Apologies, Pedant Boy ;-)
I'd just like to point out a couple of issue with your post;

Elbow are a band and are therefore in the business of making music. If excellent lyrics are their stock in trade then surely Mr Sweaty Ginger Manc should be a poet. Moreover, I do like some of their songs, just not that one.

How many lyrics did Ludwig write?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 10:41, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Lyrics and poetry are different disciplines though.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 10:45, Reply)

So are Pulp. Or the Beautiful South
no-one's interested in the intracacies of their guitar noodling.

Anyway, that's bollocks. As I said, you can no more dismiss a band for being musically limited but lyrically genius than you can dismiss a classicist for not having lyrics.

Elbow are a band and therefore in the business of making songs, not necessarily great music. The reason he's not a poet is that there is some music, it's just not necessarily the focus of the song.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 10:46, Reply)

oh SHUT UP
you're coming across as a right wanker right now, ITS JUST A BAND
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)

IT'S JUST A SHED.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 12 Jul 2012, 10:48, Reply)