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Post by mimmihopps on Sept 20, 2024 4:26:38 GMT -5
Weeping Willow So Sister Sonnet This is Music History The Rolling People Lucky Man So now that Oasis have finally done it, any chance we might see Verve reform and hopefully give us a new album too? C'mon Dicky! |
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Post by Gas Panic on Sept 28, 2024 5:36:36 GMT -5
So now that Oasis have finally done it, any chance we might see Verve reform and hopefully give us a new album too? Oasis reforming has to make The Verve and RAs management think about getting the band back together. Maybe in 2026 once Oasis have had their time in the sun? I would love a new Verve album and tour. |
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Post by matt on Sept 29, 2024 12:05:04 GMT -5
No chance, there's no bigger ego in rock than Ashcroft. Even if he wanted to, not sure the others with their talents and humility would want to put up with him again. Never has such a fantastic band been so hamstrung by one mans egotistical idiocy.
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Post by Officer Jim Kurring on Sept 29, 2024 12:47:32 GMT -5
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Post by glider on Sept 29, 2024 13:04:28 GMT -5
No chance, there's no bigger ego in rock than Ashcroft. Even if he wanted to, not sure the others with their talents and humility would want to put up with him again. Never has such a fantastic band been so hamstrung by one mans egotistical idiocy. Not even ego at this point. It's just pure, unadulterated delusion. His voice is unsalvageable and he plays the "greatest hits of 1995-2002" every show. As for the rest of the guys, Nick continues to release nothing consistently as Black Submarine unfortunately did not pan out. Si helps artists with recording studios and I believe Pete tours with The Charlatans? Just a sad state to what should have been one of the perennial British acts of not just the 90s but also the 2000s. |
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Post by asimarx on Sept 29, 2024 13:33:05 GMT -5
Did anyone notice this new addition to Discogs? A promo cd that was compiled in preparation for their 2004 best of. And even considering everything that has leaked since then, there's 3 or 4 tracks on here I had never heard of (Met Her at a Party, New in Town, Darkside etc.): www.discogs.com/de/release/23924921-The-Verve-Unreleased- |
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Post by Sadie on Sept 29, 2024 13:45:53 GMT -5
No chance, there's no bigger ego in rock than Ashcroft. Even if he wanted to, not sure the others with their talents and humility would want to put up with him again. Never has such a fantastic band been so hamstrung by one mans egotistical idiocy. Not even ego at this point. It's just pure, unadulterated delusion. His voice is unsalvageable and he plays the "greatest hits of 1995-2002" every show. As for the rest of the guys, Nick continues to release nothing consistently as Black Submarine unfortunately did not pan out. Si helps artists with recording studios and I believe Pete tours with The Charlatans? Just a sad state to what should have been one of the perennial British acts of not just the 90s but also the 2000s. Completely agree, it's insane to me how one man with such huge delusions of grandeur can continue to release such shit music |
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Post by glider on Sept 29, 2024 16:14:13 GMT -5
Did anyone notice this new addition to Discogs? A promo cd that was compiled in preparation for their 2004 best of. And even considering everything that has leaked since then, there's 3 or 4 tracks on here I had never heard of (Met Her at a Party, New in Town, Darkside etc.): www.discogs.com/de/release/23924921-The-Verve-Unreleased-When was this added? Says it was compiled in 2004, presumably during the 'This Is Music' compilation. Interesting to know Jalfrezi's real title is Heavy On My Mind. If this is legit, I wonder if those versions of Mover and Muhammad Ali (first name is misspelled on this disc) are the 1995 versions released on the Northern Soul 2016 reissue. Same for Shoeshine Girl and South Pacific on the Storm In Heaven set. So much of this band's material is unreleased and sitting in a drawer somewhere collecting dust at some recording office. |
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Post by glider on Sept 29, 2024 16:16:00 GMT -5
Not even ego at this point. It's just pure, unadulterated delusion. His voice is unsalvageable and he plays the "greatest hits of 1995-2002" every show. As for the rest of the guys, Nick continues to release nothing consistently as Black Submarine unfortunately did not pan out. Si helps artists with recording studios and I believe Pete tours with The Charlatans? Just a sad state to what should have been one of the perennial British acts of not just the 90s but also the 2000s. Completely agree, it's insane to me how one man with such huge delusions of grandeur can continue to release such shit music He actually hasn't released new music since 2018. So now he's just a golden oldies act. |
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Post by Sadie on Sept 29, 2024 16:20:41 GMT -5
Completely agree, it's insane to me how one man with such huge delusions of grandeur can continue to release such shit music He actually hasn't released new music since 2018. So now he's just a golden oldies act. So Natural Rebel was his last album? Jesus christ, talk about going out on a low point (I listened to the album once, hated it and have never listened to it since in all these years) |
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Post by glider on Sept 29, 2024 17:18:28 GMT -5
He actually hasn't released new music since 2018. So now he's just a golden oldies act. So Natural Rebel was his last album? Jesus christ, talk about going out on a low point (I listened to the album once, hated it and have never listened to it since in all these years) It was his last album with new compositions. He had a bad Lennon cover and a "stripped back" Urban Hymns and some solo songs album which are vastly inferior to the originals. |
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Post by Sadie on Sept 29, 2024 17:22:16 GMT -5
So Natural Rebel was his last album? Jesus christ, talk about going out on a low point (I listened to the album once, hated it and have never listened to it since in all these years) It was his last album with new compositions. He had a bad Lennon cover and a "stripped back" Urban Hymns and some solo songs album which are vastly inferior to the originals. Ah yeah I forgot about that! The whole thing reeked of desperation honestly |
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Post by thespiderandthefly on Oct 24, 2024 12:43:42 GMT -5
Sorry if this is a noob question, but does RA play Verve songs at his live shows? I'm new to him/The Verve (only heard Urban Hymns but love it). Aka, will his opening for Oasis likely be a lot of the 90s hits from UH, or recent solo stuff?
