The Verve - Live London 1993 - HD The best version.

The Verve - live at the London Astoria, four songs, as broadcast on "The Beat" Monday October 25th 1993. I recorded this using a Nicam Hifi VHS VCR, recording at SP, onto TDK EHG videotape. Tape archive number 691. Additional songs were broadcast on different editions of this show. Set list as follows
00:02 Star Sail
04:08 Slide Away
08:08 Virtual World
14:10 Blue
#london #theverve #verve

[@ScottishTeeVee]

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[@floytron5924]

I know it must be hard work. But is there a chance of a Chicago Metro or Frankfurt remaster?

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@floytron5924 I have neither show, so no chance of a remaster by me

[@a-aron14]

Thank you SO MUCH for the excellent audio - made my week.

[@ImRichardShepherd]

THIS is why i fell in love with this band! Thank you for sharing this!

[@mattiemclean9882]

Such an original band. Can't compare them to any bands that had been before them. Don't sound like The Doors or Pink Floyd (as one journalist said they did!) In a league of their own. Love all their albums

[@jonhulton]

Verve at their uppermost peak. Forget Urban Hymns, Storm in Heaven was their absolute masterpiece

[@luna-tick5554]

A Northern Souls was the best of their two worlds tbh, it was a nice balance between urban hymns and storm in heaven

[@CharltonCharles]

@@luna-tick5554 Shows how great The Verve were everyone is debating between these three albums.

[@robdean704]

A northern soul is my favourite then a storm, then urban hymns and finally the pile of Verve lite shite known as forth. Still 3 works of art out of 4 isn't too shabby

[@ettorebattagliavilagran2725]

Im absolutely agree. This is their best album of them, every song is a pure gem.

[@zachgrainger5038]

One of the greatest albums ever

[@Alan_Hernandez]

i love the early stuff of the verve, sound so psychedelic

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Me too!

[@tehf00n]

Watching early Verve is like watching videos of a dead relative. You love to see them but they also pain you because you know they are gone.

[@closertovenuspodcast]

one of the best bands ever

[@johnnyconnelly7278]

Brilliant days...not a fking mobile phone in sight and a band you could believe in.

[@KaiWatson]

Nick's one of the only cats that I can hear play and immediately I'm excited about guitar music again. He is to an ES-355, a Strat, a Les Paul and a Space Echo what Bill Evans was to a Grand Piano.

[@bloodynin9757]

@@KaiWatson he is the true heart of the verve

[@GreyRevellSongs]

One last decade where we gazed at the sky and looked for heroes before the world went to hell. 🔥🎸

[@Tracylindilou]

❤

[@There_is_No_Spoon_]

Ain’t that the God damn truth

[@shaneross6242]

The early 90's when music was the drug

[@davebeerman911]

drugs were also involved

[@theyearoftherat]

nothing in the early 90's, or the 90's in whole, touched that record.

[@caradavies3129]

But the drugs did help.

[@daanimus]

Also, heroin. Heroin was definitely the drug.

[@mrtambourineman6107]

Well yeah...and the drugs

[@kevinvalde]

00:02 Star Sail 04:08 Slide Away 08:08 Virtual World 14:10 Blue

[@kathleensalazar5222]

tyx for so g list ❤😊

[@SunnyvaleTrailerParkSupervisor]

Legend

[@EchoMachineOne]

I've watched this video about 1000 times now 😅 Nick McCabe is a wizard 🧙‍♀️

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching so many times 🙂

[@EchoMachineOne]

@@ScottishTeeVee Thanks for posting this gold!

[@craigkaveney857]

I don’t care what issues they have between each other, Ashcroft can’t deny how much McCabe brings to the table. This is incredible, atmospheric and unique. I Love both in their own rights, but you have to appreciate their musical chemistry. It’s majestic, they shouldn’t be trying to erase each other. All members of this band gel so well, each playing a pivotal role. Can’t forget the amazing rhythm section of Jones and Salisbury, just gorgeous grooves throughout. It’s a shame they couldn’t keep their differences aside because when together, they light the room up. Euphoric Stuff.

