Vampire Weekend – Cousins (Music Video)

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOR3BQFB0k[/youtube]

Funnest music video of the year? Probably.

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Edit: Web Sheriff sucks.

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Nick November 19, 2009 at 6:12 am

good video. but funnier than this film clip?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRZ-jLOrFfk&feature=related

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Eliot November 19, 2009 at 11:58 am

video removed due to a copyright claim by Web Sheriff???

they’re still around?

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Diego November 19, 2009 at 12:38 pm

here is the vampire weekend video since the one above got removed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOR3BQFB0k

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Luis Tovar November 19, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Thanks!

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kayehbee November 19, 2009 at 1:52 pm

not very original, very similar to their a-punk video

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Keso November 19, 2009 at 5:01 pm

I wanna shot the sheriff >_<

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dirkler November 22, 2009 at 8:13 pm

I always though Vampire Weekend was a bit over hyped. It’s interesting they can create such a buzz with this new single. It’s good…
But I think it wouldn’t be much without the video to accompany it.

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