“Giving up the gun”. Vampire Weekend. Vídeo, letra e información.

Indie-rock con influencias africanas. Así se las gastan los niños bien de Vampire Weekend, que tras su primer trabajo, con el mismo nombre de la banda, y después de dos años, sacaron al mercado discográfico Contra, inspirado en la calidez de California.

Y ellos capaces de unir baterías, campanillas y violines en una misma canción y resultar interesantes, se desmarcan con Givin up the gun, un tema cuyo vídeo musical fue dirigido por Emmett Malloy, el mismo que dirigió “Under Great White Northern Lights”, el documental de los White Stripes.

Y es que el vídeo no tiene desperdicio, y no sólo por el minimalismo escénico, sino por la cantidad de cameos que hay.  Y si no ahí está Joe Jonas de los Jonas Brothers, el actor Jake Gyllenhaal, el vaquero Jack Twist de  Brokeback Mountain, o los raperos RZA y Lil’ Jon.

Un imperdible musical para disfrutar viendo y escuchando.

Your sword’s grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It’s locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it’s done

And though it’s been a long time

You’re right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you’re giving up the gun

When I was 17, I had wrists like steel

And I felt complete

And now my body fades behind a brass charade

And I’m obsolete

But if the chance remained to see those better days

I’d cut the cannons down

My ears are blown to bits from all the rifle hits

But still, I crave that sound

Your sword’s grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It’s locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it’s done

And though it’s been a long time

You’re right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you’re giving up the gun

I heard you play guitar down at a seedy bar

Where skinheads used to fight

Your Tokugawa smile and your garbage style

Used to save the night

You felt the coming wave, told me we’d all be brave

You said you wouldn’t flinch

But in the years that passed since I saw you last

You haven’t moved an inch

Your sword’s grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It’s locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it’s done

And though it’s been a long time

You’re right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you’re giving up the gun

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

I see you shine in your way

Go on, go on, go on

Your sword’s grown old and rusty

Burnt beneath the rising sun

It’s locked up like a trophy

Forgetting all the things it’s done

And though it’s been a long time

You’re right back where you started from

I see it in your eyes

That now you’re giving up the gun