[@Marcus_C51]

Yes McCabe is simply a master of atmospheric guitar. I think we can safely call him a genius of the craft. I've never seen this footage before--man this is astoundingly good! And agreed on the rhythm section, gorgeous grooves indeed. Ashcroft is excellent too! I wore out Urban Hymns--all of those incredible songs and Rolling People, the playing of McCabe in that jam in that is otherworldly! But so is this set!

[@pauldixon439]

Marcus I've worn out 4 copies of urban hymns !!!!!!!!

[@eliaol4231]

@@soundbelch1600 i have to disagree about R.A's voice. In fact, it was his voice AND lyrics that got me into Verve in the 1st place, not McCabe's guitar playing. You can't deny how much his voice brings to the table. I have never heard more raw, distinct voice in my life.

[@eliaol4231]

@@soundbelch1600 i agree,actually🤣. There was an organic sound when all 4 of them got together. It all just WORKED. I still wonder tho what happened between them? For some reason it seems that Richard has some sort of moral obligation not to reveal it.

[@eliaol4231]

@@soundbelch1600 have you heard of U2? Still together

[@DanielleRegalado]

Favorite era of The Verve... sooo freaking magical.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Absolutely

[@mic-ps1qt]

nick mccabe is a top tier guitarist

[@kennithchapman9689]

I have know idea why they were never huge in the US. They were just as good as ANY band in america at the same time i.e. Nirvana, RHCP, STP, Pearl Jam......

[@S21853]

@@kennithchapman9689IMO the guitarist is influenced by SHOEGAZE. I believe that for this reason the band doesn't sound pop enough to compete with the bands you mentioned.

[@bflavasonthetrack]

The best

[@winterposies8420]

Nick is SO good, it would be insulting to him if his name is mentioned in the same breath as other "famous" guitar players. His playing is awe-inspiring.

[@bflavasonthetrack]

@@winterposies8420 I dream his pallet of sound. People talk about this and that concerning texture and tone, McCabe is a facet in time that’s eternal

[@michaelgibson4863]

Here I am, yet again watching this video. A reminder that 'A Storm in Heaven' is a masterpiece, and that at this time Verve were absolutely unsurpassable live.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for returning to watch again and again, I do appreciate it🎸

[@TheAdArchive]

Singer thinks he’s mick Jagger

[@JayRiemenschneider]

Don’t get carried away with the word unsurpassable

[@Lotselance]

​@@TheAdArchivenah he's just high

[@paulwalker2777]

​@@TheAdArchive😂😂😂 really.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Back when the Verve could put on a genuinely mesmeric, transcendental live experience that harkened to the days of psychedelia. Few bands were as potent in the early 1990s.

[@andrewknudsen6674]

Despite their later success this was the height of the Verve IMO. Amazing sonically and visually. Just a great band.

[@garyebeling5891]

A Northern Soul for me just pipped A Storm in Heaven. Utterly sublime.

[@OnzStorm]

I love this music. I would drive thru the Illinois farmland and listen to Storm in Heaven ... it was unbelievable peaceful, a religious experience for me.

[@davestrain9529]

lucky bastard, Dave boulder CO USA

[@silverapples75]

Amazing mate.

[@stevesemenuk4497]

I’ve done the same thing in NJ and England. I want to try driving across the plains or over the Rockies, or riding down the PCH. Religious experience wherever you get to listen to this.

[@ginaramusic]

Same, i don’t wanna be pot oriented. But this album, when u are stoned. It’s a spiritual trip!

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

I dig that 👌😎💯

[@stevenjamesmoss]

Verve at their absolute prime, no-one could touch them at this point. 17 minutes you don't want to end.

[@shabbawank]

By the time I got into them they had went tits up, the first two albums are like nothing else and was so glad they did a final tour. Ashcroft solo was also unreal back then, especially embarrassing Oasis at Old Trafford Cricket Ground by being 10000 times better. Check out their Paris sessions for more genius.

