Obsessed with this album when it came out, if you was to ask me my top 5 albums A Northern Soul would definitely be in there!! Nick McCabe is under appreciated as a guitarist, fantastic talent. Love this band, love this album, love this song, nice one Greg 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Oh yeah...these guys new how to stretch out and jam. So much more tha "Brit Pop". Even on Urban Hymns they come on with a jam band feeling. Songs like "The Rolling People" and "Catching the Butterfly" are great jams. And like the Roses, I was lucky to see them live. Noel has so much respect for Ashcroft and The Verve, this is an example of "why".
Great floaty feel to this live performance on Jools Holland and just love Richard Ashcroft's vocal delivery and the soaring guitar. Superb. What a good choice.....!
A Northern Soul is easily one of my favourite albums of the 90s. The follow up Urban Hymns was a great album but the tracks haven't stuck with me in the way that tracks like So It Goes, On Your Own, Stormy Clouds, History and this track have, they had such a great groove to their music at this time and for me the perfect balance of Nick McCabe's incredible wall of sound guitar work, Ashcroft's lyrics and vocals and that fantastic rhythm section.
THE BEST Live version of this song, McCabe is stellar....• Paul Weller's version of 'Walk on guilded splinters' and 'Broken Stones' live on Jools Holland are worth a look. He and his band are bad-ass.
So true that all of the four main members work together like alchemy. You can hear it and see it. The duos of Si Jones and Pete Salisbury, and Nick McCabe and Richard Ashcroft especially. Shame how they don't get on. Happens with a lot of bands unfortunately. At least they recorded four albums together. Easily one of the best bands of the 90's, I think of all time as well, up with the greats.
Each of their albums has a different approach and style. The first album was also much more 'produced' and they had a lot of jazz instruments and style, the second, was much more 'raw' - Owen Morris said of that recording with Nick McCabe, he said more or les: 'he is the most gifted musician I ever worked with but he drove me mad as he rarely played anything the same way twice.' It is called: A Northern Soul - because they are from the north of England - and 'Northern Soul' was the Soul music derived scene in the 70s that was a phenomenon around where they are from ( it was a phenomena were there were a lot of Soul Dancehalls that opened up playing Soul music from Detroit / Chicago - it was the only part of Britain that had this at that time.
Nick McCabe genius. Check out Live at Haigh Hall, Wigan, their homecoming gig in 1998, especially the song 'Come On!' where McCabe takes the roof off the stage!
@@intothemusic908 Yes Greg, thanks. I love this song and you gave a great reaction to it. Richard Ashcroft also has some good solo songs C'mon People, Check The Meaning, Science of Silence to name a few 👍
Nick has a good video on his yt channel about using the volume knob in tandem with changing between his pickups to control different sounds rather than using overdrive pedals and other effects, he is one of the great British masters of music for sure
The Verve were never 'Britpop'! That was a pretty lazy catch all term. They formed in 1990 way before it was first mentioned, they were much more loose and psychedelic back then.
People ust didnt give this band a real.chance which was crazy to me from when they came out in the early 90's They had been this good since there debut as Verve. Just absolute rock n Roll genius with utter swagger. Ashcroft and McCabe for me were a better combination than the Gallaghers. Yes Oasis were more popular but could not lace The Verves boots musically.
You just kill the classics. Where's your pal gone? Love your music choices tho. Brilliant stuff. Urban hymns first track. Yes. Rubbish afterwards. Sad but true.
I know what your saying . As the Verve purists UH isn't really a classic album but it's grown on me . If you listen to the demos for UH and then the final product with Mccabe on it he does seem to rescue Verveseque vibes for sure
Mccabe is my idol. One of the most underrated guitarist of the 90s
It's astonishing. I can't think of a better live TV performance. On 🔥
The verve history is the best song they done I think thanx big man
Obsessed with this album when it came out, if you was to ask me my top 5 albums A Northern Soul would definitely be in there!! Nick McCabe is under appreciated as a guitarist, fantastic talent. Love this band, love this album, love this song, nice one Greg 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Oh yeah...these guys new how to stretch out and jam. So much more tha "Brit Pop". Even on Urban Hymns they come on with a jam band feeling. Songs like "The Rolling People" and "Catching the Butterfly" are great jams. And like the Roses, I was lucky to see them live. Noel has so much respect for Ashcroft and The Verve, this is an example of "why".
