I think its because it feels so universal. We all remember summer days in the sun, times spent with family and friends, people we knew and loved. This video and song tap into something very human.
This was our song, my wife and I. She was amazing and I'll miss her till my last day. Might not be a believer in any kind of afterlife but Nat, I hope you know that I think of you every day and any time I hear this song I sing it out loud for you. You were the thing in this life people look for and never find. I love you.
@Leo Jerez I appreciate it. It's been a few years now, and I'm getting along ok. Our boys keep me busy. Lol. Don't go shedding tears. She was worth it and the life we built was incredible. They might have a melancholy filter, but the memories will always make me smile.
Everyone says how nostalgic this song makes them feel, when for some reason this song makes me think about the future and all the new memories I’ll make
I used to listen to this during a state of depression that I had, and it reminded me that there was always a little joy in this seemingly cruel Earth, no matter what goes on in life.
Earth is not cruel . Cruel is equivalent to pain , which is just a entity that manifest itself into a feeling . Pain is just a period of time and we are just a time barrier that stopped the pain form escaping. In order to beat it , we must be the pain. But wtv , I love this song
Steve Bob It's actually one of the most sane things I've ever heard. It means that though there will always be pain, it's just something that will always live on, and that you have to live through it no matter what. There are good times, and there are bad times. It might be callous, but it's right.
MnZvids I understood what he meant, but the world is a cruel place, and his attempt at removing the problem of pain via sophistry is both callous and stupid. "It's actually one of the most sane things I've ever heard." He stated that pain is an entity that manifests itself into a feeling. What the fuck kind of nutty company do you keep? "it's just something that will always live on, and that you have to live through it no matter what." This means the earth isn't a cruel place? How?
I got cancer last year and everytime I should take a rest in my bed after chemotherapy I was laying with my mom and we heard all of Beirut’s songs! I love Beirut, thanks for sharing your music with us..
this song, musically and lyrically, is the perfect sound of the feeling of love, love in its most primal, deeply rooted, and diverse forms... childhood, family, true friends, your love... but its also an ode to the enormity of the world we live in and the life we play. only music can be capable of creating this haunting, beautiful impression.
@@adampratt1925 i am really sorry... I am so much in love with beirut that i always end up commenting some shit stuff... I remember my first day when i came to know about beirut. I was listening to milky chance on saavn (may be a playlist of 10 songs) I slept listening to them. The playlist ended and was on auto mode and it kept on playing nearly 2 hours. And when i woke up, bamm!!! I was listening to the elephant gun. I am admirer of great music, and whatever force that exist in this world, made me to get to know beirut.. Those were my times...
As an Italian I feel very honoured by this band for dedicating so many beautiful and deep songs to my country. They are able to see the poetry everywhere they go, even more than the natives, this is why they are so special to me.
@@AdeM-kc7sc - Because back when the original post was written, it was Italy alone in the Western world that was ravaged by an outbreak of Covid. It was the first country in Europe to be affected. It only spread to others a couple of months later.
Happens to me everytime but specially when I was in high school. I was in love with a girl I knew and I everytime I heard those trumpets going I felt a mellow vibe running through my spine, imagining a life by her side. It was beautiful.
Conheço beirut já tem uns 13 anos e mesmo assim, todas as músicas sem exceção sempre causam estranheza, nostalgia, melancolia e esperança em algo q ainda não alcancei.
I remember walking the streets of Paris to my college class during the metro strikes in Fall 2007, listening to this song/album on loop on my brand new color screen iPod.
My ex boyfriend put this on one of his mixtapes to me… we have over a hundred songs worth between the 10 mixtapes we sent back and forth… and now we will never see each other again… I kind of vowed to not listen to any of the songs ever again… but then this song just came on and here I am. I am so heartbroken.
That is exactly where I first heard this song. My ex boyfriend made me a bunch of mixtapes and I lost them all in the house fire, sadly, but I heard this song in a yoga class 6 years later, and I memorized as many of the lyrics as I could so I could look it up later. I wish I could find the rest of the music he left me, but I’m not reaching out to try to find out.
Like from mud the most beautiful flowers grow, so will the most joyful moments stem out of this pain. And just as after winter new sprouts appear, so will you blossom after this heartbreak. To cite the movie "Call me by your name" from Luca Guadagnino, "We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster, that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty, and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make us feel nothing, as to not feel anything, what a waste!" May the path that lies ahead be filled with consolation, healing and rejoicement. You deserve it!
