Open Arms

I love this song!
Its so positive and heartwarming...
And great for singing along!!!

Saw this at the Saint Patrick's Day Parade today and it made me smile!

We NEED that banner, Jones!

Open Arms had been in my head all day well since SECC really. Real crowd pleaser of a song,

Visit www.openarms.ie for a life changing experience. Good find Jones

why is it that so many people these days are concerned with a band or song and its relation to playing in large arenas, its like this paranoia that a band is trying to sell out

i love the song by the way

Official - New Single OPEN ARMS. Has to be an anthem! Marc Riley announced it tonight on 6Music as their new single.

It was added to the BBC6Music playlist this week

bt_remix wrote:

Official - New Single OPEN ARMS. Has to be an anthem! Marc Riley announced it tonight on 6Music as their new single.

Its not rocket science...lol

Sure to be a number one with all the downloads from itunes advertised in the mailout from the comic relief performance and arena buys.

Cool. I am looking forward to the video. The Elboys wandering around and hug people. Yeah, I know - there have been vids like that but I couldn't care less.

Would love to be hugged...

bt_remix wrote:

Official - New Single OPEN ARMS. Has to be an anthem! Marc Riley announced it tonight on 6Music as their new single.

and I hope it will contain another great B-Side...

Open Arms officially released April 24th

for a 30 second clip of the b-side Buffalo Ghosts:

https://www.tunetribe.com/product/elbow-open-arms?id=5141721

Any place a Yank could hear that?

Niftium wrote:

Any place a Yank could hear that?

This is the only place I can find it for now I'm afraid

Arghhh I hate waiting, patience is not one of my strong points, cant wait to hear the full Buffalo Ghosts song, it sounds good.

Does this mean we will get the video on the 24th then or is that just the day it's being released?

Thanks for posting that HattyMarris

No Problem.

I think the video may be of them in the Blueprint studios that has already been posted on their Youtube.
I say this because their videos for NLR & Lippy Kids were also in Blueprint Studios.

But we may get a different one, just my thoughts for now

HattyMarris wrote:

No Problem.

I think the video may be of them in the Blueprint studios that has already been posted on their Youtube.
I say this because their videos for NLR & Lippy Kids were also in Blueprint Studios.

But we may get a different one, just my thoughts for now

Thanks, cant wait to find out

Found the official video, and what a great video it is:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2011/apr/04/elbow-open-arms

Mr East goes animated!

Just wonderful ! Love it !

Top find Hatty, thanks!

So that's what Oliver was teaser tweeting about the other night.

Oh, now that is just awesome! I really, really loved that clip - well done, Oliver!

Oooh Ollie, that's wonderful!
Well done!

thanks for the kind words guys.

Hey thanks for that, i'm abit disappointed tbh not really feeling the animation

They did a great performance of it on Jools Holland Later the other night which had everyone in the crowd and fellow bands singing along. Well everyone except perhaps the crusty old jazzers prior to Elbow who just wouldn't stop playing! Jools tried repeatedly to 'round' them off with applause, but just like the solos these guys trade in they went on and on and on and on.................

The jazzers were spontaneous, for them, and totally zoned into their music.
The youth choir and the friends/relatives at tables were singing... crowd clapping for elbow.
Never been to a Jools filming, but do the audience rehearse too? or do they get hand signals, instructions and placards to do the done thing?