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Mar 7, 2016 16:12:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 16:12:23 GMT -5
Can anybody recommend me some good Verve songs? I know most of the big ones (The Rolling People, This Is Music, Bittersweet Symphony etc.) but not much else as I've never gotten round to giving all of their albums a proper listen, bar Urban Hymns.
Really digging No Come Down at the moment.
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Post by The Escapist on Mar 7, 2016 16:37:39 GMT -5
Can anybody recommend me some good Verve songs? I know most of the big ones (The Rolling People, This Is Music, Bittersweet Symphony etc.) but not much else as I've never gotten round to giving all of their albums a proper listen, bar Urban Hymns. Really digging No Come Down at the moment. Just listen to A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul. Both are absolutely killer, particularly the former IMO. A fifteen-or-so long playlist would be almost as long as listening those records anyway  If you just need a quick fix, though: 1. Star Sail 2. Slide Away 3. History 4. Gravity Grave 5. Life's an Ocean 6. Blue 7. See in the Next One (Have a Good Time) |
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Mar 7, 2016 16:52:59 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 16:52:59 GMT -5
Can anybody recommend me some good Verve songs? I know most of the big ones (The Rolling People, This Is Music, Bittersweet Symphony etc.) but not much else as I've never gotten round to giving all of their albums a proper listen, bar Urban Hymns. Really digging No Come Down at the moment. Just listen to A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul. Both are absolutely killer, particularly the former IMO. A fifteen-or-so long playlist would be almost as long as listening those records anyway If you just need a quick fix, though: 1. Star Sail 2. Slide Away 3. History 4. Gravity Grave 5. Life's an Ocean 6. Blue 7. See in the Next One (Have a Good Time) Cheers, I already know Slide Away well but the others aren't very familiar to me. Nothing from their fourth album worth listening to then? |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 7, 2016 16:55:00 GMT -5
Can anybody recommend me some good Verve songs? I know most of the big ones (The Rolling People, This Is Music, Bittersweet Symphony etc.) but not much else as I've never gotten round to giving all of their albums a proper listen, bar Urban Hymns. Really digging No Come Down at the moment. Lord I Guess I'll Never Know (b-side) Butterfly So It Goes No Knock On My Door Reprise This Could Be My Moment The Mover |
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Post by carlober on Mar 7, 2016 16:56:02 GMT -5
Just listen to A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul. Both are absolutely killer, particularly the former IMO. A fifteen-or-so long playlist would be almost as long as listening those records anyway If you just need a quick fix, though: 1. Star Sail 2. Slide Away 3. History 4. Gravity Grave 5. Life's an Ocean 6. Blue 7. See in the Next One (Have a Good Time) Cheers, I already know Slide Away well but the others aren't very familiar to me. Nothing from their fourth album worth listening to then?Most of Forth is really good imho I'd suggest Rather Be, Valium Skies and Appalachian Springs. |
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Post by Lennon2217 on Mar 7, 2016 16:56:40 GMT -5
Just listen to A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul. Both are absolutely killer, particularly the former IMO. A fifteen-or-so long playlist would be almost as long as listening those records anyway If you just need a quick fix, though: 1. Star Sail 2. Slide Away 3. History 4. Gravity Grave 5. Life's an Ocean 6. Blue 7. See in the Next One (Have a Good Time) Cheers, I already know Slide Away well but the others aren't very familiar to me. Nothing from their fourth album worth listening to then? Love Is Noise (Highly Recommend) Rather Be The Mover (bonus song) |
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Post by jupi on Mar 7, 2016 17:05:24 GMT -5
Just listen to A Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul. Both are absolutely killer, particularly the former IMO. A fifteen-or-so long playlist would be almost as long as listening those records anyway If you just need a quick fix, though: 1. Star Sail 2. Slide Away 3. History 4. Gravity Grave 5. Life's an Ocean 6. Blue 7. See in the Next One (Have a Good Time) Cheers, I already know Slide Away well but the others aren't very familiar to me. Nothing from their fourth album worth listening to then? Apart from the songs the posters before me mentioned, Sit and Wonder is ace! By the way what you guys think about this live session from 2008? IMHO it's The Verve as good as it ever got. Absolutely solid performance but unfortunately it's not in HQ. :/ |
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Post by carlober on Mar 7, 2016 17:10:11 GMT -5
Cheers, I already know Slide Away well but the others aren't very familiar to me. Nothing from their fourth album worth listening to then? Apart from the songs the posters before me mentioned, Sit and Wonder is ace! By the way what you guys think about this live session from 2008? IMHO it's The Verve as good as it ever got. Absolutely solid performance but unfortunately it's not in HQ. :/ That performance is mind-blowing. Unfortunately I've never seen it in higher res, what a shame. |
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The Verve
Mar 7, 2016 17:48:51 GMT -5
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Post by mystoryisgory on Mar 7, 2016 17:48:51 GMT -5
A Storm in Heaven < A Northern Soul < Morning Glory
Just sayin'.
