Beatenberg: "Sultan of the Economic Cafe"

Recorded in Kalk Bay, South Africa.
Video: Bernard Myburgh
Edit: Laura Gamse
More at www.invisiblesessions.org

[@euanmartins5253]

Extremely underrated. Best band in South Africa in my opinion

[@RodwellvanWyk]

Amazing, the more I watch, the more I cannot understand why Beatenberg_Band was not discovered early, just phenomenal. The music sound is unique and truly South African. Thanks for sharing, please upload more videos from your early years.

[@samperez1601]

You know that feeling that just takes you to another place and just makes you feel like a different person? Well this is one of the very few songs that I know that gives me that feeling. Truly extraordinary and I hope to hear more from these guys.

[@thingamakhado4856]

Truly amazing...It doesn't get more original than this.Where have these guys been all my life.

[@TheGuitarGirl007]

amazing :) favourite band and im from UAE.

[@RupeshSingh-gd5cp]

The last line just gave me goosebumps

[@vanetiamentor764]

Great story tellers

[@lunganiphahla]

beatenberg gave me life

[@schamitz]

Great Band!

[@kurhula]

This, is, a GEM!

[@peterphooko1441]

2020 and we are still here

[@tyroneulrich]

fantastic

[@PaulRovissKhambule]

Great track, boys!

[@victorgw]

I'm sure that after the Sultan sold the Cafe it became less economic, worse in qaulity and fewer familiar faces frequented it. All of a sudden the city was not so small as it once was.

[@darendigit]

Geniuses.

[@jdQuinnn]

Sounds like a song Paul Simon could have composed.Simple yet brilliant.

[@vanetiamentor764]

Looooooooooove beatenberg

[@lunacurello222]

Please, could you pass the lyrics to me? I love Beatenberg, greetings from Argentina!

[@daydreamreels]

all of a sudden this city got so small and i really don't like it at all all these trends, and my friends, feels like my backyard and the bartender's way too familiar all of these once revered night spots are losing their charm even with her on my arm in a taxi, it's full of people i know where can we go to find snow? we stepped out the door, the air was too warm the lingo we spoke was lacking in form and all the main men got yellow at heart we didn't stay together, we drifted apart and i guess that's what we must have wanted as i recall, none of us were retarded unless we were on drugs or in love. i visited the sultan of the economic cafe and he told me today was the day he was selling his shop, he was moving away back to his hometown in india the image i had was of beggars all over the place he told me this wasn't the case he showed me a picture of his two best friends and he said he felt nervous about seeing them again when i stepped out the door i felt kind of sad i thought about the faces of pets i once had i thought about beginnings, i thought about ends and i thought about the sultan and his two best friends i thought the sultan and i were quite similar and i bet the bartenders over in india are familiar to him.

[@podobean]

daydream reels thank you

[@sergioramov7278]

Que bueno no ser el único al que le gusta Beatenberg en este culo del mundo... :)

[@forevertheaii]

@@daydreamreels thank you for the lyrics ❤️

[@warmerheights]

Here's a low budget video I made last night on how to play the song:kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpXJmIeQlNJ0pKM

[@madanhamuchineuta3157]

how about that.

[@thegreatestofalltime8620]

where are they?

[@ranik0]

anyone know what the heck the tab is is? is it an alternate tuning??

[@warmerheights]

Hey @Nick Ramage, it's in standard tuning. I just uploaded a guitar tutorial on how to play this song after seeing your guys' comments. Hope this helps : ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpXJmIeQlNJ0pKM

[@jamesstubbs1178]

Lyrics please?

[@bakerbryce77]

Someone please share acoustic chords

[@ranik0]

im trying like death to figure them out. all i can figure out is where you can actually see his hands pluck. (6-87-10). im completly lost after that.

[@warmerheights]

Hey @Bryce Baker, just put a quick video tutorial up for how to play this song. hope it is helpful. :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpXJmIeQlNJ0pKM