Vampire Weekend “Classical“ live May 10, 2024 @ Kilby Block Party (Salt Lake City, UT) 

[@jimjamYT23]

WOW! Vampire Weekend just killed their set at Kilby Block Party last night! Everybody just loved it. Almost every song, or maybe every song, was an altered, extended, or jam version. Their touring band is so talented, with so many instruments going at once. Ezra interacted with the audience a bunch. He was genuinely celebrating being back in SLC and @ Kilby Court in particular, as he explained between songs that they played Kilby Court in December 2007, before they released their first album. He asked how many people were there and tons of people cheered, and then he deadpanned that there were only like 30 people there in 2007. Vampire Weekend was jetting out from SLC to NYC to play SNL tonight. "Classical" is a great song from VW's new album "Only God Was Above Us." VW doesn't release albums super often, but when they do it, they always release fantastic albums. They literally don't have a bad album yet. So many great songs on this album. Typical of VW's heady lyrics, this upbeat jazzy song may be about something deeper and more vexing below the surface. Perhaps its about the injustices/cruelty inflicted through the ages by the rich/powerful/ruling class on everyone else, but it gets celebrated as awesome and classical with enough time, and history repeats. Or maybe it's about something else. I'll be uploading more highlights from Vampire Weekend and the rest of Kilby Block Party here: kzbin.info/aero/PLmls2kb62BWKbaXRYnE3oM2XJWCtIdSi4 Enjoy.

[@TheMainAccount23]

Thank you! Would love to see sunflower the live version if you got it!

[@jimjamYT23]

For sure. I'll post it soon. I wish I had recorded the whole thing. I got a couple of clips because when I stopped recording I immediately regretted it. It was an awesome live version with violin and sax solos and more.

[@jimjamYT23]

MainAccount23, here you go, two clips from the extended live version of Sunflower: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqvOZIuhjJ6Dd5Y and kzbin.info/www/bejne/np6Td56YqtWehpY I hope you enjoy these. I've uploaded about 7 songs from Vampire Weekend so far and have another 14 or so to go. Check those out here: kzbin.info/aero/PLmls2kb62BWKbaXRYnE3oM2XJWCtIdSi4

[@TheMainAccount23]

@@jimjamYT23 awesome thanks!

[@franciscoferreira2768]

Thanks! Do u have worship you/ya Hey?

[@jimjamYT23]

Yes! I have both of those and will post in a few days. Those were the last two songs of VW's set. I'll try and remember to reply again in this thread when I post them.

[@jimjamYT23]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4CTqpWsqMSBgqs Enjoy.