Beirut- The Penalty

[lainiegirlr]

All of his concerts should be like this; just him, sitting on a couch, making amazing music. Just casually beautiful.

[coftroy]

I don't know if this has been asked, but where was this performance? The audience is extremely lucky. I probably would have cried listening to this performance! :)

[manop98]

@coftroy this was during the video shoot for "elephant gun"

[PeludoImNot]

This song ended up being titled "Knives and Forks (La Fete)". "The Penalty" is a different (yet, also great) song of The Flying Club Cup :)

[niktp]

@PeludoImNot true. oh wait, no, it didn't.

[PeludoImNot]

@niktp Haha, I just checked Wikipedia. Turns out that some of the song's names were mixed-up in the cd that i downloaded. Sorry, my bad :)

[niktp]

@PeludoImNot

haha shit man, I was just being a total asshole. apologies, eh?

[niktp]

@PeludoImNot I didn't even know for sure, I just thought it sounded funny to say what I said. Sorry man, serious.

[PeludoImNot]

@niktp Haha, it's Ok. No need for apologies ;)

[rosieboblast]

@ ddangelocosta

What's the elephant gun? :D

[inugal321]

voice like angels

[fleeex]

damn! i like this song sooo much ! do one single like this !! I WILL buy it .. greetings from sweden

[girlslovemymagickarp]

i do not understand how one person can be so perfect

[ddangelocosta]

That's not the Elephant Gun background?

[sukini3]

@ddangelocosta yea he was being awesome after the shoot and treating everyone who was there to some tunes...SOOOOO JEALOUS!

[woody678100]

@ddangelocosta yes it is



[waccack22]

a plethora of boners for sure

[waccack22]

notice alma har'el in the background filming :)

[golaker75]

i love my fluke

[99hefferwolfs]

the only thing that i didnt like is the annoying sound of the pick, besides that, he's fucking perfect

[hpd0025]

I can't say what I feel when I hear it... is just amazing

[the47ronin]

what's the damn strumming pattern? :D

[loaaarrr]

@the47ronin down/miss up/miss down/up/down/miss up/down/miss up/down/up/down/up i think. give it a try, see if it works for u

[99latinking]

@loaaarrr hello, sorry my bad english man, I would know what " miss down" or "miss up" means please??!!

Thanks a lot =D muchas gracias, merci beaucoup!!

[trombonehero2]

What kind of ukulele is this!? I have been looking all over for it and i just can't find it. ?

Beirut is my favorite band. <3

"In a crowd of homesick fully grown children" is my favorite line.

[JavidOnd]

@trombonehero2 It's called a Fluke. I want one too.

[xSPACEMANSPIFFx]

@keesurt @meleschi

Chillax guys, all you have to do is just flag his comment as spam and be done with it =]

[80sJay]

Alma's in the back!

[grandmaslawn]

Man this guy looks like a weird pedo... whats with the mustache and the young men all around him? Fag

[keesurt]

@grandmaslawn you really suck ass, a lot. maybey your dad touched you a lot, but that's not common here in the non mindsick world

[meleschi]

@grandmaslawn You must be american. It's so sad how judgmental so many of us are of other cultures, music, and lifestyles.

[davidstephenson8]

@meleschi And you totally played into a stereotype about american culture. Thanks for reinforcing your point. Also I love Beirut.

[djoe1986]

aaaaaaaaa hermosa, eres un genio zach

[KnockuKnocku]

because of Beirut I play the ukulele.

[jacobali]

@KnockuKnocku me too

[hellochelseaann]

@KnockuKnocku Same here. I just hate it when someone finds out I play the uke, they assume I do because of NeverShoutNever. It's depressing.

[KnockuKnocku]

@hellochelseaann I totally agree.

[99latinking]

@KnockuKnocku you're right, yo también toco el uke gracias a Beirut !!! =D

[youandwhatband]

I love this song and the way Condon uses his voice as an instrument :) it's like you don't even need to know the words, you can still hear what this song is about without understanding what he says

[huevomocho]

cada vez me enamoro más de él!!!....

