The first minute of this is pure musical beauty. It is an absolute pleasure to have it go through my ears and into my brain. This is probably the best band on earth...at their very best, with an amazing orchestra at their backs
@danmarmaladeand09 I think it's more about someone who's got problem that they keep to themselves instead of sharing, meaning he "grows his own brambles"out of his way of dealing with the problem. "Chivalrous shambles" implies they think they're doing the right thing by keeping their problem to themselves, but their cure isn't working. They turn to "booze" and fall in with a bad crowd as a result. The narrator just wants his friend to leave that crowd and share the problem- "sing again".
I can't work out who got the best of THIS deal. Elbow are great in their own right. The BBC orchesta are great, again in their own right ...but TOGETHER they are sublime....It's about the only time this year I'm glad I paid my TV license and I'll keep paying as long as this is what we get for our "buck".......SUPERB!!!
Like the previous comment i to heard Elbow on the T.V and what a blessing they should be up there with the best of the best perhaps in time they will get to where they should be to where they belong,only if there is justice in the music world.
Like the previous comment i to heard Elbow on the T.V and what a blessing they should be up there with the best of the best perhaps in time they will get to where they should be to where they belong,only if there is justice in the music world.
This performance got me into Elbow one night when there was bugger all on the telly when I got in from the pub - "press the red button to see elbow live at Abbey Road" - why not? I watched the whole concert like 3 times in a row then bought the album the next day. Guy Garvey is one of the best lyricists I have ever encountered, up there with Nick Cave and Maynard James Keenan.
Apparantly my pastoral tutor in college was in the audience during this performance. If that's true, she's officially one of the coolest people I know.
I'm also going to be singing either this song or 'Lippy Kids' for my next assessment in 3 weeks time. Can't wait!
The whole Album is dedicated to Bryan Glancy who was a good friend of the band and very influential in the Manchester music scene. He died at a very young age.
I just started listening to Elbow a couple months ago (never really heard of them before then) and now I'm obsessed with them. I thought Asleep in the Back was the best cd i had heard in a long time but The Seldom Seen Kid may be rivaling it.
@Alannbitchh Well assuming that's a true statement, he did an absoulely fantastic job. It is a stunning piece of work by all concerned including the 'techies'.
You know, I've had difficulties with depression and alcoholism myself, and this song really, really sounds like how I feel sometimes - like they took the deepest hurt in me and made it audible. Breaks my heart every time I hear it
@darkassasin66 this song´s about a a friend who have drunk to much at that time. that was that what Guy´s thought first about his song. He´s asking for an advice in this song for his frind. But then, at the pruducing of the song, he noticed that this song was about himself.
"I think when he's drinking he's drowning some riot."
When I saw them at the MEN Guy said that sometimes you have to tell your friends off when they are behaving
like a dick or something along those lines. Obviously about a friend who drank too much and hung around with the wrong sort of people. I don't think it was about a dead friend.
Sensational - I mean that! Reminds me of an amazing night a year ago in Llandudno, stood at Guy's feet in one of the best live sets I've ever seen. Atmosphere was electric.
Does anyone know if the lyrics are "A beautiful, quivering, shivering shambles" or "Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles" i've seen both interpretations of lyric websites
Amazing song and whoever wrote the lyrics has clearly been affected by alcoholism at some point
edit; oh no it is a beautiful, quivering,chivelrous shambles....beautifully poetic. Guy could piss all over all the "classic poets."...darn these 42yr old ears....
@peaceric Yeah I was wondering if he was talking about himself in the third person as well, I think it would make it more poetic if he was talking about himself
Saw them at the Hurricane festival 2008. But the festival idiots put them on Sunday Morning. It was a brilliant concert nevertheless but I always thought that seeing them at dusk or during a starry night would be perfect and anyway, how ignorant can you be to not make them a main act? They definitely made 2000-2009 a musical decade worthwhile.
