11 Responses to “Vampire Weekend’s “Oxford Comma””

• Stephen

  30 June 2008 at 5.05 pm

  “Inspired?” More like annoyingly ripped off.
• Ethan Schaefer

  1 July 2008 at 2.29 am

  Hah.. Wes Inspired? more like Based On. These guys have even gone as far as even stealing melodies from mothersbaugh in their songs. Gotta love it. Futura, dolley, dry humor, what more could you ask for?
• Ethan Schaefer

  1 July 2008 at 2.31 am

  Inspired, more like based off of. These guys have even gone as far as stealing melodies from mothersbaugh’s scores. Gotta love it. Dolleys, Futura bold, dry humor. They may as well have attributed wes to the video.
• G.

  2 July 2008 at 7.38 pm

  Clearly.

  and, also, in Vampire Weekend’s song Blake’s Got A New Face, they mention Darjeeling: “English Breakfast tastes like Darjeeling”

  this could be a mere coincidence, but it’s clear that they definitely enjoy and like to imitate Wes Anderson.
• Ethan Schaefer

  4 July 2008 at 1.36 am

  oops i figured mine didn’t post. Yah they do mention the word darjeeling. I’m sure they did it on purpose to reference how much they love wes but they’re talking about darjeeling tea. I also hear they’re going to collaborate with Mothersbaugh. Gotta love that guy. Mark Mothersbaugh is one of the coolest people I’ve ever been near before in my life.
• G.

  8 July 2008 at 4.01 pm

  Yeah, I did realize that they were talking baout the tea, but it was just a coincidence I thought I’d bring up.

  Mark Mothersbaugh is brilliant, most definitely.
• Bingham Bryant

  9 July 2008 at 11.20 pm

  I think it may also be a homage to Jean Luc Godard’s movie “Week-End”, which features a lot of long tracking shots with a red/blue color scheme, including one of a pianist giving a concert in a farm yard surrounded by cows.
  Of course, it could just be inspiration by proxy, as Wes rips off Godard just as much as Vampire Weekend seem to be copying him. Not that I don’t sincerely love Wes, but his style is almost entirely derived from Godard.
• gabs

  12 July 2008 at 4.37 pm

  Jean-Luc Godard…that does make a lot of sense, now that I think about it.
• D

  23 July 2008 at 12.33 am

  That’s a good video. The best is either the troupe of aspiring guitarists doing Buddy Hollys or the amazing white Olds getaway coupe. The CD is nice too. Anderson clearly gets credit even if not named…
• Giles

  17 June 2009 at 6.20 am

  “Not that I don’t sincerely love Wes, but his style is almost entirely derived from Godard.”

  Try Truffaut too.
• Curtis

  13 November 2009 at 1.03 pm

  Does anyone know how Wes Anderson feels about the video? He likely feels flattered. Or are you pussies too scared to say that he might feel like this is a bush-league homage to him? If they’re going to copy him this closely, there should at least be some sort of subtle note of thanks.

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• Tim Lübke: Truly a great film. Please take it into the collection.
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• Daniel Sinnerbrandt: Criterion needs to happen! oh.. and for heaven's sake, all Wes
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