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:00:19. > :00:23.strong language and scenes of Hello and welcome back to BBC Three

:00:24. > :00:30.and Glastonbury 2011. Elbow will be here in the studio in a bit. If you

:00:30. > :00:33.have any remember it's the BBC Three Facebook pages or: we spoke

:00:33. > :00:38.to Friendly Fires and we talk about how the sun and the weather changed

:00:38. > :00:43.the mood in the place. At the moment, there is an incredible calm

:00:43. > :00:48.in front of the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2011. Elbow are on the

:00:48. > :00:51.Main Stage. Hear here they are from earlier on on that Pyramid Stage

:00:51. > :00:59.from Glastonbury 2011. Remember, there is light strobing during this,

:00:59. > :01:09.so be warned. Here we go. Let me see your hands everyone. To the

:01:09. > :01:34.

:01:34. > :01:36.# Charging around # Overdraft speeches

:01:37. > :01:40.# Cramming commitments like cats in a sack

:01:40. > :01:46.# Telephone burn and a purposeful gait

:01:46. > :01:49.# When out of a doorway the tentacles stretch

:01:49. > :01:56.# Of a song that I know And the world moves in slow-mo

:01:56. > :02:01.# Straight to my head like the first- cigarette of the day

:02:01. > :02:10.# And it's you, and it's May And we're sleeping through the day

:02:10. > :02:20.# And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away.

:02:20. > :02:26.

:02:26. > :02:30.# Do I have time? A man of my caliber?

:02:30. > :02:34.# Stood in the street like a sleepwalking teenager?

:02:34. > :02:38.# No And I dealt with this years ago

:02:38. > :02:41.# I took a hammer to every memento

:02:41. > :02:48.# But image on image like beads on a rosary pull through my head

:02:48. > :02:52.# As the music takes hold And the sickener hits

:02:52. > :02:56.# I can work till I break but I love the bones of you

:02:56. > :02:59.# That I will never escape

:02:59. > :03:08.# And it's you, and it's May And we're sleeping through the day

:03:08. > :03:15.# And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away

:03:15. > :03:23.# And I can't move my arm for fear that you will awake

:03:23. > :03:33.# And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away.

:03:33. > :03:52.

:03:52. > :03:58.# Ooooooh

:03:58. > :04:04.# Ooooooh

:04:04. > :04:14.# Ooooooh

:04:14. > :04:40.

:04:41. > :04:50.# And it's you, and it's May # And it's you, and it's May

:04:51. > :04:51.

:04:51. > :05:01.# And I'm five years ago # And I'm five years ago

:05:01. > :05:06.

:05:06. > :05:09.# And I can't move my arm # And it's you, and it's May

:05:09. > :05:19.# And I'm five years ago and three thousand miles away

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:05:24. > :05:24.CHEERING

:05:24. > :05:28.CHEERING AND

:05:28. > :05:28.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:05:28. > :05:28.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE .

:05:28. > :05:29.. Mark

:05:29. > :05:29.. Mark Potter

:05:29. > :05:36.. Mark Potter on

:05:36. > :05:41.. Mark Potter on the guitar everyone. Is everybody OK? YES! I

:05:41. > :05:51.know it's a little sticky under foot, but I don't think you really

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:05:51. > :05:56.mind, do you? NO. Is that because you're hardcore music fans? YES.

:05:56. > :06:03.Glastonbury the two-day days a year that tops up your faith in humanity

:06:03. > :06:08.and allows you to go on living? Five days this gentleman is telling

:06:08. > :06:13.me. I'm here for two-days. We are here for two-days. We have a

:06:13. > :06:22.special arrival. I'm sure you all know about. It this song is

:06:22. > :06:32.dedicated to George, AlbieEvisDewy. Welcome to the world, little man.

:06:32. > :06:38.

:06:38. > :06:48.Let's do some festival things. Show That is the most beautiful thing

:06:48. > :06:48.

:06:48. > :07:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:07:44. > :07:54.# And the street # And dawn gives me a shadow

:07:54. > :07:54.

:07:54. > :09:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:09:45. > :09:55.# And we made the moon # We took the town to town

:09:55. > :09:55.

