It’s great. The only way anyone could criticise it would be to say it’s a little bit like “Life’s what you make it” by Talk Talk. Both are excellent imho.
Yes, McCabe was undoubtedly a fantastic guitarist. Yes, Ashcroft had a great voice and wrote great lyrics. But listen to that rhythm section on this? OOF! Really tight, really powerful and very groovy. They wouldn't have been the same band without those 2 lads.
This is the Verve I love - McCabe is on some different s.h.i.t!!!! next level guitar playing -funky, sky scrapping and melodic. Then you go Simon's super groove baseline and Ashcroft ridding it all with his mystic meandering baritone...... f*cking special I tells ya!!!
Placid Casual yeah. Totally mystic and different level of musicianship. Oasis and radiohead be damned. The verve were on their own and got shoved into britpop land. They werent even a part of the scene other than the 'hit' song. But they lifted the game and made everyone better. Ashcroft is a uniquely gifted singer songwriter that comes once in a life. Mccabe is so underrated its laughable. Such is life.
I couldn't have said it better. I respect the talent (or lack) of the other bands, but Verve were on another level. And live, when they were at their best, they were untouchable!
@@geraintgriffiths5711 so true...I keep coming back time and again to listen to this "Bloody Masterpiece". I wonder if Richard Ashcroft realises how how brilliant a moment this was! How brilliant Nick McCabe is!
WOW...............lyrics.......bass line........guitar........I remember this song in my life 1996. Time it slips away, pace yourself young ones. You don't need drugs to over come the deceit of this world. Discover god through music, early morning birds, spontanious kindness, night skys and written words
fruitycolax When Be Here Now came out in August it got poor reviews pretty much across the board and was seen as a big anti climax after the build up. Then when Urban Hymns came out in September, it blew everyone away, and the Verve were seen as the number one band in Britain all the way through until they split in summer '98. When they played Haigh Hall in Wigan in May '98, that was like their version of Oasis at Knebworth or the Roses at Spike Island.
It’s mad how they played life’s an ocean really as it was never one of their mainstream songs. It does however highlight each musician at the peak of their powers
This is absolutely stunning. Why didn't the Verve get the attention they deserve in the US? There is unbelieveable intelligence, complexity, and skill in this band. Maybe it takes a more sophisticated musical appreciation taste to understand how great this performance is. Twitter, Facebook, blog them, or whatever .... this is head and shoulders above the music we are spoon feed by the music industry. This is one american who repents for not giving the Verve they attention they deserve.
Nick Mcabe - Like having a genius octopus with 4 guitars in your band. Verve were the best band of the 90's. They should have been the best band ever. No other band could play live as a unit like they could
I saw them support Oasis at Earls Court in the year this performance was on tv,and they stole the night from them,was a week before UH was released aswell.Unreal
“Nick McCabe coaxed gorgeous, shimmering wodges of sound from his instrument while exuding all the enthusiasm of a man waiting for a bus." That’s a quote from a reviewer who attended a Verve gig in the US in 1993. The quote was intended as a criticism that Nick was visually uninteresting to watch on stage. But I love the quote all the same because it describes Nick’s playing style to a T. On stage, he’s visually understated, but his sound is anything but.
As a hard core The Verve fan - I'm so glad that time start to shape the greatness of this band. This band and Pink Floyd the best live bands i've ever heard/saw. Cheers ✊🏻
My favourite song of all time and always will be! Best version ever! I will be listening to this over and over til I'm old and grey :D. (God help the other people in the old peoples home when I'm blasting this out! ha ha ha!) xxx
fahucks sake this is soon good. mcabe firing on all cylinders and ashcroft flying off the back of him. unbelievable - greater than the sum of their parts when they played together.
I recorded this back in the 90's and have watched it in excess of 500 times. Easily. I've probably watched it on RU-vid 30 times in the last month lol. An amazing performance. Listen to the applaud they get after, fantastic. The only guitarist I've heard make love to a guitar like that is Hendrix :-)
F! That is soooo good." there's something inside of meeeeee, crying out for something else....and if someone here's my screams, well...put it in a letter to me......" F that is good!
Yes indeed, and it's always at this point into the performance, where I as a guitarist myself, burst out in laughter out of sheer astonishment about this pure brilliancy these guys and especially McCabe delivered here. To be able to play with sounds like that, flawless, in a constant stream of emotion, going for the kill everytime, without any fear, pushing himself further out with every note he plays. You'd think "well, he's a damn risky player, he's gotta make some mistakes from time to time", but nah, he just nails every sound he's going for. I mean, just to be able to think of that 'purr'.. The cherry on top of the icing, on top of an already super delicous masterpiece of a dessert. It's freaking ridicouless, it is to me the pinnacle of what you can archieve as a musician, not just as a guitarist. No one comes even close to that level of soundscaping.
Wow I swear you keep getting better the older I get. Love you more and more as the years go by. What a fantastic beautiful, poetic song. Words can't describe what that song does to me like so many more of your songs. Eternally grateful for the memories. Will be a fan until the day I leave this earth. 😚
Life's an ocean Too much commotion Too much emotion Dragging me down Living for today Don't have time to pray Ready for the game Take a line of fickle flame Imagine the future Woke up with a scream I was buying some feelings From a vending machine Say that I will see Something more than I have There's something inside of me Crying out for something else And if someone hears this scream Put it in a letter to me Slippery slidey road down Slippery slidey road down Slippery slidey road down Slippery slidey road down Life's an ocean Too much commotion Not enough emotion To satisfy me Slippery slidey road down It's slippery slidey road down Hold my hand and we'll walk down Dry those eyes and we'll walk down Slippery slidey road down Slippery slidey road down Life's an ocean Life's an ocean Too much commotion Too much emotion
It just doesn't matter how many times I play this record or watch this version it just gets fucking better & better every time. This band are absolutely fucking light years ahead of every one. COME ON THE ROLLING PEOPLE!!!! Legends.
Truly amazing performance. Life's an Ocean, Gravity Grave and Velvet Morning are getting me through all night dissertation writing. Fuckin' outstanding
No competition. Oasis = average pub rock Beatles covers band. Verve = best voice and lyricist of his generation. Most inventive guitarist since Marr. And the drummer and bass player weren't no slouches either.
After splitting up in 95' this was the chance to show to the nation how good a band they were, the critics were unsure and after Bittersweet symphony they had to perform to get the credit they deserve, and they did just that in spectacular fashion. This performance is just unbelievable, The Verve at their best. Everyone clicks and Ashcroft, when McCabes solo kicks in gets lost in it all. An amazing performance.