The footage in this video looks like it was from around the time I was young. I find it sad these simplistic times have now gone. Technology has taken over people's lives
I love the fact that this is an American musician with so much influence from Europe and gypsy music, he is really giving something to this continent that people otherwise might not have had the ambition to discover for themselve
Beirut gives me this feeling of happy sadness... In a way it is like being happy to be alive but sad that I'm not really living my life at its fullest, yet there's hope. Why did we fail to make this band better known?
***** Awesome! I really enjoyed the whole Gulag Orkestar album, but I have to admit that I'm a little disapointed with their last full lengh LP No, No, No. I hope to see more European influence in their next albums.
fall in love with this song the first time spotify suggested for me. there's something about their music, the vocal. it's like i was taking to different world. that's my friends how to make a song
this song makes me cry!! my heart is melting. When I close my eyes while listening to it, I am taken away to a loving utopia, something about that beat, trumpet and ukulele, my God, so beautiful!
I heard this song back in late 2007 ( when my grandmother have passed) immediately looked up all their songs and truly fell in love with each one of them... and I'm still
Postcards From Italy" The times we had oh, when the wind would blow with rain and snow were not all bad we put our feet just where they had, had to go never to go the shattered soul following close but nearly twice as slow in my good times there were always golden rocks to throw at those who, those who admit defeat too late those were our times, those were our times and i will love to see that day that day is mine when she will marry me outside with the willow trees and play the songs we made they made me so and i would love to see that day that day was mine
There is so much of some kind of innocence and purity in Beirut's songs that I have to confess, make me cry. They create a mixed feeling of sadness, happiness and hope in me.
Questa canzone è un capolavoro. A distanza di anni dalla prima volta ancora mi emoziona. Ricordo la sensazione di bellezza la prima volta che l'ho ascoltata, ebbene tal cosa è rimasta immutata.
I listened to this some years ago and never thought that much of it. The trumpet melodies seemed to never leave me. It took me some more years to source who actually did it and to find it again.
One of the most beautiful countries I visited so far, stay strong Italy! I'm looking forward to experiencing all those beautiful places and memories again
This song reminds me of my love. My boyfriend has been away in Italy for almost 3 years, while I finish up with college. Every time he sends me a message, I think of this song and all of the memories in the past. Simple yet beautifully put together. Finally a song I can relate to!
This song holds so many memories for me. It used to bring me to tears for years. Coming back to it for the first time in a long time and in a nostalgic mood, I'm glad that it makes me smile rather than cry. Some of the good times might be gone forever and the future may seem scary, but the power to keep growing, experiencing and becoming better is in all our hands. And that's what it's about I guess. Fuck I'm old... Cheers guys
This band has been accessory to many of my panic attacks and mental breakdowns. And now, mentally stable and happy with who i am it brings me joy to reminisce on the hard times this has helped me through. Beautiful music without a doubt.
Love this song. Was released during a very dark time. Friend of mine at the time played mandolin for Beirut. That’s how I became acquainted with the music. Almost too painful to listen to now.
I'm currently dealing with a broken heart with someone I gave the world to who completely no longer loves me. I worked hard and took care of everything so that she could finish school and pursue her dreams. I wanted to be by her side and help her in any way I could. I was fired from my job of 14 years and she had to take care of things while I dealt with depression and trying to get back on my feet. Apparently someone gave her attention and she decided she wants that person more than me and I will never truly understand why. I'm barely making much and now we're going to go our separate ways after 6 years. This song used to always make me tear up with how beautiful it is, but right now, it's only making me realize that I put forth all my time and energy into something that was never meant to be. This hurts.
Essa música é incrível, quando escutei pela primeira foi amor a primeira vista, mas quando ouvi na voz da Florence Welch pude compreender mais da beleza e melancolia da melodia e se tornou uma de minhas favoritas do Beirut
After listening to this song on Shameless, I fell in love with it. I know now this song will become more popular and has added thousands of more fans I am sure.
I drown in a concoction of joy, familiarities, nostalgia I have driven from relations, every time I hit this piece. I came across this song so many years back, but on my way back from my first solo trip today, this majestic work wrapped up the conclusion, I'm leaving behind so much, and this tune just instills some hope of finding my way back to my memories, it's just one postcard away :)
Just love Beirut, been interwoven in my life since early twenties, 40 this year and still pretty much my favourite band. Brilliant, talented, always humble...captures time travel somehow without ever trying too hard..certainly not for our benefit. Great gift..thanks Zach and compadres..I’ll be listening til the day I die.
