Beirut- Postcards from Italy

[LoveIsMyWeapon1234]

I wish I was in this song. . . like the old couple or on the street someplace so I would be that much closer to haveing my dreams come true. Sighsighsighsigh.

[astronut66]

Likewise, I can't even post a comment without it being vetted first. Freedom of speech....hey !

[Batoninho1]

ok, now i know this isn't official

[jennybuchler]

Beautiful song

[themadhurt]

I went to Italy last April, and it doesn't even come close to how beautiful this song is

[fariz90]

this song makes me vulnerable, and i suddenly my eyes glimmered with tears. but they refuse to drip

i want what i can't have ;"(

[ArmedWings]

69 people never recieve postcard from italy

[2fromdust]

I like florence, but beirut >>>>>>>> her

[gaby621]

this song makes me want what i want so badly when i listen to it...

[book678903]

I love these videos

[zanedude3]

4 friends of mine covered this song, 2 ukes, 2 trumpets, they had the harmonies down and everything, it sounded amazing.

[AllieIsBored]

I listened to this song on my hotel balcony in Italy. It fit so well. :)

[moviemaestro001]

such an AMAZING band. i wish more people knew about them (but kinda dont at the same time coz it could kinda make me go off em if theyre on radio 1 or whatever)

[brilliantfranz]

@moviemaestro001 Truer words were never spoken

[almidonada]

hermosa, hermosa.

[jenniesworld8]

agreed that flo's cover is pretty damn good <3

[Fyoosha]

Very cute video! And the song is, of course, beautiful beyond words.

[MSXXY69]

His voice sounds so warm and tender compared to Florence... She sounds cold and shouty

[Rachellouisax]

I do love florence, I really do, but you do make quite a good point, I must say.

[doomed2obscurity]

There's a million reasons why this video is brilliant...

[friesenried]

soubds nothing like morrissey

[ramroid]

@friesenried

I never would have connected it before but now that you mention that they sound nothing like morissey I now hear alot of morrisey in this. There's nothing wrong with that. I'd bet he'd credit morrisey as an influence. There's a strong similarity. Sorry. i assume you hate morrisey.

[Westalka0]

This is my favorite song

[klatkadlakitki]

I love this video.

[Elndor]

Morrissey is great, but Beirut is just brilliant, his choice of acoustic instrumentals is what makes his music, not the lyrics.

[evervic]

beirut is brilliant. i don't have any idea where you comparison comes from, but you must be too young to have any inkling of the importance of morrisey. morrisey made/makes pop music with a conscience and point of view years beyond his time. i'm quite certain that zach himself would be embarrassed with such a ridiculous comparison.

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

This song is mesmerizing and beautiful. I love the video. That little girl is adorable.

[haroldqu1]

natural skate version

[ladytripleseven]

my favorite Beirut song!

[UndustedDaband]

I Love this band, this is my favorite song by beirut! check out our music there will be a better recording done in 3-5 days.

[ghenuvladstefan]

One of the best music videos I have ever seen !!

[doyley60]

Sounds like Morrissey (The miserable manc) on happy pills!

[haobaba]

@doyley60 , I immediately thought, wow a bad morrissey!

[avidartmind]

@doyley60 oh god it does doesn't it! never occured to me

[Bluepinkballerina]

both florence and beirut sing this song beautifully. florence adds on to it with her voice, it's like magic. beirut expresses the emotions.

stop criticizing florence, i bet half of you haters cant even sing a quarter as good as her.

[KoiKoi1985]

good feeling for video - music connection! like the shaking...

[ChistyProductions]

There's pretty much no comments on the video, but I really like it. :)

[xXxJandAxXx]

I like this video, and the song, i do like florences cover though, hate to say it. Is it just me or does he sound a lot like the singer from joy division??

[aCtivesh00ter]

he does not !!! ian curtis (joy division) has a very special voice.

[caturanyne]

@xXxJandAxXx

he sounds nothing like ian curtis....

[Flurryofdancingsnow]

Beirut does it best though. I have never appreciated covers, I feel like they are stealing a special part of the artist's talent, yet that is just me.

