Yeah that kicked ass. I love 90s one hit wonders almost as much as 80s one hit wonders.

Post some more so I can make a mix CD of them. It'll kick ass.

I never really liked Bittersweet Symphony but the Urban Hymns album seems to be really good. at least that's what everyone said back then.

in the UK, the Verve followed up Bittersweet Symphony with The Drugs Don't Work, which went to no 1, and then had top 10 hits with Sonnet and Lucky Man off the same album.

they were the biggest band in Britain for a while there.

yeah lucky man was good

Originally posted by Sean Casey
how many 90s one-hit wonder list topics do we need, neoppryn

enjoy a search sorry

Originally posted by scouse_dave
in the UK, the Verve followed up Bittersweet Symphony with The Drugs Don't Work, which went to no 1, and then had top 10 hits with Sonnet and Lucky Man off the same album.

they were the biggest band in Britain for a while there.

i think the drugs don't work had a limited radio play in the us...

Originally posted by neopryn
Yeah that kicked ass. I love 90s one hit wonders almost as much as 80s one hit wonders. That's great and all, but what do one hit wonders have to do with The Verve?

Oh yeah, I forgot to read the entire thread before posting again.

yeah when you now look back at them you realize they were pretty good, the drugs don't work is really beautiful...

Originally posted by The Gaddrow
That's great and all, but what do one hit wonders have to do with The Verve?

that's what they were in north america.

that doesn't mean that they didn't have other songs that people liked, but this was their one and only major hit in this continent. yes, they released follow-up singles, but they were not "hits." same with the cardigans.

why, yes, yes i do.

as a matter of fact, it's now playing.

they just found two verve songs that were supposed to go on urban hymns but never made the cut, don't know why.
anyway, they'll be on there greatest shits

i liked lucky man a lot.

Originally posted by shaniqua


that's what they were in north america.

that doesn't mean that they didn't have other songs that people liked, but this was their one and only major hit in this continent. Eh, I suppose that's correct on a worldly (MTV) level, but they were in high rotation on Northern California radio, despite not reaching the majority of Notrh America.

symphony was a good song. one of the first things i learned to play. i love the video too, ashcroft clearly didn't like taking any shit from people.

:hurl:

Originally posted by The Gaddrow
Eh, I suppose that's correct on a worldly (MTV) level, but they were in high rotation on Northern California radio, despite not reaching the majority of Notrh America.

yeah. in canada, aqua had a lot of other hit singles after barbie girl, but they are still a one-hit wonder in most of the rest of the world.

Originally posted by shaniqua


yeah. in canada, aqua had a lot of other hit singles after barbie girl, but they are still a one-hit wonder in most of the rest of the world.

this is interesting, because in my mind, a one-hit wonder is a band that just had one hit and then dissapeared without a trace, like scatman john (who used his stammer to come up with a unique but awful way of rapping, i don't know if anyone else remembers him) and the spin doctors.The Verve on the other hand, had some artistic cred, maybe not as much as radiohead or suede for example, but still.

.symphony was a good song. one of the first things i learned to play. i love the video too, ashcroft clearly didn't like taking any shit from people. .

I also really enjoyed that bittersweet symphony video, Ashcroft looks like a real gangsta, walking into people on the street without even flinching, and then a posse of ugly bandmates comes in at the end and completely ruins the coolness. it was hard to like britpop in high school

I never liked the Verve, but I liked the Vervepipe. They had some good songs.

well, then a one-hit wonder with "artistic cred," if you wish!

Originally posted by Winnipeg_creg




Ashcroft looks like a real gangsta, walking into people on the street without even flinching, and then a posse of ugly bandmates comes in at the end and completely ruins the coolness.

yeah totally. they're like "hey we exist too!" haha.

bands exist to make the frontman look good.