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Mar 7, 2016 17:49:23 GMT -5
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Post by Norbert Gallhager on Mar 7, 2016 17:49:23 GMT -5
Cheers, I already know Slide Away well but the others aren't very familiar to me. Nothing from their fourth album worth listening to then? Apart from the songs the posters before me mentioned, Sit and Wonder is ace! By the way what you guys think about this live session from 2008? IMHO it's The Verve as good as it ever got. Absolutely solid performance but unfortunately it's not in HQ. :/ I just watched this quite recently and it made me realise once again what a shame it is that the band split up again. But maybe Richard will surprise us with his new album. |
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Post by Jack on Mar 7, 2016 17:57:27 GMT -5
The Verve haven't produced a single 'bad' song IMO. Every album is unique and beautiful with the recognisable 'Verve' sound. It's worth looking up some lesser known, forgotten tunes once you've listened to the more popular ones.
Dance On Your Bones
(Reprise)
Let The Damage Begin
Feel
Country Song
Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Remix)
Blue Pacific Ocean
All Night Long
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Post by mkoasis on Mar 7, 2016 22:00:24 GMT -5
I can't believe it was 9 years ago they reunited...2007 is 9 years ago. That is just incredible. Only feels like a few years, maybe 4.
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The Verve
Mar 7, 2016 22:25:50 GMT -5
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Post by mystoryisgory on Mar 7, 2016 22:25:50 GMT -5
A Storm in Heaven > A Northern Soul > Morning Glory Just sayin'. Fucking hell i need to take math again! Here's how it should have read.  |
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Post by glider on Mar 7, 2016 22:54:43 GMT -5
Can anybody recommend me some good Verve songs? I know most of the big ones (The Rolling People, This Is Music, Bittersweet Symphony etc.) but not much else as I've never gotten round to giving all of their albums a proper listen, bar Urban Hymns. Really digging No Come Down at the moment. Everyone putting amazing songs on their list. Kudos for Lennon2217 having No Knock On My Door on there - beyond underrated! Here's my list: (non-Urban Hymns tracks except b-sides, and the ones you already listened to) 1) A New Decade 2) Slide Away 3) Three Steps 4) On Your Own 5) Star Sail 6) Rather Be 7) Echo Bass 8) So It Goes 9) The Sun, The Sea 10) Gravity Grave 11) No Knock On My Door 12) Blue 13) History 14) Life's An Ocean 15) Stormy Clouds Here's some extra ones that didn't make the top 15 (keep in mind that isn't my personal top 15) that are very good bonuses You And Me The Longest Day Vallium Skies Sit And Wonder Let The Damage Begin |
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Post by glider on Mar 8, 2016 0:09:02 GMT -5
A Storm in Heaven > A Northern Soul > Morning Glory Just sayin'. Fucking hell i need to take math again! Here's how it should have read. A Northern Soul is just too good for me to rank it above ASIH. I do rank it in my Top 10 albums ever (unlike WTSMG  ) As much as I love ASIH there are parts that can put me to sleep, especially on Virtual World. Meanwhile, we got beasts like: A New Decade This Is Music So It Goes Brainstorm Interlude No Knock On My Door (Reprise) that ROAR! |
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Post by mystoryisgory on Mar 8, 2016 1:55:41 GMT -5
Fucking hell i need to take math again! Here's how it should have read. A Northern Soul is just too good for me to rank it above ASIH. I do rank it in my Top 10 albums ever (unlike WTSMG ) As much as I love ASIH there are parts that can put me to sleep, especially on Virtual World. Meanwhile, we got beasts like: A New Decade This Is Music So It Goes Brainstorm Interlude No Knock On My Door (Reprise) that ROAR! A Northern Soul is really ASIH on steroids. The grooves are harder, heavier, and more aggressive. Good ol' Owen Morris! However, for whatever reason, I prefer the weightless, freeform haze of ASIH over the direct, in-your-face, A Northern Soul. Maybe because it feels more spontaneous. And Virtual World is far from boring imo. |
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Post by mkoasis on Mar 8, 2016 21:16:42 GMT -5
I love the flute in Virtual World. Just as perfect as the flute in Gas Panic.
