The National LIVE @ El Castell Embruixat 2006

[@brianpounds8465]

I discovered this band when I met them at the wedding reception for their then record producer, Peter Katis. They played two songs at the reception, the performance of which was pictured on their next album, Boxer. For the record they performed Geese of Beverly Road and Daughters of the Soho Riots. I'm in the album cover photo, at far right just in front of the stage. The band played on borrowed instruments (other bands played the reception), and I remember them saying that they didn't think they had many songs appropriate for a wedding dance.

[@davidbaas9351]

Thanks! That's incredible!

[@dvxdvx93]

Great story! Dark Side of the Gym is perfect for a wedding dance, so at least they got around to it.

[@TchockyPuritan]

You are a very lucky person. The National is arguably the best band ever. It must be amazing to be able to say that you were there for their beginnings and in such an intimate setting.

[@omarwicab5447]

*I discovered this band in 2014 when i saw a video from a video game, i hear for the first time exile vilify and i fall in love with the national...*

[@goober8798]

and then they recreated that for the "Apartment Story" video. Great story!

[@nsrd100]

This is the most authentic, most emotional, most beautiful indie rock concert I ever saw. I wish i was there.

[@nateriley4067]

It's moments like these that I wish we had time travel available to us.

[@jaredsullivan9101]

0:00 - Wasp Nest 6:29 - All the Wine 9:39 - Secret Meeting 12:54 - Murder Me Rachel 16:42 - Driver Surprise Me 20:09 - Cherry Tree 24:27 - City Middle 29:10 - Lit Up 32:15 - Baby, We'll Be Fine 37:03 - The Geese Of Beverly Road 41:46 - Lucky You 45:50 - Mr. November 49:40 - Looking For Astronauts 53:10 - Abel 57:00 - Daughters Of The SoHo Riots 1:01:44 - Cold Girl Fever 1:10:20 - Val Jester 1:14:00 - Available 1:17:19 - About Today 1:25:30 - Slipping Husband

[@Rheinholdo]

Jared Sullivan ......super Konzert

[@Delph.]

Merci!!

[@tmbrtn7107]

Bump

[@tekjansenV2]

I miss this version of the band. These sets and arrangements were amazing. I remember being 14 in 2003 and taking a bus and a train to San Francisco to sneak into a club to see them after Sad Songs came out. Hearing these songs now all these years later makes me feel like a kid again.

[@MikeOlsonRealEstateInvestments]

This is so great. I've seen them 5 times and I've never heard a ton of these songs live. So incredible!

[@jealousguy6234]

I just downloaded this and put it on three different backup devices just to make sure it won't get lost...

[@Ollivier10x56]

I found their music in 2009 and I have to say since that moment they have become the soundtrack band of my life

[@contactjd]

This is is a masterpiece and I just came across it by chance. thanks algorithm

[@TalesfromtheCradle]

You'll never get anywhere close to a set like this again. I like to think the 2014 Australia set is their best but it's really this one. Thank you for the upload and preserving the history of this incredible band.

[@vincentpassepont6508]

Such a great show !! thank you the National

[@vintage_halloween3907]

I’ll never forget the first time I heard The National. Mr November on Sirius satellite radio. 2005. Been in love with the sad dads ever since🖤

[@nielsgerwe]

Unbelievable band! Not any other band stands so close to my soul than the National does. Their sound, their chords, their words, their vibe, their everything! See ya in Amsterdam in October!!

[@rikspring]

unbelievable that they were so good at the beginning of their career. what a unique registration of a top performance.

[@TheBClark88]

Wow, what a gem. Bizarre to see them on such a small stage. Matt’s voice sounds so young here compared to these days.

[@benlafond753]

I love the look of pure joy on Matt’s face after baby we’ll be fine. The happiest guy ever, when the crowd is chanting his lyrics after the song is over

[@TheThefibrylator]

I'm really often back to this show. Thanks for posting, thanks The National

[@nevet1234]

We were on a trip to France, and I told my wife that I wanted to go on a El Castell Embruix. She said: what is this place? Why go there? I told her that one of the musical miracles happened there, the world did not know it then, but today a few of us do. and I just wanted to be close and see where it happened. That is the closest I can.

