Grounds For Divorce - Muziek
Grounds For Divorce by Elbow
Elbow
Biografie van de kunstenaar Elbow
Elbow Is An Alternative Rock Band That Got Started In Bury Greater Manchester United Kingdom In 1990. Formed When Its Members Were In Sixth-Form College The Group Consists Of Guy Garvey Vocals Guitar Mark Potter Guitar Vocals Pete Turner Bass Craig Potter Keyboards And Richard Jupp Drums . Over The Band's Twenty Plus Year Career It Has Released Eight Studio Albums And Four EPs While Also Having Over Five Top 40 Singles In The U.K. Alone. The Band Is Named After A Line In The BBC TV Mini-Series 'The Singing Detective' In Which A Character Says That The Word "elbow" Is The Most Sensuous Word In The English Language Not Due To Its Definition Per Se But Due To How It Feels To Say It . Though The Group Came About In 1990 Intially Going By Names Such As 'Soft' And 'Mr. Soft' It Wasn't Until 'The Noisebox EP' Came Out On 1 January 1998 That They Had A Real Release. Elbow Started Out Specializing In "chilled Funk" But The Guys Changed The Direction Of Their Music After Unanimously Deciding That They Were "shit." Their New Songs Picked Up Notice From Both Island Records But The Band Got Dropped Due To Business Shenanigans Before Anything Actually Came Out Post-Singing. Elbow Then Released Two Critically Acclaimed EP's On The Independent Ugly Man Record Label Starting With The Aformentioned 'Noisebox EP'. Luckily Their Work Caught The Attention Of V2 Records. V2 Released Elbow's Debut Album "Asleep In The Back." The Album Was A Surprisingly Moderate Success Gaining Substantial Critical Acclaim And Ultimately A Nomination For The Mercury Music Prize In 2001. The Single "Newborn" Received Attention After Being Banned By Radio 1 For The Lyric "I'll Be The Corpse In Your Bathtub." Word Of Mouth Then Began To Work In Elbow's Favor. Its 2003 Album "Cast Of Thousands " Entered The UK Charts At #7 To Critical Acclaim. The Lead Single "Fallen Angel " Charted At #19. In 2004 Elbow Became The First British Band To Ever Play A Concert In Havana During An Unofficial Cuban Tour. The Tour Was Made Into A Short Film By British Documentary Maker Irshad Ashraf. Elbow Released Its Third Album In 2005 "Leaders Of The Free World." Despite A Continued Lack Of Commercial Notice "Leaders Of The Free World" Charted At #12 With Its Lead Single "Forget Myself" Achieving #22 In The Charts. That Autumn Elbow Headlined The First Of Two Sell-Out Tours. March 17 2008 Saw The Release Of Elbow's Fourth Album Entitled "The Seldom Seen Kid." Released Through Fiction It Entered The UK Album Chart At #5 And Went On To Win The 2008 Mercury Music Award. "The Fix " Features Guest Vocals And Lead Guitar By Richard Hawley. April 2009 Saw The Release Of The Seldom Seen Kid Live At Abbey Road Recorded With The BBC Concert Orchestra And Chantage. This Album Recorded In Studio One Of The World Famous Abbey Road Studios On Saturday January 17 2008 Is A Complete Run-Through Of The Mercury Winning Album. It Features The Band A 52-Piece Orchestra And A 20-Member Choir. "Grounds For Divorce" Was Featured In VALVe Software Game Left 4 Dead In 2008. The Band's Fifth Album Build A Rocket Boys! Was Released In The UK On March 14 2011. The First Steps Songfacts Reports That Elbow Was Commissioned By The BBC To Write A Song For Their Coverage Of The 2012 Olympics. The Resulting Tune Is "First Steps". The Full Song Lasts Six And A Half Minutes But It Was Written In Such A Way So That It Could Be Divided Into Different Minute Or Two Long Elements For Use Over Both Winning And Losing Footages. In July 2015 Elbow Released The Lost Worker Bee EP Which Was Soon Followed By Guy Garvey's First Solo Album 'Courting The Squall' Oct 2015 . Their Seventh Studio Album 'Little Fictions' Was Released On 3 February 2017 With Elbow's Eighth Studio Album 'Giants Of All Sizes' Released 2 Years Later On 11 October 2019. Website Http //elbow.Co.Uk/
Frogtoon Muziek - Nummerinformatie: Grounds for Divorce
