Beirut: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[Justbegoodnow]

I just love Beirut, and Zach is a musical genius! They can do no wrong.

[Pedroamaralgoodvibe]

its hard to listen to beirut without thinking of a girl I used to love. beirut is her favotire band, and since we first met she used to say i kinda look like zach haha its a lame we dont still together.

[pikeyvideos]

so so so sick

[koopaT446]

notice how the water bottles are pointed to face the camera at 6:57... i smell endorsement!

[toliveforthenow]

@koopaT446 hahahaha

[hoopoe36]

The horns are great; remind me of Calexico.

[chris01511]

Drummer kind of looks like Teller

[hardkoreholli]

lol@the drummer

[dscottstage]

@hardkoreholli looks like a mini- paul simion

[boomboom4000]

the first few lines of east harlem sound like a beatles song, but i cant remember the name....can anyone help?

[ZimmerSquash]

their live is so good. not like the one i saw on lady gaga..

[TheEverSoFriendlies]

Just fantastic. The first song is so easy to play 100 times in a row.

[Tiggawooo]

Annddddd introducing Billy Crystal on drums.

[gtyellojacket]

Wow! Those horns sound great on this recording! Better than the official studio recording.

[benfranklinklulz]

The drummer reminds me of Andre from the show "The League" in both his creepy and awkwardness

[MrFlatbeer]

Love these guys, but the drummer creeps me out. He is so "matter of fact".

[LeArchives]

Such good music such good bands so little times....SMH

[onclebill50]

Wow.....i love that group!!!!

[tata105]

AMAZING . No Coments Thanks.....

[CreatureFearing]

i've tried hard to get into beirut but i dont know what it is about his voice that puts me off.

[hayeshargrove]

i wish every time i arrived somewhere exhausted from a day of travel, this kinda shit popped out of my mouth

[restyworo]

zach condon <3

[esther22088]

I love the use of brass instruments... very lovely.

[firetruckgreen]

The lady at her desk at around 1:20 in the background does not approve.

[filmme209]

how weird is the drummer...yeah.



[wonderlustkings]

@filmme209 A weird mixed up like gene wilder and prince william...

[Kordik]

@filmme209 Hahaha. So true.

[ryanjamesmuff]

Thank you.

[kkaleidoscopic]

zach's voice is perfection

[TinyJiant]

good stuff...

[cattac61]

Blonde girl is watching you watching them. 

[TheKillersXXCasey3]

9:19 that little smile

[arfurlife]

These guys have a soulful earthy honesty that truly wins me over. God bless them and this wonderful tiny desk channel. marvellous stuff

[FLUandMeRide]

Priceless!

[HannesGlans]

Hahaha Nick looks much more.. calmer, than usual?

Maybe just me.

great show either way!

[nondweller]

scary good!

[Furthericity]

have heard of them, but never actually gave them a listen. WOW...what a voice! Very unexpected, count me in as a new fan!

[Nancelott]

Why did this have to end!?

[itssaturdaysaturday]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!

[bananasANDfishes]

simultaneously bobbing of heads 1:12

[bungsmear]

how are bands like nickleback all over the radio and not these guys?? what a joke.

[zeynepkaratas522]

@bungsmear Well NPR is the radio.. but I see where you're coming from

[hesslercommawinston]

how much to get them to do this in my gov class

[lkesperas]

The most beautiful, romantic voice ever! <3

[MrGone2k]

So good! :)

[conmon7]

love the nerds comment: i was watching thinking of "revenge of the nerds". one can imagine these guys were the nerdy ones in high school that the cool kids picked on, and now they're like "in your face suckers! i'm travelling the world with hoards of groupies swooning over me and my mad musical skills!"- not to mention they ROCK.

[natalie591803]

I have a song by these guys on my ipod, but I didn't realized how much I loved them until I saw this. Beautiful.

[MsRakelli]

Kelley rocked that trumpet solo around 11:00!

[MusicMrsLove]

my teacher brought me here. lol he said that these guys look like nerd. haha but they are the cool nerds.

