New Jools Holland series starts tonight

[onemangang]

elbow were out standing last night, i believe there the best band in the world at the moment, so so good. beady eye were lacking the punch and flair oasis once had, liam isent half trying tho with the vocals there holding up pretty well i think.

[Wooderson]

What songs were played?

[onemangang]

What songs were played?

[ghandi]

It's called Lippy Kids , not build a rocket boys which is the name of the album

[Wooderson]

Ah ok. Did the have a choir for Lippy Kids?

[big joe]

Spot on. It's a terrible song and written purely with the big arenas in mind. In fairness to Guy, he has admitted some of the songs on the new album were written with big venues in mind, which in my opinion is an absolutely dreadful confession to make.

It all started with the equally cringeworthy One Day Like This. Sadly the average listener laps this sort of song up.

If you are going to listen to elbow to get into the songs you are likely to hear at glastonbury I wouldnt bother with the first 3 albums. They have been sadly ditched in favour of seldom seen kid and the new one. Very sad as the first 3 albums are their best work by far, in my opinion.

ALl that being said, they will still be great at glastonbury I am certain.

[onemangang]

It's called Lippy Kids , not build a rocket boys which is the name of the album

[Nixy]

Loving Anna Calvi, might be developing a bit of a girl crush on her

[Craigston]

I thought Neat Little Rows was the standout live track Elbow played on jools for me. Loved it, and not having seen them on tour (as I was convinced they'd be at glasto) I can't wait to see em!

It was funny how Jools pronounced Elbow too- Like they were spanish and the syllables were two separate words!

Like others on here I'm hoping they throw in a few older numbers for their pyramid stage set as although there are some great tracks on their last two albums, the bulk of any 'Best of elbow' playlist worth it's salt (far more than 3 fifths too) would come from their first three albums.

Regardless, they WILL be brilliant.

[j...rox]

Bump for tonight:

"Joining Jools (who may or may not be armed with a big hook) for show two, are Cee Lo Green, whose The Lady Killer album has gone platinum.

Glasgow’s Glasvegas return with their new Swedish drummer to perform songs from their second album, Euphoric Heartbreak.

Former The Band member Robbie Robertson will showcase his first album in more than 10 years from Lagos, plus there’s Seun Kuti (son of Fela) and his band Egypt 80.

And Jools will be chatting with funk legend, Bootsy Collins."

Actually quite looking forward to Glasvegas, never seen them before.

[VeeDub]

First song by Cee Lo Green... just not a very good song. Well, to my taste anyway. At least his band is made up of some hotties

[4AssedMonkey]

Bump for tonight:

"Joining Jools (who may or may not be armed with a big hook) for show two, are Cee Lo Green, whose The Lady Killer album has gone platinum.

Glasgow’s Glasvegas return with their new Swedish drummer to perform songs from their second album, Euphoric Heartbreak.

Former The Band member Robbie Robertson will showcase his first album in more than 10 years from Lagos, plus there’s Seun Kuti (son of Fela) and his band Egypt 80.

And Jools will be chatting with funk legend, Bootsy Collins."

Actually quite looking forward to Glasvegas, never seen them before.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

I have a lot of time for james allen. Their 'curvy' drummer leaves, enter the swedish model drummer!

Edited April 12, 2011 by JC-Mo'Fucka

[The Nal]

Glasvegas. Dear oh dear.

Good to see Bootsy still with it!

[Gnomicide]

I like a man with a mad beard.

[The Nal]

I like a man with a mad beard.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Glasvegas. Dear oh dear.

[Gnomicide]

you'll get to see him later when's he's breaking into your house and murdering everyone.

[timespeedsup]

Seun Kuti stole it for me. & a good groove also with that Robertson bloke. Glasvegas disappointed particularly.

I am clearly older than yesterday....

[MyTwistedWords]

Tallest Man on Earth stole it for me. Great song, brilliant voice and infectious energy. New one to me, but that's why I love the show.

[Wirephil]

He didn't scare me. He used a capo. Real men don't use capos.

[Guest blackcockerel]

Was Bootsy good? He would be the bomb at Glasto

[russycarps]

'The average listener laps this sort of thing up'? What a snooty comment to make. I dont understand statements like that or when people say 'oh, they've gone mainstream now'. Elbow were a smallish band and since TSSK they have become an arena band. Why could that be? What could possibly explain a dramatic increase in popularity? The answer is obvious, if perhaps unsettling for older fans; the standard of their output has increased dramatically. I dont own Cast Of Thousands but i do have Asleep In The Back and with the best will in the world it is utterly ordinary. The step up in quality from that album to LOTFW is huge, as is the step to TSSK. We all have our own tastes of course but the conclusion is inescapable; Elbow were a pretty good band, now they are a brilliant band.

Also, again reluctantly accepting the right for people to like different things, criticism of One Day Like This is baffling. How can anyone not be moved by such an extraordinary song? 'Holy cow i love your eyes' and 'Lying with you half awake, stumbling over what to say' are lyrics that cut straight to the chase. I like that. They say in 6 and 10 words respectively what someone like Bob Dylan would take 6 verses to say. They will be great at Glasto.

[The Nal]

Was Bootsy good? He would be the bomb at Glasto

[Wooderson]

Glasvegas. Utter cobblers.