Diplomat’s Son Cover

By Will | January 12, 2010

I was browsing vampire weekend stuff on youtube and came across an excellent acoustic cover of my favorite song from Contra, “Diplomats Son”:

Not much was posted about who the guy was, so I contacted him on youtube and found out his name is Mason Maggio. He’s a musician who is currently in two bands known as The Republic Of Wolves, and Tigers On Trains. Animal themed much?

This guy is a talented musician and did an excellent job with Diplomat Son. Vampire Weekend would be proud!

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6 Comments

bedwettingcosmonaut

Posted January 12, 2010 at 4:47 pm | Permalink

you’d be well inclined to check out TROW. Great young band.
Sue

Posted January 12, 2010 at 5:10 pm | Permalink

Mason Maggio’s version is good because I can actually understand the lyrics. I love Ezra, but he needs to enunciate a bit on his own complex lyrics.
Jules

Posted January 12, 2010 at 5:27 pm | Permalink

will you PLEASE stop posting vw stuff? i love them as much as the next guy, but damn dude, save some room for later.
Will

Posted January 12, 2010 at 5:30 pm | Permalink

@Jules – sorry to be “bothering” you, but I saw a great cover and posted it. I thought people would be happy to see it. I have been posting a lot of VW stuff, but if you don’t wanna read it you don’t have to!! I am glad to have your readership, and I hope you keep reading, but I will continue posting good stuff if I see it, even if it is the same band!
chris

Posted January 12, 2010 at 10:19 pm | Permalink

Don’t let them get you down. It’s your darn blog anyway. Let them skip the stuff they don’t like. You aren’t forcing them to listen.
Will

Posted January 12, 2010 at 11:42 pm | Permalink

Thanks for the support Chris, you are right! At the same time, I don’t want to piss of my readers! But yea, fuck it, its my blog. They don’t have to like everything I post I guess!