Thursday, March 18, 2004
March 17: The Verve - Urban Hymns
OK, so I should have done an Irish band for St. Patrick's Day, but I'm still working on:
Home country - Manchester, England
The Verve are actually from the Manchester suburbs, and this is (of course) their huge breakthrough album, the one with "Bittersweet Symphony" on it. Oasis and the Verve were pals — "Cast No Shadow" from Oasis' second album is about Verve lead singer Richard Ashcroft — and they persuaded the band to get back together and make this album. It was a huge international success, and the Verve promptly broke up again. Que cera cera; at least we got this. "The Drugs Don't Work" is on my Top 10 songs of all time list.
Home country - Manchester, England
The Verve are actually from the Manchester suburbs, and this is (of course) their huge breakthrough album, the one with "Bittersweet Symphony" on it. Oasis and the Verve were pals — "Cast No Shadow" from Oasis' second album is about Verve lead singer Richard Ashcroft — and they persuaded the band to get back together and make this album. It was a huge international success, and the Verve promptly broke up again. Que cera cera; at least we got this. "The Drugs Don't Work" is on my Top 10 songs of all time list.
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