tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57541158749453225912009-10-03T21:03:32.954-07:00Bibinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325180720804159179vkr.bibin@gmail.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5754115874945322591.post-54604177969984910022007-06-04T22:34:00.000-07:002007-06-04T23:48:20.097-07:00<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I took notice of this wonderful song while watching the film "Cruel Intensions". The song looked like it was custom made for the climax of the film. "The Verve" the composers of this wonderful single is a rock band from England consisting of England, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury . </span><a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tong" title="Simon Tong"></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Simon Tong later became a member. The track was from their third album "Urban Hymns". The track entered the UK chart at #2 and reached #12 in US. The song borrowed a reversed looped sample of a symphonic recording of the Rolling Stones "The Last Time". ABKCO records which controls the Rolling Stones' back catalogue, and which had warned The Verve against using the Rolling Stones sample in "Bitter Sweet Symphony," successfully sued the Verve for 100% of the royalties for the song. Because of this Keith Richards and Mick Jagger were given songwriting credits and full publishing rights to the song. The Verve is said to have not made a penny from the song - which incidentally is their biggest and most successful hit ever. What an Irony? </span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The band has hence split completely and there is no sight of them uniting in the near future. </span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lyrics of the song:</span><blockquote style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Cause, It's a bittersweet symphony, that's life<br />Trying to make ends meet<br />You're a slave to money then you die<br />I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down<br />You know the one that takes you to the places<br />where all the veins meet yeah<br />Chorus 2-<br /><br />No change, I can't change<br />I can change, I can change<br />But I'm here in my mould<br />But I'm here in my mould<br />But I'm a million different people<br />from one day to the next<br />I can't change my mold<br />No, no, no, no, no<br />Have you ever been down<br />Have you ever been down<br />Verse 1-<br /><br />Well I've never prayed<br />But tonight I'm on my knees yeah<br />I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah<br />I'll let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now<br />But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now<br />Chorus 2-<br /><br />Chorus 1-<br /><br /><br />We've got your sex and violence, melody and silence<br />We've got your sex and silence, melody and sirens<br /><br />I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down</blockquote><br />Video of Song<br /><br /><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/V-Po8uJeoUw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/V-Po8uJeoUw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5754115874945322591-5460417796998491002?l=choice-of-apollo.blogspot.com'/></div>Bibinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325180720804159179vkr.bibin@gmail.com0