The Verve - Lucky Man (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубликовано: 27 фев 2009
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    Music video by The Verve performing Lucky Man.
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Комментарии • 19 тыс.

  • @DanDGaming92
    @DanDGaming92 2 месяца назад +732

    ANYONE HERE 2024? 👌😊

  • @theseeker4408
    @theseeker4408 2 года назад +5838

    I was 32 when this brilliant masterpiece was released. One month after a horrible drug overdose. This song was key instrumental in my recovery, and continues to be to this day. 24 years drug free, and definitely a Lucky Man !

    • @panzermatt
      @panzermatt 2 года назад +129

      well thats a great comment! cheered me up. good man. god bless you sir

    • @jaynietee000
      @jaynietee000 2 года назад +73

      Well done Seeker. ❤️ Lovely light in a cold dark world. Spread the happiness. 👏🙏

    • @niledunn4641
      @niledunn4641 2 года назад +58

      Fair play to you brother, it's hard overcoming addiction 👏

    • @timphillips3461
      @timphillips3461 2 года назад +40

      LOVE YOU BROTHER!!!WE ARE ALL THE SAME!!!ALL HEART/LOVE!

    • @andylikesstuffchannel
      @andylikesstuffchannel 2 года назад +20

      Was in my 20s

  • @dkvon
    @dkvon 8 месяцев назад +395

    The whole record is a masterpiece, what a production from 90's.

    • @mrnatedogg3434
      @mrnatedogg3434 4 месяца назад +7

      Right? I don't think that there is a song I don't like.

    • @sammac9209
      @sammac9209 3 месяца назад +4

      @@mrnatedogg3434 25 years later . still one of the best of its time for sure .....

    • @SC-zh6li
      @SC-zh6li 3 месяца назад +2

      The Verve, I had to keep buying their albums as I kept wearing them out.

    • @daveavery5119
      @daveavery5119 3 месяца назад +2

      In the Words of Tony Blackburn..... Sensational...

    • @dumbkernt5623
      @dumbkernt5623 Месяц назад +1

      Ages better than wine

  • @missteemc4039
    @missteemc4039 8 месяцев назад +327

    We buried my beautiful best friend Pauline to this song, she loved it. We walked behind her coffin and all I could remember was her singing was this song…, Pauline is never forgotten ❤⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @AP-ph7hf
    @AP-ph7hf Год назад +4648

    Dear person reading this, you have good taste in music.

  • @craigwindram7597
    @craigwindram7597 3 года назад +3732

    Always loved this song but the day I was given the all clear from cancer at Manchester Royal I walked into Cafe Nero and this was playing, extra special.

  • @peterninnim2561
    @peterninnim2561 2 месяца назад +89

    Purely one of the best songs of the 90,s

    • @Shaman196
      @Shaman196 Месяц назад +4

      Right as music took a plunge into the portal to hell fire.

  • @timothyj.fletcher6003
    @timothyj.fletcher6003 2 месяца назад +105

    This song is as close to therapy as it gets

  • @neelghai
    @neelghai 4 года назад +7831

    If you are listening to this song in 2024, you have got this and just remember you are Strong and a Legend❗💯😉

  • @tatum3d
    @tatum3d Год назад +1849

    My partner of 25 years, father of my 2 beautiful children passed away peacefully last night and he always said this was the song he wanted played at funeral because he said he was a very lucky man

    • @akasiatm
      @akasiatm Год назад +42

      Rip ❤️

    • @tatum3d
      @tatum3d Год назад +20

      @@akasiatm thank you x

    • @briangallagher8463
      @briangallagher8463 Год назад +30

      Hope your OK time is a great healer il honestly say A prayer for you god bless

    • @Sarang23818
      @Sarang23818 Год назад +16

      RIP🙏🏻

    • @jimanderson7429
      @jimanderson7429 Год назад +28

      His way of telling you he loved yous and he felt like a lucky man 👍

  • @user-fc2tj8lf2m
    @user-fc2tj8lf2m 18 дней назад +17

    It might be 2024 by year, but it will always be the 90s in my heart.

    • @catcracker2
      @catcracker2 16 дней назад

      Dont hanker for the past but the future.

  • @mattbradford8227
    @mattbradford8227 Месяц назад +25

    Ever since 1997, one of the best songs of that year and that entire decade.

  • @kamespinosarojas9225
    @kamespinosarojas9225 2 года назад +1684

    This is the kind of music that is so good that is literally medicine.

  • @marcbrown4930
    @marcbrown4930 Год назад +88

    I'm 33 years old. My uncle introduced me to the verve when I was a little man. He passed away last year and everytime I hear the verve I get a lump in my throat. RIP uncle Brian ❤❤❤

  • @martinc5782
    @martinc5782 2 месяца назад +59

    Take me back to the nineties, please! The world was a different and much better place.

    • @Defia1
      @Defia1 Месяц назад +3

      Amen

    • @pughconsulting
      @pughconsulting Месяц назад +4

      80s were my favorite, but I'll take the 90s as well.

    • @MichaelChavez-no9wl
      @MichaelChavez-no9wl Месяц назад +1

      It was! But the 80's were even better

    • @larryhurley2314
      @larryhurley2314 21 день назад +2

      What I would give or do for a Time Machine........

  • @MrPicklerwoof
    @MrPicklerwoof 3 месяца назад +11

    It's hard to explain to young people what the UK music scene in the 90s was like. Endless young talented bands with great musicians pumping out classics back to back.

    • @AndrewBower-zf7bj
      @AndrewBower-zf7bj 3 месяца назад +4

      Total agree
      So much great music and movies
      No woke shit and all the other shit in this once great country
      Life was so much better

    • @sidpheasant7585
      @sidpheasant7585 3 месяца назад +1

      @@AndrewBower-zf7bj But the music was just kind-of background them, as MrPicklerwoof suggests.
      NOW we really need things like the above, with the world being even worse than it ever was.
      The struggle is now, and (having been Born Again in Jesus), I am actually exhilarated by it.
      I see things more clearly, and there is everything to play for still.
      Which is why I'm writing to you, my friend...

