Video: Vampire Weekend "I'm Going Down" Acoustic Springsteen Cover

Ever since this May's Paul Simon cover songs collection, a follow-up starring Bruce Springsteen — a figure similarly oft-cited as inspiration to our favorite indie acts — has been in the works. The hard part, though, has been that there are dozens of versions of the Boss floating around, some brilliant and others falling a bit short despite showing plenty of reverence for their hero. Given Frightened Rabbit's recent tribute to the blue-collar icon and Kurt Vile's forthcoming studio take on "Downbound Train," now feels like a good time to compile the best or [...]

• Benjamin Francis Leftwich - Atlantic City
• CO - TTTR

​Know what the other one is? They're both coming to Kansas City in the next few weeks. Huzzah!Free Energy is tart little rock and roll band from Philly, and they're at RecordBar with the infamou... Continue reading "Free Energy and Vampire Weekend both cover the Boss -- but that's just one thing they have in common" >

It's Ezra Koenig as you've never heard him before - demure, gravelly and totally owning Bruce Springsteen. Having recently waxed lyrical to Pitchfork about his love for the 'I'm Goin' Down' and it's "weird mix of cheerful and bummed out", he channels those feelings into a delicate, impassioned performance.

Over the weekend Vampire Weekend covered Bruce Springsteen's "I'm Going Down" at one of their live shows. I wished for a studio version of because I enjoyed it so much. Well I sorta got my wish. The band recently performed a live studio cover of the song for 107.1 The End . The result is a really great, clear, recording of the cover. The band does it plenty of justice. Ezra's vocal performance was quite impressive. Download it below: [mp3]: Vampire Weekend - I'm Going Down (Bruce Springsteen Cover) [...]

A few weeks back, Pitchfork spoke with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend for their 5-10-15-20 series, and for an album he enjoyed in his 25th year of life, he lists Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA. Of "I'm Going Down" he says, "For a while, "I'm Goin' Down" was my favorite, and I listened to that constantly. Partially, it may have been the headspace that I was in at the time. It had this happy feel, but somewhat depressing lyrics about going down. There's this weird mix of bummed out and cheerful about going down. That [...]

• Vampire Weekend "I'm Going Down" Acoustic Springsteen Cover

When not getting sued for $2 million by Ann Kirsten Kennis , Vampire Weekend keep themselves busy playing some of the biggest festivals in the world, and trying their hand at covering the Boss. The quartet from New York City have added Bruce Springsteen's 1985 hit 'I'm Goin' Down' to their recent setlists. The band performed the song recently at an acoustic session for Seattle radio session 107.72s show The End . The acoustic version is a stripped down cover of Springsteen's ballad, and takes away much of the bombast (and the sax solo) [...]

vampire weekend - i'm goin down ( bruce springsteen cover @ 102.7 The End) [ how cool is this cover? vampire weekend pay homage to the boss and i love it!] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld

A pesar de su problema legal ( por la portada del Contra ), Vampire Weekend sigue haciendo cosas interesantes. En esta ocasión, covereó a Bruce Springsteen, primero en el Malkin Bowl, en Vancouver, y ahora en versión acústica para una estación de radio de Seattle. Acá esta para que la escuchen en el nuevo iTunes ♩ Vampire Weekend - I'm Going Down (Acoustic Bruce Springsteen Cover)

• Vampire Weekend - I'm Going Down (Acoustic Springsteen Cover)