Video of Vampire Weekend on Saturday Night Live
Band Performed "Cousins" and "Giving Up the Gun"
Mar 08, 2010
Photography by Wendy Lynch Redfern
Vampire Weekend
Well, that was another terrible Saturday Night Live episode Saturday night. Sigh… Aside from the bits from criminally underutilized host Zach Galifianakis, and to a lesser degree Vampire Weekend, this was a serious letdown. Even VW didn’t bring anything new to their growing late-night performance repertoire. The performed Contra tracks sounded almost indentical to their punky, yet fastiduious original recordings.
Galifianakis introduced the quartet with a funny Hoobastank gaffe/joke and then our Issue #30 cover subjects delighted the live audience. Almost two years ago they graced the same stage and this time the indie-pop group seemed more confident as they performed two tunes from the recently released Contra. First up was the frantic debut single “Cousins” and the song #2 slot went to a string-laden “Giving Up the Gun.” “Gun” also featured SNL’s house band as backup singers. The Billboard #1 band did pretty well for themselves. Sadly, you can’t say the same for the very unfunny SNL cast. Watch both VW clips right here. Contra is out via XL.
Sidenote: VW promote condom use.
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