Vampire Weekend: What's With All the Cape Cod References?

Complete video at: fora.tv/2009/01/10/TimesTalks_...
Vampire Weekend shares its obsession with Cape Cod, despite most of the band's members never having visited the area. Lead singer Ezra Koenig explains that what started as a film reference quickly became a "mystical" setting for the entire album.
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Smart, indie pop from four former Columbia students: how they got together, the success of their debut album and where they're headed now. Interviewed by Ben Sisario.
TimesTalks is The New York Times's premier event program featuring intimate discussions with Times journalists and some of today's top talents and thinkers from the fields of film, theater, television, art, politics, media, food and dining, sports and more.

[@liviamartinez8]

ezra can't stop laughing and that makes my heart sob

[@fazhionrocks]

I love this interview so much Ezra they way he talk is like so genuine and sooo fucken sweet iw as smiling the whole time he talks on the interview

[@calilove1942]

he's so nerdy and I love him

[@gabrielthompson9800]

I've wondered this for so long

[@avgarcia1999]

I wish they would've showed a close up of Rostam :(

[@kasiaz.1783]

I'm so proud of them :')

[@SirDizmo]

They look young here, of course they are going to joke around. Young or not you can't fault these people for their sense of humour. I think people who spend half their life on youtube saying "That's ** minutes of my life I'm never going to get back" probably didn't miss a great deal losing said time.I've technically just lost a few minutes commenting but I do have a worthwhile existance and occasionally I do like to waste a bit of time...

[@zd91]

Well said!

[@carlosanzo5765]

Does anyone know where I can watch the whole interview?

[@phoebe9261]

if you google 'vampire weekend times talks' you should see a link to the full interview on dailymotion :)

[@vqc3834]

phoebe9261 Thanks Very Much, getting high and watching this shit is going to be sweet!!! Hahahaha

[@marianafernandez8848]

Cutie pies

[@moonlightfitz]

10 years ago🤣

[@kiwifruit138]

hahaha

[@JohnSmith-tq4jh]

I hope everyone who is ignorantly commenting here about Vampire Weekend's "stupidity" knows that they are actually all very intelligent and have received higher levels of education than, in all probability, you have. After all, they met as students at Columbia University. They must be pretty dumb, right?

[@TheCoolchick46]

lol

[@SethHesio]

@Sphaz98 Blah.

[@Abagelandcoffee]

I like vampire weekend but yes, they don't really belong on this channel. Its a little out of place.

[@SethHesio]

Right this makes sense.. I always knew Vampire Weekend were as shit and pointless as I thought they were.

[@pinkfloydfan417]

Vampire Weekend sucks.

[@dekuchy4935]

pinkfloydfan417 wtf

[@li5759]

pinkfloydfan417 to you

[@river8383]

Then why the fuck you here

[@kaiva3262]

stay far away from me

[@thatsfuckedupdaisy]

So does your mom

[@thisscreensucks]

this band isnt worth mentioning, especially on an intellectual like this

[@sunnylaster3538]

thisscreensucks how ? They all went to Columbia ?

[@666stormz]

L