I saw Beirut on their first tour through Europe, downstairs in Academy 3 in Manchester. It was absolutely incredible. I was with a girl I had feelings for, but we never quite got together, and a friend who I cared a lot for, but have since lost touch with. In my mind the memory of seeing Beirut live plays out like this video, poignant distant memories. But I still feel it all deeply.
I can't get enough of this band. I need to see them live again. Sasquatch is a must. I missed them in pioneer square. Good thing a friend is in the band
J'adore la musique de Beirut. Je peux aimer des choses très différentes. Là, c'est le charme intense que peut dégager un étrange mélange de gaieté et de mélancolie. Ça touche profondément, "l'air de rien", si j'ose dire. Bref, je ne sais comment l'exprimer, mais j'adore ! Cet album comme ceux qu'ils ont fait après. Les 194 pouces en bas me font un peu peur. "C'est leur droit", mais… je les sens loin, loin, loin, si étrangers…
My ex introduced me to Beirut and I will forever be great full, gave me the record and its beautiful, we are still friends, dont talk as much but keep in touch every now and again,
Amazing music. Love this band. They make me feel different emotions in just one song. I remember my past and all emotions mix together. Sometimes my sadness turns into peace and my peace gives me courage to see my future. Thank you guys.
Los momentos que tuvimos Oh, cuando el viento podía soplar con lluvia y nieve No todo fue malo Orientamos nuestros pasos justo hacia donde tenían, tenían que ir Nunca fueron El alma rota sigue cerrándose cada vez más lentamente En mis buenos tiempos Siempre había rocas doradas que derribar en los que admitir la derrota demasiado tarde Esos fueron nuestros momentos, esa fue nuestra época. Y desearé ver ese día Ese es mi día Cuando ella se case conmigo junto a los sauces Y toque las canciones que compusimos Me hicieron así Y me encantaría ver ese día en el que, su día fue mío.
Kocham, odkąd usłyszałam kilkanaście lat temu na TVP Kultura. Coś innego, pięknego, wrażliwego... Doceniam, szanuję, zostaje w moim sercu w specjalnym miejscu. ❤
The times we had, oh, when the wind would blow With rain and snow were not all bad We put our feet just where they had, had to go Never to go The shattered soul following close but nearly twice as slow In my good times there were always golden rocks to throw At those who admit defeat too late Those were our times, those were our times And I will love to see that day, that day is mine When she will marry me outside with the willow trees And play the songs we made, they made me so And I would love to see that day, her day was mine
I remember my teacher showed us this in class once around 3 years ago and I felt a huge surge of nostalgia. It was different from the music I listened to on the radio and it felt a bit strange but so, so beautiful. I love this song
Me da Alegría y Nostalgia a la vez. Ese aire a Familia a Hogar. Me hubiera gustado formar parte de ellos. Bravo Beirut. Carlos. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
The melody is so so good. I feel like I lived those times. I feel incredibly good after listening to this song, whether I am happy or sad. Thankfully, Beirut isn't that known because we have this music jewel for ourselves.
The first time I heard this song 10 years ago and loved the song just as a Song. 10 years later and I finally get the songs message and love it so so much more, I wish I was still with all the people who made happy memories with me! Especially you Mom, I love you and miss you so much ❤️
This album doesn't make me nostalgic for a time I didn't live through. It makes me nostalgic for a coda to Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" that I never got to hear. These sounds dredge up ghosts that I desperately miss.
I've listened to Postcard From Italy since 2016 and I swear this song is my favorite, I had a lot of new moments in life and this song was played in that moments until now. And at the same year, I made friends with this boy from Italy, but I guess we only talk once, I don't remember how, we didn't talk again, maybe we both were thinking that we are not interesting, but we still follow each other on instagram. And then at the beginning of August 2019 he sent me some messages saying that he was stalking through my Spotify account which i put on my bio. And then he saw the Beirut's Gulag Orkestar album cover on my playlist. He also loves this song too! This is how this all started. Long story short, he said that he wants to send me some gifts, we started become a couple, etc. He also plays guitar. So I guess he can relate to the ending of the lyrics. And this day, I received my gifts, the Beirut's Gulag Orkestar Vinyl as one of the gifts. I didn't expect that I'm gonna get such a beautiful gift. This is too good to be true. So, I'm looking at this video again to have a little nostalgic feeling to the first time I look at this video and was thinking "I'm gonna have a person who will also appreciate this song."
