Hearing "Before and After Science" and "Another Green World" definitely got me psyched about the potential to do exciting vibe-research through music." "I think people like Brian Eno and Momus helped me to realize that a career as a 'pop' musician can be as deep and mentally-stimulating as you want it to be. "All of us have been playing music since we were kids, so despite the distractions and the seemingly inevitable approach of traditional careers, there's been some feeling that music would somehow have to be a part of our lives," explained Koenig. Vampire Weekend hasn't had to sell the family farm, or, more appropriately for the Columbia alum, their parents' New York condos to finance their musical aspirations. Now, it's nice to play a space with a big stage so we can move around a little bit and a nice sound system." "When we first started out, a perfect gig would probably have been a packed, sweaty room - preferably a ballroomy space on the second floor of a Columbia pseudo-fraternity. "We allow the live show to be its own thing with different tempos, different kinds of energies, etc." he said. Lead singer Ezra Koenig talked about the young band's approach to playing live. The result mixes Strokes-y guitar, Congolese dance beats and lyrics that rhyme - Louis Vuitton with reggaeton." Joining the Sunday celebration will be Vampire Weekend, a brand new Big Apple-based Bar/None band that has yet to release their first record, but has already created a buzz in Rolling Stone, which described VW as "a coolly geeky blend of Afrobeat, New Wave, and Indie Pop. It was a fun experience for a change in the studio, no stress and strain. "I had my blinders on, I hadn't realized my covers were happy songs. Matthew Sweet and Marshall Crenshaw, Paul McCartney and NRBQ. "The songs I chose are ones that I have been playing in shows for years solo. Johnston also had some fun putting together his latest project, a collection of covers. A couple of the songs I hadn't played for over 10 years, so it was fun." We all thought it would be nice to recreate it for this museum show."Īccording to Johnston, the Hoboken show was a huge success. "They thought it would be a nice thing because I had done it and year and a half ago at Maxwell's (in Hoboken, where Bar/None is housed) with a couple of guys that played on the record. Johnston took little credit for the concert concept in a cellphone interview as he drove down I-55 in Kentucky. Sunday at Mass Moca, Johnston will perform the album in its entirety to celebrate both the 15th anniversary of "Can You Fly" and the 20th birthday of Bar/None Records, the label that had the courage and foresight to release the sophomore effort from the then-unheralded Johnston. You see, Freedy Johnston sold the family farm to finance the record. "Can You Fly" eventually found itself on the Top 10 list of several major magazines including People, Spin, Musician, and Billboard.Īccording to Rolling Stone, Johnston's masterpiece combined "poetic autobiographical tales with impossibly catchy melodies (which) established his reputation as a masterful pop tunesmith and won him critical accolades."
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