Elbow Love!

About a year ago a lovely author (who shall remain nameless, for now) encouraged her readers to experience Elbow. And as a devoted reader and noted impulse shopper, I purchased Elbow’s - Seldom Seen Kid from Amazon on the very same day. (This is absolutely NOT the first time I have impulsively purchased an object, product, or experience. Some of my favorite things in life fell in my lap on a whim.) Wonder of wonders, I received my CD in the mail a week later, immediately put the CD in my stereo, and… was horrified by the first song!

Up and Down, Up and Down! Horns Blaring! Sweet acoustic reggae Dave Matthews violently collides with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor! WTF! Just when I was adapting and thinking those damn horns were done... AHHHH! I was too aghast with the first song to enjoy the songs that followed. (Honestly… I only listened to the next two or three songs.) So, I took the CD out of my stereo, noted the mild and creative bohemian look of the cover (ironic) and put it back in its case. (I also silently cursed my oh so lovely authors taste in music.)

A year passes…

This past weekend while on the road and needing new music to soundtrack my adventure, I reached for Elbow. The first song had me laughing as I remembered my previous experience. Hour five on the long road home and I was laughing! Thank You Elbow! Come to find out, this eclectic arrangement of songs is creative good company! Lesson Learned: Cheers to giving the things we don't immediately love, the time to burrow in and find a home.

So, if you think you can hang in the space between Dave and Ludwig, where it rains Jonny Lang and the flowers sway to Aqualung, I too encourage the Elbow love experience! :D

“Someone tell me how I feel
It’s silly wrong but vivid right
Oh, kiss me like the final meal
Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight”

“So throw those curtains wide!
One day like this a year’d see me right”

- One Day Like This, Track 10, Seldom Seen Kid, Elbow

I wholeheartedly agree, Throw those curtains wide!

P.S. Just because track one doesn't sound all that loud in the beginning, take it from me, DON'T TURN IT UP!

P.P.S. Thank you "Lovely Author" who shall remain nameless, I'm delighted I took your advice!