Well if you are obsessed with Vampire Weekend like me, you have traced their roots pretty deep. Ezra’s first journey into the music scene was with his old hip-hop duo “L’Homme Run” which was with his college friend Andrew Kalaidjian. They had a few tracks on their myspace that got them some moderate love, but nothing to the level of Vampire Weekend (obviously).
However, there is good reason not to forget about L’Homme Run. As far as I can remember they had a select few tracks on their myspace. I have 4 of them as mp3′s in itunes. They are “Bitches”, “Interracial Dating”, “Pizza Party” and the aforementioned song “Giving Up Da Gun”.
If you take a look at the track listing for Contra, you can see that one of the songs on the album is titled “Giving Up The Gun”. It just so happens that the song got taken down from L’Homme Run’s myspace. Hmm……
The L’Homme Run “version” is probably best compared to “I Stand Corrected”. It is a pretty good song, executed pretty well considering how young and inexperienced Ezra was at the time.
You can only wonder what they did with the song now. Reworked it, cleaned it up, put some spit and shine on it.
Although, it could just be one big fat coincidence. A pretty fat one at that.
[mp3] : L’ Homme Run – Giving Up Da Gun XL Recordings asked me to take it down! VW doesn’t want this version to be heard!
-A thank you to Hunter Lombard for bringing this connection to my attention!
-Also, if you guys want the rest of L’Homme run’s songs email me or leave a comment below! If there is some demand for it, I will make it happen!
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Some pretty good detective work right there, props!
I would very much like to hear more of them…………
Way interested; would be way pleased if you posted the rest of them!
thankies!!
i want dem in my mouf!!!
haha, good detective work
i want to lsiten to those
I would like to have these. Can you send?
hey will, in true me style, i missed the l’homme run track, is there any chance you could mail it to me?? i think you have my email….
respect..
Hook me up! I gotta hear this!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put them up! i’ll straight up send you money for you to put them on the blog! i HAVE to hear them!! please && thank youuu
I love to hear it!! Unfortunately I didn’t have a chance to see this before the link got taken down, any chance you could email it?? : )
Send me some of that, sounds pretty ace.
id love to hear the song. can you still send them?
I’d also like to hear. Can you send it me as well? Thanks
gooooood detective work right there, props! [2]
please send me ”Giving Up The Gun” to my e-mail adress: karlaflip@live.com
pleaseeeeeeeeeeee
Nice! Thanks, man.
im sooooo glad this got out…who made the find… hunter lombard or we all want someone to shout for ?
manythanks for the private e-mail!!! cheers xxx
Pleaaaaase send it to me at Chabosson@live.fr, i so need to hear those.
it’s no coincidence. i had a interview with Christopher Tomson of VW yesterday, and he said that the song on Contra, while not EXACTLY like the old one, is sort of similar. It’s a brand new song, but has some ties to the L’Homme Run track
Thks
sweet find! i would love to hear more!!
hey!
if you could get me both ‘bitches’ and interracial dating’
i’ll be forever grateful.
VW has been throwing down some interesting work
and its great to sleuth around to see how they’ve
been influenced and where they came from.
I can’t wait till the new album in Jan!
I’ve been looking for an mp3 of Giving Up Da Gun for months now! If you have a copy and you could send it to me, my email is Spikelee3000@yahoo.com. Thanks!
id love to hear all the tracks, including ‘giving up da gun’
i want to hear it… haha i am interested in hearing this
Oh please send the song to jcg414@gmail.com. I would love to hear it man, thanks so much
Hey could you please send me those L’Homme Run songd?! I’d truly appreciate it, thx!!! my email is ceszmurlo@hotmail.com
Please send me the four songs that you have!
hey i would love to hear these songs
could you send them to me?
my email is elopez393@gmail.com
thanks
Please send me the song!!!!
Thanks!
I’d love to hear those tracks, been in great anticipation for this new one. Cheers for the heads up I never knew their backstory or anything.
L’homme run was the best… feel free to send me any l’homme run songs you have, they’re pretty hard to come by these days, thanks
I’m a huge Vampire Weekend fan, and the L’Homme Run songs on myspace sound really great too. Could you send them to me at: jamiemaccormackmason@hotmail.com
Thanks
awebb@mail.ru send me one please
sorry to bother you but could you email me the L’Homme Run stuff via email?? peter_iata@hotmail.co.uk
thank you
ahh i cant find any L’homme songs up for download! if you could please send me their songs it would be super appreciated!! thank you thank you thank you
my email is
cjbyrd@ncsu.edu
I’m excited for Contra, even more so knowing that Giving Up Da Gun will be featured. It used to be on YouTube, but XL Recordings removed it from there, too. Is there any way you could send me the L’Homme Run songs at MaryJackInTheBox@aol.com? I’ve been desperately searching the internet for downloadable versions, but to no avail.
please please give meeee a song of l homme run i have only but i want more i obsed whit vampire weekend and i love white skyy
pklasee
Any chance you could email me those L’homme run Mp3s? It would be much appreciated!
my email is ickitman@aol.com by the way. Send it please.
Please email me any L’Homme Run tracks you have – mtressle@gmail.com. Very much appreciated. Thanks!
Could you possibly send me all the tracks from that hip-hop project including Giving Up Da Gun?
aidangalea@gmail.com
no way, no way o:! i love them lawl. i can to hear it ;D
p.s. coolio detective works
Could you please send them to me Here: Steverice1077@gmail.com
i would love any lhomme run tracks if you have any. thanks!
The76ersrdabest@aol.com , if you could send those to me I would appreciate it!
ooooooh please send me the track if you could..thx!!
It would be amazing if you could send me them! x-jadechao-x@hotmail.com
Or post the ones you can.
I used to have L’Homme Run’s 4 tracks on my old laptop before it freaked out, broke down and I lost them (and a lot more besides, sadface). Would be incredibly grateful to be reunited with them! x
Break me off a piece of that please. I’d love to hear it.
I’d love those mp3′s if you still have ‘em!
My email is old and embarrassing, but it’s piggygirl360@gmail.com
I would LOVE L’Homme Runs songs to be sent to me, if you wouldn’t mind sending them to: sophielaw1@hotmail.co.uk
I would be so greatful, I have been searching for a download of these songs for some time!
Thanks!
Can you please send them to me as well? I have looked all over for them. Thanks!!
it’s 500helen at sbcglobal.net
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