECORD THO??? I’d love to hear you do a review because it’s SUCH a lovely album in my opinion

[@spence4463]

You guys have to do The Wombats. Criminally underrated

[@alextimmins-jones7894]

Said no one, ever.

[@revistabomba]

Well, 77 people who liked do...

[@alexharris1312]

yes one of the few bands who have never made a bad song

[@E-Ma]

I mean overall they just feel really basic. It's like the exact middle ground of COIN and the 1975

[@upgoyxtirzruz]

They're so shit

[@Istr]

Your videos are so, so good. Everything I've seen so far is above most professionally released full music documentaries, and they make me both feel and think so much. Also, I've always loved the first VW album but never moved on to the second and third. I will do that now.

[@esmedecker]

9:04 wait, why am i actually crying :'( this conclusion is so beautiful, such a good end to a seamlessly crafted video ! very well done

[@ragingredreviews3347]

Vampire Weekend is one of my favorite artists of the past decade, and great video as always! This may be a stupid question, but how did you isolate the separate tracks at 2:42?

[@Middle8]

Thanks a lot. And I got lucky and found the audio stems for a few of their songs online.

[@ragingredreviews3347]

@@Middle8 Thanks for the answer! I've had difficulty in the past finding stems, so I thought that maybe you had a method for separating the individual tracks.

[@mysmilesarah]

I almost cried at the end of this video! Thank you so much for creating and sharing!

[@seanmurphy7733]

I'd love to see you do a piece on Grizzly Bear and their discography

[@mashawinchell1554]

Yes!

[@williamunderwood6245]

With a new The National album coming out, I’d love to see you break down their discography!

[@magicknight13]

Still love vampire weekend!! Wow such a great, insightful, eloquent, well made video!

[@katelamont3558]

I'm an old fart. I first heard about VW when Joe Scarborough interviewed Malcolm Gladwell about FOBT. I said "Hmmm...," and so began a mild obsession. My favorite album is Modern Vampires of the City. I love the questions it poses and the music is IMO without equal.

[@ronster369]

I can mimic your story. John Heilemann mentioned FOTB off the cuff the day it was released on Morning Joe, probably a few days or a week or so before Malcom appeared (never heard of the band before that). After hearing John, who I like, appear so excited by it, I thought Hmmm.....and so began my obsession. There was a treasure to discover and 2024 I'm still not over them.

[@ConnorNolan]

Omfg such a well done video. Excellent audio. I'm so excited to finally see them live in a few months!

[@AnaGoesGrawr]

This is such a flashback to my high school days! Wow I forgot how much I really enjoy their music. Once again such an amazing video 👌🏽

[@dimininin]

You’re videos are so well made, I can feel the passion coming from you. Keep it up man

[@nikanakapattywaka]

Love your stuff @Middle8 thanks for your hard work.

[@iLoveMyDog200]

Truly great video. I’ve been listening to them since middle school so that link between “father of the bride” and their future of letting go of something they’ve cared for for so long touched my soul 💕

[@kindabluu]

you're one of the most well-spoken people I've ever heard man. What's more is you really know how to captivate an audience and make us all feel so close to the story and its subject

[@rome8180]

I was hoping this would include an analysis of Father of the Bride because of the hashtag. It's a very different album, which I'm sure has alienated some fans, but I think it's just as brilliant as their other work. It really expands their musical framework to include genres we haven't heard before.

[@karicherrycola]

It makes me sad that your channel only has as many videos as it does, because they're so good. I could watch them all day. I'm sure they take a lot of time and work, so I'm not complaining. I'll just eagerly await the next one. (Also, thanks for reminding me how much I love Vampire Weekend and why.)

[@isabeltrespando5952]

Every single one of your videos is amazing; so well done, detailed, and informative. I would love for you to make one about Interpol as they've just released their new album

[@Alanviberson]

Vampire weekend was my first red rocks show in 2010, beach house opened it was such an amazing show I was buzzed off it for weeks

[@sectiongang]

Awesome video! The debut is my favorite but there's no doubt the music works as a progression through the three records.

[@ValiaS18]

I love Vampire Weekend SO much, I liked the video before watching it. Plus your videos are always great!

[@aunthaumv3711]

Man ur edits and how u use their music to represent a particular era, is executed so well. Love it

[@ThatiLeRosa]

well put together video, this is great

[@brandonkief3278]

Great job again on this and all other video's! My favorite Vampire Weekend is and probably will always be Vampire Weekend the first one. Just so many good tracks and I can literally put on track one and play till it ends on track 11! One of my favorite bands of the 2000's.

