Vampire Weekend at Coachella 2008: APunk

[madtigerx]

Ezra has a Jello Biafra aesthetic about him in this performance

[TheGOHARDinc]

Idalioco@ go to hell I would like to see you play the guitar the way he does you fucking douche bag

[spidermansupersexy1]

yea! well they look confident!!!

[tgurl64]

Jesus, why isn't everybody dancing? Pumping your fist at the end is just weak....

[aventari]

@tgurl64 cuz it's hot as hell and everyones dehydrated and out of it. I've gone to coachella a few times (first was '99) and I won't go again no matter who plays

[neonclrs]

@tgurl64 right!?! aughh 

[JoeladoreMCR]

Nice quality for a handycam

[aushole182]

those strings are on fire

[Hitzification]

I love the tone on that bass.

[Tate22]

Who's the douche bag on a cell phone?

[snarfweasle]

That bassist just can't sit still, can he? He's all over the place

[snafupenguin]

Koeing could easily sing for the Dead Kennedys :]

[Cordoloinar]

Get the fuck out.

[AlishLee]

Hahahahaha

me encantan¡¡¡

yeah¡¡

[mehfesto]

Good quality sound on this for a handycam!

Usually it's jut fuzz at gigs!

[magmazing]

The reason for the better sound quality is that I use an external shotgun mic with a pad that knocks the sound down to prevent distortion

[surfeygirl08]

omg that was soooo fun i loved his pink shorts!!!

somehow i managed to get to the front but it started filling up when they came on i got freakin awesome pro-status pics!! my screensaver now!!!!

[wscmx13]

i dont like his OH OH OH...i like his OHHH OHHHHH OHHHHHHHHHHH

[mellonindustries]

not bad live either!

[Somone23]

im gonna get so many thumbs down for this even though i love vampire weekend but holy shit could there fashion be any more fucking preppy

[CliveSinclairZX]

ahahaha, yeah oh man.. I mean... wow....

[Pills526]

where at in California is this festival

[magmazing]

Indio California... I state it in the description. It's close to Palm Springs and it's held on a polo field.

[Pills526]

Aight so what were the other bands cuz i see like M.I.A and MGMT were in it too

[magmazing]

Just go to Coachella's website. Google "Coachella Music Festival" and follow the links to this last year's lineup.

[TheArachnoid]

Coachella. Where only the good bands play. Everyone else goes to the Vans Warped Tour.

[Somone23]

pink shortz

[xxwanting]

tres cool pink shorts!

[Iamastarxx]

Chris B. good job dancing! & ezra

[TractorboyTom]

jesus, UK festivals are so much better

[MuseGroove12]

yes, yes they are

[sarcasticmeow]

Siren Fest in Brooklyn is on the same level

[TractorboyTom]

I doubt that.

[juank126]

TOTALLY AGREE I've been to UK and US festivals and UK'S kick some a. s. s.

[Kudell46and2]

this edition,or any of the recient ones were AWESOME

just the names...

and it's a place to be at least once on your life

[system2030]

i live like 30 mins away from coachella and its freaking hot im talking bout

100 or more degrees outside

soo i dont blame them for not moving alot

[eltork]

i love these guys

[unknowndude363]

wow the crowd sucks...i guess NY crowds are better, because NY loves vampire weekend

[dunderdon]

hell yes!

[Sk8rkid3]

got that right...

[squareis2]

hey, it was hot out there. I think they're doing good for a bunch of sunburned hipsters

[zoekestan]

HELL YES

[bw120205]

I hate this band. Such bland indie pop garbage

[pdiddy89892003]

and what do you listen to? please indulge

[bw120205]

I actually listen to a lot of electronica and more experimental indie stuff. But that isn't really relevant to this I guess. Basically, Vampire Weekend reminds me a lot of this band called Dr. Dog who basically kicks their ass. I love indie pop as much as the next person, I just feel like Vampire Weekend is the Pitchfork flavor of the week. Let's just see how their follow-up fairs...

[e6treehouse]

VW is decent, but the amount of hype baffles me considering how many similar bands there are that are just as good or are more creative. I guess that's how it goes. And man, the new Dr. Dog is great.

[hotfuss84]

i love this band, but this vid does them no favors.

[pirateslife4me865]

they are so cute!

i love them

:)

[NiKoGp83]

Arctic Monkeys are Better

[alexuribe1]

mm different?

[AdamShanklyUK]

Only monkeys like Arctic Monkeys

[LOTNRSD]

Only vampires like Vampire Weekend >_>

I'll get my coat...

