Video of Vampire Weekend on Saturday Night Live

Band Performed "Cousins" and "Giving Up the Gun"

Mar 08, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon Photography by Wendy Lynch Redfern
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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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