Elbow - Fugitive motel

[coggi26]

I love Elbow, but doesnt the lead singer look like Johny Vegas?

Or is that just me?!

[deoinly1]

yeah he does a bit but your saying "but" as if that's effecting your judgement of elbow themselves? haha

[Nnyctalus]

It sounds like a song you hear at the end credits of a good movie!!!

[FluxRostrum]

...or the beginning of one.

[Alexunder3D]

Nah it's really an ending song...

[YTUsah]

I often enough rent cd's and I'm not sending my creditcard information to an internet site for just one tiny song.

[gerardalapolyxx]

beautiful

[YTUsah]

Does anyone have this one as mp3 file? I can't find it anywhere.

[Nnyctalus]

I could provide...

[YorkshireKing]

Yeah - iTunes/Amazon/LastFM

If its quality - Pay for it!

[jokacho]

This is real music. Brilliant!

[maninthemachine]

I love how the video doesn't need any flashy gimmics to make it brilliant =D

[tasteslikecrunchies]

i have now decided elbow are my favourite band!

[thisisfucked]

I have been a hardcore Marilyn Manson fan for 6 years, and now I think I've found a replacement.

[maninthemachine]

i love elbow they are amazing, and this song always makes me want to sit up and look at the clouds roll by or the sun set or the moon shine =D

[bmot3]

Possibly the most beautifull song in the world. It's amazing!

[aldigau]

This song is what I am now.

[Oranged11]

So your a fugitive and on youtube at the same time?

[aldigau]

yes, possible. it all depends by what to escape from...and where to find relief.

[EternalMasterTyler]

lol.

[SchmatzeKatze666]

It's a brilliant video-a brilliant song-a brilliant band. It's the kind of song I want to here when I'm dying.

[SchmatzeKatze666]

to hear-not to here. I am terribly sorry.

[gerafin1]

I really couldn't agree more... it's incredibly powerful, quite possibly one of the most powerful songs I've ever listened to (Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver, too...)

[macmillan53]

love youse

[ipwnnoobs4breackfast]

im really good at singing but i lost my voice and it sent me into a downword spiral of depression, should i jump.

[tokwok2]

you're not being serious are you? try and hold it together.

when i lost my voice i was over the moon. now people mistake me for my dad instead of my mum over the phone now :D

[mail2gazza]

Don't jump - just keep looking for your new voice. What you lost was the 'junior' version and there is bound to be more depth and harmonics to your adult voice.

[14mountain41]

yes but only if you want to die

[Kowalski101]

I'm gonna call my band COCK

[badnews2008ad]

Bunch of dicks/stupid band name too

[reefage1]

u know them personally?

[badnews2008ad]

they called their band ELBOW.

what more do you need to know?

im gonna call my band SHOULDER or THUMB

[reefage1]

I'm gonna call mine ankle

[tegid699]

more like wankle!

[alexinwonderland5393]

I'm going to name my band Left Nostril.

[nimpo46]

you remind me of my cousin albert

[AndyMc9]

You're clearly a dick, maybe you could call your band DICK or ARSE HOLE!!!

FYI the name comes from tv series whereby a character says that the word "elbow" is the most sensuous word in the English language because of how it feels to say it.

[tegid699]

Interesting "badnews2008ad" , THUMB is a good choice :

Thumb: (Old English) The thumb is etymologically the 'swollen' part - an allusion to its greater thickness than the other fingers. . It can be traced to Indo-European tum- 'swell', which also produced English tumour, and tumult. The b in thumb appeared in the early Middle English period, when it was still a two syllable word (thumbe), and at first was pronounced, but it has fallen silent over the centuries.

But you knew that didnt you!

[reefage1]

haha fuck you badnews2008ad! Respect to Elbow! Bo!

