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Just hearing Beirut playing their music tops all other concerts. Even though this show was breathtaking, the perfomance was drastically different from their show in October 2007. At first i didn't really notice, i was too happy to be there. But the energy had changed, it felt like there was too much space on stage, and they weren't all playing as one. The passion was altered, lessened, maybe from touring, maybe from their rising fame. Things change, not always for the... MORE
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lately i have been absolutely enamored with Beirut. they just make you feel like dancing...or learning to play a new instrument. either way, zach condon's voice never ceases to blow me away. instead of trying to come up with deeply profound lyrics, he uses his voice as just another instrument for making beautiful sounds. reminiscent of sigur ros perhaps. you can't help feeling immense joy after listening to it.
i think i may be in love.
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I am just loving Beirut right now, absolutely blown away. Its the same feeling of beauty, chances and possibilities in music that I felt when I first heard other artists that inspire me such as Sufjan Stevens and Jackson Jackson. Its so refreshing to hear something that wakes you up from the insipid and cliched the way that this did.
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I have been blown away by this hauntingly beautiful disc. I'd rather not try to explain how amazing this album is. I figure the music speaks better for itself
BEIRUT - Nantes - from The Flying Club Cup
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BEIRUT - Nantes - from The Flying Club Cup
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Thank you to everyone who commented! I especailly loved the video Hammerogod! So I was racking my brian for a song that mentioned strumpets and the only one I've been able to come up with is (oddly enough) a Disney song. Topsy Turvy from the Hunchback of Notre Dame contains the line: "Join the bums and thieves and strumpetsStreaming in from Chartres to Calais" Now on to Trumpets. So I kind of lied when I said this would be about trumpets. Well it is, but it's mor... MORE
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The mellow and worldly sounds of Beirut is heading around the world. The Zach Condon-heade ensemble kicks things off next month in Sydney, Australia. Come May Condon and Co. will play a few west coast US dates around their slot at Sasquatch! After that the band will do as most bands do in the summer and head to Europe. Beirut: 03-05 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar03-06 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo03-08 Adelaide, Australia - WOMADelaide03-08 Meredith, Australia - Golden ... MORE
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We burnt to the ground
left a view to admire
with buildings inside church of white.
We burnt to the ground left a grave to admire.
And as we reach for the sky, reach the church of white.
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hey everyone.so, a friend of mine was talking about mog today and it made me recall a time when I actually WENT on this site.... heh... sorry guys. here are the bands i'm into at the moment:the entire juno soundtrack:Kimya Dawson and I are going to get married and move to new york.... except i like boys... but that's okay! ALSOOOO Beirut. OH GOD I love them too much. if you have not heard them, PLEASE do....here is a great tidbit of info about them...Zach Condon ... MORE
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Beirut, the pet project of 22 year old Zach Condon, has taken over my life. Again. For the third time. It's got to be the dusty Balkan gypsy horns and the lilting, percussive strumming of the mandolin. It transports me to another age; sometimes it's a sleepy smoky village in the south of France, other times it's a brasserie in Brooklyn. It's transcendence at its least and transformance at its best. I wake up in the morning and I'm humming "Postcards From Italy". ... MORE
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Honestly beirut is my first introduction to balkan music. But Zach Condon manages to translate their music into gorgeous pop that a wider audience can not only accept but love. I saw beirut play in october and it was mindblowing!! Their music is so powerful that it was surreal to stand their and watch it being played. Anyways here are some pictures.
The last pic always make me laugh.
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it's actually quite surprising i haven't posted anything by beirut until now. after playing out gulag orkestar i thought i may as well jump on the wagon and really give this album a good listen.
this is my favorite track.
beautiful.
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beirut...again.
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i love this video. makes me wish i took playing music more seriously. amazing. f-ing amazing.
will they ever come to california? sigh
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In my little circles, Beirut is pretty hip at the moment. "The Flying Club Cup" is a pretty great album, but it didn't grab me as much as it's grabbed many of my friends, and it wasn't until I saw this video that I realized why. There's a dvd, available here which takes every song on The Flying Club Cup and records its performance in random locations around new york- an apartment, a church, the street, etc. The great part about this, though, is that all the songs were re... MORE
I went to see Beirut perform at the Roundhouse in Camden, London, last Saturday. The crowd were swaying from side to side and the trumpets were roaring through the venue. It was brilliant. They didn't, however, play this song.