Beirut at Rumsey Playfield

This was a strange concert event for me. I hadn't gotten tickets to see Beirut, although, I admit I have a certain fondness for their eclectic "indy" sound. My friend at the last minute asked me to go, gratis- as he had purchased two tickets and couldn't find anyone who could attend! I am as surprised as you are at this premise but I took the ticket! The show was fun, albeit it filled with semi-enthused hipsters only pretending to enjoy themselves while waiting on lines for the ATM machines. Every now and then I would notice a genuinely excited Beirut fan in the thralls, but they quickly extinguished their enthusiasm when they began to get stares and blatant eye rolling. I do not like this whole "dead inside at concerts" phenomenon. We are all here to be HERE in THIS MOMENT. We paid money to hear and see this group of musicians performing songs that we LIKE... so can we please act like it?  

Setlist:

Scenic World

Vagabond 

Elephant Gun

East Harlem

Postcards From Italy

Cherbourg

Santa Fe

The Shrew

Port of Call 

A Sunday Smile 

Nantes 

Serbian Cocek 

The Rip Tide The Akara 

My Night with the Prostitute from Marseille
The Penalty
After The Curtain Carousels

The Gulag Orkestra