Verve freak


This is a list of Verve curiosities I have found for you, some of them I have uploaded to the Wikipedia:
 

* The song Bittersweet Symphony appears in the film Cruel Intentions.

* The song Lucky Man appears in the film The Girl Next Door.

* The beach where the band took the picture of Gravity Grave single, was Formby, near Southport, and the naked man was actually a friend of the band identified as "B".

* When the band released their first single "All in the mind" in 1992, they flew to America where they set up on the back of a truck and drove around Manhattan while playing extended versions of "A man called sun".

* The band won 3 Brit Awards in 1998 for Best british group, Best album (Urban Hymns) and Best producer (The Verve, Chris Potter & Youth). However they weren't there to receive the award in person as they were playing a rescheduled gig at Brixton Academy in aid of the National Children's Homes, Action for Children, and the House Our Youth 2000 campaign. Part of the gig was beamed via satellite into the award ceremony hall.

* The band won 3 NME Awards in 1998 for Best video, Best single (Both for Bittersweet Symphony) and Best band. They refused to pick up the awards on stage.

* The song "Life's not a rehearsal" that can be found in one of the two History singles, is an instrumental remix of the song "Life's an ocean" that appears in A Northern Soul album. The remix was made by Verve guitarrist Nick McCabe.

* The front cover of the album A Storm in Heaven and the place where the She's a Superstar video was recorded is Thor's Cave in Staffordshire. The back cover of the same album was taken in Birkdale cementery.

* The band performed before Jamiroquai in 1993 Glastonbury Festival having to borrow instruments as their own gear had been stolen from their van.

* By the time Oasis were supporting some Verve shows during A Storm in Heaven period, Richard, Noel and Nick performed an impromptu a capella version of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" with Bonehead on spoons, after a power-cut in Glasgow.