@deadeye003 yeaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love this song because of the same thing!!!!!!! hahaha, i've got the album and i listen to it everyday, and nantes, a sunday smile and cherbourg are on the same album... i like listening to an album because it's like a story, like a book that you can just listen to it and close your eyes, and fly like a free bird (H)
@Halileet IT MEANS THE CHILDREN ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE RULING THIS WORLD WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND SICK, TEACH THEM TO BE SOPHISTICATED INDIVIDUALS OR YOU SHALL BE RULED BY WALKING MORONS; as if that's not already happening. lol
@Halileet well, perhaps they might have wanted to show this, but this message is for the driver behind that truck to do not run, and avoid accidents. I guess..
Son increibles, cuanto me gustaría conocerlos ojala algun dia vengan a México, ojala pudiera hablar con Zach Condon y decirle lo magnifica e imnotica que es su voz..Woou que grupo tan increible.
Fuck genres, fuck labels. Just close your eyes, (even tho Beirut always have awesome videos) and let the music take you where it wants you to go. This is music with a mission!
There's a difference when a music bops your head, and when a music moves you inside and leave you completely motionless in awe. Few have done the second option, Beirut did it flawlessly.
@DrownedinDreams Yeah. It gets confusing sometimes because some of the songs share a similar intro either in lyrics, rhythm, or melody. Like Sunday Smile, Elephant Gun, Cherbourg, and Nantes all mention a smile in them.
@supertarts No man. That is Cherbourg. Keep in mind that St. Appollonia has this special begin with the Ukulele and the "These saints...They move with us" singing.
This version is way better than the version on the album, especially because of the Glockenspiel.
Hooray for multi-talented musicians! It's great that he plays that horn (I have no idea what kind). It seems that playing instruments as well as singing adds more dimension to the music--it just increases that artist's credibility as someone who understands the patterns of music.
@doodlehh It's an Flugelhorn with rotary valves. It has a brighter, softer sound than a trumpet. It's not a typical Balkan Brass instrument(They use cornets) but it suit the voice of Zach at the best.
I enjoy songs from every "genre" of music .I love all kinds.... it doesn't matter. Music is a way for me to connect to the human condition and relate to others' thoughts and feelings about things and I take full advantage of that:) everyone is entitled to their opinion and taste but it is great to just sit back and enjoy it. I find music itself beautiful so I open myself up to the possibility of being able to enjoy just about anything:) I Love Beirut! and Lupe Fiasco....it's not so hard:)
That's so deep. This is all so deep. You know the 12 ft end of the pool? That's really deep. I've heard that you can get stuck in the little drain at the bottom if you go too deep. Wow.
@monkifresh Most wonderfully articulated explanation about the way I, myself, feel about loving a variety of different artists, sounds, and genres I have ever heard. Wonderful.
no no there definately are genres of music.. im pretty sure jazz isnt a style of clothing and neither is folk. i know your comment was supposed to be all deep and brooding but totally the wrong video to put it on. post that on a rap vid
@ArbitraryImposition 100% talent is talent, and true talent is when people have actually instruments and can sing, and have lyrics that actually mean something!! HARD to find these days!!
@ArbitraryImposition ive gotten into a habit of not looking past the highest rated comments because i'm tired of people arguing and bickering, or trying to get thumbs up.
you guys can say there is not "fact" and "art has no bounds" or whatever broad image you want to paint but plain and simple hip-hop is one-dimentional. At a live hip-hop show its usually one artist doning one thing with pre-recorded beats, while at a rock show, there are far more dimentions of music such as guitar, bass, and drums. yes of course beats are made from various instruments,but most of them are not mixed in sync unlike rock music. theres more talent on stage at a rock show than hiphop
i just kind of skimmed this ongoing argument... in my humble opinion what matters is that people always manage to find music that speaks to them and if they really love the music then no one can take that away from them even if it's talentless and inane... i hate hip hop but i dont think people who love it have any less passion or right to love music than i do for music like this
man, I don't give a shit about what people like or dislike. its just everyone nose is so far up their own ass that they can't handle the fact that there is more individual talent in bands than one rapper. Like that faggot quoting oscar wilde and that loser talking about "dimentions of art".....
im completely with you but no need to get personal... everyones gonna think the music they listen to is the most artful and requires the most talent cant be helped
and why is that? i love hip hop and i also love this! why do u have to think of music as a competition and why can't u respect all genres as they are all music and just because u mite not like one type doesn't mean its talentless so please enjoy this brilliant music as i have and don't listen to hip hop if it isn't your cup of tea! just dont insult another art! thank you
if you think Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane is "art", you are sadly mistaken...its just words that rhyme and some dude pressing buttons for a beat...other genres require actual musical talent like drums, guitar and bass....I guess you can call it art, but to me its talent-less art.
