The Kids Don't Stand A Chance-Vampire Weekend

[TheCharcoalchicken]

2:43 onwards is how I feel around a girl I like

[rambogodterminator]

who the hell is B.O.B ??

[elianarules]

vampire weekend iz WAAAAAAYYYYY better than Foster the People.@ least vampire weekend haz more than 5 good songz.....

[wokzilla]

what are similar songs to this one?

[RYansAdams79]

@wokzilla Probably Foster the People Pumped up Kicks

[wokzilla]

they sound a lot like the police

[MrMarttin]

Para antes de dormir

[shmicky49]

i fancy my chances

[kelsaidan]

playing B.o.B's version and the original together sounds brilliant

[thedayiscool549]

@kelsaidan no offence..but not really...

[ctrlaltdestroy000]

I love this song to death, but what the fuck is it about?

[TheYDOICARE]

@ctrlaltdestroy000

It's about the exploitation of child labor in third world countries to make many of the products that we use today.

[reallyrandomdude23]

@ctrlaltdestroy000 are you seriously trying to make sense of vampire weekend lyrics? next you will be trying to understand Animal Collective.... xD

[DKsparks13]

@reallyrandomdude23 i understand animal collective.... xD

[matthieu64600]

Too talent in this band. I'm jalous...

[ThaEther]

Is the "for" part of the chorus correct? I think it might be "forward"?

[Pillsline34]

this song is stuck in my head!! gahhh

[YoungFlutest]

@Pillsline34 LUCKY. The worst songs always get stuck in my head -_-

[kwoffy]

people hate on them cause theyre rich. so what, they make good music. who cares about wealth?

[YoungFlutest]

@kwoffy A lot of people actually >.> But I see you're point :D

[LeedsladLewis]

Real music this :)

[helloxbrightxeyes]

the ending is simply magic. like bubble&tropical&laughter&summn­er evenings when it's pink w/ fireflies...all floating beautifully underwater

[chumshot1]

successful raping of replay button~ DONE.

[TheOldmenyet]

this is the best song I ever heard n,n

[HellMaster548]

Great song. Makes me feel good. Don't know why people are talking about B.o.B.

[PhaZeRMG]

@HellMaster548 he did a cover of this song. and its really good too. I think you'll like both version. search B.O.B. - Kids. I'm sure you'll like it bud ;)

[bak1795]

@HellMaster548 b.o.b kinda use this beat .... both great song

[funkymcmunky]

when it comes to getting served booze - THE KIDS DONT STAND A CHANCE

[theNVMEproject]

okay the only thing i recognized in this was when one guy said "France".

[iLageazzZ]

yeayeayea

xD



[MisterTibTib]

My weed song

[ktmracer5o]

guise im fucking stoned

[Rilezzz11]

why are we talking about B.o.B. when Vampire Weekend is better ?

[valdy12]

@Rilezzz11 You can't compare two different genres.

[Rilezzz11]

@valdy12 and you can't compare your mother's moan to your ex-girlfriend's moan but I don't care, I still compare them....Is it me or does you ex scream a lot ?

[valdy12]

@Rilezzz11 I don't know but would you like to enlighten me. I'll even throw my girlfriend in there two just to get a good comparison.

[timetraveler622]

this is real music

[Musicfan5ft8]

Honestly, for a rapper B.O.B is pretty good, unlike most rappers his music isn't all about money, sex, hoes and haters, he's very talented (especially for a rapper), he also sings and plays multiple instruments and has a nice cover of Kids by MGMT, and if he covers stuff by MGMT and VW, well then he also has pretty good taste. I wouldn't buy his album but he is good at what he does. Also, his version of this has Janelle Monae (who once opened for VW in London) and she's also brilliant.

[MrJellyBabiez]

@Musicfan5ft8 Thank you! I like people with sense :) 

[renaisawesome]

B.o.B is a talented artist and a good musician, but i like the original better

[kimthegwenfan]

Funny all this hatred and racism towards B.O.B and his version of this song is singing about hatred

"We're trapped inside the matrix

Forced to Pay our Hand

We're Filled with so much hatred

The Kids don't stand a chance"

I saw B.O.B. live when he opened for Rihanna this past June - wasn't a big fan but I am after seeing him. He is very talented and deserves to be where he is.

[Wasoncealegend]

Oh no way!! What did he just do!?!? Did he just 'like' Vampire Weekend and 'like' B.o.B??? Inconceivable!!!!

[apocaRUFF]

Where is the tune from this from? sounds really familiar. Is it Heat of the Moment?

[MrJellyBabiez]

@ymechaie good luck with your ignorance :)

[bambi186]

Thumbs up if Thevfxbro brought you here!

