Verve: S/D ?

mainly i'm listening to she's a superstar over and over.

They were the first show I saw in San Francisco when I moved there in July of 1995 and end up seeing them six times total. They were the highlight for Lollapalooza 1994 along with the Boo Radleys. Even if Urban Hymns isn’t as great as their past work, it still is a really good album especially on road trips.

*INSANELY JEALOUS*

Oh...wait a minute...you're talking about THE Verve, purveyors of 1974-style soft rock?

the debut, i never could fully embrace

guess what? they're back.

http://www.theverve.tv/

*smacks forehead*

I got a REAL bad feeling.

Likewise.

More smooth MOR like Ashcroft's solo stuff, methinks. Least necessary reunion since the last unnecessary reunion.

Hahah, all too true.

i pretty much HATE Richard's solo stuff, especially as time went on.

hope that they feel the groove again because they are one hell of a live band.

*crosses finger* for good luck on this.

first Blur, now Verve...who is next?

Someone PLEASE book them on one of those Don't Look Back shows where they have to play all of A Storm In Heaven

I'm kinda shocked that McCabe is part of this.

Someone PLEASE book them on one of those Don't Look Back shows where they have to play all of A Storm In Heaven

And all of the early EPs, and the B-sides.

*pause*

Who are we kidding? At most they'll say, "This is an older song you might know" and only do "Slide Away."

Like they'd even do that. The "older song you might now" MIGHT be History, if you're lucky, This Is Music if you're REALLY lucky. This will be an Urban Hymns set. If McCabe's involved it's cos interest rates have rised and he's pushed on his mortgage.

At least it's a new album and they're not just doing a greatest hits cash-in tour.

is McCabe's participation really that big a surprise? I mean, what else does he have to do?

A friend suggested McCabe both 'resents and requires a steady routine,' and so the band format, though it irritates him, might irritate him less now than not having it.

If McCabe's involved it's cos interest rates have rised and he's pushed on his mortgage.

Or else Ashcroft knows that there's no way this will have any cred unless McCabe is on board from the beginning. Ashcroft probably realizes that he has to play nice and make this work or else he's opening up for puppet shows for now on.

months-old xpost to Keith - the old Cathouse was on Brown Street, the new one is on Union Street. And yes, I was at that Oasis/Acetone/Verve show.

Someone PLEASE book them on one of those Don't Look Back shows where they have to play all of A Storm In Heaven

Aye, that'd be brilliant. I'd be up for that. I have some reservations about the quality of material stemming from a reunion, but stranger things have happened.

I have some reservations about the quality of material stemming from a reunion, but stranger things have happened.

I suppose I'm just gun shy after the relative non-event of the House Of Love reunion with Terry Bickers - of course now they're doing one of those Don't Look Back shows.

I suppose the real questions here is whether or not Ashcroft has expunged all the ham and oatmeal out of his system and whether McCabe is interested enough to really cut loose.

Probably not.

(I'm blaming my "stranger things have happened" quote on the strength of, um, Take That, so don't be expecting miracles)

I'm not sure Ashcroft and McCabe have anything to lose, and there's hardly been a stack of people begging for their triumphant return or anything. Mind you, people bought into the Embrace revival, so, yeah, I have no point.

Embrace never split-up or hated each other or anything though; it's just that no one cared for a couple of years.

"No Come Down" (their B-side comp) and the original EP are the only things i still listen to.

“weeping willlow” ffs

Fourth is an album where you can easily tell when Rich and Nick are and aren't getting on. But when they are its sometimes top drawer Verve for me, esp. "Sit and Wonder".

Actually the writing credits for the first three songs in order are The Verve, The Verve/Ashcroft and Ashcroft. And it is easy to tell.

ANS was my first Verve and I love it. The guitar textures are scrumptious. I like it as much as ASIH.

forth is great, worth checking out the numerous outtakes too, as is verve tradition

Forth really is great. Also Nick said it was the most enjoyable experience they had making an album.

cool, I will definitely dig into it