Video: MTVU Woodie Awards 2008: Vampire Weekend

Quizás dos bandas que no tengan mucho que ver decidieron hacer una nueva versión de The Kids Don't Stand A Chance , la canción es original de Vampire Weekend y fueron estos mismos quienes decidieron invitar a tocar a Chromeo para su presentación en los mtvU Woodie Awards . A continuación el video en donde se muestra a Chromeo acoplándose a Vampiro Weekend durante la presentación, me ha gustado mucho como suena la voz sintetizada de uno de los chicos de Chromeo sobre el sonido de Vampiro Weekend, a [...]

At the mtvU Woodies, Vampre Weekend were joined onstage by Chromeo to do Vampire Weekend's latest single, "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance," and I have to say, I was ...

As they promised at the Woodies , Chromeo have done a number on Vampire Weekend's "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance," and it sounds absolutely nothing like the version they performed with their Columbia brethren later that night. It's a fun listen -- syncopation and synths run rampant, the signature guitar line gets a keyboard makeover with some new chord movement in the mix. Sounds like Ezra gave 'em a new vocal melody to work with, too. Hear it at Hype , and compare it with this shaky video of their vocodered collab from the mtvU party: