Elbow - Kindling (Fickle Flame) ft. John Grant 

’And my telephone shakes into life, and I see your name, and the wheatfields explode into gold eather side of the train’ Lyric heaven.

This is exactly what I love about RU-vid. You search for nothing and you're finding pure gold. What a song!!!

They could make a whole movie out of this song.

John Grant has one of the most beautiful male voices I‘ve ever heard...

Guy Garvey is so underrated as a lyricist. He managed to find romance in his mobile phone going off!

Only just discovered this... how absolutely superb!!! Just gorgeous

My son (13) and I sing this in the car. He’s John and I’m Guy. It’s beautiful everytime he starts.

Wow two masculine voices in total harmony so beautiful..

How that man can calmly take a slug of tea after doing that is beyond me...with no exaggeration whatsoever my entire body shakes...tears fill my eyes and I swoon in an other worldly ecstacy....my eternal gratitude to all and everyone who had anything to do with this......and to everyone who has ever listened....for this moment at least..it is my very favourite sound....

I saw you try and stop the sunset on your own......I can still taste the heat of the sun on her skin in my arms.....wow.

Beautiful. Whoever had the idea to bring John Grant in to do a duet? Hats off.

Sublime. “And the wheat fields explode into gold either side of the train.”

Makes me want to cry, scream with joy and despair, shout in pain and delight. Die immediately and live forever. Fucking amazing.

It is almost unfair, to take this already gorgeous Elbow song, and then adding John _ "Effin" - Grant to make it even more sublime. No words can express how great this is.

how is it that i am just now in 2023 discovering this band?! so grateful...

I am kind of obsessed with this song.

I am just discovering all of Elbows music and I am beside myself with the emotions the music evokes...I love this song, and the duet for me is perfect.

Two of the most beautiful voices together. What a gift to us.

I feel sorry for all the people on this planet, who have never heard this

"...and the wheat fields explode into gold either side of the train." Pure poetry. Love that line.

So heaven does exist. Who'd have thought that angels looked like this pair though?

There are not enough words to describe how beautiful this is.

Press the play button and wait for the shivers at the back of your neck. Once again Garvey pulls out another fantastic composition made sublime by two complimentary tenors. Elbow are streets ahead of other english acts and that is a very high bar.

This is the most beautiful song sung so well. I keep playing over and over again, the harmony is sublime, this should be released as a single, never hear it on the radio why?

This is my favorite song ever. Always listed as my number one song each year on Spotify (don't worry, I also always buy a copy of their albums). Then my telephone shakes into life and I see your name... those vocals.... give me chills....every....single....time.

'And the wheatfields explode into gold either side of the train'... has to be one of my favourite lyrics!

Such a rare thing. A male duet. Beautiful.

The best band of the last 20 years.

Only just heard this yesterday and can't stop playing it. Absolutely brilliant! Gives me goosebumps!

3 minutes 44 seconds of sheer bloody loveliness.

Play this at my funeral so I will know I've gone to heaven

This is hypnotic, heart-cracking magic. Listening to two men’s voices resonate and dance together is such joy and bliss to my ears. After ten plays (and counting) my heart keeps opening wider…

Got to see John supporting Elbow a couple of years ago in Dublin. It was one of the most magical night's of music I ever witnessed.

Ahhh those John Grant Vocals are amazing.

First heard an Elbow track at a recent funeral and it was so beautiful, now listing to many other songs and came across this, two of the most fantastic voices ever. The words are just so wonderful .

This song brings me to tears, it's beautiful

This is a piece of video to be treasured as one of the great performances. It’s perfect.

This was shared with me by a person I’m close to during lockdown and I listen to it everyday. Gives me goose bumps. Fits when we can’t be together.. “we will be far away for a while but my hearts staying put warming and guarding and guiding the one that I love” ❤️

Elbow plus john grant equals me being in heaven. This is so beautiful it melts me ❤

This song should be at least 2 hours long

Was lucky enough to see this live in Dublin when John supported Elbow on a few legs of their tour...amazing

Incredible song, incredible voices, wonderful harmonies!! Restores my faith in the ability of musicians of the now period to write classic brilliant songs....it's a rare thing! These aren't young men by charts standards but it is current and that will do!

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Those harmonies. It's like The Velvet Underground with Simon & Garfunkel on lead vocals. What's not to like ? Perfect.

'...and the wheat fields explode in to gold either side of the train...'

4 years on and this is still phenomenal

What is wrong with the music industry? This beautiful song is never played on the radio. I don't understand. It makes your heart sing.

Possibly the best of songs I've heard in a very long time. Beautiful harmonies.

"I can still taste the heat of the sun on her skin in my arms": what a line!

Played this in Brussels last night......just blows me away! Sooooo good and with John Grant, the two best voices I've heard in many years.

Will walk to the alter with my beautifull daughter to this stunning song!!