[@CassandraJoyComplex]

I am freaking out. I first saw them in 2013 in Brooklyn and I've seen them four other times since then. Every album is stunning and this video is the greatest live video on KZbin.

[@chirilily]

Omg, this is one of their best live recordings on youtube! Thank you so much for uploading. I might even prefer their sound here to the heights they've reached now...

[@christhekopite]

This is fucking brilliant, thank you! Would love to have seen them back then!

[@TheTonyroma90]

This is the best set ever! Discovered them a couple of years ago and the more I dig the more I love The National! We saw them live last year and OMG what an experience. Best band in the world right now. Thanks for making this available. ✌

[@ivandavidoff5676]

The most precious vid on youtube

[@versuasivo]

Sin duda alguna es una de las mejores bandas que he podido escuchar en mi vida, y agradezco tanto que hasta el día de hoy no sea tan comercial, esta clase de música se disfruta más sin tanta publicidad a la vuelta de la esquina. Gracias por subir esta gran joya.

[@omarwicab5447]

*Y a ti gracias por traducirlas :) igual podrías escuchar a James blunt empieza con la canción high o la canción llamada if time is all i have de James blunt* fiel seguidor saludos de México 🇲🇽

[@cardiganpapi2]

this is such a gem. thank you for the upload.

[@sepvlaarkamp3100]

This is a gem, thank you for uploading.

[@keeks3527]

I have watched this many times. I love it. Thank u for posting this!!! :)

[@gbevrd]

Thank you for posting this!

[@Amber_xo_133]

The National or The Strokes? National: Like Strokes: Comment

[@sjf4405]

Thank you for this. Sounds sooooo good.

[@stevemelling9438]

Many thanks for this great upload. I love these early songs.

[@cloda1152]

Such emotion LOVE THESE GUYS AWESOME

[@Ivalince_]

Voice and instruments sound so good!

[@jamesdunne9833]

Jesus. What a band.

[@MrPmerefield]

This is gold! I got into them in 2010 and Latitude this year was the 9th time seeing them live. Would love to get Geese one day though.

[@contactjd]

They do still play geese every now and then, excellent live 👌

[@MrPmerefield]

@@contactjd I got it in Glasgow this year. Unbelievable moment

[@uncle_w0p]

**Matt screams his lungs out during Available** **2 seconds after song finishes** Matt: Thanks :)

[@PaulWolfe1]

Awesome, thank you.

[@RichardPhillips27]

It's honestly amazing that this video exists with the sound quality it has. How popular were they at the time? This is like the earliest full concert available on KZbin!

[@andrewdee4571]

Agreed, this is incredible, please let me know if you guys find another performances like this!!!

[@periode8026]

Shout out to the sound engineer of the venue who did their job properly haha

[@SmashingMr]

Fantastic man, thank you for this wonder, Greetings

[@TooManyRecords]

AMAZING

[@bradleysmith9924]

The screaming during Available

[@harmenpelders437]

Got into them around 2009 and quickly became the soundtrack of my life. The only downside, from the beginning I've been longing to be at a 2005/2006 gig... Must say Lowlands 2010 was great and Copenhagen Syd for Solen 2022 as well, but god, a setlist like this...

[@6minutesdougiefresh]

Man, I would have loved to have seen them in 2005

[@StillPlayingMusic]

The outro in Cold Girl Fever is astonishing 1:04:32 . I wish the original studio record sounded like that. What a performance!

[@tmbrtn7107]

Don't you think it has Terrible Love vibes?

[@StillPlayingMusic]

@@tmbrtn7107 It doesn't really resemble Terrible Love imo. The rhythm here is slower and guitars sound sharper and louder. But the melody itself sounds kinda dreamy and relaxing, so it could fit into High Violet, I guess.

[@ricardoquintanilla8405]

Not al heroes wear capes

[@owenc873]

What a set list, thanks for the upload! What I would do to hear songs like Cold Girl Fever and Available live again.

[@notsteve1313]

They still play Available every now and then. I heard them play it live in Boston Calling.

[@subpar.smoocher]

Wouldnt that be a treat to hear cold girl fever live in 2017. They're playing a lot of stuff from alligator in their 2017 tour.