souljah boy and gucci mane is not art nor is it hip hop, its sum talentless piece of shit that was invented by the music industry and 12yr old ignorant kids! i agree i h8 dem i h8 lil wayne flo rida etc! but to me they are not hip hop! hip hop to me is rakim, masta ace, krs one, tupac, eminem, nas, brother ali, immortal tech, mos def etc! these are poetic genius's! if u actually listened to real hip hop and not whats on the radio then maybe u might agree! and yes it is an art and full of talent
alt hip-hop such as atmosphere, sage francis, arested development, etc. could consider more talent, but compared to other genres, it considers less talent, yeah its poetry in motion, but compared to this for example, there is more talent required, all hip hop has is poetry, thats it.
y is that considered more talented? because U like that type of music, and atmosphere give a more mellow style of hip hop! i prefer to listen to rakim etc but plz y do u have to diss hip hop?
u like beirut, i respect that, i like this type of music, i dont like metal or acdc stuff like that but i respect what they do! y cant u respect what mc's do? yes beirut are extremely talented at what they do and iits a diff type of music so its got more emphasis on instruments! lyrics are good too but...
if you go to a hip-hop show, you see one dude, maybe a hype man, and pre-recorded background music. at a rock show you usually don't have pre-recorded music and play their instrument to make music in sync. It's just fact that rock music requires more talent.
hip-hop: MC, and producer, maybe DJ
rock: lead singer, bassist, guitarist, drummer, producer violenist, trumpet, etc. and it takes years of practice to play those instruments. any one can write a poem and find a beat.
hip hop emphasises more on its lyrical quality and its rhythm! and the best are extremely talented at what they do! luk at ur name! obama likes kfc(duno if dats racist or wat but anyway) lets say its a fact, well he mite like kfc and mite not like mcdonalds but it dusnt make mcdonalds and thats what your doing! just because u dont like hip hop ur saying it is less talented and that my friend is highly unfair!
i dont go around insultn other genres of music so what gives u da right?
I have the right to insult whatever the fuck I want. Your emphasis on Hip-hop being art is far from reality. the word are has lost its meaning in this day of age, a man can take a dump on the street and call it art. and the other note lyrical quality and rhythm is all it has, other genres such as rock have the same quality of lyrical content as hip hop, but they require more talent with instruments, most hip-hop artist are one-dimentional in their talents, which is lyrical content.
@Jdizzler14 As a lover of all genres of music, I'm gonna try and settle this immature and pointless argument.
Rap requires non-traditional lyrical talent. Hip-Hop artists USUALLY don't write their own lyrics but many have to have a decent voice. Some even play what ObamaLikesKFC may call "actual instruments" during recordings and live shows. Hip-Hop has as many sub-genres as rock (e.g. breakbeat and grime). Now rock music having better creativity and talent with instruments depends on what sub
@thatguy176 sub-genre you're talking about. 3oh!3 could classify as a type of rock band and do you see them up on stage playing tons of instruments? Both of you should at least research musical sub-genres so you have a decent idea of what you're talking about before you criticize an entire genre of music. and Jdizzler14 is right about respecting other genres and sub-genres of music even if you don't like them. And don't drag me into this because you'll look like a tard arguing with me about
@thatguy176 Genres and sub-genres of music because music is truly my passion and I at least have a firm grasp on what music is what. Example: ObamaLikesKFC was talking about hip-hop but criticism he stated was more fit for criticizing mainstream rap (which is a VERY different sub-genre).
gorillaz is mainstream...and these days anything can catigorize as "art". I can write your name when I piss and I bet that would be considered art. The "art' category today means nothing because any one can jumble words together, call it a poem, and put it on a beat.
Well art is mainly subjective...maybe you should make up a new title for yourself so you can classify whatever it is that you feel is art. Now I don't like a lot of mainstream either, but denouncing a whole genre that happens to be screwed up via radio seems a little silly.
I can see your frustration but there is still a lot good music--it's just getting increasingly difficult to come by.
my point isn't even about whats mainstream or whats not. My point is that all hip hop requires less talent than rock music. now your view of what hip hop and rock is may vary, but the bottom line is "rock" music requires more talent than "hip-hop". and thats fact.
to make a good hip hop song takes far more talent than to make an average rock song... i think there are good hip hop artists and bad ones, just as there are good rock bands and bad ones. there are so many different styles of music and i believe it to be a good thing... diversity.
@ObamaLikesKFC talent can't be scientifically measured so there's no way that's a fact....
a person can play only 3 chords can call that rock music. compare that to... idk someone who's really talented in hip hop (I don't really liket that genre so i don't know) and you're point seems kind of silly
What a pitiful attempt to instrumentalize "facts" to enhance your opinion. Refering to "facts", you always have to tell the source, the empirica background, and all possible logical flaws related to the "fact". By failing to do so, your "fact" is nothing more than a personal opinion, yet even worse, you're trying to manipulate others by calling your personal opinion a "fact".
