LOTS OF NOSTALGIA VIBES FROM THIS! First Time Reacting to The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Reaction

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Hello, music lovers! Today, we're diving into a quintessential 90s anthem with our first-time reaction to "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve. This track, known for its sweeping orchestral sound and profound lyrics, captures the essence of the era and remains a cultural icon. Join us as we explore the depth and enduring appeal of this powerful song and discover why it still resonates with audiences today.
⭐️ WHAT WE UNCOVER IN THIS VIDEO:
Our immediate reactions to the iconic string section and the poignant vocals of Richard Ashcroft.
Discussing the song's impact on 90s music culture and its complex legal history involving the Rolling Stones.
Reflecting on the themes of existential angst and the search for meaning within the lyrics of "Bitter Sweet Symphony."
Sharing our thoughts on the overall influence of The Verve and this track's place in music history.
🎵 ABOUT THE VERVE & "BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY":
The Verve, a British rock band led by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, released "Bitter Sweet Symphony" in 1997 as part of their album "Urban Hymns." The song became an instant classic, noted for its compelling blend of orchestral music and rock. Despite controversies over songwriting credits, "Bitter Sweet Symphony" has remained a beloved piece of the 90s musical landscape, often regarded as one of the greatest rock songs of the era.
👫 WHO WE ARE:
We're a couple who loves to get lost in music, exploring timeless tracks and the stories behind them. Our channel is all about discovering and discussing the transformative power of music through first-time reactions.
💬 COMMENT BELOW:
What does "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve mean to you?
Are there other iconic tracks from the 90s or other eras that you'd like us to explore?
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@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers 2 месяца назад

I love this song and it's very deep. Even the video has meaning. His walk is a representation of the path of life, the people he encounters are the people and events that we encounter through our lives. The guy with the fridge on a dolly is like a big life altering event that was narrowly avoided. The people he bumped into are the little speed bumps that help shape our lives. The girl in the car is a bad relationship, the car is the large event that he was able to cross and move on from but she didn't move on as easily and followed representing how a love can effect your life long term even after it's ended. The lady he knocked down was like an encounter where he hurt someone else's life in some way and he was recognizing that but still life continues without looking back. The girl that checked him out was like a perfect fling that came and went and left only a fond memory. The car that actually made him pause was a major life event that held him in place for a while, maybe good maybe bad but significant enough to make his life take pause and him looking at his reflection in it's window's was representing him taking that moment of pause to reflect on himself a bit but in the end it too did pass and life continued as always. At the end when the other four followed with him is like the people in your life who are there for the long haul whoever they may be they stick with you till the end while still living their lives respectively.

@hilarymiseroy 2 месяца назад

Urban Hymns is one of my favourite albums. That street in Hoxton looks exactly the same now as it did then. The girl who gets out of the car is Ashcroft's wife.

@jordimoore2167 2 месяца назад

Watch out! This music will change you!

@Acrosstheorangeriver 2 месяца назад

Apparently,the girl in the car is actually his real life wife

@christhrasher9892 2 месяца назад

I love this song. Always tried to find meaning in the video. Ty for sharing brother.

@CheshorcatBeats 2 месяца назад

Well said

@Tan3l6 2 месяца назад

One of my all time favorites. The violin!

@jamielee7943 2 месяца назад

Bittersweet Symphony is my favourite song of all time by far!!! I’ve listened to it a million times & every time I do I feel something different. The magic of music. Richard Ashcroft is a genius who wrote one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. And it will forever be timeless. 🙌 Also Cruel Intentions is a banger movie & the song is used perfectly in it.

@eveyweavy7980 2 месяца назад

Same,million times never sick of it.Reminds me of myself at the time. I always get emotional with this song.

@gushbond 2 месяца назад

Reminds me of Cruel Intentions every time I hear this. ❤

@grimmettcleaningservices7003 2 месяца назад

One of my favorite final songs of a movie. Such a great scene

@mufasa6324 2 месяца назад

Same…

@furryrug5998 2 месяца назад

Movie had a great soundtrack. Takes me back to being a 15 year old ❤

@jasonsteuer2237 2 месяца назад

"Dr King is my Favorite" !!!! LOL

@NickiTwix 2 месяца назад

Iconic 🖤

@noelleone1305 2 месяца назад

The juxtaposition of his unwavering strut and symphonic sound and real life going on around him are quite "magical" and captivating.