  • @troywagatha2621
    @troywagatha2621 2 года назад +594

    Played this song at my brother's funeral service. Hits like a hammer every time I hear it. Love you bro.

    • @catherinegregson1717
      @catherinegregson1717 2 года назад +10

      I hope you’re doing ok. It’s a great song. You’ve got this :)

    • @tatum3d
      @tatum3d Год назад +10

      My friend played this song at my partners funeral. It was only a few weeks ago so still very raw. He always said that he wanted this song played at his funeral because he never took anything for granted & really felt like a lucky man. He knew what was important in life

    • @kirkmcintosh8409
      @kirkmcintosh8409 Год назад +7

      Make you bro proud keep him close to your thoughts and he will always be there bud carry on sir

    • @vanhalen4life1
      @vanhalen4life1 Год назад +1

      Ohh no what else

    • @icarus5726
      @icarus5726 Год назад +4

      That's powerful

  • @abhisheknaha
    @abhisheknaha 2 года назад +2569

    Don’t worry you’re not the only one who is listening to this masterpiece in 2021

  • @markfellows2268
    @markfellows2268 6 месяцев назад +225

    More than a bittersweet symphony, I just love this song. Timeless.

    • @jB..33b854
      @jB..33b854 6 месяцев назад +3

      Sonnet is the greatest❤

    • @mdtys
      @mdtys 5 месяцев назад +1

      slide away...

    • @tommy1584
      @tommy1584 4 месяца назад +1

      Great song another one I personally liked blue

  • @chieftwitter
    @chieftwitter 19 дней назад +68

    Who is listening to this in 2024 😊

  • @markpate9519
    @markpate9519 2 года назад +288

    My father died yesterday and as I driving thinking about it all this song came to my mind. I decided to play it and cried tears because I am lucky. I know he would want me to carry on being the best man I can be. I guess it was a gift from him a last gift

    • @sunandsage
      @sunandsage Год назад +8

      I'm sorry for your loss.

    • @Sahnequeen
      @Sahnequeen Год назад +6

      Im so sorry💙

    • @philfortun4928
      @philfortun4928 Год назад +9

      wow, my father died yesterday (yes really) a long way away in China...he lived his life to the full to the end and said how lucky he was. I'm crying now, but good tears for him and this great song hits the mark so, so well.

    • @jandetlefsen736
      @jandetlefsen736 Год назад +2

      So sorry man 😞🙏

    • @jeffreyhetrick76
      @jeffreyhetrick76 Год назад +2

      I felt similar when my Dad passed , for me, I was sad for about 5 seconds then i was just thankful and Greatful .that i had such a Great father

  • @yarayazbek
    @yarayazbek Год назад +181

    "How many times do I have to learn all the love I have is in my mind?" What a profound lyric, that compels us to dig a little deeper and find love for ourselves and not expect it from others!! I've struggled with this for so long until I realized that the love you have for yourself defines every relationship in your life. All the love you need is within you!

    • @bionicloaf
      @bionicloaf Год назад +11

      I think that line isn't about love for yourself. (I think) It's about the reality that all thought, feelings, emotions, etc all come from WITHIN. Therefore if you are not feeling love, or happiness you need only reach internally to grab it and there is no reason to look externally for it. It doesn't exist out there.

    • @jeffreystockdale8292
      @jeffreystockdale8292 Год назад +4

      nowhere near as deep as some Sir Mix a lots lyrics! "My anaconda don't want none
      Unless you've got buns, hun", now thats genius level!

    • @paulchurch3444
      @paulchurch3444 8 месяцев назад +1

      That is such a lovely thing to say, all the luck and love to you 🙏

    • @rockydavies5096
      @rockydavies5096 6 месяцев назад

    • @rowanmelton7643
      @rowanmelton7643 4 месяца назад

      English teachers must love you

  • @mattbradford8227
    @mattbradford8227 9 месяцев назад +74

    This is so 1997. Full of great expectations, confidence and a fire and passion for life unmatched.

  • @markwalker8374
    @markwalker8374 Месяц назад +27

    67 year old discovering Verve for the first time, must have missed their hey day when I was overseas working in Papua New Guinea. Very well put together song. I will explore more.

    • @Tone-def
      @Tone-def 28 дней назад

      you is a cool dude enjoying life

    • @malukastorm
      @malukastorm 23 дня назад +2

      This song is from Urban Hymns (1997). One of best albuns from that year and nexts.

    • @arturofanciulli9617
      @arturofanciulli9617 18 дней назад +1

      never too late, mate

    • @Kamikaze3557
      @Kamikaze3557 16 дней назад

      67 myself, I thought this was going to be an ELP cover….

    • @markwalker8374
      @markwalker8374 16 дней назад

      @@Kamikaze3557 I thought the same.

  • @randymanx2674
    @randymanx2674 Год назад +581

    A lot of songs didn’t need to be made, this one did. Simply amazing.

    • @hanspeterraatz4928
      @hanspeterraatz4928 Год назад +9

      First "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and then this, a master piece. Both are on the same album.

    • @pedrocasac3059
      @pedrocasac3059 Год назад

      @@hanspeterraatz4928......... Truly Truly !!!!! Bro

    • @jbingfax1950
      @jbingfax1950 11 месяцев назад

      Songs like this gave back then and maybe provide inspiration that so much good music with lyrics produced mainly in the 1980's won't go wasted.

    • @bfraz76
      @bfraz76 11 месяцев назад +3

      This IS a masterpiece of the 90's. To all of those folks that said this music "wouldn't last".
      Just Iconic.. still brings the chills to me. Love this tune.

    • @juniorramone4654
      @juniorramone4654 10 месяцев назад

      have you seen the unedited one?
      @@hanspeterraatz4928

  • @london_roubenl
    @london_roubenl Год назад +192

    My 12 year old son sang this song solo at his school concert tonight. An alltime classic from a legendary artist and band 💯

  • @ismaelrodrigueziii6398
    @ismaelrodrigueziii6398 11 месяцев назад +466

    Hands down one of the best bands from the 90’s or any other era. Legendary!