[@romanes.f3234]

This band is amazing. That's exactly as you said... the albums are all very different but they remain as a group, an evolution. I love how sophisticated but simple is their music. I just love them and your videos are really cool

[@MrHenriquesDaniel]

I had the luck of seeing Vampire Weekend live, here in Portugal, in 2013, the year they released their third album. It still remains as one of my favorite live shows, ever! BTW, I love your videos, how good they are technically, and i think we have a similar taste in music and other areas, which is great.

[@jessicafonseca9585]

And now we have Only God Was Above Us and it is a freaking masterpiece ✨

[@shiv2033]

Fuck man, I deemed them as a one hit wonder after listening to their viral song campus but I was so wrong. I just listened to Contra, it sounded so fresh, not a single bad song on it. And then I started listening to their debut album and it was so amazing as well, not a single bad song on there as well. They are going to sit right next to The Strokes in my indie list. I absolutely dug their Afro rhythms and melodies.

[@ronster369]

I have not found a bad song in all 4 releases. I was late to the party (when FOTB came out). I struck gold with so much to enjoy.

[@shiv2033]

@@ronster369 same man.

[@_PuppetMaster86]

@@ronster369Plus, they have a new album coming out on the 5th of April this year!

[@ronster369]

@@_PuppetMaster86 No one on the planet more excited than me and Shiv. I knew it was April, so thanks for the exact date. It's now in my calendar alert.

[@weszab1]

Please do a video on Father Of the Bride! Such a wonderfully built concept album with plenty of international sounds colors and ideas. Would love to hear what you have to say about it.

[@takedownyoutuberewindnow6560]

I love every song they have ever made. I started listening to them in 2011. Their songs are so nostalgic it hurts and hits hard.

[@MeTaLLiCaT8282]

I'm mostly into hard rock and metal. That said, Vampire Weekend are one of the best bands to have emerged within the last fifteen years or so!

[@buttons2079]

Vampire Weekend are one of my all-time favourite bands, and this sums them up excellently

[@TheDobleQ]

Modern Vampires of the City is so complex and beautiful at the same time, it is just amazing.

[@j335h5]

Great video! It's cool seeing you cover music I already like, helping develop my appreciation for it. My favourite of those three Vampire Weekend albums is a hard question, since I think each one contains greatest hits as well as slightly more under rated songs. It's cool to see Father of the Bride has the most songs so far.

[@JadeXGunter]

This was beautifully said. Vampire Weekend has been my favorite band since they started playing and it truly has been magical watching them grow. This video explains Vampire Weekend great and is well said.

[@coreydrew3228]

Bright Eyes or the influence of Saddle Creek records in the early 2000’s!

[@alphabeticalorder168]

I've got tickets to see them in November and I'm the most excited for a concert that I've been since ACDCs last tour. I can't wait to see what they can do next

[@BenBelanger4]

Exactly the band I wanted thank you middle 8! edit: Modern Vampires of the City, just soo gooood

[@WiloPolis03]

I grew up on Vampire Weekend & Contra, spent 5th-7th grade on Modern Vampires of the City, and worked on 9th grade homework with Father of the Bride playing. Always loved this band

[@Lucas.Mbh27]

I’m very glad you talked about Vampire Weekend evolution. They have one of the best discography of this last fifteen years, and Father of the Bride is a great record too! Btw, could you do a video on both Lorde and Ben Howard work/artistic career path? Love your videos man, keep it up!

[@xSTTS]

i was in my peak teen years when they released modern vampires of the weekend and became a fan, they will forever remind me of my first love and first drunken frenzy and the first time i smoked weed and hannah hunt was tactile ugh i was so moved by them being pretentious (or being perceived as pretentious) because i was a gifted kid who was always called pretentious

[@WiloPolis03]

Can't wait for the next title for this video

[@jordanmreed]

This is an amazing video. I can’t imagine the amount of work that went into it. Even as a VW fan I learned a lot. How did you isolate the vocals?

[@sophie4877]

This was so well made! So much information was fit into 10 mins, even though someone could 100% write a textbook on the meaning behind their songs.

[@WiloPolis03]

I heard my parents listen to Vampire Weekend in the car as a 5-7 year old, then heard Contra up until 5th grade, then as a preteen I was always hearing Unbelievers, Step, and Diane Young. Now I'm an almost sophomore and I listen to Father of the Bride while studying. I've gotten to listen to Vampire Weekend my entire life and it's been so cool seeing how they've evolved as a band throughout the years.

