'Slide Away', 'Virtual World', 'Blue' and 'Already There' taken from the album 'A Storm In Heaven' when they were known simply as 'Verve'. Recorded for TV programme 'The Beat' in 1993.
This is The Verve for me, not the britpop pap that followed. At the time, no-one sounded like this... they modernised psychedelic rock for a new generation.
Verve at their very best - I was at this gig. Big fan. Saw them live several times in the early days (‘92/‘93) at the Brixton Academy, Windsor Old Trout, New Cross Venue and Camden Town Hall. Also Glastonbury ‘93 and Earl’s Court ‘97. Blew my mind - still love this stuff all these years later.
Went to see Smashing Pumpkins at barras in Glasgow about 93 and this lot supported them. Needless to say they played like they were the headline act and blew us all away. This takes me right back. Early 90s was such a great time. Memories indeed.
Ian Mcilwraith yes so did I in Cambridge I fell in love and went out and brought the Album. In fact I enjoyed them more than the pumpkins . Good times .
It blows me away how huge this band sounds. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw that all of this was coming from just *one* guitar. Absolutely amazing sound, and it's NOT easy to pull this kind of thing off live.
If I was a journalist back in 1993, I'd say Ashcroft is like a preacher from a gospel glee chanting the truths of his own world in between pills and thrills. Yet this is just beautiful and something is deeply wrong about you if you think it's not.
BLUE is their first Song we Got The chance to Hear in South América, and they Sound like any other Band from The 90's . Richard Ashcroft's Voice is Awesome
It’s Saturday morning, I’m watching these beautiful images, hearing These beautiful sounds. Anything can happen today, amazing morning vibe, can’t wait to play it tonight in the dark
Saw them at Lollapalooza that year (93) - opening act side stage maybe 100 people watching them - was front center because my friend was really into the album. Glad I got to see them at that time.
Back end of 2020 here suffering one plandemic lock down after another and hearing early 90s live Verve reminds me of what it used to feel like to be alive. 'Already there' is a lost underwater treasure.
Verve circa 1992-1993 were the coolest band of that decade. This era of the Verve was the band at their psychedelic peak. The early singles/B-sides (All in the Mind, One Way to Go, Man Called Sun, She's a Superstar, Feel, Gravity Grave, Endless Life) and Storm in Heaven were the high, while Northern Soul and Urban Hymns were the inevitable crash.
Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with you, there were some wonderful gems "hidden" in the 2 albums that you trash here... (albeit derivative of the early stuff....hahaha)
@@jamesevans7334 Im with you Jim, A Northern Soul was great too. Urban Hymns is good too just a bit long on the ballads and short on space jams. My favorite Verve songs are Blue , A New Decade, Slide Away and Weeping Willow.
Flippin hell, you... this.... made my fuckin day. I don't have to live with grainy half takes anymore - thank you so very very much Roy. You sir are a flippin legend.
In a hundred years some video archaeologist will unearth this gem and be knocked to the floor as I and so many others have been by this otherwordly seventeen minutes
True, this looks like best thing on youtube. I have revisited this so so many times and been in awe every single time. Also feel so lucky to stumble upon this. Nothing compares to this, not even their other concerts, which are just as perfect but this is magic.
Hope it's OK to belatedly offer heartfelt thanks for this unadulterated nostalgia-fest ... Next best thing whilst we wait around for time machines! And a true holy relic from a sadly-departed time. These are the years I'll head back to first in my first go on a time machine anyway. Would love also to go back to the Phoenix Festival the year after this vid, and try working out what was up with Ashcroft that day. Recall being just the wrong side of elegantly wasted to quite believe what happened. The maddest 'Mad Richard' episode I ever saw, at the end of their gig, just before Spiritualized... Ashcroft diving over Salisbury's cymbals for a full-bore scrap with him, that was NOT just for dramatic effect - with McCabe looking pretty disgusted. This right at the time, post-'Storm in Heaven', that the metamorphosis started that made them the mutant commercial-success machine they later were for awhile. I never quite recovered from the anguish and horror of hearing A Northern Soul for the first time - NOT the same band anymore... And can't help now wondering if even in 1994, the sheer ego, and signs of future dismal pop balladry were already beginning to fester and multiply inside Ashcroft - maybe causing the kind of band-disharmony on show that day. Also kind of wish he hadn't run off with Jason Pierce's 'Radley-woman', not much later. It was tough to see the effect it had on Jason, my No1 guitar-hero back then. Thanks again for unearthing good memories, anyway...
