Most of an interview with Richard Ashcroft talking about Urban Hymns, the band splitting and reforming, legal problems with Bittersweet Symphony etc. From an old VHS tape.
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@matthewbiggin98872 жыл бұрын
The greatest songwriter of the Britpop era
@Mctrippzy2 жыл бұрын
Without a shadow of a doubt. Pure genius 🇬🇧
@MarcoGosatti423 ай бұрын
Nope. Radiohead were with The Bends in the Britpop era.
@MaxiZamac6 жыл бұрын
You can tell how much he loves music, just by hearing his true words.
@vanman7572 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah... They where all proper muso's before even being in a band together....
@Ethericrose3 жыл бұрын
Urban Hymms has effected my life on many many levels for many many years.
@vanman7572 жыл бұрын
Same my friend, same... 👍🏻🙏🏻👌🏻😎
@samuelwhite65292 жыл бұрын
Hasn't affected your spelling ability
@mckayman24 Жыл бұрын
i sit here in the bush, drinking, all his songs are just radiating and echoing through my mind, sad but magical it is
@Jimmywilliams_3 жыл бұрын
I was 17 when I watched this.. i still think about this interview once a week
@dressedinbeans23603 жыл бұрын
Quote from an interview in March 2000: ‘I had a dream," says Richard Ashcroft. "It was just the other night. This voice told me everything would be all right when I was 50. And I woke up going (clasps head in terror, bawls), 'Fifty?!'" He will be 50 in September, and everything is all right!
@arieledlucena73723 жыл бұрын
When he says that is not about the money but about the music which is bigger than him or the big guys, is for the people! I really love this man! ❤️❤️❤️
@miller8124u2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Me too!
@andygorman6886 жыл бұрын
Such an amazing song writer. Unfortunately commercial music has poisoned the masses. There are no rock n roll bands now that can make me feel the way that album does.
@erinlarkin64695 жыл бұрын
There's an upcoming band called Our Propaganda from Southampton. Check them out on Facebook, and KZfaq. They might make you feel something. They made me feel
@generiixvenom52913 жыл бұрын
Just you wait
@user-vh6ts9uf6c3 жыл бұрын
Including his pretty dreadful solo performances
@andygorman6883 жыл бұрын
@@user-vh6ts9uf6c yeah tbf there have been some shockers
@user-vh6ts9uf6c3 жыл бұрын
@@andygorman688 But together - they are amazing. Very strange. Saw them live twice in 2008 - best gig I have ever been to. Also saw Richard Ashcroft in 2000 - and it was pretty lame, sadly.
@_MR.platinum Жыл бұрын
The verve came to me in a dark time in my life and the beauty I felt in the music helped get through that dark period and I’ve been a huge fan of sir Richard ever since
@michaelgregos27437 жыл бұрын
This is interesting. He does allude to the verve having a future, but somewhere along the way he changed his mind. No question he was the star in the band and I can understand his desire to go it alone, he was at the top of his game, supremely confident. All this band needed was 2-3 years between albums in order for time to heal their issues and in between they could do their solo stuff. Looking back killing the band off completely did not make sense. They had a unique ability to merge different influences and they were just getting better at it. Real shame the world was deprived from seeing this band evolve.
@sheetaldhruva68866 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think they threw out the baby with the bathwater when they went their separate ways. I really would love for them to get back together but don't see it happening.
@rygdoomed4422 жыл бұрын
They made Forth in 2008
@badgasaurus42112 жыл бұрын
Nick McCabe was needed to make the songs special. Ashcroft’s solo stuff isn’t a patch on what was done with the verve for that reason. The unofficually released songs for urban hyms are better than what was actually put on the record (bar the singles).
@vanman7572 жыл бұрын
Yeah man... Too true
@c0rxpseb0i13 Жыл бұрын
I give them respect for keeping bittersweet on the record even if they didn’t make a single penny from it it shows there in it for the music not just the money
@paul669903 ай бұрын
Their biggest hit was a rip off 🎉.
@lappo25342 ай бұрын
It's called a sample you COVIDIOT
@jgreen64346 жыл бұрын
This was great watching. I remember seeing it back when it first aired in ‘97. Here in America very few people realize how amazing this band really was. They know Bittersweet, but they don’t know Urban Hymns is one of the best records of the past few decades. From start to finish that album, in my opinion, is close to perfection
@quinnlane72573 жыл бұрын
I really believe that a storm in heaven was way ahead of it's time.
@lordsabre666 жыл бұрын
the verve made songs that a 19 year old black guy from South Africa with no rock nuance at all, could relate to.
@d.tim1989 Жыл бұрын
Best album I’ve ever heard, Urban Hymns will take you through every emotion.
@mattg5618 күн бұрын
Oh, it's a work of genius. No doubt about it.
@jasonperry62127 жыл бұрын
It's sad. The music they made was amazing. So sad that they didn't continue...
