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I have a drop-leaf window
With cats and broken yards
Sunflowers and paint cans
And stolen shopping carts
And nothing to be proud of
And nothing to regret
All of that to make as yet
All of that to make as yet
I have a single heartbreak
I celebrate and mourn
A single shining sister
And all the tricks of dawn
A single yellow duvet
A single switch to flick
But a thousand boxes yet to tick
A thousand boxes yet to tick
And Jesus is a Rochdale girl
And forty-five CDs
Got a house that you can smoke in
So all my friends found me
And they found me full of myself
And bloody-minded will
And as yet a box to fill
And as yet a box to fill
| drivingunit103 (around the 4 western provinces) | Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 15:20 timelessart wrote: is this the Toronto Rochdale ? ... noooo - but those were the days... |
| ColdMiser (Out in the Cold) | Posted: Apr 09, 2013 - 19:32 captanne wrote: I "discovered" Elbow through Radioparadise (thank you, forever) and I think "Build a Rocket Boys" is one of the best albums I have ever heard. Especially the title track. But "Jesus is a Rochdale Girl" is an amazing song in its own right. I think it's wonderful. If Elbow ever finds its way to the US, I'll be the first in line to buy a ticket to the show (figuratively speaking, of course.) I also would never have heard any Elbow if it wasn't for RP...I Love their music. very much a Pink Floyd influence |
| captanne | Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 04:50 I "discovered" Elbow through Radioparadise (thank you, forever) and I think "Build a Rocket Boys" is one of the best albums I have ever heard. Especially the title track. But "Jesus is a Rochdale Girl" is an amazing song in its own right. I think it's wonderful. If Elbow ever finds its way to the US, I'll be the first in line to buy a ticket to the show (figuratively speaking, of course.) |
| robh (up t'north UK) | Posted: Mar 06, 2013 - 14:06 timelessart wrote: is this the Toronto Rochdale ? It most certainly isn't. It's Rochdale, Lancashire UK. Just down the road from where Guy Garvey lives/lived. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 11:46 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| kysmet (Central Florida) | Posted: Jan 05, 2013 - 15:29 lily34 wrote: just to cover that up a bit... how can one not love elbow?? I'm really starting to dig them...going to have to check out more of their stuff. |
| timelessart (London,ON) | Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 22:10 is this the Toronto Rochdale ? |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 17:52 westslope wrote: Crude and rude rdo.
It is never too late to grow up. Got the pic i wanted..didnt i? I fear i may have created a monster though...darn pic is now on every gd page!!!!! |
| lily34 (GTFO) | Posted: Nov 08, 2012 - 18:09 michaelgmitchell wrote: On the fence with this latest effort from the Elbow folks. NIce, yes. But almost too "cute" after their initial splash I was privy to here on RP. 'Jesus Is A..." and "Build a Rocket..."? Hmm. Whatever. i know what you mean. the seldom seen kid is my favorite (next to from asleep in the back) but this song in particular grew on me from this album. there are also a couple other noteworthy tunes from this effort. it really took time to grow on me though. |
| Tamster (Thousand Islands Canada) | Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 18:53 romeotuma wrote: beautiful... love it... we be dancing...  finally ! a picture of you and everybody in your hotel room dancin'..................... |
| michaelgmitchell (Stirling, ON) | Posted: Aug 12, 2012 - 08:46 On the fence with this latest effort from the Elbow folks. NIce, yes. But almost too "cute" after their initial splash I was privy to here on RP. 'Jesus Is A..." and "Build a Rocket..."? Hmm. Whatever. |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 13:50 rdo wrote: Quit backsliding again with the hotel, ears, dancin', nipples, etc.. remarks. You are a good writer. Below you wrote a nice little bit. Your knowledge of music is quite impressive, among other things. Quit being the opposite of troll - the non-troll, the anti-troll. What is that? The fairy godmother? I don't know. Put your talents to better use. Also, please post a picture of your chicks in that room. Crude and rude rdo.