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
"Grounds For Divorce" Is The First Single From Elbow's Fourth Studio Album The Seldom Seen Kid. Song
The Song Opens With The Line I've Been Working On A Cocktail Called Grounds For Divorce Uncut Magazine Said It Was "surely One Of The Best Opening Lines Of Any Pop Song In Years" And NME Compared It To Something James Bond Might Say "this Is Kind Of Glorious One-Liner He’d Mutter Before Taking The Bad Guys Down And Then Smooching A Lofty Eastern European Countess." The Lyrics Tell A Story Of Excessive Drinking In The Local Pub "There's A Hole In My Neighborhood / Down Which Of Late I Cannot Help But Fall" And An Unhappy Relationship "And I’d Bring You Further Roses But It Does You No Good" . The Word Whoa Is Extended As "woah-Oh-Oh-Oh" And Repeated Throughout The Track. Paste Magazine Writes "The Track Explodes With Their Heaviest Guitar Line To Date" 3 And Digital Spy Described The Song As "Perhaps The Loudest And Most 'rocking' Track In Elbow's Career The Combination Of Infectious Riffing And Emotional Wrangling Makes This A Call-To-Arms That's Both Joyous And Cathartic." The Music Video Was Directed By Dan Sully. Background
The Single Was Released On 10 March 2008 As The Band's First Release On Fiction Records Across Two 7" Vinyl Records And One CD Single. The Song Marked The Band's Joint-Highest Charting Single At The Time Peaking At No. 19 On The UK Singles Chart Becoming Also Their Third UK Top 20 Success And Their Sixth UK Top 40 Entry. It Was To Be Bettered Four Years Later By Their Succeeding Single "One Day Like This" - Which Was Performed By The Band In The Closing Ceremony Of The 2012 Summer Olympics Peaking At No. 4 In August 2012. Frontman Guy Garvey Told Uncut That "'Grounds For Divorce' Was Written When I Was In An Unhappy Relationship." Citation Needed Garvey Explained The Song Was About "that Feeling Of Being Sick And F***ing Tired Of Everything Around You And Wanting To Get Out Of There." Guitarist Mark Potter Said He Had Been Playing The Riff For Years Before Using It In The Song. "You Know How Most Guitarists Have Something That They Play Every Time They Pick Up A Guitar? Well That Was My One. For 10 Years The Lads Never Seemed To Notice It. I'd Play It And Look Around The Room Expectantly And Be Like 'Oh Well No Reaction Again.' Then About Two Years Ago I Played It And Guy Garvey Vocals Was Like 'What's That?' I Said 'What Do You Mean What's That? I've Been Playing It For 10 Years!" Awards
On 21 May 2009 "Grounds For Divorce" Won The Ivor Novello Award For Best Contemporary Song. Promotion
"Grounds For Divorce" Was Featured In A TV Advertisement For The Video Game Left 4 Dead. It Is Also Featured In The Trailer For The 2008 Coen Brothers Film Burn After Reading. An Instrumental Version Was Also Featured On Series 12 Episode 1 Of The British Motoring Show Top Gear And Was Played At The Opening Montage Which Contained Clips From The Upcoming Episodes As Well As In The Third Episode Of The Same Series. "Grounds For Divorce" Was Also Featured In The Eighth Episode For The 5th Season And Promos For The Sixth Season Of The TV-Show House MD. Also Appeared In Episode 521 Of Rescue Me. It Appeared In The Soundtrack Of DiRT 2 A Rallying Video Game And Was Also Used As The End Credits Song For An Episode Of Pete Versus Life. In 2009 The Riff Was Used On The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour Of Britain TV Show Whilst Showcasing The Professional Chef Opponent In The Taste-Off As Well As By The Apprentice Contestant Chris Bates In The Final Episode Of Series Six In An Advert For An Alcoholic Drink. The Song Is Also On The Soundtrack For A 2011 Video Game Driver San Francisco And Also On The Soundtrack For A 2015 Video Game Guitar Hero Live. In 2019 The Song Also Appeared In The Season 1 Episode "No One's Gonna Harm You Not While I'm Around" Of The Morning Show And Is Used As The Closing Song.
