I was there in the crowd. Off my face. Late 20s. I'm now 40, and the ups and downs of life make this song even more powerful than it was when I stood in that field.
i grew up with pink floyd,santana,dire straits,black sabbath.people still listen to their music.how many will remember one direction and others in 40 years time? ZILCH.
@kyfaydfsoab I'm in the oldest year of the decade we call Generation x. There's great music in every decade (past decades get better the deeper I explore) but with a couple of exceptions the new music I've heard is lacking originality, individuality, substance, and sadly enough, art. "Bittersweet Symphony" has all of that, which gives it life, years to age like a fine wine, and us all a chance to taste, savor, and remember how bittersweet life really is.
One of the tracks that helped pull me through losing my Dad recently, he grafted all his life, nearing retirement, mortgage finally paid off, house completely renovated, gone before he was allowed to enjoy it, bastards. This song means so much to me, absolutely brilliant, timeless.
“I want to thank Emily Eavis for inviting us to play Glastonbury,” he declared. “I hope her dad realises why she booked us now, I think he was a bit worried we wouldn’t be as good as Keane or something. But, no, God bless Keane, I don’t care, love and peace to all bands. It’s a struggle, life’s a struggle! Monday morning may be a struggle for a lot of you, doing a job that you despise, working for a bastard you despise, a slave to money then we die. God bless Ya!”
One of the greatest tracks ever written. A true british anthem. Wherever i am in the world this tune brings me home. Anyone who has felt any sort of pain in their life can relate to this powerful tune. LEGEND LONG LIVE RICHARD ASHCROFT as real as it gets.
I’m an Aussie and have always loved this! This song for you Poms is like Powderfinger “These Days” for us, wherever we are in the world. Makes us homesick!
I played this song so many times to hear his speech, he was part of the biggest decision I've ever made. I quit my shitty journalism job and started to learn how to tattoo, I was about to turn 30... it's been 6 years since I started... feel so thankful and blessed everyday... best change ever... that's the power of word... ❤ 0:48
+pokefan100 so true it's been there for days still can't get it out trying the hair of the dog that bit you method! (: no but I seriously don't want to get this tune out of my head it's really really good!!!
@@brianpeck4035 Thanks for the advice, but since I have a security team and have coodinated over 100 concerts events I still think this was a great one. Over and Out !!
When you listened this as a kid you just loved it for the music. When you listen this now as an adult you appreciate the lyrics on a different level. I think I’d take 1997 over 2020 any day at the moment!
Simple concepts must frustrate someone as feckless as you. How you can interpret that I'm impressed with anything other than the fact that he maintains a "pretty simple drumbeat" (no shit) for a good amount of time, is beyond me.
The present world economic system is obsolete and long past its sell by date. It is time to dump this dog eat dog rat race into the trash bin of history. Then humanity will no longer be wage slaves till we die.
Yes indeed william. Food is Not grown to eat but to realise a profit. This is why we have the contradiction of vast stockpiles of food , farmers even paid set aside amidst starving humans. what insanity is this ,another example there are more empty houses than homeless people the list goes on. we are all slaves worldwide to the monetary system, but only because the majority do not realise we have an alternative.
William the evil you talk about in europe Do you mean the former soviet bloc. What collapsed in the eastern bloc was state run capitalism. The workers in these nation states remained wage slaves selling their labour power to the state in return for a wage/salary. That is not a marxist idea but a distortion by the likes of lenin/stalin. Even adolph called his nazi party the national socialist party what a sick joke nothing very social about them, very evil indeed william.
Scanned a bunch of comments and none mentioned the Rolling Stones and that the Verve didn't make a penny on this song. Sad story because it its one of the greatest of that periode. Truly bittersweet.
This song was an earthquake while I was suffering from adeep, deep depression. No one understood why I clinged on to this song and a friend of mine tried to analyze the text to understand why I just cried and cried everytime I heard this song. Today, I still struggle to hold back tears listening to it.