That's mindblowing how they manage to make us feel nostalgic about memories that aren't ours. I didn't know that was possible.
I think its because it feels so universal. We all remember summer days in the sun, times spent with family and friends, people we knew and loved. This video and song tap into something very human.
That was exactly what I was thinking. :)
It's the purpose of art, no? To feel something new yet familiar?
oONodokaOo
totaly agreed... i think the same... and i find it in most of Beirut songs... they take me to a distante, yet beautiful past... cheers!
oONodokaOo ¿Saudade?
This was our song, my wife and I. She was amazing and I'll miss her till my last day. Might not be a believer in any kind of afterlife but Nat, I hope you know that I think of you every day and any time I hear this song I sing it out loud for you. You were the thing in this life people look for and never find. I love you.
You’re deeply loved
Dude you made me cry... I wish you all the best
@Leo Jerez I appreciate it. It's been a few years now, and I'm getting along ok. Our boys keep me busy. Lol. Don't go shedding tears. She was worth it and the life we built was incredible. They might have a melancholy filter, but the memories will always make me smile.
🥺 It's so beautiful
❤❤❤
Everyone says how nostalgic this song makes them feel, when for some reason this song makes me think about the future and all the new memories I’ll make
that was the case too when I was younger, but now that I am older, it makes me feel nostalgic instead
this
Great response.
I like to imagine that. We still have so many more to live.
For me it is an amazing and strange combination of both.
I recall the warm moments of my past while also dreaming of my future. Ahh I love it haha
I used to listen to this during a state of depression that I had, and it reminded me that there was always a little joy in this seemingly cruel Earth, no matter what goes on in life.
It's amazing.
Earth is not cruel . Cruel is equivalent to pain , which is just a entity that manifest itself into a feeling . Pain is just a period of time and we are just a time barrier that stopped the pain form escaping. In order to beat it , we must be the pain. But wtv , I love this song
amirul mazuri
Yeah, tell that to the kids in agony from disease all around the world, just be the pain. What a callous and stupid thing to say.
Steve Bob It's actually one of the most sane things I've ever heard. It means that though there will always be pain, it's just something that will always live on, and that you have to live through it no matter what. There are good times, and there are bad times. It might be callous, but it's right.
MnZvids
I understood what he meant, but the world is a cruel place, and his attempt at removing the problem of pain via sophistry is both callous and stupid.
"It's actually one of the most sane things I've ever heard."
He stated that pain is an entity that manifests itself into a feeling. What the fuck kind of nutty company do you keep?
"it's just something that will always live on, and that you have to live through it no matter what."
This means the earth isn't a cruel place? How?
I got cancer last year and everytime I should take a rest in my bed after chemotherapy I was laying with my mom and we heard all of Beirut’s songs! I love Beirut, thanks for sharing your music with us..
Hey, how are u now? 💛
I hope it's all over now and you're ok 🙏✌🏼
@@leojerez8348 I’m cancer free now! It’s been 5 years.. 💪🏼 Thank you for asking.🙏🏼
@@priyanshuraha Hey, I’m cancer free now. Thanks for asking. 🙏🏼🥰
@@effyo that's fantastic!!! I'm so happy for you. God bless you😇🐣🤗
this song, musically and lyrically, is the perfect sound of the feeling of love, love in its most primal, deeply rooted, and diverse forms... childhood, family, true friends, your love... but its also an ode to the enormity of the world we live in and the life we play. only music can be capable of creating this haunting, beautiful impression.
Exactly...
And capturing those in such a perfect way, that is unexplainable.
To je ljubavna pjesma na Mediteranu.
Love it when you stumble on a great band that's been around for ages but is brand new to your ears....like vintage wine!
Jackson Gash What a great comment !
I concur
+1
It's February 2020 and I just heard this song for the first time and holy shit.
@@adampratt1925 i am really sorry... I am so much in love with beirut that i always end up commenting some shit stuff...
I remember my first day when i came to know about beirut.
I was listening to milky chance on saavn (may be a playlist of 10 songs)
I slept listening to them.
The playlist ended and was on auto mode and it kept on playing nearly 2 hours.
And when i woke up, bamm!!!
I was listening to the elephant gun.
I am admirer of great music, and whatever force that exist in this world, made me to get to know beirut..
Those were my times...
Perfection is rare; rejoice in what we have here.
❤️
🔥
😩
Exactly.
As an Italian I feel very honoured by this band for dedicating so many beautiful and deep songs to my country. They are able to see the poetry everywhere they go, even more than the natives, this is why they are so special to me.