I echo every other comment on here regarding the harmony singing but for me it the lyrics ,Guy Garvey is a sublime lyricist

I am still listening a year later and I adore this song!

Saw John Grant and Elbow at Genting Arena last night. Not heard this before and when they sung it at the end of the concert. The audience was mesmorised. I got goose bumps listening to them sing it. By the way it was the best gig I have been to, where both act were brilliant.

Truly one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard.

Listening to this again is like welcoming a close and lostlover

Angels very much wrapped in the very cloths of Heaven, who have wrapped us in the very cloth of the beauty of singing, thanks Guy

THIS is what human beings are cable of ❤️💙🧡💚💛

Guy has a preternatural ability to harmonise. Its like a super power!

3 chords and a simple melody is all it takes if you have two voices like these. Brilliant!

How I love this amazing song..........

Two unique voices! Doesn't get any better xx

Feb 2019 and this has 350k views . The sweetest best kept secret ever to be created

there are few songs i have discovered that made an impact like this.

I must listen to this song every day. Absolute fucking perfection

Two of da greatest singers today

The more I listen to this song the more I love it. Pure poetry and two wonderful voices full of feelings.

Two brilliant voices for the price of one. Result.

This is one of my songs of the last few years, at the very least. So beautiful! I love the underlying guitar rhythm that underpins the song, and these two wonderful voices combined so beautifully! The imagery in the lyrics too is wonderful.

I bought the S9 and got free tickets, went to see my favourite band of all time. With John Grant. Best freebie ever. Can honestly say i'll probably never forget it. Awesome together, really are!!

Wow this is the most beautiful song I've ever heard so together in voices.

My sister, Kath recommended that I listen to this. I can see why, really lovely song and performed so well. Its gonna end up one of my favourites.

Had a circular saw blade Where I should have had a heart You kept your boat afloat for so long I was trusted, I adored her And I tore it all apart I saw you try and stop the sunset on your own Twin moons on a millpond From a tumbledown barn I'll forever want your ancient silver gravity I can still taste the heat of the sun on her skin in my arms I could fold to the cold of these January streets Keep your hand around the fickle flame of morning after But your smile in the half-light is Pure pillow print cheek An angel tangled in the very cloths of heaven I will be far away for a while But my heart's staying put Warming and guarding and guiding The one that I love Warming and guarding and guiding The one that I love The silence and the waiting and the rush of all aboard Fifty souls to a carriage I'm trying hard to be ignored Then my telephone shakes into life and I see your name And the wheat fields explode into gold either side of the train And the wheat fields explode into gold either side of the train And the wheat fields explode into gold

This recording makes me swell with happiness. Tearing up.

Still one of my fav songs, two beautiful voices.

The harmonies are just brilliant from these two guys what a great song elbow so underrated

I never tire of listening to this, two incredibly beautiful voices and a beautiful song...just love it!

Saw them do this live. Amazing. Never seen an audience listen so silently

Utterly beautiful.

I was lucky enough to see elbow last night do a warm up in Hull! This was in the set and was immense 😊

This is one of the most moving songs I have ever heard … and it hits me each time afresh …makes my own heart explode into gold like the wheat fields … what song writing genius!

Omg. "Amazing" is such a worn-out yet fitting word, here. I am so happy for John Grant that he gets more recognition, in recent years. What a great artist. My favorite song of his: Queen of Denmark. Saw him a couple of years ago at the Icleand Airwaves. If you ever get a chance to see him perform live, go for it - marvelous.

What a fantastic pairing, such gorgeous voices. Friggin brilliant.

I'm sorry, but I've no idea who John Grant is, and I've not heard this song, but oh how my heart sings at this combo

These two should sing together more often, they go together like peaches and cream.

I've always been a John Grant fan. But hearing this has elevated his baritone notes by being also accompanied by another beautiful baritone, sing baby sing. It's lovely.

What a fantastic last line. The wheat fields explode into glory at the the side of the train!

Must have played this 20 times over. Just breathtaking.

One of the most gorgeous songs of the past 30 years

Thank you, so deeply. This brought me many tears... from it's pure, unadulterated beauty...and the love and longing that burst within my heart. Hauntingly poetic ...and so sincerely and perfectly sung... thank you, again for your all of your wonderful music. X

Amazing duet and beautiful song

...and the wheat fields....incredible writing

Damn I bloody love this song. No reason, just reaches the right Parts.

These two NEED to do an album together!

My Lord. As if this song could get any better.

Great song and great voices, thanks from Germany 🇩🇪

111 people who thumbs-downed this need to get their ears tested ASAP.

Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you this helped me during one of the most difficult times of my life. Songs like this are such a beautiful gift to a weary soul. X

I am in love with this wonderful track. I am smitten.

Glorious.

Fantastic version with those two voices, magnificent!