Great version, but I'm looking for another live version they did for Later live with Jools Holland, can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyone got any ideas?
Just found out they are coming to Australia in March next year - getting a ticket this Friday, can't wait to see them live. I can't believe they aren't more popular over here, but then maybe that's a good thing.
It's been a love at first sight with Elbow when I listened to "Grounds for divorce" a couple of years ago, while I was goin' mad in Naples traffic. This is music, guys.
The ending is like the icing on the cake!..... 'just when u've njoyed the whole piece, it even better at the end!'.....it was like listening to a part in a James Bond movie....Pure Class!.....Well done guys!!
the lady who is note perfect on the trumpet at the end looks like somebody standing next to me in a supermarket queue. and produces such beauty for a few seconds.
well Ive seen them live twice and never would have believed how good they are . I cant wait to see them again definatly one of th ee best live bands around...awesome......
@bandung11 Do you mind if I come with you ? Obviously this will be at your expense. I normally require 3 or 4 drinks during the concert and maybe fish and chips or a Chinese take away afterwards. If you could send a limo around or maybe just turn up in an Aston Martin that would be great.
Will you need to book me a hotel room ?After all if it finishes late I would want to go to bed.
Does anyone know what the backup singers are saying starting at 2:45? I can't seem to get a handle on it - sounds like they're saying something about falling and being sorry.
@zaniac1000 One lame comment would have been enough to show your lack of pubic hair. I can see that you took painstaking effort to Google 'comments to leave on youtube that make me look cool', and let your fingers do the walking while your mom yelled at you from downstairs to turn down your Linkin Park and Vampire Weekend blasting on your stereo.
I remember the first time I heard this, I was out running, and going through a period of recovering from a break up, and I heard Guy sing ' I love the bones of you, that I will never escape', and I realised how much I loved that person to their core and I wept with everything in me, thats how powerful his lyrics are.
@HealerLeona I got it through HMV, they released a double pack audio CD and DVD. As I type there are 13 sellers offering it on Amazon's UK website, and play.com have it as well.
elbow agreed adele no, went to school with a friend similiar, she was able to write songs on a continuous of broken hearts and relationships that she had not encountered at that time, pills are bitter but should be swallowed, profit to be made, who really is at a loss, maybe adele, no more please, elbow are on their own, thankfully, sack of cats, none being drowned today............
k...can someone finally clear this up for me. is it "it's you and it's May" or "it's you and it's me" with an accent? because it sounds like May, but me would make more sense. have they made a public statement?
@benanr90 It's May. It's in the official CD lyrics and has been discussed to death on here. My take on it is that they are sleeping through the early summer warmth of May, the kind of day that makes you dozy when all is good in your world and you are wrapped up in the arms of the person you love the bones of.
When you hear/witness something this brilliant, you want to tell everyone that you know about it. It's the only way to wash away all of the KatyPerryBlackEyedPeasLadyGaga film that has formed on the collective hair of the public.
I'm sure I've hear someone, possibly Paul O Grady of all people, say to someone "I love the bones of you"... did this phrase have some origin outside of this song?
I don't recall the bible every clarifying whether or not he loved her, nor his or her bones. But I do understand what you're saying, with the nothing new thing. everything HAS already been said, but the thing that makes stuff special is the way in which it is said.
Do you people seriously have to pollute eveything with your superstitious nonsense? Can't you even enjoy a great song without feeling the requirement to preach??
There was no Adam, no Eve, no satan, & no god. End of.
Responder a este vídeo... Please don't be sorry at all, thanks instead. This song is a grand master piece, so, every word must be respected very carefully. Thanks again.
"... and its you, and its May, and we're sleeping through the day. and I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away "
He is talking about a song he hears taking his mind back to a certain time and place. It has nothing to do with his accent, he is not saying "me". The sentace doesn't flow as a normal one would, Its a song. get over it. Its perfect how it is.
Love the trumpet at the end, also i think it is Me, it sounds a lot more like me at the end of the song anyways. either way i doesn't bother, boss song!
@TheRomperCopter Don't know if you sorted this argument, but, on the band commentary on the DVD of this session, Guy goes out of his way to say that it's MAY, no ME that he's singing. So, he was probably conscious there'd been some confusion. It's a nice commentary, if you haven't seen it. xx
Why's the bloke with the rotten diction keep his Stratocaster slung on such a long strap? My guess it's for posing. You can't play a guitar properly slung that low. It seriously restricts how you can move your hands on the fingerboard. The chap sitting down and battering mince out of the Godin has a better grasp of things.