[tegid699]

Also badnews2008ad:

Elbow: means etymologically 'arm bend'. It comes from Germanic alinobogan . This was a compound formed from alinã 'forearm' and bogan (source of English bow). alinã (source also of Old English ell - a measure of length equal to that of the forearm) itself goes back ultimately to an Indo-European base el-, ele- , elbow means tautologically 'bend bend'.

But I guess you knew that as well!!

[shirleywilson]

OMFG I LOVE GUY GARVEY! xD

Ok, I've calmed down a bit now - incredible song, love the video.

[Cursed2bUn1ucky]

this and grounds for divorce Rock my socks off

[GehUebenDuToy]

*sigh*

[MetaScizor]

This songs amazing... wow, the chorus just left me breathless

[sauron1984]

Elbow's best (the full version, obviously)

[iamthegreatest1234]

Haha Elle and Bo at 2:06

[ArseBags]

Boooo to short radio edits :blowsraspberry:

Elbow > *

[kingblinn]

found this song due to a remix done by RJD2.. really like the original a lot though, gonna check out some more elbow!

[HopinginourLord]

What a gorgegous melody and lyric.

[slappedcheek]

cant believe nly 86000 watched this

[Konichiwa616]

I never take notice of view counts. Britney's latest vid got 1 mil+ and counting. Does that mean she got a better tune... hell no! just a bigger marketing budget. I'd say apart from Mr J Cash, Rammstein and a few other tunes most of my most watched/favourite vids have less than 500,000 views.

[wilkopilko]

Lol @ MethodicalPancake , excellent :-)

[MethodicalPancake]

0:32 - just me see a TIE fighter..?

[semiflex]

lol nahh its a bracket holding the electrical wires

[MethodicalPancake]

Meh. I can still dream :p

[semiflex]

hee hee! yep we can. instead of the person, lead singer, bloke init. ill replace him with a giant penis with eyes and legs

[ChelseaDuo]

not there best song

[katatak66]

He told me to listen to Elbow. I'm in the US, he went home to the UK, after his work here was done. I fell hard. Didn't mean/want to, especially knowing he would be leaving, forever. I tried not to cry during the ultimate "good-bye forever". But with tears, I turned away and heard him gently, slowly close the door. Never to see him again.

I listened to Fugitive Motel, and cried. It's OK though-I'll get his kiss sometime tomorrow, as it travels from the other side of the world. (I love/miss you)

[ThisScreen4Rent]

GASP! you peeps marked my other comment as spam??!?! haha lol. well i'll be keeping an eye on elbow hoping and waiting to see any new stuff they put out. :)

[maricarmen67]

qué maravillosa canción, qué video más bonito, qué voz más increible.

[EsromFF]

What a fantastic video to a fantastic song - One of my Top 10 videos - Memories of Summer :)

[ITutnjevic]

Euphoric

[KaizerChris]

3 stars

[w23eer]

I cant belive I lost my chance to see them at the Electric Picnic. gosh darn it...

[ThisScreen4Rent]

btw im rooting for elbow and hope that they can crank out some more songs that have the same feel to them as grounds for divorce

[slappedcheek]

seldom seen kid....get it?.............grounds for divorce aint the best on there

[ThisScreen4Rent]

well this song might be good with the rest of the songs on the album together but i find that this band just doesnt live up to it own grounds for divorce THAT was a really good and refreshing song however none of there other songs really have the freshness that that song had. the other songs are pretty much just going to be lost in a sea of compiled smooth rock CDs

[Fionalah]

A hugely under-rated band. May they one day get the acclaim they deserve.

[swann3311970]

fuckin' inspired! gorgeous! wow!

[mick306]

hello you...it flies from the other side of the world xx

[lfcmagicmystery08]

beautiful song vastly under-rated

[NGS712]

It's funny, the first song of theirs I heard was from a movie trailer. 'Grounds for Divorce' And that hooked me, since then I've heard a few more of their songs and now must ask . . . do any other bands actually TRY compared to these guys? ;)

They've got a great sort of 'natural' sound.

