is a genius. That is all.
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i agree
Yes
best lyricist
on the planet.
From 'An Imagined Affair'
And I'll drink until the doorman is a Christmas tree/And my speech is... just a gas leak.
What a great lyric, totally captures the experience of being pissed and heartbroken. Now that's what I call imagery! No sign of walking down halls faster than cannonballs with this guy. He's a proper lyricist.
He's not as good...
...as his mucker Johnny Bramwell.
^ ban request
Why?
Kloot are fucking brilliant.
incorrect
This is interesting.
I've never actually come across anyone who actively dislikes I Am Kloot before. What is it you dislike about them? Just asking like...
Can't believe the dude is 34
Had always assumed he was well into his forties. Though that doesn't make much sense because a guy has to age but he just always struck me as a forties kind of guy.
this is correct.
underrated and absolutely incredible. he just has a way to getting to the heart of something and writing about it in a way that makes you realise "yes, that's exactly how it is".
I'm happy he's underrated
he's kind of a best kept secret
how elbow get
reviews comparing them to coldplay I don't know, coldplay are like a watered down crass commercial version of Elbow in my opinion...
I'm proud to be the one you hold when the shakes begin
Best line ever.
he lives in the flat above me
top fella
I saw Elbow
support Muse a few years back down in Bournemouth, and the way he sung 'Switching Off' was a fucking incredible thing to behold. Fantastic voice, and not a wanker. I'm hoping.
He's a reslly nice chap
by far the nicest 'man in a band' I've ever spoken too. Really had time for us, despite my brother going on about how good a 'sustain' he had and how he should play Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar.
He replied to my dislike of Kings of Leon by suggesting I 'go back and listen to the harmoies and the rhythm section and nothing else'. I did, and he was right, its brilliant.
His lyrics are genuinely superb, time and time again. The 'shakes begin' one is probably my favourite. That said, they weren't great on Sunday by the standard I've seen them at before.
high voltage
I've got my HV t-shirt on right now (I vaguely know Rich)
And Garvey is a real man, the rest of us just play about at it.
I think I will buy the new elbow album!
.......................................................................................................................................
I think you should!!
.
^ do it, you won't regret it.
I'm tired, I said / You always look tired, she said.
I'm admired, I said / You always look tired, she said.
Jean-i-ous.
Thats it!
I'm off to Fopp!
Yes - I'm sold too.
Great lines - and his radio show cheers the soul!
Actually -
where to start on their albums? Asleep in the backseat?
IMO
1. Asleep in the Back (it contains Newborn, my favourite Elbow tune)
2. The Seldom Seen Kid
=2. Leaders of the Free World
4. Cast of Thousands
Love that lyric.
Fugitive Motel?
Yeah
Somewhere in the dustbowl (somewhere in the dustbowl) /
It flies from the other side of the world.
I LOVE ELBOW!
Did anyone else get their names in the sleeve as part of the Glastonbury crowd?
Yeah!
That was a great gig...
yeah
actually, administrative errors resulted in me being included twice.
That means I'm twice as good as everyone else.
i loved how you
finish that sentence with a review comparing them to coldplay. clever.
Blinking and stoned
Rain in your hair
You only smoke
cos its something to share
And thats off the worst one!
Switching Off...
red, an imagined affair and powder blue are simply genius.
switching off
is probably my favourite heartbreakingly beautiful song ever.
red is incredible too.
An Imagined Affair
hell yes...or the middle 8 of Forget Myself. "Do you move through the room with a glass in your hand..." etc. Guy Garvey gets it.
forget myself
are you falling in love every second song?
Station Approach is one of the best album openers ever. Asleep In The Back is a perfect album. TSSK has some amazing moments.
Switching Off is easily
One of the most spellbinding tracks i've ever heard.
He's not lost it either.
He's still as good as he was 15 years ago as well, the first verse of Starlings almost took my breath away.
"... it's second on my list of things to do
at the top is stopping by your place of work and acting like
I haven't dreamed of you & I,
and marriage in an orange grove.
You are the only thing in any room you're ever in,
I'm stubborn, selfish and too old"
im new to elbow
but i just got seldom and leaders and they both sound great any other recommendations. any elbow fans like the national too
and I have to give a shout out to Mirrorball
We made the moon our mirror ball.
The street's an empty stage;
the city sirens - violins.
Seriously, how good is that?
To the guy who started a thread a couple of weeks ago saying he never got anything out of lyrics:
LISTEN TO ELBOW
Haha!
I was just about to say that I somehow forgot about Elbow, how embarrassing. They make my entire thread totally void.
the headlines...
...drip with horror
beware beware beware
the news says no tomorrow
but how can i be scared
in...her...arms.
fuck...that gets me everytime..not my most loved lyric on the album but the way he sings it and it slips into the main beat of the song...amazing
i cant stop listening to that album.
its really frustrating after having listened to garvey to be stuck with the limp and lifeless or boringly and excessively esoteric lyrics of so many other lyricists...
and his radio show is a highlight of the week.
top man.
lyrical genius
cast of thousands is of my favourite albums. cant wait for latitude and singing along to grace under pressure
I saw them do a mid-afternoon set at Reading
a few years back. And when the bass kicked in on Station Approach (it was the first time I'd heard the song), it felt like a fucking earthquake!
Yeah, bring on Latitude, can't wait
Only
ever seen Elbow once, and their gear packed up fairly soon into the set.
However ive never seen such wit and banter from a man as pissed as he was on that day :)
Legend.
nice guy
have to agree he is a good man - met him last year in night and day, he was hammered and jetlagged from interviewing black francis in LA. straight after i met tim burgess, it was quite an evening