Your post is full of stupid, which is a fact, which is my personal opinion. See what I did there?
Rad. In reference to the convo reguarding pop music and things. I think that there are some very useful things to take away from pop in general: certain rythms, bouncy melidies, catchy basslines. In my own music I like using these things somewhat tongue in cheek at times and it works well for me.
Artists like Beirut are not really catchy, they are more like a high quality aged liquor. A connoisseur will appreciate the depth and complexity, but a majority of people will spit it out.
pretty funny to see all the ego perpetuation that followed, for the sake of the general public you should keep comments like that between you and your left hand, preferably in the privacy of your own home
Another splendid example of how the medieval church has done a splendid job at destroying Pride and life itself. If you don't get it, look harder, have the will, the courage to challenge your own beliefs and landlocked concepts, unless you prefer the endless slumber of ignorance that is.
As for the General public, I quote Sartre "Hell is other people", and oh how damn right he was.
i take it this is your submission for the "youtube's most pretentious comment" award. you even quoted sartre. i can't believe what i'm reading.
and again, you come at me when "you just don't get it," attacking my tastes to defend your argument when i never revealed my opinion toward beirut in the first place. i was at this video after all, wasn't i?
but no, you've provided another splendid example of what can happen when a spoiled kid is never taught to keep his ego in check, ttyl nerd
I don't know if you intentionally dragged me into the little argument you were having with someone else, but i think my comment was fairly evenhanded. The intent of my comment was to point out that acts like Beirut are only going to appeal to certain people, I don't remember faulting anyone for not liking it.
I haven't done any reading into this argument in the least bit, and I don't plan on taking part in it, but I would like to mention that I am glad someone designated left hand as opposed to right hand. I happen to be a "righty" who uses the left, and it's good to know I'm not alone!
MTV is a tool used to brainwash young teenagers with terrible music by producers that want them to listen to terrible music. Producers sign terrible artists that have catchy lyrics because it sticks, that's what they want. They'll never sign Beirut because Beirut is too good to be aired with horrible singers like Avril Lavigne, Nickleback, and Lil Wayne.
thats true most of the time. there were a few bands back in the day like nirvana and the smashing pumpkins that were not brainwashing people. but nowadays i tottally agree with you
Well I don't mean to sound like there's collusion going on. Mainstream music has usually been pretty terrible save for the 5% of bands / artists that break through the mold (Nirvana was a good example). For those that don't.. though, like Lil Wayne, Akon, Chris Brown, Kayne West, to The Jonas Brothers, Fallout Boy, The All American Rejects, and their flocks of copy-cat bands just make MTV the single most annoying channel on television. I know I'm hating, but if you understood, you'd understand.
i completely understand your opinion. your right most bands nowadays on mtv suck. but all i'm saying is there are few good ones. i'm glad theres bands like beirut, fleet foxes, shins, animal collective, bon iver, grizzly bear and band of horses to make up for all the shit. they should be the ones on mtv
i just close my eyes and imagine myself on a boat on a calm sea with clear skies when i listen to this..beautiful
frankie7935 1 day ago
Wonderful
HerrSpoelders 1 week ago
1:57 to the end <3
ilikeafrica 3 weeks ago
They must have the most awesome jam sessions.
VelociraptorZone 2 months ago 3
Listening to Beirut is like eating ice cream on a hot day.
6reatJ0ke 2 months ago 2
I LOVE that they have trumpets in their music. I myself am a trumpet player and man, they make me shrivel ^_^!!!
elizabethsarabia 2 months ago
Liked it alot
spyddar 2 months ago
3:19 -"Fuck Yea.." -Zach Condon
MrEducations 4 months ago
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MrEducations 4 months ago
Good Music+Awesome Band+Ice Cream Trucks=Beirut(Cherbourg)
pretzelsreserected 4 months ago
shit. Zach, Beirut, surrounded by ice cream. that's a dream come true!
BergamoFirenzeSGV 5 months ago 4
is that a kick drum....? or just heads.....?
cutpsychoactivemach 5 months ago
Yes.
tweety20101 5 months ago
damn i wish that were me jamming out in there
armfarm 6 months ago 4
Cherbourg runs deep.
GOPsithlord 6 months ago
a musica e so uma consecuencia doque e ter intimidade com instrumentos e ter um do para a musica
geliomar1113 6 months ago
So many icecream trucks...