    • @michaelmaguire1229
      @michaelmaguire1229 11 месяцев назад

      I now. But isn't is strange. This is why I don't now why we are in conrtol ot our our own Girls- The wankers called "Coldplay" becaume mega famous and even the stupid that mike that made candles smelling of her own vagina. Let me tell you love, we love love you foerever, but you effing stink down there. We ;Men don't. You see we Boys dont have an an opening that secretes stinsky blood and white fluids all day long. That never happens to us boys. But we still Love you.

    • @jimtheophilou9872
      @jimtheophilou9872 7 месяцев назад +2

      One of? Bit harsh there 😂

    • @PeterStirling
      @PeterStirling 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@TwoBlokesOneBallor}} pop} omm} r{pm{pm} t😢 4:53 4:53

    • @snoutysnouterson
      @snoutysnouterson 6 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@TwoBlokesOneBalloasis are garbage compared to the verve, so samey, so boring except for a few.

    • @hayleybrennan3369
      @hayleybrennan3369 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@TwoBlokesOneBallare you crazy oasis were the most overrated band of that generation cover band

  • @lfe151
    @lfe151 2 месяца назад +19

    This was played at the wake for a friend and classmate of ours, who was left us too early in 1999. We had just completed our first semester of college.
    I can’t believe it’s been 25 years. We are all lucky in some way - make the most of your time here!

  • @stevenarmstrong3799
    @stevenarmstrong3799 3 года назад +2569

    This song is helping me thru my battle with depression ,have a great day everyone u are the greatest
    Edit:december 24th 2020 . Thanks for the support I'm doing alot better now changed my lifestyle and I get to see my daughter next week first time in 3 months and next year I'm gona fight to see my 3 boys it's been 2 years I hit the drugs bad lost everything but I'm.back now and take one day at a time this is my first Christmas all alone as my parents and brothers sadly died but I'm back now and loving life one step at a time .merry christmas everyone and thank u for the support u all are the greatest I wish I could do something for u all to say thank you it means alot u are such beautiful people
    Stevo. Cumbria ,UK

    • @MrFinnov8
      @MrFinnov8 3 года назад +66

      Keep your chin up mate, things will get better.

    • @jazzragu
      @jazzragu 3 года назад +35

      Hey bro, can be a tough thing to shake. Hope things improve man.

    • @stevenarmstrong3799
      @stevenarmstrong3799 3 года назад +26

      @@MrFinnov8 thank u buddy im trying ill get there .hope u are ok ☺

    • @stevenarmstrong3799
      @stevenarmstrong3799 3 года назад +23

      @@jazzragu hi bro thanks for nice words means alot

    • @heinrichvonhagen2226
      @heinrichvonhagen2226 3 года назад +14

      fuck depression I had it since iam 13 but drinking and smoking helps idk

  • @UKMediaReviews
    @UKMediaReviews 2 года назад +337

    0% swearing
    0% nudety
    0% fashionable (flashy clothes)
    100% great music
    Just a man and his guitar
    Many thanks Richard Ashcroft👍

    • @ajmurtagh27
      @ajmurtagh27 Год назад +7

      He does sing that he's stood here naked, though.

    • @ShinyVonPenny87
      @ShinyVonPenny87 Год назад

      Awesome dude

    • @Wehiremonkeys
      @Wehiremonkeys Год назад +4

      @@ajmurtagh27 He is actually naked, that's just how he looks without clothes on.

    • @mauriziomattesini5386
      @mauriziomattesini5386 Год назад

      Richard?like danny de vito eh??😀

    • @duellingscarguevara
      @duellingscarguevara Год назад +2

      And pre 9/11 zeitgeist. Sorry to the kids that came after. This is what it was like. So sorry.

  • @clarebaldwin4872
    @clarebaldwin4872 8 месяцев назад +32

    Damn we were lucky in the 90s

    • @sidpheasant7585
      @sidpheasant7585 8 месяцев назад +2

      We were blessed, so cancel your first word!
      But the music is still there, is it not?
      Offering just the same blessing - most likely EACH AND EVERY TIME we listen.
      Looks a little miraculous, does it not?
      Of course Richard Ashcroft is not the source of that blessing, just one of many conduits for it.
      I am another.
      See...

    • @hlahla9479
      @hlahla9479 Месяц назад +1

      @@sidpheasant7585👌

    • @Baronrhubarbpostoffice
      @Baronrhubarbpostoffice Месяц назад +2

      I wish I could remember the 90,s it looked like fun

  • @user-xk8yv9po2t
    @user-xk8yv9po2t 6 месяцев назад +24

    I’ve always liked this song. And I really am A LUCKY MAN. I fell down a flight of stairs in February 2023. And I was lying there unconscious all through the night for 12 hours. And an old lady taking her rubbish out in the morning found me and rang an Ambulance. I was in a COMA for 2 month’s. All In All I spent 9 Months in 3 Different hospitals. I’ve been out of Hospital now. For just over a month. From Charring Cross. Neurol Rehabilitation Unit. Learning how to walk again. I couldn’t even Swallow it was that Bad. A Month out now and I’m getting there. SORRY I HAD A BLEED ON THE BRAIN. IM GETTING THERE. AND I WILL GET THERE. THANKS. GEORGIE PRICE. WEST LONDON. XXX.

    • @user-re4ch1zp5m
      @user-re4ch1zp5m 6 месяцев назад +1

      February here and would have taken more luck. -40 Celsius. That's -40 fahrenheit too. Definitely would have died outside in just hours

    • @user-xk8yv9po2t
      @user-xk8yv9po2t 6 месяцев назад +1

      Thanks bro x

    • @mal_752
      @mal_752 Месяц назад +1

      Get well😊

    • @user-xk8yv9po2t
      @user-xk8yv9po2t Месяц назад +1

      Thank you so much it means a lot to me 💯

    • @sugarplum1980
      @sugarplum1980 19 дней назад +1

      Sending you the warmest get well soon wishes Georgie 🙏

  • @brizzceee7937
    @brizzceee7937 2 года назад +342

    Probably one of the best songs ever written

  • @jaaayj5474
    @jaaayj5474 8 лет назад +301

    Still listening until the end of time??

