Happy Birthday Nick β€οΈ
Don't you think the only thing missing from the #BRITs last night was Best British Group and Best British Album for The Verve and 'Urban Hymns'? Just like in 1998! β€οΈβπ₯ πΈ - Chris Floyd
Which The Verve lyrics mean the most to you?
"What I've found with lyrics is sometimes people's own interpretations are on another level to mine, certainly with things like "The Drugs Don't Work." I found that was the most sensitive tune to start. I realized then, 20 years ago, if I underline with a big marker pen, The Drugs Don't Work equals whatever, then I'm killing it for people." - Richard Ashcroft for Songfacts.
πΈ - Mary Scanlon
"If you take a photograph of four people, the chances that all four are going to look good at that single moment in time are a million to one. And it's the same when four people pick up instruments at the same time." - RA, 1995
TheVerve.lnk.to/ANS
πΈ - Chris Floyd
#theverve #richardashcroft #anorthernsoul
"What bothers me isn't being No. 1, but the things that come with being No. 1... Look at bands that get to this position and see how many get torn apart from the demands put upon them... The constant touring, the obscene (tabloid) mentality in this country, the fight to preserve the integrity of your music." - Richard Ashcroft, 1998, on the night of the Brit Awards π¬π§π
TheVerve.lnk.to/Streaming π· - Dean Chalkley
'I was lying in Central Park... just watching this...the nearest thing to a festival, really, what festivals used to be like, it seemed like to me, this mad expression of life. That was a moment, I'll never forget that ten minutes, fifteen minutes that lasted. And to me it's about now, somehow, I've got to put that moment down onto record...' - Richard Ashcroft for Mean Magazine, 2000 π
#OnThisDay The Verve won British Album of The Year for Urban Hymns and Best Music Video for Bitter Sweet Symphony at the 1998 Brit Awards - honestly what a year! π Is Urban Hymns in your top 10 albums? Stream the best of The Verve now: theverve.lnk.to/SpotifyBestOf
πΌ 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this lifeβ¦
See the official 'Bittersweet Symphony' video fully remastered and now in 4K here:
The Verve are Richard Ashcroft, Nick McCabe, Simon Jones and Pete Salisbury.