[@stevenjamesmoss]

So true, I've never known a band fall from greatness so much.

[@theshape24]

@@stevenjamesmoss Fam, their songs after this era were just as great as these were. The quality is the same, just different type of sounds.

[@timshearer5092]

Huge amount of sound for one guitar player.

[@lucasm3879]

Nick McCabe is a genius guitarist

[@ben-ow3ow]

its very Edge

[@lexoz3923]

@@ben-ow3ow nope, its very robin guthrie

[@ben-ow3ow]

@@lexoz3923 can't argue with that one bro ☮

[@northernthrifter8817]

​@@ben-ow3owmore like fripp

[@ajsledzep]

Storm In Heaven is truly the masterpiece for this band. So lush, emotive, psychedelic, and nicely textured. This band manages to be overrated for Urban Hymns while at the time underrated for this gem - top tier debut album.

[@tropeide]

One of the best bands ever. Nick is a guitar genius

[@TamingTheSprue]

Despite being from Texas and American “alternative” music ruling the airwaves here. I loved the things coming out of the UK so much more. Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, the Verve, Pulp, Suede, Stereophonics, Massive Attack so much good music.

[@Ethyl.breaks]

oasis , blur, stereolab , Portishead. That one group radio something.,, lots of nineties English artists that were huge in the states.

[@TamingTheSprue]

Obviously the bands you just mentioned were extremely popular, I was referring to the ones that were known for a single hit but had much more than that.

[@daliarcam5708]

Early Ride stuff was and still is epic. Check out Leave them all behind from the 1992 album Going Blank Again, hell that album oozes class.

[@telephonic]

^5!!!

[@cazamilfs8945]

@@TamingTheSprue hey millenial welcome to the smash hits from the uk the verve was only a small portion of the whole deal let alone the greater bands

[@garethrobinson5603]

This is from another planet - how privileged we were to have true artists of this calibre in the 90's

[@dyerardi6]

I was at this concert. Truly one of the best night for me seeing live music!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

You lucky fella

[@dyerardi6]

@@ScottishTeeVee definitely! I was a college kid and had never heard of The Verve. Became a lifelong fan after that night!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@dyerardi6 Oh you even luckier fella, going to a gig with no expectation, to have your life changed. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@ScreenArtUK]

wish it was. 93 now.. what a amaazing time...

[@ArexSant]

England's response to grunge music, it has that english sensibility and atmosphere. Great moment for this band!!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@andyberridge6455]

Slide away, fantastic piece of music. 👏

[@tomwarner1939]

I have watched The Verve's Glastonbury 2008 set so many times , I always thought the old " you should hear their early stuff " couldn't apply to these people..... but ...Oh My God !!!!

[@tonykichenside8443]

Storm in Heaven is a complete Masterpiece

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Tony

[@Burds1979]

The Verve were the best band to come from the 90s and thats high praise with bands like the manics radiohead and oasis coming out of that era too.

[@gordonmckenzie4527]

This is music !!!! Really proper music . These guys are fkn legends and McCabe 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@markorfila3832]

I always finsd myself homing in on Simons Bass lines... he just rolls that Bass as 'smooth as butter melting off a hot knife' ! just incredible...

[@Rafalobo1]

the first time i saw them in LA all i could feel was the bass going through my body....it was awesome !!!

[@neilus]

well i think in bands like this, the bass is essentially what carries the melody...guitar is weaving layers of texture in a soundscape kinda way, but the bass is the anchor providing the melody...

[@OracleCeleste19]

Yes, but it's the guitar that projects the butter all over you until you melt

[@rstone286]

I heard this on a TV show years ago. They only used the intro and the bass. I went looking for it, and it’s the only thing I can hear. I have the same problem with JPJ in Ramble On. 😊

[@flatline1970]

@@neilus That and some great drumming!! (Slide Away... WOW!)