Well it's certainly a beautiful country friend
Così profondamente sbagliata ma meravigliosa! "Io non mi sento italiana ma per fortuna o purtroppo lo sono" 🖤
@@unclefeatherpimp5169 thank you, it really is, like every own country
Oh well....
So ..
I - as I Croatian girl am touched with your words( so genuine )🥰
My favorite country I've visited
Listening to this song today gives me hope for Italy. And all of us.
May the Lord make everything right soon. Amen!
thank you from Italy
why italy?
@@AdeM-kc7sc - Because back when the original post was written, it was Italy alone in the Western world that was ravaged by an outbreak of Covid. It was the first country in Europe to be affected. It only spread to others a couple of months later.
2:54 This part gets me everytime. Goosebumps everywhere.
It's a level of genuine joy you don't get to see people express very often.
Happens to me everytime but specially when I was in high school. I was in love with a girl I knew and I everytime I heard those trumpets going I felt a mellow vibe running through my spine, imagining a life by her side. It was beautiful.
@@ssrocksss That's such a lovely sentiment ❤️
Yeah, but the blackface dancers ruin it a little lol.
Conheço beirut já tem uns 13 anos e mesmo assim, todas as músicas sem exceção sempre causam estranheza, nostalgia, melancolia e esperança em algo q ainda não alcancei.
Beirut é muito bom
I remember walking the streets of Paris to my college class during the metro strikes in Fall 2007, listening to this song/album on loop on my brand new color screen iPod.
Aww that's awesome.
Sucks now in 2017 you'll have a Muslim blindslide your ass in Paris! LOL
Actually it's sad :(
phroz it's sad that human being got away from an area where they likely would have died?
I lack your perspective i guess
My ex boyfriend put this on one of his mixtapes to me… we have over a hundred songs worth between the 10 mixtapes we sent back and forth… and now we will never see each other again… I kind of vowed to not listen to any of the songs ever again… but then this song just came on and here I am. I am so heartbroken.
That is exactly where I first heard this song. My ex boyfriend made me a bunch of mixtapes and I lost them all in the house fire, sadly, but I heard this song in a yoga class 6 years later, and I memorized as many of the lyrics as I could so I could look it up later. I wish I could find the rest of the music he left me, but I’m not reaching out to try to find out.
You Will be fine, My dear. Everything meant for you Will find your path ❤
Like from mud the most beautiful flowers grow, so will the most joyful moments stem out of this pain. And just as after winter new sprouts appear, so will you blossom after this heartbreak. To cite the movie "Call me by your name" from Luca Guadagnino, "We rip out so much of ourselves to be cured of things faster, that we go bankrupt by the age of thirty, and have less to offer each time we start with someone new. But to make us feel nothing, as to not feel anything, what a waste!"
May the path that lies ahead be filled with consolation, healing and rejoicement. You deserve it!
This video makes me nostalgic for a time that was never mine.
such a deep comment... same
i wish there was a word for this feeling...
sehnsucht i think is applicable
makes me feel miss something that i dont know what it is...
The footage in this video looks like it was from around the time I was young. I find it sad these simplistic times have now gone. Technology has taken over people's lives
Why is this making me cry? This is seriously the best song I’ve heard in the last few years ❤
I love the fact that this is an American musician with so much influence from Europe and gypsy music, he is really giving something to this continent that people otherwise might not have had the ambition to discover for themselve
Anyone else cry real tears while listening to this song?
Ariel Martin I do!
Ariel Martin Reminds me two summers ago in Italia and makes me cry
:( me.
Ariel Martin you will cry louder if you have been to Italy. **
Ariel Martin I do!
Beirut gives me this feeling of happy sadness... In a way it is like being happy to be alive but sad that I'm not really living my life at its fullest, yet there's hope.
Why did we fail to make this band better known?
Exactly. Well put.
This song is unique, it creates a feeling of longing to relive these times- happy and sad, melancholy. It’s like looking through an old photo album
I don't know why but Beirut always make me feel like I'm listening to the soudtrack of Europe
+Paulo Henrique So well said.
+Paulo Henrique its "post cards from italy" suggesting that they are on holiday
***** Awesome! I really enjoyed the whole Gulag Orkestar album, but I have to admit that I'm a little disapointed with their last full lengh LP No, No, No. I hope to see more European influence in their next albums.
+Paulo Henrique É VOCÊ, PÃO?????????????????????????????????????????
GabrielaMSiqueira Talvez, nunca se sabe..