@daveypayne59886 жыл бұрын
it's still amazing. legacy. love and despair hope and sorrow. it's still there. resonating to this day
@foolsgoldhelterskelter39176 жыл бұрын
Had to happen mate, chaos made their music beautiful
@sheetaldhruva68866 жыл бұрын
Agree the legacy of their music is timeless. What amazes me, what I am in awe of is the fact they created this kind of music in their twenties. I know I would not have appreciated it at that age myself. Even if it was drug induced still it's deep spiritual/real lyrics and music that makes an emotional connection with the listener.
@ashdez11736 жыл бұрын
Urban hymns album really amazed me and made me feel certain emotions that I never thought I would feel.....FEELINGS....
@enlightenednormie2426 жыл бұрын
i'm a lifelong fan of this band; Totally awesome!!!!
@joefalcino56356 жыл бұрын
i think he is one of the genius musician
@mckayman24 Жыл бұрын
it just amazes me how well he speaks and how well he is able to articulate his thoughts, and how a song of his connects to each person in a different way, and that’s what’s happened to me. So we are all part of his reality , magical
@faaaduma68765 жыл бұрын
Great interview. Wish I could go back to this era that is full of passion & beauty😌🙌
@HitchcockBrunette3 жыл бұрын
Oh this is such a hidden gem of a clip. I remember first seeing this on MTV back in late 97... My god. Still one of the greatest bands that ever was. Nothing better than them came after in my opinion. Legends. x to this day
@craigsanderson43302 жыл бұрын
And you did Ashcroft, you made that record, soundtrack of my youth, I thank you for that.
@djc12346 жыл бұрын
I've said it before and I'll say it again; had The Verve just taken another long-ish break from each other, like they had before, they would have gone on to worldwide fame. They're the epitome of a band where each member needed the other to bring out their own greatness. Sad.
@thegoodsgone19652 жыл бұрын
They definitely achieved worldwide fame.
@brenitez19716 жыл бұрын
The BEST British band the cooolest lead singer and a man that doesn't pretend
@teripettit62549 ай бұрын
Genius! Music is Power!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the VERVE.....
@ashdez11736 жыл бұрын
Well said Richard.....love The Verve....always...
@noelnasty Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the best song writer of all time, love Richard and his solo stuff. 🌞
@vanman7572 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on telly at the time of filming... One of his best interviews & he's said a lot of wise, articulate & profound things in many/most of his interviews....
@matthew-thomasplant35425 жыл бұрын
True artist. What a bloke
@Jimmywilliams_3 жыл бұрын
“ we’re making music not cheese burgers”
@mckayman24 Жыл бұрын
the verve has at least 3-5 albums that are just pure bliss, never found a band like them… ❤
@sigfriedtarraga3776 жыл бұрын
liam gallagher + noel gallagher = richard ashcroft, all in one, talented and coolness, the biggest musician of the 90
@Fmfcg3 жыл бұрын
Richard reminds me a lot of Syd Barrett on the early days of Pink Floyd
@Ethericrose3 жыл бұрын
Richard is in a league of his own.
@michaelgraham97743 жыл бұрын
Richard is his own entity. Comparing him to the Gallaghers is selling him so short.
@sratus3 жыл бұрын
@@Fmfcg I have no idea why
@oasis35833 жыл бұрын
Brilliant way of putting it!
@rainbowrose92992 жыл бұрын
I love listening to this dude, awesome 👌
@badlefthook624 Жыл бұрын
Ashcroft frequently talked about the verve and their music connecting with the people back in the day. I can honestly say that no music has ever connected with me like the verve. I lived and breathed the verve. Still do. Unbelievable band. Sounds cringe, but I idolised Ashcroft and would hang on his every word when I was a teenager. Urban hymns (not every verve fans favourite) was/is the soundtrack to my youth....probably my life.
@thaniaespinoza91723 жыл бұрын
I like him so much i wish i can setle with a guy like him♥️
@vanman7572 жыл бұрын
He was being VERY gracious about the "Bitter Sweet Symphony" situation though, wasn't he ?..
@blancamatamoros5 ай бұрын
I'm a lifelong fan of this band; I love it the interview. ❤
@rudyblankert12692 жыл бұрын
What indeed this is such a great album! I have always loved it and still do… Like Richard said, it mixes all kinds of music styles and I now know that’s what I recognize in it and why it’s such a great album as it is
@samansiddiquie19022 жыл бұрын
He’s so profound
@albertnash888 Жыл бұрын
It’s too bad most countries only know the Verve for “Bittersweet Symphony”, but they did play a major role in the 90s British Invasion. Only time will tell if they will reunite again. We still are dying for a reunion of their good friends Oasis.
@rudyblankert12692 жыл бұрын
Sir Richard! Such a wise and unique person
@omnitrio23136 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite bands of all time & one of the best song writers that we've ever produced... And that's saying something, considering the talent that's came out of Britain... I remember when Urban Hymn's came out & there wasn't a house that I went to, that didn't have that album in their C.D. collection... I also love his solo effort's... He was/is a deep soul... Nick McCabe's guitar sound was brilliant, too... I used to love Pete Salisbury on drum's, also... For that matter, just the whole band where something else & there'll never be another band like them... Throw, The Rolling People, or Come On, on when you're bevvied... Such song's are brilliant to rock out to, when you're pissed... Ha... Bad, the way they got scammed with the royalty's, on Bitter Sweet Symphony... They got to keep 0% of the proceed's... I'd be pissed off, too...
