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A song by Beirut which features on their first album, The Gulag Orkestar, and also in another form on the “Lon Gisland EP”. The former is a bedroom pop-fuelled ballad, featuring Condon singing over keyboard synths and an upbeat drum sound, with synthed strings filling in the gaps later on. On the EP however, the song is replicated with physical instruments. An organ makes up most of the texture of the track with Beirut’s trademark brass taking on the countermelody further into the track.
It’s a firm favourite of both the band and the audience live, and is usually played towards the end of the set.
It’s a firm favourite of both the band and the audience live, and is usually played towards the end of the set.
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Beirut performing "Scenic World" at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on 2006-10-20.
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Audio: SPCMC-2+SP-SPSB-1+iRiver h140
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Shouts
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w_1_7 wrote:
I like the Lon Gisland version as well.
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elsietheboy wrote:
His voice sounds a bit like Rufus Wainwright's.
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SarahsCorner wrote:
so beautiful <3
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mehcore wrote:
♥ the lon gisland version, gulag isn't bad but not quite upto the former.
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rrrrrmmmmm wrote:
This is great and the lyrics are nice and simple
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jakeironmaiden wrote:
New favourite Beirut song. Has surpassed Nantes and The Akara by miles.
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pjfrankophone wrote:
cover version: http://www.4shared.com/file/125839418/15b13a11/Scenic_World.html
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Nochek wrote:
lOve.
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gaaaaaame wrote:
<8
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PetraPaaan wrote:
mostly it's in my heart
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pollepet wrote:
Beirut is everywhere!
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Anieeela wrote:
an inevitable in-love-ness-feeling (:
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schuschandria wrote:
toronto canada, come on,. what about europe? germany...
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seemsthatway wrote:
Haha the huge guy on bells is awesome
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in-theaeroplane wrote:
I like the album version better.
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sniff wrote:
<3
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Burtosa wrote:
magnetic fields if merritt seemed to give a fuck
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MikeOnHighway61 wrote:
The Lon Gisland version makes me do silly looking moves to the rythm, it's so amazing^^
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Sunzy wrote:
Love this
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M1909 wrote:
Sooo goood!!! ♥ EP version > Album version...
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