:09:55. > :12:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:12:21. > :12:24.# And now I know CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

:12:24. > :12:30.Let's see those hands again. In fact, let's trying something here,

:12:30. > :12:35.right. We've done this before, but we've never seen a crowd this big

:12:36. > :12:40.in front of a stage ever in our lives. Are you familiar with the

:12:40. > :12:46.Mexican Wave, right? There's an awful lot of people who didn't get

:12:46. > :12:51.tickets at home. For them, we should give them a reverse Mexican

:12:51. > :12:54.Wave. This is something of my own invention. Everybody in the front

:12:54. > :12:59.row will duck down. When you see the person in front of you duck

:12:59. > :13:09.down, that is when you do it, then it goes right up the field with

:13:09. > :13:09.

:13:09. > :13:16.about 100,000 people in it. Are you ready front row? YES. This is about

:13:16. > :13:25.you. Are you ready? YES. everybody clear? YES. Everybody

:13:25. > :13:35.know what we've got to do? YES. Look at the BBC TV cameras posed.

:13:35. > :14:06.

:14:06. > :14:16.There it is. I'm sick with power. Show me your

:14:16. > :14:21.hands again. Put them down again. Put them up again. Just the left

:14:21. > :14:27.hand. Touch the hand with the person next to you, even if you

:14:28. > :14:34.don't know them. Everybody throw me the peace sign. Everybody give me a

:14:34. > :14:44.V sign. I love that you're doing these noises spontaneously again.

:14:44. > :14:44.

:14:44. > :19:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:19:14. > :19:24.Very good. Right, hands, everyone. # Fingers are for pointing at the

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:19:24. > :20:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:20:46. > :20:56.# Fingers are for pointing at the Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Pete

:20:56. > :21:07.

:21:07. > :21:15.Turner on base. Everybody still OK? YES. Everybody do this. Whoa, whoa.

:21:15. > :21:24.It's the Freddy Mercury thing. You run out of ideas a certain amount

:21:24. > :21:31.of time. # Whoa, whoa, wooah!

:21:31. > :21:40.# Whoa # This is the worst place in the

:21:40. > :21:50.world to have a phantom poo # Whoa

:21:50. > :22:05.

:22:05. > :22:15.# Mourn that phantompoo. # I've been

:22:15. > :22:21.

:22:21. > :22:31.# Polishing a compass # Down comes him on sticks

:22:31. > :22:42.

:22:42. > :22:52.# There's a Chinese cigarette case # There's a

:22:52. > :22:52.

:22:52. > :22:56.# There's a hole in my neighbourhood

:22:56. > :23:06.# Down which of late I cannot help but fall

:23:06. > :23:24.

:23:24. > :23:29.# Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid

:23:29. > :23:34.# Ooh

:23:34. > :23:44.# Ooh

:23:44. > :23:45.

:23:45. > :23:50.# There's this whispering of jokers doing flesh by the pound

:23:50. > :23:55.# To a chorus of supposes from the little town hoods

:23:55. > :24:00.# There'll be twisted karaoke at the aniseed lounge

:24:01. > :24:06.# And I'll bring you further roses But it does you no good

:24:06. > :24:08.# And it does me no good

:24:08. > :24:11.# And it does you no good

:24:11. > :24:15.# There's a hole in my neighbourhood

:24:15. > :24:21.# Down which of late I cannot help but fall

:24:21. > :24:23.# There's a hole in my neighbourhood

:24:23. > :24:27.# Down which of late I cannot help but fall

:24:27. > :24:34.# There's a hole in my neighbourhood

:24:34. > :24:44.# Down which of late I cannot help but fall

:24:44. > :25:03.

:25:03. > :25:03.Up

:25:03. > :25:04.Up on

:25:04. > :25:14.Up on the

:25:14. > :25:14.

:25:14. > :26:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:26:19. > :26:29.# Someday we'll be drinking Tkphraus complaus --

:26:29. > :26:39.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Cheers everybody. Down it, down it,

:26:39. > :26:39.

:26:39. > :31:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:31:50. > :31:58.# Now I live off the mirrors Is rve still OK? YES. Everybody on

:31:58. > :32:03.the hill OK? YES. Rve down the front OK? YES! Put your hand up if

:32:03. > :32:10.you are near the front and you need water? All right, lads, you have

:32:10. > :32:15.your work cut out for you there. Go on, get busy. It's no good standing

:32:15. > :32:25.there looking cool. Get the water out. Keep your hands up if you want

:32:25. > :32:25.

:32:25. > :33:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:33:31. > :33:41.# Though I never perfected # The cigarette senate

:33:41. > :33:44.