[dprototipo]

Nice Song But it does not sound like Pxndxs Amnistia

[Fillipinoskater]

For all of YouTube;

Lyrics to The Penalty;:

Like an ancient day, and i'm on trial.

Let them seize the way, this once was an island.

And i could not stay for i, believed them left for.

The lights always in season.

Impossible nights, in a crowd of homesick, full grown children. You'll leave the light, your family may not wait, sir, keep on breathing. Our parents rue the day they find us kneeling, let them think what they, for they've good reason. Left for the lights always in season.

[sweetdreamspantoponr]

Damn, his arm is all.. vein-y. Great shot, thanks for sharing. I like seeing videos like this, I feel like he's more down to earth when you can record him on your phone up close, playing exclusively in front of a private, spontaneous audience. I wish I coulda been there.

[arthurindie]

estan bien tontos todos los que quieren comparar a panda con esto que si es musica, y tu pokarlos hasta coraje me da escribir tu tonto nombre no hables de saber escuchar musica, tu ni escribir sabes

[kejama91]

@arthurindie bro panda did copy :) but you gotta tell me < PANDA DOES SING BETTER THAN THIS :)

[damianwzk]

aky no se parece a la de panda

[pokarlos]

si se parece hay k haceptarlo mm o klaro amenos de k no sepas nada de musika y no se pas el sonido de las notas klaro estaa verdad pero pues obvio esta mejor esta de beirut aunk si no hubiera sido plagio no la hubiera konocido

[kejama91]

@pokarlos I have to agree wit this but still tell me can you understand all of wat he is saying ?

[leoramospinto]

What´s the name of the instrument his playing?

[madeinspace]

@leoramospinto : I think that it's a fluke ukulele

[leoramospinto]

Thanks man.

[Erasedmuseum]

I know it by the name of "Cuatro"

[jko1992]

His songs are great because they sound like they could have been written hundreds of years ago. And his voice is so uniquely lovely!

[derna1970]

Great song, but what on earth is it about??????

[GustabooProductions]

CHEK THIS: PANDA - AMNISTIA

[kaiserschon]

here in mexico we all know that that shitty band, Panda, (sadly, mexican) steal songs everywhere around. anyway, panda sucks, we all love beirut.

[Erasedmuseum]

Cheers!! Mate

[kejama91]

@kaiserschon yeah keep complaining :)

you know panda sings alot better than him oh and also I can understand it .. so sadly we do copy the songs but we do it better than this shitty singer :) grazie

[UKTraveller85]

@kejama91

You think Zach Condon is a shitty singer? This may not be his best performance of 'The Penalty' but you're still an idiot :) regards

[kejama91]

wait WTF when did I start insulting you ??

wat the fuck is wrong wit you ! everybody has their opinion and FUCK YEAH HE DOESN'T SING a shit IN ANY FUCKIN APPEARANCE and next GET UR fuckin dick and suck it cuz I didn't start tell you that you were an idiot .

[UKTraveller85]

Sorry for the offence caused. Just completely disagree with what you said about him being a shitty singer. I agree that everybody has their own opinion and IN MY OPINION you're an idiot. If you can't understand the lyrics then look them up

[kejama91]

how you think I'm an idiot ??

In my opinion you are an idiot too ... I don't need to look for the damn lyrics  and next he still sucks .

[Fillipinoskater]

if you don't like it, don't watch it.

don't be a dick, oh wait nevermind, you are what you eat i guess.

[JosPeters]

@Fillipinoskater Haha, nice one!

[popaygeogt]

pure talent...thank god talent hasn;t extinct sof fsr..this man is extraordinary...makes you feel happy to hear his music...

[Hangingbody]

beautiful song. such skill. also, i have tyo add. the guy in the lower left in the beginning looks very similar to Bruno.

[batstybell]

Beirut needs more recognition, they deserve it.

