Ezra Koenig – “Papa Hobo” (Paul Simon Cover)

Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig paid tribute to his musical forebear Paul Simon by covering the 1972 solo song “Papa Hobo” for the soundtrack to upcoming Uma Thurman-starring film Ceremony. You can stream his back-porch, acoustic guitar and mandolin-backed take above (grab the MP3 over at Pitchfork).

In other Vampy Weeks/Simon news, Simon recently dismissed chatter over the similarities between his 1986 album Graceland and VW’s sound in an interview with Vanity Fair: “In a way, we were on the same pursuit, but I don’t think [they]’re lifting from me, and anyway, [they]’re welcome to it, because everybody’s lifting all the time. That’s the way music grows and is shaped.”