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'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to the money, then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can change, I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
But I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould, no, no, no, no, no
Well, I've never prayed but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singing to me now
No change, I can change, I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould, no, no, no, no, no
Have you ever been down?
I can't change it you know, I can't change it
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money, then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
You know I can change, I can change, I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mould, I am here in my mould
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mould, no, no, no, no, no
I can't change my mould, no, no, no, no, no
I can't change my mould, no, no, no, no, no
You've got to change my mould, no, no, no
(It's just sex and violence, melody and silence)
(Gotta, can't change my violence, melody and silence)
(Gotta, can't change my violence, melody and silence)
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
(Gotta, can't change my violence, melody and silence)
(I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down)
(Gotta, can't change my violence, melody and silence)
(Been down)
(Ever been down)
(Can't change my violence, melody and silence)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Ever been down)
(Have you ever been down?)
(Have you ever been down?)
(Have you ever been down?)
(Have you ever been down?)
(Have you ever been down?)
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jun 10, 2013 - 21:26 big stud Romeo Tuma wrote: sublime... and the music resonates... the video is pretty dang good, too... I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma... yes, the original video for this marvelous song is dang good... |
| Grammarcop (A mitten surrounded by water) | Posted: May 25, 2013 - 06:29 Quick, issue another royalty check to the Rolling Stones. Keith Richards needs to pay his library fines! |
| Arividerchi (Wellington; NZ) | Posted: May 13, 2013 - 03:32 jjak wrote: The same for me.... Exactly |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 22:20 something about this makes me wanna cry even though just about nothing in Life has surprised me or can-- INCREDIBLE SONG! |
| Proclivities (Paris of the Piedmont) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 11:42 yofitofu wrote: What a shame the band never saw one penny of royalties from this song after the Stones sued them - for sampling tracks off a Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of the Stones "The Last Time". Here's what they supposedly stole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 The Rolling Stones did not sue this band, The Verve were sued by ABCKO/Allen B. Klein, who pretty much owns the rights to all Stones' material written before 1971. The Verve does receive sales and recording income for this song, just not any royalties as composers. "After 'Bittersweet Symphony' became a hit single, the group was sued by former Stones manager Allen Klein (who owns the copyrights to the band’s pre-1970 songs...). He claimed the Verve broke the agreement when they supposedly used a larger portion than was covered in the license..." |
| mistabird (frei republik allgäu) | Posted: Mar 11, 2013 - 11:25 super gut ich mag es sehr |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 09:52 Once again, the PSD button fails me. |
| phlattop | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 09:52 I read somewhere that they approached Mick and Keith about the songwriting credit when they got nowhere with the Stones' lawyers. Mick and Keith's hands were tied so they abided by the law. rdo wrote: I disagree. If I were on the jury, I would have sided against the Verve too. They just need to get permission, that's all it takes. This is a good song, but credit has to be given when and where it is due. |
| mostling | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 09:48 excellent transition from Travis 'Sing" to the Verve. These are some of my all time Brit favorites. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 09:47 soooo marvelous... love this song... |
| kcar | Posted: Jan 16, 2013 - 00:14 patrick30 wrote: Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoILj3qcV9o I love the original video. Amazing that the guy didn't get the snot kicked out of him. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74 |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 18:00 absolutely brilliant song... one of the top 10 of the 1990's... |
| metod (Canada) | Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 08:13 Maybe too overated or overplayed on other stations...but this song is really good, |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 15:10 Sounds like This Will Be The Last Time by The Stones. |
| maryjanne (Brazil) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 09:02 It's insane how the musics on this radio play on a sequence that makes perfect sense together! Its was playing Travis - Sing before this one and 2 seconds after listening to it reminded me of Bitter Sweet Symphony. Who came next??? I love you so much guys!  |
| asilbuch (way too close) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 08:59 droning on and on and on...PSD |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 12:55 yofitofu wrote: What a shame the band never saw one penny of royalties from this song after the Stones sued them - for sampling tracks off a Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of the Stones "The Last Time". Here's what they supposedly stole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 I disagree. If I were on the jury, I would have sided against the Verve too. They just need to get permission, that's all it takes. This is a good song, but credit has to be given when and where it is due. |
| dkwalika (Upper Midwest) | Posted: Nov 25, 2012 - 12:54 My daughter and son-in-law's song. On their wedding compilation, along with Led Zep, Beatles, Stones. August wedding. Great memories. |
| patrick30 (Austria) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 06:15 Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoILj3qcV9o |
| Euskadita (MX) | Posted: Oct 17, 2012 - 15:00 yofitofu wrote: What a shame the band never saw one penny of royalties from this song after the Stones sued them - for sampling tracks off a Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of the Stones "The Last Time". Here's what they supposedly stole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 Mr. Ashcroft had a good ear, Undisputedly stolen! |
| WaxHorse | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 15:01 Everything about this song makes me want to go on an eye-poking spree! |
| yofitofu (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Oct 05, 2012 - 15:00 What a shame the band never saw one penny of royalties from this song after the Stones sued them - for sampling tracks off a Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of the Stones "The Last Time". Here's what they supposedly stole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 |
| jjak (Banlieue sud) | Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 15:56 rockpommel16 wrote: ....didn´t like this song when it came out,....then it was overplayed all over the world........