[@jonrichardsguitar2546]

This was the first gig I ever went to. Absolutely amazing to see some of it again after such a long time. Thank you!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevesemenuk4497]

I don’t know how you could ever top this show

[@teaboyuk]

How was your head ever the same after that experience

[@lillehammerexperimental]

Blessed

[@agnezabarutanski1963]

They were all 21-22 years old at this point... This band was bursting with talent and energy and I can only think of Suede as their equals in this era of British rock. That said, no other band had the power to take me to some other place quite as Verve did... Slide away indeed. Brilliant stuff!

[@travistravinyle4207]

The Verve is one of the best bands of this era or of all time either way. I just really miss seeing bands play this good.

[@nickhamer5401]

Nick McCabe.....he's up there with Jimmy Page, for me, anyway. Best British guitar band that I have heard from that era. And since. McCabes guitar like waves smashing on the rocks. Pure. Beautiful.

[@mustangmikep51]

beautifully stated ...quite a unique soundscape created here by the VERVE...let it take you to some other realm of existence

[@jhart7304]

jimmy page is not on par. there are greats and then there are those who are force fed.

[@catmushing]

Saw them in a tiny club in Sacramento during this time frame. Like seeing a young Rolling Stones with a completely different sound. Ashcroft and McCabe were simply brilliant.

[@rogerfilerable]

That spacey guitar sound fills up the entire space...awesome

[@MJEvermore853]

Indeed 👍

[@danabrahams7892]

Around this time Verve simply were the best band in the world...

[@alpinism]

I just started Uni in the early 90’s and the indie scene hit. I miss these sounds and good times. Nothing today comes close

[@katrinwalter5823]

I have no idea what I did for the algorithm to randomly bless me with this recommendation, but wow. They are fucking amazing in this performance and I want the 90s back now.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Katrin 🙂

[@kathleensalazar5222]

me too ❤😊

[@spielunker8438]

Saw these guys at Lollapalooza in Pennsylvania just a few months before this was filmed. They were absolutely stunning live. A sound you could truly wallow in.

[@kathleensalazar5222]

u so lucky😊

[@christophercurtis2893]

Love this. Real early 90's vibe. Brilliant guitar, bass and vocal. Good old VHS as well, Love the quality.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rainbowrose9299]

I love this album so much. Beautiful. Blue is a masterpiece too, they all are.

[@Alexandre_LISBOA772]

2022 still the best

[@stevesemenuk4497]

Easily a top 10 rock album of all time

[@thehound2161]

Classic The Verve is at the top of music. Storm in Heaven is big stuff.

[@stemfourvisual]

You mean Verve then :)

[@s.a.8094]

Whoever was lucky enough to attend this concert - I will be forever envious :) what a legendary performance!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@jamesc1244]

97 at the Warfield in San Fran blew my shit far far away

[@kathleensalazar5222]

Definitely wish I had been there too from 🇺🇸 ❤❤❤this is superb ❤😊

[@kathleensalazar5222]

​@@ScottishTeeVeetyx for posting this great concert! New subscriber happy in 🇺🇸 cheers ❤❤❤❤😊😊

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@kathleensalazar5222 Hi Kathleen, thanks for Subscribing and commenting. Good to hear from a viewer in the USA 🙂

[@neuregel]

this is heaven, words cant even describe. these guys were so much more than bittersweet

[@virginiaknighten4687]

Much much more!

[@deanos72]

A Northern Soul ! Enough said

[@neuregel]

@@silverpower6912 Stole what?

[@trevordoolan5011]

This is "A Storm In Heaven" .

[@neuregel]

​@@silverpower6912 they didn't steal the song, Allen Klein allowed them to use the sample. then changed his mind when the song / band took off.

[@swampthing20]

This is immense. Absolutely immense.

[@virginiaknighten4687]

Totally immense.

[@arbitrarychemistry]

Listened to A Storm in Heaven prolly 1000 times. So freakin good!!!

[@mustangmikep51]

I LOVE the PURITY of this ......a rare performance indeed!