@GrahamG76 2 месяца назад

The Urban Hymns album where this song was on is brilliant!

@ericmcnair4083 2 месяца назад

I love Urban Hymns.

@benjamindurand3891 2 месяца назад

Very good album 👌🏻

@Sniper33321 2 месяца назад

Incredible song. 1B views on YT is a testament to that

@killianlpc 2 месяца назад

Richard Ashcroft had great success in U.K and Europe with The Verve. This was a massive hit in late 90s, and was also used in the closing scenes from the cult 1999 film Cruel Intentions starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon.

@thecentralscrutinizer5730 2 месяца назад

Man the end is the ultimate get back!

@Chris.Davis.2 2 месяца назад

Great movie.👍

@arsenalmanic 2 месяца назад

a masterpiece ! one of my all time favs. brings back memories of 90s England. amazing instrumental (a classic) and fantastic richard ashcroft vocals

@j.a.osorio2005 2 месяца назад

Chris Martin from Coldplay has stated that their band was inspired by The Verve and Oasis and U2 to some extent.

@karenglenn6707 2 месяца назад

Richard Ashcroft and Chris Martin are good mates as far as I know.

@jillgehrke 2 месяца назад

Coldplay doing Bittersweet with Richard at live8 is legendary!

@Music-tg5is 2 месяца назад

After their first couple of albums, I don't hear much The Verve or Oasis influence in Coldplay. More like the more poppy side of U2.

@MrBoyneboy 2 месяца назад

I seen Richard Ashcroft live with Liam Gallagher from Oasis last year and they were outstanding . One of the best concerts ive been to in loooong time

@lancerx1759 2 месяца назад

Excellent Band !! Richard Ashcroft is freaking Genius !!!

@user-cs4fg1rm5k 2 месяца назад

His solo work is killer.

@anthonyguadagnino2681 2 месяца назад

Considered by many to be one of the best written songs.

@SgtTechcomDN38416 2 месяца назад

The blonde lady who gets out of the car to argue with Richard Ashcroft is his real life wife and fellow musician Kate Radley, formerly of the band Spiritualized.

@devil_pls 2 месяца назад

this is a monumental song. It has only gotten more fruitful and ellegant as the year have gone by. Its one of those songs that I will always keep deep in my heart

@jacket5456 28 дней назад

They got absolutely shafted by Nike. Robbed The Verve of millions through legal loopholes and bullshit. Nike legitimately bought their success and ended the band. Lots of interesting articles and videos on that.

@rbodee 2 месяца назад

On the soundtrack for "Cruel Intentions", used at the end of the movie.

@theapavlou3030 14 дней назад

Probably the least interesting fact about this monumental classic song 🎉

@kevinrichards2230 2 месяца назад

It was used in the movie Cruel Intentions

@JaneDoe-lq3du 2 месяца назад

I was 17 when this song came out and my dad had just died a little over a year earlier. I was very much living a bittersweet symphony. I have strong memories of where I was and what I was doing when this song was playing.

@jaybourne1185 2 месяца назад

it was used in the classic "what comes around, goes around" scene from the movie "cruel intentions" staring sarah michelle gellar, ryan phillipe and reese witherspoon 😎

@ca9968 2 месяца назад

The whole album that this track is on is ABSOLUTE FIRE!!!! Pure Wordsmithing genius by Richard Ashcroft... One of the best albums released by a British band in the 1990`s!

@j7286 2 месяца назад

I am 68 years old and I have loved this song since it came out! There are a few songs that make me want to turn it up ---- this is one of them (another one is Radar Love, from way back in the day).

@RockinMamaT 2 месяца назад

Yes I'm here guys this is an absolute banger as Phil would say 😂 Yes the beginning was used here in Canada in a commercial ❤

@travismorris9303 2 месяца назад

This song plays heavily in the movie Cruel Intentions which is worth watching if you havent seen it.

@stevenclarke5606 2 месяца назад

You need to cover , the drugs don’t work. It’s a very emotional song, it brings me to tears every time I hear it.

@willfromyadkinville 2 месяца назад

Richard Ashcroft is an amazing writer!

@Chris.Davis.2 2 месяца назад

The people in the video represent obstacles in life and the singer unable to change his direction for the better. Great little song.

@joannparker1977 2 месяца назад

As I read your comment this entire song came together and made sense. I will never see this video the same way again. The metaphors, the symbolism. Thank you.