  • @MrHudsona3
    @MrHudsona3 9 месяцев назад +28

    Earphones. My Office. Curtains open. Clear night. 2am. This song

  • @epicsockpuppet6722
    @epicsockpuppet6722 2 месяца назад +37

    Don’t worry, your not the only person listening to this masterpiece in 2024👍

  • @colinjennings3661
    @colinjennings3661 Год назад +176

    One of the best songs of the past 30 years. Just utterly brilliant in every way.

    • @YoyoMuniz
      @YoyoMuniz 3 месяца назад

      im a Lucky man because. just understand the message of thiis beautyfull song

  • @stottselena
    @stottselena 4 года назад +438

    My brother dedicated this song to his son since he was born it’s been their song ever since and played for my brothers funeral .. rest I peace bro

    • @tonybanjo1844
      @tonybanjo1844 4 года назад +11

      May God rest his soul in peace but may his memory and mark on this world live on through all the lives that knew him❤️💖

    • @thisisstuart7951
      @thisisstuart7951 3 года назад +7

      Im sorry for your loss my thoughs and preys go out to you and your family

    • @blacklung9020
      @blacklung9020 3 года назад +5

      Sad to hear rest in peace

    • @tastybrownie7448
      @tastybrownie7448 3 года назад +4

      R.I.P. and wish you the best with your pain. Death is hard. Speaking from experience.

    • @daleHarrison93
      @daleHarrison93 3 года назад +3

      godbless

  • @World_of_Oasis
    @World_of_Oasis 3 месяца назад +142

    Anyone 2024 ❤

  • @kgthesupreme713
    @kgthesupreme713 8 месяцев назад +20

    The sound of the 90's was so pure - from rock, hip-hop, metal, r&b, country, man good times.

  • @SunlessPeriwinkle
    @SunlessPeriwinkle 5 лет назад +3823

    British people sure knows how to make music.
    100+ Respect.

    • @diannesmedley8251
      @diannesmedley8251 5 лет назад +41

      Used to listen to Lucky Man from Emerson Lake and Palmer in the early seventies. Diff song - same sentiment.

    • @jonalarcon8564
      @jonalarcon8564 5 лет назад +12

      despicable scum of society your right however alot of their influence came from the U.S like smoky Robinson and others from that era but they are good especially this song!!!!!!!!!!

    • @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335
      @thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 5 лет назад +7

      @@nickthomas4184 long live the queen jk I heard stories about the gueen. Britain is cool Americas allright lol

    • @SmileDude4makeulaugh
      @SmileDude4makeulaugh 5 лет назад +10

      I'm the 100th like!! + 200% respect

    • @editorial.nascimento
      @editorial.nascimento 5 лет назад +34

      @@nickthomas4184 Actually Nick, both the US and the UK use the influence of black music... the Beatles and Rolling Stones both used R&B in order to invent their music... Is that a "bad" thing ? What one can sculpt from a rock with a chisel is down to the ability of the artist... and THAT is where differences are made.

  • @solwaters1644
    @solwaters1644 Год назад +173

    LYRICS:
    Happiness, more or less
    It's just a change in me, something in my liberty
    Oh, my, my
    Happiness, coming and going
    I watch you look at me, and watch my fever grow
    And I know just where I am
    But how many corners do I have to turn?
    How many times do I have to learn
    All the love I have is in my mind?
    But I'm a lucky man
    With fire in my hands
    Happiness, something in my own place
    I'm stood here naked, I smile and I feel no disgrace
    With who I am
    Happiness, coming and going
    I watch you look at me, watch my fever grow
    And I know just who I am
    And how many corners do I have to turn?
    How many times do I have to learn
    All the love I have is in my mind?
    I hope you understand
    I hope you understand
    Oh yeah
    You know, you know, you know, you know
    You know, you know, you know, you know
    Got a love that'll never die, no, no (you know, you know)
    Happiness more or less
    It's just a change in me, something in my liberty
    Happiness, coming and going
    I watch you look at me, watch my fever grow
    And I know
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my, my, my, my
    We got a love that never dies
    I got a love that'll never die
    No, no
    And I love you, man
    Yeah
    It's just a change in me
    Something in my liberty (don't think, don't, don't think I'm lying)
    It's just a change in me
    Something in my liberty (don't think, don't think I'm lying, I'm trying)
    It's just a change in me
    Something in my liberty
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my
    It's just a change in me, something in my liberty
    Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
    I said oh, my, my, my, my, my

    • @MassiveFish-hp4pm
      @MassiveFish-hp4pm Год назад +1

      Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Verve. Different styles but similar influences it sounds like. Two of my favourite artists, both kind of remind me of The Beatles

    • @kristinerux596
      @kristinerux596 10 месяцев назад

      Simply said yet so epic. Thank u

    • @kel71159
      @kel71159 10 месяцев назад +1

      Something in my levity... Although liberty seems more appropriate.. (:

  • @noybeeswax
    @noybeeswax 2 месяца назад +8

    The lead guitar under all this is epic beyond all proportions.

    • @davidkriz4235
      @davidkriz4235 Месяц назад +2

      Nick McCabe is the most underrated shoegaze guitarist

  • @homersimpsonucf
    @homersimpsonucf 7 месяцев назад +29

    As much notoriety Bittersweet Symphony received (and deserved) at the time, this song is their magnum opus in my opinion. Just classic from the first note until the last. One of my favorite 90s songs. Timeless. 🙌

    • @danielwilliams173
      @danielwilliams173 6 месяцев назад +1

      Why notoriety? I agree that this is song is their best, but Bittersweet Symphony is a classic. If you're referring to the copyright drama, The Verve got the raw end of the deal in all of that nonsense. They did nothing wrong. They simply cleared the 'Master Rights' to the song but forgot to clear the 'Publishing Rights.' Just poor lawyering. That's all it was. A simple legal oversight. They had previously received permission from the Stones. So the Verve should have received all the royalties from the outset. The story has a happy ending, though (albeit a belated one). Several years ago, Mick and Keith started sending all the royalties to Ashcroft and stopped claiming any rights to the sample.