Kellims313 7 months ago 4
i really love the way sings the line "it's been a long time [...]" differently in this song... so we got Nantes here...
then it's "Sunday Morning...", reminding me of Sunday Smile...
i was thinking... is this like a song to sum up the album? or just coincidence?
deadeye003 7 months ago 6
@deadeye003 "a long way down" -caroseles
"seize the way" -the penalty
yup i noticed that too
msinger67 5 months ago
@deadeye003 yeaaaahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love this song because of the same thing!!!!!!! hahaha, i've got the album and i listen to it everyday, and nantes, a sunday smile and cherbourg are on the same album... i like listening to an album because it's like a story, like a book that you can just listen to it and close your eyes, and fly like a free bird (H)
TheXizpa 5 months ago 3
Beirut - Soundtrack of my life!
rabujentow 8 months ago 43
i love beirut, but zach shits the bed in the beginning of the "i will lead the way" part
ZeeComment 8 months ago
wooo i have a house outside cherbourg :)
emmacici93 9 months ago
@Halileet IT MEANS THE CHILDREN ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO BE RULING THIS WORLD WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND SICK, TEACH THEM TO BE SOPHISTICATED INDIVIDUALS OR YOU SHALL BE RULED BY WALKING MORONS; as if that's not already happening. lol
IBrokeYourLegs 9 months ago
Ho my god!... I'm from Cherbourg!!!
m50xime 10 months ago 5
@Halileet well, perhaps they might have wanted to show this, but this message is for the driver behind that truck to do not run, and avoid accidents. I guess..
lsepgs2 10 months ago 2
I'm really craving ice cream, I'm not sure why.
MrStretchyArmstrong 10 months ago 15
lindo demais
analuaito 11 months ago
nope, the Take Away Shows were shot in Paris. These were Shot in NY
esp0624 11 months ago
@esp0624 YOUR RIGHT ,JUST LOOK AT THE PLATES ON THE TRUCK,...N.Y.
asscurt 11 months ago
What City are they in? hmmm....
Peerez67 11 months ago
@Peerez67 New York, all of these Cheap Magic Inside videos were shot in NY
esp0624 11 months ago
@esp0624 actually, i think they are in Paris
moosemanis23 11 months ago
@esp0624
Brooklyn to be exact
Marixpress2 11 months ago
Was this on La Blogotheque?!?!
11unfortunately 1 year ago
My girlfriend told me about this band. I have loved them ever since. <3
I love you baby.
xJohnxCodyx 1 year ago
Son increibles, cuanto me gustaría conocerlos ojala algun dia vengan a México, ojala pudiera hablar con Zach Condon y decirle lo magnifica e imnotica que es su voz..Woou que grupo tan increible.
1235813viry 1 year ago
Reminds me of Amelie...
mango80nectar 1 year ago
@mango80nectar Do you hear any Brass Instruments and Percussion at Amelie?
MusicianSmile 1 year ago
the names is wrong the name is.St. Apollonia
canikero 1 year ago
@canikero Nah, this is definitely "Cherbourg"
bshale89 1 year ago 3
@canikero People have problems with the names of some beruit songs because some of the downloads had the wrong names on the songs.
This is Cherbourg.
kinkykane0607 1 year ago
magnifique...
ocilule 1 year ago
everytime i listen to this song i cry .it gives me such a great feeling of plenitude<3awesome people.dunno:)just love them
dumizumi 1 year ago
quite simply beauty... transformed into music...
simo33z 1 year ago
it different way to play the music i love it so much!
RizzoBIao 1 year ago
i love this song........
fermuse1 1 year ago
Wonderful. Long Live Beirut!
Come back to Brazil, Beirut.
Thanks.
ivankardoso 1 year ago
It is my life's mission to marry this man. :P
RedFlounderFish 1 year ago 6
@RedFlounderFish haha not if i get to him first :)
mrsbrightside1790 1 year ago
Fuck genres, fuck labels. Just close your eyes, (even tho Beirut always have awesome videos) and let the music take you where it wants you to go. This is music with a mission!
RoyalGreenFrog 1 year ago 5
lol rotary valve flugelhorn
ericschulze 1 year ago
What intrument is the singer playing?
170Pages 1 year ago
@170Pages Fluglehorn... fluglehorn is to trumpet as bass sax is to tenor sax more or less
Nhurm 1 year ago
I cry
klopmn 1 year ago
woah this amazing i wish they would ad more wood winds like a basoon or something crazy like that
WildCard761 1 year ago
He is blessed with a wonderful voice :D. As soon as I started listening to Beirut, I was captivated by the instrument :)
TurqouiseTapioca 1 year ago 4
He is blessed with a wonderful voice :D.
