Beirut, Elephant Gun (live), Fox Theater (Oakland, CA), March 2, 2019 (HD)

Beirut plays the song "Elephant Gun" live in concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California on March 2, 2019. The song originally appeared on the Lon Gisland EP in 2007. Along with Zach Condon, the band is Nick Petree, Paul Collins, Ben Lanz, Kyle Resnick, and Aaron Arntz.
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North American Gallipoli Live Tour Dates:
Feb. 10 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
Feb. 11 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel
Feb. 12 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
Feb. 14 - Washington, D.C. - The Anthem
Feb. 15 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
Feb. 16 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Feb. 18 - Montreal, QC - MTELUS
Feb. 19 - Toronto, ON - Sony Centre
Feb. 21 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
Feb. 22 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
Feb. 23 - St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre
Feb. 26 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre
Feb. 27 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
Feb. 28 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
March 2 - Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
March 5 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
European Gallipoli Live Tour Dates:
March 30 - Berlin, Germany - Funkhaus
March 31 - Berlin, Germany - Funkhaus
April 2 - Brussels, Belgium - Forest National
April 5 - Paris, France - Le Grand Rex
April 6 - Cologne, Germany - Palladium
April 8 - Utrecht, Netherlands - TivoliVredenburg
April 10 - Manchester, UK - Albert Hall
April 11 - Leeds, UK - Leeds Town Hall
April 12 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
April 15 - Munich, Germany - Zenith
April 18 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
April 19 - Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
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Elephant Gun lyrics:
If I was young, I'd flee this town
I'd bury my dreams underground
As did I, we drink to die, we drink tonight
Far from home, elephant gun
Let's take them down one by one
We'll lay it down, it's not been found, it's not around
Let the seasons begin
It rolls right on
Let the seasons begin
Take the big game down
Let the seasons begin
It rolls right on
Let the seasons begin
Take the big game down
And it rips through the silence of our camp at night
And it rips through the night, all night, all night
And it rips through the silence of our camp at night
And it rips through the silence, all that is left is all that I hide
Written by Zach Condon and Ryan Condon
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Beirut official bio:
To celebrate the release of Gallipoli, Beirut will play headline shows throughout North America and Europe in 2019 - including a gig in the iconic Fox Theater.
Zach Condon, the mastermind behind Beirut, releases his fifth studio album Gallipoli on February 1, 2019.
The 12-track Gallipoli started life in the winter of 2016, with Condon returning to his old Farfisa organ, the same one used to write the first two Beirut albums (2006’s Gulag Orkestar and the following year’s The Flying Club Cup).
Following recording stints in New York and Berlin (where he now calls home), Condon settled in Sudestudio, a studio complex deep in rural Puglia, southern Italy. It was here that he rediscovered the old joys of music as a visceral experience which became the founding principle for Gallipoli.
Available now, Gallipoli’s title track is a cathartic embrace of old and new. Condon says, “We stumbled into the medieval-fortressed island town of Gallipoli one night and followed a brass band procession fronted by priests carrying a statue of the town’s saint through the winding narrow streets behind what seemed like the entire town. The next day I wrote the song entirely in one sitting, pausing only to eat.”
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And since Beirut is apparently wildly popular in Brazil: A banda Beirut fazendo um desempenho do canção "Elephant Gun" em um concerto ao vivo na Fox Theatre em Oakland, California.

[@TimBracken]

Thanks for watching my video. I gathered all the videos I shot at this concert in a KZbin playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLwdc0qZNx0tYkEQpk9ruNznrmO8QoA-E2. The songs are No No No, Santa Fe, Postcards From Italy, Gallipoli, The Rip Tide, Scenic World, Elephant Gun, Serbian Čoček, and Nantes. Enjoy!

[@zeamindwerl8617]

If I could only listen to one song for the rest of my life it would be this one

[@anibalito82]

There are no words to describe the art .......

[@mrchrisbuck7806]

P.S., I was there this night, and at Brooklyn Steele their opening night for the tour a month before. My first ever cross-country trip to see a musical endeavor. Glad I did. So, very, very glad.

[@andreanastacio8506]

Amo Beirut!

[@mexa_t6534]

comentario en español que nadie pidió he estado escribiendo. son básicamente historias desconectadas ocurriendo en un mismo mundo. Desde que empezé a escucharlos, no me puedo quitar ese estilo tan particular de su música. Los escucho mientras dibujo y escribo. Siempre que me imagino este mundo fantástico, escucho esta música, y especialmente esta canción en particular. Este es el sonido de lo que escribo, o al menos, es el sonido que imagino y que quiero que quien sea que lea estas historias lo escuche también.

[@nerotuiro1176]

Yo escucho mucha musica, y pues ya forman parte fundamental de mi, está canción es nueva pero muy pero muy Pega mucho

[@silvanasi9619]

Amo muito!!!!😍😍😍😍

[@alessandropacileo3896]

Emozioni erranti! Ci incontriamo quando planate ad Aprile in Italia! Wandering emotions! We meet when you plan in April in Italy!

[@petsp2305]

what a voice :O

[@mrchrisbuck7806]

Yes. Yes. And, yes again.

[@let28]

So beautiful!!!!!!!! :')

[@robertomagro6679]

🙏🇮🇹braviiiii❤

[@Samwise_92]

❤️🥺❤️🙌

[@rosavll6818]

❣️

[@VincentVaIentine]

3:37 what is he saying? there's no way he is saying " it rips through the silence of our camp at night it tips through the night it rips through the silence all that is left is all that I hide " there is a part he is saying something else around 3:49

[@beetlejuice9459]

I don’t think Zach cares about the lyrics that much haha

[@VincentVaIentine]

@@beetlejuice9459 I was just interested honestly not criticising, it sounds so beautiful

[@marcusburton8413]

Between the second and third written lines It sounds something like "rips through your eyes(maybe 'life'?), salt's in your eyes your eyes and eyes."

[@sewal1027]

[@wildhoneypieee]

[@adriandinsdale5805]

What is the stringed instrument please?

[@Vappraiser]

Ukulele

[@TheMiapapia]

Six string ukulele. I think he often plays a baritone 6 string ukulele.

[@chocomousses]

lyrics : big king or big game. I think it's big king

[@TimBracken]

Good question! I could use a good research project to distract me right about now, so I just Googled it and I see some people using "big game" and some "big king." To me, "big game" fits the song's metaphor of hunting large animals, so that sounds more right to me. I also listened to some other live versions and watched his lips..it looked and sounded like "game" to me. I checked the liner notes for the official release, but sadly there are no lyrics. If there's a way to get some official confirmation that it's "king," I'll happily edit the Video Description. Cheers!

[@franciscomeira2928]

In any case, I think it reffers to the big illusions we are attached to.