Elbow The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver

Elbow and the BBC Concert Orchestra performing The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver

Gotta get out of TV
Just pick a point and go
The ticker-tape tangles my feet
As I search for a face that I know
Come on, tower crane driver
There's not so far to go

I must have been working the ropes
When your hand slipped from mine
Now I live off the mirrors and smoke
It's a joke, a fix, a lie
Come on, tower crane driver
Oh so far to fall

Send up a prayer in my name
Just the same
They say I'm on top of my game
Dwindle gentle rose
Send up a prayer in my name

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Elbow
• The
• Loneliness
• of
• Tower
• Crane
• Driver
• BBC
• Radio
• Concert
• Orchestra
• Seldom
• Seen
• Kid
• Mercury
• Abbey
• Road
• Chantage

[bytesback]

Put the kids to bed, send the wife out with her mates. Slip your headphones over your ears and then have an elbowgasm at 3:40

Lovely !

[digitialfrenzy]

It is times like this that you truly appreciate the power of music.  Spine tingling.

[anneleenhartjekooks]

Is there a dvd out or something with this on it?

[richandiben]

Who is the tower crane driver ?

[TheMandita78]

Superb!!

[Astair32]

I love watching the enjoyment of the orchestra musicians behind them!

[Seek1Destroy1]

Such emotional intensity here ...

A flawless performance of a flawless 5 minutes of music.

[RanzeTheWitch]

just amazing..

[sarahgooch1980]

Never mind send the wife to bed, how about send the husband to bed! My favourite elbow moment from this concert. The entire album is complete genius. The way albums should be written! Brings me to tears every time!

[TheJonnyDude]

this was truly epic... a real masterpiece of modern music... im speechless... this took my breath away... the album is incredible but this version sounds even better... its just perfect in every way... wow.. stunning...

[Osmodiwald]

Guy Garvey has the best voice I've ever heard. I'm in awe every time I hear him.

Thanks for uploading!

[Christian45000]

Haven't played an album to death for some time until I heard the seldom seen kid, this is a special tune from a very special, moving and beautiful album.