Hello from another who's been helped by music during rough times. Sounds like your friend doesn't get that the message in music doesn't come from the lyrics alone.
as Noel Gallagher once said when asked at the height of Oasis fame if they could now say they were the best band at that time "we aint the greatest band, it's a band called The Verve"....and then well this arrived!
Ikr! I noshit cried when he raised up sunglasses to show the world he is STILL here and STILL can't change his mould. same person same passion. Only sexier.😅
I remember reading about Nick McCabe that he was difficult to work with because he never plays the same thing twice (though he is talented). Well, I sure do appreciate his riffing on this version of the tune. Adds so much to the atmosphere, especially cause within this four chord structure, improvisation elevates everything
Richard Ashcroft is one of the most underrated phenomenal lead singers. Any band would be LUCKY to have him as their front man !~ It's a pity he made no money on this great song,
Kalid Rooble Lol well the real reason is because The Verve obtained permission from the Rolling Stones to use part of the famous strings riff in this song, even though the rolling stones never wrote any part of that, they still and the rights. Rolling Stones waited until the song became successful and then, all of a sudden, decided that 'oh, the song has become very successful, let's sue them and say they used more of our song than they should have', which is bullshit. Ultimately they took it to court and Rolling Stones won, so every penny made on this song goes to them. Cunts.
''I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now" That is bittersweet. A good song is like a good friend.
20 years ago, every week songs like this were released and sounding everywhere...Justin Bieber was 3 years old..God, I miss the 90s. Well, I stand corrected, not every week there was a Bittersweet Symphony, this was era defining. Lucky Man, Rolling people,...truly great band the Verve.
+Fer Abra Hahahahahahahahaah!!! Yeah totally. Like the '90s weren't the Golden Time of empty and plastic boy bands, and Limp Biskit. Take off the nostalgia goggles and enjoy the awesome '00s music, because there is too. Even '10s
the 90s were the dogs bollocks dance kicked off good style and Britain swing again, 80s were brilliant too Goth and new wave mixed with the best cheese pop out there and some hair metal to be ashamed of lol ending up with ecstasy and Madchester 70s were hit and miss some good glam and some led zeppelin but death of the Beatles and some god awful cheese though saved by punk and 60s amazing!!!!!!! i can list 60s greatness for hours easy 50s were cute and cheeky and 30s&40s gentlemanly and quaint since 2000 it's been hit and miss again. the odd star mixed amongst some real cack almost sweet FA that stands out from 2010 at least nothing that gets played. Steve Wilson and porcupine tree have shone out for a good few years but never getting the attention they deserve. not a whole pile else tbh but a few years left of the decade yet and fingers crossed.
I think this is the best live performance I’ve ever seen. Extraordinary. The snare, the guitar textures are made for huge venues and he never plays the same thing twice ever, the vocals, the frontman, that bass. The crowd, audience.. spiritual. Oh! And that snare (again)! Perfection. I miss good music so much.
Impeccable performance! Ashcroft is brilliant. The whole band are brilliant. Sound mix is great and so is the camera work/editing. Possibly the best live performance ever captured on film.
I’m a full on metal head, but his song is an absolute classic along with lucky man. It’s an era defining song. I hear this on the radio and boom! I’m back in 1997…..
Watching this in 2021 in a covid-19 social media crazy world got me feeling mad nostalgia for the late 00's. What a prime time to be alive and we didn't even realise it.
I was 18 yrs old when this song came out. I'll never forget sitting in my parent's living room at 2am watching MTV when the video came on. I was immediately stirred emotionally by the sound of the symphonic riff slowly fading in. Was it hormones? Was it the song? I don't know but I'm glad I experienced it. I went out and bought the CD soon thereafter...the whole album is a masterpiece and I recommend anyone a fan of this song to listen to the entire album. We don't deserve Ashcroft!
Take a look at the studies of the physiological effects that music/sound has on the human body and the world at large, very interesting stuff. Masaru Emoto Experiments, Frequency of A 440 or 442
I can't explain why, but this is one of my all time favorite piece of footage from a live concert. He makes the crowd know that he pays attention. He enjoys what he is doing. That, my friends, is good music. Have a great week folks!