Probably the most beautiful Beirut song ever...
Agreed.
elephant gun to me, but this is a close one
And that says a lot, to be honest.
@@joabesouzasantos5671 nooo, this is better. Hehehe. But both songs are very very good. Sometimes I just can't decide which one is better.
fall in love with this song the first time spotify suggested for me. there's something about their music, the vocal. it's like i was taking to different world. that's my friends how to make a song
RHP Me too!😱 I had heard this song on Spotify too. I always listen in the shower
this song makes me cry!! my heart is melting. When I close my eyes while listening to it, I am taken away to a loving utopia, something about that beat, trumpet and ukulele, my God, so beautiful!
I heard this song back in late 2007 ( when my grandmother have passed) immediately looked up all their songs and truly fell in love with each one of them... and I'm still
Postcards From Italy"
The times we had
oh, when the wind would blow with rain and snow
were not all bad
we put our feet just where they had, had to go
never to go
the shattered soul
following close but nearly twice as slow
in my good times
there were always golden rocks to throw
at those who, those who admit defeat too late
those were our times, those were our times
and i will love to see that day
that day is mine
when she will marry me outside with the willow trees
and play the songs we made
they made me so
and i would love to see that day
that day was mine
What a darling you are
Iy
thank you stranger
Thanx!
@Thanh Huyunh ...for your therapeutic smile
Música boa é outro nível pode passar anos não me canso de ouvir viva Beirut ❤️
There is so much of some kind of innocence and purity in Beirut's songs that I have to confess, make me cry. They create a mixed feeling of sadness, happiness and hope in me.
Questa canzone è un capolavoro. A distanza di anni dalla prima volta ancora mi emoziona. Ricordo la sensazione di bellezza la prima volta che l'ho ascoltata, ebbene tal cosa è rimasta immutata.
I listened to this some years ago and never thought that much of it. The trumpet melodies seemed to never leave me. It took me some more years to source who actually did it and to find it again.
Quando você acha que Elephant Gun é insuperável, vem esta música e prova o contrário ! Viva Beirut !
Viva!
Só li verdades
Eles estão se superando todo tempo
This song is just amazing. So calming, inspiring, and meaningful, all at the same time.
@Boxing Bro That's nostalgia, mane. Most dangerous drug on earth.
One of the most beautiful countries I visited so far, stay strong Italy! I'm looking forward to experiencing all those beautiful places and memories again
oh those Italians, always hugging and kissing...makes me miss my mom and dad. RIP xo xo
oww RIP darling.
Not my ex though unfortunately
This song reminds me of my love. My boyfriend has been away in Italy for almost 3 years, while I finish up with college. Every time he sends me a message, I think of this song and all of the memories in the past. Simple yet beautifully put together. Finally a song I can relate to!
This song holds so many memories for me. It used to bring me to tears for years. Coming back to it for the first time in a long time and in a nostalgic mood, I'm glad that it makes me smile rather than cry. Some of the good times might be gone forever and the future may seem scary, but the power to keep growing, experiencing and becoming better is in all our hands. And that's what it's about I guess. Fuck I'm old... Cheers guys
This band has been accessory to many of my panic attacks and mental breakdowns. And now, mentally stable and happy with who i am it brings me joy to reminisce on the hard times this has helped me through. Beautiful music without a doubt.
Needed this today. Thanks man.
Beirut! I love you ❤
Straight from Beirut, Lebanon
The Paris of the Middle East
No, Paris its the Beirut of Europe ;)
Love to Beirut , Lebanon from Greece!
Pablo Orellana damn now I really want to visit Lebanon 🇱🇧
@@taasinbinhossainalvi9173 actually I recommend the mountains they're more interesting than Beirut
Love this song. Was released during a very dark time. Friend of mine at the time played mandolin for Beirut. That’s how I became acquainted with the music. Almost too painful to listen to now.
One of my all time favorite songs.
I always remember my grandma when I listen to this song. All the great memories, the summer days, the joy. ❤️
I can't get over how amazing the lead singer's voice is.
I listened to this song while walking around in Rome the year it came out, and every time I hear it I get all nostalgic
I'm currently dealing with a broken heart with someone I gave the world to who completely no longer loves me. I worked hard and took care of everything so that she could finish school and pursue her dreams. I wanted to be by her side and help her in any way I could. I was fired from my job of 14 years and she had to take care of things while I dealt with depression and trying to get back on my feet. Apparently someone gave her attention and she decided she wants that person more than me and I will never truly understand why. I'm barely making much and now we're going to go our separate ways after 6 years. This song used to always make me tear up with how beautiful it is, but right now, it's only making me realize that I put forth all my time and energy into something that was never meant to be. This hurts.