My top 5 Verve songs...
Lucky Man
She's a Superstar
So It Goes
History
Rather Be
But they're a band I never get bored of. I go back to them over and over and it always sounds fresh and exciting.
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Post by mystoryisgory on Mar 9, 2016 1:12:01 GMT -5
My top five Verve songs: 1. Bittersweet Symphony (yes I know and believe that their psychedelic period was way better, but for so many years to me, this was The Verve! No loud guitars, but great ballads and angsty strings!  ) 2. Brainstorm Interlude (one of, if not the MOST savage, mechanical, and fucked-up aggressive monster I've ever heard. Must I say more?) 3. The Sun, the Sea (love the dynamics and chaos of this one!) 4. The Drugs Don't Work (just perfect and simply jaw-dropping) 5. Star Sail (seamlessly alternates between shoegaze grooves and weightless soaring, perhaps better than The Sun, the Sea, does) Still need to listen to Forth and I've barely scraped the surface with the b-sides! But I can already safely say that these guys are my favourite band at the moment. |
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Post by idleroses on Mar 9, 2016 10:07:59 GMT -5
The acoustic demo to The Drugs Don't Work is stark and emotional.
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Post by glider on Mar 10, 2016 0:24:35 GMT -5
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Post by lahaine on Mar 10, 2016 19:01:29 GMT -5
I recommend the whole of Northern Soul and Urban Hymns both classic albums, that's why i'm always hard on Ashcroft solo stuff cause he produced these two classics and I expect better then singing songs about his wife and kids.
Something about the Verve always stood out to me, and it wasn't Ashcroft it was Nick McCabe, he was the uneasy rock guitar god, someone who wasn't in love with himself or the spotlight like the lead singer. without his touches on the Verve albums they would have sounded like any Britpop guitar group, he added the art rock to them. Add in Ashcroft poetic stylings and you got probably one of the best bands from the 90's. They were Oasis more poetic arty yob cousins lol.
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The Verve
Mar 10, 2016 19:52:04 GMT -5
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Post by mystoryisgory on Mar 10, 2016 19:52:04 GMT -5
What better way to complement my Verve binge than listen to their unreleased demos?
Anyone got the Wigan or Urban Hymns demos?
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Post by carlober on Mar 11, 2016 5:18:39 GMT -5
What better way to complement my Verve binge than listen to their unreleased demos? Anyone got the Wigan or Urban Hymns demos? I have them. Not in the greatest quality, but I think it's the best available. I can upload them if you give me some time  |
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Post by carlober on Mar 11, 2016 8:51:37 GMT -5
Ok, I have reuploaded the Verve demos (Wigan tape, Northern Soul early mixes/demos and Urban Hymns era demos). You can find all of them in this thread in the bootleg section of the forum: live4ever.proboards.com/thread/84281/mp3-verve-demos-collectionI strongly suggest to listen to the Wigan demos as they're fantastic. Rough early Verve power  |
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Post by glider on Mar 12, 2016 1:29:42 GMT -5
This band was freaking awesome!
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