I always thought that the symphonic tune distracts from the essence of the song. But in this version everything blends perfectly together. What a masterpiece! Ashcroft is a poet and a legend!
It doesn't matter which kind of music you normally prefer, some songs are timeless and just on another level then the most music you can hear on the radio nowadays. They speak to us in a special way, they create moments and feelings you wont forget the rest of your life. This one here, is one of these rare songs.
I love everything about this song. It gives me chills. His voice, the drums, violin, guitar are so beautifully coordinated. I hope Richard Ashcroft is feeling better.
Im sorry but if you are a Seahawks fan this song is on our blood. Go Hawks!! It isn't British it is our boys! Wagner, Baldwin, Sherman, Thomas, Haushka And of course the great one Marshawn Lynch!! Ok Russell Wilson too. It's Seattle's song.
Nick McCabe is a mad genius. I just love that they had the hardest time making him play the same thing twice in the recording studio if they needed a second take. He thought it was boring
Crumbs .... I'm watching this in 2021 .... wee bit drunk .. wee bit emotional .... I've never before seen what Richard Ashcroft communicated at the beginning of this set. He got across just how much he wanted to be there for the crowd and to sing what he was about to sing. Not in an egotistical "you really love me"/it's all about me style .. no ... it wasn't about him... it was a "I love you so much for being here.. I love you absolutely just for being you ... I get it and I am here with you .. let's sing" style. What an absolute class act!
Ashcroft & the band sound as great live as they do in the studio. This is a stirring rendition & delivered with as much sincerity as any band has ever mustered. Absolutely awesome.
Saw this song for first time on VH1. I guess it was 2009. I was a highschooler. This song means so much, I didn't understand english well back then. Now it's 2024. Damn, time flies.
I can't guarantee that we will be alive in 50 years time.
Probably not.
But whoever is, will be listening to this song.
Peace and love
I'm on the downside of up.
Such a brilliant artist 💕🤣😻
Please don’t quit.
It's possible the Earth won't be the same in 50 years
One of my veryfabourite songs !!!!
People hate on this song because it is so popular. Truly one of the best songs ever written period. Everyone on earth can connect to it.
ahepperl I love it always will 1st fave
+ahepperl definitely one of the GREAT songs of its era.
Thats right and Epic =]
+ahepperl FM, commercial radio, killing songs they refused to play when they were first released.
+ahepperl Yeah this is a masterpiece I remember hearing it the first time and thinking that is amazing
I was there in the crowd. Off my face. Late 20s. I'm now 40, and the ups and downs of life make this song even more powerful than it was when I stood in that field.
I’d give my left bollock to have been there. Lucky man 😉
@@joegerard257 i'd give my right, seeing some of them in the crowd they looked bored as fook
@@CHE33TS You gotta remember this was Glastonbury. That crowd had been partying solid for 5 days. They are tired, not bored.
@@tim5205 They are all “coming down”
I was there off my face on cider early 20’s
I am 68 and I absolutely love this song
Hey! soul is ageless!
I'm 71 and just got into Verve,fucking awesome sounds!😄😄
Try Tame Impala, Flume
you are the coolest old ass in youtube, shitface 😄
i grew up with pink floyd,santana,dire straits,black sabbath.people still listen to their music.how many will remember one direction and others in 40 years time? ZILCH.
Love this !!
Ian Sear lol bring it on 👍❤️
Better than any drug. Music like this is all the high I'll ever need.
@kyfaydfsoab I'm in the oldest year of the decade we call Generation x. There's great music in every decade (past decades get better the deeper I explore) but with a couple of exceptions the new music I've heard is lacking originality, individuality, substance, and sadly enough, art. "Bittersweet Symphony" has all of that, which gives it life, years to age like a fine wine, and us all a chance to taste, savor, and remember how bittersweet life really is.
One of the tracks that helped pull me through losing my Dad recently, he grafted all his life, nearing retirement, mortgage finally paid off, house completely renovated, gone before he was allowed to enjoy it, bastards. This song means so much to me, absolutely brilliant, timeless.