[kaleexto]

theres this chick that plays it with omnichord... it adds something else... if you search postcards from italy omnichord .- you should find it.. should be the first

[icein08]

little girl has pretty eyes. nice song.

[Frannyvizm]

AMAZING!

[italllies]

such a great song, his voice it reminds me of ron sexsmith,

they have the exact same voice. = ) so awesome.

[YUKYUKYUK2447]

YOU"RE RIGHT!

[parretti86]

é animalll!

[killeravocado]

this song is so beautiful.

[mco130]

i want to marry zach condon. his voice is so so beautiful.

[adaper]

@mco130 i dont thing so that Zach want to know that her voice is the only thing why you want to marry. Love is important somewhere?

I have answer for you... Think sometimes :)

[alice9thRevolver]

Beautiful! I love this band.

[Teretetetet]

This song is fucking awesome!!!!!!!!

Florence and the machine's cover is actually pretty good!!!

This song has been my wife for a very long time...

And I'm not planning to get a divorce yet!!!!

[LoganBridges]

florence is shit she should stop trying to appeal to the independant music crowd with her crappy covers.

[dpoakaspine]

ignorance must suck

[redcommando1]

never mind the thumbs down,youtube is very politically correct.I agree with you,florence is just full of hype,look at bat for lashes much better and around longer but does not get the limelight florence gets.

[ANNIQUEthatsRiGhT]

Her covers aren't shit.

[LetzteEclipse483]

@Teretetetet i LOVE Fflorence and the Machine

[aryaloves]

@Teretetetet  Florence <3 and Beirut <3

[Wilso850]

im gonna marry this man

[Xxsoon2bxX]

hahaha i think we all want to

[aCtivesh00ter]

i dont

[BowiesTomboy]

;) I would if I wasn't a lesbo!

Haha, X)

[selurbrainonebay]

what a song this guy isn't big over hear in the U.K. but he deserves to be BEAUTIFULL song, seeing him live at lowlands YEAH BABY

[richwaight]

Beautiful song!

[BCRosenbaum]

I love Beirut. Finalmente uma senhora banda...

[McNilsson]

This version is by far better than the Florence and the Machine cover (which is OK, but not the same class as this).

[baziltheblade]

florence an th machine's version is nowhere near this. its pretty good tho

[TheSpoonie123]

lol i agree with havel8 :) both good in different ways

[XxMille94xX]

wow!

[Leah24392]

Heard Florence and the Machine's cover of this. Both are...WOW. :D x

[d5p]

I love Beirut!

[havel8]

Hammerful trippy video. gut musik. Lay off Florence and the Machine, you trolls. They both good versions.

[HeteroBoy]

Good usage of the word 'Trolls'

[audsam]

brilliant!

[majmimbla]

koooottttt

[majmimbla]

szukam kota

[lcscahill]

i love florence and the machines vershion!

[ejprrril]

exactly, florence and the machine version is AWESOME

[tack0707]

florencve and the machine does an amazing vesion of this

[destroygbiv]

beautiful

[utrechtgirl]

It makes my day become bright and sunny

^____^

[demcie100]

i like beruits stuff its very original

[voaquerubin66]

este grupo es la ostia

[xanandaandradex]

Gostei :]

[mash0wnt]

awesome song. :)

video is sweet too! :D

~mashx

[hannah592]

if you like this song listen to the cover by florence and the machine !

[Joltz589]

Yeah I agree. Just showing life as the person would see it. It's just trying to get you to look from a different perspective, realize things that you might not otherwise, such as the meaning of a little girl running away.

[sebastianflyte07]

i think this video has that quality of just personal memory, kind of, just an ordinary person and their life. and that's what this song always causes me to think of, and indeed how beirut's own video for this is. so to wade in on the debate, i think the video is good.

[ojosdecaleidoscopio]

que linda cancion :D

[marcy699]

nice!

[Calpasmos]

Thank you for this warm gesture of the heart.This girl is a wonderful creature and the person who taped her knows what love means.