@letiziazappetti7868Ай бұрын
Une légende.une pépite ❤❤❤
@foolsgoldhelterskelter39176 жыл бұрын
i fuckin' love him
@mckayman24 Жыл бұрын
i love how his eyebrows/forehead shadow his eyes…
@Iceis_Phoenix2 жыл бұрын
He is so beautiful 💗💗💗
@tweetings4 ай бұрын
Love him in this interview. Prefer him when all his greatness is grounded.
@maxwelter95456 жыл бұрын
He has no idea what an iconic Rock God he is which makes him even cooler.
@sratus3 жыл бұрын
Strange take that you think that, his ego is enormous
@akirafelix38652 жыл бұрын
@@sratus yeah, kinda weird that he thinks that. One of my favourites things of Ashcroft is his ego, he can deliver, he can be as arrogant as he wishes.
@miller8124u2 жыл бұрын
It pisses me off that you were ripped off!!!!! But, you have created the greatest song and video of the decade. The world thanks you more than you can ever imagen!!!!!!!!!!!!
@repiercedve1l Жыл бұрын
this isnt Richard's KZfaq account
@commandere.7842 жыл бұрын
How prophetic
@leaks2.0733 жыл бұрын
I love this guy.
@robwelsh50706 жыл бұрын
Legends. The end.
@stuartlee85197 жыл бұрын
He's still got his jacket on out of the video ..he was probably still broke when he did this interview. .its from 97 I think. .
@jellyfish03113 жыл бұрын
@Steven Lyndsey he means still as in, at the time of the video
@jellyfish03113 жыл бұрын
@Steven Lyndsey oh 😅
@pasqualemaiello79313 жыл бұрын
the great band in the world!!!
@Nickecho7979 Жыл бұрын
Dudes bone structure is like something from a comic book
@Joerideout1 Жыл бұрын
How to be a peak band you have to follow this by utterly owning your era. Come on young people, please do something worthy!
@dontbenosey1Ай бұрын
9:18 music is power.
@pagavazaliko Жыл бұрын
Best Richard !
@MissPerriwinkle Жыл бұрын
him so friggin hot !!!!!!!!!!!
@selinakyle23685 ай бұрын
It boggles my mind that people say that he is ugly.
@michaelmi13936 жыл бұрын
Einer der letzten richtigen rockstars
@Zeekski2 жыл бұрын
Ha … The Verve absolutely obliterate oasis …. And I’m a massive oasis fan ….
@conormccolgan4758 Жыл бұрын
No they fucking don’t, two of the best bands of all time though.
@roomark24 ай бұрын
They do though@@conormccolgan4758
@user-gw6kh7wb5g3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@mikedavis92443 ай бұрын
5:58 a Rolling Stones "string sample".....really??? More like they lifted the entire Oldham arrangement which makes up 80% of Bittersweet Symphony. Essentially, Ashcroft added one note to the string arrangement and vocals.
@deletist_2 ай бұрын
"So Sod It!" ✨🤟👁️❤️🔥👁️🤘✨
@temuujinenkhbat30132 жыл бұрын
I'm a fan of the Mongolian listener Oasis The verve, a wonderful band
@PGomes-wo9is2 жыл бұрын
Peter hayes look like and sounds like him, which is badass...
@mine5796 жыл бұрын
I never even knew it sounded like anything like the Rolling Stones.
@grahamjarman6 жыл бұрын
Mine its a string orchestra performing an instrumental version of "the last time" by the stones that was used
@yenthari2 жыл бұрын
The song by the rolling stones isn't even original song from them, which is even more bizzar
@finckel26823 жыл бұрын
The Verve literally made the 1990s sound like the 1960s.
@bobsbigboy_2 жыл бұрын
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE
@cinemarАй бұрын
Those are some shoulder pads.
@sigfriedtarraga3776 жыл бұрын
bittersweet simphony is the verve, doesn't matter what rolling stones says
@t3br00k354 ай бұрын
Picture a pie losing a quarter of its face and falling over
@alexcox73576 жыл бұрын
Ahead of his time
@silvanamunoz31196 жыл бұрын
😎😍😘🤗
@lidiaquinillo76576 жыл бұрын
maybe the bleedn stones want royalties to the haircuts too.....
@daisybaker85283 жыл бұрын
Hes wearing the same leather jacket in the vid ha
@Wallopfam3 жыл бұрын
Biblical
@justkids23736 жыл бұрын
wow. 7:22
@user-nf9sm7vj3k3 жыл бұрын
dont take adrugs
@vanman7572 жыл бұрын
Don't talk ashit...
@ciaranmurphy95133 жыл бұрын
I’m a huge fan of the verve but pause to consider Ashcroft solo output - the verve would have layered over that and those tunes. And let’s be honest some of it is shite. No doubt there would have been good tunes if they stayed together but it’s a myth that they’d have ever bettered UH.
@Gabriel-zk9gb2 жыл бұрын
If you listen to the unreleased tracks for the next album I'd say they come pretty close to urban hymns