@Chris.Davis.2 2 месяца назад

@@joannparker1977 You're welcome.✌️

@billydonaldson6483 2 месяца назад

Richard Ashcroft’s song was supposed to have sampled the orchestral cover of “The Last Time.” Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s have since returned the royalties to their rightful owner as they had nothing to do with the orchestral part of the song. “The Drugs Don’t Work” is said to be about Richard’s dad who was dying of cancer. The song “Everybody” is a great song from Richard Ashcroft’s solo career.

@fgrillo29 2 месяца назад

At it's height, this was also used in a series of Nike commercials featuring older people working out. One of them said, "I'm not strong for my age, I'm strong". Terrific ad campaign. This song was everywhere. The video was always on. Constant radio play. HUGE song of the latter 90's. I still play it and still love every second of it.

@sonicart1808 2 месяца назад

The Orchestral hook was actually taken from a Rolling Stones song "The Last Time" performed by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra, I think they lost royalties from the song after they were sued for copyright infringement.....A great song and a good use of a sample though, it was a big hit in the UK. Enjoyed your reactions guys thanks!

@stevenclarke5606 2 месяца назад

Richard Ashcroft, didn’t get any money from the sales of his biggest hit, very recently The Stones actually gave Richard Ashcroft the full rights to the song and repaid all outstanding money

@sonicart1808 2 месяца назад

@@stevenclarke5606 Wow, I didn't know that, thanks for the info Steven!

@joeclark1621 2 месяца назад

The video did this song a lot of justice. Cool reaction.

@neilmcdonald9164 2 месяца назад

Used at a key moment in the film "Cruel Intentions",a modernisation of "Dangerous Liaisons"🎩

@argonwheatbelly637 2 месяца назад

To me, it's a credit track piece. I hate the video, enjoyed the movie.

@Music-tg5is 2 месяца назад

Also, a FAR inferior version of Dangerous Liaisons.

@alexmarin4245 2 месяца назад

Probably, best 90's song! My favourite 90's song! I LOVE IT! GRETTINGS FROM SPAIN!

@thegroovetube3247 2 месяца назад

The Rolling Stones' record label allowed The Verve to use a sample of their song, but the Stones' manager then denied them permission - and so the Stones ended-up getting all the royalties from Bitter Sweet Symphony. When manager died Mick Jagger and Keith Richards gave the rights to The Verve.

@stephenvalente3296 2 месяца назад

Not like the Stones needed the cash in reality!

@MajorLeap-ww6bf 2 месяца назад

@stephenvalente3296 They got very little, it was the publishing rights the Verve got into trouble with and the Stones did not own them, it was the greedy ex manager who got himself a nice lump of money.

@jollyrodgers7272 2 месяца назад

Very deep song. Especially like how they used it in the film CRUEL INTENTIONS (1999). Can't recall any RS song in this. Speaking of true 'rip offs' , sample The Kinks' ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT (1964) with The Doors' HELLO, I LOVE YOU (1968).

@stevegoldy2196 2 месяца назад

Oasis are another great British band from this era worth checking out. Their song "Champagne Supernova" has a really cool vibe like this one and "Supersonic" is another great song of theirs

@3DJapan 2 месяца назад

I saw him sing this live a few years ago. It was great but after the show was cool too. He stayed on stage and chatted with people. Very nice guy.

@annicegrundy5307 2 месяца назад

I’ve followed Richard from his early days right through his solo career… amazing vocalist who I have seen perform live around 10 times… I’m seeing him again this summer ❤❤❤

@stephenvalente3296 2 месяца назад

The song existed a long time before any commercial usage. It's well over 20 years old and hard to imagine anyone not knowing this song.

@argonwheatbelly637 2 месяца назад

You have to remember how young they are.

@candacemay7187 2 месяца назад

You need to react to Ren's version of this!!

@ubaldobarragan898 Месяц назад

Why to make guy feel old I was 17 when this came out, but I remember this from the movie Cruel Intentions and it was on the radio so much

@ukunboxings2242 2 месяца назад

Love this one. That woman who got out the car was his wife apparently.

@craighart9278 2 месяца назад

Ahhh I didn't know that.

@jgali38 2 месяца назад

Great Reaction Sam & Phil! I enjoyed the movie Cruel Intentions (1997)! And this song was really fitting for the closing scenes! This was before Sarah-Michelle Geller started her Buffy The Vampire Slayer series! If y’all saw Cruel Intentions that would be where you definitely would have heard it!🎻 🙏🏻

@williamparrish9954 2 месяца назад

you should do Ren bittersweet symphony the guitar player for the verve like it so much he sent Ren one of his guitars

@prettybullet7728 2 месяца назад

It was on the soundtrack of the movie Cruel Intentions.

