Rappers React To The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony"!!!

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[@Kara-Lea]

Richard Ashcroft is an absolute talent, lyrical master. The Verve are most certainly not a one hit wonder! The atmosphere in the crowd when The Verve perform on stage is insane and amazing to be part of.

[@nigeltrusk4722]

Love you

[@jeffstevens4262]

The lady who got out the car and gave him what for, was actually his wife. It's a great and iconic video and a brilliantly written and performed track. 🙋‍♂

[@_starfiend]

That's a common myth. It's not true.

[@jeffstevens4262]

@@_starfiend OK, so how do you know?

[@_starfiend]

@@jeffstevens4262 It's actually quite easy to work out. His wife is Kate Radley. They've been married since 1995. She looks totally different to the woman in the music video. It might be an actress called Kelly MacDonald (SP), but it's a little uncertain.

[@jeffstevens4262]

@@_starfiend Cheers.

[@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers]

I love this song and it's very deep. Even the video has meaning. His walk is a representation of the path of life, the people he encounters are the people and events that we encounter through our lives. The guy with the fridge on a dolly is like a big life altering event that was narrowly avoided. The people he bumped into are the little speed bumps that help shape our lives. The girl in the car is a bad relationship, the car is the large event that he was able to cross and move on from but she didn't move on as easily and followed representing how a love can effect your life long term even after it's ended. The lady he knocked down was like an encounter where he hurt someone else's life in some way and he was recognizing that but still life continues without looking back. The girl that checked him out was like a perfect fling that came and went and left only a fond memory. The car that actually made him pause was a major life event that held him in place for a while, maybe good maybe bad but significant enough to make his life take pause and him looking at his reflection in it's window's was representing him taking that moment of pause to reflect on himself a bit but in the end it too did pass and life continued as always. At the end when the other four followed with him is like the people in your life who are there for the long haul whoever they may be they stick with you till the end while still living their lives respectively.

[@jco207]

Wow, I have a new appreciation for the video now. I also heard the concept was inspired by "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack.

[@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers]

@@jco207 It might have been, I'm not sure. This was my interpretation and while I feel like it was intentionally done I'm not certain if this was their original meaning behind the song or video.

[@jco207]

@@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers I think you got it right. The idea of a video based on a person walking was inspired by Massive Attack, but I think they added the layers you described on top of that.

[@Levi_Amongst_the_Watchers]

@ASaaaxxx You're welcome and thank you as well.

[@Doktor00Magnus]

Thank you for this friend

[@graemeporter]

Ocean Colour Scene - I would highly recommend checking this British band out, if you haven't already. My favourite is "Hundred Mile High City", but their biggest hits are probably "The Riverboat Song" and "The Day We Caught The Train". Saw them in concert some time before COVID hit, they were still fantastic all these years later.

[@SJ19_998]

Love them, and I agree about Hundred Mile City, great song

[@eyden1562]

I've never ACTUALLY analyzed the video, but watching it now as an adult, I feel like I've found some sort of meaning in it. It's a bittersweet symphony, this life. The very first moments of the video, he's standing still waiting for his moment. He steps forward without looking (like The Fool card in the basic tarot) and narrowly misses getting clipped by a car. But then he goes forward, some people he misses, some people he bumps into, some people see him and bump into him also. It's kind of a metaphor for the bittersweet human experience of "some people you don't see coming into your life, but they have a huge impact", & "Some people come into our lives gently and then pass us by", or even "We sometimes don't realize how our actions impact others." Every *interaction* he makes in the video is a representation of different kind of relationships we ALL find ourselves having throughout our lives. Sometimes we hurt people, sometimes people hurt us, some people we don't bother even getting near. We can all watch the video and think he's a dick hahahha, but realistically, we're all the villain in someone else's life story. Even the best of us have done bad things, intentionally or otherwise, that led to lessons being learned. The real life version of character development, a 'character arc' that we all go through as humans with a complicated psychological process. Again, I never really paid attention to the video, but it actually is fascinating to break apart into pieces.