"your a slave to money than you die" :'( Sorry for ur loss. Godspeed
"you're a slave to money and you die" that lyric hits even harder for you...
Massive hugs xxxx
I too lost my dad. I relate to this comment so much. This song means the world to me
Hi I Recommend an indie rock song Called 'Thrive' by Robert Nix
“I want to thank Emily Eavis for inviting us to play Glastonbury,” he declared. “I hope her dad realises why she booked us now, I think he was a bit worried we wouldn’t be as good as Keane or something. But, no, God bless Keane, I don’t care, love and peace to all bands. It’s a struggle, life’s a struggle! Monday morning may be a struggle for a lot of you, doing a job that you despise, working for a bastard you despise, a slave to money then we die. God bless Ya!”
Thanks for translating all that. I was struggling to understand his Welsh dialect.
I always thought it was working for a boss you despise
He’s from Wigan not Wales
@@isa3lle282 😂😂😂
Then don't do it. Life's too short to do what the system wants you to.
As an American, I want to sincerely thank our friends across the water for sharing the great Richard Ashcroft with us. ❤️
I think us British make some truly great music just like our American cousins
This song keeps sounding better as I get older... Awesome
Man you’re 100% right I’m 34 and older I get the more I appreciate it . A shame The Rolling Stones get all the credit
It gets more real as you get older.
@@robertroque10 The Verve gets royalities finally. Pretty sad they missed out on 20 years though.
One of the greatest tracks ever written. A true british anthem. Wherever i am in the world this tune brings me home. Anyone who has felt any sort of pain in their life can relate to this powerful tune. LEGEND LONG LIVE RICHARD ASHCROFT as real as it gets.
HERE HERE!!!
I’m an Aussie and have always loved this! This song for you Poms is like Powderfinger “These Days” for us, wherever we are in the world. Makes us homesick!
Good Luck, my brother. My Brazil, and Argentina love this song's. Love, love for everibory US Planet!
How does it feel to be British?
I love songs that are orchestral. The other song I like is 'All I Want is You' by U2.
A message to the future generations: "DON'T LET THIS SONG DIE" 💞👌😊👍
ABSOLUTELY!!!!
Not a chance....SURELY?
Now THIS is what Glastonbury is all about...
Chloe Jade was
Best festival on earth
Politicians divide the land,poets unite people and musicians change the world.
Salute to Verve - From PAKISTAN.
Yes bruv 👍
do you eat pork
100% 👍
@@qg8362 why would you want to start a conversation which divides people man. Again love from Pakistan we are all the same just know us properly
Asfandyar Kharal common question do you eat pork
I played this song so many times to hear his speech, he was part of the biggest decision I've ever made. I quit my shitty journalism job and started to learn how to tattoo, I was about to turn 30... it's been 6 years since I started... feel so thankful and blessed everyday... best change ever... that's the power of word... ❤ 0:48
How could anyone hate this song?. It is truly a masterpiece, a classic at it's inception.
Thanks to the Stones who wrote it
One song, have they ever been in the world spotlight for year after year saving the world, I think not
Richard wrote the song, tf you talking about?@@jkkiselica
Ask Brian Eno .
I swear it's impossible to get this tune out of your head!
+pokefan100 so true it's been there for days still can't get it out trying the hair of the dog that bit you method! (: no but I seriously don't want to get this tune out of my head it's really really good!!!
+pokefan100 OASIS
+BigBaldHead oasis? pfff, the stone roses
+pokefan100 Tru dat.....
+BigBaldHead .they come nowhere near the verve..retune your ears...
The Roses, Pulp, Oasis, Blur, Travis,The Manics, Verve, The La's, Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays.
Those were the days !
Agreed. Such a great time in music and in life.
tnetroP ķ
LiveForever you forgot the stereophonics 😁
Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Metállica, Pearl Jam, Bob Marley, AMÁLIA RODRIGUES...........this is the days !
lol Travis
I'm 80 and I love this. He bridges all generations
One of the best live performances ever, by anyone ! Well done.
