{"id":21089,"date":"2014-04-25T09:24:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=21089"},"modified":"2014-04-29T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T17:43:29","slug":"watch-elbows-new-video-for-my-sad-captains-from-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-04\/watch-elbows-new-video-for-my-sad-captains-from-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Elbow&#8217;s New Video for &#8220;My Sad Captains&#8221; from New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-hands_edit-955x637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-21094\" alt=\"big-hands_edit-955x637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-hands_edit-955x637-650x433.jpg\" width=\"635\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-hands_edit-955x637-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-hands_edit-955x637-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-hands_edit-955x637-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-hands_edit-955x637.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brit super-band <a href=\"http:\/\/elbow.co.uk\/\"><strong>Elbow<\/strong><\/a> has today released its subtly-affecting official video for <em><strong>My Sad Captains<\/strong> <\/em>from their fantastic new album, <em><strong>The Take Off And Landing of Everything<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Watch below and listen for the horns heralding one of the outstanding &#8220;<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-12\/theres-never-a-bad-day-to-watch-elbow-perform-one-day-like-this\/\">One Day Like This<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/em> moments on the new album (the other being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-01\/watch-elbows-heartwarming-official-video-for-new-song-new-york-morning\/\"><em><strong>New York Morning<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), with its building handclaps and Shakespearean allusions.\u00a0 What a waste of perfect time indeed.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s to all our pals of yore and &#8216;morrow!<\/p>\n<p>Before headlining (yet again) at the <strong>Glastonbury Festival<\/strong> in June, the band is coming to America next month (see tour dates at bottom) for a scant twelve dates, and we can&#8217;t wait to catch them on that special day, May 28th, at <strong>The Wiltern<\/strong> in LA, and hear <strong>Guy Garvey<\/strong> sonorously deliver <em><strong>My Sad Captains<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Without doubt the show will be one of the highlights of this concert year.\u00a0 We only pass this way once.<\/p>\n<p>The song&#8217;s lyrics follow the video.<\/p>\n<div id=\"r1PostCPBlock\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9lAVeeuwRiI\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I&#8217;m running out of miracles<br \/>\nOh my soul<br \/>\nAnd the streets are lined with one-man shows<br \/>\nOh my soul<br \/>\nCorner boys were moved along<br \/>\nOh my soul<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re plummeting like crippled crows<br \/>\nOh my soulOh, long before<br \/>\nYou and I were born<br \/>\nOthers beat these benches with their empty cups<br \/>\nTo the night and its stars<br \/>\nTo be here, and now, and who we areAnother sunrise with my sad captains<br \/>\nWith who I choose to lose my mind<br \/>\nAnd if it&#8217;s all we only pass this way but once<br \/>\nWhat a perfect waste of timeThe BMX apothecary<br \/>\nOh my soul<br \/>\nThe architect of infamy<br \/>\nOh my soul<br \/>\nFor each and every train we miss<br \/>\nOh my soul<br \/>\nA bitter little Eucharist<br \/>\nOh my soulOh, long before<br \/>\nYou and I were born<br \/>\nOthers beat these benches with their empty cups<br \/>\nTo the night and its stars<br \/>\nTo be here, and now, and who we areAnother sunrise with my sad captains<br \/>\nWith who I choose to lose my mind<br \/>\nAnd if it&#8217;s all we only come this way but once<br \/>\nWhat a perfect waste of timeAnother sunrise with my sad captains<br \/>\nWith who I choose to lose my mind<br \/>\nAnd if it&#8217;s all we only pass this way but once<br \/>\nWhat a perfect waste of timeAnother sunrise with my sad captains<br \/>\nWith who I choose to lose my mind<br \/>\nAnd if it&#8217;s all we only pass this way but once<br \/>\nWhat a perfect waste of timeWhat a perfect waste of time&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>11TH MAY &#8211; WASHINGTON, DC, 9:30 CLUB &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ac1c1c;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><br \/>\n12TH MAY &#8211; BOSTON, MA, ROYALE NIGHTCLUB &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ac1c1c;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><br \/>\n13TH MAY &#8211; PHILADELPHIA, PA, ELECTRIC FACTORY &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/elbw.ws\/09iDrp\" target=\"_blank\">TICKETS<\/a><br \/>\n16TH MAY &#8211; NEW YORK, NY, WEBSTER HALL &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ac1c1c;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><br \/>\n17TH MAY &#8211; TORONTO, ON, DANFORTH MUSIC HALL &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ac1c1c;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><br \/>\n19TH MAY &#8211; CHICAGO, IL, HOUSE OF BLUES &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ac1c1c;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><br \/>\n20TH MAY &#8211; MINNEAPOLIS, MN, FIRST AVENUE &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/elbw.ws\/U03cU1\" target=\"_blank\">TICKETS<\/a><br \/>\n23RD MAY &#8211; VANCOUVER, BC, COMMODORE BALLROOM &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ac1c1c;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><br \/>\n24TH MAY &#8211; PORTLAND, OR, WONDER BALLROOM &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ac1c1c;\">SOLD OUT<\/span><br \/>\n25TH MAY &#8211; QUINCY, WA, SASQUATCH MUSIC FESTIVAL &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/elbw.ws\/u9mCzo\" target=\"_blank\">TICKETS<\/a><br \/>\n27TH MAY &#8211; OAKLAND, CA, THE FOX THEATER &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/elbw.ws\/xmTVnV\" target=\"_blank\">TICKETS<\/a><br \/>\n28TH MAY &#8211; LOS ANGELES, CA, THE WILTERN &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/elbw.ws\/balZ4E\" target=\"_blank\">TICKETS<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Top photo by Tom Sheehan<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brit super-band Elbow has today released its subtly-affecting official video for My Sad Captains from their fantastic new album, The Take Off And Landing of Everything.\u00a0 Watch below and listen for the horns heralding one of the outstanding &#8220;One Day Like This&#8220; moments on the new album (the other being New York Morning), with its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}