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Rotterdam
Posted: May 13, 2013 - 05:36
 
Soooo beautiful.

toomanyollys
Posted: Apr 08, 2013 - 06:44
 
I've had to hit PSD 3 times waiting for this misery to finish. On the plus side, it did provide me with Sam Cooke & Nick Drake. Ain't RP great!? :)

cShaggy
(..inna state of being..)
Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 03:22
 
..these Elbow joints (a la Spike Lee) are smooth..8 on first hearing (sure to rise—oh hail, let's just make it a 9 from the get-go)..

sandpebble
(near Paradise)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 11:24
 
 brendanvs wrote:
Outstanding song! Reminds me of early Genesis.
 

You should go listen to Nursery Cryme  or Foxtrot again. Your head would explode. This doesn't come close.

jmkate
(nearly under a stack of books)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 11:21
 
I have to agree- I was thinking to myself, 'Have I heard this Peter Gabriel song before?" Also, the chord changes are lovely...

jesspra
(Killah Hill, Staten Island)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 11:20
 

love me some elbow{#Dancingbanana_2}

d48m02h1918
Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 10:13
 
Beautiful melody to this song! {#Good-vibes}

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 16:51
 
love this. love. it.

Donaldinho
(Winchester, UK)
Posted: Sep 04, 2012 - 03:37
 
Elbow's stock is - rightly - riding high in the UK right now after their appearance in the closing ceremony for the London Olympic Games.

aspicer
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 11:33
 
 Kimberly8 wrote:

The more I listen the more I like this! Indeed the building. Reminds me of Peter Gabriel, which makes Elbow all the better!!

 
Too funny my wife just yelled in:  "Is this Peter Gabriel?".  

lily34
(lexvegas)
Posted: Aug 31, 2012 - 11:27
 
i've been listening to this cd again in my car all week. this song is still my fav from it.

TuneAgeWhereWoof
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 16:40
 
I like this a lot!  Groovy, with soul and purpose...  great melody.

brendanvs
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 09:39
 
Outstanding song! Reminds me of early Genesis. Great to hear it, thanks.

DanO-1
(Sandia Park, New Mexico)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 09:26
 
 gatorade wrote:
Leaving the room now. Awful.
 
I'll be here when you return. This is a very good album.        {#Yes}

Rockit
(Ottawa ON)
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 09:25
 
   

 7 → 8

 

 



gemtag
(Texas)
Posted: May 29, 2012 - 08:45
 
 Jörg_Asmussen wrote:
I love these evolutionary evolving songs, building ... drifting ... sailing  ....
 
Nicely put. 

Kimberly8
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 15:56
 

The more I listen the more I like this! Indeed the building. Reminds me of Peter Gabriel, which makes Elbow all the better!!



Jörg_Asmussen
Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 06:44
 
I love these evolutionary evolving songs, building ... drifting ... sailing  ....

PopKombo
(Up Against the San Gabriels)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 14:24
 
Hmmm ... This is alien earwig music, because it retlentlessly drills it's way into your brain ...  yet I can't turn away ... hmmm

Jon_Lucas
(SoCal)
Posted: Feb 23, 2012 - 14:19
 
Not really familiar with these guys, but I guess I like 'em. Just noticed that I liked and commented on another song of theirs. 

robh
(up t'north UK)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 13:06
 
Whilst I've no doubt that they're very clever and musically accomplished, Elbow do nowt for me apart from from bore me to tears. Sorry.

rdo
(DC)
Posted: Jan 26, 2012 - 13:06
 
I likey likey likey.  9

victoryluna
(stuck in Zincinnati)
Posted: Oct 23, 2011 - 11:18
 
{#Yes}{#Yes}

(And I'm quite happy if Elbow wants to bring back the anthem.)

 Deadwing wrote:
wow      {#Jump}
 



ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Oct 19, 2011 - 19:31
 
Not their absolute best...but I like the arrangement and tight harmony that stays with all of the melody. This band seems to create what THEY like to hear...not necessarily what they think OTHERS want to. I respect that greatly. Maybe it's because I like to hear what they create. Profound stuff, huh? Yep.


gatorade
(Peninsuland)
Posted: Sep 21, 2011 - 19:15
 
Leaving the room now. Awful.

selima_sarah
Posted: Sep 18, 2011 - 04:15
 
 mineralBOB wrote:

Still prefer Seldom seen kids!

 

i agree. This one is a bit TO {#Sleep}

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 19:02
 
It caught my ear immediately    {#Bounce}

Really loving it!

Deadwing
(Cincinnati OH)
Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 04:32
 
wow      {#Jump}

agkagk
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 19:40
 
 grungepuppy wrote:
Amazingly uninventive chord progression. Sorry, just playing the same note over and over again doesn't really make a song. Couple that with the tediously boring vocal delivery and we have another steaming pile from this crappy band.
 
