Live Review
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Elbow - Colston hall - 9th April
2008
www.elbow.co.uk |
Review & photography By Ian Bradley |
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I had been drinking this evening
but not Elbow's Grounds for divorce cocktails, apparently the band
are still working on this drink.
The band casually walked on
stage, gave a wave to the crowd then took their positions and
started with the opening track, Starlings, from their new album The
Seldom Seen Kid, followed by The Bones of You.
Starlings had Guy and bassist
Pete blowing their trumpets at each other looking like they were
both vying to be the loudest. Starlings also has the best song lyric
I've heard in a while "So I guess I'm asking you to back a horse
that's good for glue"
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| Other stand out
tracks from the night were the sublime Mirrorball, also off the new
album, where the whole venue was swathed in mirror ball light
reflections which set the mood of the song perfectly. The other was
the first single of the new album Grounds for Divorce, the song was
so loud you could feel the power from the band from where I was sat,
3rd row from the back on the balcony ! |
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highlight for me was Guy's banter in between songs, a request from
the crowd "Can you beatbox?" transpires into a story of true back
stage rock n roll antics where Guy tells the audience that he and
members of the band were playing Scrabble earlier that day. Guy
revealed that a member of the string/choir had asked him if he had
ever worn a dress and up until the beat box question was the
weirdest question he had been asked all day. His reply to the beat
box question, "Can I beatbox ?....Can I f**k !" |
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The rest of the set list drew
from their new album and other classics from their critically
acclaimed previous 3 albums. All of which were amazing and the crowd
thought so too.
The band finished their first set
with their beautiful love song One Day Like This, and like the
lyrics say....
"Oh anyway, its looking like a
beautiful day...........One day like this a year'd see me right!"
My only disappointment of the
night was no rendition of their fantastic cover of Massive Attack's
Teardrops which has been performed on their previous tour, but
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If you missed this amazing gig
Elbow are playing at Glastonbury, Lattitude & the Reading & Leeds
festivals this Summer, they also have their own large scale gig up
in Cheshire at Delamere forest. Massive Attack have also invited
Elbow to be apart of their Meltdown festival at the Royal festival
hall in June.
For dates check out
www.elbow.co.uk
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Elbow played:
Starlings
The Bones of you
Leaders
Great expectations
Fugitive motel
Mirror ball
Red
Grounds for divorce
Forget myself
The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver
The stops
Newborn
One day like this
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Station approach
Grace under pressure |
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