[MacTolver]

Beirut's songs often resonate a triumphant feeling.

[DylanFlanagan]

@MacTolver Beirut's songs often resonate a tingling sensation on my boner.

[Keira13]

@MacTolver I sometimes get melancholic happiness

[whw524]

he looks like my boyfriend minus the stache.

[angieterror]

i get butterflies whenever he sings

such an amazing voice

[0Year0Zero0]

Amazing song

[orikpoland]

lovely voice

[Vaiseoquan]

I wonder how many boners happened during this.

[olliethehobo]

i got a boner watching it.

[mojopin86]

@Vaiseoquan i got three

[Erasedmuseum]

@Vaiseoquan # 3 and is only me haha

[AUSTIN3795]

@Vaiseoquan quit a few bro quit a few

[sukini3]

@Vaiseoquan i just had one... and i am a girl!

[diplocodusucus]

you are very lucky.

[samsite696969]

Publiquei a tradução que realizei no "TERRA".

Como eles resolveram suprimir meu comentário sobre o "crepúsculo", resolvi publicar também aqui.

Na íntegra.

[samsite696969]

Comentário sobre o termo "CREPÚSCULO"

"Final ou momento de transição entre as fases da vida com sentido emprestado da mudança entre dia e noite que é o crepúsculo."

[samsite696969]

O Castigo

[samsite696969]

Como fosse um dia remoto e eu aflito

Aproveitem o caminho, que um dia fora uma ilha

E eu não poderia ficar pelo fato de haver acreditado neles

Levados pelo crepúsculo sempre nesta época

[samsite696969]

Noite impraticável num amontoado de saudades

Crianças totalmente crescidas, vocês deixarão as luzes

Sua família não pode adiar, Senhor, pode acreditar

Nossos pais lamentam esse dia, eles nos buscam de joelhos

Deixem-nos pensarem o que quiserem pois eles têm bons motivos

Levados pelo crepúsculo sempre nesta época

[bbbeans]

love this song

[harryhas]

of course u will have to strum harder and more aggeressively to get the slap. its hard to explain but its real easy.

[harryhas]

yer he uses his plectrum to drag down the strings which makes the slapping sound :) sounds weird but true. try it.

[Stevespoons]

Does anyone know what he is strumming with that's making that slapping sound for the beat?

[yoursxtruly]

yeah just stroke down harder on that beat

[samsite696969]

Makes me cry... What may I do?

[YUMMYngbird]

Is that a balalaika or a strange ukulele?

[puvoharvey]

Its a fluke ukulele made in america.

[titow3]

this is the best version!!

[cmenschen]

fuck! it's identical the studio!

[titow3]

a vida é uma orquestra hora tens seus momentos de luz hora de escuridao mais devemos sempre vivela como uma grande musica com um final surpreendente

[SuperAmazingRoflMan]

I agree with the other comments I've seen, this and the version from Beirut's Take Away Show would be my favorites, this being the favored of the two.

[lilacprint23]

So beautiful!

[Cunctando]

Isn't it strange, and telling, that something sounding so sad and full of melancholia should sound this beautiful.

[themurkar]

this is better than the version on the album IMO

[PITAtheCOLT]

Thats my favorite song on the new album, by far. However, I gotta say I like the take away show version the best (not the videos they did of the album, but take away number 64.2 for La Blogotheque) I love the percussion in that version. But this version is very beautiful! It even gives a mostly clear look at the frets for those of us who want to learn to play it. very nice.

[Shedt]

It would have been nice if this had been posted at the same time the other craptastic ones I was so desperately trying to hear.

Magnificent.

[kazuality]

agreed, best version of this song out there.

[daisychainy12]

I love you Zach Condon.

[dudeleocious]

I think if you changed the caption to something with "The Pentalty" in it this video would get a lot more views because this is honestly THE best version I've heard of this song and have watched it over and over again. It's the best I think because the crowd doesn't know any of the words since it came out before the CD was out, and gives us a chance to see Beirut in his solo style :)