Haha I like 'Tender'. I don't actually hate Elbow, unlike 99% of indie bands they have a singer who can sing, but they're so dull and uninspiring. Elbow are better than the Klaxons, for example, but it's a lot more baffling that they won.
No, Elbow are not better than Klaxons, and you are wrong not to hate Elbow. I am now on my third song of theirs (the single, the song recommended below, and another chosen at random), and this guy sounds like Oh, I am so overcome with emotion I can barely express it (in fact can barely express anything).
(OK, fourth song, "The Fix," sounds like music hall or chanson or something channeled through a sigh. Too precious, of course, but actually enjoyable even if probably not a tick.)
Ha ha, I haven't heard Blur's "Tender" but I'd be impressed if it were worse than Elbow's "One Day Like This" - which as far as I know is the only Elbow I've heard, but if you imagine the worst of show-biz vacuous meaninglessness (think of "We Are The World"* if it had been a terrible song rather than a somewhat catchy song) with the worst of indie vacuous meaninglessness, you have still not imagined this song. But maybe I'm just overreacting to the heartwarming video.
*Though the subject matter is the redeeming power of love (rather than the ennobling effect that starvation has on the not starving).
"Tender." Hmmm. Singer is going into retreat mode; the arrangement does the Mekons trick of refusing to bring the lead melody into focus. But the sideways slip and slide of the various elements is compelling, even if the rest refuses to be. Vastly more interesting than what I've heard of Elbow. (Which may not be representative, but I'm stopping at four.)
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Date: 2008-09-10 09:59 am (UTC)funnierstuff, it's possible they've progressed to the point described.no subject
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Date: 2008-09-10 07:03 pm (UTC)(OK, fourth song, "The Fix," sounds like music hall or chanson or something channeled through a sigh. Too precious, of course, but actually enjoyable even if probably not a tick.)
Kiss me like we died tonight
Date: 2008-09-10 06:45 pm (UTC)*Though the subject matter is the redeeming power of love (rather than the ennobling effect that starvation has on the not starving).
Re: Kiss me like we died tonight
Date: 2008-09-10 07:09 pm (UTC)