@Bennromansince1955 2 месяца назад

liked it, would not skip over this one!!

@Rix.67 2 месяца назад

A classic track🇸🇪

@cyclops60 2 месяца назад

Wonderful song and video! Ren does a great retake of this and the Verve bass player sent him a bass guitar to show his approval! Cheers.

@Renkk17 2 месяца назад

Love this song, this was taken from an old Rolling Stones song, and they had to give up most of their money!

@philipmccarthy6175 2 месяца назад

Just the strings were sampled.

@lesgrice4419 2 месяца назад

Anthemic...simply anthemic.......

@quietwoodworking 2 месяца назад

Sometimes he says I can change and sometimes he said I can't change.

@michaelwiggan7437 2 месяца назад

The best song of the 90's + Classic Music Video!!

@WillLlamas 2 месяца назад

I like that you 2 haven't heard this before.

@mamamac7069 2 месяца назад

Funny you mentioned Cold Play. They did this song live. Also, this song was used for a bit by Nike. I think they dropped it when the copy rights became an issue.

@Sandy-dd4le 2 месяца назад

I bumped into that guy from The Verve the other day......

@barriehull7076 2 месяца назад

The music video was shot in Hoxton, London.

@leeloo4182 2 месяца назад

Ren did a cover of this ( which is really good worth a watch)The Verve gave it the thumbs and the bass player of The Verve sent Ren an electric guitar . What a way to show respect :)

@michaelwhelan2376 2 месяца назад

You might know it from TV Ads. Nike used it. You may have heard it via the Ads. Great stuff as usual from you folks. The Verve are friends with Oasis as well. I was at an Oasis show in NYC and the Verve walked in and the crowd went nuts! They were sitting in the Balcony and Noel told Richard he was a lightweight!! It was insane.

@richardwani2803 2 месяца назад

You might recognise the song from the film cruel intentions it plays at the end

@jason42080 Месяц назад

This Song is also great as a Hype Up song like say just before going/walking in for a job interview or heading over to Relationship Partners place to Breakup with Him or Her face to face

@adam_2539 2 месяца назад

The band is from my town, Wigan❤

@jeffashley5512 2 месяца назад

I remember when this first came out and the hook grabbed you. The video also was unique and stood out at the time. I also remember hearing Space Hog: In The Meantime which also caught my attention. Oh I was 29 in 1997. Lol

@clasmaster1471 2 месяца назад

I’ve always really liked this song. Especially when you’re in that don’t talk to me don’t look at me mood

@thecentralscrutinizer5730 2 месяца назад

Ive loved this song before it was made popular by Cruel Intentions. Soundtrack of my youth ❤

@wendyhart134 2 месяца назад

This songs brings back great memories, i was at university and having a great time , wish i could go back😢

@TZ61 2 месяца назад

I'm walkin' here.

@sdwill66 2 месяца назад

The video was parodied very well in the Football (Soccer) anthem "Vindaloo" By Fat Les.

@intensetornado 2 месяца назад

The movie Cruel Intentions closed with this song

@chop3625 2 месяца назад

Such an awesome song that never tires. Kick ass video too.

@TheCornishCockney 2 месяца назад

Check out next by Richard Ashcroft (The Verve leader and songwriter and the bloke in the vid) The Drugs Don’t Work. Great vibe.

@TheZepp44 2 месяца назад

You know what all the u tube reaction music videos I have seen and not person has checked out Wishbone Ash yet. 🤘

@leewoodard5871 2 месяца назад

You should listen to REN’s retake of this. A glorious love letter to being British.

@felixthecat02 2 месяца назад

Love the post! I love this song, but the video was a slight rip off of Massive Attack's video for 'Unfinished Sympathy'. Keep 'em coming😁

@WDC33 2 месяца назад

Lucky man by them is really good , definitely should give a listen

@jRieg 2 месяца назад

Bars and Barbells, you should really check out Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman. You won't be disappointed.

@cornovii934 2 месяца назад

History is their masterpiece .

@stevenblock9712 2 месяца назад

This song makes the "bittersweet" ending of the movie Cruel Intentions very memorable.