[@bluebird1109]

Sampled from the Stones 'This will be the last time.'

[@cheryldavis9313]

There was a symphony version of the Stones song between The Stones and Verve.

[@Danielle....]

Ren does a great retake of this (hint hint 😏)

[@Apollo.Rising]

Wondering if this is why they're doing this one in the first place to have context for it 🤔

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

@@Apollo.Risingall day!!! Watched so many ren reactions,thought they went there,🤦

[@debbiedebster5806]

I wondered if this was a hint also! 🤔😀

[@anthonyhamilton8007]

They did🤣🤣🤣

[@doughill2616]

Tomorrow?

[@DaP84]

You've most likely heard "The Drugs Don't Work", very emotional ballad. And there is "Lucky Man", which you prob not heard. Also an awesome track. Another fave of mine is "Sonnet"

[@ericthehawkeye]

Definitely check out “The Drugs Don’t Work” or “Lucky Man”

[@stephanieweisbart777]

Such a beautiful song

[@annewoodard6803]

The Verve sampled this from The Rolling Stones, it became a big hit and the Stones claimed copyright and took all of their money. A couple of years ago they gave the money back to the Verve, because duh, it’s iconic.

[@_starfiend]

No. The stones manager claimed royalties after the Verve had already asked for, and received, permission from their record label. Richard Ashcroft thought they had permission until that manager got involved. Mind you he also screwed over George Harrison and the Stones as well. Interestingly, or not, the Stones song itself very heavily sampled a much older song.

[@markwhite9878]

One of best song I ever heard

[@daviddeath6029]

The video does match because the song is about how obstacles in life get in our way 😊

[@jenthomas7725]

Goosebumps on top of goosebumps. I kinda hope that isn’t fatal. Then again, it is some badass theme music/walkout tunes!! Thank you for the walk down memory lane, sincerely!! I’m so glad you guys chose to do it! ! As always, thanks for supplying joy to this ragtag fubar world Thank you for sharing your gifts with the world!!!

[@jacobvozzo2934]

Drugs don’t work is my favourite song of theirs.

[@andrewgibson395]

The string section was lifted from a Rolling Stones track, the video 'borrows heavily' from Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy.

[@zeroxox777]

Watching your reactions to these British songs I know so well is priceless, and helps me hear it with the freshness of your youth. Thanks guys! You need a nice fat zoot to go with your reactions.

[@sarahealey1780]

This was an epic album and you should do some more songs from it.

[@That-Ginger-Chick]

Muse came along a little too late to be grouped with The Verve, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, etc. The Verve are from Wigan which is the town next to me and there's a former strip club with a bunch of bands from Greater Manchester painted on the front like The Verve, Oasis, the buzzcocks and the charlatans. They're not a one hit wonder, Drugs don't work and lucky man are great songs too. This video gives me such nostalgia growing up in the North West of England in the 90s, the streets looked just like that and every guy looked and dressed like that... until the green parkas came along.

[@Laser2120]

Watching the video takes me back to my teens watching MTV on the school holidays

[@Alice-hp6yb]

Such a happy blast from the past watching this!! 🇬🇧 😊

[@robertschiavone5159]

First time I heard this was in the movie cruel intentions at the end of the movie..classic

[@gregoryjames174]

Me too, just like the first time I heard The Pixies' Where is My Mind (another favorite of mine).

[@lynnhoffman247]

This was my ringtone back in the day

[@BattleMatt]

When you're stuck in a contract, 'I can't change my phone...'

[@zeigbert1743]

I love how you guys can read each other's minds.

[@bapc3billneeley]

My mother, who's in her eighties, absolutely loves this video! She watches it all the time 😆

[@mcseforsale]

It's funny. I went to a show in Atlanta around this time and it turned out to be Verve Pipe (we were merely freshmen) and Collective Soul concert. I was hoping to see these guys! LOL.

[@pandapopchart4950]

The end image of the band walking together was notable as this was their first single after reforming, having split a couple of years earlier. They split again after this album, then reformed a few years later to headline Glastonbury, released another album, and split again. Freddie Mercury was originally from Zanzibar, which is now part of Tanzania, and had Indian parents.