[l2ufio]

that comment would have made perfect sense if he addes "amirite?" at the end lol

[Cuerpodeave]

In love...!

[pamalax]

Very good video. It is absolutly beautiful in it's simplicity. Many have been asking the meaning behind the content of the video. My only response: Does everything need meaning?

Anyways you've done a fantastic job with this. Love it!

[l2ufio]

you're not on jeopardy dawwg

[sortete54]

in my ipinion the hymn of beirut o god i love this song now is a genius that fella or fellas

[irockout2525]

...what?

[Femicide09]

I read it twice

Still no idea...

[Atrix3349]

who?

[axsad]

Vey beautiful and the most wonderful song. But the video, for anyone unaware of the significace or meaning, its a bit pointless. I dintn't get why the point of the girl walking around in a park and some street and its significance to the song. Write a possible description, that would be helpful. But good effort with the cinematograogy!

[jamie2k04]

Should this person get thumbs down for stating their honest opinion? What does this say about ratings? A positive bias perhaps?

[margeauxmargeaux]

I like this video alot, and this song is the best ever. f*ck the h8az!

[josdurg]

they're fucking awesome

[hachobeat]

Why so much anger around here ? This song is a song of peace... so lets be kind please , if you didnt like the video ok just rate it as you want..

[shambles65315]

calm down man, its just a video

[Jazz1489]

Beirut is pretty good ( I noticed them on "Letterman" like two weeks ago) although this video is not. It really sucks actually and it kind of pisses me off. No offence to the person who made this video but what were you trying to prove? Great SONG though.

[TheCrimper]

why do you need to prove something when you make a video on youtube?

[jason22160]

beirut is the best city

[winestomp]

the girl is beautiful

[k1llak4y]

Is that the Iron Horse trail?

[dulcinea87dulcinea]

That song brings back to me beatiful memories of my childhood days....It makes my day...

[BriarFilth]

Oh love! I didn't realise that Florence&TheMachine's version was a cover. I like the original very much too &hearts;

[Karakas4]

Bloody hell! Always the same! Listen to any of their tracks: the ukulele with the same constant tunes, the trompets at the same time. This is nearly as annoying as No Mercy! Don't get me wrong: The voice, the instruments, the melody - they're nice. However, they simply don't change - neither within a track nor between them or even the albums. It's like they give a shit about variation and improvement. That's why they will never make it anywhere.

[BadCompany98]

gfto n00b

[heyheyitsmj]

First of all, they have already become a successful band. And honestly, none of their tracks sound the same. I personally find them to have a great deal of variety.

[ddrpro01]

they're actually quite popular, and they have lots of variety.

These are not only my views but other peoples also.

[ChadZ1]

I have to agree about their songs sounding the same. I still like them, but less because it feels repetitive to me.

[Woodlot75]

Well, it's just that he uses a lot of the same chords on the ukelele, I can see where you are coming from. But I feel like this is just the sound he wanted to capture in his music, in that period of time anyway.

Maybe you could give the new EP a listen.

[dmitrychaplin]

zach condon is absolutely amazing.

[Gfacedkilla570]

the video could've been better, but the message is clear and it was a respectable effort.

[musicalpony]

very nice viseo. It was thuroughly enjoyed

[Panelinaa]

did the send to postcard from buster on pbs kids?

[mryanbrooks]

I'm actually really glad I saw this. I don't think I'll forget this, there's just something about it. We should all appreciate simple things like this. Good music, by the way.

[C4RL1NH0X]

Good songs from yakies.. hummm, it doenst smell good. May they were kidnapped from an other country. =)

LOL

[drzhivago44]

Hmm, considering the origin of rock and roll can be traced to America destructs your claim. If you are British or Australian (nothing good has ever come from Australia) then I truly pity you, The Beatles are nothing compared to Bob Dylan. Led Zepplin and The Stones are good, but we have The Stooges. Also Prince, maybe the most talented muscician alive today, is also from the states.

[acewagstaff]

Not an insult: you are an arrogant person.

[massymarques]

unbelivable! they're americans! there are good music in USA!!?

