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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.