@bigbawsyabass keeping up the tradition of bein g a youtube keyboard warrior, eh? Just because you have no ear for great music. Probably a Cliff Richard fan in secret.
@TheRomperCopter Well, Obvioulsy lyrics are a very subjective thing, They all mean different things to different people. However, Unless the CD manufacturers made one enormous cock up then it is Without a shadow of a doubt "May" as that is exactly what is printed in the insert.of the cd.
@bytesback I didn't need to look up lyrics, or consult the CD booklet. Just by listening to any Elbow song, one can reference Guy's uncanny yet simple ability to rhyme words. he does it consistently. So if you look at the line "And its You, and Its May" it makes sense because its followed by the line "And We're sleeping through the day" "and 3,000 miles away." I am american, so even i admit sometimes Guy confuses me. but i will agree with "MAY" instead of "Me"
@spreethang Whilst I don't remember ever questioning your lyric listening ability, I seem to have to keep pointing out what this particular word is.I think some of the people from around the world may have trouble with his accent and have failed to notice, as you rightly say, that lyrics mainly rhyme.
@TheMusica999 Anyone got a brick wall handy for me to bang my head against ? Of course it makes sense ! It's you and its May IE it's you and its the month of may. He's remembering this person in may. What doesn't make sense about that ?
I saw them in Belfast a couple of years ago. They are spellbinding live!! This is great but it does them no justice. Any fans that haven't seen them. Do soon. You're in for a treat!! :D
the gershwin piece just adds to the melancholy of the song. i wish elbow would do another concert like this featuring their other stuff. especially "forget myself"
esta cancion se me ase tan hermosa y inspirante xDxDxD es la mejor cancion que e escuchado en mi vida y todo el grupo de elbow si que sabe aser canciones ojala vengan a mexico
i totally dislike new Muse album.You may be right about techincal stuff but seriously in music&lyric wise;they are getting worse by each album.And yes they are getting commercial with each time and it seems like they want this.
Personally I dont know why comparisons are made either but I'm sick of ppl saying Muse has declined. These ppl just cant take a change of style - for the better. Btw I'm a big Elbow fan as well. Sorry if I offend anyone but honestly I hate it when some ppl deride an artist after a change of style. As if they expect artists to stick with the same old formula, however good, for the rest of their career. Pfft.
To MetaScizor I disagree. I'm no commercial mainstream music fan. I despice mainstream music. I listen to ppl like Radiohead, Keane, Sigur Ros, Snow Patrol, U2, and Elbow. And I can say that Muse have got better with every album. They have gone more Radiohead and Queen-like in style. They have better texture. Better atmosphere. Better everything. The old albums are good but they're a bit raw. They are not going commercial at all. Spoken by a true Muse fan.
well i would say Tool and Porcupine Tree are the best bands i've seen live... so I guess one's musical taste may have a little something to do with it as well yeah? but I would love to have the privilege to see Elbow live. come to the states guys!
If you like muse you should listen 'Porcupine Tree'
its more Progressive/alternative, but just brilliant musicians. When you listen to it longer you'll like every single song. And the cool thing is: they sound live exactly the same as studio. :)
okay thanks, I'll search for it. I find that that's mostly the case with muse, once you've heard it a couple of times, it grows on you, and you can't keep the songs out of your head.
see, Elbow are like a contrast to Muse, as Elbow's quality has sustained and become better throughout the years due to their lack of sucess until recent years. Muse became known quite quickly, and soon started declining until their at the point they are at now with their new album, The Resistance, which I believe to be a terrible album.
I'd also go to say Elbow are a lot better than Muse live, subjective as it may be.
i'm sorry, but i don't care about the bands themselves, i care about the music they produce.. if you think muse is terrible, fine, but in my opinion it's one of the best bands.
Hi all. I have listened to a lot of music.. This band are amazing...really. i am no poet or writer of big words...so for the simple peeps out there Elbow are fantabbytastic...cant say no more xxx
hey i'm about 3000 miles away and i love these guys. this whole concert with the bbc orchestra is amazing...certainly wish i could have been there. much love and respect from across the pond. beautiful music!