[@kathleensalazar5222]

absolutely 💯 ❤😊

[@indianhead2416]

This album is amazing, absolute genius....it sounds as good now as it did back when it was released ❤️

[@andybrewer7197]

I was at this gig. It was a compendium gig night for The Beat tv show at The Astoria. The Wonder Stuff headlined and Swervedriver played as well. Swervedriver were flucking awesome. I totally regret not paying enough attention to The Verve tho…I remember Richard walking on stage all hands in the air like a messiah greeting his disciples. I also remember Swervedrivers Adam Franklin was stood by the stairs watching their set. That’s about as good as my memory serves me. Nick McCabe is a genius tho.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

You are one of the few who ever attended the Beat concerts, thank you for commenting and sharing the memories.

[@scaftag]

How on earth could you get up for the Wonder Stuff singing the Size of a Cow after listening to this amazing Verve set beforehand?!!

[@stevesemenuk4497]

My, were you lucky. What a show for the ages!

[@stevesemenuk4497]

Easily in the top 10 albums of my whole life, dating back to the Beatles. Spiritual on a whole different level for me. What a band at this point!

[@camdenroad44]

McCabe made it spiritual evoked the spirit

[@gyelruf6863]

Blue is one of a kind. Original rock from a time forgotten. Would love to see Richard play some of these gems again.

[@HenryJackification]

What an electric performance. Richard looks like he’s on another planet.

[@thecryptovillian803]

Probably is on another planet in his eyes... drugs 😂

[@sallyfletcher8874]

He was lol 😆

[@mustangmikep51]

another dimension would be more accurate

[@vausemike]

God’s favourite guitarist

[@johngallacher]

Nick's guitar playing is Ethereal. I'm still to hear anyone that gets near his unique tone.

[@evanmedford3045]

Definitely an innovator of some of today’s indie music

[@arbitrarychemistry]

Yeah he has so much feeling..taste in his playing.

[@CarolNance]

absolutely

[@samtagg8754]

Richard Ashcroft said the first time he met him he was walking down a corridor at college and he heard this alien otherworldly sound coming through a door and he looked in and it was Nick playing a guitar and that was that!

[@baxterdav78]

The noise McCabe can/could get from a guitar is no of this planet,so underrated.Wish they had worked together more/sorted shit out

[@the_katman2181]

So, so good. This album is such a trip. It's one of my favourite driving soundtracks.

[@dougtull4594]

I saw this tour in LA. "A Storm In Heaven" is a crowning achievement. Possibly the best shoegaze and British release of that year.

[@williamperri3437]

Were they really considered Shoegaze? I mean, I didn’t know they were really in that mix being from America. Being a fan of my bloody valentine, lush and ride in the early to mid 90s I can clearly see it and hear it but I only knew bittersweet sympathy until like two weeks ago. I’m a serious crate digger it’s just that I didn’t look deep into their catalog of being as though I’m in so many different styles of music and got to cover American hip-hop rhythm and blues British rock and everything else I just overlooked the verve and had no idea that biggest album in America from what I’m hearing now is far from their best. The first two albums have completely completely completely blown me away this week and I’m starting to believe that they did blow Smashing Pumpkins off the stage when they toured with them in 1993 😮.

[@dougtull4594]

@@williamperri3437, Yes, they definitely were considered shoegaze, especially this album.

[@dougtull4594]

@@williamperri3437 Listen to "A Storm In Heaven" and tell me that that's not shoegaze music.

[@LaurentCourtines]

​@@dougtull4594the sound was. But they weren't of the movement. The shoegaze (hate the term) was very much around Oxford and more middle class bands. The Verve were from Wigan and distinctly Northern. They would not have considered themselves of that southern sound.

[@Hairyfoot_Studio]

incredible recording quality

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you liked it Kev

[@dafunkester]

Keep coming back to this again and again, my favourite period of The Verve.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for returning, glad you enjoy it so much

[@banehardly5396]

17 minutes of bliss, thanks for uploading. The best Verve were the Verve of 1993.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it

[@HitchcockBrunette]

FACTS! x

[@dimitrijekocic3]

I just discovered this album. Before today, I never paid much attention to The Verve.