Verve are superb!!
My favorite band performing my favorite tune on my favorite album 😁 greatest band in the world at that time 🥰🥰
Glad to know!
Me too. Maybe my favorite song of all time. It isn't flashy, but the groove and guitars are unbeatable.
Great floaty feel to this live performance on Jools Holland and just love Richard Ashcroft's vocal delivery and the soaring guitar. Superb. What a good choice.....!
You're right about it being on their 2nd album, but this performance is from 1997, played along with 3 songs from Urban Hymns.
Fantastic Live band. Checkout history. Top tune!
A Northern Soul is easily one of my favourite albums of the 90s. The follow up Urban Hymns was a great album but the tracks haven't stuck with me in the way that tracks like So It Goes, On Your Own, Stormy Clouds, History and this track have, they had such a great groove to their music at this time and for me the perfect balance of Nick McCabe's incredible wall of sound guitar work, Ashcroft's lyrics and vocals and that fantastic rhythm section.
I'm with you on A Northern Soul
The riff from McCabb is fire 🔥 . The baseline is soulfunk beautiful. Then Richard with the power vocal.
THE BEST Live version of this song, McCabe is stellar....•
Paul Weller's version of 'Walk on guilded splinters' and 'Broken Stones' live on Jools Holland are worth a look. He and his band are bad-ass.
Thanks!
So true that all of the four main members work together like alchemy. You can hear it and see it. The duos of Si Jones and Pete Salisbury, and Nick McCabe and Richard Ashcroft especially.
Shame how they don't get on. Happens with a lot of bands unfortunately. At least they recorded four albums together. Easily one of the best bands of the 90's, I think of all time as well, up with the greats.
Life's an Ocean is cool as fuck!!!
Each of their albums has a different approach and style. The first album was also much more 'produced' and they had a lot of jazz instruments and style, the second, was much more 'raw' - Owen Morris said of that recording with Nick McCabe, he said more or les: 'he is the most gifted musician I ever worked with but he drove me mad as he rarely played anything the same way twice.'
It is called: A Northern Soul - because they are from the north of England - and 'Northern Soul' was the Soul music derived scene in the 70s that was a phenomenon around where they are from ( it was a phenomena were there were a lot of Soul Dancehalls that opened up playing Soul music from Detroit / Chicago - it was the only part of Britain that had this at that time.
A new song on me & I loved it right from the first couple of bars. Straight onto the playlist. Thanks for posting Greg 👍🏻
Nick McCabe genius. Check out Live at Haigh Hall, Wigan, their homecoming gig in 1998, especially the song 'Come On!' where McCabe takes the roof off the stage!
Thanks for reacting to this Greg! It's a great live performance 👍
Was that you, Dave, who requested this not that long ago? If so, great recommendation! - Greg
@@intothemusic908 Yes Greg, thanks. I love this song and you gave a great reaction to it. Richard Ashcroft also has some good solo songs C'mon People, Check The Meaning, Science of Silence to name a few 👍
@@intothemusic908 Science of Silence (live performance) posted by Richard Ashcroft Collection. Richard's vocals are flawless.
Nick has a good video on his yt channel about using the volume knob in tandem with changing between his pickups to control different sounds rather than using overdrive pedals and other effects, he is one of the great British masters of music for sure
Definitely my favourite singer of the brit pop era
The Verve were never 'Britpop'! That was a pretty lazy catch all term. They formed in 1990 way before it was first mentioned, they were much more loose and psychedelic back then.
I think you’d like The Microphones, since you enjoy Radiohead and Sigur Ros.
Check out a song called “The Glow, Pt 2”
People ust didnt give this band a real.chance which was crazy to me from when they came out in the early 90's They had been this good since there debut as Verve. Just absolute rock n Roll genius with utter swagger. Ashcroft and McCabe for me were a better combination than the Gallaghers. Yes Oasis were more popular but could not lace The Verves boots musically.
You just kill the classics. Where's your pal gone? Love your music choices tho. Brilliant stuff. Urban hymns first track. Yes. Rubbish afterwards. Sad but true.
Bollocks 🤣
I know what your saying . As the Verve purists UH isn't really a classic album but it's grown on me . If you listen to the demos for UH and then the final product with Mccabe on it he does seem to rescue Verveseque vibes for sure