It is never too late to grow up. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 22:11 just to cover that up a bit... how can one not love elbow?? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 09:19 beautiful... love it... we be dancing... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 02, 2012 - 13:04 very cool song... love it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 27, 2012 - 12:26 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote: it's just another troll. And you've just fed it. But I do agree, Romeotuma can write a fair stick when (s)he wants to. Jesus, what a jerk... does not even comment on the song... everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| Ag3nt0rang3 (Canada) | Posted: May 03, 2012 - 08:15 rdo wrote: Quit being the opposite of troll - the non-troll, the anti-troll. What is that? The fairy godmother? I don't know. it's just another troll. And you've just fed it. But I do agree, Romeotuma can write a fair stick when (s)he wants to. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 15:28 romeotuma wrote: marvelous... love it... aging sux... Quit backsliding again with the hotel, ears, dancin', nipples, etc.. remarks. You are a good writer. Below you wrote a nice little bit. Your knowledge of music is quite impressive, among other things. Quit being the opposite of troll - the non-troll, the anti-troll. What is that? The fairy godmother? I don't know. Put your talents to better use. Also, please post a picture of your chicks in that room. |
| ziakut (The Windy City) | Posted: Mar 27, 2012 - 18:27  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 28, 2012 - 09:46 marvelous... love it... aging sux... |
| dave3ld | Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 09:07 The noodling on the organ (pardon?) make this song interesting. It's a laid back 8 to my ears. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 24, 2012 - 09:02 This song is soooo good my nipples get hard when I hear it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 21, 2012 - 16:28 Sasha2001 wrote: What the h, e, double hockey sticks is going on in that hotel room all the time? We be having fun fun fun! And we love this song... |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 13:40 romeotuma wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... What the h, e, double hockey sticks is going on in that hotel room all the time? |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 13:39 I like the idea of a guy stuck in a hotel room with a bunch of women—his women—listening to Radio Paradise all day and all night long. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jan 03, 2012 - 13:36 soooo profound... this really is from a cool album... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 28, 2011 - 12:26 The meaning of this song is that youth is paradise... sigh... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 23:00 Me and my womens agree that this song is cool... |
| neuticle (fog fog fog) | Posted: Dec 23, 2011 - 15:30 romeotuma wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... Does no one in your hotel room have a mind of their own.."they " always all like something hmmm ...Surly one of them disagrees once in a while? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 06, 2011 - 22:00 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| sonofsun | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 04:08 toomanyollys wrote: Sorry, for all their sophistication, clever chord progression and deep, meaningful lyrics (which I'm not saying they don't have), I find Elbow really, really boring. Tru dat! |
| sonofsun | Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 04:05 Jesus is a Rochdale girl???? This song is depressing just like Rochdale, which is filled with the unemployed and heroin addicts. |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 15:06 Baby_M wrote: Sounds like Mumford & Sons without the banjo—which is a vast improvement over Mumford & Sons with the banjo. Comment of the Month Award Winner! |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 15:05 Pleasing...8 |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Oct 21, 2011 - 07:16  |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Oct 18, 2011 - 14:29 Xstar wrote: Exactly. Don't you get it?  Probably not. I've had to mute the song halfway through before I was claimed by the arms of Morpheus . I'll have a look at the lyrics to see if there's owt revealing. Elbow are definitely flavour of the year in the UK with rave reviews and big spreads in the quality Press, and kudos to them for sticking it out in the doldrums for so long before hitting the bigtime, but I've just never 'got' their sound :( |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Oct 13, 2011 - 13:20 The soft acoustic guitar and the mellow melody match the soft nostalgia of the the lyrics.... |
| Baby_M (a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | Posted: Oct 04, 2011 - 15:31 Sounds like Mumford & Sons without the banjo—which is a vast improvement over Mumford & Sons with the banjo. |
| Bosami (Deep in the heart of nowhere) | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 11:11 I hear what sounds like a slot machine sound fx in this. Maybe that is what they were going for...? |
| pink (Germermany) | Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 11:57 The album title reminds me of these guys: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3271649 |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 11:49 ambrebalte wrote: How beautifully put! I love this song. Thank you Thanks! I love this song, too... |
| ambrebalte (Beijing) | Posted: Sep 19, 2011 - 15:37 romeotuma wrote: Yup... the intended meaning of this song is definitely about the existential reality of getting older... it is a wistful expression of the carefree days of youth, when a teenager has little to worry about, compared to an older adult... this sort of expression is common in art... for example, in the movie American Beauty, an older adult tries to recapture his carefree days of youth, and he winds up dying as a result of it... the theme of the movie is that there's no going back... of course, a plebe who is unfamiliar with art might miss the meaning in this song that paradise is youth— "Jesus is a Rochdale Girl"... for an unsophisticated plebe, the meaning of this song might go WHOOSH right over his head... How beautifully put! I love this song. Thank you |
| Xstar (Florence, Kentucky) | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 01:37 fredriley wrote: This is duller than Rochdale on a wet Sunday afternoon, and believe me that's dull! For those outwith England, Rochdale is a declining mill town in the North famous as the birthplace of the Cooperative movement, so that's one interesting thing about it. I'm pretty sure that this song won't put it on the map, though. Exactly. Don't you get it? |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 07:55 This is duller than Rochdale on a wet Sunday afternoon, and believe me that's dull! For those outwith England, Rochdale is a declining mill town in the North famous as the birthplace of the Cooperative movement, so that's one interesting thing about it. I'm pretty sure that this song won't put it on the map, though. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 07:53 romeotuma wrote: Yup... the intended meaning of this song is definitely about the existential reality of getting older... it is a wistful expression of the carefree days of youth, when a teenager has little to worry about, compared to an older adult... this sort of expression is common in art... for example, in the movie American Beauty, an older adult tries to recapture his carefree days of youth, and he winds up dying as a result of it... the theme of the movie is that there's no going back... of course, a plebe who is unfamiliar with art might miss the meaning in this song that paradise is youth— "Jesus is a Rochdale Girl"... for an unsophisticated plebe, the meaning of this song might go WHOOSH right over his head... Great post Romeo. More like this. |
| Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 02:50 Misterfixit wrote: Wonder if Garvey is any kin to Marcus? ...or not |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 22, 2011 - 14:00 labjohn wrote: A wonderful album and captures life like a painting. I agree... and that is a succinct description... love this song... |
| labjohn | Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 17:38 A wonderful album and captures life like a painting. |
| Living_By_Design | Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 17:38 lemmoth wrote: Better song with same repeating sung melody line Bowie's I have not been to "Oxford Town." Yes very Bowie! |
| wycado (Smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge) | Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 17:36 I find myself liking this. One has to appreciate sparse music that has impact. |