Just the most beautiful song. If u cant understand the lyrics u never lived a life then moved on. As exquisite as the lover i once had and found again in the wisp of a half heard tune 20 years later, as fresh and lovely as the first time we kissed and as painful as the last.
I know someone in the orchestra, that's how cool I am :P
Amazing, just got into elbow properly after getting their album last Christmas, great band and The Seldom Seen kid is definitely deserving of the mercury music prize, and this is coming from a diehard radiohead fan, who they beat :)
I love the way he says I love the bones of you. I always say things like that. I love your bones. I love you to pieces. I love your veins. I love your skin. I love your lungs. I love your nerves. Your brain.
There is nothing more raw than loving what makes someone alive. And I love raw, honest and real things. Like this band.
@OperaNotes I see this as a love that will never die, but a love that is lost. We have all lost a great love through many different means. I love the bones of you that I will never escape. There are songs that yank me back in time to a moment in her arms, that is what I feel when I hear this song. I may never escape that one love, but I am comforted by that same thought.
@OperaNotes I guess the lyrics about the skeleton everyones got in their closet, and refering to a love that once was.. and still is haunting his mind...
"I love the bones of you that i never escape" and refering to this as 5 years ago and 3000 miles away.
The lyrical poetry of this band is amazing. I am gratified to see an act from Manchester able to carry the swagger with a new Artistic and Mature attitude. Thank you for your ability to hammer it home as well as gracefully urging me to understand.
that was so beautiful, but the segue into the 'Summertime' instrumental at the end was just perfect. :)
ohdontpanic42 5 hours ago
3 people need to be shot in the face by guy, then kicked in the balls by every single member of the bbc concert ochestra. :)
bobybobbson 2 days ago
Great version, but I'm looking for another live version they did for Later live with Jools Holland, can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyone got any ideas?
iJackB 2 weeks ago
seldom seen kid is their best album so far
detectiveyoshi 4 weeks ago
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superbuulol 4 weeks ago
This bass in this song is phenomenal
MrMertakhai 1 month ago
@MrMertakhai It is! Mexican Standoff is a close second for a bassline that runs the song.
aenyone 2 weeks ago
Just found out they are coming to Australia in March next year - getting a ticket this Friday, can't wait to see them live. I can't believe they aren't more popular over here, but then maybe that's a good thing.
MrGrocer1 1 month ago
It's been a love at first sight with Elbow when I listened to "Grounds for divorce" a couple of years ago, while I was goin' mad in Naples traffic. This is music, guys.
alerich82 2 months ago
How beautiful. Most artists can't seem to do their work justice live, but this was simply incredible. I wish I could have been there to see it!
Nyroeon 2 months ago
The ending is like the icing on the cake!..... 'just when u've njoyed the whole piece, it even better at the end!'.....it was like listening to a part in a James Bond movie....Pure Class!.....Well done guys!!
funkysexy69 3 months ago
trumpet player nailed it, nice arrangement at the end.
statictwo 3 months ago 2
@statictwo its gershwins summertime, an excellent jazz standard. you should look it up.
The4fourEver 2 months ago
@The4fourEver thanks.
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amron2006 3 months ago
Good God this whole performance is amazing. I've JUST discovered Elbow and this song has me wrapped around the proverbial "little finger".
lorenvburrell 3 months ago
The ending gets me every time...my god.
TheoBrixtonTheKid 3 months ago 3
the lady who is note perfect on the trumpet at the end looks like somebody standing next to me in a supermarket queue. and produces such beauty for a few seconds.
TheTimbo335 3 months ago 2
well Ive seen them live twice and never would have believed how good they are . I cant wait to see them again definatly one of th ee best live bands around...awesome......
donegalkat 3 months ago
lovelovelove
Jamiel1986 4 months ago
wow, that ending was gorgeous.
9897431 4 months ago
Iam going see them for the second time! First time @Pinkpop Second time @Heinken Music Hall. It is going to be AWESOME! <3
bandung11 4 months ago 3
@bandung11 Do you mind if I come with you ? Obviously this will be at your expense. I normally require 3 or 4 drinks during the concert and maybe fish and chips or a Chinese take away afterwards. If you could send a limo around or maybe just turn up in an Aston Martin that would be great.
Will you need to book me a hotel room ?After all if it finishes late I would want to go to bed.