What???? You should get out more.
@@brianpeck4035 Thanks for the advice, but since I have a security team and have coodinated over 100 concerts events I still think this was a great one. Over and Out !!
@@brianpeck4035agree…I keep waiting for the GREAT SONG?
Ashcroft is probably one of the only ones who sounds better live than on a record
Matt Bellamy also one of the very few.
doctored audio is a helluva drug, my friend.
True it sounds awful on record
Layne fucking Staley was one of the talented few that would blow you away live.
ashcroft voice amazing live
this has gotta be the BEST Bittersweet VERSION of this Symphony
good !!!
Cynthia Newton some bands seem to ascend to a higher realm when they are groving and these guys hit the stratosphere on this version
Yeah they fucking nailed it here....
Cynthia Newton damn right!!!
Cynthia Newton you have to watch the radio x one just come out
When you listened this as a kid you just loved it for the music. When you listen this now as an adult you appreciate the lyrics on a different level. I think I’d take 1997 over 2020 any day at the moment!
This video was released in 2008, not 2020
@@EpicAndrew97
Think you’re missing the point.
@@EpicAndrew97 The song came out in the 90s
Hats off to that drummer for keeping that beat for 8+ minutes.
Pretty simple drum beat. Don't listen to any live Tool songs. You'll be blown away if your impressed with what the drummer was doing here
Simple concepts must frustrate someone as feckless as you. How you can interpret that I'm impressed with anything other than the fact that he maintains a "pretty simple drumbeat" (no shit) for a good amount of time, is beyond me.
The speech at the start is incredible and o so true !
Adamthegreat984 Can u tell me what he said ? Pls
The present world economic system is obsolete and long past its sell by date. It is time to dump this dog eat dog rat race into the trash bin of history. Then humanity will no longer be wage slaves till we die.
majorMcpharter n
Yes indeed william. Food is Not grown to eat but to realise a profit. This is why we have the contradiction of vast stockpiles of food , farmers even paid set aside amidst starving humans. what insanity is this ,another example there are more empty houses than homeless people the list goes on. we are all slaves worldwide to the monetary system, but only because the majority do not realise we have an alternative.
William the evil you talk about in europe Do you mean the former soviet bloc. What collapsed in the eastern bloc was state run capitalism. The workers in these nation states remained wage slaves selling their labour power to the state in return for a wage/salary. That is not a marxist idea but a distortion by the likes of lenin/stalin. Even adolph called his nazi party the national socialist party what a sick joke nothing very social about them, very evil indeed william.
After listening to this great song I have an urge to walk down the street pushing people out of the way lol
Lamb chop true 👍🏻
Daniel Vitale They should do it in Devon lol Knocking people's icecreams outta their hands lmao
With your clarks shoes and leather jacket
It's just fun to do that just like in games like Assassin's Creed 😂 if you get it...Lol
Only after listening it?
Scanned a bunch of comments and none mentioned the Rolling Stones and that the Verve didn't make a penny on this song. Sad story because it its one of the greatest of that periode. Truly bittersweet.
😳😳😳😳😤
Since 2019, Richard Ashcroft has the sole songwriting credit for the song. The Rolling Stones gave it up.
This song was an earthquake while I was suffering from adeep, deep depression. No one understood why I clinged on to this song and a friend of mine tried to analyze the text to understand why I just cried and cried everytime I heard this song.
Today, I still struggle to hold back tears listening to it.
I’ve never been able to explain it, but the chords are like very emotion I’ve experienced all at once.
Hello from another who's been helped by music during rough times. Sounds like your friend doesn't get that the message in music doesn't come from the lyrics alone.
as Noel Gallagher once said when asked at the height of Oasis fame if they could now say they were the best band at that time "we aint the greatest band, it's a band called The Verve"....and then well this arrived!
Thank God Richard Ashcroft is finally getting the recognition and songwriting rights for his amazing song! At least the good people win sometimes
There will always be critics, even Jesus couldn't please everybody.