[7om55]

brilliant

[pauljwaters86]

Absolutely my favourite song. Just wish they'd played it at Manchester Academy in April! Hopefully the guys can redeem themselves and perform it at the Manchester Apollo gig on October 23rd...?

[MadcapMan]

This song is so........dusty!

[ArseBags]

Elbow > *anything*

[Stephanie86NL]

what a perfect song! it has it all...

[JackMFCDennison]

Im tired I said

You always look tired she said

Im admired I said

You always look tired she said

Don't know why but I love that lyric

[ibindermann]

I love that bit, too. I always imagined the two of them talking over a bad telephone connection. Beautiful and sad and the longing is palpable.

[littlemore]

love this song, its one of my favorite elbow tracks. not really sure where the video is coming from though. it just doesnt seem to fit with what (i think) the song is trying to say

[harkerlana]

Elbow has it all over Coldplay except for one area: Their Bank accounts.

4 perfect albums now and it would be a shame for these guys to throw it in.

[bazev1]

my favourite elbow song - absolute genius!

[BytheWingsofIcarus]

Apparently Guy said that this song was inspired when they were touring the US and staying in a really terrible hotel in Austin, TX and they thought of all the people who had been in that hotel and how many had probably been lonely and miserable and died there, etc.

[Magicbrianwood]

The wonderful thing about Elbow is that although (relatively) underated they have a great cinematic vision.

[lullabyandfever]

Love this song.... so emotive... and Elbow? So underrated!

[los3weyes]

I love this song!

[mudman1881]

There have been many great bands from Manchester (uk) but these guys are simply the best...sure ya had the Stone Roses that changed the face of music in the uk, but apart from them, they are without dowt the best band in many many years from Manchester....or anywhere else for that matter

[ignoranttwat]

the smiths

[electronicfront]

they are greater than the smith.pffft!

[herenseti]

i grudgingly agree, as i am g. w. bush

and i love elbow , they live out the um *cough* amriacan *cough* dream

[herenseti]

i grudgingly agree, as i am g. w. bush

and i love elbow , they live out the um *cough* amriacan *cough* dream

[Chuump123]

I went to see Elbow last night at the Brixton accademy and they were INSANE. They are better live than they are on a cd or a computer !!!

[Ververeid]

Wow! Wot talent. Brilliant voice. Thanks 4 uploading this. :[)

[1Cocknose1]

Great Song! maybe just me but i think this song sounds a bit like paul Weller

[LookaBright]

Amazing Video!

[melv123]

wowowow every1 less of the auguing!! elbow are amazing, guy garveys voice is incredibly hypnotic n thats my say on the matter!! if you dnt agree keep it to yourself!! personaly i dnt see the point in sayin summats shit just for the sake of it! who actually cares?! but if you like this i recomend you buy their albums n see them live beacause it is worth every penny!!!

[bigaudioblackburn]

VERY , VERY NICE.

[harryforeman]

delicousbastard everyone is entitled to an opinion

its called free speech so u can fuck off

if you dont like what other says, become an evil dictator and oppress them

WANKER!

[westofsouth]

your a bit over the top with this comment what made you so G W Bush

[deliciousbastard]

but no one has the right to put someone down keep ur bad opinions to urself

[MooEtGreens]

Amazing band, have a feeling they're about to get really popular.

[Elainepaigerocks23]

Really loving Elbow, they have a new menaing for edgy and dark!

[Dazzler1977]

pretty shit and extremely boring.

[additude01]

You're an idiot.

[healedbygod]

hows he an idiot for having an opinion you? i like elbow and the song, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion

[120Vanquish120]

but thers no need to waste ur time by commenting on a video that u dont like when other ppl wud rather not here that and wish gays like him wud shut the fuck up

[tecnique000]

but on the other hand y cant he comment sumfin bad?? u need a mixture of both positive and negative comments. i dont like the song tbh its pretty shit in my opinion. thats the whole point of commenting! so u can say wot u want!