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that the 92-94 Verve were the best live band ever. World-beating rhythm section. Front man who both puts on a show and can really sing. And Nick McCabe ... Christ. How does he do that? The whole mighty-cathedral-John-Leckie-produced sound with just one Gibson epiphone or whatever and some pedals. That is some dark magic.
@@averyadrian1534 Cast No Shadow is on ‘What’s the story, morning glory’. It was Noel’s song about/dedicated to Richard to repay him for writing Northern Soul, which was about/for Noel. Really lovely gestures which show a huge amount of respect and genuine connection they had between them at that point in time, .
Hey Roy Grove thanks for posting this video man! It is some of my favorite songs live onstage & you can't get better than that! There is no other band I love to chill & drift away in my mind with more than the Verve. Richard Ashcroft is still great & I loved them back then to get a high feeling from his voice & the guitar! It still carries me away...so I can stay out of my own head in a way....well some of you know or you wouldn't be here listening to this!
The entire broadcast is bloody brilliant! They wasted precious years by breaking up after almost each album in my opinion, still one of my all time favourite British bands ever, and a fabulous live act... I wish I could see and hear them again performing just once more...
These guys were always far superior to the Pumpkins and do should have been the main act! Thanks for posting this and glad I've come across it - the good old days eh?! ;)
+iggypopisgod9 met him in tescos randomly. dropped my change on the floor, bent down to pick it up and another hand was there first. looked up it was him. i nearly fell to pieces. he took me shopping round telcos and shared some stories. totally lived up to my expectations.
Love the Verve been following there stuff on utube for years. Love all the very early stuff very melodically put across. Fantastic to wstch there growth to success with Urban Hymns 👏
O diretor de cena dessa produção tava brabo com o baixista e com o guitarra base e eles pouco apareceram. Me conta aí se eles apareceram no final. Fora isso foi um grande registro de vídeo de uma das melhores bandas de todos os tempos. The Verve influenciou muita gente.
i wonder that too. Going by the lyrics of the song I'd probably agree with you. Although Blues in the UK are normally associated with downers/Valium which is rather confusing. That said "Spike danced for ten days long"........ I think it is fair to say that this is a song maybe about 'E'
Just discovered this and yeah got to agree he probably blew out his voice way too young but wow what a performance. McCabes guitar sends shivers up my spine. What a band they were. I was fortunate to see them when they reunited and played T in the Park back in 2008 and as good as they were they had maybe just lost a bit of that edge/rawness that comes out in this performance.
I've seen a lot of bands, I also knew the verve - more or less one song-bss...but they were much more-a pity, I didn't notice that at the time, otherwise I would have seen them live-also because of nick mccabe...
*The Verve: No.1 The Best Band In The Whole World That No One Ever Heard Of For Years No.2 Until They Had A Hit Song That Didn't Sound Like What Made Them So Incredible- Their Mind Blowing Psychedelic Other Worldly Sound- THE Best Psychedelic Band Of ALL TIME.* *And now 20+ years later, NONE of that has been resolved and most people don't even know all of the Pre-Bitter Sweet Symphony material and don't care. THE most frustrating rock band cluster fuck situation ever and most people STILL don't know they've never heard the best band ever, especially in the U.S.* *I try to explain it to people and it's practically impossible. Then on top of all of THAT, you try to play the best of Verve to people (all of the Pre-Bitter Sweet Symphony material) and most females say, "This is making me sleepy, it's too 'dreamy,'" and most guys say, "Uh, I don't get it, Dude, let's watch some football."* *It's clear that I am in a completely different zone mentally & spiritually from 98% of people I meet. Maybe that's why this drearily predictable world SUCKS so much for me.*
I totally agree with u bro. I'm from India . And I too try to explain to people here how great a band The Verve were. Seems like a very rare percentage of people seems to love their music. It's sick.
Any of you fine people know where this was recorded? Seen Verve support the Pumpkins in Brixton Academy, looks & sounds like that particular gig....BTW Pumpkins were brave to follow an act like this....breathtaking stuff....
+Brendan Neary I know what you mean Brendan, I saw the same tour at Wolves Civic, it was the 'Siamese Dream' tour. When the Verve were playing you would have thought they were the headliners - the whole crowd were with them. The Pumkins got the same response plus a bit more. It was one of those very rare gigs where you get an awesome live band supported by another awesome live band. What a night !
Agreed Roy, but you know what - if I listen to Storm In Heaven now it still sounds fresh and timeless - can't say the same thing for Siamese Dreams, nowadays sounds turgid, formulaic indie rock of its day......
