Verve (The Verve) - 'Star Sail'. Live 1993.

[@KINGMONKEY1989]

It annoys me that when people talk about the Verve its usually all about Urban Hyms. I love educating some people on how amazing this band were years before they really went mainstream.

[@joeg2083]

Their debut and EP are so much better!

[@veldtmusic]

First few EPs were their absolute peak - truly mind blowing stuff. Some good tracks on the first album, but a bit patchy. All cod Oasis uninspired bland-rock from there on in...

[@TemazepamParty]

The thing that struck me the first time I saw them (Newport Centre, 1992) was not how brilliant they were, because they were every bit as brilliant as I was expecting them to be…it was how bloody LOUD they were. Bits of my clothing were moving of their own accord. Don’t know how else to describe this, but McCabe remains just about the only guitarist I’ve ever seen who could actually PLAY feedback (as in incorporating it into the melody of a song and then playing notes over it to be basically double tracking live with one guitar). For those first 2-3 years up to and including A Storm In Heaven, they were, by a distance, the best band on Earth for me.

[@icouch]

Their early years were incredible. Nothing else compares to their early music.

[@lexoz3923]

Amazing. John Leckie said that they (sometimes) used to improvise for the whole set live. And that he didnt fully captured them on record at their best. Which is weird because Mccabe sometimes sounds like he's creating new worlds on each track. I cant imagine how it must have been in person.

[@misubi]

McCabe is God. Truely rare artistry.

[@wesleyeah]

todos eles

[@darladoon]

Greatest album of the nineties

[@sunshaped]

@@darladoon Definitely!

[@mateogavela6143]

This is the verve!!

[@johnryanm7553]

Yep as good as anyone

[@Crazyfeline]

Star Sail and Slide Away are the best opening one two punch in my maudlin life.

[@DRJMF1]

Richard knows he has the backing of the finest musicians thus brimming with confidence, without any hesitation of expression.

[@eduardopipo]

True!!!!!

[@tonysproule3408]

What a fucking concert, Nick Mccabe in his own fucking world!

[@Dharmendra_GuitarPlayer]

McCabe don't shred, but still put shredders to shame

[@tzt1182]

He is on a whole other level with his layering. Truly beautiful and technical at the same time.

[@alastairbacon2668]

Every element of the band at that time made watching them feel like a religious experience!

[@enlightenednormie242]

Alastair Bacon That's an excellent quotation.

[@tzt1182]

Nick McCabe is so damn good. Gives me the chills every time I hear this song and the album as a whole.

[@paulbennett6006]

Another slice of genius from McCabe and Ashcroft, The Verve were really something...

[@bezman2499]

best song ever written by another world

[@CatDad6392]

Somehow and some reason I always discover the best music late in my life, But I'm glad I found this tight band and Richard. Ashcroft is a hell of a performer

[@tombell7153]

Saw The Verve at The Riverside Newcastle around1993 and thought they were amazing. Coming from a rave background at the time they were a revelation, guitars are out of this world and Richard Ashcrofts stage presence was something else. Take me back to the 1990’scant beat it 👍❤️

[@enlightenednormie242]

I keep watching this over and over again!!!

[@alastairbacon2668]

McCabes guitar solo at 1:35 is perfection!

[@diego179]

One of the most hypnotics songs i've never heard

[@dougtull4594]

Easily one of my most memorable concerts--The Verve at the Mayan in LA.

[@modmutha8608]

What a band.. omg I love them so much! I’d give my right arm to see them back together.

[@stephenflavell2652]

Mod Mutha .. Me too ... As a Mancunian.. it PAINS me to know how much talent these guys had.. and they wrecked it with petty squabbling ..!!.. I reckon a Storm in Heaven Re-Union Tour is the adequate compensation.. 😉🤟🏼

[@leoglavina164]

slight evocations of Patti Smith as a performer, and in physical appearance (Ashcroft) ... love it

[@craigsanderson4330]

So intense, incredible.

[@TheMusicalElitist]

Just want to shout out Pete and Si: an underrated rhythm section.

[@markorfila3832]

Incredible performance

[@Bloquednb]

Takes you back don't it?. Such an abundance of quality music specifically in this era.

[@Chocciebiscuit]

Superb, so young yet so good. I saw them in 1992 supporting Ride and I had never heard a sound like it. Glorious!

[@claudeclaudius7971]

This is when they were great. After A Storm in Heaven it all went downhill and then we started with all the media and the fanboy crap.

