Beirut- The Penalty

[@jko1992]

His songs are great because they sound like they could have been written hundreds of years ago. And his voice is so uniquely lovely!

[@youandwhatband]

I love this song and the way Condon uses his voice as an instrument :) it's like you don't even need to know the words, you can still hear what this song is about without understanding what he says

[@girlslovemymagickarp]

i do not understand how one person can be so perfect

[@titow3]

this is the best version!!

[@johannesnicolaas]

To hear him sing and seeing all those smiling faces behind him. It is perfect!

[@sweetdreamspantoponr]

Damn, his arm is all.. vein-y. Great shot, thanks for sharing. I like seeing videos like this, I feel like he's more down to earth when you can record him on your phone up close, playing exclusively in front of a private, spontaneous audience. I wish I coulda been there.

[@Cunctando]

Isn't it strange, and telling, that something sounding so sad and full of melancholia should sound this beautiful.

[@Shedt]

It would have been nice if this had been posted at the same time the other craptastic ones I was so desperately trying to hear. Magnificent.

[@fleeex1954]

damn! i like this song sooo much ! do one single like this !! I WILL buy it .. greetings from sweden

[@anenkadaden2872]

Danke schön for uploading this

[@LEENMAAR]

only his music always brings a smile on my face, no matter what :)

[@angieterror]

i get butterflies whenever he sings such an amazing voice

[@lilacprint23]

So beautiful!

[@inugal321]

voice like angels

[@dudeleocious]

I think if you changed the caption to something with "The Pentalty" in it this video would get a lot more views because this is honestly THE best version I've heard of this song and have watched it over and over again. It's the best I think because the crowd doesn't know any of the words since it came out before the CD was out, and gives us a chance to see Beirut in his solo style :)

[@menano182]

so do I! this is one of my favourite songs to play

[@titow3]

a vida é uma orquestra hora tens seus momentos de luz hora de escuridao mais devemos sempre vivela como uma grande musica com um final surpreendente

[@kristoferson16]

just plain awesome, this is my idol right for learning the ukulele

[@huevomocho]

cada vez me enamoro más de él!!!....

[@Keira13]

@MacTolver I sometimes get melancholic happiness

[@manop98]

@coftroy this was during the video shoot for "elephant gun"

[@0Year0Zero0]

Amazing song

[@harryyoung4412]

yer he uses his plectrum to drag down the strings which makes the slapping sound :) sounds weird but true. try it.

[@daisychainy12]

I love you Zach Condon.

[@sukini3]

@ddangelocosta yea he was being awesome after the shoot and treating everyone who was there to some tunes...SOOOOO JEALOUS!

[@sovndscvpe]

notice alma har'el in the background filming :)

[@niveaaraujo]

uma boa musica nos dias de hj não tem preço

[@davidstephenson8]

@meleschi And you totally played into a stereotype about american culture. Thanks for reinforcing your point. Also I love Beirut.

[@djoe1986]

aaaaaaaaa hermosa, eres un genio zach

[@cmenschen]

fuck! it's identical the studio!

[@locdaark3]

de echo esto es de antes , mira la fecha del video , y compara con la del disco de pxndx , este es de 2007 y la cancion de pxndx es del 2009 , Soy fan de pxndx, pero no por eso voy a escribir cosas sin saber, saludos :)

[@shawnradix1345]

:-) superb

[@angeship]

me too!

[@rosieboblast]

@ ddangelocosta What's the elephant gun? :D

[@JavidOnd]

@trombonehero2 It's called a Fluke. I want one too.

[@JosPeters]

@Fillipinoskater Haha, nice one!

[@woody678100]

@ddangelocosta yes it is

[@VisualBrewer]

@niktp Haha, it's Ok. No need for apologies ;)

[@MrAllahCakes]

thats the exact reason for me to

[@VisualBrewer]

@niktp Haha, I just checked Wikipedia. Turns out that some of the song's names were mixed-up in the cd that i downloaded. Sorry, my bad :)

[@nakedpplinthestreet]

Me too :) And I love Zach's music enough to do a cover of Elephant Gun. It's on youtube if anyone wants to check it out.

[@VisualBrewer]

This song ended up being titled "Knives and Forks (La Fete)". "The Penalty" is a different (yet, also great) song of The Flying Club Cup :)

[@niktp]

@PeludoImNot I didn't even know for sure, I just thought it sounded funny to say what I said. Sorry man, serious.

[@diplocodusucus]

you are very lucky.

[@samlandowski5185]

whoa...mustache

[@niktp]

@PeludoImNot true. oh wait, no, it didn't.

[@loaaarrr]

@the47ronin down/miss up/miss down/up/down/miss up/down/miss up/down/up/down/up i think. give it a try, see if it works for u

[@sukini3]

@Vaiseoquan i just had one... and i am a girl!

[@harryyoung4412]

of course u will have to strum harder and more aggeressively to get the slap. its hard to explain but its real easy.

[@whw524]

he looks like my boyfriend minus the stache.

[@D13G0D13]

Nice Song But it does not sound like Pxndxs Amnistia

[@AUSTIN3795]

@Vaiseoquan quit a few bro quit a few

[@pokarlos]

si se parece hay k haceptarlo mm o klaro amenos de k no sepas nada de musika y no se pas el sonido de las notas klaro estaa verdad pero pues obvio esta mejor esta de beirut aunk si no hubiera sido plagio no la hubiera konocido