[@OneAndOnlyMe]

Iconic music video (filmed on Hoxton Street, North London).

[@barriehull7076]

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 - 24 November 1991)[2] was a British singer and songwriter, who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Born in 1946 in Zanzibar to Parsi-Indian parents, Mercury attended English-style boarding schools in India from the age of eight and returned to Zanzibar after secondary school. In 1964, his family fled the Zanzibar Revolution, moving to Middlesex, London.

[@clodoaldosilva7747]

The Verve: Bitter Sweet Symphony 1998 Great song for me....

[@djandersen2745]

"Praise You" was another Verve hit. Happens to be wonderfully covered by The Big Push. Hint hint. 😂😂❤❤

[@gurulimbo]

Big hint! Huge hint! @Renmakesmusic hint! 🙂🙃😎

[@Lulubelle123]

Is it not Praise You by Fatboy Slim that The Big Push covered 🤔?

[@djandersen2745]

​@@Lulubelle123doh! Haha, thanks 😂

[@Lulubelle123]

@@djandersen2745 👍🤣

[@wadeperrie]

You guys need to check out the video that this song is based on "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack. Regarded as one of the greatest songs of all time and at the time one of the best music videos. Massive Attack is a band you should look at closely they are amazing and sit with great bands like Tool and Radiohead from the nineties.

[@GayJayU26]

I love their later song, 'Love is Noise'

[@TheClayCoKid]

First comment beat me to it. Maybe the filming of this video was influential to Sam and Ren? Wonder if they ever saw the Beastie Boys rolling live down the street and coming to a stage on the Letterman Show. That's Iconic!

[@SpyderOne1981]

My take away is, the million different people line is, he’s basically saying he’s gotta be someone different for each person he meets, in attempt to try to please everyone and keep everyone happy, but the bittersweet was of it all is, while trying to make everyone else happy, he forgets to make himself happy, and instead he’s just numb, and going through life on auto pilot or whatever.

[@sterling8298]

I'm like hollywood. I don't change for nobody EVER. 😊

[@shinythingsproductions]

One of my fav bands of the 90's - Ren's cover of this is pretty cool - The guy from the Verve loved it so much he sent Ren a guitar - There's a video of Ren receiving it ❤

[@juliehaley2765]

I remember Elton John made it in the US before the Uk and The Killers made it in the UK before the US.

[@badtzmarutattoo]

Verve “lucky man” “the drugs don’t work”🔥🔥🔥

[@charmainepapworth9994]

I think the video is about life in general. The busy high street he is walking down is equitant to walking your own path in life. Don't let other people get in your face or their opinions effect you. You only have one journey...LIFE. Don't let anyone de-rail you.

[@johncrwarner]

This video is so iconic that The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment did a tribute version to celebrate 25 years since the video came out The used a piece of Handel's Messiah an aria "Thou Shalt Break Them" and replicated the video I think in the same location though gentrification might have happened so it might be a street that looks like it LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/bImnc2yeoL1mns0 Enjoy!

[@Reani71]

Here are some British Invasion bands from different decades: 60s: Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Animals, Small Faces, The Kinks, The Yardbirds 70s: Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Nazareth, Procol Harum, The Moody Blues, Genesis, Queen 80s: Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Culture Club, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Tears for Fears, The Human League, The Cure 90s: Blur, Oasis, Radiohead, Pulp, The Verve, Keane, Starsailor, Travis, Supergrass Bitter Sweet Symphony was The Verve's only hit in the US, here in Europe they had more hits: Sonnet, The Drugs Don't Work (#1 in the UK) or Lucky Man are highly recommended as well.

[@NikkieTwix]

The vitamin C friends forever song reminds me of all the young dudes

[@sannyjohnsen2540]

Loove this song , and love U doing the " older stuff " ! Plz do " Drugs Dont Work " by the Verve , just as beautiful / deep , as this one , Richard has such an comforting , smooth , and amazing voice ! Tyvm for reacting to this . Btw deff not a one hit wonder ! Awesome trip down memory lane

[@TheOriginalEUrban]

I'm walkin' here!