    • @Bravetrain13
      @Bravetrain13 6 месяцев назад

      ⁠@@danielwilliams173bro he just meant it was more popular. Nothing about legal copyrights 😂

    • @danielwilliams173
      @danielwilliams173 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Bravetrain13 Maybe, but he said "notoriety." Notoriety and popularity have totally different connotations (notoriety, of course, is characterized by recognition that is specifically unfavorable). Why would bittersweet symphony be thought of as notorious? It must be because of the legal battle, no? What other reason is there?

  • @AnahataMaryjane
    @AnahataMaryjane 10 лет назад +47

    i just came home from emergency surgery where i was septic and spent three weeks in the hospital. i'm lucky. and thank you to my darling james who first introduced me to this song... you were lucky too RIP 12/29/09

  • @zenuwcel
    @zenuwcel 8 лет назад +87

    Thanks."The Verve" for this beautiful song.

  • @manuelastorga2493
    @manuelastorga2493 8 месяцев назад +9

    The songs on Urban Hymns were so beautifully crafted. The whole album gets richer the more you listen to it.

  • @twochordcool
    @twochordcool 3 года назад +653

    ...when you ABSOLUTELY gotta hear a song that makes you feel like everything is going to be alright.

  • @movingforwardman3186
    @movingforwardman3186 3 года назад +256

    I have always thought this message in this song is powerful, but found much strength in it when wife wife divorced me this spring. I found music to be an inspiration to move on with my life. So I decided to hit the road seeing parts of the U.S., flying solo during this COVID thing. Thanks guys for providing the tunes that make a difference.

    • @thisisstuart7951
      @thisisstuart7951 3 года назад +6

      I'm sorry your marriage didn't work out

    • @revolution2737
      @revolution2737 3 года назад +13

      That’s the way, stay strong brother.

    • @brokenwingbird2552
      @brokenwingbird2552 3 года назад +2

      going through divorce right now, its definitely a good song

    • @spidermarvel897
      @spidermarvel897 3 года назад +15

      I went through a divorce. At the time I didn’t understand why. Years later I found out why.
      My destiny was much larger than I could understand then. I am a lucky man.
      Please stay strong. Look inside and figure out what makes you happy. Then go after it with everything you have.

    • @pietroc8313
      @pietroc8313 3 года назад +3

      Stay strong Brother !

  • @martinaferguson2642
    @martinaferguson2642 11 месяцев назад +58

    One of my favorite songs of all time!

  • @evelinekettle1150
    @evelinekettle1150 13 дней назад +2

    Beautiful song reminds me of my darling sister Catherine who had the Verve album, she died in an accident too young 💔 xx

  • @sisominux
    @sisominux 3 года назад +263

    Sometimes I feel depressed and sad. But then I listen to this song and I realize my life is not that bad, and I think I'm a lucky man

    • @Michael-on4ti
      @Michael-on4ti 3 года назад +11

      Actually, I feel the same way.

    • @carolinewatts2117
      @carolinewatts2117 3 года назад +6

      You are wonderfullxxxx

    • @agavehouse
      @agavehouse 3 года назад +6

      And that's what makes this song so special.

    • @7bgaming11
      @7bgaming11 3 года назад

      Same

    • @danielanereu3799
      @danielanereu3799 3 года назад +3

      Same here. I realize is in my hands to define my happiness.

  • @NileshShindeNKS
    @NileshShindeNKS 2 года назад +164

    "Happiness
    Something in my own place
    I'm standing naked
    Smiling, I feel no disgrace
    With who I am"
    cheers me up every time 😊😇

  • @Itsnotapet
    @Itsnotapet 2 месяца назад +7

    2024 and still listening...come on

  • @Owen1699
    @Owen1699 2 года назад +32

    “Happiness, something in my own place. I’m stood here naked smiling I feel no disgrace, with who I am.” - CLASSIC.

  • @chrischalmers2797
    @chrischalmers2797 7 лет назад +194

    90s music cannot be beaten

  • @tompike4116
    @tompike4116 11 месяцев назад +3

    14 years later and I’m here …I hope you all are too …OG’s

  • @rainerNSR7
    @rainerNSR7 10 месяцев назад +13

    The sound of real music

  • @paredescax
    @paredescax Год назад +30

    "Happiness something in my own place, I'm stood here naked, I smile and I feel no disgrace with who I am." What a talent to make genuine music a man can grow old with.

  • @ginger1531
    @ginger1531 Год назад +72

    life is difficult but there's so many things we can be thankful for. love to everyone reading this. you have no idea how strong you are, you can overcome the pain plaguing you. we can all be grateful for what we have. love you all❤️❤️

    • @Keithcooksey
      @Keithcooksey Год назад +2

      Yes!

    • @user-dm1lv2ir6m
      @user-dm1lv2ir6m Год назад

      И я люблю! Спасибо за этот коммент! Будь счастлив, дорогой Человек!!!

    • @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw
      @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw 9 месяцев назад

      Well said love you too

  • @wormholeavoider
    @wormholeavoider 2 месяца назад +6

    I didn't know for the longest time that he says "And I love you, man" at 3:35... I thought it was "I'm a lucky man." It seems at varying intervals he is talking to a lover ("I watch you look at me, watch my fever grow"), himself (But how many corners do I have to turn?), and then - at the end, in this line - perhaps a friend, too. Special songwriting.

  • @Adam-jv9wz
    @Adam-jv9wz Месяц назад +2

    I want to feel happy again

  • @conormckee8269
    @conormckee8269 7 лет назад +353

    One of my favourite lines ever in any song "I'm stood here naked, smile and feel no disgrace with who I am".

    • @dangoodbad1951
      @dangoodbad1951 7 лет назад +6

      is he a flasher?

    • @bonkers2576
      @bonkers2576 7 лет назад +6

      He stands there hiding his willy.. Pretending he has a vagina... Ooh I'm a lady 😂

    • @Gaz81
      @Gaz81 7 лет назад +5

      The internet has all but killed off the old school flasher.

    • @luisgonzalez3012
      @luisgonzalez3012 7 лет назад

      .