@myphoneisretro agreed, so much. radiohead used to be number one for me, and i know they're two totally different bands, but there is something about elbow that is just massive. i've been a fan since asleep at the wheel--i saw them open for goldfrapp on her felt mountain tour here in the US and was like 'who the hell is this', and by the time the set ended was completely in love with them. for me, they surpass radiohead these days.
It's actually quite easy. He's singing about his friend who's an alcoholic and seems to drink to hide something and it's breaking his heart to see him slip further away.
The first 51 seconds sounds like it should be the start of a Bond Theme. Anyway it is excellent, the song is excellent, the album a brilliant piece of work, lyrically and musically.....they must be immensely proud.
You should google the main theme of this new album... Is awsome, you will love him a lot more, it's a band called Elbow, he's not a singer at his own. :) [I don't have pretty good english, sorry]
It's there on the CD, but right at the start of the DVD they show the Radio 2 logo, perhaps it was transmitted live, before the watershed? that'd explain it.
does it not seem obvious that there are times that an artist uses the full and even vulgar extent of the English language and it should not be discussed because the artistic merits for the entire piece.
i think this is one of those chunes where the use of the word "fuckers" is just and very much part of the song and should remain uncensored, mad as that sounds.
It's a shame that the "Fuckers" line was censored. I mean, I'm not one who'll go on and on about how censorship takes away our right to "be human" or something like that, but I think that line is really quite emotive, almost crucial to the song.
I just got done watching the DVD of this, and it is incredible, but I noticed that it definitely is *not* censored, so it must've been done for broadcast.
I wish I could keep Elbow locked in a tiny box that I could wear around my waist and take them out whenever I needed to be reminded what life is for. But I can't. So go ahead everyone, fall in love with them too...
Ha, you are correct! What I should have said was I want the living, breathing, ORGANIC Elbow. Recorded music does not do them justice. But I suppose my Ipod will have to suffice.
Absolutely beautiful tune, so haunting and my favourite from Elbow.
bytesback, you have a few mistakes in your lyrics by the way. Its "booze" not "bruise" in the second verse and its "pour out the rain" instead of pull. otherwise, thanks for posting this.
this song is about the lead singers alcohol addiction... he said he uses "a friend of mine" because thats what people do when they dont want you to think they are talking about themselves
I find this song so moving. Not sure why. Such a shame they had to censor the word "fuckers" - aren't we all grown up enough to be able to hear that and not throw a fit? Oh well. Beautiful stuff all the same.
i agree it shouldn't have been censored, its an important line in the song which he sings with alot of meaning i think it kindof took from the feel of the song however the beautiful instrumental after makes up for it
na, the reason they didn't get as much media is because they kept getting dropped from their record labels for effectively doing what they wanted to do and playing/writing what they wanted to.
haha exactly the same! heard that they'd won the mercury prize and i thought i'd give it a listen.. this was the song that was playing when it came on.. :O! love this band sooo so much.
I remember growing up in Bury and going to watch these guys play at the Met before they became Elbow...they had talent, it was obvious. And yes, although they've been dropped a couple of times, I think now is the time they will prosper, they're in prime position to do anything they want. And if the music's this good, then people will take notice. I love that people call them depressing, but I think this album is the most inspiring music I've listened to in ages.
This is by far my favourite song on the album, I prefer the album version though I think, the production on it is extremely good. The bit later on when the music starts properly again makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end every single time..
But one thing bothers me: Why didnt he sing the 'fuckers', or was it edited out? Either way, its motherfucking ridiculous, that word-censoring, i mean, the amount of violence and sex that we see today, and all we censor is WORDS? fuck you motherfucking shit asshole this is quality culture dont fucking cut words out of it
Naked people covered with blood in art paintings, but if theres an ugly word in music, lets edit it out, THE FUCKING CHILDREN MIGHT GET TRAUMAS, FOR FUCK SAKE
Yep, but I'm saying that kind of laws are idiotic in the first place. Is there a restriction in UK that you're not allowed to show highly sexual music videos until 9PM? I don't see how swearing can hurt children. And they learn the ugly words from somewhere anyways.
yeah i agree, its a passionate bit of the song where he's singing 'brother of mine don't run with those fuckers' it's not like he's just throwing the word about, it makes the song more powerful
@bytesback Good idea but I think I'll just stay here with you all, makes me so happy!