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Biography - Elbow
Elbow Is An Alternative Rock Band That Got Started In Bury Greater Manchester United Kingdom In 1990. Formed When Its Members Were In Sixth-Form College The Group Consists Of Guy Garvey Vocals Guitar Mark Potter Guitar Vocals Pete Turner Bass Craig Potter Keyboards And Richard Jupp Drums . Over The Band's Twenty Plus Year Career It Has Released Eight Studio Albums And Four EPs While Also Having Over Five Top 40 Singles In The U.K. Alone. The Band Is Named After A Line In The BBC TV Mini-Series 'The Singing Detective' In Which A Character Says That The Word "elbow" Is The Most Sensuous Word In The English Language Not Due To Its Definition Per Se But Due To How It Feels To Say It . Though The Group Came About In 1990 Intially Going By Names Such As 'Soft' And 'Mr. Soft' It Wasn't Until 'The Noisebox EP' Came Out On 1 January 1998 That They Had A Real Release. Elbow Started Out Specializing In "chilled Funk" But The Guys Changed The Direction Of Their Music After Unanimously Deciding That They Were "shit." Their New Songs Picked Up Notice From Both Island Records But The Band Got Dropped Due To Business Shenanigans Before Anything Actually Came Out Post-Singing. Elbow Then Released Two Critically Acclaimed EP's On The Independent Ugly Man Record Label Starting With The Aformentioned 'Noisebox EP'. Luckily Their Work Caught The Attention Of V2 Records. V2 Released Elbow's Debut Album "Asleep In The Back." The Album Was A Surprisingly Moderate Success Gaining Substantial Critical Acclaim And Ultimately A Nomination For The Mercury Music Prize In 2001. The Single "Newborn" Received Attention After Being Banned By Radio 1 For The Lyric "I'll Be The Corpse In Your Bathtub." Word Of Mouth Then Began To Work In Elbow's Favor. Its 2003 Album "Cast Of Thousands " Entered The UK Charts At #7 To Critical Acclaim. The Lead Single "Fallen Angel " Charted At #19. In 2004 Elbow Became The First British Band To Ever Play A Concert In Havana During An Unofficial Cuban Tour. The Tour Was Made Into A Short Film By British Documentary Maker Irshad Ashraf. Elbow Released Its Third Album In 2005 "Leaders Of The Free World." Despite A Continued Lack Of Commercial Notice "Leaders Of The Free World" Charted At #12 With Its Lead Single "Forget Myself" Achieving #22 In The Charts. That Autumn Elbow Headlined The First Of Two Sell-Out Tours. March 17 2008 Saw The Release Of Elbow's Fourth Album Entitled "The Seldom Seen Kid." Released Through Fiction It Entered The UK Album Chart At #5 And Went On To Win The 2008 Mercury Music Award. "The Fix " Features Guest Vocals And Lead Guitar By Richard Hawley. April 2009 Saw The Release Of The Seldom Seen Kid Live At Abbey Road Recorded With The BBC Concert Orchestra And Chantage. This Album Recorded In Studio One Of The World Famous Abbey Road Studios On Saturday January 17 2008 Is A Complete Run-Through Of The Mercury Winning Album. It Features The Band A 52-Piece Orchestra And A 20-Member Choir. "Grounds For Divorce" Was Featured In VALVe Software Game Left 4 Dead In 2008. The Band's Fifth Album Build A Rocket Boys! Was Released In The UK On March 14 2011. The First Steps Songfacts Reports That Elbow Was Commissioned By The BBC To Write A Song For Their Coverage Of The 2012 Olympics. The Resulting Tune Is "First Steps". The Full Song Lasts Six And A Half Minutes But It Was Written In Such A Way So That It Could Be Divided Into Different Minute Or Two Long Elements For Use Over Both Winning And Losing Footages. In July 2015 Elbow Released The Lost Worker Bee EP Which Was Soon Followed By Guy Garvey's First Solo Album 'Courting The Squall' Oct 2015 . Their Seventh Studio Album 'Little Fictions' Was Released On 3 February 2017 With Elbow's Eighth Studio Album 'Giants Of All Sizes' Released 2 Years Later On 11 October 2019. Website Http //elbow.Co.Uk/
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"Grounds for Divorce" is the first single from Elbow's fourth studio album The Seldom Seen Kid.