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Post by glider on Oct 24, 2024 13:25:45 GMT -5
Sorry if this is a noob question, but does RA play Verve songs at his live shows? I'm new to him/The Verve (only heard Urban Hymns but love it). Aka, will his opening for Oasis likely be a lot of the 90s hits from UH, or recent solo stuff? Expect everything from Urban Hymns that isn't a full band composition "officially". So you'll get BSS, Sonnet, Drugs Don't Work, Space and Time, Lucky Man, and Velvet Morning. He never plays This Time live and that was always more an eclectic band production, same with Weeping Willow. He does play Willow occasionally but like most of his solo versions of these songs, they don't hold a candle to the full power of The Verve's rendition. One Day may get played and it's one of the few versions solo that I think works with just him. At this point in his solo catalog, he only performs his "hits". Expect Song For the Lovers, Music is Power and Break The Night With Colour. He'll also occasionally play On Your Own and History from A Northern Soul. The Urban Hymns numbers are a guarantee however. However just to prepare yourself, his voice is drastically aged and deeper than what you heard on UH. Also the live arrangements are much more generic, and he tends to drag the songs out beyond their original runtimes by several minutes in an incoherent jam for some reason, loves doing that to Sonnet which never works. Hope this helps. |
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Post by morning_rain on Oct 28, 2024 10:38:06 GMT -5
All in the mind
This is Music
Blue
Rather Be
Slide Away
Gravity Grave
6 O'clock
BitterSweet Symphony
Star Sail
Butterfly
Also I wouldn't say it's one of my favourite songs but I listen to The Thaw Session a lot, they still had that magic.
I've never noticed how much I prefered the first album. The more they leaned towards britpop the less interesting they where for me (with some exceptions).
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Post by glider on Oct 28, 2024 11:02:29 GMT -5
All in the mind This is Music Blue Rather Be Slide Away Gravity Grave 6 O'clock BitterSweet Symphony Star Sail Butterfly Also I wouldn't say it's one of my favourite songs but I listen to The Thaw Session a lot, they still had that magic. I've never noticed how much I prefered the first album. The more they leaned towards britpop the less interesting they where for me (with some exceptions). Great list. All In The Mind is underrated even by the hardcore fans. Whipping vortex of sound that uses the loud-quiet-loud formula. |
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Post by Casino Boogie on Oct 31, 2024 15:23:51 GMT -5
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Post by niftium on Oct 31, 2024 15:38:03 GMT -5
I figured the latter, unless RA got the idea to do something fancy for ANS's 30th from DM. I've already got that box, dang it. Re-release the ASIH box! |
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Post by resurrection89 on Oct 31, 2024 17:14:33 GMT -5
Mixed feelings about the Verve TBH. On one hand I love some of their songs, on the other, they always depress me. Even on their “happier” songs like “this time”. Half of me likes them, half of me makes me not wanna play them. In fact I very rarely do. Oasis and the stone roses have an intensively positive vibe about them, the verve just don’t
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Post by glider on Oct 31, 2024 20:24:05 GMT -5
This was posted on the Northern Souls forum...do with it what you will....  And yes, the site is legit. The official account posted about it a week ago: Whatever is happening, using Brian Cannon's She's A Superstar single neon sign makes me hopeful for new non-UH material.  |
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Post by niftium on Nov 1, 2024 7:17:29 GMT -5
So I'm confused. The singles album is being re-released (...meh). But the link takes me to Amazon rather than the soon-launching official band store. Do non-US residents get the same thing?
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Post by Manualex on Nov 1, 2024 8:11:35 GMT -5
Originally released in November 2004, This is Music: The Singles, is a compilation album by English alternative rock band The Verve: Richard Ashcroft (vocals), Pete Salisbury (drums), Simon Jones (bass) and Nick McCabe (guitar).
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of an album that has never been pressed on vinyl and, under the group’s direction, this long overdue reissue houses the powerful singles from the band’s 2008 reunion album, Forth - ‘Love Is Noise’ and ‘Rather Be’ – as well as including their second single ‘She’s A Superstar’ (1992) in its original, full-length, eight-and-a-half-minute form. As such, the album now represents the complete story of The Verve’s singles.
Tracklisting
LP1 Side A
This is Music
Slide Away
Lucky Man
History
LP1 Side B
She's A Superstar
On Your Own
Blue
Sonnet
LP2 Side C
All In The Mind
The Drugs Don't Work
Gravity Grave
LP2 Side D
Bitter Sweet Symphony
Love Is Noise
Rather Be
Edit, this tracklist is vinyl only. The CD has the old one with Monte Carlo and This Could Be My Moment
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Post by Casino Boogie on Nov 1, 2024 9:13:52 GMT -5
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Post by niftium on Nov 1, 2024 9:23:49 GMT -5
Edit, this tracklist is vinyl only. The CD has the old one with Monte Carlo and This Could Be My Moment Further taking a page out of the Ignition playbook, someone had to choose between Dusty Drawer #1 (unreleased studio tracks, live recordings, demos, etc.) or Dusty Drawer #2 (where all of the CD copies of "This is Music" went to die 20 years ago) and said "Fuck me, there's money to be made out of #2 for sure!" |
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Post by quantum on Nov 1, 2024 11:08:05 GMT -5
So I'm confused. The singles album is being re-released (...meh). But the link takes me to Amazon rather than the soon-launching official band store. Do non-US residents get the same thing? I'm in the UK, and the shop link takes me to their (Shopify) store and not Amazon. |
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