Mate this too shall pass
Essa música é incrível, quando escutei pela primeira foi amor a primeira vista, mas quando ouvi na voz da Florence Welch pude compreender mais da beleza e melancolia da melodia e se tornou uma de minhas favoritas do Beirut
Porra, Beirut é foda pra caralho. Vou ver esse vídeo e ouvir essa música por mais dez anos...
I dont know if happens to anyone else, but when i feel i need to cry i just listen to this song and others beirut's songs. Helps a lot.
Em todos os momentos é sempre maravilhoso ouvir Beirut ! Música linda criativa, única !
Brasileiro aqui, que bom, achei que não encontraria ninguém hahah
After listening to this song on Shameless, I fell in love with it. I know now this song will become more popular and has added thousands of more fans I am sure.
Beirut makes me so nostalgic
Me too
eu amo essa banda. Me inspira, me deixa emocionada ao lembrar do meu irmão, é o meu coração.
I drown in a concoction of joy, familiarities, nostalgia I have driven from relations, every time I hit this piece. I came across this song so many years back, but on my way back from my first solo trip today, this majestic work wrapped up the conclusion, I'm leaving behind so much, and this tune just instills some hope of finding my way back to my memories, it's just one postcard away :)
This is the most beautiful video ever. I always cry watching it.
Just love Beirut, been interwoven in my life since early twenties, 40 this year and still pretty much my favourite band. Brilliant, talented, always humble...captures time travel somehow without ever trying too hard..certainly not for our benefit. Great gift..thanks Zach and compadres..I’ll be listening til the day I die.
I saw Beirut on their first tour through Europe, downstairs in Academy 3 in Manchester. It was absolutely incredible. I was with a girl I had feelings for, but we never quite got together, and a friend who I cared a lot for, but have since lost touch with. In my mind the memory of seeing Beirut live plays out like this video, poignant distant memories. But I still feel it all deeply.
I never knew this song would start so hopeful for me, then become so hurtful
Maybe some day it won't hurt anymore
Alguém aí que ama Beirut? Pra mim são incomparáveis... Amo demais
This is such a lyrically perfect song.
I can't get enough of this band. I need to see them live again. Sasquatch is a must. I missed them in pioneer square. Good thing a friend is in the band
One of the most prettiest songs in the world
J'adore la musique de Beirut. Je peux aimer des choses très différentes. Là, c'est le charme intense que peut dégager un étrange mélange de gaieté et de mélancolie. Ça touche profondément, "l'air de rien", si j'ose dire. Bref, je ne sais comment l'exprimer, mais j'adore ! Cet album comme ceux qu'ils ont fait après. Les 194 pouces en bas me font un peu peur. "C'est leur droit", mais… je les sens loin, loin, loin, si étrangers…
Não sei explicar o que sinto quando escuto essa música, aliás, Beirut todo.
Beirut es amor
Beirut es vida.
Beirut es Paz
Beirut es perfección
Tú más porque te gusta Beirut :D
Beirut es sonrisa.
My ex introduced me to Beirut and I will forever be great full, gave me the record and its beautiful, we are still friends, dont talk as much but keep in touch every now and again,
i nannied during covid. i would sing this on my ukelele and the kids loved it. ended up giving my uke to them, i hope theyre all doing well
Muuuch love from Italy, Beirut
EXPLOCION EXPLOCION
I love all of their records but this and A Sunday Smile remains to be untopped.
I'm just in love with 2:01 onwards
Amazing music. Love this band. They make me feel different emotions in just one song. I remember my past and all emotions mix together. Sometimes my sadness turns into peace and my peace gives me courage to see my future. Thank you guys.
I've always been inspired by this warm feeling that comes floating from their songs...
Los momentos que tuvimos
Oh, cuando el viento podía soplar con lluvia y nieve
No todo fue malo
Orientamos nuestros pasos justo hacia donde tenían, tenían que ir
Nunca fueron
El alma rota
sigue cerrándose cada vez más lentamente
En mis buenos tiempos
Siempre había rocas doradas que derribar
en los que admitir la derrota demasiado tarde
Esos fueron nuestros momentos, esa fue nuestra época.
Y desearé ver ese día
Ese es mi día
Cuando ella se case conmigo junto a los sauces
Y toque las canciones que compusimos
Me hicieron así
Y me encantaría ver ese día
en el que, su día fue mío.