[@HitchcockBrunette]

@@dimitrijekocic3 I love love love reading this... Never too late to run away with the Verve and RA and NM x Cheers mate

[@dimitrijekocic3]

@@HitchcockBrunette Amazing sound, just amazing.

[@noname1st139]

Great band,I like everything about them, the look, the sound, the writing, pity They didn't stay together, They had something as good as it gets really

[@WhiteWizzard]

A Storm in Heaven is possibly the greatest album ever….this at least confirms it was no studio fluke. Just awesome. Wow.

[@rubenfrankish]

I've seen so many bands live, so many great shows... I still have one huge regret. I never saw Verve live. My music taste didn't shift to rock and roll till my mid twenties in 2004 time and it just never happened. Think I'll always regret that.

[@keith7913]

McCabe OWNS the room at 1:30. This is giving me some serious chills. Sounds great just on my phone. Got to fire this up on a stereo!

[@Mecnificent]

They influenced black rebel motorcycle for sure. Thanks for uploading and sharing.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thank You, for watching and taking the time to comment

[@caballopalido]

TOO BAD BRM SUCKS AND IS LAME

[@Mecnificent]

@@caballopalido 😥

[@NeeFitzee]

Simply outstanding! 0:02 Starsail 4:07 Slide Away 8:08 Virtual World 14:06 Blue

[@kathleensalazar5222]

tyx for listing song 🎵 titles ❤

[@bretdouglas9407]

The Brits do it best 🤟. What a rock solid band

[@simoncardie9371]

The Verve supported Smashing Pumpkins at Nottingham's Rock City, also 1993. Billy Corgan once stated that gig was his personal favourite.

[@duckrabbit6122]

Wow really? I was there! I loved both bands but the Verve were untouchable at this time (imho).

[@simoncardie9371]

@@duckrabbit6122 It was the only gig on the tour where Pumpkins played Siamese Dream all the way through. Excellent gig.

[@duckrabbit6122]

@@simoncardie9371 Hey THANKS for the reply Simon. It was an incredible gig. I've seen so many at Rock City but alongside Wilco that was the greatest.

[@simoncardie9371]

@@duckrabbit6122 I agree. It was a great gig. I also saw Tool's best gigs at Rock City. First supporting Fishbone, then again on their own tour. Eels and Supergrass were another couple of blinders.

[@calintentagency5901]

I saw that tour when it came to the Barrowlands in Glasgow. Truly immense

[@user-mc6vj9gn9j]

Thank God for Verve!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@user-mc6vj9gn9j]

@@ScottishTeeVee I'm from Ukraine. So listening to verve a lot to relax

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@user-mc6vj9gn9j Good to hear from a viewer in Ukraine, I honestly cannot remember ever seeing a comment from anyone in Ukraine, so I am happy you are here.

[@user-mc6vj9gn9j]

@@ScottishTeeVee I really find a lot of strength in verve) their music is amazingly about life and death and beauty of reality and many things hard to explain with words, and actually I'm living in the historical times, in the heart of future history of the world, on the edge, on the verge and got ill... All those things are so big and have so much different emotions that only shoegaze or dream pop or post punk can recreate emotions I'm feeling inside

[@thecroft6070]

A Storm in Heaven is a gem of an album which I'd forgotten about until I was recommended this, so thanks!

[@RichardCalk]

I've never heard of The Verve until now. I just clicked on a KZbin suggested video and bam, I liked it. There were so many awesome groups in the 90's I couldn't keep up with them all.

[@mattg56]

I've been listening to this solid for two weeks now, it's the most beautiful thing ever.

[@Mark-lv6mu]

Saw Verve support Smashing Pumpkins at Newcastle Mayfair back in 93, great live band

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Great double bill

[@folkiebassplayer7366]

Saw them at Rock City on the same tour, totally blew my mind!