[120Vanquish120]

well ye but if i did it to all the songs i found shit i wud b up all night

[Johnnynoknees]

Probably Britain's most under appreciated band at the moment..!! The whole album is excellent...

[skippy2207]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[SNEDILLIO]

A bit boring? Are you a bit simple? A heart-wrenching song with no equal!"\!!!

[SNEDILLIO]

A bit boring? Are you a bit simple? A heart-wrenching song with no equal!"\!!!

[easypeesyjapanese]

I agree, man: that's one of the best tunes ever written: it's like a Graham Greene novel in three minutes.

[SNEDILLIO]

A bit boring? Are you a bit simple? A heart-wrenching song with no equal!"\!!!

[year8990]

bit boring

[spw143]

Seeing Elbow in NYC inlate April 08.

FINALLY!

love them.

=0)

saff

[drexsyl7]

the best voice on the planet.

[Sugarlump24]

Guy Garvey, a bloody genius and all round funny chap. Saw them play at leeds met, blew me away. Check out "scattered black and whites", now thats a song for the thinkers out there!! This band don't deserve to make it big, they are far too special for the mindless masses, who do not deserve the pleasure of Garvey's vocal velvet voice and lyrically epic music. You guys who commented on elbow should check out a US band called the National, vids on You Tube, They too are outstanding, in another way.

[sundaygirl006]

Anyone know where this was filmed?

[sundaygirl006]

I adore this song. And Guy is just adorable.

[schaefersmann]

so mellowing...

[thinkingsistah]

Lost in a lullaby, Side of the road. Melt in a memory, Slide in a solitude. Not 'til I can read by the moon. Am I going anywhere. Not 'til I can read by the moon. I blow you a kiss. It should reach you tomorrow. As it flies from the other side of the world. From my room in my fugitive motel. Somewhere in the dust bowl. It flies from the other side of the world. 'I'm tired' I said. 'You always look tired' she said

'I'm admired' I said. 'You always look tired' she said.

[hipwr223]

I really like the Doves and by dicking around on the net I stumbled on Elbow. Just fucking amazing. It is ashame that cool bands like Doves and Elbow get ZERO air play on US radio.

[cookiethemelonfarmer]

They dont a lot of airplay over here in england either, but i think that makes songs like this a bit more special when you do get to hear them.

[ThisCharmingManc]

I think i am really lucky to come from the city which produced these two bands you like. I have seen them live loads of times. If you like Elbow and Doves check out I am kloot and Badly drawn boy. Two more bands from Manchester.

[drexsyl7]

best vocals in the world,effortless and beautiful.

[ChrisDigby]

<3.

That's all I have to say.

[oranglook]

beautiful....

[spw143]

hypnotic...i love the cds i have of them...

[weedo84]

I LOVE THIS SONG.

[slartibartfastss]

A brilliant, under appreciated band, thankfully they are so unknown that you feel like they are your own secret.

[Anothersatellite]

They're not unknown at all. They're pretty famous.

[MysteriousHu]

The lead singer, Guy Garvey, has got himself a gig on BBC6music (available via DAB Radio, Internet and Cable TV). He seems like quite a nice bloke. I looked up this video to hear what his band sounded like. On this evidence, they are no Belle & Sebastian, but I think they're not half bad either (but then I like "Fake Plastic Trees" - so what do I know?)

[oaky1989]

nuffin u prik

[MoonchildTheKing]

Simply beautiful...so sad, nostalgic. Perfect in its desperation.

[markyjonesyxxx]

JUST LOVE IT. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[brizzlegirl]

they've cut up the sdong so much!!! i hate radio edits!

cool video though

[ranarcs]

just great..brilliant nostalgic..a soundtrack of my life..

[ShhBeans]

coldplay is the houseband of the illuminati as far as i am concerned...they are like the smashing pumpkins once were, a mediocre band that the mainstream vaunts as the head of some type of musical movement that, if it actually existed, they never were the antecedents of or the significant influencers of anything but more flaccid bands

[brizzlegirl]

err... why are you going on about coldplay here? this is elbow!!!