[@hugolaguna5669]

To be Honest... ",A Northern Soul" has Many Great Songs Too

[@iancrombie8862]

Only discovered this today by accident...fekkin great stuff...didnt know early Verve was like this....they take themselves miles too seriously,but haunting music,you must admit!🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍

[@miheeaschiopu4212]

SIR Nick McCabe!

[@fantomaeronautics1148]

Nicky very stoned here. The band got stoned and rehearsed all the time - and I do mean all the time. They lived and breathed it. Thats why they were so good in this period. Several good leg-ups from their music college (Winstanley College, Wigan) and the people at the college helped push them under the noses of the record companies. A great success story - til Richard fucked it up.

[@CWB1970]

Severally underated.

[@russellben1234]

Great musicians, perfect

[@marcobrockmann1045]

Was für ein wahnsinniger Gitarrensound!! Habe ich in den 90ern live in HH als Support für die Smashing Pumpkins gesehen. Damals trug Billy C. auch noch Haar 😀

[@allanjones6415]

Great performance! Richard is insane and sexy on stage, in early days.

[@sallyfletcher8874]

Absolutely fit as fk 😍

[@Ladsgab]

Olá sou eu, sou eu Hello it's me, it's me Chamando eu posso te ver Calling out I can see you Olá, sou eu, chorando, chorando Hello it's me, crying out, crying out Você está aí? Are you there? Olá sou eu, sou eu Hello it's me, it's me Eu quero te tocar I want to touch you Sou eu jogando pedras das estrelas It's me throwing stones from the stars No seu mundo confuso On your mixed up world Está circulando por vinte anos Been circling round for twenty years E naquele tempo eu vi todos os incêndios e todos os mentirosos And in that time I've seen all the fires and all the liars Estou ligando para casa há vinte anos I've been calling home for twenty years E naquele tempo ouvi os gritos repercutirem em mim And in that time I heard the screams rebound to me Enquanto você estava fazendo história While, you were making history Eu podia ver o fogo I could see the fire E eu vou jogar o fogo de volta And I'll throw the fire back down Hello it's me, it's me Calling out I can see you Hello it's me, crying out, crying out Are you there? Hello it's me, it's me I want to touch you It's me throwing stones from the stars On your mixed up world Been circling round for twenty years And in that time I've seen all the fires and all the liars I've been calling home for twenty years And in that time I heard the screams rebound to me While, you were making history I could see the fire And I'll throw the fire back down

[@itzamarielahurtadosaenz7979]

Hello it's me, it's me Calling out I can see you Hello it's me, crying out, crying out Are you there? Hello it's me, it's me I want to touch you It's me throwing stones from the stars On your mixed up world Been circling round for 20 years And in that time I've seen all the fires and all the liars I've been calling home for 20 years And in that time I heard the screams rebound to me While, you were making history I could see the fire And I'll throw the fire back down.

[@Bawsack121]

Wish they kept this sound rather than going mainstream when they got a bit of popularity.

[@kevinvalde]

Best song period!!

[@cnpnrbs]

me after listening any song of The Verve

[@riderquimbiamba3292]

Simply beautiful song! Great band! I've got The Urban Hymns!

[@ksharpe10]

How is this Band not known as much as U2, What a Crime. Sonic SoundScape Music.

[@robertoroberto5752]

Que viagem de guita parece tá outra dimensão

[@mikemaxson7021]

Yup

[@colonialstraits1069]

Saw them in Detroit (October '93) and feel like this was their high watermark. Everything after 'A Storm in Heaven' just kind of bored me.

[@asketikoscg]

michael kearns - Well said sir... To this day I never quite grasped what on earth happened to them between Storm in Heaven and A Northern Soul. Remember vaguely putting this down to Ashcroft's turbulent move on from one girl, to kind of stealing Kate Radley from Jason Pierce. Saw them at Phoenix Festival here in England in 1994, and when Ashcroft dived over Salisbury's cymbals for a full-bore scrap at the end, not just for dramatic effect, and with McCabe looking pretty disgusted, it was kind of obvious that they weren't the same band anymore. The Ashcroft ego and dismal pop balladry from then on ruled supreme, I guess. But the anguish and outright horror upon first hearing A Northern Soul... Never got over it really, and couldn't ever get into anything else they did, despite McCabe's supernatural talent. Regards.

[@deckofcards87]

Agreed, although I still think there's a few classic tunes on Urban Hymns, the shoegaze beauty of this album never re-surfaced.

