I hated the original. If you’re a fan of this site, you’ll know I’m not someone who immediately disregards anything mainstream/pop and do try to give everything a chance. However, the original version of this track was just an awful piece of music: Lazy, bedroom production, rubbish vocals, more cliches than your average wedding vow, and a hook that predominantly consisted of ONE word.
Phew. Anyway, Vampire Weekend try and make some semblance of a song with minimal useful raw materials, adding in bouncy and WORTHWHILE instrumentation that blends horns, guitars and drums to give the track some credibility. Unfortunately, there’s only so much they can do with the nursery rhyme lyrics, but it’s not their fault.
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