.....but,.....now...hearing it the first time after years........pretty good.........a solid 7 from germany..... The same for me.... |
| orquidea (Baquería) | Posted: Sep 16, 2012 - 01:38 Garyohh wrote: I just started listening and can't stop!!!! Great selections! me too!!! |
| Garyohh | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 08:36 lemmoth wrote: Wait. I'm confused. I didn't think there were any other stations. This is the only one I listen to.  I just started listening and can't stop!!!! Great selections! |
| rockpommel16 (rockpommel´s land...dreaming of netherlands) | Posted: Sep 12, 2012 - 08:34 ....didn´t like this song when it came out,....then it was overplayed all over the world........ .....but,.....now...hearing it the first time after years........pretty good.........a solid 7 from germany..... |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 14:52 So, when we realize we all can change ("put on the new self"), we understand everybody's got to learn sometimes  |
| jnesser | Posted: Aug 03, 2012 - 14:46 Good song but unfortunately it was, and has been, overplayed by mainstream radio enough for me to not wanna hear it for a long while. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 10:36 arserocket wrote: I've loved everything played for the last hour, its too much - simply no point going to any other radio station  Wait. I'm confused. I didn't think there were any other stations. This is the only one I listen to. |
| Rmike (Up a creek down a river) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 10:23 Nice to see positive comments. I guess the "regular" pedants are elsewhere. Refreshing. Its been depressing to look at this section, but I'm the kind that has to look at dead things in the road. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 10:20 bingo by jingo... excellent song... love it... |
| linden (Santa Cruz, CA) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 10:19 Stratocaster wrote: Have any of you haters actually listened to the album? It's pretty good, and most of the songs are nothing like this one. "Lucky Man" and "The Drugs Don't Work" are especially good, I think.
I'm not a hater, but I have listened to the album. I agree, good album all the way through, especially "The Drugs Don't Work." I bought the album based on the single, expecting to be disappointed, and was instead pleasantly surprised. |
| Grammarcop (i've successfully infiltrated the 1% without being detected!) | Posted: Jul 11, 2012 - 10:19 Quick, issue another royalty check for the Rolling Stones! |
| orquidea (Baquería) | Posted: Jul 03, 2012 - 04:10 I love those violins playing  |
| NicJohn (Northern Michigan) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:11 Why is it that EVERY TIME this song plays it breaks up for a moment? I'm beginning to think that the song file is flawed and it's not my connection. Bill if others agree you should check for a better copy of the song. BTW I like this song a lot. I'll give it a 7! |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 17:57 I've loved everything played for the last hour, its too much - simply no point going to any other radio station |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 07:29 LeeScoresby wrote: What a shame that this is the only Verve song that stations ever play. There's a reason that no-one ever plays the original - it's a stupid song. The Verve produced a great debut EP (Verve) and follow-up album (A Storm in Heaven). Even the sophomore album (A Northern Soul) is pretty good. It's a crime that we never get to hear the music from them and just get a cover of Rolling Stones pop music. Maybe authentic Verve music is too cacophonous for general consumption. Where's a station that can play it or Spiritualized, My Bloody Valentine, The Cranes or 'In the Presence of Nothing'? The "original", from which the entire, looped, backing-music track of this song comes, is an instrumental cover of a Jagger/Richards composition - "The Last Time (which is far from "stupid"), as recorded by the Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra - that's probably why no one ever plays it. RP plays more Verve tunes than just this one. |
| Ahnyer_Keester (Chicago Il) | Posted: Jun 01, 2012 - 07:18 why do I like this song? I can't help singing along with it even though it is repetitive. I just like it. |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: May 12, 2012 - 17:11 Definitely in the running for New US National Anthem. I wept openly at Coachella when they played this at the reunion a couple years ago. |
| ajlept (Athens, GA) | Posted: May 08, 2012 - 23:03 martinc wrote: What the hell is he trying to change, his mo? I wish they had pushed the violinist off a rock. They were outnumbered. Love this song, btw. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 13:48 This one is addictive. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 13:47 Love this brilliant song madly... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 14:45 LeeScoresby wrote: What a shame that this is the only Verve song that stations ever play. There's a reason that no-one ever plays the original - it's a stupid song. The Verve produced a great debut EP (Verve) and follow-up album (A Storm in Heaven). Even the sophomore album (A Northern Soul) is pretty good. It's a crime that we never get to hear the music from them and just get a cover of Rolling Stones pop music. Maybe authentic Verve music is too cacophonous for general consumption. Where's a station that can play it or Spiritualized, My Bloody Valentine, The Cranes or 'In the Presence of Nothing'? You can't get every artist you'd like on one station. I am actually amazed at just how many of my favroite songs and bands pop up here, unexpectedly. Sometimes I think it's just uncanny how it happens. Then again, there is a lot I don't care for. I could do without all the blues and other stuffy tunes. |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 14:42 PSD |
| LeeScoresby | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 00:04 What a shame that this is the only Verve song that stations ever play. There's a reason that no-one ever plays the original - it's a stupid song. The Verve produced a great debut EP (Verve) and follow-up album (A Storm in Heaven). Even the sophomore album (A Northern Soul) is pretty good. It's a crime that we never get to hear the music from them and just get a cover of Rolling Stones pop music. Maybe authentic Verve music is too cacophonous for general consumption. Where's a station that can play it or Spiritualized, My Bloody Valentine, The Cranes or 'In the Presence of Nothing'? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 19:16 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this spring night... |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Mar 29, 2012 - 20:15 Phenomenal tune! Enough said |
| drcrnp (Philly) | Posted: Mar 26, 2012 - 21:17 It WAS overplayed, but now after a rest (many years), I like what I hear all over again. |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:07 What the hell is he trying to change, his mo? I wish they had pushed the violinist off a rock. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 13:07 This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter day... |