TurqouiseTapioca 1 year ago
it has some of the lyrics from "nantes", doesn't it? lol
djiana4 1 year ago 4
funny :)
camelFlo94fan 1 year ago
I like the band so much! And all the songs are great ;)
Malena525 1 year ago
What instrument does the singer dude play?
tmg331 1 year ago
@tmg331 A trumpet.
katissoradlike 1 year ago
@katissoradlike woah hes holding it differently so i thought it might be something else
tmg331 1 year ago
@tmg331 it is called a Rotary valve Flugelhorn. It is...like a trumpet, but better
kaiserschon 1 year ago
@kaiserschon Lol, that's awesome. My boyfriend will kill me for not knowing that. XD
katissoradlike 1 year ago
@kaiserschon kay thanks
tmg331 1 year ago
Ronaldo
beppeitalia02 1 year ago
Cool, it's the Kool man depot in Billyburg non?
kemicon 1 year ago
There's a difference when a music bops your head, and when a music moves you inside and leave you completely motionless in awe. Few have done the second option, Beirut did it flawlessly.
catASHtrophe168 1 year ago 3
I really like this Illyrian folk influence. I do hope they can cut better video for this piece. He should add a balalaika part to this one though.
shalommashal 1 year ago
SO BRILLIANT (Y)
Sianara001 1 year ago
fuck genres. just a bunch of elitists trying to label shit. music is different. get over it.
barimaphone 1 year ago
This guy simply rocks! incredible... recording in the most unexpected place for doing a video alive... just wow.
andreaalsi 1 year ago
I hope this band can inspire people to use instruments other than guitar/bass/drums :P
BeAsTm0aD 1 year ago
Perfeito!!! *-*
KelLaraFerreira 1 year ago
omg can't say how much I love this song. I have goosebumbs when I hear it :o
Please pleas please please come to belgium Beirut.
And oh make a new album please :)
Peace :D
MISSloempia 1 year ago 6
isint this nantes??
mrAcustico 1 year ago
nope nope! This is Definitely Cherbourg. Check out the lyrics between the two.
They do both have the "It's been a long time since I've seen you smile" line though.
DrownedinDreams 1 year ago
@DrownedinDreams Yeah. It gets confusing sometimes because some of the songs share a similar intro either in lyrics, rhythm, or melody. Like Sunday Smile, Elephant Gun, Cherbourg, and Nantes all mention a smile in them.
thatguy176 1 year ago
hasnt anybody noticed that this is st. apollonia on the flying club cup? not cherbourg.
supertarts 1 year ago
bobody but you, and you are wrong though....
kaiserschon 1 year ago
@supertarts No man. That is Cherbourg. Keep in mind that St. Appollonia has this special begin with the Ukulele and the "These saints...They move with us" singing.
This version is way better than the version on the album, especially because of the Glockenspiel.
MusicianSmile 1 year ago
Im guessing you downloaded the album.. because my roommate torrented it and all the track names were wrong
hartshaptbox666 1 year ago
I think that's what happens when you download it.
droctagon17 1 year ago
yeeahh!!!
Rovinjofina 1 year ago
Hooray for multi-talented musicians! It's great that he plays that horn (I have no idea what kind). It seems that playing instruments as well as singing adds more dimension to the music--it just increases that artist's credibility as someone who understands the patterns of music.
doodlehh 2 years ago 6
@doodlehh It's an Flugelhorn with rotary valves. It has a brighter, softer sound than a trumpet. It's not a typical Balkan Brass instrument(They use cornets) but it suit the voice of Zach at the best.
MusicianSmile 1 year ago
I enjoy songs from every "genre" of music .I love all kinds.... it doesn't matter. Music is a way for me to connect to the human condition and relate to others' thoughts and feelings about things and I take full advantage of that:) everyone is entitled to their opinion and taste but it is great to just sit back and enjoy it. I find music itself beautiful so I open myself up to the possibility of being able to enjoy just about anything:) I Love Beirut! and Lupe Fiasco....it's not so hard:)
monkifresh 2 years ago 236
That's so deep. This is all so deep. You know the 12 ft end of the pool? That's really deep. I've heard that you can get stuck in the little drain at the bottom if you go too deep. Wow.
apologiate07 2 years ago 4
im so scared - i never want to swim again
guys - really - this is sersious - i mean - i know all those chian comments are bull - but this is like real, im never swimming again
DeosKholdstare 2 years ago 4
@monkifresh that is exacltly what my phd reserach is about. haha. Music and human connection. Just started so didn't do studys yet.....
I love beirut.
deepspaceinvaders 2 years ago 2
@monkifresh Nicley said ^^
JakyRedEyes 1 year ago
@monkifresh Amen! :)
MPNYPDFBI 1 year ago
@monkifresh How about slipknot? ;)
DalaiLama33 9 months ago
@monkifresh Most wonderfully articulated explanation about the way I, myself, feel about loving a variety of different artists, sounds, and genres I have ever heard. Wonderful.
