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Kennady Quille :
09/14/2022 12:50 AM
In 2005, Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig travelled through London en route to India and said that the trip got him "thinking a lot about colonialism and the aesthetic connections between preppy culture and the native cultures of places like Africa and India." This inspired Koenig to write a short story exploring those connections, and called it "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," after which the song was named.
"Kwassa kwassa" refers to a dance rhythm from Congo (DRC). https://bit.ly/2U1OpWM
Koenig also confides, "The beats make this one of our most African sounding songs, but I think it also sounds Irish. I was listening to accordion music when I wrote it."
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Kevin Cole :
08/19/2022 06:22 PM
In 2005, Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig travelled through London en route to India and said that the trip got him "thinking a lot about colonialism and the aesthetic connections between preppy culture and the native cultures of places like Africa and India." This inspired Koenig to write a short story exploring those connections, and called it "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," after which the song was named.
"Kwassa kwassa" refers to a dance rhythm from Congo (DRC). https://bit.ly/2U1OpWM
Koenig also confides, "The beats make this one of our most African sounding songs, but I think it also sounds Irish. I was listening to accordion music when I wrote it."
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Larry Rose :
01/18/2022 10:03 PM
In 2005, Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig travelled through London en route to India and said that the trip got him "thinking a lot about colonialism and the aesthetic connections between preppy culture and the native cultures of places like Africa and India." This inspired Koenig to write a short story exploring those connections, and called it "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," after which the song was named.
"Kwassa kwassa" refers to a dance rhythm from Congo (DRC). https://bit.ly/2U1OpWM
Koenig also confides, "The beats make this one of our most African sounding songs, but I think it also sounds Irish. I was listening to accordion music when I wrote it."
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Kevin Cole :
06/24/2021 04:05 PM
In 2005, Vampire Weekend vocalist Ezra Koenig travelled through London en route to India and said that the trip got him "thinking a lot about colonialism and the aesthetic connections between preppy culture and the native cultures of places like Africa and India." This inspired Koenig to write a short story exploring those connections, and called it "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa," after which the song was named.
"Kwassa kwassa" refers to a dance rhythm from Congo (DRC). https://bit.ly/2U1OpWM
Koenig also confides, "The beats make this one of our most African sounding songs, but I think it also sounds Irish. I was listening to accordion music when I wrote it."
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Larry Mizell, Jr. :
06/16/2021 01:33 PM
Frontman Ezra Koenig said: "The beats make this one of our most African sounding songs, but I think it also sounds Irish. I was listening to accordion music when I wrote it."
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This name checks ex-Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel, who is such a fan of Vampire Weekend that he covered this song in collaboration with the British electropop band Hot Chip. He paid tribute to Vampire Weekend: "They have a unique style. It's very exciting for them to introduce African influences to a whole new audience. They do it with intelligence and enthusiasm. And a sense of humor."
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