I love this so much!
My eyes tear a little everytime I hear this song
muito amor por essa música!!!
amo esta canção!!!
Não canso de ouvir
😍
Casa comigo então. Rsrs
William Sálli kkkkkkkk
I feel warmth inside my heart. World feels like a better place. Love you Beirut
Kocham, odkąd usłyszałam kilkanaście lat temu na TVP Kultura. Coś innego, pięknego, wrażliwego... Doceniam, szanuję, zostaje w moim sercu w specjalnym miejscu. ❤
a tranquilidade que essa música transmite é indescritível
Mds, como eu amo essa banda...
The times we had, oh, when the wind would blow
With rain and snow were not all bad
We put our feet just where they had, had to go
Never to go
The shattered soul following close but nearly twice as slow
In my good times there were always golden rocks to throw
At those who admit defeat too late
Those were our times, those were our times
And I will love to see that day, that day is mine
When she will marry me outside with the willow trees
And play the songs we made, they made me so
And I would love to see that day, her day was mine
Whenever I think of what an ideal bard sound like THIS is the voice that comes to mind. True troubadour.
I remember my teacher showed us this in class once around 3 years ago and I felt a huge surge of nostalgia. It was different from the music I listened to on the radio and it felt a bit strange but so, so beautiful. I love this song
Coisa linda. Agradecido pela música e pela vibração. ❤️
...I'm in love with this video. Thank you.
Perfeição!
muita!!! ♡
Me da Alegría y Nostalgia a la vez. Ese aire a Familia a Hogar. Me hubiera gustado formar parte de ellos. Bravo Beirut. Carlos. Buenos Aires. Argentina.
The melody is so so good. I feel like I lived those times. I feel incredibly good after listening to this song, whether I am happy or sad. Thankfully, Beirut isn't that known because we have this music jewel for ourselves.
Me produce mucha nostalgia esta canción, es hermosa.
A VIBE DESSA MSC MEUS SENHORES
There is yet to be made a videoclip which makes me feel better than this one
+Gabriel Oliveira its called porn
Listen to riptide by vancejoy
It’s the only thing that comes close
saint motel-at least i have nothing
same
this song makes my heart ache in the most exquisitely beautiful way.
i agree
The first time I heard this song 10 years ago and loved the song just as a Song. 10 years later and I finally get the songs message and love it so so much more, I wish I was still with all the people who made happy memories with me! Especially you Mom, I love you and miss you so much ❤️
hey my son introduced me to Beirut and now I love them so much that I'm even thinking of flying to Japan to catch them in concert
Beirut is an absolute good. Beirut is life.
god
AC 7H0M50N Praise be to Gott.
This album doesn't make me nostalgic for a time I didn't live through. It makes me nostalgic for a coda to Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" that I never got to hear. These sounds dredge up ghosts that I desperately miss.
2013年来澳的时候店里一直在放的一首歌，不知不觉已是第十个年头，十年间的悲欢离合、人来人往历历在目。昨天再次在车里听到，唱完the day was mine之后小号独奏响起忍不住泪奔。
The trumpets in this song are exquisite.
this song always brings summer to my heart and mind :)
Essa música sempre me relaxa, me transporta para uma outra atmosfera!
Essa banda♥️ o Brasil agradece sua existência 😊
miss the band so much. greet's from Poland!
Thank you Beirut for creating such amazing songs!! The music is incredible. And it's our medication in those difficult times!!
I've listened to Postcard From Italy since 2016 and I swear this song is my favorite, I had a lot of new moments in life and this song was played in that moments until now. And at the same year, I made friends with this boy from Italy, but I guess we only talk once, I don't remember how, we didn't talk again, maybe we both were thinking that we are not interesting, but we still follow each other on instagram. And then at the beginning of August 2019 he sent me some messages saying that he was stalking through my Spotify account which i put on my bio. And then he saw the Beirut's Gulag Orkestar album cover on my playlist. He also loves this song too! This is how this all started. Long story short, he said that he wants to send me some gifts, we started become a couple, etc. He also plays guitar. So I guess he can relate to the ending of the lyrics. And this day, I received my gifts, the Beirut's Gulag Orkestar Vinyl as one of the gifts. I didn't expect that I'm gonna get such a beautiful gift. This is too good to be true. So, I'm looking at this video again to have a little nostalgic feeling to the first time I look at this video and was thinking "I'm gonna have a person who will also appreciate this song."