23moonboy23 6 months ago
@monkifresh I'm not the only one who likes both of them? What?
zake890 3 months ago
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0Method 2 years ago
no no there definately are genres of music.. im pretty sure jazz isnt a style of clothing and neither is folk. i know your comment was supposed to be all deep and brooding but totally the wrong video to put it on. post that on a rap vid
aclivingthedream 2 years ago
Wow this is embarassing lol I posted on the wrong vid :O
0Method 2 years ago
the flugelhorn sounds amazing in this song! like melted butter :]
nikeshox2133 2 years ago 3
This has been flagged as spam show
hip hop is shit, but you can listen to it if you like it, no problem
Pro11gamer 2 years ago
Youtube debates iz srs bzns guys
roarbaa7 2 years ago 8
All these videos end with him walking off
LelandSelene 2 years ago
This is such a lovely peaceful song. I wish I lived in a world where people didn't argue about Rock vs Hip Hop in the comments below this.
ArbitraryImposition 2 years ago 95
@ArbitraryImposition 100% talent is talent, and true talent is when people have actually instruments and can sing, and have lyrics that actually mean something!! HARD to find these days!!
gatita77711 1 year ago
@ArbitraryImposition ive gotten into a habit of not looking past the highest rated comments because i'm tired of people arguing and bickering, or trying to get thumbs up.
KFCBUCKETS 1 year ago
you guys can say there is not "fact" and "art has no bounds" or whatever broad image you want to paint but plain and simple hip-hop is one-dimentional. At a live hip-hop show its usually one artist doning one thing with pre-recorded beats, while at a rock show, there are far more dimentions of music such as guitar, bass, and drums. yes of course beats are made from various instruments,but most of them are not mixed in sync unlike rock music. theres more talent on stage at a rock show than hiphop
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago
i just kind of skimmed this ongoing argument... in my humble opinion what matters is that people always manage to find music that speaks to them and if they really love the music then no one can take that away from them even if it's talentless and inane... i hate hip hop but i dont think people who love it have any less passion or right to love music than i do for music like this
nikeshox2133 2 years ago
man, I don't give a shit about what people like or dislike. its just everyone nose is so far up their own ass that they can't handle the fact that there is more individual talent in bands than one rapper. Like that faggot quoting oscar wilde and that loser talking about "dimentions of art".....
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago
im completely with you but no need to get personal... everyones gonna think the music they listen to is the most artful and requires the most talent cant be helped
nikeshox2133 2 years ago 5
vague quote of the day:
"art is in itself meaningless" Me quoting Oscar Wilde
boredbum522 2 years ago 7
Love Beirut, but I just get the impression Zach Condon would be a bit up himself in person.
scroogeflu 2 years ago
Beirut makes me smile :)
fashionandmusic921 2 years ago
I don't know why but listening to this song right after Nantes makes it seem like one big song.
Jonzilla37 2 years ago 4
hint. both songs: "It's been a long time since ive seen you smile"
thedevilssaints 2 years ago 3
I know right?! I didn't notice that until the other day!
Jonzilla37 2 years ago 3
That's because they have the same lyrics :).
ilikecrepesify 2 years ago 2
This is great!
Gimic300 2 years ago
Love the song
Love the video
:)
crbrockington 2 years ago
this makes hip-hop a talent-less genre.
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago 9
and why is that? i love hip hop and i also love this! why do u have to think of music as a competition and why can't u respect all genres as they are all music and just because u mite not like one type doesn't mean its talentless so please enjoy this brilliant music as i have and don't listen to hip hop if it isn't your cup of tea! just dont insult another art! thank you
Jdizzler14 2 years ago
if you think Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane is "art", you are sadly mistaken...its just words that rhyme and some dude pressing buttons for a beat...other genres require actual musical talent like drums, guitar and bass....I guess you can call it art, but to me its talent-less art.
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago 4
souljah boy and gucci mane is not art nor is it hip hop, its sum talentless piece of shit that was invented by the music industry and 12yr old ignorant kids! i agree i h8 dem i h8 lil wayne flo rida etc! but to me they are not hip hop! hip hop to me is rakim, masta ace, krs one, tupac, eminem, nas, brother ali, immortal tech, mos def etc! these are poetic genius's! if u actually listened to real hip hop and not whats on the radio then maybe u might agree! and yes it is an art and full of talent
Jdizzler14 2 years ago
alt hip-hop such as atmosphere, sage francis, arested development, etc. could consider more talent, but compared to other genres, it considers less talent, yeah its poetry in motion, but compared to this for example, there is more talent required, all hip hop has is poetry, thats it.
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago 3
y is that considered more talented? because U like that type of music, and atmosphere give a more mellow style of hip hop! i prefer to listen to rakim etc but plz y do u have to diss hip hop?
u like beirut, i respect that, i like this type of music, i dont like metal or acdc stuff like that but i respect what they do! y cant u respect what mc's do? yes beirut are extremely talented at what they do and iits a diff type of music so its got more emphasis on instruments! lyrics are good too but...
