Comments on: Elbow

By: bedshaped

bedshaped — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:13:06 +0000

*sigh*
I feel like I’m one of only a few that didn’t get to see them this time around.
Glad to see you had a great time though.

By: SwissToni

SwissToni — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:52:15 +0000

brilliant gig at rock city tonight. If I see better this year, then I’ll truly be a happy man.

As you say, their albums are real slow burners and they simply refuse to go away. I was really pleased at how “Leaders of the Free World” sounded even better tonight than when I saw them touring it two and a bit years ago.

A great live band in the sense that the songs sound even better here than they do on record, but they are also a very entertaining band… with Garvey knowing just how to respond to a crowd and to get them going like we’re all old friends.

Superb.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:46:56 +0000

Oh, they were just swooningly wonderful… and the album is my favourite of 2008 thus far. And I DON’T HAVE TO WRITE ABOUT THEM for once! This is BLISS!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:35:26 +0000

Good to see you followed up on your Twitter, Gordon.

No ‘Happy Birthday’ tonight, so the banter is certainly varied each show (even if it’s just a little – it does feel like he’s naturally responding to the crowd).

I’d never seen them live before – and the current album is the first I’ve purchased (despite liking their singles) – but I’m in deep after this gig (including being a little bit in love with Mr Guy Garvey).

They confirmed to a noisy audience member that they’d be playing Glastonbury again this year – set your video/dvd/pvr…