3eahor3e 4 days ago
@3eahor3e Excellent, pull up a sofa and grab a drink.
bytesback 3 days ago
Can't get enough of this!
3eahor3e 5 days ago
@3eahor3e Would you like to just pitch a tent in this video ? save all the work getting here ;)
bytesback 5 days ago
The first minute of this is pure musical beauty. It is an absolute pleasure to have it go through my ears and into my brain. This is probably the best band on earth...at their very best, with an amazing orchestra at their backs
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This song is about alcoholism and mental illness as far as I can tell. It's a powerful song, one of the best from the Seldom Seen Kid album.
danmarmaladeand09 1 month ago
@danmarmaladeand09 I think it's more about someone who's got problem that they keep to themselves instead of sharing, meaning he "grows his own brambles"out of his way of dealing with the problem. "Chivalrous shambles" implies they think they're doing the right thing by keeping their problem to themselves, but their cure isn't working. They turn to "booze" and fall in with a bad crowd as a result. The narrator just wants his friend to leave that crowd and share the problem- "sing again".
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Just can't stay away!
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Here I am with tears running down my face.
3eahor3e 1 month ago
I can't work out who got the best of THIS deal. Elbow are great in their own right. The BBC orchesta are great, again in their own right ...but TOGETHER they are sublime....It's about the only time this year I'm glad I paid my TV license and I'll keep paying as long as this is what we get for our "buck".......SUPERB!!!
lambrettalover1 2 months ago
Puta la wea linda :,,,,,,(
Withallyourpowerrr 2 months ago
0:00 - Oh man, one of my absolute favorite Elbow songs, live with a symphonic orchestra and choir. I wonder how touched I'm going to be by this.
3:45 - The river from my eyes, I can't stop it
5:49 - My eyes are blood shot and my hands are shaky. God damnit Elbow.
BloodTal0n 4 months ago
Simply my all time favourite band - they've always been brilliant, right from day one, great to see the world catching up. Lotsa love, MyBuryVest.
partridgezombie71 5 months ago
not allowed to say 'focus' on television before 9pm
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Like the previous comment i to heard Elbow on the T.V and what a blessing they should be up there with the best of the best perhaps in time they will get to where they should be to where they belong,only if there is justice in the music world.
MrDavytweed 5 months ago
Like the previous comment i to heard Elbow on the T.V and what a blessing they should be up there with the best of the best perhaps in time they will get to where they should be to where they belong,only if there is justice in the music world.
MrDavytweed 5 months ago
Elbow+Orchestra+Choir = magic.
brethynda123 5 months ago
any number of these recordings can make my chin wobble. special stuff.
davepilla 6 months ago
what a band ! saw them 1st when they won the mercury music prize ,was blown away by them, and still am . Hope they never change ! love you elbow
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If people want to hear the "fucker" bit, then they should be good and buy the CD/DVD combo ;-)
deadpassive 6 months ago
This is Amazing.
lovelightlucy 7 months ago
i think guy garvey looks like buzz lightyear
debbieallen2 8 months ago
I would love a big bear hug from Guy Garvey!
tentontessy1 8 months ago 8
at 0:13 Guy doesn't sing the word focus.......It does sound like he was about to but he didn't :/
shawgirl57 9 months ago 2
@shawgirl57 Focus ??!! Do you mean fuckers ? They had to leave it out because this broadcast before 9PM, cant have the little kiddies getting upset.
bytesback 9 months ago 22
@bytesback ok thanks, my bad!
shawgirl57 9 months ago
ok i listened to this beautiful live version now can never listen to it again without the amazing orchestra
ZAMNman 9 months ago
Radiohead is clearly different music. It's more complex and interesting, where as Elbow is just generally pleasant.