Jdizzler14 2 years ago
if you go to a hip-hop show, you see one dude, maybe a hype man, and pre-recorded background music. at a rock show you usually don't have pre-recorded music and play their instrument to make music in sync. It's just fact that rock music requires more talent.
hip-hop: MC, and producer, maybe DJ
rock: lead singer, bassist, guitarist, drummer, producer violenist, trumpet, etc. and it takes years of practice to play those instruments. any one can write a poem and find a beat.
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago 3
hip hop emphasises more on its lyrical quality and its rhythm! and the best are extremely talented at what they do! luk at ur name! obama likes kfc(duno if dats racist or wat but anyway) lets say its a fact, well he mite like kfc and mite not like mcdonalds but it dusnt make mcdonalds and thats what your doing! just because u dont like hip hop ur saying it is less talented and that my friend is highly unfair!
i dont go around insultn other genres of music so what gives u da right?
Jdizzler14 2 years ago
I have the right to insult whatever the fuck I want. Your emphasis on Hip-hop being art is far from reality. the word are has lost its meaning in this day of age, a man can take a dump on the street and call it art. and the other note lyrical quality and rhythm is all it has, other genres such as rock have the same quality of lyrical content as hip hop, but they require more talent with instruments, most hip-hop artist are one-dimentional in their talents, which is lyrical content.
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago 3
@Jdizzler14 As a lover of all genres of music, I'm gonna try and settle this immature and pointless argument.
Rap requires non-traditional lyrical talent. Hip-Hop artists USUALLY don't write their own lyrics but many have to have a decent voice. Some even play what ObamaLikesKFC may call "actual instruments" during recordings and live shows. Hip-Hop has as many sub-genres as rock (e.g. breakbeat and grime). Now rock music having better creativity and talent with instruments depends on what sub
thatguy176 1 year ago
@thatguy176 sub-genre you're talking about. 3oh!3 could classify as a type of rock band and do you see them up on stage playing tons of instruments? Both of you should at least research musical sub-genres so you have a decent idea of what you're talking about before you criticize an entire genre of music. and Jdizzler14 is right about respecting other genres and sub-genres of music even if you don't like them. And don't drag me into this because you'll look like a tard arguing with me about
thatguy176 1 year ago
@thatguy176 Genres and sub-genres of music because music is truly my passion and I at least have a firm grasp on what music is what. Example: ObamaLikesKFC was talking about hip-hop but criticism he stated was more fit for criticizing mainstream rap (which is a VERY different sub-genre).
thatguy176 1 year ago
@thatguy176 you didnt really end the argument...pretty sure the last time either of us commented was months ago.
Jdizzler14 1 year ago
@ObamaLikesKFC
To be perfectly honest, there is a lot of non mainstream hip hop that is completely worthy of the "art" category.
Try gorillaz for instance.
fashionandmusic921 2 years ago
gorillaz is mainstream...and these days anything can catigorize as "art". I can write your name when I piss and I bet that would be considered art. The "art' category today means nothing because any one can jumble words together, call it a poem, and put it on a beat.
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago
Well art is mainly subjective...maybe you should make up a new title for yourself so you can classify whatever it is that you feel is art. Now I don't like a lot of mainstream either, but denouncing a whole genre that happens to be screwed up via radio seems a little silly.
I can see your frustration but there is still a lot good music--it's just getting increasingly difficult to come by.
fashionandmusic921 2 years ago
my point isn't even about whats mainstream or whats not. My point is that all hip hop requires less talent than rock music. now your view of what hip hop and rock is may vary, but the bottom line is "rock" music requires more talent than "hip-hop". and thats fact.
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago
I'll kindly disagree.
I just don't believe you can tipify an entire genre like that.
fashionandmusic921 2 years ago
it's not an opinion. it's fact
ObamaLikesKFC 2 years ago
to make a good hip hop song takes far more talent than to make an average rock song... i think there are good hip hop artists and bad ones, just as there are good rock bands and bad ones. there are so many different styles of music and i believe it to be a good thing... diversity.
and beirut aren't a rock band, obviously.
anyway i love them :)
oskarschuster 2 years ago
@ObamaLikesKFC talent can't be scientifically measured so there's no way that's a fact....
a person can play only 3 chords can call that rock music. compare that to... idk someone who's really talented in hip hop (I don't really liket that genre so i don't know) and you're point seems kind of silly
Lucanio 2 years ago
What a pitiful attempt to instrumentalize "facts" to enhance your opinion. Refering to "facts", you always have to tell the source, the empirica background, and all possible logical flaws related to the "fact". By failing to do so, your "fact" is nothing more than a personal opinion, yet even worse, you're trying to manipulate others by calling your personal opinion a "fact".
Your post is full of stupid, which is a fact, which is my personal opinion. See what I did there?