@Ingleborough111 2 месяца назад

On local radio they have an ongoing text in called 'did you meet someone famous' One girl texted in that she was on holiday in Cornwall and the lead singer of the Verve, Richard Ashcroft, was in the same cafe. She said she daren't ask for his autograph, because he looked so intimidating.

@alambyant 2 месяца назад

Do the live version at Glastonbury✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@avanoosterhout8397 2 месяца назад

So funny you associated this with Coldplay. When I went to see Coldplay live for the first time on 7th July 2005, Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) was their support act. Due to massive traffic issues on the way to the venue, as well as on the parking grounds, we walked in when Ashcroft just started the last song of his set: Bittersweet Symphony. It had been a crazy day, due to the bombings that took place in London, earlier that day. Quite early in the concert Chris Martin talked about how they had been trying to reach family and friends back home all day. Credits to Coldplay for still playing a good show that evening, which must have been hard for them.

@user-qj7wg5fh8u 2 месяца назад

It's my ringtone

@jeancoleman6878 2 месяца назад

Mine too

@kinjiru731 2 месяца назад

Always liked this song. It's the only song I know of from the Verve.

@nedrini1055 2 месяца назад

It was actually used in a Nike commercial

@ticnatz 2 месяца назад

From a terrific album....

@mikestanley5919 Месяц назад

Drugs don’t work is a brilliant song by the Verve, it’s about Richard the lead singers mum having cancer.

@LesterM87 2 месяца назад

I discovered this song from the movie Cruel Intentions but ive loved it since then.

@dwood21851 2 месяца назад

The verve not to be confused with the verve pipe, who also has a great song, called the freshman which you guys should check out

@lawaldo87 2 месяца назад

It was an epic scene of the movie Cruel Intentions

@madmark1957 2 месяца назад

As I understand it a court awarded royalties to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and they were added as songwriters. While this was a big deal to the Verve neither Jagger nor Richards was aware of the details of the case. In 2019 they discovered they had been being paid the royalties for the song for years. The situation was rectified and they paid the royalties to the Verve.

@heliotropezzz333 2 месяца назад

I think she gets it more than him. It was meant to be depressing or at the very least cynical. That's the feeling he meant convey about how life is a meaningless struggle for money. I believe this band also wrote a song called 'The Drugs Don't Work' which was about the dying of the lead singer's father in real life from cancer when the drugs meant to relieve the pain stopped being effective.

@jaquettajones 2 месяца назад

This Entire Album is a Gorgeous Time Capsule

@MarcZedex 2 месяца назад

One of the soundtracks of my teenage years

@pedroportalatin6751 2 месяца назад

It's a title track from a movie called cruel intentions

@stevenclarke5606 2 месяца назад

Great movie , with Sarah Michelle Geller

@withrespectmostly4405 2 месяца назад

Beautiful x🌹

@JustMeHere359 2 месяца назад

I thought the Oasis, Richard Ashcroft comment would already be here. Well somebody has to do it so here goes. lol. Oasis dedicated the song Cast No Shadow to The Verve and Richard who were a supporting act at one time.

@fuchsiaswing8545 2 месяца назад

The Verve was easily one of the best live bands of the 1990s.

@JasonMistretta-wf5ip 2 месяца назад

I love this song! I highly recommend that you watch the movie "Cruel Intentions." This song was in the movie at the end and it was PERFECT! "Cruel Intentions" is based a the book/movie "Dangerous Liaisons."

@SJ19_998 2 месяца назад

The Verve is 100% worth it

@SJ19_998 2 месяца назад

The drugs dont work

@SJ19_998 2 месяца назад

Sonnet

@SJ19_998 2 месяца назад

History

@SJ19_998 2 месяца назад

A thousand trees

@SJ19_998 2 месяца назад

Everyday i think of money

@MacIain82 2 месяца назад

Other people explained the symbolism behind the video in other video reactions. The people he bumps into, which looks on purpose, the screaming woman etc, all people he has come into contact with, in his life thus far, symbolises his relationships with them, good or bad. The royalties issue was resolved a few years ago, whereby Richard now receives all royalties from this legendary song from 1997.

@jasonwales6502 2 месяца назад

Always waiting on Massive Attacks Shara Nelson coming round the corner the other way..😀

@user-cs4fg1rm5k 2 месяца назад

Ashcroft made Clark Wallabees popular again because of this video. This song was not popular in the U.S. when released as well as Britpop in general. "Lucky Man" and "The Drugs Don't Work" are also excellent of this album.