SoulGunMetal 9 months ago
please let this be the future of music, world peace by 2012 and it starts with inspiration from elbow.
Areyourealythatdumb 10 months ago
This is such an incredibly beautiful song. Probably my favourite Elbow track (and therefore, by default, one of my favourite tracks of all time).
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This performance got me into Elbow one night when there was bugger all on the telly when I got in from the pub - "press the red button to see elbow live at Abbey Road" - why not? I watched the whole concert like 3 times in a row then bought the album the next day. Guy Garvey is one of the best lyricists I have ever encountered, up there with Nick Cave and Maynard James Keenan.
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@sonicwingnut 'Guy Garvey is one of the best lyricists I have ever encountered, up there with Nick Cave and Maynard James Keenan'
Took the words right out of mouth
tuckmyster 10 months ago
@sonicwingnut I had the same thing, I just pressed the red button by mistake !?!! Best Mistake I ever made
bytesback 10 months ago 10
@sonicwingnut Same thing here; I saw this clip over a year ago and was just so taken aback by it, and it still has the effect on me today.
rbarbhuiyan 7 months ago
@sonicwingnut Why can't we receive BBC Entertainment in the Netherlands???? :(
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pure perfection.... one of the most beautiful / sad songs i know
CivilianInRange 1 year ago
pure fekin braw!!
langestefan23 1 year ago
Apparantly my pastoral tutor in college was in the audience during this performance. If that's true, she's officially one of the coolest people I know.
I'm also going to be singing either this song or 'Lippy Kids' for my next assessment in 3 weeks time. Can't wait!
JaggedSplinter 1 year ago
The whole Album is dedicated to Bryan Glancy who was a good friend of the band and very influential in the Manchester music scene. He died at a very young age.
independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/the-story-of-the-seldom-seen-kid-925577.html
Cheekum1975 1 year ago
did they have to block 'fuckers'?
smitty618 1 year ago 2
@smitty618 Well this was originally broadcast on a BBC Radio 2 in midday so I guess terms of service made it so...
ZookanProductions 1 year ago
@ZookanProductions oh right didn't think of that...
...I do want to here the fuckers part though
smitty618 1 year ago
@smitty618 He should've said 'muckers' in its place :P.
This is one of my absolute favourites off The Seldom Seen Kid. Lyrics strike such a chord.
icecreamscuseme 1 year ago
I just started listening to Elbow a couple months ago (never really heard of them before then) and now I'm obsessed with them. I thought Asleep in the Back was the best cd i had heard in a long time but The Seldom Seen Kid may be rivaling it.
JerseyBearanus 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing, such a timeless album.
DarkViIIain 1 year ago
lool my dad was the sound engineer for this :P
Alannbitchh 1 year ago 5
@Alannbitchh Well assuming that's a true statement, he did an absoulely fantastic job. It is a stunning piece of work by all concerned including the 'techies'.
thehalfcut 1 year ago
@thehalfcut Thank youu :)
Alannbitchh 1 year ago
3:45 pure awesome
Jobizzie 1 year ago
shivering as far as i can tell... sorry a bit late
DianeEJones 1 year ago
You know, I've had difficulties with depression and alcoholism myself, and this song really, really sounds like how I feel sometimes - like they took the deepest hurt in me and made it audible. Breaks my heart every time I hear it
Telepresent 1 year ago 7
Was this the song they made because of the death of his "friend"? Or was that another song...
darkassasin66 1 year ago
@darkassasin66 It was " Friend Of Ours"
bytesback 1 year ago
@bytesback
Have to disagree... this is definitely about Bryan Glancy.
aclcox 3 months ago
@darkassasin66 this song´s about a a friend who have drunk to much at that time. that was that what Guy´s thought first about his song. He´s asking for an advice in this song for his frind. But then, at the pruducing of the song, he noticed that this song was about himself.