:33:44. > :33:50.# Do they know those days are golden?

:33:50. > :33:55.# Build a rocket, boys

:33:55. > :34:04.# Build a rocket, boys

:34:04. > :34:10.# One long June I came down from the trees

:34:10. > :34:16.# And kerbstone cool

:34:16. > :34:24.# You were a freshly painted angel

:34:24. > :34:27.# Walking on walls

:34:27. > :34:33.# Stealing booze and hour-long hungry kisses

:34:33. > :34:41.# And nobody knew me at home anymore

:34:41. > :34:49.# Build a rocket, boys

:34:49. > :34:54.# Build a rocket, boys

:34:54. > :35:04.# Build a rocket, boys

:35:04. > :35:13.

:35:13. > :35:16.# Lippy kids on the corner again

:35:16. > :35:19.# Settling like crows

:35:19. > :35:25.# And I never affected that simian stroll

:35:25. > :35:35.# No

:35:35. > :35:39.

:35:39. > :35:44.# Do they know those days are golden?

:35:44. > :35:54.# Build a rocket, boys

:35:54. > :35:58.# Build a rocket, boys

:35:58. > :36:05.# One long June I came down from the trees

:36:05. > :36:11.# And kerbstone cool

:36:11. > :36:19.# You were a freshly painted angel

:36:19. > :36:21.# Walking on walls

:36:21. > :36:27.# Stealing booze and hour-long hungry kisses

:36:27. > :36:36.# And nobody knows me at home anymore

:36:36. > :36:43.# Build a rocket, boys

:36:43. > :36:47.# Build a rocket, boys

:36:47. > :36:57.# Build a rocket, boys

:36:57. > :36:57.

:36:57. > :38:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 55 seconds

:38:25. > :38:29.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE That was magical. Beautiful. Elbow

:38:29. > :38:33.performing on their 20th anniversary. Gorgeous. We will

:38:33. > :38:38.speak to them in a bit much we will see one last performance from them

:38:38. > :38:44.as well. If you want any information about Glastonbury go

:38:44. > :38:49.to: We have been talking about the Red Button. What is on the Red

:38:49. > :38:54.Button has changed. You can check out Knott not and The Horrors. It's

:38:54. > :39:00.worth having a look at them. The first time I saw them live they

:39:00. > :39:05.threw paint on the entire front row. Noah & The Whale had an amazing day

:39:05. > :39:10.yesterday at Glastonbury. Today they did an incredible set. There

:39:10. > :39:16.is strobing during their performance. They were on the John

:39:16. > :39:20.Peel Stage. You are a big fan? are lovely guys. They look

:39:20. > :39:25.extremely dapper. I didn't see them, I imagine there is a three piece

:39:26. > :39:31.suit going on. Come rain and shine they will be wearing a suit. They

:39:31. > :39:37.are very sweet guys. If you have questions for Elbow we will be

:39:37. > :39:47.talking to them shortly. Get on to twitter at #three@glasto. Here is

:39:47. > :40:03.

:40:03. > :40:06.Noah & The Whale. Remember there is # Oh, well, in five years time

:40:06. > :40:12.# Oh, well, in five years time # With the sun shining down

:40:12. > :40:16.# And I'll put my hands Over your eyes

:40:16. > :40:18.# But you'll peep through And there'll be sun sun sun

:40:18. > :40:21.# All over our bodies

:40:21. > :40:24.q# And sun, sun, sun All down our necks

:40:24. > :40:26.# There'll be sun sun sun All over our faces

:40:26. > :40:32.# And sun sun sun

:40:32. > :40:34.# So what the heck? Cos I'll be laughing

:40:34. > :40:36.# At all your silly little jokes

:40:36. > :40:39.# And we'll be laughing about How we used to smoke

:40:40. > :40:43.# All those stupid little cigarettes And drink stupid wine

:40:43. > :40:47.# Cos it's what we needed To have a good time

:40:47. > :40:52.# But it was fun, fun, fun When we were drinking

:40:52. > :40:56.# It was fun, fun, fun When we were drunk

:40:56. > :41:00.# And it was fun, fun, fun When we were laughing

:41:00. > :41:04.# It was fun, fun, fun Oh, it was fun

:41:04. > :41:13.# Oh, well, I look at you and say It's the happiest I've ever been

