suzie sue Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Having listened through a few tracks from all the elbow albums it strikes me that the quality is still good and has the same ambitions all the way through. It's the production that changes, much more quirky with different ideas and sounds creeping in prior to BARB. Hope that inventive side comes back stronger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanderlyle Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 BARB wasn't terrible, it just lacked some of the charm of the earlier albums. SSK is the only album of their's that maintains top quality throughout.... but probably the 3-4 best tunes are from Leaders and Asleep. So I hope they don't overlook that period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghandi Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) ok so my ideal set list in order of albums would be: Powder Blue Newborn Scattered Black & Whites Ribcage Fugitive Model Switching Off Grace Under Pressure Forget Myself The stops Leaders of the free World My very best Great Expectations Weather to Fly The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver Mirroball One Day Like This Open Arms The Birds Lippy Kids Some off the new Album Probably not in this order Edited January 8, 2014 by ghandi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie sue Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Good list, I also love any day now, station approach and the everthere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 38 year old virgin Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 IMO each album has been progressively worse than the previous one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICGenie Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 IMO each album has been progressively worse than the previous one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) i can't be bothered to read back through the last few pages, but is there any reason that we're back on Elbow as a headliner other than the fact they're the only SR headliner possibility still standing? Edited January 8, 2014 by FloorFiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theDandy Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Elbow would be a poor and lazy booking to headline in my opnion, unless their album really does do something. Sub-headliners at best for me unfortunately. No disrespect to them I do like them, just wouldn't be a good headlining act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 ok so my ideal set list in order of albums would be: Powder Blue Newborn Scattered Black & Whites Ribcage Fugitive Model Switching Off Grace Under Pressure Forget Myself The stops Leaders of the free World My very best Great Expectations Weather to Fly The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver Mirroball One Day Like This Open Arms The Birds Lippy Kids Some off the new Album Probably not in this order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghandi Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 This doesn't exactly have Pyramid headliner written all over it to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russycarps Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Perhaps not, but it's if they did, then this is what would be expected over a longer perfromance rather than an hour to churn out the new album and a couple of others, a best of set so to speak. Whether or not people think of them as headline materal is subjective dependng on whether you like them or not. Perhaps they don't have the wow factor but i reckon they may have erned it over the past few years, and in that case it would be a lazt booking, but if they played a set like that i'd certanily be there. Edited January 8, 2014 by russycarps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzie sue Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 They are a handy sub to step in if the big booking fails, similar to pulp who perhaps only had 2 charty songs when they filled in as headliner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Whether or not people think of them as headline materal is subjective dependng on whether you like them or not. Edited January 8, 2014 by Homer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBarbour Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 i can't be bothered to read back through the last few pages, but is there any reason that we're back on Elbow as a headliner other than the fact they're the only SR headliner possibility still standing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloorFiller Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 cheers! the way people were talking i thought new info had come up that made them look more likely, but obviously not and we're still totally in the blue (although if Kasabian aren't doing it / 'haven't been asked' then that opens the door for Elbow - couldn't see them both headlining, but one of them, yeah still really hope they're a sub though. unless their new album has a big hit single, it's a huge proportion of crowd wanting to hear One Day Like This and not much else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghandi Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 problem is a "greatest hits" set would mean just songs from SSK and build a rocket to a 50k pyramid crowd. I dont think their old stuff is suited to a huge headline set, they were never that sort of band. It was more music to sit back and chill to with a smoke in the sun, for me. I still cant believe they've risen to potential headliner status before Doves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwaite123 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Elbow's album is due out in march https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151944200853878&set=a.10150101569938878.284512.25967938877&type=1&stream_ref=10 Edited January 8, 2014 by cwaite123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggins Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I find that One Day Like This song completely nauseating. That goes for Elbow as a whole really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 4 decent, if over played songs - never bothered to listen to a full album though, perhaps i should as they are going to be there arent they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willutalk Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hoping that Elbow sub and not headline. That way I wouldn't mind them appearing on the bill. However a good new album with songs a notch up from One Day Like This would help a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DomDom1984 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Almost their entire set will be a notch up from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJL Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I like elbow a lot - old and new, including build a rocket boys. If anyone can earn a headliner spot then i think they have but still i can't get excited by a headliner set from them. They're enjoyable as a chilled act, sub or even headlining somewhere like latitude but i just can't see a rousing pyramid headline set from them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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