The Verve - All Ways Are Maybes 

Listen to "Mona Lisa" by The Verve, a previously unheard track that was originally on Forth before being taken off the album shortly before release, here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZBikYkasauw.html

"That moment when" a band's B-sides in '97 are better than anything that's on the radio today.

"You don't know if you should stay put, sink, swim or dive." I feel that.

This band has a hidden treasure chest of unreleased stuff... bless them

Pete Salisbury has never gotten the kudos that he deservers for his unbelievable drumming skills on all of the Verves songs. This is just one more example of the technical skill and ability to grasp the needs of the song with his rhythm patterns. Damn Sabo....You nailed it. You are truly an inspiration to me and definitely deserved recognition in ModernDrummer back in 94 after you killed it on A Northern Soul.

One of the greatest bands of all time

This is the frontier of modern Britpop laid out by the verve in the late 90's that Coldplay and other harnessed to make the great music of the 00's. The Urban Hymns session is of the most important sessions in British music.

How did this tune NOT make it on Urban Hymns? This is a beast!!!!

This Song "All ways Are Maybes" is an absolute savior for me in 2020! Thank you VERVE!!!!!

I wish I was in the Verve back in the 90's.

Through the mornings of my despair I saw a crack of light I had to blink to see it there All heaven was shining in A new direction Keeping me, keeping me in All ways are maybes We never make up our mind When all ways are maybes You don't know if you should Stay put, sink, swim or die You don't know if you should Stay put, sink, swim or die A new direction is calling me I left my will on the heat of the whispered trees All you got is what you own Oh your words that I slowly burn All ways are maybes Why should I make up my mind All ways are crazy Stuck at the crossroads You just eat, sleep, drink and die Stuck at the crossroads You just eat, sleep, drink, get high Who are you and why you cry? Who are you and why you smile? I wanna learn to love, I hope that you try Who are you and why you cry? Why don't, why don't, why don't you cry Yeah yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah All ways are maybes Why should I make up my mind All ways are maybes Stuck at the crossroads You just eat, sleep, drink, get high Who are you and why you cry? Ah, who are you and why you smile? Who are you and why you cry?

Reminiscent if their early space songs, but with a heavier pop edge. One of the best bands ever!!! None of their stuff is bad!!!!!

So much meaning in their songs.... you don't find these kind of tunes anymore. such a shame😢😢😢

I really love music..In my country there was a war when The Verve released their first two albums..Somehow I missed them in that period and only recently I discovered them..And now I enjoy their music a lot..And the war is over...Brilliant..

“I left my will on the heat of the whispered trees…”

Such a great band, and a great song! The Verve needs to make a comeback!

Fucking hell, this band, just blows my mind, fucking incredible.

This song is just ridiculous...how did I sleep on these guys for twenty plus years?

Straight up…. My fave 1:26 uk band of all time . Their b sides smoke asssssss…. Richard and the boys just kill it … long live the verve … you don’t know music if you don’t know the verve ….,2023 legends 4 eva

Amazing! One of the all time great bands! Nick McCabe is a genius musician. Ashcroft, time to put the failed solo career on the shelf and make REAL music with the Verve again! Be great again!

Unheard hymns.

This song is brilliant. Very interesting, how guitar loop, synchronized with drum loop became one of their most underrated unreleased songs.

I'm hammered and this song now make a lot of sense without being debauchery

One of the great rhythm sections, guitarists and egomaniacs.

Could have been a hit single.

Never heard this before! Richards vocals were SO good at this point... I'm already trying to sing along 3 listens in...

Banger

As usual good tune made great by Nick

Love the flow and melodies in this track

Music for floating away on a cloud with no regrets!

RA can never pretend he is as good as the verve - just listen to nick on this 😎

Damn this band keeps amazing me. I think Richard is the TRUTH, his music is astral travel with musical notes intertwined.

Such a good track!

Oasis and The Verve. Masters of b-side/unreleased tracks eclipsing album tracks.

a gift of a day!!!! thank you soooo much

My second favorite (after Jalfrezi) and totally worth the wait! It's great to see how the sound of the band was evolving towards the end of the Urban Hymns sessions, and if these two songs were a hint about the sound from the post-UH album, it could be their best album, imo!

This is music..

The Verve! Forever! SO GOOD!!!!

Terrific track...wish they'd get back. Keep 'em coming 🐋🚀

Who downvoted this? Oh, the humanity!