:41:14. > :41:15.# Oh, well, I look at you and say It's the happiest I've ever been

:41:15. > :41:18.# I'll say I no longer feel I have to be James Dean

:41:18. > :41:20.# And she'll say, yah, well, I feel all pretty happy too

:41:20. > :41:24.# And I'm always pretty happy

:41:24. > :41:26.# When I'm just kicking back with you

:41:26. > :41:30.# And it'll be love, love, love All through our bodies

:41:30. > :41:35.# And love, love, love All through our minds

:41:35. > :41:38.# And it'll be love, love, love All over her face

:41:38. > :41:44.# And love, love, love all over mine

:41:44. > :41:47.# Although maybe all these moments Are just in my head

:41:47. > :41:49.# I'll be thinking about them As I'm lying in bed

:41:49. > :41:54.# And I know that maybe It might not even come true

:41:54. > :41:57.# But in my mind I'm havin' A pretty good time with you

:41:57. > :42:01.# Oh, in five years' time I might not know you

:42:01. > :42:05.# In five years' time We might not speak

:42:05. > :42:08.# Oh, in five years' time We might not get along

:42:09. > :42:18.# In five years' time You might just prove me wrong

:42:19. > :42:25.

:42:25. > :42:26.# Oh, there'll be love, love, love Wherever you go

:42:26. > :42:29.# There'll be love, love, love Wherever you go

:42:29. > :42:32.# There'll be love, love, love Wherever you go

:42:32. > :42:35.# There'll be love, love, love Wherever you go

:42:35. > :42:39.# There'll be love, love, love Wherever you go

:42:39. > :42:49.# There'll be love, love, love Wherever you go

:42:49. > :43:01.

:43:01. > :43:11.There'll be love, love, love # There'll be love! #

:43:11. > :43:29.

:43:29. > :43:32.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Lisa likes brandy

:43:32. > :43:34.# She's got deep brown eyes That've seen it all

:43:34. > :43:40.# Working at a nightclub That was called The Avenue

:43:40. > :43:43.# The barmen used to call her "Little Lisa, Looney Tunes"

:43:43. > :43:51.# She went on almost anyone From the hard time living

:43:51. > :43:52.# Till the Chelsea days

:43:52. > :43:54.# From when her hair was sweet blonde

:43:54. > :43:56.# Till the day it turned grey

:43:56. > :43:58.# She said "L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N"

:43:58. > :44:01.# You've got more than money and sense, my friend

:44:01. > :44:06.# You've got heart And you go in your own way

:44:06. > :44:09.# L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N

:44:09. > :44:12.# What you don't have now Will come back again

:44:12. > :44:22.# You've got heart And you go in your own way

:44:22. > :44:34.

:44:34. > :44:36.# Some people wear their history like a map on their face

:44:36. > :44:37.# And Joey was an artist Just living out a case

:44:37. > :44:40.# But his best work was his letters home

:44:40. > :44:43.# His standard works of fiction about imaginary success

:44:43. > :44:46.# The chorus girls in neon were his closest things to friends

:44:46. > :44:54.# But to a writer The truth is no big deal

:44:54. > :44:57.# From the hard time living To the sleepless nights

:44:57. > :44:59.# And the black and blue body From the weekend fights

:44:59. > :45:02.# He'd say "L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N"

:45:02. > :45:04.# You've got more than money and sense, my friend

:45:04. > :45:10.# You've got heart And you go in your own way

:45:10. > :45:13.# L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N

:45:13. > :45:15.# What you don't have now Will come back again

:45:15. > :45:24.# You've got heart And you go in your own way

:45:24. > :45:28.# On my last night on earth I won't look to the sky

:45:28. > :45:34.# Just breathe in the air And blink in the light

:45:34. > :45:39.# On my last night on earth I'll pay a high price

:45:39. > :45:44.# To have no regrets And be done with my life

:45:44. > :45:49.# L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N

:45:49. > :45:52.# You've got more than money and sense, my friend

:45:52. > :45:57.# You've got heart And you go in your own way

:45:57. > :46:01.# L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N

:46:01. > :46:04.# What you don't have now Will come back again

:46:04. > :46:09.# You've got heart And you go in your own way

:46:09. > :46:13.# L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N

:46:13. > :46:15.# You've got more than money and sense, my friend

:46:15. > :46:24.# You've got heart And you go in your own way

:46:24. > :46:25.# L-I-F-E G-O-E-S O-N

:46:25. > :46:28.# What you don't have now Will come back again

:46:28. > :46:38.# You've got heart And you go in your own way. #

:46:38. > :47:15.