What a song. What a performance of it. It really IS just "one of those songs" isn't it? Truly iconic.
You can really tell how much he loves performing this song, usually bands dislike performing their buggest hits.
Ikr! I noshit cried when he raised up sunglasses to show the world he is STILL here and STILL can't change his mould. same person same passion. Only sexier.😅
just hearing that violin at the intro made me remember all kind of childhood memories..
Arya Prayoga Salut
What about the end of the movie "Cruel Intentions", baby?!
Almost had an acid flashback 🤯🤪
the man who can really sing live better than the records :*
Who's here on 2020?
Definitely one of the best song's ever, we need more artists like them
Yeah just not gonna happen, not with today's way, tik tok artists etc
It was written by the rolling stones
@@michaeltw1000 yeah I'm sure everyone knows that
@@matthewadams3784 i didnt, i thought Ashcroft wrote it, makes sense why he didnt legally "own" it
@@jamesspotts7801 I could be wrong but I believe rolling stones gave him the right to the song last year mate
It's amazing how good this sounds live, it's better then the album
"A slave to money then we die, God bless ya"
damn...
who the hell would hate this song? truly one of the best songs ever.
Rolling Stones perhaps, cuz they can't write such a good song
@@xxngoo fuck em hate them
No matter how many times you hear this legendary song it never gets old
I remember reading about Nick McCabe that he was difficult to work with because he never plays the same thing twice (though he is talented). Well, I sure do appreciate his riffing on this version of the tune. Adds so much to the atmosphere, especially cause within this four chord structure, improvisation elevates everything
This is a great example of how valuable riffing can be with an effects whiz
Richard Ashcroft is one of the most underrated phenomenal lead singers. Any band would be LUCKY to have him as their front man !~ It's a pity he made no money on this great song,
Why didn't he make no money
+HunterHunter88 k that was pretty good
Kalid Rooble Lol well the real reason is because The Verve obtained permission from the Rolling Stones to use part of the famous strings riff in this song, even though the rolling stones never wrote any part of that, they still and the rights. Rolling Stones waited until the song became successful and then, all of a sudden, decided that 'oh, the song has become very successful, let's sue them and say they used more of our song than they should have', which is bullshit. Ultimately they took it to court and Rolling Stones won, so every penny made on this song goes to them. Cunts.
+HunterHunter88 thanks man
+HunterHunter88 Oh Men, now I hace the Stones, that motherfuckers are full of money... Shit
BEST song of the nineties 😀
You got that right!!!
Best song SINCE the nineties :)
no
Ok Liam, it's Wonderwall :)
OASIS!!
Singing live is a true test of a singer. This guy knocks it out of the park and some.
Only some cameras or cell phones. 90% open palms receiving the energy of the music. Wonderful. Time: come back.
This is the best performance of the Bittersweet Symphony Live
i want this to play at my funeral
Jaye Dango I'm gonna have "the drugs don't work (they just make you worse) lmao
me too
Me too
I played it on mine and my relatives went fucking nuts
"ME TOO"
One of the greatest songs of my generation I’m 60. Great songs make you stop what you doing and listen. This is one of them .
"… Well, I've never prayed but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah...". One of the most epic lines I know ❣️
''I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now"
That is bittersweet. A good song is like a good friend.
I couldn’t agree more. When I hear this one line, I feel like crying.
Who’s here after Ashcroft won the rights for this tune
wait what?! He did?
I'll be damned! That's a huge victory for him and why didn't I know this last year??
Ya only took him 20 years. How cruelly true the message of this song ended up being
whaddup5 well spoken mate
whaddup5 To be fair, the song was already 3/4 written when he sampled it. He didn’t add a huge amount.
A f*cking masterpiece. Enough said.
I may have just stumbled on the greatest live performance of all time
No may to it. Check out the one he did with Coldplay and it might be a coin toss.