    • @sebacard830
      @sebacard830 7 лет назад

      Conor McKee

  • @DelayInBlockProductions
    @DelayInBlockProductions 8 лет назад +2720

    "The first time I ever heard this was in a truck stop bathroom somewhere in central Illinois. I'll never forget that trip and this song totally puts me back there."
    Okay, UPDATE:
    Since a few people wanted to know about my above comment from four months ago, this road trip was taken in October of 2014 with one of my good friends who was getting over the loss of another friend. For personal reasons, I am not going to give out his name. But, he called me out of the blue the day before and asked if we could just drive somewhere. His best friend from high school had committed suicide a few months before and he was really struggling with life and the loss.
    He picked me up on a Friday and we drove all night, ending up somewhere near Mazon, Illinois. We stopped at a Pilot truck station along the way for a break around 2AM and while washing my hands, I heard this over the PA and was mesmerized. Somehow, this song fit the situation perfectly.
    Both of us were struggling with the trials of life and yet, it made us realize we were both lucky men - still alive, fighting, even though things were tough. It made me appreciate the fact I had good friends and that I could be there for another person struggling with a loss. It's funny how music can do that.
    My friend and I both have a passion for railroads and ended up stargazing, attempting to solve the problems of the world, and watching freight trains roll through the night amongst open corn fields. A year later and every time I hear this, I go right back to that moment and think of where I was going and what life was like at that time.

    • @jules33952
      @jules33952 8 лет назад +62

      +Delay In Block Productions ...ty for sharing this story. I hope friend is doing good.

    • @DbeatFireMask
      @DbeatFireMask 8 лет назад +23

      +Delay In Block Productions Cool story Bro' .

    • @B33tLEManI4c
      @B33tLEManI4c 8 лет назад +20

      +Delay In Block Productions Such a great story, quite inspirational too!

    • @idicula1979
      @idicula1979 8 лет назад +26

      Good writing, who says there is no good writing on RUclips, suck it, Melville and Dickens !!!

    • @siy8230
      @siy8230 8 лет назад +38

      That comment put me right there lookin at stars as freight trains roll by

  • @R-Tap
    @R-Tap 2 месяца назад +4

    My walk off song at my funeral.

  • @paulsloan5995
    @paulsloan5995 9 месяцев назад +56

    I’m a big verve fan,heard this track 26 years ago and it lifted the hairs on the back of my neck and still has the same effect 26 years on. Amazing tune love it 😍

  • @BJ-eh1un
    @BJ-eh1un Год назад +50

    Happiness, more or less
    It's just a change in me, something in my liberty
    Oh, my, my
    Happiness, coming and going
    I watch you look at me, and watch my fever grow
    And I know just where I am
    But how many corners do I have to turn?
    How many times do I have to learn
    All the love I have is in my mind?
    But I'm a lucky man
    With fire in my hands
    Happiness, something in my own place
    I'm stood here naked, I smile and I feel no disgrace
    With who I am
    Happiness, coming and going
    I watch you look at me, watch my fever grow
    And I know just who I am
    And how many corners do I have to turn?
    How many times do I have to learn
    All the love I have is in my mind?
    I hope you understand
    I hope you understand
    Oh yeah
    You know, you know, you know, you know
    You know, you know, you know, you know
    Got a love that'll never die, no, no (you know, you know)
    Happiness more or less
    It's just a change in me, something in my liberty
    Happiness, coming and going
    I watch you look at me, watch my fever grow
    And I know
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my, my, my, my
    We got a love that never dies
    I got a love that'll never die
    No, no
    And I love you, man
    Yeah
    It's just a change in me
    Something in my liberty (don't think, don't, don't think I'm lying)
    It's just a change in me
    Something in my liberty (don't think, don't think I'm lying, I'm trying)
    It's just a change in me
    Something in my liberty
    Oh, my, my
    Oh, my, my
    It's just a change in me, something in my liberty
    Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
    I said oh, my, my, my, my, my

  • @d0ddod
    @d0ddod 2 года назад +317

    Brothers first dance song at his wedding last week. Best day of my life to be honest. Me and my brother are really close and seeing him get married is honestly the best day of my life

    • @BadassBitchProject
      @BadassBitchProject 2 года назад +23

      What you said is really beautiful! It's unique to be able to feel that kind of happiness for another human. Stay that way and keep going!👌

    • @adamhumble9564
      @adamhumble9564 2 года назад +8

      That's amazing, mate!

    • @marksalisbury6422
      @marksalisbury6422 2 года назад +13

      Great words my friend , a week ago I danced with my daughter at her wedding and have never seen her eyes sparkle the way they did ,good times , this was the first song I learned on guitar at 60 yo so it is special to me 😀

    • @hannahsherlock3026
      @hannahsherlock3026 2 года назад +1

      @@adamhumble9564o

    • @thetwitterlectual9528
      @thetwitterlectual9528 2 года назад +3

      Why a great brother you are 👍🏻

  • @aa7584a
    @aa7584a Месяц назад +73

    Who is listening in 2024

  • @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw
    @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw 9 месяцев назад +26

    I'll tell you what. I just can't get enough of this song. There's got to be something else pushing me to feel like I do when I hear this amazing beautiful song. This band has no idea what the affect they have on people. I'm so glad I'm one of them truly amazing in thank you for leading the way

    • @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw
      @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw 8 месяцев назад +1

      Iim finally beginning to figure out the meaning of life. Everything happens for a reason and everything has to be put in it's order

    • @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw
      @ChristiRobinson-pm7qw 8 месяцев назад

      lBefore you can put one foot in front of the other.
      . You have to let go of the pain and lay it at JESUS feet. You have to forgive the people who have hurt you. And you have to forgive yourself. You want to become better than you are you have to make a stand in what's right and you have to hold JESUS hand and never let go. I look back now and see things that have had to happen in order tfor me to get where I am in my spirit and it took careing and loveing people to show you thing you did not no I feel like I'm whole Gain

  • @3Storms
    @3Storms 2 года назад +541

    It's just more proof that good music is truely ageless.