[silversebas]

alone in my figitive motel

[mudman1881]

One of the most underated albums ever! It baffles me how something as perfect and beautiful as this can be overlooked.Radiohead throw together an album and everyone stands still.well in my opinion this one of the best albums in a very long time!

[forza2712]

Love Elbow. Seen they many times. Awesome band that will never be huge. Most people do not get them. Such uplifting music, full of hope in what might appear on the surface to be miserable music. See them live.

[l0lraxyorl0l]

rawr

[777i2i]

i bought this album on the strength of one song i heard in a shop 'button and zips' when i got home i could'nt get into the rest of the album even though i played it about ten times - i left it for a month or so and played it again, the album and particularly this track came alive - this is my favorite song for a long time.

[pollypet]

Same with me. It was actually this song I fell in love when I heard it on the radio. I then bought their album and couldn't really get into it, which I was disappointed about. Then one day I listened to it again and it was just...wow.

[Demineralize]

OMG!! I had the same feeling.. It's like soo weird cause everyone says that about elbow... idk but I can listen to another artist.. and get tierd of there songs easly... But it seems like I can listen to there songs forever.. and it freaks me out.. but it's like.. my meds.. or something when I think about how this world really is.

[SergeantDickhead]

same here,i heard of lot of good reviews of their first album.i had only heard red by them and thought it was ok.i listened to the album and felt nothing.months later i decided to pick it up and listen to it again and it just hit me.you just fall in love with their music.

[babelfish4]

i love elbow so much, whenever i feel bad i just listen to them and troubles seem to melt away, seems kinda sad but guy garvey is a genius and a living legend

[atlord]

(The most obvious place would be in their country of origin, the UK, but just wondering if anyone knows this for sure.)

[larsatspitblog]

Sounds coherent. At least the cars are driving on the left side of the road. Could also be Australia.

[atlord]

Very true. That was my original thought as the locations used do look more like Oz. Being an Aussie myself I was interested to find out if they would use Oz for their 'otherside of the world'. Brilliant band.

[katatonic13]

They are indeed geniuses and this videoclip is just perfect - as irreverant as the band themselves.

I think it may have been fimed in England. That ever authoritative source Wikipedia says that the two giant polystyrene models you see whizz past in the car were placed next to the M1 near Mansfield in Nottinghamshire but had to be taken down as people started to report alien sightings.

[atlord]

Does anyone know what country this clip was shot in?

[jjbottero]

ahhh, quiero llorar!... esta cancion es muy hermosa, muy muy hermosa.

[joeadhemar]

Musicians this good are best left undiscovered, otherwise they'd have to make up stuff for interviews with the NME and tell their kids that they miss them from a hotel in Norway and a few years on, they'd write a shit album and we'd all say they'd sold out.

[IgaruKetsuki]

V true, they are most underrrated band in world... Lol did anyone see guy on buzzcocks? loz

[ripenjuvart]

I love elbow... and Guy Garvey is sooooo cute :P

[dikiminster]

A neck hair erecting song!

[ibecomenumb]

ladies and gentlemen, the most underrated band in the whole world.

[luvmydub]

I agree! I love Elbow

[Niall21]

nothing wrong with being underrated i prefer them this way.... if they were big they'd be like coldplay and be on heavy rotation on the radio and sell out and shit. fuck that. oh and switching off is one of the best songs i've ever heard...but yeah they shud be huge.but do we want them to be? thats the question.

[brichards322]

I agree with your opinion concerning the greatness of "Signing Off". Elbow hopefully, will never be as big as Coldplay (As far as "mainstream" popularity is concerned)for the simple fact that their music appeals mainly to those who truly appreciate and can relate to their messages. If I were to compose an autobiographical film or documentary about my life thus far, I could use their music as a backdrop to accurately depict my emotions for many given situations.

[mahavishnu]

¡Vengan a México!