(I like vampire weekend by the way)

[AdamShanklyUK]

Taxi for LOTNRSD

:-p

[LOTNRSD]

It had to be done!

;)

[j0hansta]

Some bands just shouldn't play live.. ever.

[supersushistu]

theyre not that bad live ! wtf !

[j0hansta]

Okay they manage to hold the tempo but they're dead boring. Just look at the way the bassist's moving back and forwards..

[winechild]

yeah i don't really get them either. i've tried, i really have. it just doesn't hold my attention.

[theblastocyst]

i agree. it's not that they're no tight or anything. it just sounds so empty live

[EvilGeniusWithGuns]

This version sounds like balls

they are actually very good live, like VERY GOOD

I saw them so I know ^^

[biggamegolfinjames]

I was there...it sounded so much better, and they are great live

[SoulVaX]

this band fuckn sucks

[teresaelectro]

seriously, it wasn't that hot. Saturday it was barely 95. Maybe since i come from Texas, i'm okay with it.

Vampire was okay, but didn't interest me enough to leave the beer tent.

[hendrixfan143]

I have to agree. THis year was heaven compared to others. And nothing was really crowded so you never had to suffer through body heat.

MIA and Gogol were pretty much the only shows that I was crowded at.

[That70sdesperado]

Yeah man people were apeshit for Gogol Bordello. I had a broken foot and I was still in the very front hah. Vampire was solid, but Portishead was the best.

[ddb973]

I think it was 102 that day. They were great!

[nataliaa0betch]

BITCHES I WAS THERE!

i love you guys!!!

but i do agree with person all the way in the bottom i mean all the crowd went to the DJ'S tents most of the time but gogol bordello was the shit everyone loved it !

i mean i was there for friday saturday and sunday and there were alot of people particcpating on recyling but not much for the concerts!:O

[moo1392]

he's really hot..but seriously those shorts..

[fritzpotter]

pink shorts !! hmmm he looks sexy ^^

im so gay jaja , well but i think that ^^

[creda11]

I was at the show - crowd was great for most acts. Daytime acts are always a little lower key. But if you think they were lame, you missed Santogold, MGMT, Flogging Molly and Gogol Bordello among many others. If you weren't there and are judging, um, jealous much?

[adx1985]

It never ceases to amaze me how much ridicule there is on YouTube. I am from Arizona, and I thought it was still pretty hot throughout the day. At least they go there to show support, or see what all the hype is about. If you want to dance, dance. If you want to watch, watch. If you want to sing, sing. If you want to get fucked up, get fucked up. Point being, do what you want.

[danicha90]

i was there!!! it was amazing this song i loiked the show

[LalaCMca]

The crowd always seems to be bad at Coachella. I think the hot weather partly contributes to that. Still, it must have been really weird to play in front of people who don't even seem to be into the music.

[johnny2125]

well its also about 100 degrees during the day at coachella....not really dancing weather

[johnny2125]

that was so much fun...and the crowd did get into it. they are not overated whatsoever i went in there with high expectations and they definately lived up to the hype...

[maximusv1]

Coachella Crowd = shit.

On every video they barely move.. For any of the bands.

[steveyjg]

that's because it's 100 degrees out there

[zuleautu]

No, it's true. The crowds were pretty bad this year. I was there for Saturday 2007 and all of last weekend and everyone was uptight. The most awkward part is that I noticed a ton of performers looking at the crowd's responses in disbelief and/or laughing at it (Kraftwerk, Prince, early on in Roger Waters' set, Stephen Malkmus, even Justice when he first tried to get everyone's hands up). Crowd participation=fail.

[zuleautu]

Oh, but this set ruled.

[maximusv1]

Still.. ha ha! They need to issue bottles of water at the door!

[indigodistrict]

from what i heard it was really unimpressive. yes this is all hype haha. i dont even think they'll put out anohter album. but i maybe wrong... theyre rich kids from the east coast i guess they have enough money.

[InsomniumX]

I don´t know... when I saw the vocalist that day I honestly wanted to punch him, hated that preppy look. But, for some reason I like their music, which is all the more amazing considering I´ve been listening mostly thrash and power metal lately.

[ysimmy]

the music and the weather = perfect match !!!

[cybertechno]

coachella have the best line up but the best crowd ever... never seen everybody stopped in a show like that... :)

[pinkphlegm]

amazing

[AztecPrincess84]

wish i was there too =[

[DFectuoso17]

Wish i was there ...

[Crede06]

Good sound on this. I didn't go this year, but it looks like the Friday lineup at Coachella was very impressive.

[pearljamin99]

wow they really got the crowd into it!!! haha