    • @Chan-zv5kb
      @Chan-zv5kb 2 года назад +3

      Its just the changing of something in my liberties

    • @stevenhulme4580
      @stevenhulme4580 2 года назад +4

      @@onedayatatime1494 "I'm black and for some reason I enjoy the verve"

    • @Tec811
      @Tec811 2 года назад +2

      You certainly a’int wrong…every now and then, when life doesn’t make sense. I go this song…thank you Richard for this chilled out humility song of happiness

    • @yourunemployedfriendat2pm
      @yourunemployedfriendat2pm 2 года назад +1

      @@onedayatatime1494 People are strange

    • @davidrowlands8548
      @davidrowlands8548 2 года назад +1

      @@onedayatatime1494 I'm white and for some reason I like Michael Jackson because of Man in the Mirror. .. people look at me like I'm crazy when I randomly play that song..

  • @XXAbbott
    @XXAbbott Год назад +232

    "All the love I have is in my mind" one of my all time favorite lyrics.

  • @jbizzle6072
    @jbizzle6072 6 месяцев назад +2

    ALLLLL INNNN MYYY MINDDDD I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND

  • @jewelzvp1910
    @jewelzvp1910 4 месяца назад +13

    Much love to everyone listening to this right now, I love this song. The lyrics hit home. This song will stand the test of time

  • @randomfools808
    @randomfools808 3 года назад +62

    God I miss this type of music so much. That build is powerful.

  • @OMarcoFilipe
    @OMarcoFilipe 2 года назад +345

    So far, music is the closest thing we've got to a time machine.

    • @ChrisMoore-nl6ij
      @ChrisMoore-nl6ij 2 года назад +13

      That's probably the best u tube comment ever.

    • @waynee5603
      @waynee5603 2 года назад +4

      100% True!

    • @cca5tr0
      @cca5tr0 2 года назад +4

      Totally... World up for grabs... And the comment is apt. 💗

    • @starseed5495
      @starseed5495 2 года назад +3

      I like how your mind works ❤️

    • @OMarcoFilipe
      @OMarcoFilipe 2 года назад +2

      @@starseed5495 thank you ❤️

  • @benjaminjohnson1471
    @benjaminjohnson1471 5 месяцев назад +5

    This band didn’t get the credit is deserved on par with oasis maybe even better musically such an amazing thought provoking uplifting superb band

  • @hanswan
    @hanswan 3 месяца назад +3

    One of the best songs ever written, i come back to it every few months and it still blows me away.

  • @hfoto3606
    @hfoto3606 3 года назад +121

    When this song came out I was 20 - I'm 43 now, I wish I could travel back in time and warn my younger self that time passes soooo fast ! it's incredible....

    • @Thatguy55595
      @Thatguy55595 3 года назад +10

      You still have a long life ahead man. 43 is young these days! I’m 26 and I feel like the past 8 years went by in a flash. Especially the last 4

    • @broken12367
      @broken12367 3 года назад +10

      I know that feeling, the 90’s what an amazing decade. I wish I could go back and tell myself to savour every last second as your life is gonna turn to shit when you hit 40.

    • @Thatguy55595
      @Thatguy55595 3 года назад

      Broken Toy how old are you dude?

    • @JPWalster
      @JPWalster 3 года назад +3

      I know what you mean man. I'm 39 and I clearly remember this track coming out along with OK Computer and Mezzanine etc like it was yesterday

    • @Thatguy55595
      @Thatguy55595 3 года назад

      Hugo Costa what’s that mean

  • @mateot7170
    @mateot7170 2 года назад +284

    I was 19 when this came out, I was young, lost, curious and ready for any adventure that came along. 24 years later and now a father, I finally know what it is to be a lucky man!

    • @elgrannido156
      @elgrannido156 2 года назад +6

      Same here my man!
      Also 19 then, also a lucky father now.

    • @evanconnolly8717
      @evanconnolly8717 2 года назад +3

      Your a lucky man

    • @PastorOfMuppetsVIVIVI
      @PastorOfMuppetsVIVIVI 2 года назад +1

      I’m 20 now. Not sure if I’m going to be lucky in the future, not sure if I’ll even have a future.
      I hope so.

    • @joshdavies8727
      @joshdavies8727 2 года назад +3

      @@PastorOfMuppetsVIVIVI you sure will mate! It will all fall into place!

    • @mauriceosullivan6832
      @mauriceosullivan6832 2 года назад +1

      @@elgrannido156 looking back we didn't know how good we had it, life's a journey.

  • @WillyKillya
    @WillyKillya 29 дней назад +2

    It's true. If you're alive to read this, you're a lucky (hu)man

  • @joannemullins1115
    @joannemullins1115 9 месяцев назад +16

    One of the greatest songs of all time ❤❤

  • @Trika0103
    @Trika0103 7 лет назад +52

    "My Mad Fat Diary" ending ♥

  • @brendaluna173
    @brendaluna173 8 лет назад +251

    Richard Ashcroft writes the kind of songs that save lives, i know because his music save me from losing my mind a couple of times this year

    • @TheKronbo
      @TheKronbo 8 лет назад +1

      +Brenda Luna true dat love

    • @scabbers701
      @scabbers701 8 лет назад

      the verve are shit love , worst band in a great decade for music

    • @jrstreets
      @jrstreets 8 лет назад

      +Brenda Luna shut up

    • @brendaluna173
      @brendaluna173 8 лет назад

      Compact Jam my hunger for love

    • @brendaluna173
      @brendaluna173 8 лет назад

      Compact Jam i'm trying my best, i know this will end someday, i'm not going to give up. thank you for your advise

  • @user-nw9np6yi7y
    @user-nw9np6yi7y 6 месяцев назад +5

    And the Echoey Ethereal guitar gives me Goosebumps Every time!!! ❤

  • @oldgems4816
    @oldgems4816 2 месяца назад +3

    I still have the Urban Hymns audio cassette that i bought in 97

  • @fursey1984
    @fursey1984 7 лет назад +37

    "how many corners do i have to turn how many times do i have to learn all the love i have is in my mind"
    sticks with me that lyric

  • @spiralinglove2799
    @spiralinglove2799 8 лет назад +206

    I have been thru some very hard times. Watching my dad OD. on dope. And my struggles with heroin addiction. But this song just reminds how lucky I am to still be alive and everything is gonna be alright.