There. Fixed it for you.


michaelgmitchell
(Canada)
Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 19:38
 
Previous comment, yes. Not sure I'm feeling it with this CD. Completely blown away hearing TSSK, discovering them here. Not so sure as they grow their craft. And yes, the comparisons to PG are growing.

mineralBOB
(Germany/Saxony)
Posted: Jul 12, 2011 - 23:54
 
 lattalo wrote:
Love the new CD, very good.  One of the best songs on it.
 
Still prefer Seldom seen kids!


fls
(The Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 01:07
 
I have a feeling that this song is 20 minutes long...
Quite boring...


Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 03:44
 

I think it's boring... I don't mind tension builders, but this one doesn't deliver....

4



Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet CAN I GO HOME NOW?)
Posted: Jun 19, 2011 - 09:35
 
Nope, no thanks. Tedious and monotonus,

lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Jun 15, 2011 - 18:08
 
Love the new CD, very good.  One of the best songs on it.

coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: May 30, 2011 - 18:23
 
Haven't heard it a ton yet, but the beginning (and the pulsing rhythms and keyboard arrangements later on and throughout) still catches me thinking it's The Secret Machines...then the (Guy's) vocals kick in, and then it's fairly clear who it is...It seems these guys are pretty good at making "different" work as a style on this one...  One thing I noticed after this listen was a really cool reflexive chord progression and hook thing happening in the gray matter...and that matters to me.  Some of the sonic moments on Seldom Seen Kid are so incredibly powerful they move me to swoon...I haven't yet heard that on cuts from this one, but I'm digging the exposure I get on RP to all this sort of stuff I would not otherwise get...  Keep it UP, Bill and Becca!


Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil)
Posted: May 28, 2011 - 20:26
 

The first time I heard it, I almost hated it. Now I think it's a great song, even with the shadow of Peter Gabriel...



justlistening
(So. California)
Posted: May 28, 2011 - 20:19
 
 sirdroseph wrote:


Yes, I fear Elbow is starting to trademark boring.{#Sad}
 

They are excelling at their craft. Maybe if it wasn't so ridiculously long.......................... 


motorichi
(formerly known as Owensmouth)
Posted: May 27, 2011 - 09:34
 

Peter Gabriel called...darn! I'm not the only one....again!)




sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 27, 2011 - 09:33
 
 Stingray wrote:
WOOOOW - is that depressingly boring!!!

 

Yes, I fear Elbow is starting to trademark boring.{#Sad}

RussNelson
Posted: May 25, 2011 - 19:43
 
It was fine the first few dozen times. Maybe I just listen to RadioParadise too many hours of the day, but this song has gotten to be Sucko-Barfo.

Dave_Mack
(Islands in the Stream of Consciousness)
Posted: May 23, 2011 - 15:04
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
I like this

 
It's growing on me.


DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: May 22, 2011 - 07:45
 
I like this


Relayer
(Gainesville, FL)
Posted: May 20, 2011 - 12:23
 
Yea, I'm really liking this track. Good album overall, but a little slow in areas. The other standout track is "Neat Little Rows".

Kilroy
Posted: May 18, 2011 - 18:39
 
Haunting melody - Hitchcock would approve.

kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 17:29
 
 Jelani wrote:
this is really crazy.
Wasn't an Elbow fan at all, with that last album. Now this, I think, is brilliant.
it is just such a cool and quirky sounding record(from the few tunes I've heard).
 
Yes, Elbow is starting to grow on me as well.  Sounds like Peter Gabriel singing in there as well.



alphachimp
(Antarctica - then up a bit)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 13:14
 
A 12th century tune played on mid-20th century instruments, but it seems as fresh as the sun rising outside my window right now. A triumph.

RobMartin
(CA)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 12:57
 
 Felix_The_Cat wrote:

No Sir, boring as few other songs...

 
Agree. This is track ONE off their new album? Seriously?! Snoooozer. I'll give it a '3'



adroc
(left of centre)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 12:53
 
 linzie wrote:
I like this BECAUSE it sounds like Peter Gabriel...this amd mirrorball......
 
I agree - very Gabrielesque.  Funny that Gabriel actually covers 'Mirrorball' on his latest release and it isn't half as good as the original.


adroc
(left of centre)
Posted: May 12, 2011 - 12:50
 
 adroc wrote:
Maybe I need to listen more to get it, but this album is falling well short of "The Seldom Seem Kid" for me.
 
I listened more and I got it!! This record is brilliant, absolutely brilliant.  Little disappointed that Bill hasn't added 'Lippy Kids'.... the way the lyric "build a rocket boys!" is sung and emoted is truly spine-tingling.