Friend Of Ours - Elbow

[SirDavis100]

I wish I had a friend like that. I don't have a "best friend." Maybe one day.

[Butterfly9JD]

@SirDavis100 That makes me wanna give u a hug.. I'm sure you will have one one day :)

[televisewhatyouwant]

What does he mean by shoulder charge?

[50033836]

@televisewhatyouwant It's a song that Guy Garvey wrote about a childhood friend of his who died of a disease (not sure if it was cancer, can't rememeber) not too long before they started producing Seldom Seen Kid. The shoulder charge is exactly that. It's referring to play-fighting. =) The main lyrics of the song "Love you, mate." was how Guy and his friend would say goodbye to one another.

[GeorgeMaier]

@televisewhatyouwant What 50033836 said is very true, although that particular lyric I understood personally as being about friends shouldering the weight for each other, like not making each other pay, being their for each other. Just my personal reading, I don't know Guy's intentions

[KLee0777]

"Salford skyline gloom, always you, could fly round any corner, but til you doo, love you mate"

^^^^^ never fails to give me goosebumps, such a sad but beautiful song, thanks for this Elbow, your music means the world to me, you have no idea the kind of emotions i've felt from listening to your songs.

[craaazyandproud]

This song makes me cry so fucking much.

Absolutley immaculate at appealing to one's emotions.

Thank you Elbow.

[Seek1Destroy1]

RIP Michaela Harte . . .

"Fly round every corner ... 'til you do"

[Mezmer26]

Piękne...

Przywołuje wspomnienia bolesnych i trudnych chwil, które ciągle są w nas i z których nie da się uwolnić... Tylko ona towarzyszyła mi wtedy i tylko przy niej nie muszę ukrywać łez...

...

Pamiętam. Zawsze

[Lauraatje01]

This morning was the first time I heard about this band.. well I'm really glad I did !!

Absolutely brilliant !

[TheMrspatzy]

This is about their friend who died, and every time he used leave them, he'd say "Love you, mate" Such a sweet, emotional song. I love it

[bensolloway]

Sheer class!

[naveed211]

Incredibly underrated song. Very unique and beautiful way to close out this amazing album.

[MrPureKain]

this is poetical pot

[laCathiee]

such a beautiful song...D: really..

If you hear this song with one of those ear plug earphones it sounds like he's singing this right next to you!

[Egodiligovos1]

1 dislike!!!!! I HOPE YOUR PROUD OF YOURSELF

[DebbieHarryxxx]

*Always you* so beautiful almost brings me to tears, this is real music xx

[Karampole217]

HMMMM!!! SO DEPRESSING!!! I LUV THIS SONG, MAN!!!

[SimonAllanSAS]

I mean, these songs are beautiful, and i do mean beautiful.

But i just like grounds for divorce, possibly because it was in Left 4 Dead, it how I was introduced to Elbow, but currently, they are the most listened to thing on my iPod, I just love that song

[Karampole217]

@SimonAllanSAS SAME HERE HAHAHAHA!!!! :D

[SimonAllanSAS]

Grounds for Divorce is still my favourite song ny Elbow

[hawksmere]

depression simplified beautifully Lyrics to Friend Of Ours : Before leaving get to the bar No one round here makes you pay Never very good at goodbyes So gentle shoulder charge Love you mate Love you mate Salford skyline gloom Always you Could fly round any corner But until you do Love you mate

[thesound59]

Fantastic emotive track.Thanks for the upload!

[nadef1]

great band

[DebbieHarryxxx]

Always you....my favourite bit x.x.x

[Autumnk14]

God, just....spectacular. I don't even know what else to say.

[Simon0]

i love that guitar sound at 3:22. Just has a really nice expressive effect for me.

[noelsplectrum9]

this song makes me wanna cry its so true absolute genius the way mr garvey can put this into words then beautiful music love it

[RadicalRyan1024]

This song DOES make me cry.

I've been searching forever for a song to make me cry...

Randomly I'm listening to Grounds for Divorce, and other Elbow...and stumble upon this.

This song succeeds to make me cry.

It's just so depressing.

[SebMcMeb]

Guy Garvey has a rare voice, his talent in singing alone TRULY towers far, far, far above and beyond these talentless moron "rappers" who are self-proclaimed "thugs".

[WhersTheFire7]

dont get me wrong, hes a good singer, but you cant compare the singing of one genre to the lyrics of another. theyre completely different things, whose only relation is the fact that the music comes from the mouth.

[shniebly16]

haha so true. They don't even sing..

they us auto tune.

[lendoggtheking]

rip Bryan x

[DebbieHarryxxx]

I love this song so much! I love the way it can mean anything you want it to mean xxxx

[somambo]

incredible incredible incredible.

[blotchy67]

Guy Garvey> genius

[SketchTheWorld]

It just takes my breath away

[TakeMeWithYer]

They should have expanded the ending. It could have made a great climactic ending

[hawksmere]

Depression made beautiful

[johno212121]

amazing

nevr heard it b4 an its jus an amzin music

[4064blahblahblah]

good song = ) but it makes me sad = (

[yokonus]

Elbow .........words are not worth it,just pick a few songs kick back and burn down your days with there tunes.

-you'll feel that much better

[rosydonut]

I listened to this while walking through a war memorial garden..not the greatest of ideas..

It almost killed me...

[Draig00]

Any has lyrics?

[Smudgedit]

Before leaving get to the bar. No one round here makes you pay. Never very good at goodbyes. So gentle shoulder charge, Love you mate.

