"Mansard Roof" - Vampire Weekend

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Went to Big Bear over Super Bowl weekend. We rented a truck and charged it with a bunch of friends and Vampire Weekend was the new album on repeat for the better part of the trip. Absolutely amazing. They remind me of Paul Simon meets a Wes Anderson movie. Most excellent. So simple, yet the sound is so colorful and vibrant.

Their songs have been stuck in my head since Super Bowl weekend. Went to the Groundation show here last Saturday and was randomly singing "Blaaakes, got a new face! (Blaaake's got a new face...)" and my friend she flips out that I'm singing that song. She tells me she has been playing that album over and over and has tried to see them 3 times in LA and they've been sold out every time. I knew that they are playing at the Casbah March 19th and think maybe I should get on top of it. The tickets were originally only like $10... The lowest I could find YESTERDAY was 5 @ $35. I was about to just buy 'em but my friend says we should just find some on Craigslist closer to the date. TODAY... All the tickets are going for $80-120.

FUCKERY! Damnable supply and demand and all you people out there who think music is a business... It's not a business, IT'S AN INALIENABLE RIGHT!!!

I digress... I decided last night to do this song. Enjoy.

***Update***
Got 3 tickets @ $60... Seen 'em as high as $180 now. Capacity is only like 200.

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[jimmy3284]

fantastic tone! what series tele is that? what amp are you using?? great cover, keep it up!

[rasta1982]

@jimmy3284 The Tele is a 52 reissue. Amp was just some dingy Crate but was running my Line 6 Pod Pro through it.

I don't have time or the space to make vids anymore... Too busy working on other people's music these days (sadly ironic)

[drummingcumpas]

hey if you could spend your tab me please man if? I need to get that dime in piano and I have good ears to do,,, and the guitar tab if the piano can take to please a man if??

[rasta1982]

@drummingcumpas oye, lo siento pero no tengo la partitura de la canción. Yo lo aprendí del álbum

[lauw3]

Hey man awesome job. I love this vid. Could you send me tabs to this so I can do a sad job of trying to learn it? LOL

[rasta1982]

Thanks! I figured this out myself... Try checking UltimateGuitar()com

[poodleinmypie]

dammnn. I approve. You should do a cover of Oxford Comma. And thanks for the duct tape suggestion?? haha

[rweiss7]

sweet dude, nice guitar work!

[drummingcumpas]

brother :D hey si me podrias pasar tu tab porfavor hombre si?? es que necesito sacar esa rola en piano y no tengo bueno oido para lograrlo,,, y con la tab de la guitarra si la podre sacar en piano porfavor hombre si???

[ninakeeuh]

ii like it (:

[rasta1982]

No prob, I ain't worried! Glad you checked it.