Well that's settled the, see you soon ;)
bytesback 4 months ago 10
@bytesback What the hell are you talking about? :'D
bandung11 4 months ago
@bytesback Oh, but you're a clever and naughty little child... ;D
PetertheImpaler 3 months ago
@bytesback Dou mind if and 100,00 tag along ?
1ginner1 2 months ago
@1ginner1 No problem, more the merrier, mind you do you think we ought to maybe contribute for , say, the drinks ?
bytesback 2 months ago
@bytesback nah, the dudes probably loaded with cash.
The4fourEver 2 months ago
That so looks like Anne Widecomb @4:12
DjembeDjam 6 months ago
Does anyone know what the backup singers are saying starting at 2:45? I can't seem to get a handle on it - sounds like they're saying something about falling and being sorry.
Lynx0359 6 months ago
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Lynx0359 6 months ago
not a massive fan of Elbow BUT this track is brilliant!! and as a live performance, massive rescect! great stuff!!!! keep up the good work i reckon!
285Andy 7 months ago
the only good elbow song :P
discreetninja500 7 months ago
"...drowning commitments like cats in a sack.."
chloelivi 7 months ago
@chloelivi cramming
TheAnxiousMan 6 months ago
@zaniac1000 One lame comment would have been enough to show your lack of pubic hair. I can see that you took painstaking effort to Google 'comments to leave on youtube that make me look cool', and let your fingers do the walking while your mom yelled at you from downstairs to turn down your Linkin Park and Vampire Weekend blasting on your stereo.
aenyone 7 months ago
@aenyone I'm a giant Elbow fan, but do you really have to resort to insulting the musical palate of others?
CIoudbby 6 months ago 4
@CIoudbby sometimes.
aenyone 6 months ago
@zaniac1000 You wouldn't know good music if it took advantage of you like your uncle did.
Lynx0359 7 months ago
I remember the first time I heard this, I was out running, and going through a period of recovering from a break up, and I heard Guy sing ' I love the bones of you, that I will never escape', and I realised how much I loved that person to their core and I wept with everything in me, thats how powerful his lyrics are.
:)
miss2tone 7 months ago
I absolutely love Elbow, their music stirs up so many emotions for me and that to me is what music is about.
TheBadgi 7 months ago
Tell me this is on dvd to buy somewhere.
HealerLeona 7 months ago
@HealerLeona I got it through HMV, they released a double pack audio CD and DVD. As I type there are 13 sellers offering it on Amazon's UK website, and play.com have it as well.
digireedoo 5 months ago
Elbow is quickly becoming my new favorite band. Reminds me of Doves which is another favorite band.
Lynx0359 7 months ago
Just absolutely brilliant!~
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elbow agreed adele no, went to school with a friend similiar, she was able to write songs on a continuous of broken hearts and relationships that she had not encountered at that time, pills are bitter but should be swallowed, profit to be made, who really is at a loss, maybe adele, no more please, elbow are on their own, thankfully, sack of cats, none being drowned today............
TheMagoo146 8 months ago
Rare artists like Elbow and Adele make music that screams : 'please don't lable me...I'm here for everybody!' I bow my head to thee!!!
gyqz 8 months ago 2
1:11 makes me think of a callcenter :p
yipyipR 8 months ago
they rules coma
dreddomatic 9 months ago
one of the best songs ever.....period!!
lotarrrrr 10 months ago
@flypaper4weirdos While I agree with you, you have to respect the right of other peoples choices in religious stuff.
herbo102 10 months ago
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'and the sickener hits; I can work till I break
but I love the bones of you
That, I will never escape'
tears just fall from my eyes when I hear him sing this - such incredible sentiment
greenfairykstar 10 months ago
'and the sickener hits; I can work till I break
but I love the bones of you
That, I will never escape'
tears just fall from my eyes when I hear him sing this - such incredible sentiment
greenfairykstar 10 months ago
k...can someone finally clear this up for me. is it "it's you and it's May" or "it's you and it's me" with an accent? because it sounds like May, but me would make more sense. have they made a public statement?
benanr90 10 months ago
@benanr90 It's May. It's in the official CD lyrics and has been discussed to death on here. My take on it is that they are sleeping through the early summer warmth of May, the kind of day that makes you dozy when all is good in your world and you are wrapped up in the arms of the person you love the bones of.