"I think when he's drinking he's drowning some riot."
You mean
STUKAMIKAZE 1 year ago
@darkassasin66 It was also Grounds For Divorce. The death influenced a lot of the songs.
MaereMaid 1 year ago
@darkassasin66
When I saw them at the MEN Guy said that sometimes you have to tell your friends off when they are behaving
like a dick or something along those lines. Obviously about a friend who drank too much and hung around with the wrong sort of people. I don't think it was about a dead friend.
winchmeet 10 months ago
@darkassasin66 think it wasnt "Frind of Ours" but "Grounds for Divorce"
jitarihu84 2 months ago
pure brilliance.
foz32 1 year ago
Sensational - I mean that! Reminds me of an amazing night a year ago in Llandudno, stood at Guy's feet in one of the best live sets I've ever seen. Atmosphere was electric.
pomtotter 1 year ago
Does anyone know if the lyrics are "A beautiful, quivering, shivering shambles" or "Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles" i've seen both interpretations of lyric websites
Amazing song and whoever wrote the lyrics has clearly been affected by alcoholism at some point
IntenseHeroes 1 year ago 2
According to the lyrics in the case leaflet thingummy its "Beautiful, quivering, chivalrous shambles"
bytesback 1 year ago 6
@bytesback.....a beautiful,greying,shivering shambles.
KosmikGirl05 1 year ago
edit; oh no it is a beautiful, quivering,chivelrous shambles....beautifully poetic. Guy could piss all over all the "classic poets."...darn these 42yr old ears....
KosmikGirl05 1 year ago
@bytesback This is what i love with Elbow, they get the intelligent conversations going :D
Pabstpabst 1 year ago
@IntenseHeroes I'm 99.9% sure it's chivalrous.
AudiTy01 9 months ago
yes, like looking at yourself from outside.. makes sense to me, also cause of the line "when will "my Friend" start singing again"
CivilianInRange 1 year ago
to me it's about a guy talking about himself, you know the way people will say my "friend" has a problem and such
peaceric 1 year ago
@peaceric Yeah I was wondering if he was talking about himself in the third person as well, I think it would make it more poetic if he was talking about himself
IntenseHeroes 1 year ago
I totally wasn't expecting those sopranos to come in, but when they did, my whole body shivered.
justinenns 2 years ago 3
...gives me goosebumps...simply wondrous, resplendent, perennial....(bbc shouldn't have bleeped out the 'bad' word however)...amazing band....
beigesucks 2 years ago 4
Saw them at the Hurricane festival 2008. But the festival idiots put them on Sunday Morning. It was a brilliant concert nevertheless but I always thought that seeing them at dusk or during a starry night would be perfect and anyway, how ignorant can you be to not make them a main act? They definitely made 2000-2009 a musical decade worthwhile.
sickcellmate 2 years ago 4
@sickcellmate true comment mate best album from 2000-present
andrew406 2 years ago
i like this band before station approach and still do
Padingtonslamin 2 years ago
Billy,apparently it's personal.......
KosmikGirl05 2 years ago
Listenin to this band for the 1st time and am in awe... incredible!!!!!!
MrSambo91 2 years ago 4
JJJJJeeeeeeeessssssus. Bliss.
gefnanroolz 2 years ago
this is absolutely amazing. this band are on par with radiohead
myphoneisretro 2 years ago 42
@myphoneisretro agreed, so much. radiohead used to be number one for me, and i know they're two totally different bands, but there is something about elbow that is just massive. i've been a fan since asleep at the wheel--i saw them open for goldfrapp on her felt mountain tour here in the US and was like 'who the hell is this', and by the time the set ended was completely in love with them. for me, they surpass radiohead these days.
glassineheart 1 year ago
@myphoneisretro Completely agree. They just deserve as much exposure as Radiohead.