Salford skyline blue, always you, could fly round any corner, til you do.

Love you mate

[RockUrSocksOff100]

The lyrics Before leaving get to the bar No one round here makes you pay Never very good at goodbyes So gentle shoulder charge Love you mate Love you mate Salford skyline gloom Always you Could fly round any corner But until you do Love you mate

[TheEndOfTheRainbow]

this is the kind of song where I want to go outside and scream my head off for no reason. i want to be at the edge of a cliff with my toes hanging off and I want to cry cause its just so god dahm beautiful. i want to lie down in the middle of a feild and just look up at the clouds and feel tears drip down my face and, really quietly, singing along at the same time. this is the part where i just stand looking out at the light through the windows and know...it cant get any better than this.

[DIZZY1D]

Yet dispite this you've still rated it at -1

[GeorgeMaier]

I have been looking for the piano notes to this amazing song for a LONG time, can anyone help me out? I truly think this song is one of the most amazing songs recently.

[hpandpotcfan1]

im really srry i meant 2 put a thumbes up but i hit it down but i did like ur comment

[MrRikdikulous]

oops

[Libranmusic]

I love the way the piano riff towards the end of the song is the tiniest bit off beat, I'm not sure why. Maybe it's more emotive, not having it perfectly timed? It's strange, but it all but makes the song for me...

[zerorelevance]

it ticks me off that it took me so long to discover these guys, as big a fan as i am of british music :(. oh well, i'm enjoying my immersion in this amazing band's music!

[Darkmooncaverns19]

the riff after 'love you mate' makes me well up with tears

[spuddymchead1]

Seldom seen kid is the best album ever

[dokgolf]

I had a brother who died. If any song could have described him, this is it. .....love ya mate.

[charlietector]

This song reminds me of a poem I once heard.

[manchesterisdreaming]

Smashing GUY

[pacer8288]

the most beautiful song

[LegolasThranduilion]

The heartbreaking closing track on "A Seldom Seen Kid" wrriten and performed for the Seldom Seen Kid himself, Bryan Glancy, a Manchester singer songwriter and best friend to Guy Garvey, Elbow's lead singer.

Bryan passed away in 2007 after a sudden illness. This is Garvey's tribute to him.

Something in the way the lines "Love you mate.." are delivered is simply heartbreaking. It's because it's sung very matter of factly, and very bluntly. It's clear it's from the heart.

[RTAN45]

Beautiful

[FlacidCasual]

Still my favourite song from SSK.

[jedithom00]

i love this song so much.......beautiful

[lunoblec]

one of my fav albums of the last 5years

[sparx65]

God this is beautiful.

[YorkshirePunk01]

Im a Yorkshire lad and, Ive followed the music of Elbow for a long time. Ive always admired the lead mans power as a lyricist throughout his Career. I would say that the Manchester band has tones of the industrial past of the North of England. They seem to cascade deeply for me. It is like poetry.

Sometimes its said that the music doesnt have any decent beat or that one song deviates too much from the previous one heard; but for me its like shifting emotion with deep meaning.

[kingkongzillabong]

good for you

[InParticularNobody]

@YorkshirePunk01 Not bad. For a Wrong-Sider. (gentle shoulder charge). ;-).

[Emiliaaa121]

this song is about his best friend who died last year so Marle111 show some fucking respect !

[PogoJay]

Don't be a retard. Marle111 doesn't know his fucking life story.

Although that said I quite like this song.

[FlacidCasual]

Doesn't take a genius to work out what the song's about, just listen to the lyrics. You have to have a hard heart not to be moved.

[ZackBellman]

Shows diversity, generally what the best musicians and bands do. play different music, different ways. But add there own thing to it. i think elbow pull that off really well. What i think you should do. Is choose your sound.

[DaveLovesDoves]

idiot

[GerryDisthename]

I only gave this a proper listen yesterday on my way home from an exam and it made me feel a whole range of emotions. Great song.

[cannabooze]

This song, is so incredible !! The very best of this amazing album !!!

[jccornwall]

Best song on the album. Love it, quite the simplistic master piece... says so much with so little

[dean19570]

yes wicked tune favourite on the album

[evaaan]

Tbh, It's Perfect.

[Thomwitt]

Un miracolo...

[domwba]

1st time i've heard this one... amazing.

[Rankhar]

wowowowowow, unreal, why aren't these guys world famous? This whole album is ridiculously good.

[blotchy67]

Everyone loves mediocre Coldplay while Elbow has made some of the best records since The Smiths. They remind me of The Beatles in how well they arrange their tunes.

[rossyt99]

Congratulations on them winning the Mercury award. They admitted it was the best thing to happen to them, after 17 yrs. of being in Music Business.....Recognition at last.

[Musicguru1979]

Amazing song from an amazing album. Best album of 2008 for me so far!!!

[jdeano2002]

the most beautiful song on the album. does a tab exist anywhere...?

[w23eer]

my faveourite song in this album

[maartendq88]

This is music in its purest form: very emotional and you know what the song is about even if you don't fully understand what he sings.

[foxy12380]

shoulder charge, love ya mate. WOW! :)

[GrantMcG]

I really love this song:) it's very calming:)

[xsvsx]

Am I alone in saying this song makes me cry every time? It's amazing. I love it.

[oliverlamb]

can i justify this band with words?? only 1 me thinks and that is WOW

[philofelinist]

This song is so emotional.

[babygiraffe143]

I love this song. It's my favourite on the album right now.