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song: Station Approach
artist: Elbow
album: Leaders of the Free World
released: 2005-09-07length: 4:17
6.9
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I haven't been myself of late
I haven't slept for several days
But coming home I feel like I
Designed these buildings I walk by

You know you drive me up the wall
I need to see your face that's all
You little sod, I love your eyes
Be everything to me tonight
Be everything to me tonight

I never know what I want but I know when I'm low that I
I need to be in the town where they know what I'm like and don't mind
I never know what I want but I know when I'm low that I
I need to be in the town where they know what I'm like and don't mind

I never know what I want but I know when I'm low that I
I need to be in the town where they know what I'm like and don't mind
I never know what I want but I know when I'm low that I
I need to be in the town where they know what I'm like and don't mind

I never know what I want but I know when I'm low that I
I need to be in the town where they know what I'm like and don't mind
I never know what I want but I know when I'm low that I
I need to be in the town where they know what I'm like and don't mind

The streets are full of goths and Greeks
I haven't seen my mum for weeks
But coming home I feel like I
Designed the buildings I walk by

You know you drive me up the wall
I need to see your face is all
You little sod, I love your eyes
Be everything to me tonight
Be everything to me tonight
Elbow

Elbow are an English rock band formed in Bury, Greater Manchester in 1997. The band consists of Guy Garvey (lead vocals, guitar), Craig Potter (keyboard, piano, backing vocals), Mark Potter (guitar, backing vocals) and Pete Turner (bass guitar, backing vocals). They have played together since 1990, adopting the name Elbow in 1997. Drummer Alex Reeves replaced Richard Jupp in 2016 as a touring and session musician at first, before becoming a full member in 2024.

The band have released ten studio albums: Asleep in the Back (2001), Cast of Thousands (2003), Leaders of the Free World (2005), The Seldom Seen Kid (2008), Build a Rocket Boys! (2011), The Take Off and Landing of Everything (2014), Little Fictions (2017), Giants of All Sizes (2019), Flying Dream 1 (2021) and Audio Vertigo (2024). Their studio albums, as well as their B-sides compilation Dead in the Boot (2012), all reached the top 15 of the UK Albums Chart. Seven of their singles placed in the top 40 of the British singles chart. Their most recent album, Audio Vertigo, was released on 22 March 2024.

In 2008 Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid, and in 2009 they won the Brit Award for Best British Group. The same year song "One Day Like This" the song won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In October 2011 NME placed it at number 41 on its list of "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". After featuring in the 2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony, the single peaked at No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2012, they released "First Steps", the BBC theme for the 2012 London Olympics.

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Comments ( 177 )
Posted 7 years ago by Roguewarer:
passsion8 wrote:
Apparently, one either likes Guy Garvey's voice or not. The band can pretty much do no wrong to my ears.

 
Just don't get how anyone who claims "I appreciate music" can't find the genius — or, at the very least, brilliance — threaded through Elbow's music.

Elbow is one of my treasures at the VERY top of my "Thank you, RP, For Gifting Me With The Discovery Of This Music!" list, which grows monthly.
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Posted 14 years ago by Dave_Mack:
Just changed my rating from 8 to 10.  I love the building in this song.  Just fantastic. Love it and the associations that go with it.

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Posted 9 years ago by djengs:
Sasha2001 wrote:
Sooooo tedious. We get it, your music is important but it doesn't have a beat that I can dance to and your raspy vocals have a self-important quality that makes me want to gut punch you. For years rock singers made a conscious effort to connect the sound emitted from their vocal chords to their genitals as if to emphasize the relationship between music and sex.

What are you doing? I listen to your music and become instantly flaccid. Your lyrics may by thoughtful and intelligent but the vessel which you use to transmit them to my brain is like the automobiles of your native country, aesthetically pleasing but seldom effective at the task they were created to perform.

  
I far more often just listen to music, rather than dance to it, so "danceability" is way down the list in the ways I consider any song worthy. This sounds fabulous to me both here at my desk and in my car which, by the way, gets me from point A to point B quite efficiently, comfortably, and safely as intended. 

