It's a great tune, the album wasn't the best but then following up the previous 3 especially after such a gap was always going to be difficult. However I strongly recommend Blue Pacific Ocean from the Forth sessions, it's on You Tube somewhere
That would be marvellous, but about three years ago, just before I ditched Facebook, I spoke to Nick McCabe about the possibility and he said Ashcroft wouldn’t even reply to any of his messages, no matter how many times he reached out to him. According to Nick and Pete it’s something they would love to do. Not sure on Si like
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Bert Reynolds Zane Lowe was the first to debut the song a few nights before Glastonbury but it would be a while yet before the song was a regular on most radio playlists.So whilst not unheard it was still relatively unknown and not the kind of song you usually hear bands ending a Glastonbury set with.
There are many contenders but for me this is pure unadulterated unpretentious rock n roll adding to the fact the it’s a new song makes this the best Glastonbury performance or the epitome of Glastonbury. The delivery of it, the crowd’s reaction, the way the band feeds off of it: sheer artistry.
I'm a huge Oasis fan, seen them live, have all the albums. But The Verve are like Oasis minus the bullshit, minus the Beatles posturing, with 10x the soul. It's a shame Oasis have 7 albums and Verve only have 4.
I don't think they're anything alike, McCabe is adventurous as all hell and a fairly unique guitar player who doesn't tend to play all that many chords or solos yet manages to be a virtuoso with it, Jones' basslines sound like he's listened to a lot funk and hip hop and they don't tend to play the same show twice. Oasis is all chords, solos, does what it says on the tin, people mistake them as the same because Ashcroft is friendly with them and The Verve had a couple of singles that got them bandied into Britpop but that does them a major disservice, they're on a whole different level to that scene, McCabe is a genius.
All these many years and still no as powerful innovative and moving as this original band has created- I wish I had known musicians like this to play with -it’s spiritual- DR
He wasn't comparing him directly as a guitarist, as far as innovation goes Nick McCabe is up there at the top table with Hendrix, Robert Fripp, Kevin Shields and one of his own heroes in John Martyn. Never seen a guitarist quite so happy to improvise and take risks in a live setting, took Ed O'Brien and Jonny Greenwood until they were into their thirties to begin rivalling the sound McCabe was achieving in early Verve shows aged 20-21 and they're brilliant players. McCabe's ambient guitar textures were 20 years ahead of their time, I've yet to hear anyone top it with all the lovely pedals that are around today that make it easier to nail. As far as innovative guitarists go he's up there with the best of them, don't mistake rapid shredding for innovation.
Not to rub it in but I was there , still the only Glastonbury I've been too. It was a lifetime moment being there, it was the first time I herd that song and everytime I hear it it brings me back. Amazing.
This whole album was so different to anything else in 2008, a breath of fresh air, psychedelic, mysterious, rocking. Soundtrack to when you climb mountains
Fucking amazing performance and track - wish I was there but I remember watching it live on TV and going fucking mental even though it was the first time I had heard this this track.
sitting on my balcony, evening sun on my face, aviator sunglasses on (that belonged to my other half of 11yrs, who passed away 3 weeks & 2 days ago)... MOOD music #LoveIsNoise #LoveIsPain #LoveIsTheseBluesThatImSingingAgain #MusicIsPower ✌ THANK YOU RA
For them to close Glastonbury with a brand new song very ambitious but oh boy it worked I remember being glewed to the TV for their entire set so so so good I just wish I could have gotten the chance to see them live but even the second time round alas I didn't maybe one day we can dream
This for me is one of the seminal outro's on the pyramid stage. Absolutely kill the whole set, and has the balls to close-out on this great track (little known at the time)..... Ashcroft's a quality rock-star..
I've had the Verve's greatest hits for awhile now, just started getting into them more recently. Got Fourth and put it on for the first time, when this song came up I almost lost it. I knew I was hearing one of my favorite songs before I even finished it
"I wanna thank you I wanna thank you I wanna thank you I wanna thank you everyone of you everyone of you everyone of you Let´s go out Let´s go out Let´s go out Together Let´s go out Go out Let´s go out Come on! One more time!"
This is the performance you only occasionally get from bands that can truly play.....it's beyond just sounding good, for me it comes from the connection they create with the crowd and how they move people , musically ,lyrically and in performance
chills down my spine everytime i hear this, richard ashcroft is unique there is no won that i think u can compare him with, the guy is just a fucking wizard, long live the verve.
Love; it will not betray you Dismay or enslave you, it will set you free Be more like the man you were made to be There is a design, an alignment to cry Of my heart to see, The beauty of love as it was made to be ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Quien sigue escuchando a esta gran banda the Verve👏👏👍✌🎤☝🎸🎸👂👍👏🎷🎸🎸🎤 saludos cordiales desde chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱👏 a todos los seguidores de la música de the Verve.
"Will those feet in modern times Recognise this world's affliction? Understand this righteous anger? Recognise this world's addiction?" The song by Richard Ashcroft was inspired by William Blake's poem 'And did those feet in ancient time', a tirade against the destruction and injustices caused by the Industrial Revolution. Ashcroft translated it cleverly into a modern tirade against the injustices of globalisation.
Recent performances at Glastonbury are so lackluster compared to this. This was absolute fucking magic. A lot of the crowd didn't even know this song (as it was off their yet to be released new album) and they still went mental. Shows how good The Verve are!
my son went to glasto that year 2 see Jay-Z & saw Verve instead. Said they were achingly brilliant & met Rich Ashcroft as well!! Unfortunately he died soon after so this track & performance are close to my heart xx
i watched this on tv at the time and its the first time ive ever thought.."i wish i was there"...sounding amazing..a proper band doing the headlining slot justice..a real event
i never get tired of this, the voice the voilins everything about it justs mega, fucking brilliant. such a pity they split up again all that talent going to waste.
damn i can't imagine how cool it must have been there :D usually when band play new songs live for the first time, it isn't so good, but it must have been EPIC in this crowd listening to this AMAZING song
Great Britain, such a small island, yet it produces the best bands in the world. Needless to say their sitcoms and humor are also the best in their language. Admirable.
Ashcroft believes music has a soul, he proves that here. Verve are out of this world in this preformance, im glad I seen them days after this at T in the Park.