[DGSuberatletica]

this is true but we are listening to vampire weekend right now, not b.o.b

[Raywilliamjoseph]

And I swear Youtube throws in Kanye West as a related artist to everyone that they can't think of anyone else for

[Raywilliamjoseph]

"And crash the fuckin plane that faggot nigga b.o.b. was in" -

[iceberg9595]

b.o.b is a good artist. u obviously dont kno good music....but i guess talkin shit bout other pplz shit makes u feel better...get a life and stop hating on artist that made it doin what they do best...your a loser...not b.o.b....lol

[footygoodness]

@iceberg9595 " B.o.B is a good artist and aobviously you dont kno good music" my interpretation. B.o.B is a good artist and obviously you dont know how to spell

[MrToad849]

This is a class song the whole first album was class because of this the second one was always going to be hard to folling on from it. One album you can stick on a just chill and blaze one to.

[Deedovich]

for youuuuuuuuuuuuur a dipshit captain....the kids dont stand a chance!

[drpeppergirl6]

just chill they r both good artists. jesus

[MrToad849]

Yo jesus werent an artist



[SicNicable]

BOB sucks dick. Why don't you faggots listen to Nas or someone good?

[janinebrunomars6]

Sorry, but B.o.B's cover is better..

[steezewizard]

@janinebrunomars6 Shut the fuck up.

[LadyJammyDodgers]

@janinebrunomars6 hell no it really is not.

[FoCerealness]

@TheUzuaL ur retarded

[TheUzuaL]

B.O.B version is better... Then this white trash.

[gypsyhunter007]

@TheUzuaL WIthout vampire weekend B.o.B. wouldn't have done the song cuz they made it. I'd like to see the song vampire weekend riped off from B.o.B.

[UnoMeeh]

@TheUzuaL

and we wonder why racism wont go away

[steezewizard]

@TheUzuaL Shut the fuck you piece of shit. Go listen to that shit cover if you want, but don't diss the original.

[TheUzuaL]

@steezewizard

Very mature... No one loved you when you were young?

[steezewizard]

@TheUzuaL Piece of shit. My comment didnt get romoved, i think i fucking own you faggot.

[TheUzuaL]

@steezewizard

Congratulations.... You "Owned" a viewer on youtube... On some video that was added in 2008... I wish I was you.

[steezewizard]

@TheUzuaL you do. cunt.

[TheUzuaL]

@steezewizard

You are the man...

[steezewizard]

@TheUzuaL I'm aware.

[GreenshirtMr1023]

@IBpimpin6845 Bob is English Bob, from the Clint Eastwood film UNFORGIVEN. The song is totally about him.

[bobbyrayisthebest]

for crying out loud please listen to b.o.b's version this is nothing in comparison to it

[caseywtw]

It's too bad their second album is indie hipster trash. Their first album is pure gold.

[zake890]

@caseywtw debatable.

[Homerthescholar]

@caseywtw you mean contra? i actually think that their change of band sound shows that they can be versatile. and i think that with the way the public has accepted "giving up the Gun," they have done as well as any other band. true , their first album was a stroke of genius, but i don't think contra is completely terrible.

[TheGreenteawithmilk]

@caseywtw what? I think the only hipster songs on contra are "Giving up the gun" "holiday" and "cousins" apart from that their second album is dank. Diplomats son (the best song on contra), run, taxi cab, horchata and the rest of the songs are really creative and purely indie.

[44444443333333366666]

this is much better then bob's cover

[drpeppergirl6]

ima die its tooo good!!!!!!!!

[AgentDogz]

@drpeppergirl6 Don't die!

[KagleMonster]

So who's the original?

[Beethoveniac]

@KagleMonster Technically there is no first, since they're technically two separate but similar songs.........however, this one came out first, 2008, I think. B.o.B.'s take on it , simply titled "The Kids", didn't come out until a year or so later, I think. Not 100% certain, though. Might have to look it up on Google or Wikipedia to be sure.

[MrJellyBabiez]

@countchunkula No, it's very true. I have much respect for him :)

[garlock007]

Angry trolls. . . kids don't stand a chance

[iamawhore1]

loving the cello

[deeoxobabee]

as a fan of both styles and artists, i think each version reaches the audience that the artist intended. this has NOTHING to do with race, as this comment is coming from a black person. also, if you listen to the lyrics closely, the "kids" face different issues. i just feel like an artists cover of another artist is done out of respect, and b.o.b must be a fan of vw or atleast tries to pay hommage with his version. just think: imitation is the simplest form of flattery :)

[MrJellyBabiez]

@deeoxobabee Thank you, someone with a proper perspective! :D

[NataliaLikesKoalas]

Everytime i listen to this song, i uncontrollably smile.

[boisducafe1]

<3

[countchunkula]

Crash that fucking airplane that faggot nigger B.o.B. is in.