[@stephenflood5374]

The verve , lucky man and drugs don't work , need a listen lads 🔥

[@gj8656]

So It Goes and History also worth a listen.

[@alecmichie1128]

This is quality 👌

[@dbking4194]

70s British bands… Led Zeppelin, The Who, Black Sabbath. 80s British bands… Genesis/Phil Collins, Depeche Mode, The Police, The Smiths, New Order. 90s British bands… Oasis, Radiohead… well in my opinion. Please also try out “Stop crying your heart out” by Oasis. It is awesome.

[@humptydumpty7412]

Never made 1p of this song until couple years ago was in dispute with mick jaguar about this music.

[@matthewwalker5430]

"That's what they would do in those days, it's not like now, but back then you would gather a buzz in your home country and then they're like 'OK, we can sell you guys in America!" ... "America doesn't deserve us yet" (Ian Brown)

[@CavHDeu]

I can go on a sidewalk without crashing into someone. The trick is to look away, but it won't work with phone addicted smombies 😂

[@johnj3845]

His walking represents the possible cruelty and indifference of life. He moves through the street not caring who he harms without regard for their situation. None of these people deserve this treatment, but they just happen to be there. Life will be unfair to you for no reason and hurt you and you will get no apology and it will keep going. The woman who tries to yell and yell at him eventually realizes how pointless it is to be angry at something you can’t control, and you just have to let go of that anger.

[@themojoslide]

There's actually a version of this video where he gets beaten up that was scrapped.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

This is one of the finest albums of the 90s, the other overlooked masterpiece is "This Is Hardcore" by Pulp

[@dogtrainerjen]

Oh man! Now you guys need to do Ren’s retake off Bittersweet Symphony!!

[@TIG10109]

You need to hear Killing Joke,love like blood,it'll Blow you away

[@paulshaw9953]

Shed 7... Chasing Rainbows, Disco Down, Going For Gold, Getting Better. The Wonder Stuff... Size Of A Cow, Welcome To The Cheap Seats, Dizzy, Hot Love Now

[@Giggirl]

The 70’s Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd The 80’s The Police, Depeche Mode 😬

[@simonturner3515]

Early Pink Floyd, like, see Emily play, echoes, careful with that axe Eugene, one of these days, set the controls for the heart of the sun. Maybe you have never heard these.

[@JasonLevine1178]

And now I want a Smokey 90s cover album...

[@AtomicVampire1]

Vitamin C born colleen Fitzpatrick is American and before changing to VC was in a grunge type band called Eve’s Plum you should check them out

[@rx7dude2006]

"Why is he running into everybody?"He wasn't anymore than the people were running into him.

[@karimaupton406]

Please check out Animal Nitrate by Suede. British rock band with a sound and atmosphere that should never have died out.

[@anabellelei8540]

Their last album, 22? I think, was really good. They lost nothing over the years! Good call, hope they react to it.

[@karimaupton406]

@@anabellelei8540 Oh same here! They'll appareciate it I'm sure.

[@thechewatson]

I got the Bowie trivia question right!!😊

[@morrisgautreau6704]

I actually have that Vitamin C album! Haven't played that in a while. Thanks, now I feel like I should play it in the next few days! ☺ And that should "put a smile on your face...make the world a better place..."

[@cambersc335]

Manic street preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness

[@KayVee87]

Beautiful song. You gotta check out Lucky Man from The Verve.

[@DFMSelfprotection]

The Drugs Don’t Work, Blue, Lucky Man just to name some

[@birdman_15]

This is basically the only song they had that made it big and made money...but they used a sample from a rolling stones song and the stones ended up suing them for all royalties to the song...so even though its the only song that made money, none of the money went to the verve. They might have been compensated by now, im not sure i havent heard any updates on that in years

[@DS-182]

In 2019, mick jagger and Keith Richard's did give him back the song, but only 2 decades too late... but he's happy to have the song back... it was actually the stones manager that went after the verve... Jagger and Richard's couldn't of cared less

[@keltonnevins7289]

What you don't realize is..yes he's running into people but does anyone make the slightest attempt to get out of his way?? Kind of the point of the video I feel to show maybe some entitlement in people and lack of awareness. How many times do you find yourself having to be the one to move? Almost always, right..

