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Vampire Weekend’s video march to victory
Last week there was something of a rights controversy over the cover photo used on Vampire Weekend's recent album "Contra." The model came forward saying they did not have proper permissions to use a Polaroid picture of her snapped by family members in the '80s. I say their recent string of videos gives them more right to anything produced in the '80s than those who actually lived through the decade.
Wow, just wow to Vampire Weekend's recent video for their song "Holiday":
When is the last time a band has made three videos in a row of such consistent high quality. Here's video number one, "Cousins":
And if you hate it, they're saying, well, then fuck you, get over it.