[byahnesh]

This is maybe the 12th "favorite" favorite band/artist NPR has shown me, keep it up.

[MrTimkek]

i wish they would come to my office instead.

[heroihatebenstiller]

amazing stuff, really enjoyed this.

[logotrix]

Such a pure, sweet voice - LOVE him.

[logotrix]

Excellent.

[titanslax13]

"East Harlem" 00:00

"Sante Fe" 3:42

"Serbian Cocek" 8:32

[bapbap22]

what a beautiful, serene voice.

[glaubermf2]

melhor banda da atualidade!!

the best band of today!

[luanaandradefl]

@glaubermf2 o kbção,, sabi q ia ter comentários seus,,, kd o leandro??? ou seria reichair????

[KhangTaq]

The dislikes are melophobes.

[KhangTaq]

The dislikes are melophobes.

[jessevandendoren]

where would Zach be without Kelly? :)

[MrSinclaircooper]

so many checked shirts!

[javiercardenal]

amazing!!!!!

[ekka86]

ive been listening to this album nonstop since it came out. i cant wait till they add my city to the tour list. minneapolis mn dont forget us beirut! thank you once again npr music for adding another brilliant video

[kappaky24]

Super fucking innovative music right here. Very talented.

[TrenTehGreat]

I simply can't like this and favorite this enough times. 

[vgunning]

wow thought id clicked on an album version by accident! live live...it's aliiiiiive!!!

[haysalmon]

I SAW THEM AT BONNAROO. 

[tradcat84]

Ah dang @gabrielpoissant beat me to the punch re: less than tiny desk concert :)



[WorshipGuy4Christ]

I love Tiny Desk Concerts almost as much as I love Beirut. So the two together? Awesome =)

[aaustinnkerr]

FINALLY Beirut on TinyDesk

[marcusrt]

Beirut no NPR é a trilha desta noite.

[iluvsps]

i've never loved a man named zach cordon more than this in my life

[austinha11]

My god this is so hipster. 8:02 guy sounds like a wussy.

[RJLupin6]

@austinha11 Please tell me you're not passing on this amazing music just because it's the type of music hipster's listen to. They deserve so much more credit than that.

[Levifinley1]

this is so great! These guys should come to Athens, Ohio! I would love to see it live

[PaulLutzMusic]

yeah i got pretty excited when I saw this in my subscriptions. so good.

[gustaavomachado]

AMAZING.

Brazil's waiting fo u guys :)

[magicparadiseanna]

NPR you are best music channel . Beirut i love you, you very talented.

[pamarina1]

Omg, I'm Serbian and it's amazing to hear that younger musicians are i interested

in that kind of music...they did a great job with Serbian cocek....

[05soltom]

8:02- gayest voice haha, but great music, thanks NPR (im jus sayan ;)

[OhWarrenful]

NPR <3

[fooglez]

This just made my day. Seeing them live a few years back changed my life.

[agallo17]

Bravissimi!!!!

[JohnTheFaun]

When is Radiohead gonna play at the tiny desk? Lolz!

[pakapreud]

Is this a second time that they came to NPR tiny desk?

[CaravelClerihew]

Is he playing a special sort of trumpet?

[MsRakelli]

@CaravelClerihew

-it's a flugelhorn. 

[GirlieWithACamera]

Amazing! Thank you NPR!

[Dekkenstein]

I am so glad to see a new band with brass that is not ska.

[msstortuga]

@Dekkenstein For sure - though Beirut have been around for a while - they are fantastic

[Dekkenstein]

@msstortuga Have they? I really like this music. In any case, it's newer than big band/jazz/swing era, which was the last of the big brass musicians in the spotlight.

[heyheypurple]

Yes! I love these guys!

This one is a multi-tiny-desk concert.

[Kyasha]

I'd love to see these uploaded in a higher quality, but I'm definitely excited to see Beirut on here. I can't get enough of these guys.

[gabrielpoissant]

slightly larger desk concert

[jec5476]

Another awesome concert!  Kudos to whoever thought of doing these concerts.