[@Mochi-kf3it]

I’ve grown up listening to them :) my parents used to play their older albums when I was little~ I love vampire weekend 🥰

[@djunaskye6220]

Same

[@adamcetinkent]

What? How old are you,

[@djunaskye6220]

@@adamcetinkent don't know about the other person, but I'm 16...

[@djunaskye6220]

@@adamcetinkent (I grew up listening to them too).

[@joeyn4607]

Wow this made me feel old lol

[@danieldefabio5024]

WHAT a transition into the sponsored ad 😂 Priceless and beautiful

[@mylesoakley8054]

Ezra looks like Justin Trudeau. Change my mind

[@Mrtonywiggles1]

**Justin Trudeau looks like Ezra 😂

[@paleikas3180]

Kinda looks like Ramsay Bolton to me

[@Red_BonesofSaintThursday]

He does

[@Sophie-ge7ti]

Ezra is 10X more bangable.

[@lostintamsui]

@Ricardo Hernández awwww someone hurt your masculinity so you start attacking other's

[@josephiles7515]

Vampire Weekend are my favourite band at the moment, this video brought a tear to my eye! Great work brother

[@nora8057]

I'm so in love with them still

[@anniefosho19]

*your videos are so fucking well written, produced and edited I cant fucking take it.*

[@DanJS]

I love all three of them, and I really see them as a trilogy with FOTB (really growing on me atm) a wonderful fresh post-Rostam new start. But Modern Vampires is not only my favourite VW album, it's in my top couple of albums of all time.

[@McGriddy51095]

this is why i watch your videos, to find bands and tunes i never knew about

[@blondesummer7980]

Love all 3 albums, but the first means a lot to me because when I discovered it I was really depressed and that album helped me cope through hard times. Great video!

[@troyhernandez805]

Whose here after Only God Was Above Us

[@austins.2495]

Who cares

[@MyEmoDiaries]

These 3 albums are pure gold

[@GDjesusOfsuburbia]

For me FOTB isn't really Vampire Weekend album but it's seriously very good and interesting album. I just can't compare it to the trilogy and there's really not even point.

[@dreamsincolor09]

Finally! Someone that pronunciates Rostam’s last name as it is :) Great vid about a great band 👍🏼

[@VGBNDGRL]

I started listening to them in 2008 when they released their first album, at the age of 10. Now I'm in college and still listening to them. One of my favorite bands.

[@HotStrange]

Love this band so much. The first 2 albums came out as my high school career was ending and as such I’ve attached so much nostalgia to them both. Will always love them. MVotC is great but it can’t quite compare to Contra. FOTB might surpass Contra as my favorite, though.

[@hoze1235]

contra album was my high school days👍👍

[@xThePinkApple]

Thank you for putting into words what they're all about! My fav album of the trilogy is the first one, exactly what you said about it is what drew me in. FOTB for sure stands on its own next to the trilogy, but you can still tell it's the same band. They've just gotten older, seen more, have different priorities. I think it's also their most diverse album yet.

[@jack.g.gutierrez]

fantastic writing. great video!

[@alexandriamann8075]

Wow I kinda forgot about Vampire Weekend and how much I loved Contra. This video forced me to go back, have another listen and I am not mad at all. Should’ve mentioned the great project Discovery which was made up of Rostam and Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot). Another job well done Middle 8.

[@theimacman]

Interesting to hear you pronounce Rostam's name... I always just call him Batman.

[@abdosaji]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adelaide3409]

This was such a gorgeous way to describe vampire weekend. You’ve done the boys well 😊

[@silvergamedog8168]

Another great video! I only wish you could make them more often... but I understand that a ton of work goes into them. I’m always looking for good music related channels so I wanted to ask you what music channels on KZbin are YOUR favorites? Thanks and keep up the good work.

[@juanbautistafacio5204]

Yay finally I love them so much I was wondering if you would ever do it 🤗wonderful video as always best wishesss

[@jgrvr]

my loves 💛 thank you for this! well-explained!!!

[@editthesink6202]

Middle 8 never change the formula man. Wait for the world to embrace what you're doing here. Another incredibly produced, researched, and written vid. Keep it up boi

[@dog-yj2ez]

I grew up on Vampire Weekend, still am.

[@jpace123456]

very well produced, as always

[@skittleducksjr.968]

Your editing is so good, it's like eye candy

[@jamesmason7761]

Holy fuck dude, this video is ace as hell. I love it, you do a fantastic band the justice they deserved and more. Beautifully done