89013344 2 years ago
you are correct bro.
kaiserschon 2 years ago
genres are broad and stupid, make your own opinions rather than base them off of what's 'mainstream'
barimaphone 2 years ago 3
gorillaz is mainstream.
oifydude 2 years ago
oh theres a comment war goin down. down there. ha
whw524 2 years ago 2
the greatest
allemande18 2 years ago
wonderful..:)
still love his voice the most!
lexxe16 2 years ago
FAN
TAS
TIC!
kaiserschon 2 years ago 2
great song - 5*
dpoakaspine 2 years ago 2
Maravilhoso................
;o)
MsIarinha 2 years ago 2
Always brings me back to Coachella. Fucking amazing.
TheAmbulanceX 2 years ago
cool
jmihevc 2 years ago
sir Condon please marry me!!! he´s a genius...and sooo cute ^^ [this is a dream of some indie girls and gay boys! a dream..i said! xD]
hasbroke 2 years ago 2
True! I'm like "why can't I meet a guy like this?" hehe
Beahobi 2 years ago 2
Rad. In reference to the convo reguarding pop music and things. I think that there are some very useful things to take away from pop in general: certain rythms, bouncy melidies, catchy basslines. In my own music I like using these things somewhat tongue in cheek at times and it works well for me.
Artists like Beirut are not really catchy, they are more like a high quality aged liquor. A connoisseur will appreciate the depth and complexity, but a majority of people will spit it out.
Lymmar 2 years ago 46
haha i love your comment
ekaterine17 2 years ago
jajaja. es verdad. tienes toda la razon.
killerzro 2 years ago
Well said sir!
Shadoweangel 2 years ago
I totaly agree!
bjf63 2 years ago
typical elitist argument.
"if you don't like it, you just don't get it."
pretty funny to see all the ego perpetuation that followed, for the sake of the general public you should keep comments like that between you and your left hand, preferably in the privacy of your own home
bearachute 2 years ago 6
Another splendid example of how the medieval church has done a splendid job at destroying Pride and life itself. If you don't get it, look harder, have the will, the courage to challenge your own beliefs and landlocked concepts, unless you prefer the endless slumber of ignorance that is.
As for the General public, I quote Sartre "Hell is other people", and oh how damn right he was.
Azelius 2 years ago
i take it this is your submission for the "youtube's most pretentious comment" award. you even quoted sartre. i can't believe what i'm reading.
and again, you come at me when "you just don't get it," attacking my tastes to defend your argument when i never revealed my opinion toward beirut in the first place. i was at this video after all, wasn't i?
but no, you've provided another splendid example of what can happen when a spoiled kid is never taught to keep his ego in check, ttyl nerd
bearachute 2 years ago 7
I don't know if you intentionally dragged me into the little argument you were having with someone else, but i think my comment was fairly evenhanded. The intent of my comment was to point out that acts like Beirut are only going to appeal to certain people, I don't remember faulting anyone for not liking it.
Lymmar 2 years ago
I haven't done any reading into this argument in the least bit, and I don't plan on taking part in it, but I would like to mention that I am glad someone designated left hand as opposed to right hand. I happen to be a "righty" who uses the left, and it's good to know I'm not alone!
EatMyPwn 2 years ago
@Lymmar - great analogy.
GregSorenson80 1 year ago
love em =)
TheKwern 2 years ago
Beirutはナチだ
synterlu 2 years ago 2
what a truly great band. I love it.
dearmutiny 2 years ago 2
Austin, Texas NOW!!!!!!!
yuriferret 2 years ago 4
MTV is a tool used to brainwash young teenagers with terrible music by producers that want them to listen to terrible music. Producers sign terrible artists that have catchy lyrics because it sticks, that's what they want. They'll never sign Beirut because Beirut is too good to be aired with horrible singers like Avril Lavigne, Nickleback, and Lil Wayne.
Go Beirut!
grubtubs 2 years ago 8
thats true most of the time. there were a few bands back in the day like nirvana and the smashing pumpkins that were not brainwashing people. but nowadays i tottally agree with you
mudbassfan 2 years ago 2
Well I don't mean to sound like there's collusion going on. Mainstream music has usually been pretty terrible save for the 5% of bands / artists that break through the mold (Nirvana was a good example). For those that don't.. though, like Lil Wayne, Akon, Chris Brown, Kayne West, to The Jonas Brothers, Fallout Boy, The All American Rejects, and their flocks of copy-cat bands just make MTV the single most annoying channel on television. I know I'm hating, but if you understood, you'd understand.
grubtubs 2 years ago 3
i completely understand your opinion. your right most bands nowadays on mtv suck. but all i'm saying is there are few good ones. i'm glad theres bands like beirut, fleet foxes, shins, animal collective, bon iver, grizzly bear and band of horses to make up for all the shit. they should be the ones on mtv
mudbassfan 2 years ago
kanye was good until he started using auto tune, lyrics are still pretty dynamite though
JShah14 2 years ago
Amen brother.
kaiserschon 2 years ago
this is what I call good music
AniaMarzo 2 years ago 5