JoshUnderscoreGlenn 1 year ago
@JoshUnderscoreGlenn
Can you believe they were support for bloody Coldplay in 2005. There is no justice in the world !!!!!!
Cheekum1975 1 year ago
@myphoneisretro Indeed, a sharp observation.
Tommyfazz 1 year ago
@myphoneisretro They put Radiohead to shame, for me. RH are up their own arses, Elbow are not (yet)....
RectoBold 10 months ago 3
@myphoneisretro the ONLY band on par.
904shaw 6 months ago
Funny thing is, most of the lyrics in Elbow songs can be said in a normal tone and pace while still making total sense, grammatically and otherwise.
John234pwns 2 years ago 30
great stuff. it reminds me of a Pink Floyd track
MrClanchief1 2 years ago
This song is absolutely beautiful... one of Elbow's best. Guy's an amazing singer and lyricist, and this band is just plain amazing.
I am in love with this song..
Nekokun77 2 years ago 7
lol im still trying to figure out what the lyrics mean
BillyTheTapeworm 2 years ago
@BillyTheTapeworm
It's actually quite easy. He's singing about his friend who's an alcoholic and seems to drink to hide something and it's breaking his heart to see him slip further away.
AllRiseForDrEvil 2 years ago 3
The first 51 seconds sounds like it should be the start of a Bond Theme. Anyway it is excellent, the song is excellent, the album a brilliant piece of work, lyrically and musically.....they must be immensely proud.
WhatTheCurtains 2 years ago 6
tears my heart out for reasons not up 4 discussion xxx
ognum1971 2 years ago 2
I am in true awe, what a beautiful performance... I have found my new musical obsession... Thanks for postin' this!!!!
rockinbren 2 years ago 3
starlings is magnificent. this is terribly tortuously haunting brilliant
wizardalvin 2 years ago 3
anyone know where I can get this performance to buy on DVD or CD?
Musicpuzzle 2 years ago
Yes, look in the info.
bytesback 2 years ago
Elbow's most beautiful song and almost as good as the Kloot. You know the score Guy...
craigdburke 2 years ago
absolutely, incredibly beautiful
debbieallen2 2 years ago 2
This is one of my favourite Elbow songs, and one of my favourite songs in general :D:D:D
EverythingWillGlow 2 years ago
You should google the main theme of this new album... Is awsome, you will love him a lot more, it's a band called Elbow, he's not a singer at his own. :) [I don't have pretty good english, sorry]
Obregoink 2 years ago
lyrics are genius
mickykiiatein 2 years ago
ahhh :) new favorite band/singer/whathaveyou. Magnificently magnificent.
zEuSsMiNiOn4493 2 years ago 4
Bravo... ; )
fewsons 2 years ago 3
this guy is my new favorite lyricist
peaceric 2 years ago 8
Yeah, he's wonderful.
WilliamVonEagle 2 years ago
You can actually hear the line - at least the echo of the line 'Fuckers'. He definitely says it.
korkas 2 years ago
It's there on the CD, but right at the start of the DVD they show the Radio 2 logo, perhaps it was transmitted live, before the watershed? that'd explain it.
2charliep 2 years ago 2
does it not seem obvious that there are times that an artist uses the full and even vulgar extent of the English language and it should not be discussed because the artistic merits for the entire piece.
ChannelFavorite 2 years ago 2
i think this is one of those chunes where the use of the word "fuckers" is just and very much part of the song and should remain uncensored, mad as that sounds.
highwireman 2 years ago 6
very emotional !!!!!!!!beautiful
garymilli 2 years ago
"I think when he's drinking he's drowning some riot"
.....what incredible lyrics
FloatOn1001 2 years ago 3
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.....so haunting....
gefnanroolz 2 years ago
It's a shame that the "Fuckers" line was censored. I mean, I'm not one who'll go on and on about how censorship takes away our right to "be human" or something like that, but I think that line is really quite emotive, almost crucial to the song.
manbotid 2 years ago 4
I think he censored it himself.
gullivera 2 years ago 2
I just got done watching the DVD of this, and it is incredible, but I noticed that it definitely is *not* censored, so it must've been done for broadcast.