[@belamielczarski4199]

I would kill to watch city middle live haha

[@mrrakalanov]

So Young) Jesus, i love this band

[@kokomanation]

Matt Berninger looks like Bryan Cranston and Michael Fassbender.These 3 people look alike.Awesome band The National

[@frankcoughlan1968]

thanks for this...

[@alamander4444]

I still don't understand how this only has 113K views... surely more than 112 other people have found this?!?

[@SunsSolarPanel]

This is great

[@YiannisS01]

Thanks for sharing

[@ricardoreis7455]

The show is actually from 2005, not 2006. And it is awesome!

[@LarkinS99]

Brian on guitar and Aaron on bass is messing with my brain

[@zambi987]

you could've been a legend, but you became a father

[@jamesdunne9833]

The look on Byrce's face at the start of Secret Meeting. "They know this?"

[@silverlink8805]

I love how everyone looks completely different except for Bryce Dessner

[@hiqwertyhi]

that "thanks" at the end of available though

[@FRESHNESSSSSS]

he goes so ian curtis at the end of available. used to think he was trying to get in with the hardcore crowd, but it's definitely a joy division homage.

[@zodgzod]

Wish they'd play Slipping Husband these days.

[@rodrigokalamar]

I sincerely think their setlist nowadays looses for the older ones. Mr. November, Cold Girl Fever... eventhough we didn't have Boxer... they used to be more visceral, i think.

[@nanba25]

The drumlins during Val Jester is really great, though simple

[@gustavomauricio4185]

No tengo la menor idea porque este video no llega hasta los 1000; si es una joya que tal voz, que tal manipulación de los instrumentos csm!!!

[@collapsingspace]

Val Jester beginning at 1:10:20 is amazing

[@aliencorporation2001]

Abel...holy shit

[@mattiasmattsson7926]

Less is more. About You is always gonna be the besting thing the second best ever band (The Beatles you know?) ever done....

[@louisboyes5504]

Fuck me this is beautiful

[@andrewcruz7595]

Short hair John Lennon in drums .!!!

[@dantrav1927]

Still my favorite Wasp Nest

[@tmbrtn7107]

Anyone getting "Terrible Love" vibes during the jam at 1:05:00?

[@DitchyDimana]

Scott is on guitar?!?!

[@meemeelombard110]

What exactly are they saying in background towards the end of " Secret Meeting? Sounds like: im talking ------- ?' Im falling? Thanks for reply to whoever knows.

[@Raymineur]

"I'm talking ace this morning" (you're welcome ;) )

[@snigdhodeepmukherjee5152]

I always wonder what happened to the violinist? Does anyone know what his name? He is not with the band anymore ..

[@connorfearon3905]

His name is padme newsome, he arranged a lot of the strings in earlier songs. Great musician!

[@snigdhodeepmukherjee5152]

@@connorfearon3905 Thank you! And yes I finally found him a couple of weeks back... he was mentioned in an article in NY Times and he played with Bryce Dessner at Clogs. He is a great musician!

[@contactjd]

He definitely adds something now missing to the vibe, would be good to see them touring again 👍

[@joelayalareyes4642]

I'm at home, alone and thinking about why I had to fall in love

[@linzor24]

cherry tree Vol 4 would be fantastic lol :P plz

[@scs7790]

Is it just me, or does younger Matt look like Dierks Bentley? Lol

[@ricardoslip8776]

Cherry Tree 😔

[@CLAllder]

Matt in a T-shirt…. 😮

[@miriamcastle32]

Is it just me, or does Matt get a little teary-eyed during Daughters of the Soho Riots at 1:00:26?

[@Raymineur]

I think it's just forehead transpiration

[@maxgang]

juste avant de devenir célèbre

[@borischakalov7973]

His voice sounds a bit different. I guess he f-ed it up with those cigarettes he was smoking in the beginning.

[@ParaquatSC]

Dammmn they were so much better when they had this backing violinist. I actively find Kyle Resnicks singing off-putting and hes always SO forwards in the mix :(

[@paulkarwatsky3085]

Editing and effects ruining the video.

[@bokand6605]

no, its great