Their whole performance at Glastonbury that year was fucking fire
How underrated as a guitarist is McCabe, incredible stuff
20 years ago, every week songs like this were released and sounding everywhere...Justin Bieber was 3 years old..God, I miss the 90s. Well, I stand corrected, not every week there was a Bittersweet Symphony, this was era defining. Lucky Man, Rolling people,...truly great band the Verve.
+Fer Abra That rolling u said brought rolling stones in my mind. Wish i didn't read that
+Fer Abra Hahahahahahahahaah!!! Yeah totally. Like the '90s weren't the Golden Time of empty and plastic boy bands, and Limp Biskit.
Take off the nostalgia goggles and enjoy the awesome '00s music, because there is too. Even '10s
the 90s were the dogs bollocks dance kicked off good style and Britain swing again, 80s were brilliant too Goth and new wave mixed with the best cheese pop out there and some hair metal to be ashamed of lol ending up with ecstasy and Madchester 70s were hit and miss some good glam and some led zeppelin but death of the Beatles and some god awful cheese though saved by punk and 60s amazing!!!!!!! i can list 60s greatness for hours easy 50s were cute and cheeky and 30s&40s gentlemanly and quaint since 2000 it's been hit and miss again. the odd star mixed amongst some real cack almost sweet FA that stands out from 2010 at least nothing that gets played. Steve Wilson and porcupine tree have shone out for a good few years but never getting the attention they deserve. not a whole pile else tbh but a few years left of the decade yet and fingers crossed.
Fabluewho Don't be. You're young, and you can listen to all the records. I didn't see those bands live anyway.
Fer Abra it's so had to believe The Verve are technically one hit wonders! If anyone should have been a one hit wonder it's fuckin Justin Bieber...
One of the greatest songs of all time. Beautiful
Truly one of the most powerful voices in British popular music history.
I can watch this version over and over and over and over....
Jim O'Rourke it’s the BEST live version hands down!
as he faced the sun he cast no shadow
Wrong band
Liam Kyrosis Oasis wrote that song for Richard Ashcroft though
Beautifully spoken.. Sigh... Reminds me of One.. Just One..❤💋
"He walks along the open road of love and life,
surviving if he can."
I think this is the best live performance I’ve ever seen. Extraordinary.
The snare, the guitar textures are made for huge venues and he never plays the same thing twice ever, the vocals, the frontman, that bass. The crowd, audience.. spiritual. Oh! And that snare (again)! Perfection.
I miss good music so much.
2024 and still ❤
this song dont get old
Excellent...♫
one of the best bands ever- Nick McCabe is nothing less than pure genius
Impeccable performance! Ashcroft is brilliant. The whole band are brilliant. Sound mix is great and so is the camera work/editing. Possibly the best live performance ever captured on film.
E vero,fantastic....song Very Very Very Very fuckin demais!!!....
I’m a full on metal head, but his song is an absolute classic along with lucky man. It’s an era defining song. I hear this on the radio and boom! I’m back in 1997…..
One of the best live performances of any band anywhere of ALL time
What a front man. This performance is unreal.
The drummer Is incredible
Never grows old , a timeless masterpiece
unbelievable performance. fucking mesmerising.
Here m8 aberdeen r shit
+Tommy Chisholm so are Inverness pal
What's football got to do with the song ya fucking welts!
Sam Barnes charming!! Fucking aids victim!
king kong fuckall but that sheep badge needs doing over,bah
that moment you realize 2008 was a decade ago
22 22 I was planning ahead man, I'll be right in no time (:
i thought you were joking, but then I saw it's 2018...
Not anymore its not
and here we are years later and you're still a douche.
shit :S
One of the greatest ever songs sung at a festival
Watching this in 2021 in a covid-19 social media crazy world got me feeling mad nostalgia for the late 00's. What a prime time to be alive and we didn't even realise it.
I met Richard Ashcroft on a train once. very unassuming man
Was he high lol
He's a proper man of the people i agree.
Probably best version of the song . I don’t know if music festivals will be again that way. This is Glastonbury in all its glory
This song touches an old lady and it gives me joy and hope when life is a struggle. It reminds me to keep hanging on.