DunardNZ 10 months ago
@benanr90
DunardNZ 10 months ago
When you hear/witness something this brilliant, you want to tell everyone that you know about it. It's the only way to wash away all of the KatyPerryBlackEyedPeasLadyGaga film that has formed on the collective hair of the public.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
aenyone 11 months ago 82
@aenyone They're even better Live. I went to see them last week, My ears are still recovering from Auditory overload.
bytesback 10 months ago 18
@aenyone Absolutely BRILLIANT! True and brilliant. Gaga = Caca.
JohnMan59 6 months ago
I'm sure I've hear someone, possibly Paul O Grady of all people, say to someone "I love the bones of you"... did this phrase have some origin outside of this song?
ayatollahrocknrolla 11 months ago
@ayatollahrocknrolla Every phrase in every song has an origin elsewhere. There is nothing new under the sun "
Ecclesiastes 1:9
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
So if you want the origin of the phrase "Loving the bones of someone" see... The Bible.
Genesis 2:23
The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman..."
Adam loved the bones of her.
gregfortruth 11 months ago
@gregfortruth Cool story, bro.
Aarixan 11 months ago
@gregfortruth
I don't recall the bible every clarifying whether or not he loved her, nor his or her bones. But I do understand what you're saying, with the nothing new thing. everything HAS already been said, but the thing that makes stuff special is the way in which it is said.
ExoTheMage 10 months ago
@gregfortruth
Do you people seriously have to pollute eveything with your superstitious nonsense? Can't you even enjoy a great song without feeling the requirement to preach??
There was no Adam, no Eve, no satan, & no god. End of.
flypaper4weirdos 10 months ago
ONE SPITTER. JUST ONE
jimmydarko888 11 months ago
ONE SPITTER.
jimmydarko888 11 months ago
love you Elbow - true and honest musiic,,,
partridgezombie71 1 year ago
epic.
hanniepiespannie 1 year ago
omg! The sax at the end is just orgasmic!
vajiezzz 1 year ago
@vajiezzz you're orgasm is associated with a trumpet ;)
crossfade997 1 year ago
So does anyone know what the thematic tie to Summertime is?
Opiegrey 1 year ago
@Opiegrey
think because it's May in the song and the guy is in love
"and the fish are jumpin' and the cotton is fine"
great trumpet!
ohchino 1 year ago
@ohchino cotton is high... but that is just a tiny little improvement.. sorry. :)
Bente684 10 months ago
@Bente684 Don't be sorry, thanks instead. This song is a master classic and every word must be respected.
ohchino 10 months ago
Responder a este vídeo... Please don't be sorry at all, thanks instead. This song is a grand master piece, so, every word must be respected very carefully. Thanks again.
ohchino 10 months ago
So the dislike person has"nt an ear for music or maybe the Orchestra frighen him/her off.....LOL.............Brill
curlywurly71 1 year ago 2
which c*ck disliked this, IT IS AWESOME!
bullymonster 1 year ago
Guy Garvey and the lads from Elbow are BRILLIANT! Honestly, this is some of the greatest songwriting I've heard in all of my life.
rmweav11 1 year ago
Absolutely LOVE this song!
pr0T0chimp 1 year ago
well, whoever that dislike is, accidently clicked dislike instead of like... coz this is amazing? ♥
Amberrr95 1 year ago
hearing a lot of radiohead influence hear
casino335 1 year ago
@casino335 i think these have been going a lot longer than radiohead so it probably the other way round.
ispywithmyjapseye 1 year ago
@ispywithmyjapseye I don't mean to sound rude, but look it up, Radiohead have been around longer than Elbow. but both great bands :)
deandave24 1 year ago
@deandave24 Sorry. I told my mate what I wrote and he told me I was wrong too. Going to see them in March at the Sheffield Arena. Can't wait.
ispywithmyjapseye 1 year ago
Wow, putting Gershwin's Summertiime at the end is pure genius!
occasm 1 year ago 29
@occasm I guess that was the tentacles of the song that he knew
ayatollahrocknrolla 11 months ago
@occasm It's like the tentacles of a song that I know... stretching out of the doorway... Such a clever song.
wordsworth08 5 months ago
"... and its you, and its May, and we're sleeping through the day. and I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away "
He is talking about a song he hears taking his mind back to a certain time and place. It has nothing to do with his accent, he is not saying "me". The sentace doesn't flow as a normal one would, Its a song. get over it. Its perfect how it is.