[liljizzy444]

@countchunkula You know what? Fuck you racist cracker. Crakcer cracker cracker. Your jsut mad because you cant rap like him!

[jasminehudson30]

@countchunkula cool it dude

[LilCbar]

@countchunkula Tyler the Creator!

[xx1musicluver2xx]

@countchunkula Tyler, The Creator

[MrJellyBabiez]

@countchunkula B.o.B is a fantstic artist, who acctually makes music about worthwhile things. One of the few modern rappers who do. The music he samples/references is music he likes. He's claimed himself that he hates modern rap as much as many other people. He prefers to make his own raps, and sometimes even sing. Do not criticize B.o.B.

[countchunkula]

@MrJellyBabiez U MAD BRO?

[Nudedude555]

@MrJellyBabiez crap music good meaning meh

[CodyHeredia]

@MrJellyBabiez Maybe B.O.B. should stick to poetry then because his MUSIC blows. Nobody criticized his lyrics, but music is a two-way street, buddy boy.

[ymechaie]

@MrJellyBabiez

"soft rap" like bob is shit. educate your self and listen to real music you plebian

[MrJellyBabiez]

@ymechaie You can't tell me my opinion is wrong. Educate YOUR self, and realise that some people like things you don't (I know, you might want to take a sit down). Do not insult me or my music tastes, you have no right.

[ymechaie]

@MrJellyBabiez

but your opinion is wrong. his music holds no artistic merit. it's just commercialized crap made to make money. it's polluting our mainstream with stupid shit that has no value.

[MrJellyBabiez]

@ymechaie But it's not. I enjoy listening to his music. So do other people. That's why it sells. Your one of these people who thinks the whole of mainstream music is corrupt and shit aren't you? It's not, it's just some of the music only makes it up the charts for certain reasons, which may be a bit weak. B.o.B however, is not 'Commercialised crap'. That's Soulja Boy, Pitbul and Usher. B.o.B's album does have artistic merit, and that's why I have much respect for him.

[ymechaie]

@MrJellyBabiez

well i can definatly see theres no convincing you. have fun listening to your brain dead bullshit.

[Beethoveniac]

@MrJellyBabiez You made semi-valid points, until your last sentence. If you tell the dissenters they can't criticize B.o.B.; it's hypocritical of you to tell those same dissenters they have no right to criticize you. In doing so, you're criticizing them. In doing so, you shift from being a dedicated fan to a defensive fanboy, or at least that's the impression you give others. Just leave them to their opinions and let it go at that, or risk being called a troll.

[renaisawesome]

@Beethoveniac shut up and listen to the music ffsake

[Beethoveniac]

@renaisawesome I agree, thta was pretty much my point to that other person.

[RYansAdams79]

@MrJellyBabiez I like Lupe Fiasco more than B.o.B but I understand what your saying, B.o.B is a very versatile rapper but no gives him any respect because he cover's other people's songs but I absolutely love VW thier usage of old instruments like the cello and the violin make me think of One Republic which is my favourite band. Music is not dead its the people running the music industry who is running music into the ground what do you think about your children and their children listening Lil W

[RYansAdams79]

@MrJellyBabiez I like Lupe Fiasco more than B.o.B but I understand what your saying, B.o.B is a very versatile rapper but no gives him any respect because he cover's other people's songs but I absolutely love VW thier usage of old instruments like the cello and the violin make me think of One Republic which is my favourite band. Music is not dead its the people running the music industry who is running music into the ground what do you think about your children and their children listening Lil W

[MrJellyBabiez]

@RYansAdams79 I know, there really is some real shite out there :/

[MrJellyBabiez]

@RYansAdams79 Oh, and I love Lupe too ;)

[renaisawesome]

@countchunkula what the fuck

[iTzzWiNNa]

Dude, this is bad, im glad B.o.B got a hold of this to make it way better

[LadyJammyDodgers]

@iTzzWiNNa small minded

[stc181]

the first picture of any band with a bass player in the front. props.

[justdropdead91207]

@stc181 Fall Out Boy = Bass player always in the front.

[sirbobification]

39 people are black

[MrLoui318]

wow b.o.b sampled this great

[TroyandRico]

Who really cares...? Hahaha I like both of them

[rachaltheradical]

i lyk this version better but b.o.b. didnt copy thats illegal & therefore he'd be in jail. its called covering someone elses song & they obviously allowed him to do it so he didnt steal it. dont be so childish. if you ever hear someone singing the same song as someone dnt assume they stole it theryres laws against that & i lyk b.o.b's version its different

[dean0600]

yep B.O.B copied vw i found out from my chav friends

[Beethoveniac]

I gotta confess, I never even knew they did this song, I heard the B.o.B. version first, liked it......and now it's NOTHING compared to this one!!!!!!! This one just plain blows it outta the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Saltin]

People should thank The Police, and also Paul Simon, for introducing Vampire Weekend.

