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MP3: Vampire Weekend- Ruby Soho

While listening to Vampire Weekend’s output, especially their first album, a connection to Graceland-era Paul Simon is absolutely undeniable.  The afro-pop rhythms shake the same and the vocals of Ezra Koenig are just as silky smooth as the Garfunkel-less Simon.  This is not new information nor is it some obscure connection that will catapult me into….anything.  I bring it up because Graceland was the very first cassette I ever put money on the counter for and Vampire Weekend made me listen to it again.  Today, Vampire Weekend’s cover of  Rancid’s “Ruby Soho,” hit the web.  Let’s see if their take on a song from Rancid’s radio friendly  punk classic …And Out Come the Wolves forces me to dig out yet another buried album that I wore to the bone.  Thoughts?

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