I'm having this at MY funeral...just for the chorus and the fact that it sums up an awful lot about my life and that of so many other people. Well done Elbow!
I'm a black music fan. I won't lie to ya..... but on the way home from work heard this on Radio 2..... Steve Wrights programme and was awe struck! I knew of Elbow because at my sons wedding a month ago they chose 'One Day Like This' to be played whilst they were signing the register, but on hearing this I can't tell you. It just struck a chord and melted my heart. I'm up for hearing more.
Their album "The Seldom Seen Kid" seriously one of the best albums on the planet ever known to man. So much in fact that I've got the album name tattooed on my arm!
One of the best songs ever written, if you ask me. Arr is super. During a long life I have concluded a list of less than 10 musical jewels from the classical world that contains music harmonies most beautiful. Often short parts in a symphony or opera. Among these Tchaikovsky, Mascagni, Albinoni, Sibelius and a few others. This song with the beautiful brass section is extraordinary. The 26 seconds of brass solo 4:10 into the 6 minutes versions now joins the above mentioned classical jewels. Gets a tear or two in my eyes every time I listen.
@@robinstahlwarelius1845 Ok, here are some of my jewels. Taste should never be discussed, it is all about your own soul. Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana, Intermezzo. Can be heard at the end of Goodfather III (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pYvNcEnoAtc.html). I specifically like the tunes from 1:18 to the end. Tchaikovsky: Serenade in C major for Strings, Op. 48: Pezzo in forma die Sonatina Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 36 Depends on recording, mine is from a Naxos CD, the whole opus is enjoyable but I specifically enjoy from 5:22 to 7:00 Dvorak: New World Symphony, 2nd Movement: Largo (London Philharmonic Orchestra 2018, on Spotify) Ok, take it or leave it, I wish you a Happy New Year!
LOVE these guys - may very well be my favorite - their music is so pleasant and joyous and they seem like really nice guys - I just WANT to root for them!
every now and then comes along an albumn that should be in everyone's collection, this is one and this song is so amazingly beautiful I am lost for a superlative that will do it justice. Was lucky to see them perform this and others in Liverpool on the 12th April.
think these guys just nail everything, I introduced alot of American's to Elbow while I was over there and they were all blown away by them, I think Elbow as the UK's house band!
I'm out oh Philadelphia and have tried endlessly to get people into this band. Elbow just played in Philly and the venue might have been 2/3's filled. Shocked and disappointed to say the least. I honestly have no idea why they're not more popular in the states. As I tell people when I describe Elbow's music to them, it's simply beautifully brilliant.
How have I only come across this song now !! So pleased I watch LIFE the bbc drama, had to pause the episode stone dead when I heard this in background. What a truly Fantastic song.
Some of those captains have died, some settled with children, some drifted away to unknowns, but we all saw that sunrise at least once, can't really say it was a waste of time, it was a perfect waste of time.
Lovely, wonderful song. I first heard this from watching the BBC drama 'Life' (2020) - a 'Doctor Foster' spin-off series. I guessed it was Elbow. "And if it's so, we only pass this way but once. What a perfect waste of time." Really touches a cord. Thank you.
Almost quotes from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" and from Wiliam Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, the magically simple percussion and the almost slow Mariachi style horns... it's a musical feast!
A person or (persons) who, in the past, prepared and sold medicines and drugs and who’s chosen mode of transport was a bicycle moto cross self propelled cycle.
Wish the studio version was different, the horns combined with the "oh my soul"...don't know if it's just the recording but it is piercing, not in a good way...but ultimately the song is a success because it's just so good.
I'm totally with you Timothy. Their live version of "My Sad Captain" is absolutely beautiful, while the album version I can't, and won't, even listen to. They are so much better live than in the studio, I feel. The raw emotions come out in their songs while played lived, without the grating effects they seem to pile on in the studio.