MrFuertestuart 1 year ago
The one and only person that dislikes this deserves to be hanged from a tower crane!
GET IT?
OnixFilms 1 year ago 2
@OnixFilms I get it but I honestly think the person was so ecstatic and moved by the song and simply accidentally missed the like button. :D
OperaNotes 1 year ago
Love the trumpet at the end, also i think it is Me, it sounds a lot more like me at the end of the song anyways. either way i doesn't bother, boss song!
ChrisDorgan 1 year ago 2
@ChrisDorgan Sampled from 'Summertime' by Gershwin. Good choice on their part.
uiop60 1 year ago
I dont get it either ...
and its june and its me ?
Psygro 1 year ago
very good
DelamanchaBand 1 year ago
Well it would if he weren't remembering another era in his life 5ys ago...
elphinliz44 1 year ago
its "May", get over it its what it is, Guy said its "May" and not the Bon Jovi way of singing "Me"!
tindrum 1 year ago
Fuck Top 40, it's music like this that almost restores my faith in humanity. Almost...
mindonmusic 1 year ago
@TheRomperCopter Don't know if you sorted this argument, but, on the band commentary on the DVD of this session, Guy goes out of his way to say that it's MAY, no ME that he's singing. So, he was probably conscious there'd been some confusion. It's a nice commentary, if you haven't seen it. xx
wrosegirl 1 year ago
@SpartanM621
It's a Godin, im sure of that, possibly the montreal model? not sure as sound holes are difficult to see on a black guitar.
AdmiralJamin 1 year ago
@SpartanM621
It's a Godin, im sure of that, possibly the montreal model? not sure as sound holes are difficult to see on a black guitar.
AdmiralJamin 1 year ago
Does anyone know the model of the guitar he uses at 2:27
SpartanM621 1 year ago
what desolate teenaged justin beiber fan disliked this?
he/she/it must be hunted and set on fire
Thedeoradude 1 year ago
cant get enough of this with BBC
runall32 1 year ago
amazing!! beautiful singing!!
TheGarini 1 year ago
mmm I like that bass!
joerover22 1 year ago
love it:)
maddmudda2 1 year ago
the trumpet at the end gets me every time...
TheoBrixtonTheKid 1 year ago 3
great voice!!!!! on record or singing live!!!!
MrJankristian 1 year ago
I recently got this album and the booklet says: "And it's you and it's MAY"
TzinMT 1 year ago
god I love them!
simply the best popband of the day...and nobody knows ;-)
TheNicetommy 1 year ago
Someone accidently missed the like button....
TimInman1989 1 year ago
This song's about painful nostalgia. It's 'May' for sure.
ursie1986 1 year ago
nice
peteboy777 1 year ago
Why's the bloke with the rotten diction keep his Stratocaster slung on such a long strap? My guess it's for posing. You can't play a guitar properly slung that low. It seriously restricts how you can move your hands on the fingerboard. The chap sitting down and battering mince out of the Godin has a better grasp of things.
bigbawsyabass 1 year ago
@bigbawsyabass keeping up the tradition of bein g a youtube keyboard warrior, eh? Just because you have no ear for great music. Probably a Cliff Richard fan in secret.
digireedoo 1 year ago
@TheRomperCopter Well, Obvioulsy lyrics are a very subjective thing, They all mean different things to different people. However, Unless the CD manufacturers made one enormous cock up then it is Without a shadow of a doubt "May" as that is exactly what is printed in the insert.of the cd.
bytesback 1 year ago
@bytesback I didn't need to look up lyrics, or consult the CD booklet. Just by listening to any Elbow song, one can reference Guy's uncanny yet simple ability to rhyme words. he does it consistently. So if you look at the line "And its You, and Its May" it makes sense because its followed by the line "And We're sleeping through the day" "and 3,000 miles away." I am american, so even i admit sometimes Guy confuses me. but i will agree with "MAY" instead of "Me"
spreethang 1 year ago
@spreethang Whilst I don't remember ever questioning your lyric listening ability, I seem to have to keep pointing out what this particular word is.I think some of the people from around the world may have trouble with his accent and have failed to notice, as you rightly say, that lyrics mainly rhyme.
bytesback 1 year ago
@bytesback
yeh but he is saying "ME" just in his accent, because "it's you and its may" makes no sense.