I was 18 yrs old when this song came out. I'll never forget sitting in my parent's living room at 2am watching MTV when the video came on. I was immediately stirred emotionally by the sound of the symphonic riff slowly fading in. Was it hormones? Was it the song? I don't know but I'm glad I experienced it. I went out and bought the CD soon thereafter...the whole album is a masterpiece and I recommend anyone a fan of this song to listen to the entire album. We don't deserve Ashcroft!
Take a look at the studies of the physiological effects that music/sound has on the human body and the world at large, very interesting stuff. Masaru Emoto Experiments, Frequency of A 440 or 442
@@DwayneThompson22 I will most definitely look that up. Thank you!
All these people had one if the best night of their lives. I hope they dont ever forget it
Not even a day passes by that I dont listen to this masterpiece, which now belongs to Richard. Finally!!!
Sad soppy bollocks
Un clásico ,muy buena musica 🤩
Great song writer singer top guy
I can't explain why, but this is one of my all time favorite piece of footage from a live concert. He makes the crowd know that he pays attention. He enjoys what he is doing. That, my friends, is good music. Have a great week folks!
I always thought that the symphonic tune distracts from the essence of the song. But in this version everything blends perfectly together. What a masterpiece! Ashcroft is a poet and a legend!
You changed my entire life with this song Sir Richard
You are a legend and beyond
I totally agree ...pure poetry
It doesn't matter which kind of music you normally prefer, some songs are timeless and just on another level then the most music you can hear on the radio nowadays. They speak to us in a special way, they create moments and feelings you wont forget the rest of your life. This one here, is one of these rare songs.
Pepa937 exactly
Exactly right Statement....love it till i die...
Yeah, If anyone does not like this song then there is something very wrong with them. I cry when I hear this song cuz it is the b
I must have listened to urban hymns literally thousands of times and I still love every lick ,every note and every lyric
Agree 100% ! I finally got a vinyl reissue of Urban hymns , just after christmas.
Lyrically, one of the greatest songs of all time
I love everything about this song. It gives me chills. His voice, the drums, violin, guitar are so beautifully coordinated. I hope Richard Ashcroft is feeling better.
ME too. THE BEST FNG SONG EVER
Chill bumps
Im sorry but if you are a Seahawks fan this song is on our blood. Go Hawks!! It isn't British it is our boys! Wagner, Baldwin, Sherman, Thomas, Haushka And of course the great one Marshawn Lynch!! Ok Russell Wilson too. It's Seattle's song.
Very powerful song , very powerful performance ❤️
Nick McCabe is a mad genius. I just love that they had the hardest time making him play the same thing twice in the recording studio if they needed a second take. He thought it was boring
One of my favorite songs, One of the best live concerts.
intro speech of the milennium
90's...The last decade when there was a plethora of great groups.
'Cos the airwaves are free and there's nobody singing to me now! Best bit. Incredible performance.
The Verve! One of the greatest bands ever!! Timeless song that will be heard generations from now.
The Verve's Best performance ever!!
Crumbs .... I'm watching this in 2021 .... wee bit drunk .. wee bit emotional .... I've never before seen what Richard Ashcroft communicated at the beginning of this set. He got across just how much he wanted to be there for the crowd and to sing what he was about to sing. Not in an egotistical "you really love me"/it's all about me style .. no ... it wasn't about him... it was a "I love you so much for being here.. I love you absolutely just for being you ... I get it and I am here with you .. let's sing" style. What an absolute class act!
Ashcroft & the band sound as great live as they do in the studio. This is a stirring rendition & delivered with as much sincerity as any band has ever mustered. Absolutely awesome.
00:40 - 1:50 amazing, just amazing love Ashcrofts opening words before riff kicks in.
Still reminds me of Cruel Intentions... 😁
Saw this song for first time on VH1. I guess it was 2009. I was a highschooler. This song means so much, I didn't understand english well back then. Now it's 2024. Damn, time flies.
Absolute classic, music doesn't get any better.
he's the best. Richard Ashcroft
the 90´s representative song