Really enjoyed this cut (Lucky Man)...I thought at first it might be a cover from the movie of the same name starring Malcolm McDowelll which I really loved. It's not, but an excellent song! I want their CD!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Hymns
You're welcome, Lee--I really liked
The Verve (and
Richard Ashcroft), and I especially liked their 1997 album
Urban Hymns, which included
Lucky Man. I also tried to post the excellent (and wildly popular) song,
Bitter Sweet Symphony from the same album, but Youtube has killed my post twice due to problems with the rights. Too bad.
Here is another song from
Urban Hymns:
The Verve - Sonnet (4:26)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiQgEn5ibYg&feature=related[/youtube]
Lastly, here is the latest in re:
The Verve, right off the presses:
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/08/leaked_the_verve_record_worlds.htmlFrom
New York Magazine:Leak of the Week 8/13/08 11:00 AM
Leaked:
The Verve Record
World’s First Decent Reunion Album
Courtesy of EMI
The Verve, Forth
Official Release Date: August 26 2008
The Verdict: Last year, following a decade of increasingly cheesy solo output,
Richard Ashcroft finally broke down and put his band back together. The resultant
Forth sounds (mercifully) nothing like his albums and not much like the Verve's 1997 breakthrough
Urban Hymns either, but instead more like the band's noodle-y, reverb-soaked mid-nineties material. This is a good thing.
Nick McCabe's awesome guitar playing could probably cover a multitude of sins, but there aren't really any here (even not-great single
"Love Is Noise" sounds pretty good in context). Highlights include
"Judas," "Numbness," and
"I See Houses," but whenever these guys get together and play one chord for six minutes (as they do on pretty much all tracks), it's hard to complain.