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Ezra Koenig

2024/10/21
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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

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Ezra Koenig discusses the challenges of balancing a full-time teaching job with producing Vampire Weekend's first album, the influence of artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, and the unique era between Napster and Spotify.
  • Ezra Koenig taught full-time while producing Vampire Weekend's first album.
  • The band drew inspiration from artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
  • The period between Napster and Spotify was a unique time in the music industry.

Shownotes Transcript

Musician and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig feels cautiously optimistic about being Conan O’Brien’s friend.

 

Ezra sits down with Conan to discuss producing Vampire Weekend’s first album while teaching full time, looking to artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen for inspiration, how everything changed in the era between Napster and Spotify, and which of his albums contain the most psychoactive compounds. Later, Conan continues the investigation into his grandmother’s namesake.

 

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