I am positive that the girl in Cape Cod, Ottoman, and Oxford Comma is the same. First, let me start off with the reoccurring line in Ottoman and Cap Cod- "Feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel", suggesting that the boy in the relationship felt odd being with a girl who was into things like Peter Gabriel, while he may have been more of the reggaeton kind of guy. Next, in both Ottoman and Oxford Comma, he mentions an elite class, British by the reference of "some parliamentary hall"- Ottoman, which is backed up in Oxford Comma by refrences of The UN, as well as "English dramas". There is also the reoccurance of paintings- OC: "Show your paintings at the United Nations", as well as in Ottoman: "Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall/ To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall", suggesting that the girl likes to make paintings, and shows them often in elegant circles.
Which makes us think that she is wealthy, a fact that is backed up in all three songs: CC: "As a young girl, Louis Vuitton"; "And the linens you're sittin' on/Is your bed made?/Is your sweater on?"; "In the colors of Benetton", all of these quotes suggesting wealth- designer brands, strict rules, even the setting, Cape Cod. This theme is touched on in OC, as well: "Crack a smile, adjust my tie
Know your boyfriend (first verse)/butler (second verse), unlike other guys", which implies that the girl has introduced him as both her butler and boyfriend, an insult to his class, and the fact that she would even have a butler suggest bourgeoisie. The fact that she knows what an Oxford Comma is suggests an upper class, elite education, too. Lastly, I'll look at Ottoman: "Elegant clothes, you want to be seen with her/Under your tweeds you sweat like a teenager"; "All of the cards and all of the time it took"; "There will be six bells a-ringing and white women singing for you". Tweed is, of course, a classy fabric, which would, again, suggest propriety. Then we've got the cards and time put into the occasion, which suggests that there was maybe a party planner, something that would imply affluence. Then the white women singing solely for her suggests that she is having a major function in her name, something much more extravagant than a backyard sweet sixteen, as the lower and middle class are more accustomed to.
Hopefully I've convinced you that this is the same girl in all three songs, and now I will analyze the boy's relationship with her. He obviously was dating her "Know your boyfriend, unlike other guys"; "Crack a smile, adjust my tie"; "Why would you speak to me that way?"; "Through the pain/ I always tell the truth"- all from Oxford Comma. These are obvious statements that you would find related to a couple, the last two quotes being a couple that is fighting. In Cape Cod, we see the boy say "Do you want to fuck?/ Like you know I do"- an obvious sexual attraction to the girl, but he also says "This feels so unnatural" as well as "Can you stay up to see the dawn?"; "Is your bed made?/ Is your sweater on?"- these statements implying that he feels out of place with her class, and that he is ridiculing it- the tone of "is your sweater on" is motherly, and followed by "do you want to fuck", as it is in the song, would definitely suggest mockery. This cultural gap is reiterated in Oxford Comma with the "know your butler/ boyfriend" statement. So, obviously the boy feels out of place with his lover, who is a high society lady.
That's really all I have to say on this matter, except that I love all three songs, as well as Vampire Weekend, and I think they're pretty much the gods of indie rock.
I am positive that the girl in Cape Cod, Ottoman, and Oxford Comma is the same. First, let me start off with the reoccurring line in Ottoman and Cap Cod- "Feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel", suggesting that the boy in the relationship felt odd being with a girl who was into things like Peter Gabriel, while he may have been more of the reggaeton kind of guy. Next, in both Ottoman and Oxford Comma, he mentions an elite class, British by the reference of "some parliamentary hall"- Ottoman, which is backed up in Oxford Comma by refrences of The UN, as well as "English dramas". There is also the reoccurance of paintings- OC: "Show your paintings at the United Nations", as well as in Ottoman: "Begging you to sit for a portrait on the wall/ To hang in the dark of some parliamentary hall", suggesting that the girl likes to make paintings, and shows them often in elegant circles.
Which makes us think that she is wealthy, a fact that is backed up in all three songs: CC: "As a young girl, Louis Vuitton"; "And the linens you're sittin' on/Is your bed made?/Is your sweater on?"; "In the colors of Benetton", all of these quotes suggesting wealth- designer brands, strict rules, even the setting, Cape Cod. This theme is touched on in OC, as well: "Crack a smile, adjust my tie Know your boyfriend (first verse)/butler (second verse), unlike other guys", which implies that the girl has introduced him as both her butler and boyfriend, an insult to his class, and the fact that she would even have a butler suggest bourgeoisie. The fact that she knows what an Oxford Comma is suggests an upper class, elite education, too. Lastly, I'll look at Ottoman: "Elegant clothes, you want to be seen with her/Under your tweeds you sweat like a teenager"; "All of the cards and all of the time it took"; "There will be six bells a-ringing and white women singing for you". Tweed is, of course, a classy fabric, which would, again, suggest propriety. Then we've got the cards and time put into the occasion, which suggests that there was maybe a party planner, something that would imply affluence. Then the white women singing solely for her suggests that she is having a major function in her name, something much more extravagant than a backyard sweet sixteen, as the lower and middle class are more accustomed to.
Hopefully I've convinced you that this is the same girl in all three songs, and now I will analyze the boy's relationship with her. He obviously was dating her "Know your boyfriend, unlike other guys"; "Crack a smile, adjust my tie"; "Why would you speak to me that way?"; "Through the pain/ I always tell the truth"- all from Oxford Comma. These are obvious statements that you would find related to a couple, the last two quotes being a couple that is fighting. In Cape Cod, we see the boy say "Do you want to fuck?/ Like you know I do"- an obvious sexual attraction to the girl, but he also says "This feels so unnatural" as well as "Can you stay up to see the dawn?"; "Is your bed made?/ Is your sweater on?"- these statements implying that he feels out of place with her class, and that he is ridiculing it- the tone of "is your sweater on" is motherly, and followed by "do you want to fuck", as it is in the song, would definitely suggest mockery. This cultural gap is reiterated in Oxford Comma with the "know your butler/ boyfriend" statement. So, obviously the boy feels out of place with his lover, who is a high society lady.
That's really all I have to say on this matter, except that I love all three songs, as well as Vampire Weekend, and I think they're pretty much the gods of indie rock.