[Beethoveniac]

@Saltin I definitely can see influences from them in this.

[scotstyleproductions]

@Saltin people should thank Paul Simon. Not for this, just for everything.

[wuhlm]

wtf is bob?

[TheGreenteawithmilk]

@wuhlm an artist. it's B.O.B. don't know wtf it stands for by he sings that song "nothin' on you". i'm sure u've heard of it.

[dieseleee]

@wuhlm - B.O.B. is a mainstream, very popular rapper / singer. Look him up. Pretty easy.

[ImTotallySummer]

@tallscooter do you want a cookie

[TheMo365]

@ImTotallySummer I want a cookie. preferrably sugar or snickerdoodle, and please, no tree nuts

[sleeeeezak]

@TheMo365 haha niceone.

[zake890]

@IBpimpin6845 if there were a love button, i'd click it for this comment.

[dpmiscool]

The Miike Snow remix is better than this bob person i've heard so much about

[ThisUselessHeart2]

Hey guess what everyone I love B.o.B AND Vampire Weekend! It actually IS possible, and I even liked the way he sampled this song for one of his songs. What the heck does it even matter anyway?

[drew19191]

I'll crash that fucking airplane that faggot nigga bob's in.

[Lollercopter100]

Wether it's Bobby Rays(B.o.B) ssong that brought you here it doesn't really matter.. what matters is that Vampire Weekend is heavenly so let's just listen and enjoy :)

[thundereliterox21]

Oops B.o.B.....and he is a rapper/singer

[thundereliterox21]

@dee634 I think you mean B.oB

[scotstyleproductions]

@IBpimpin6845 bob is a Broadway musical with a book by Harry Atteridge.

[purpledots92]

What's with all these rappers singing indie songs lately? i mean have you heard lupe fiasco's "show goes on?" everytime I hear it on the radio I think it's Modest Mouse's "float on" at first.

[kajdfdsaf]

what is this song about

[kungfudancin]

If anyone has the cello music for this I would be eternally grateful

[tha420champs]

great song 

[hoobusthesecond]

B.o.b's version is just so much more musically interesting... this is just your lame typical pop song. Why cant indie bands ever expand outside of Guitar, Bass and Drums.

316 word up!

[JKerouacBDylan]

@hoobusthesecond And what is your rap music? OTHER artist's guitar, bass, and drums, with a shitty singer rapping about useless shit over it.

[hoobusthesecond]

@JKerouacBDylan I know you've got your heart set on Vampire Weekend, but they are just so uninventive, never trying new things.

[Musicfan5ft8]

@hoobusthesecond Vampire Weekend can't expand from guitar, bass and drums? Clearly you've never listened to their second album.

[19lorenz96]

the best song ever

[AlexBlueStill]

It's a very good song, but it seems very like POLICE song DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME

[MrJuicylemons]

I also have 468 Characters left.

[skasax5]

they are BOTH covering this song

[nicknkub]

Anyone claiming either version is better is going to end up looking like a douche regardless -- they're BOTH good ok kids?

[MrMarttin]

:D

[MrCarter925]

went to there concert

[t8rtot268]

I have 468 characters remaining.

[22actorman22]

@t8rtot268 Me too. Oh wait no , I have 436 characters remaining.

[TheSgtSheppard]

What would this song be in 8-bit? hmm....

[IwannaTouchThis]

When I first view this video, there was 40,000 views. They deserve completly all those views. Love Vampire Weekend.

[homstar]

I'm getting feelings of "London Calling" album influence on this song

[HatersHater1000]

i know this is the original song and everything, but seriously, how could you not think that B.o.B.'s version is better?

[tsjaaaa]

@HatersHater1000 Because it's not better. 

[RTHBand]

Keep the good music coming! Thanks for inspiring our band.

Remember The Hurricanes

[LilCbar]

@wiqdGato hahahahaha

[lovemenowyoumonster]

Egyptian cotton reminds me of Uptown Girls! Thumbs up if you know what I'm talking about, =D

[Jackimole]

@lovemenowyoumonster I know what you're talking about, but I thumbed you down because you were thumb whoring.

[andStack]

Anyone else wonder what this song is about? You never really know with Vampire Weekend, but I've sort of settled on the idea that the song is about college graduates going out into the world fresh faced and idealistic who are about to be crushed by the corporate world.

[brocket96]

god this band is so gay B.O.B's version is so much better

[mattlasallefootball]

@you sir/smam, are very immature and don't understand too much about music. growing up will bring you MANY avenues of it, and theyre all branched off of each other, and all very awesome. BOB is a young talent. no i dont think his version is better, but you cnat knock it.. at all. please dont hate . grow up squirt.

[rainbeforetherainbow]

@brocket96 way to be a douche.