[rasmushilario]

believe me, this is not american music... maybe he is from USA but his soul is from europe

[flowolf42]

it's all completely arbitrary anyway

we're all from the same place if you go back far enough

it doesn't matter whether music is good american music or good british/european music it's all just good music

[7he0wns]

Fuck you. I can think at least 20 Americans off the top of my head who play good music.

[iainlbc]

owned rasmushilario.

[Leonelvis]

you all should listen to brazilian music, :P

beirut is very good, and yep, it's more european, or east-european then american...

[Zapperzappy]

good job. might have been better with some camera scratch and sepia effects tho.

[Martinvanvannostrin]

i like it more without effects

[slydiggydog]

you have got to be kidding? but really, are you joking? camera scratch and sepia tones are the worst things to add to anything. why force nostalgia onto something that is obviously not going to fit it.

[rejector179]

I didn't use camera scratch and sepia at all.

[filmandphoto11]

where do u see camera scratch and sepia?

its no where in the video

[HQMatt]

Lol, you're an angry man aren't you? : )

[jomi888]

como suenan estos pibes!! belleza pura

[xSangel99X]

I don't like the repetitiveness of it :/

[heyheyitsmj]

This is very inspirational and beautiful. I think you did a very good job making this video, and a very good job picking this song- it's one of my favourites.

[DreamExess]

i cant win about music to here.

[wrongarea]

aw this made me smile :))

[gapuchna]

Ktoś ode mnie odszedł przy tej piosence.... a mimo to.......

[qualcunomingoi]

:( :( :( beautiful!_

[gonenkeren]

beautiful! beautiful! beautiful!!! :)

[lightmun]

PURE MAGIC for me, congratulations for the uploader.

[rudziaczek666]

fenomenalne kawal mojego zycia dziekuje

[famlaya]

right listen to jeff buckley.

[brazenknees]

i have.

[wiwikizn]

this is very good but elephant gun stays the best and nantes and sunday smile are also just as good as this.

NICE GO BEIRUT!!!!

[sanguine311]

Oh my...this is so beautiful! The grass...lying in the grass, the recurrences...aches me awake.

[frapascu]

SWEET!

[Iibido]

It's a lovely song, it makes me sad whenever I hear it. My ex-girlfriend dedicated it to me a few months before we broke up. It's still nice to remember the 'good times we had...'

[MaryKarenn]

beautifully done!

it's really lovely!

[reptiliuca]

muy bueno!!

[yellowsgreen]

+++

[mawydivilla]

version italiana de verano azul jajaj

[dannyblack1337]

Vaffanculo!

[reptiliuca]

ohh si buenisima

[reptiliuca]

me encanta!

[burnleft]

the repetitiveness combined with the song works really really well! i'm sorry i didn't favorite this a long time ago

[JandroDesu]

I interpret in this video that the beautiful thing is easier in the natural thing and in the simple things

[skulldrum2k8]

nice work

[uanafacu]

wow. what eyes....

[sallyheartjack]

i love it!!

[alexisgodlol]

This is so cute, I love it!

[fuego027]

Rewelacja,na równi z "nantes"....:)

piękne :)

[mrtWpp]

utwór 'Nantes' jest najlepszy i żaden inny utwór mu nie dorówna ;)

[emmopedala]

Strictly speaking about the video, what I appreciated most is the repetition of the same scenes, several times (never seen nothing like that before). Very good job indeed! ;-)

[colaosk8]

beautiful you girl.

very very beautiful youuu s2

[flyingpigs4hannah]

soo cute!

[any1ness1xme]

very great video,that's it!in the young girl its seen a smile that truly goes well with the sound...my compliment man!that let me with a smile on my face and i think whoever like Blogotheque's video fancy ur as well!!!bye be good and never give up!!!cheers

[any1ness1xme]

really good video instead a great video!my congratulation man!the little girl look like my neighbour daughter and i realy wish to see her soon and laught again under the italian sun,in the shadow in my garden...great

[sorper88]

That little girl is as beautiful as the song. Great video!