Ticker Tape

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Fri 04 Mar 2011, 22:58

HattyMarris wrote:

You missed this off right at the very start

Stole the papers from a dead man
And i whistled through the boarders
And i waved with real heroes
In a ticker tape parade.

Whoops. I already had that part written out but I must not have selected that part when I copied the lyrics onto my new post.

Kim wrote:

Just had a listen and my additions are in bold:

When they feel they understand
You must abandon them
This modus operandum may distress you
But we'll always feel you call

Modus operandum! Man, I could not figure that one out for the life of me. Thanks!

emma wrote:

Kim wrote:

Bouqueted (?) myself how I behave

What I hear is "Forgive myself how I behave" for this line. Does anyone else hear this?

I think you're right with that. Forgive sounds right to me too.

emma wrote:

Kim wrote:

And I swear to keep a sanctum in my grave
To keep a sanctum in my grave

And it sounds to me like he's saying "And I swear to keep her safe until my grave". Even with him saying it multiple times I couldn't hear "sanctum"... But I do have pretty poor quality speakers so I could be wrong!

It's funny that you say this--the first time I played the song with the intention of figuring out the lyrics, I too thought it said "keep her safe". I still can't decide whether it's right, though. Each time he says the line twice, and the first time he says it always sounds a tiny but different than the second.

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Fri 04 Mar 2011, 23:05

Kiresg wrote:

Modus operandum! Man, I could not figure that one out for the life of me. Thanks!

Ahh it's a tricky one. I had to listen to it quite a few times before figuring out it was Latin, hehe.

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Sat 05 Mar 2011, 04:59

He's singing: "And I swear to keep her safe 'til in my grave"

And I believe there's no "but" in: But someone else's heart now means more to me than mine

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Sat 05 Mar 2011, 09:42

Just listening to it for the first time, think it's fantastic - adore the intro.

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Sat 05 Mar 2011, 13:44

The lyrics are included with the hardcopy of the cd, thank God! Smile

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Sat 05 Mar 2011, 14:38

Oh, haha, but this one isn't...!
Sorry for the booboo...

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Sat 05 Mar 2011, 16:09

This is such a gorgeous song, I'm loving it. For the last few days I've been thinking why is it "only" a B-side (but then Elbow have done some stunning B-sides) but now I've heard the album (came today, woo-hoo!) I can see why - the mood is so different. Both amazing in completely different ways and that's one of the things I love about Elbow.

It's "I swear to keep her safe till in my grave" I'm sure.

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Mon 07 Mar 2011, 00:57

lucky with disease wrote:

Chrissie, are you able to get it from here? I just bought the b-side track itself.

http://www.7digital.com/artists/elbow/neat-little-rows-1/

No joy there for me, LWD - it had me down as coming from a US IP address and it wouldn't even show me the single or B-side on the US page. I know there were some instructions given about using proxy servers to try and purchase from UK sites while in the US, but I haven't found one that is up and running properly on the few times I've tried. I will keep trying, I'm sure I'll manage it at some point! Thank you for the link though, I appreciate the help! Very Happy

newborn Number of posts: 5 Registration date: 2011-03-07

I remember that Guy (or maybe it was a stand of the whole band) was talking about ''shoegaze and psychedelia'' inspirations in relation to new record. After some spins i didn't notice that at all (except ''The Birds''). BUT....''Ticker Tape'' seems to be one of the ''lost psychedelic tracks'' from recent session. I think it's amazing and should be included on ''build a rocket boys!''.

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Fri 13 May 2011, 17:54

just got the mp3 download to work on play.com (uk) and i didnt even have to use a proxy server
just used a uk address and my us credit card

sweet

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Tue 24 May 2011, 13:04

Wonder how this would be if it could ever be played live.

Subject: Re: Ticker Tape Tue 24 May 2011, 13:06

Sounds like a wonderfully amazing idea to me. :-)