Nocturnaloner 2 years ago
My favourite Elbow song.
*Heart flutters*
Blacknarcissa 2 years ago
heart flutters? that off the first album? ive got the others and i canr remember that one?
highwireman 2 years ago
Reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide soundtrack.
elementric1 2 years ago
THX Elbow!
flatron7000 2 years ago
from Argentina....wow...sends shivers down my spine..
larosadecobre 2 years ago
Marvellous song and performance. Shame that the applause is cut short.
rottern 2 years ago 4
Awesome. Hairs tingle up my back, legs and arms on certain notes everytime.
Whiteshirtloosetie 2 years ago 3
my god i love it. Words, music.. (mm)
TheApplecherry 2 years ago
Just listen to what he is saying.
MadameCholet1 2 years ago 3
just ...... amazin ! great song , strings, vocals and especially lyrics !
aje2103 2 years ago
I wish I could keep Elbow locked in a tiny box that I could wear around my waist and take them out whenever I needed to be reminded what life is for. But I can't. So go ahead everyone, fall in love with them too...
puscifer10000 2 years ago 10
Isn't that an MP3 player :)
bytesback 2 years ago
Ha, you are correct! What I should have said was I want the living, breathing, ORGANIC Elbow. Recorded music does not do them justice. But I suppose my Ipod will have to suffice.
puscifer10000 2 years ago
@bytesback haha LOL
lisariya 1 year ago
his didn't show up in a search because of the low view count but thus is by far one of the best performances on youtube.
PUMKINMANforever 2 years ago
This song reminds me of my mate! Except when he drinks its like hes drowning several riots!
tmc148 2 years ago
awesome song...although i didnt like the fuckin censorship that he used...but its still ok!
GFDZX5 2 years ago
just the best song thats about it:)
cams6673 2 years ago
I'm from Argentina, but I love these guys. They are AWESOME. Too bad I only heard about them two months ago.
larosadecobre 2 years ago 2
Absolutely beautiful tune, so haunting and my favourite from Elbow.
bytesback, you have a few mistakes in your lyrics by the way. Its "booze" not "bruise" in the second verse and its "pour out the rain" instead of pull. otherwise, thanks for posting this.
laughingdubboy1978 2 years ago 2
Thanks for that
bytesback 2 years ago
I'm impressed. Very intense, really makes me stop and take notice. This is really good....
westpoint64 2 years ago 2
My favourite track off the album. So powerful, full of emotion. Truly stands out in my opinion.
GarethW09 2 years ago 6
I totally agree with you.
crazysalvatore 2 years ago
It is about the seldom seen kid's addiction.
R.I.P Glancy pants x
mooelladeville 2 years ago
this song is about the lead singers alcohol addiction... he said he uses "a friend of mine" because thats what people do when they dont want you to think they are talking about themselves
falexarzan 2 years ago
Interesting - where did you get this from?
richdixon68 2 years ago
I grew up with Garv, and trust me, he's never had an alcohol addiction at any time in his life. Could have been another song about Bryan Glancy.
chizzlemcdizzle 2 years ago
elbow, julle is befok. liefde, van suid afrika!
MsSnideRemarks 2 years ago
I find this song so moving. Not sure why. Such a shame they had to censor the word "fuckers" - aren't we all grown up enough to be able to hear that and not throw a fit? Oh well. Beautiful stuff all the same.
topstep 2 years ago 3
i agree it shouldn't have been censored, its an important line in the song which he sings with alot of meaning i think it kindof took from the feel of the song however the beautiful instrumental after makes up for it
amazing song and an amazing singing voice.
fudgecake3 2 years ago
This pasticular song is amazing! like when it gets into it at the end, so good :P
BsERoss 2 years ago
Why. Do. They. Drop. Fuckers? It's what makes the song so poignant!