TheMusica999 1 year ago
@TheMusica999 Anyone got a brick wall handy for me to bang my head against ? Of course it makes sense ! It's you and its May IE it's you and its the month of may. He's remembering this person in may. What doesn't make sense about that ?
Still, Lyrics aside, I hope you enjoyed it.
bytesback 1 year ago
@bytesback
i enjoyed it but it doesnt make sense cos he wrote it in august
(i dont know that but it gives me smething to argue about doesnt it :D ;)
TheMusica999 1 year ago
@TheMusica999 #LOL
bytesback 1 year ago
I'm in love with the girl in the chorus with the glasses ...
corriganhhh 1 year ago
@corriganhhh Me too...
HerEyesWereWild 2 months ago
I saw them in Belfast a couple of years ago. They are spellbinding live!! This is great but it does them no justice. Any fans that haven't seen them. Do soon. You're in for a treat!! :D
adamreid2009 1 year ago
the gershwin piece just adds to the melancholy of the song. i wish elbow would do another concert like this featuring their other stuff. especially "forget myself"
londonsmoker 1 year ago
BEST. SONG EVER!
Andrewz05 1 year ago
an amazing song
blreightyeight 1 year ago 2
Not enough stars to rate how good this is! Song I wished I'd written!
darkeye79 1 year ago 2
esta cancion se me ase tan hermosa y inspirante xDxDxD es la mejor cancion que e escuchado en mi vida y todo el grupo de elbow si que sabe aser canciones ojala vengan a mexico
MrKevinsaid 1 year ago
Easily one of the best songs I have EVER heard.
asensecommon 1 year ago
i totally dislike new Muse album.You may be right about techincal stuff but seriously in music&lyric wise;they are getting worse by each album.And yes they are getting commercial with each time and it seems like they want this.
This song rocks btw.
MrVolokine 1 year ago
@MrVolokine firmly agree. And they always seem to be singing about an impending apocalypse that never hits them. LAME.
cuttoothom 1 year ago
agreed. new muse album was awful.
justisanchez 1 year ago
Personally I dont know why comparisons are made either but I'm sick of ppl saying Muse has declined. These ppl just cant take a change of style - for the better. Btw I'm a big Elbow fan as well. Sorry if I offend anyone but honestly I hate it when some ppl deride an artist after a change of style. As if they expect artists to stick with the same old formula, however good, for the rest of their career. Pfft.
5oulPower 1 year ago 3
To MetaScizor I disagree. I'm no commercial mainstream music fan. I despice mainstream music. I listen to ppl like Radiohead, Keane, Sigur Ros, Snow Patrol, U2, and Elbow. And I can say that Muse have got better with every album. They have gone more Radiohead and Queen-like in style. They have better texture. Better atmosphere. Better everything. The old albums are good but they're a bit raw. They are not going commercial at all. Spoken by a true Muse fan.
5oulPower 1 year ago
Best lyrics i ever seen
tiporc 1 year ago
the trumpet solo is the jazz standard summertime
redheadguy719 1 year ago
Goosebumps.
BURNfreakskuh 1 year ago
those lyrics... every time i read them i appreciate them more
peaceric 1 year ago 2
love the industrial feel on this one...
martinmedeski 1 year ago
why do people constantly discuss Muse and Elbow together? They're nothing alike.
Bobocop96 2 years ago 22
@Bobocop96 they hear a british accent and somewhere in the brain it combines with a general lack of any musical knowledge... need i say more?
recklssabndon 11 months ago
@Bobocop96 i just dont get muse. i seem to be one of the only ones. i dont dislike them i guess i just dont dig em.
cjk310 10 months ago
@Bobocop96 ...Don`t discuss, just wallow in the wonderful music.
bazmitch 10 months ago
well i would say Tool and Porcupine Tree are the best bands i've seen live... so I guess one's musical taste may have a little something to do with it as well yeah? but I would love to have the privilege to see Elbow live. come to the states guys!
Dmoney333 2 years ago
with you on porcupine tree :-D
heinzie5 2 years ago
this bloke is just a star. i cant wait to see them again. such an incredible band
dermotoblong 2 years ago 3
Amazing song, the trumpet at the end just fucks me up. Love it.
kulas44 2 years ago
I think Elbow and Muse are the best band live.. most bands just suck peforming live.