[@gurulimbo]

I will always think about Michelle Geller and Cruel Intentions listening to this. Until @RenMakesMusic did a retake… now I think about her… and Britain.

[@heliotropezzz333]

60s, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, The Yardbirds, 70s Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Jethro Tull 80s Dire Straits, The Police, The Sex Pistols, Phil Collins, The Cure, The Stranglers, 90s Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis. The verb related to conversation is converse, (with the emphasis on the second syllable) not conversate.

[@88aghves]

Please do Massive Attack unfinished sympathy next

[@jamesbann3577]

Yes yes!

[@KentRoads]

do The Drugs Don’t Work PLEASE

[@CokoladovyBananek]

Jeeesus Christ. Bitter Sweet symphony is life 😂 its what the great teacher Buddha says. Life is suffering but also joy

[@nihowells9183]

Great reaction! Love this song ♥️ Would love to see you react to their song "Lucky Man" too ✌️

[@seagull01-cp8pb]

Ren is in the air😁👍🦇

[@alanbobbymcguire5099]

70s guys. Led Zeppelin. Wings. Black sabbath . Sex pistols . Clash etc etc.

[@neilsun2521]

'British Invasion' from the '70s I guess would be Led Zeppelin; Queen; Sex Pistols. (Think of the biggest rock bands ever and 9 out of 10 of them are British, pretty much ;)

[@neilgayleard3842]

Freddie mercury was born Africa/ Tunisia Indian parent's.

[@azimDUSTY]

I love the richard acoustic performance more..

[@skullionchild]

omg I was really hoping you was gonna bring a puppy out. 😢

[@garymillward8619]

I love the verve but you need to rens redo of bittersweet symphony and upon hearing this redo the verves bassist sent ren his own personal bass guitar as he loved the redo theres a vid on youtube of him opening the package

[@vanburger]

Didn't you guys react to Rens version of Bittersweet Symphony?????

[@Stacy55ish]

The woman who exits her car to confront him on the sidewalk is his wife.

[@michelelearner297]

Lots of people have probably already mentioned this, but I think your high school teacher may have been talking about "code switching" rather than tone switching.

[@ssgeek4515]

It's bittersweet Simpathy not simphony. UK stations still get it wrong even now

[@ELIZABETHANNEBuonagura]

Farouk Bulsara - from Zanzibar

[@kristybob_toothpaste]

personally i think its about depression and the thoughts and feelings going on in the guys head

[@jabbra1837]

07:46

[@tbone2071]

The biggest band by far from the 90's invasion was Oasis.

[@Alithia451]

You have done Ren's retake?

[@jameshunter7303]

Quick history check. British Invasion can’t be defined by a few bands having success in the US. it happened for real twice, the 60’s, and the 80’s (fuelled by MTV and officially termed “the second British Invasion). The ironic thing is, the decade between these two (the 70’s) were when British bands had the biggest success stateside, but a lot of it was confined to the album charts (the billboard 200) so maybe lacked the cultural impact of the 60’s & 80’s invasions. The 90’s and other later “invasions” were small in comparison and don’t hold much water. For example Blur never had much success at all in the US besides “song 2” and in fact Damon’s follow up band “Gorillaz” had far more success than Blur

[@toastybastard9559]

All I can think of anytime I hear this is cruel intentions

[@MrGmonkeywillruleyou]

They got sued for a million $ for stealing the music

[@mothermaclean]

YOU MUST LISTEN TO REN RETAKE OF THIS SONG PLEASE

[@_kaisa_]

Ren made retake for this song. It's so fire, cheks it out

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Radiohead too. I wouldnt really call it a second british invasion... they werent that big in the USA... and what about the 70s? The 80s?