    • @christopherburke7042
      @christopherburke7042 8 лет назад +13

      It's funny because I just returned to this song to reflect on the good times shared with my childhood best friend who died this week from heroin related causes. He was 34. He was exceptionally dialed into the nature of being present, which is why we connect so strongly, but he's gone. Leave your addiction, fully and completely, as not something that you'll ever allow yourself to be ashamed of but rather of something that you feel empowered by to degrees that most will never understand but which will empower you to stay clean while immersed in the juice of life that is only offered through the experience of rejuvenation of those who desire a better conclusion to this game of life.

    • @spiralinglove2799
      @spiralinglove2799 8 лет назад +8

      +Christopher Burke sorry for your loss. You always here about celebrities ODing. But you never hear about the thousands of average joe's. Thanks for your kind words.

    • @mathdavies9546
      @mathdavies9546 8 лет назад +2

      +Christopher Burke very nice words

    • @kimmulligan1878
      @kimmulligan1878 7 лет назад +1

      Ye still take a toot?

    • @FieldMarshalRommel23
      @FieldMarshalRommel23 7 лет назад +1

      Kim Mulligan me, nah, you?

  • @allistaircousins6101
    @allistaircousins6101 3 месяца назад +2

    What a masterpiece still listening in 2024

  • @larryhurley2314
    @larryhurley2314 21 день назад +1

    Oh how I miss the 90's and absolutely everything about that decade.

  • @musicNmyhead2day
    @musicNmyhead2day 7 лет назад +54

    Yeah the 90's were great, if only we could go back to those days and know how great they really were....

    • @Picnicl
      @Picnicl 6 лет назад +2

      Well, there were 2 or 3 parts. The early 90s as overhang from 1985 onwards with REM , Stone Roses, James, Charlatans. British indie really made a mark, if mainly at home. Then 1994 when, apart from Oasis, the southerners struck back but in a retro way - Suede, Blur. Then, 1995, and Pulp and Radiohead start to burst the Britpop party before its supposed golden year ( which was actually a relatively dry 90s year for classic albums), 1996.Then once The Verve released Urban Hymns, Radiohead released OK Computer, and Oasis released the underrated Be Here Now, all in 1997, there'd never be that crescendo again (and it was a beautifully magical, epic, time, before many outside of university had the internet too). Lesser talents such as Travis and Coldplay were having wild success by rather cynically copying Radiohead's chin stroking, but instead convincing the average uncool guy 'You're special because you don't act like anything is more special than your beige existence'.

  • @KattAD
    @KattAD 10 лет назад +62

    Life can suck sometimes, I get depressed and wish I was more successful. But one listen of this and I'm good again.
    viva anti enjoy.

  • @oakleyorbit
    @oakleyorbit 11 месяцев назад +2

    This will be my funeral song...Just decided!

  • @slimshanni1
    @slimshanni1 6 месяцев назад +5

    Loved it in the girl next door 🎉😊

  • @bungholio81
    @bungholio81 3 года назад +279

    One of the best songs ever. Simply amazing.

    • @akiramenai4973
      @akiramenai4973 3 года назад +1

      Simple and amazing. Robert Plant would carefully take note of this comment.

    • @anganabobbysworld3626
      @anganabobbysworld3626 3 года назад +1

      Agreed 🙌🏼

    • @hanspeterraatz4928
      @hanspeterraatz4928 Год назад

      I can't say this of to many songs, there comes only to mind "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by Ashcroft, "Love Song" by The Cure and "I Could Have Lied" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

    • @aylyan
      @aylyan Год назад

      bitter sweet symphony has 10 x the listens on utube and plays on radio worldwide.. what are they hearing? lol

  • @jayobrien1911
    @jayobrien1911 3 года назад +69

    Can't believe this anthem is 20+ years old, i feel soo old.

  • @lindakarlsen1569
    @lindakarlsen1569 11 месяцев назад +9

    I am 48 and i have listen to this song many years. This is love ❤

    • @CD-yr8tw
      @CD-yr8tw 11 месяцев назад

      I'm 63 and will listen to it till I die.

    • @globalcom150
      @globalcom150 11 месяцев назад

      Same age as you and still listening to it when i feel lucky !

  • @DavidLopez-ll7ks
    @DavidLopez-ll7ks 3 месяца назад +2

    Every time I hear this song, my reaction is always oh my my!

  • @passer-by1510
    @passer-by1510 2 года назад +632

    This song just takes me to another place. Somewhere magical and nostalgic at the same time. ❤️

    • @clodoaldolima275
      @clodoaldolima275 2 года назад +3

      IF IT WAS JUST YOU?

    • @lavernebell6274
      @lavernebell6274 2 года назад +1

      You’ve said it for me. zi love cranking it up. They’re ageless, just the way I feel about myself❤️

    • @kathrynyates3312
      @kathrynyates3312 2 года назад +8

      Brink back the fucking 90s

    • @reddead1037
      @reddead1037 2 года назад +6

      Love I’m almost in tears,reminds me when my mates and I were young and didn’t give a shit,someone tell me why the the world is so different please 🤔😳

    • @nightburgers3670
      @nightburgers3670 2 года назад +2

      @@reddead1037 Me too! Bloody fantastic times ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @aspiringprogrammer2820
    @aspiringprogrammer2820 5 лет назад +264

    It's funny how good music never gets old.

    • @TSJEKKIA
      @TSJEKKIA 5 лет назад +1

      good point

    • @THOMAS2910able
      @THOMAS2910able 5 лет назад +3

      That's why it's good music would be my argument.

    • @jcb9342
      @jcb9342 4 года назад

      Amen bro

    • @reck0n3r
      @reck0n3r 4 года назад +1

      All the more important to support good music/artists. Artists are the vanguard of humanity and we need to appreciate them, especially the ones who don't make it big, the ones that continue making it because it's in their blood and would die if they couldn't create.

    • @hemi969
      @hemi969 4 года назад

      I've noticed it gets slower.