Guusz 2 years ago
Dave Matthews Band is the best live band in the world, believe me
hansjuvefan 2 years ago
yeah sure, you might think so.. but I think Elbow and Muse are the best live peformers. There's no accounting on taste right?
Guusz 2 years ago 2
i saw elbow live when they opened for Coldplay and yes they were amazing live
TwaJamesy 2 years ago
If you like muse you should listen 'Porcupine Tree'
its more Progressive/alternative, but just brilliant musicians. When you listen to it longer you'll like every single song. And the cool thing is: they sound live exactly the same as studio. :)
JelteRocks 2 years ago
okay thanks, I'll search for it. I find that that's mostly the case with muse, once you've heard it a couple of times, it grows on you, and you can't keep the songs out of your head.
Guusz 2 years ago
see, Elbow are like a contrast to Muse, as Elbow's quality has sustained and become better throughout the years due to their lack of sucess until recent years. Muse became known quite quickly, and soon started declining until their at the point they are at now with their new album, The Resistance, which I believe to be a terrible album.
I'd also go to say Elbow are a lot better than Muse live, subjective as it may be.
MetaScizor 2 years ago
i'm sorry, but i don't care about the bands themselves, i care about the music they produce.. if you think muse is terrible, fine, but in my opinion it's one of the best bands.
Guusz 2 years ago
Hi all. I have listened to a lot of music.. This band are amazing...really. i am no poet or writer of big words...so for the simple peeps out there Elbow are fantabbytastic...cant say no more xxx
priorylisa 2 years ago
I was there also...
SuperBigrigger 2 years ago
hey i'm about 3000 miles away and i love these guys. this whole concert with the bbc orchestra is amazing...certainly wish i could have been there. much love and respect from across the pond. beautiful music!
Dmoney333 2 years ago
hinda police thing going.
snowgod37 2 years ago
I saw this live. Beautiful.
PX1180 2 years ago
Just the most beautiful song. If u cant understand the lyrics u never lived a life then moved on. As exquisite as the lover i once had and found again in the wisp of a half heard tune 20 years later, as fresh and lovely as the first time we kissed and as painful as the last.
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pass the sick bucket - urgghh!
hurricaneUK 2 years ago
@gcujustpoppingin Aaaahhh!!
debbieallen2 2 years ago
I know someone in the orchestra, that's how cool I am :P
Amazing, just got into elbow properly after getting their album last Christmas, great band and The Seldom Seen kid is definitely deserving of the mercury music prize, and this is coming from a diehard radiohead fan, who they beat :)
tparkins92 2 years ago
The Girl in the Orchestra with glasses is Beautiful.....
kevinfromHulme 2 years ago 27
this elbow is breaking my heart, and it was just what I needed... so very much!
emmazissou 2 years ago
I love the way he says I love the bones of you. I always say things like that. I love your bones. I love you to pieces. I love your veins. I love your skin. I love your lungs. I love your nerves. Your brain.
There is nothing more raw than loving what makes someone alive. And I love raw, honest and real things. Like this band.
OperaNotes 2 years ago 46
wow. strong words. Respect to you my friend :)
maaitah 2 years ago 2
@OperaNotes I see this as a love that will never die, but a love that is lost. We have all lost a great love through many different means. I love the bones of you that I will never escape. There are songs that yank me back in time to a moment in her arms, that is what I feel when I hear this song. I may never escape that one love, but I am comforted by that same thought.
Malzarin 1 year ago
@OperaNotes That may well be the best thing I've ever read on YouTube. Well done.
Jameth2008 1 year ago
@OperaNotes I guess the lyrics about the skeleton everyones got in their closet, and refering to a love that once was.. and still is haunting his mind...
"I love the bones of you that i never escape" and refering to this as 5 years ago and 3000 miles away.
Love this song!
Guy is in the league with the great songwriters!
ansepe74 1 year ago
yummy
boscombefun 2 years ago
the gershwin part makes me chill
losagentenaranja 2 years ago
Always listen to this and the cornet section just really make you tingle love it :)
aldamaster 2 years ago
what a great song
maya3149 2 years ago
The lyrical poetry of this band is amazing. I am gratified to see an act from Manchester able to carry the swagger with a new Artistic and Mature attitude. Thank you for your ability to hammer it home as well as gracefully urging me to understand.
ChannelFavorite 2 years ago 6