POSITIVE VIBES!!! Ren - Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve Retake) | American Singer/Songwriter Reacts

[@timglennon6814]

The Bass player of The Verve heard this song he liked it that much, and sent REN on of his Bass guitars.

[@britishbulldog3410]

Britain is not Dreary, and he was not saying that .

[@robmarar]

FYI, Ren call these retakes. It's when he takes a song and uses the beat/melody/arrangement and he creates a rap to go over it. He's done one with a Fat Boy Slim track "Right Here Right Now" and DJ Fishers EDM dance track "Losing It". He does them for fun and doesn't release them for any profit. Fun fact the Lead guitarist for The Verve was so impressed with what Ren did he bought and shipped Ren a new electric guitar. Ren opened it up on his twitch stream for his fans to see. He was so excited.

[@kevinwall6529]

2 points of interest on this video- when he says "as above so below in this city we glow" they timed it so the sun cast a shadow exactly in the middle of the street and when he says "in this city we glow" he steps into the light... And when he's sayin about the mother standing at a grave he's standing above a grave shaped manhole cover. I asked the question on his video about the sun and he replied and confirmed it and then told me about the grave. Man's a G

[@eddiebirdie1545]

Woof 🐶🐦.

[@kevinwall6529]

@@eddiebirdie1545 woof "good point well made" 🐶👊

[@eddiebirdie1545]

@@kevinwall6529 what can i say I'm a multilingual budgie, i speak fluent dog and one day united we shall rule the world 🐶✌🐦.

[@kevinwall6529]

@@eddiebirdie1545 thought I detected a slight accent 😂 our time will come, down with hoomans, banish the collars and leash

[@eddiebirdie1545]

@@kevinwall6529 I'm cool with humans it's the feline oppessors that we must join together to defeat 😂🐶✌🐦.

[@robmarar]

Did you hear the News: 5/5/2023 (Hip-Hop/Rap charts): Ren's new drop ANIMAL FLOW hit #1 UK itunes chart, #8 Australian itunes chart, #18 US itune charts. 💣 🔥💣

[@imswat890]

Nice Social commentary think lads. This is Britain, My Britain. The Britain I love, Not perfect I understand that. But we do do a lot of stuff right and that is the bit we should be very proud of.

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

I love this song so much its an absolute masterpiece, I also love the fact he's from my little island. Must say we provide amazing talent if nothing else

[@sandracole2578]

Some cracking artists come out of 'dreary old Britain' eh !

[@CPTM1]

Definitely. Look at the names amd bands and past and present. I find Britain do music the best

[@April--Moon]

My 1st time listening to Ren (got enough rabbit holes open) and F**K, I am a rocker by music taste, but this guy is a landscape artist...though with words. In these few minutes he captured England's inner city life better than an hour long documentary could.

[@davephilpotphilpot9867]

Dreary old Britain knocking it out of the park with the music nowdays huh

[@emmafrench7219]

Exactly what I was going to say. Shhh, I think it's a little bit of jealousy.😊

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

Dreary old Britain? Pffft!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@nicola1175]

Hey boys, great to see you reacting to Ren !

[@docdurdin]

You should google map Brighton, it's a beautiful place. The Pier and Dome are Fab The buildings are quaint and inviting.

[@jaanusmooses]

The best retake from him is Fisher-Losing it. Pure genius, Artist.

[@TheBerzerker666]

I don’t normally like this sort of music but as I’m English and know the streets I kinda like it,not bad at all 🍺🇬🇧

[@eddiebirdie1545]

Hiya folks, it's not a cover it's a retake ✌🐦.

[@andrewtims9524]

This is no cover , he does his own lyrics just like losing it ,just ren playing homage

[@themojoslide]

I love this! The Verve's bassist gifted him his bass after hearing this! So next you need to do the big push, I shot the sheriff mash up followed by the war pigs mash up. They gigged it in that order as you will see. Look for the videos with ren wearing the red braces (suspenders). There are alternative ones but they are not quite as good a quality!

[@CPTM1]

I feel like the Ren community is one of the best. Loving his discord

[@NilZed1]

you aren't the first reactors who hesitated because oh no not bittersweet symphony but were WOW by the end.

[@cdomods]

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[@Biempje]

Great reaction!! ❤❤🔥🔥

[@markscott4420]

Poetry in motion

[@AndaraBledin]

"Melon-choly" ... lovin' the Megamind reference there at the end. 😸

[@bikky608]

oi mate britain is never dreary weather may be shit at times but hey were used to it make the best of it take the piss and have fun

[@vloghogdj]

just down the road from me in brighton,south coast uk

[@Sinyk2u]

MD represents! Loved the reaction!

[@Domnickcan]

Have heard there version of (Englishman in New York ) with the Big push

[@katherinedowling4246]

Bra ve to cover that song but interesting to create a rap with that somber back story a bit blown away by that thank you guys

[@liamohagan5922]

ren crucify your culture please react to this one off his !!!!!

[@dianeemanuel8541]

Retake does not equal cover. Sane with Loosing It Fischer Retake

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

Yep " That was Great " !....Cheers lads.....lol

[@CarlMansell-zs8xl]

Kids a talent

[@callumkent7155]

Please check out love is noise by the verve. It’s the best verve song

[@robvanriot]

I had no idea Jamie T had cloned himself in younger form!

[@belindamelville2270]

Ren😊😊😊😊

[@anthonyleeming]

Do the live version of Chalk Outlines!

[@SvengaliDetroit]

The Big Push does covers...this is a retake

[@davidbirchall832]

Turn the crappy autogenerated captions off. They're just a distraction

[@CarlMansell-zs8xl]

Big push - war pigs is great

[@imnosuperman9935]

Jaime T vibes

[@davidbirchall832]

It's a Retake, not a cover

[@phillipgreen3893]

why live anywhere else

[@scyphe]

Chav-rap.

[@constructor2763]

REN IS AI ACTOR .............................

[@pyewacket24]

I usually like you guys but "dreary old Britain" is insentitive and ill informed.

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

Grow up, it's the perception that britian gives the world.

[@pyewacket24]

@@ajorngjdonaydbr I'm a 58 year old grandmother. I think I'm grown up. I don't know where you get your perception that "Britain" gives any one impression of what and who we are. Who is Britain according to you? It's 3 different countries with a really diverse community and a mixture of cities, market towns, villages, and beautiful, stunning countryside. I think you might need to consider more diverse sources of information before you tell everybody else what to think.

[@craigsanderson9995]

First time hearing this guy...hope it's the last.

[@arsenalmanic]

this is an abomination of Bittersweet Symphony.

[@LeeannG]

The verve likes it, one of the members of the band sent Ren a guitar because he liked it so much 😝

[@davephilpotphilpot9867]

hi there its just a different take on it and not meant to be a remake of the song...

[@arsenalmanic]

@@LeeannG ok cool, but the original is a stunning all time classic. This version is a joke in comparison. However i get it, it's not meant to be a remake, just using their instrumental

[@LeeannG]

@@arsenalmanic RETAKE not REMAKE and I might be a bit biased because I find the original a bit whiny. But I wouldn’t called it, or this, an abomination. People have different musical tastes to be fair, and you’re of course welcome to not like it. But to call it “an abomination” seems like an overreaction. It’s a love letter to where he’s from and it makes me feel uplifted and happy ❤️

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

@@arsenalmanic if the Verve bassist likes it and actually gifted him a bass guitar, it's hardly an abomination bud.