Politikfreak98 2 years ago 4
fuckers
R4GEAG41NSTTH3M4CH1N 2 years ago
na, the reason they didn't get as much media is because they kept getting dropped from their record labels for effectively doing what they wanted to do and playing/writing what they wanted to.
sophBLAD 2 years ago 2
Wow. This version is fantastic.
How did I not know about this band until so recently? Seriously, HOW?
deadpassive 2 years ago 2
I'm a fairly Virgin elbow fan (??!!) myself, I accidentally pressed the red button one day and the rest is history.
bytesback 2 years ago
haha exactly the same! heard that they'd won the mercury prize and i thought i'd give it a listen.. this was the song that was playing when it came on.. :O! love this band sooo so much.
euanhamilton27 2 years ago 2
They've actually been together for 18 years - I'm guessing they like to kee a low profile. But finally they're getting the attention they deserve!
takentoday 2 years ago
I remember growing up in Bury and going to watch these guys play at the Met before they became Elbow...they had talent, it was obvious. And yes, although they've been dropped a couple of times, I think now is the time they will prosper, they're in prime position to do anything they want. And if the music's this good, then people will take notice. I love that people call them depressing, but I think this album is the most inspiring music I've listened to in ages.
chizzlemcdizzle 2 years ago 3
This is by far my favourite song on the album, I prefer the album version though I think, the production on it is extremely good. The bit later on when the music starts properly again makes the hair on the back of my neck stand on end every single time..
arsenal30liverpool 2 years ago
the lyrics to this song are just fantastic
chrisoj 2 years ago
Oh god, the lyrics. Oh god... so meaningful. Jesus...
elh666 2 years ago 2
Stop getting so excited, you'll do yourself an injury at your age !
bytesback 2 years ago
I'm only fourteen...! xD
elh666 2 years ago
Ah, so you may be telling a slight fib on your profile then :)
bytesback 2 years ago
Haha! I forgot all about that!! :D Whoops...
elh666 2 years ago
The Main Part, When The Orchestra Really Starts Qualifies For A Bond Tune. It'll Be Hard To Come Up With Another One Like That.
Amazing.
CiaranBhoy88 2 years ago
Great!
But one thing bothers me: Why didnt he sing the 'fuckers', or was it edited out? Either way, its motherfucking ridiculous, that word-censoring, i mean, the amount of violence and sex that we see today, and all we censor is WORDS? fuck you motherfucking shit asshole this is quality culture dont fucking cut words out of it
garad123456 2 years ago
Naked people covered with blood in art paintings, but if theres an ugly word in music, lets edit it out, THE FUCKING CHILDREN MIGHT GET TRAUMAS, FOR FUCK SAKE
garad123456 2 years ago
In the UK you're not allowed to swear on TV until 9PM, this concert was available at any time of the day, so no swearing allowed.
At least he just left it out and didn't replace it with some thing else.
bytesback 2 years ago
Yep, but I'm saying that kind of laws are idiotic in the first place. Is there a restriction in UK that you're not allowed to show highly sexual music videos until 9PM? I don't see how swearing can hurt children. And they learn the ugly words from somewhere anyways.
garad123456 2 years ago
There is a law saying that nothing sexual etc until 9PM. However, as you say there are loads of very explicit music videos, so that doesn't help.
It's an outdated law that seriously needs looking at
bytesback 2 years ago
yeah i agree, its a passionate bit of the song where he's singing 'brother of mine don't run with those fuckers' it's not like he's just throwing the word about, it makes the song more powerful
chrisoj 2 years ago
That's what i love about elbow
When he says fuckers its for the emotion of the song, not cause he had a couple of syllables to fill and felt like putting it in
johnmcgra 2 years ago 3
I am new to Elbow and I am quickly becoming a fan! Love his voice and the deep lyrics. : )
dawni30 2 years ago
i cant say how good this is
5m16m 2 years ago