[@kerrymould1698]

Southampton guildhall pumpkins were bland

[@adlevitt]

I can be pretty confident of my memory because I didn't really drink or take drugs back then; my first experience of The Verve was Lollapalooza in the summer of 1994 in Barrie, ON, Canada. The weather was dreary: cloudy, humid, hot, rainy, etc... The Verve took to the second stage and seemingly sonically blasted the clouds away with Slide Away. Splits in the clouds appeared and the sun rays burst through. It was an angelic, otherworldly experience. I was hooked forever. The 90's ruled.

[@tonymack66]

Verve before they became The Verve.

[@myungwoonam5110]

I had only known the Verve's more popular Urban Hymns and Northern Soul era songs. These early songs are the Verve's best. Simply amazing!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

So glad you enjoyed this, thanks for commenting

[@jessfarr5667]

The Verve were hands down, the best band of the 90’s. they could do everything. psychedelic jams, ballads, pop songs and absolute rockers. no one can come close.

[@matthill263]

Amazing performance. The vocals are as good as on the record.

[@rachellyabused1919]

ahhh, remember the days of no smartphones at gigs, bliss.

[@Flo-mh3pz]

I was Just beginning my 20's in 1993🙄😁 Best days of my life... We were spoilt rotten & didn't know it with all that was about in the, (indie/alternative), music scene in the 90's... Apart from getting older, (still young at heart), what the HELL happened??? I feel completely lost now in 2021...😔

[@jamesdeanlovespunk]

We're the same age and yes, you are exactly right on all counts.

[@Flo-mh3pz]

@@gongagong Ok, so let's take away all people of colour from ALL music EVER and culture we've embraced/borrowed/stolen, in western/ European society and see what we're left with.....Not much.....I think it's the other way around personally... I'll "entertain" you this time with your comment only to give my opinion of your analysis...If you're spamming, please stop...it's boring as hell.

[@jimgagne3801]

Flo 101 ya, I was 25, in 93. and the 80's and 90's were as good as it was ever going to get. youth is wasted on the young. I long for those days......There is no greater sorrow, than to recall happiness , in times of misery.

[@Flo-mh3pz]

@@jimgagne3801 Yep, I hear ya mate...🤣 Without the risk of sounding like an old fogey completely defeated, I hope the mess we're in with the current status of music will eat itself, especially with British youth subculture. I know there is good stuff out there that's being suppressed and unsupported. Hopefully, they will breakthrough.🤞

[@Flo-mh3pz]

@tom gong Maybe I'm missing something here... Are you saying that when the world/ the West was mainly populated by white, (Christian), Europeans, it was a better place to live in terms of culture/ music..? Cultures should never mix or cross over for fear of "contamination" from influences that are non- European? Colonization is ok, but God forbid they should ever express themselves to an " unassuming" western/European world..?When you mention multiculturalism, are you also referencing religion too? Without those influences, artists such as Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling stones, David Bowie, The sex pistols, The Stone Roses, Nirvana, The Verve, etc, etc, just simply would not exist... I'm not up to scratch on my classical composers, but I dear say their influence will always remain no matter how much time passes, in whatever format that presents itself as they are some of the basics most people around the, (Western), world gain their musicianship/musical knowledge... Idk, maybe I'm getting this all wrong... Anybody else out there have an opinion on this...? Feel free to chime in...

[@guildy2215]

This is a band at the peak of their powers. Unbelievable performance.

[@bryanmpuente]

One of the best performances I’ve ever seen

[@ScottishTeeVee]

I'm glad you enjoyed this Bryan

[@diptimalik1652]

Same here

[@davidcoon3602]

Totally agree. The Verve are only about 3 years running here and what an awesome live show this is. Almost gives me goosebumps and my only complaint? I wish the hell I was there .

[@Plastiquesmile01]

Snap. A lot of folk told me you have to see them live and its prob still the best gig I've been to. Of many.

[@stormyclouds8409]

Check their 1992 Camden performance. Unworldly

[@TheBORailroad53]

Holy Cow! Im pretty late to The Verve party, this is magnificent!

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you like it!

[@clivesnell]

Check out their back catalogue 👍👍👍

[@sunewagner]

A STORM IN HEAVEN FOREVER!!!!!

