Vampire Weekend (and friends) name drops by Lydia Eva Jung

Jerusalem, New York, Berlin (1/3)

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:14:37 UTC

I climbed Dharamshala too

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:15:00 UTC

Oxford Comma

She got an apartment in Washington Heights/Jerusalem, New York, Berlin (2/3)

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:15:21 UTC

a-punk

In the Young Men's Wing in Sloan-Kettering

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:15:28 UTC

A-Punk

Hudson River

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:15:45 UTC

Hudson and A-Punk

Houston...

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:16:12 UTC

... Dubai

Dubai - United Arab Emirates

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:16:24 UTC

"... to Houston"

Los Angeles, CA

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:18:06 UTC

where lyrics mistakenly think it doesn't rain (this life) or sun shine (Finger Back)

Tarrytown, NY

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:20:09 UTC

Finger Back

Rye, NY

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:20:16 UTC

Finger Back

Queens, NY

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:20:23 UTC

Mary Boone

Came in from Jersey

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:20:50 UTC

Mary Boone

Oxford, UK

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:21:03 UTC

of comma fame

Acoma Pueblo, NM

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:34:42 UTC

one of the Pueblos in New Mexico mentioned in A-Punk. I know there's an urge to make this a silly place from a silly little song but indigenous communities and their problems should be taken seriously. if you say "stop making this political" I will tell you that referencing places in songs is inherently political so don't go there

Transylvania, Romania

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:36:18 UTC

Vampires don't actually live here. Ice Cream Piano

Kosovo

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:36:27 UTC

Ice Cream Piano

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:37:45 UTC

8 minute

is ur bed made?

da-da, da-da, datt-da daaaaa da, dadadada dadadada da

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:38:09 UTC

we should probably reference where the Kwassa Kwassa comes from even though it's not named in a song

Khyber Pass, Pakistan

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:38:21 UTC

M79

Alameda, CA

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:38:42 UTC

the tapes weren't from here in step

Oakland, CA

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:38:52 UTC

the tapes were from here in step

San Francisco, CA

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:39:01 UTC

the tapes were not from here in step

Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:39:19 UTC

sympathy

Angkor Wat, Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:39:59 UTC

step

Mechanicsburg, Anchorage and Dar es Salaam (1/3)

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:40:05 UTC

step

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:40:13 UTC

step

Campus

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:40:37 UTC

general pin for the many New York references

Berlin

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:40:59 UTC

rhymed with win in JNYB

Contra Costa

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:45:40 UTC

I grew up in this county mentioned in California English. Martinez is the county seat

A devestating backstroke all the way from France

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:46:42 UTC

Kids don't stand a chance

Pure Egyptian Cotton comes from here

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:47:26 UTC

Kids don't stand a chance

Phoenix, AZ

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:48:12 UTC

Hannah Hunt's destination

Waverly, IA

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:49:35 UTC

Hannah Hunt

Lincoln, NE

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:49:45 UTC

Hannah Hunt

Providence, RI

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:49:56 UTC

Hannah Hunt's starting point

Hannah tore the New York Times up into pieces

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:50:19 UTC

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:59:17 UTC

may be connected to the satellite dishes in California English

they spent a Week Here in One (Blake's got a new face)

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 05:59:57 UTC

The Argentines Collapse in Defeat

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:51:23 UTC

suspected to be a reference to the Falklands War

Mystic Seaport is that way

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:51:46 UTC

Walcott

f*** those bears back in Provincetown

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:52:04 UTC

Anchorage

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:53:04 UTC

step

Ur girl was in Berkeley with a Communist reader

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:53:24 UTC

Irina grew up in Wisconsin

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:54:22 UTC

Pravda

Taqueria Y Fonda La Mexicana, Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:55:54 UTC

California English

Moscow, Russia

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 18:56:30 UTC

Had a job once at Penn Station

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 19:03:28 UTC

Hope u let it go

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:10:38 UTC

not a favorite song of mine but it exists

White Sky

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:12:10 UTC

AH OOOH, OOH OOOH, OOOH OOH, OOH OOH (just for laughs)

Diane Young and Associates, Darling Street, Balmain NSW, Australia

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:13:45 UTC

australia having random places that share names with vw songs skskskssk

Young Lions Jazz Conservatory, Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:14:25 UTC

u take ur time

Riverside, NJ

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:16:05 UTC

possibly referenced in Hudson

Hudson Bay

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:16:54 UTC

Mansard Roofing Ltd, Burnt Mills Industrial Estate, Basildon, UK

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:17:22 UTC

another coincidence joke place

Sutton Place, Manhattan, New York, NY

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:18:06 UTC

is this where the narrator of Hudson was born?

Babylon, Iraq

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:19:06 UTC

source of "hanging gardens turned to desert"

referenced by name in Hudson

Cambridge, MA

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:21:26 UTC

I've had dreams of Boston all of my life

Chinatown beneath the sound of the night

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:22:26 UTC

Charles as the Nile (1/2)

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:22:46 UTC

Charles as the Nile (2/2)

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:23:06 UTC

Grant's Tomb, Riverside Drive, New York, NY

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:25:05 UTC

Pravda, also possibly on the Riverside mentioned in another song

Jerusalem Restaurant

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:25:45 UTC

Mary Boone, Garrett Avenue, La Plata, MD

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:26:45 UTC

not the real thing just a coincidence

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

ljung1658 — 2024-09-10 22:27:42 UTC

(Tropic of) Capricorn

ljung1658 — 2024-09-11 00:35:46 UTC

Bleeding Madras is named after this place here

ljung1658 — 2024-09-11 18:07:00 UTC

Denton Days

ljung1658 — 2024-09-11 23:57:37 UTC

Houston Dubai

bright lights back in Dallas

ljung1658 — 2024-09-11 23:58:08 UTC

I don't think much about her no more

I see them now they're huddled on Astor

ljung1658 — 2024-09-12 00:01:09 UTC

Ulva, United Kingdom

ljung1658 — 2024-09-12 00:02:04 UTC

Lord Ullin's daughter

Ciao ciao bambina

ljung1658 — 2024-09-12 00:06:28 UTC

a famous arena that was very thundering. Also shoutout to Rome by Phoenix

Via Veneto (Phoenix)

2024-09-12 02:30:23 UTC

Philadelphia, PA, USA

2024-09-12 05:45:53 UTC

Philly Cheesesteak reference in California English

Chestnut Park at Cleveland Circle

2024-09-13 11:30:17 UTC

Chestnut Park on a Saturday night