I would suggest that you get a grip, but it appears you have a pretty strong one on something, just not this song, so perhaps I'll just suggest you lighten up a little. Less likely to cause any lasting physical harm.
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Posted 9 years ago by passsion8:
Apparently, one either likes Guy Garvey's voice or not. The band can pretty much do no wrong to my ears.
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Posted 10 years ago by ezzyme:
Sasha2001 wrote:
Sooooo tedious. We get it, your music is important but it doesn't have a beat that I can dance to and your raspy vocals have a self-important quality that makes me want to gut punch you. For years rock singers made a conscious effort to connect the sound emitted from their vocal chords to their genitals as if to emphasize the relationship between music and sex.

What are you doing? I listen to your music and become instantly flaccid. Your lyrics may by thoughtful and intelligent but the vessel which you use to transmit them to my brain is like the automobiles of your native country, aesthetically pleasing but seldom effective at the task they were created to perform.

 
Is this a Russian thing?

I never felt a tingling in my genitals from a male singers voice. Your pitch here smacks of male insecurity, and jealousy of successful rock singers. Your comments smack of self absorption without introspection, as if it's the fault of the musics creator that you can't appreciate the creation. Obviously it's their fault that you want to gut punch them. Couldn't possibly be a problem with your psyche, now could it?
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Posted 4 years ago by itsme_bygolly:
kenslvr wrote:
  I was never a big Genesis fan, Peter Gabrial as a solo artist was........Wait a minute!  This is Elbow? 
 
I had to double-check to see if it was possible I missed a release. I think Peter Gabriel would be flattered.
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Posted 7 years ago by edz:
Brilliant Elbow song.
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Posted 18 years ago by toker:
Losman wrote:
It's so strange to be sitting here at work while this song washes through my brain thanks to my headphones and nobody else around me can here it. It's like my own private theater. Love this song
Yeah, this is really a great headphone song. I hope we hear more of it.
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Posted 4 years ago by jkforde:
so well crafted and produced - fyi, Guy's show on BBC 6 Music is class, his musical taste is so like RP's
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Posted 6 years ago by ThePoose:
Channeling Peter Gabriel
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Posted 7 years ago by Roguewarer:
Good gracious!! What an absolutely outstanding group. smh. I have come to ADORE this group & music. And.. OY!! that voice and phrasing... <3
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Posted 15 years ago by lmic:
A song for true lovers of cities, conflating eroticism and architecture. I love it.

You little sod, I love your eyes...
Be everything to me tonight...
<...>
I need to be in a town
Where they know what I like and don't like...
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Posted 19 years ago by Gorky:
bloody wow!!!
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Posted 8 years ago by Dave_Mack:
This is the song that sold me on Elbow. Fantastic.
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Posted 17 years ago by Inamorato:
xkolibuul wrote:
Sorry, but no, no and no. This song creates and sustains a mesmerizing groove that is resonantly compelling. A superior work of songcraft. This one absolutely belongs here.
I'm with you on this song. It's excellent on every level. Raised my rating to a 9.
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Posted 1 year ago by siqbal:
These guys have slowly become one of my favorite current bands. I came to them relatively late but they've been around since the '90s and have put out 9 albums to date, each one of which is excellent. 
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Posted 4 years ago by Edweirdo:
Sasha2001 wrote:
Sooooo tedious. We get it, your music is important but it doesn't have a beat that I can dance to and your raspy vocals have a self-important quality that makes me want to gut punch you. For years rock singers made a conscious effort to connect the sound emitted from their vocal chords to their genitals as if to emphasize the relationship between music and sex.

What are you doing? I listen to your music and become instantly flaccid. Your lyrics may by thoughtful and intelligent but the vessel which you use to transmit them to my brain is like the automobiles of your native country, aesthetically pleasing but seldom effective at the task they were created to perform.
 
Oh dear.  Diddums can't get wood.  Try Viagra bud.
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Posted 6 months ago by Ahnyer_Keester:
Thank you Bill and Co for introducing me to Elbow. Love so much of their music.
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Posted 1 year ago by Orodrigues:
8 -> 9
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Posted 3 years ago by westslope:
 jkforde wrote:

so well crafted and produced - fyi, Guy's show on BBC 6 Music is class, his musical taste is so like RP's


Found it:   Guy Garvey's Finest Hour  

Thanks!  Look forward to checking it out.


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