Woohoo I love this

oh man, those unreleased tracks always blowing my mind, sooooooo cool

14 LOST SOULS , Epic track!

Hidden gem

Great finds, StarSailing! Thank you so much for this collection of "new" songs! --- Keep it going ;)

Fantastica.non smettete mai di sorprendere.voce inimitabile.genio assoluto

A new decade,the radio played and the sounds we made!

They just make fucking brilliant music together , despite all the bitterness. Surely the Roses could have made 1 last album in the 5 year they were back together ?

I consider this song exceptionally album worthy...shame it didn’t end up on one. The theme is quite introspective. Comforts me to know that others ponder their indecisiveness, too.

Best alternative band ever.

Thanks a lot for sharing these! I love this song the most out of them. Hypnotising.

Anyone who has access to the other songs unreleased from these sessions, please share with us ever loving Verve fans! Tina Turner Sweet and Sour Wednesday Madness Jalfrezi Original Insanity King Riff 2

Excellent song!!! Nothing else needs to be said.

You know what it is - Verve

Lyrics: Through the mornings of my despair I saw a crack of light , I had to blink to see it there All heaven was shining in A new direction , Keeping me, keeping me in All ways are maybes , We never make up our mind When all ways are maybes , You don't know if you should Stay put, sink, swim or die A new direction is calling me , I left my will on the heat of the whispered trees All you got is what you own , Oh your words that I slowly burn All ways are maybes , Why should I make up my mind All ways are crazy , Stuck at the crossroads You just eat, sleep, drink and die Who are you and why you cry? Who are you and why you smile? I wanna learn to love, I hope that you try Who are you and why you cry? All ways are maybes , Why should I make up my mind All ways are maybes , Stuck at the crossroads You just eat, sleep drink, get high Who are you and why you cry? Ah, who are you and why you smile?

This could of easily made “Forth”. So good! You can tell they put some time mixing it... a front runner...

It’s obvious why RA didn’t want these added to the deluxe version is simple. His own ego claimed UH was mostly his own work and his first truly solo album. Probably didn’t want the rest of the band receiving loyalties for these forgotten tracks.

What the Verve's fourth album after Urban Hymns would have sounded like! (If they didn't break up). Amazing

Love this stuff

Amazing track. Why the hell didn't they release this?

The verve. Are the bomb 💣

Mad Richard wouldn't allow this on the UH deluxe... Grr!

WAW JUST WAW

Too bad this track isn't included in the new box set.

Nick McCabe was going to add this song with other songs from a CD never released to the deluxe urban hymns but it was mr Ashcroft that put a stop to it...

3.29 reminds me of 8 ball by underworld...love the verve

The drums on 3:47 are awesome!

MAGNIFIQUE MORCEAU QUE JE NE CONNAISSAI PAS SUPERBE DU PUR JUS MAGNIFICA SONG I DON'T KNOW AND NEVER LITENED SUPERB PURE JUICE

i wonder how do they come up with such music...

i left my will on the heat of the whispering trees...

I'm amazed at the quality of sound, considering no main source officially released this as of yet

Would really like to get Richard Ashcroft's thinking on why he vetoed the release of these tracks in the latest UH reissue

Sadly Ashcroft can't see he needs Nick, Si and Pete. Compare this to the dross on natural rebel

Urban hymns by urban hims

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Why have I never heard this before

And life love you

💗

This sounds Lucky Man

Waiting for more I get start dreaming

See u this week.

Ich mag the verve

Urban hymns B sides

This, all night long, blue pacific ocean pisses on any ashcroft solo stuff

seems like catching the butterfly may have evolved from this musically. this is a great tune though. could have been a single!

i miss them!! so they're still together?

Why its not on spotify 😪😪😪

Nick's lines on the chorus are reminiscent of Talk Talk. Taphead, maybe? Not sure which tune.

Anybody have the lyrics of this song ... is for a show in my classroom

Another unreleased demo: Oh SIster - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZgBxWZcQtqc.html

See u soon love to go to gog woth u lot

Tu rayon en my ohala tu crayon se cayo cristen. Y no halo tu hola ..my suit..my hablar

Another demo - Wednesday Madness ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G2XcSyOKPZU.html

Chords ?

I know why they didnt released all these song in that time: because they knew we're gonna need them now, in this non-music times. All i can say is THANK YOU THE VERVE====

As great as this tune is , I can see why it was left off the album. It’s too similar in melody to Lucky Man. Having two songs so similar in tempo and sound wouldn’t have been a great idea at the time.

G, D, Asus2, same chords as Lucky Man, maybe why it wasn't released.

great song, but i think Tina Turner is the best :)

Ripping off Bargain by the Who at the beginning nicely done

Richard looks evil lol