[@cesaralejandro1938]

Sólo basta ver que son 30 años y aún no hay banda que sea mejor que ellos, que su música no sea ya ETERNA Y LEGENDARIA.... Amazing atmosferic guitar!!! amazing years, amazing shoegaze!!! never dead rock 90tas

[@annewelch2134]

!!! this is worth more than gold.. I am truly amazed and grateful, although not surprised.. God I wish I could've been there. Thank you! I've loved them since 1993 and it still resonates strongly. So uplifting, so powerful. Verve X

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Glad you enjoyed it Anne

[@jonathangoldner9369]

I can't go 24 hrs without watching and listening to The Verve!

[@kathleensalazar5222]

me too ❤😊

[@slothDAMN]

conceived in a chrome dream, I was a crease in the shirt that this world wears

[@gab_infante]

What a band. Love The Verve forever

[@kathleensalazar5222]

me too❤😊

[@XoXo475]

Absolutely mind blowing! I just bought some noise canceling Bluetooth speakers from Amazon on sale and this sounds amazing on those. The rich bass and guitar tones are heavenly. Nobody could touch Verve ( As they were known before they added the “The” )

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Which speakers did you go for then? Just wonder as I have looked at a few recently on Amazon

[@XoXo475]

@@ScottishTeeVee I ended up comparing 350 dollar Bose ones to some recently on sale Anker soundcore ones and they sound identical . Save your money and get the Anker!! They were about 80 bucks! Which is about 120 pounds or a bit more ?

[@ScottishTeeVee]

@@XoXo475 Thanks for the info, great price on the Anker soundcore 2

[@cduronm]

A sample of a true masterpiece…thanks for the post

[@allankelly5601]

RPA....Greatest songwriter of our generation. No equal. ❤

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Thanks for watching and commenting Allan🙂

[@ars4455]

1993. Nirvana just exploded and grunge dominated the music scene. Some good bands were overshadowed. I love The Verve.

[@ahlads]

The Verve were very famous and well known. They just broke up when they got famous.

[@greatleapforwards]

it may have dominated popular culture, but the indie scene still thrived - I don't think they were overshadowed. a majority of Grunge bands though got way more attention than they deserved.

[@markhollandsworth6501]

Right there with ya brother. Saw the Verve at The Aerial Theater in Houston Texas in 1997...was mind-blowing how good it was!

[@aarondoodles3380]

No it didn't...Grunge exploded in 91

[@FABIOPALLINI1990]

Nirvana is a peace of 💩. The Verve is most better

[@ezrhino100]

i was in my mid twenties when this came out. the mid nineties were a complete musical blur to me. the verve weren't even on my radar until recently. i do feel that they are the best british band to come out of that era, with primal scream a close second.

[@a-aron14]

Helllll yeah - Nick McCabe with all the room in the world to wield his axe. What a fucking treat to see the band in their hayday.

[@yesackram]

A very different Verve to the Urban Hymns era, and much better, in my opinion. The noise that just one guitarist can make here is incredible. The 3-chord ballad stuff was where Ashcroft wanted to go and it didn't sit very well with the others, particularly Nick McCabe, and was a contributing factor to their numerous splits.

[@ScottishTeeVee]

Had they continued like this, then they would be massive, I gave up on them when they went to the ballad stuff.

[@kathleensalazar5222]

bummer, who's the 🔥 🥵 blond guitarist name? looks familiar tyx

[@kathleensalazar5222]

​@@ScottishTeeVeebummer they were still great!

[@andrewoliver8930]

I still get butterflies listening to this. Quiet and peaceful and then dipping so quickly into violent noise. So good.

[@LuaBloe]

I love Slide Away so fucking much. It's beyond words :)

[@stevesemenuk4497]

Totally agree. Nothing like this whole album, especially when live

[@karenholland8339]

@@stevesemenuk4497 A storm in heaven was fucking great when it came out(£6.99 on lp),and stands tall today.....great music is always fuckin timeless...l saw(the) verve once in 95 but l doubt they were any better than this..