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not to "get" the group ELBOW at all?

24 replies

BonjourIvressedeNoel · 03/01/2010 22:03

I just don't understand what the big deal ith them is, and why they are so lauded. Just sounds like tired old dad rock by numbers to me.

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JaneiteIsTrite · 03/01/2010 22:03

YANBU. They just look old and sound boring to me.

Bookswapper · 03/01/2010 22:03

god me too...my Dh loves them, I just dont get it at all especially that song with the loud blasts of discordant strings

ninah · 03/01/2010 22:05

yanbu!

PfftTheMagicDragon · 03/01/2010 22:08

dull dull dull....god they have been going forever and I thought they were dull even when they were new. Now they've been trotting out the same old pap for the last bazillion years they sound even more stale...

nancy75 · 03/01/2010 22:10

oh my god, that song of theirs is on everything, yet is so boring i still can't remember what its called or how it goes!

thesecondcoming · 03/01/2010 22:11

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scottishmummy · 03/01/2010 22:22

really like them,great live too

marantha · 05/01/2010 08:48

YANBU, They're very dull musically. But I am a King Crimson fan so I'd disregard my opinion if I were you.

ooojimaflip · 05/01/2010 09:00

They are not Coldplay, Keane or Razorlight, and therefore seem amazing by comparison.
And I'm a Sunn O))) fan so you you shouldn't disregard my opinion ;)

marantha · 05/01/2010 09:03

Sunn O))), never heard their music, but by the description of them they make the mighty Crim sound like Take That!

ooojimaflip · 05/01/2010 09:18

Well, they aren't much like Elbow certainly ;)

AccioPinotGrigio · 05/01/2010 09:37

I am so glad to find this thread. I have been forced to listen to these shitehawks all christmas (DH is a fan) and I also don't get it. I ALSO think it is tired, dull and middle of the road. Yaaaaay - I'm not the only one!

MamaLazarou · 05/01/2010 09:58

I like Elbow.

MamaLazarou · 05/01/2010 09:58

But no: YANBU. We can't all like the same thing.

ooojimaflip · 05/01/2010 10:10

I give Elbow a resounding 'Ok'.

Snorbs · 05/01/2010 10:45

I like Elbow. Great lyrics, with some world-class love songs. I don't get the "dad rock" thing, though. I always thought "dad rock" was Queen, Quo, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton etc and Elbow aren't like them.

BadRomance · 05/01/2010 10:46

meh

NoahAndTheWhale · 05/01/2010 10:47

I like the song from the olympics. And some other ones too.

MarthaFarquhar · 05/01/2010 10:49

YABVU
beautiful lyrics (audience with the pope is my favourite) and a corking live band
far far removed from Dad Rock.

daftpunk · 05/01/2010 10:56

They are pretty boring (haven't they been around for about 20 years..?)

Nice to see a King Crimson fan on MN...thought I was the only one left in the world...

grendel · 05/01/2010 13:48

First noticed them due to the fab bit of music used in the 'Devil's Whore'. I now like to play that same track ('Grounds for Divorce') extremely loudly while driving in the car. (DD rolls her eyes and begs for The Saturdays instead.)

Very very clever lyrics. Makes me smile with the wordplay.

And I'm a sucker for loud guitars.
Don't care if it is 'dad rock'.

pointydig · 05/01/2010 13:55

big anthemic sounding music is often popular. Coldplay, SNow Patrol, they're all a little like that aren't they

pooexplosions · 05/01/2010 14:18

J'adore Guy Garvey. Especially when he bought me a pint.....

PfftTheMagicDragon · 06/01/2010 20:03

yes pointy they are....seems they all change their ways so they all sound the same so then everyone likes them....

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