Originally posted by Winnipeg_creg
this is interesting, because in my mind, a one-hit wonder is a band that just had one hit and then dissapeared without a trace, like scatman john (who used his stammer to come up with a unique but awful way of rapping, i don't know if anyone else remembers him) and the spin doctors.The Verve on the other hand, had some artistic cred, maybe not as much as radiohead or suede for example, but still.
the Spin Doctors had two hits. just like how the second one was called Two Princes! but i agree with the rest of this paragraph.

Originally posted by shaniqua
yeah. in canada, aqua had a lot of other hit singles after barbie girl, but they are still a one-hit wonder in most of the rest of the world. they were huge in the UK too

Originally posted by Winnipeg_creg
scatman john (who used his stammer to come up with a unique but awful way of rapping

<b>scat</b> - Jazz singing in which improvised, meaningless syllables are sung to a melody.

Originally posted by 3Marlon3Brando


<b>scat</b> - Jazz singing in which improvised, meaningless syllables are sung to a melody.
You blew the opportunity for an even funnier definition.

Originally posted by SleepyChiChi
I never liked the Verve, but I liked the Vervepipe. They had some good songs. I really dug their big hit. The name escapes me at the moment.

urban hymns were great. i bought the album because of Lucky man. sonnet, space and time, drugs dont work were all good

Originally posted by neopryn
I really dug their big hit. The name escapes me at the moment.

Freshmen. or The Freshman

one of those.

For the life of me! I cannot remember! what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise!

I make fun of it but it is kind of nice in its own way.

Urban Hymns is good.

Originally posted by denial
they just found two verve songs that were supposed to go on urban hymns but never made the cut, don't know why.
anyway, they'll be on there greatest shits which should be out nov. 1st.

the new tracks are "this could be my moment" & "monte carlo"

Originally posted by Eulogy


Freshmen. or The Freshman

one of those.

For the life of me! I cannot remember! what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise!

I make fun of it but it is kind of nice in its own way. I just downloaded this and it's way better than I remembered it. Sweet.

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Didn't The Verve get sued because that song was simply a sample of a Rolling Stones song? And then Jagger/Richards pretty much whored Bittersweet Symphony out Moby-style because they pretty much then owned the publishing rights?

If so, that's funny.

nah, they weren't sued - they just did'nt get any royalties from it, the stones got it all, the verve didn't make a penny from that tune.

ah well. nevermind

Originally posted by soniclovenoize
Didn't The Verve get sued because that song was simply a sample of a Rolling Stones song?
if by "was simply" you mean "happened to cointain", then you're almost right. it used a barely recognizable sample of an obscure orchestral version of a Stones song. Bittersweet Symphony is 99% original Verve, yet the Rolling Stones got all the money from it.

Originally posted by tcm

if by "was simply" you mean "happened to cointain", then you're almost right. it used a barely recognizable sample of an obscure orchestral version of a Stones song. Bittersweet Symphony is 99% original Verve, yet the Rolling Stones got all the money from it. :D That's funny, because that sample *is* the song...

Originally posted by soniclovenoize
That's funny, because that sample *is* the song...
that's ridiculous. but anyway, it's funny how the Stones had no part in writing it. the orchestral recording bears little resemblance to their The Last Time. if anybody should be filching the Verve's royalties, it's that Andrew Loog Oldham guy, i guess.

Originally posted by denial
nah, they weren't sued - they just did'nt get any royalties from it, the stones got it all, the verve didn't make a penny from that tune.

ah well. nevermind they just lost out on the songwriting royalties i'm near-certain. to say they didn't make a penny out of it isn't true.

besides it caused millions of people to go and buy their album so it wasn't all bad.

Originally posted by tcm

that's ridiculous. but anyway, it's funny how the Stones had no part in writing it. the orchestral recording bears little resemblance to their The Last Time. if anybody should be filching the Verve's royalties, it's that Andrew Loog Oldham guy, i guess.
Well, that's what happens when you base your entire song around a sample of a Rolling Stones orchestrial riff... ;)

Originally posted by soniclovenoize
Well, that's what happens when you base your entire song around a sample of a Rolling Stones orchestrial riff... ;)
way to make no sense. ;)