Song
The song opens with the line:
I've been working on a cocktail, called grounds for divorce
Uncut magazine said it was "surely one of the best opening lines of any pop song in years" and NME compared it to something James Bond might say "this is kind of glorious one-liner he’d mutter before taking the bad guys down and then smooching a lofty Eastern European countess." The lyrics tell a story of excessive drinking in the local pub, ("There's a hole in my neighborhood / Down which of late I cannot help but fall") and an unhappy relationship ("And I’d bring you further roses, but it does you no good"). The word whoa is extended as "woah-oh-oh-oh" and repeated throughout the track.
Paste magazine writes: "The track explodes with their heaviest guitar line to date"[3] and Digital Spy described the song as "Perhaps the loudest and most 'rocking' track in Elbow's career, the combination of infectious riffing and emotional wrangling makes this a call-to-arms that's both joyous and cathartic."
The music video was directed by Dan Sully.
Background
The single was released on 10 March 2008 as the band's first release on Fiction Records across two 7" vinyl records and one CD single. The song marked the band's joint-highest charting single at the time, peaking at No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming also their third UK Top 20 success and their sixth UK Top 40 entry. It was to be bettered four years later by their succeeding single "One Day Like This" - which was performed by the band in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, peaking at No. 4 in August 2012. Frontman Guy Garvey told Uncut that "'Grounds for Divorce' was written when I was in an unhappy relationship."[citation needed] Garvey explained the song was about "that feeling of being sick and f***ing tired of everything around you and wanting to get out of there."
Guitarist Mark Potter said he had been playing the riff for years before using it in the song. "You know how most guitarists have something that they play every time they pick up a guitar? Well, that was my one. For 10 years the lads never seemed to notice it. I'd play it and look around the room expectantly and be like, 'Oh well, no reaction again.' Then about two years ago, I played it and Guy [Garvey, vocals] was like, 'What's that?' I said, 'What do you mean what's that? I've been playing it for 10 years!"
Awards
On 21 May 2009, "Grounds for Divorce" won the Ivor Novello award for Best Contemporary Song.
Promotion
"Grounds for Divorce" was featured in a TV advertisement for the video game Left 4 Dead. It is also featured in the trailer for the 2008 Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading. An instrumental version was also featured on Series 12, Episode 1 of the British motoring show Top Gear and was played at the opening montage which contained clips from the upcoming episodes, as well as in the third episode of the same series.
"Grounds for Divorce" was also featured in the eighth episode for the 5th season, and promos for the sixth season of the TV-show House MD. Also appeared in episode 521 of Rescue Me. It appeared in the soundtrack of DiRT 2, a rallying video game and was also used as the end credits song for an episode of Pete versus Life. In 2009, the riff was used on The Hairy Bikers' Food Tour of Britain TV show, whilst showcasing the professional chef opponent in the taste-off, as well as by The Apprentice contestant Chris Bates, in the final episode of series six in an advert for an alcoholic drink. The song is also on the soundtrack for a 2011 video game, Driver: San Francisco and also on the soundtrack for a 2015 video game, Guitar Hero Live.
In 2019 the song also appeared in the season 1 episode "No One's Gonna Harm You, Not While I'm Around" of The Morning Show, and is used as the closing song. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.