:47:15. > :47:16.There were the

:47:16. > :47:16.There were the three

:47:16. > :47:18.There were the three piece

:47:18. > :47:22.There were the three piece suits. Quite a lot of sweat. Brilliant.

:47:22. > :47:28.Fresh off the stage from the Pyramid Stage, as the sun was

:47:28. > :47:35.setting, it's Elbow. Lovely to see you guys. Hello. Are you all right?

:47:35. > :47:40.I'm buzzing. I bet you are. It got emotional at points during your set.

:47:40. > :47:44.How did it feel having that many people showing that much love?

:47:44. > :47:50.have never had anything remotely like that. We have had amazing

:47:50. > :47:54.concerts over the years... Concerts? Did you listen to our new

:47:54. > :47:58.walkman. We had the best time. When we are going to do a gig, you have

:47:58. > :48:02.a feeling it's going to be great. It doesn't live up to your

:48:02. > :48:09.expectations. Other times, you think, it's going to be dodgy this,

:48:09. > :48:13.it goes great. Yeah. Know for three months that you are going to have a

:48:13. > :48:17.good gig, because it's Glastonbury. To do it, for it to be perfect.

:48:17. > :48:23.Stuff like that doesn't happen to us normally. A few moments you

:48:23. > :48:26.couldn't help but grin on the stage. You could you were elated to be up

:48:26. > :48:31.there doing it? The best thing about this place is, when you look

:48:31. > :48:35.into the crowd, you see how many day that is person has been here.

:48:35. > :48:43.Yeah. You can tell. There was a girl asleep on the barrier. Like,

:48:43. > :48:48.we came on. She woke up. Yeah. just incredible. It's your 20th

:48:48. > :48:52.anniversary as a band. Thank you. Happy birthday. Longer than most

:48:52. > :48:56.marriages. You don't get that for murder. We were talking about your

:48:56. > :49:02.experiences. You have been coming for a little while. You got here

:49:02. > :49:07.yesterday? When did I get here? I drove down with a bunch of us. On,

:49:07. > :49:12.hold on, I'll get this. It will come to you. It's a simple question.

:49:12. > :49:18.Not last night, the night before. We hit the ground running. We had

:49:18. > :49:21.fun, me, Craig and our girlfriends. You are described as being the

:49:21. > :49:28.People's band, I imagine you walking around and experiencing it

:49:28. > :49:31.properly. Did you do that? Did you see much? Yes. I saw saw the best

:49:31. > :49:39.band playing at the moment. I have seen them five times in the last

:49:39. > :49:45.six months. They are amazing. When I listen to them, it's like when I

:49:45. > :49:49.listened to Pixies for the first time I couldn't believe what I was

:49:49. > :49:56.hearing. They did a great set today much I was banging around in the

:49:56. > :50:04.mud. A couple of guys I met in Salmond ford come up and said, "all

:50:04. > :50:11.right, guy, doing all right tonight, aren't they". I've got walkman

:50:11. > :50:15.mates. Jay-Z has been walking around. He saw your set. I heard

:50:15. > :50:20.Beyonce was there. It might be a lie. I have been handed this

:50:20. > :50:25.mysterious note here. A question from Lucas on Facebook. How did you

:50:25. > :50:34.come up with your crouching Mexican Wave, which was very cool, by the

:50:34. > :50:44.way? It was for a video for... Leaders. Was it not For get Myself.

:50:44. > :50:47.

:50:47. > :50:53.No, it was leaders. Dillon and Zas were on it. He is absolutely right.

:50:53. > :50:56.It was for the video for Leaders of the Free World had monsters that we

:50:56. > :51:02.were shrankishing from the world. They started at the Houses of

:51:02. > :51:06.Parliament. We wanted them to send out a sonic wave over the crowd

:51:06. > :51:12.much we asked a crowd at the festival to do a reverse Mexican

:51:12. > :51:18.Wave like they were ducking a laser beam. It's a terrible video.

:51:18. > :51:22.will go to the news. We will see One Day Like This, it was a magical

:51:22. > :51:25.moment. It was beautiful. We will be back with your questions for

:51:25. > :51:35.Aloe Blacc and loads more music. Elbow, thank you very much. We will

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