[@jamesevans7334]

There's plenty of psyched-out guitar work on a Northern Soul - it's a great album. Urban Hymns is dire though. What changed them? Britpop did: embracethemargin.blogspot.com/2017/01/199596-heroes-of-hanworth.html

[@floytron5924]

I agree, however they did make some songs that did their debut justice. New Decade, Catching The Butterfly, Rolling People, Come on, Stamped, The Longest Day. And if you haven't heard Nick McCabe's mix of Life's an Ocean check it out. It's Called Life's Not A Rehearsal

[@jasonblack8106]

Yes...but on ANS they were still psych hard rock

[@Lucidiu]

Boa

[@user-mr3ps6ol2f]

Wigan band.

[@mariacamilacofrelorca4856]

Uuuu que buena

[@wesleyeah]

Ashcroft I LOVE YOU

[@jokkejens]

I loved this in the 90's and still do. Can someone tell me which guitar he's using, and which (preferably) single effects box I can purchase today for a similar sound like on this song?

[@takemine12]

It's not as simple as that unfortunately. To get that sound you need a good valve amp, a 4×12 cab and a Roland Space Echo. But you still won't sound exactly like that. Nick is a one off guitarist with his own sound. Hard to replicate. Good luck trying though.

[@LuisJ967]

@@takemine12 I read Nick McCabe used an alexis quadraverb effects procesor to get his sound. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-UgYqcm5qcqtU

[@judgebrewer5518]

NOW ..HX Stomp + Neuneber Immerse or Specular Tempus to get near, go with new stuff forge your own sound. I play this via above items and it sounds near enough for me

[@claudeclaudius7971]

THEN : A valve amp Head is crucial. Orange, fender, hiwatt Marshall, carlsboro etc etc Run that into One 2 x 12" speaker cab at minimum. Fit it with Celestion or Electrovoice, they were the most common. A good selection of Boss FX pedals so you can try different sequences to run them in (IE: the PHYSICAL position of the pedal as they sit in line between guitar and amp - I always put fuzz first and delay very last, chorus and phase in the middle. If you choose to use an EQ or compressor pedal maybe first or last for that. Experiment and note that the sequence will drastically modify the colours of the sound produced) mess about and play with different individual pedal settings. Use a notebook to tell you which settings for which song, but try to avoid changing the pedal sequence once you have hit the one you prefer because that's a pain. These are the old skool methods and they work, because that's what Nicky actually DID use. Price of Roland space echo is prohibitive, price of Alesis quadraverb probably isn't. Boss DD3 will piss it anyway, has a direct out and lives on the floor where he belongs. A second speaker cab on the other side of the stage makes for a great addition. If you can play in stereo then definitely do. A 30ms delay to the second 2 x 12" cab (maybe via the direct out) will be mind blowing. Aim for this if you are serious. The guitar is a Gibson ES series, probably a 335. The Epiphone version will cost less but do exactly the same job. They're known as hollow bodied guitars. Aria made some very good ones. You'll need a lot of weed too. And talent. Don't forget that.

[@jacobsfuntime7358]

Hes playing a Gibson es335

[@tiaso1438]

maravilha

[@johngardner5660]

awesome - why so few views/likes?

[@LuisJ967]

Because most people only listens 1 song of the verve, unfortunately.

[@davemustabstain7093]

@@LuisJ967 that is their loss

[@Xirsuyx]

Best kept secrets have fewer views n likes. Keep it that way.

[@dmanntube]

They were a much better band when they were doing this sort of sonically imaginative stuff, instead of the britpop/oasis songs

[@Evandrocjmt]

Agree! Except for the "Rather Be" track, which is amazing!

[@paulbennett6006]

Quite agree, a country mile away from Brit pop...

[@hugolaguna5669]

I Still Think that " A Northern Soul" has Great Songs in it

[@margaret6839]

Why didn't their followups sound anything like this magnificence?

[@Mdf711]

Unfortunately shoegaze became obsolete in favor of brit-pop

[@margaret6839]

What a waste

[@guilhermegarcia7490]

Ashcroft reminds me of Peter Gabriel (Genesis)

[@flywings111]

He really does

[@Imsosaditsgottenthis]

… or the singer from the Black Crowes 🤔

[@faunoram]

NICK McCABE .

[@elijahwilliamson3623]

0:27 Who's that sexy chick on stage....oh wait that's Richard.

[@Wallopfam]

Biblical

[@milowileman1400]

Nick looks like Kurt Cobain in this.

[@anth5122]

Has he been on the mushrooms 🍄

[@user-mr3ps6ol2f]

Amongst other things, certainly. Stoned all the time. It was normal.

[@234cheech]

ALESS QAUDERVERB

[@misubi]

Those who know know.