the verve ...whatever

so i scanned youtube for footage of the verve's triumphant return to america. granted it must have been nice for them to be so well received after years of playing small clubs etc... but they took one of the biggest nose dives of any band in history... looks like they are no better than when they left... compare this weekends performance of bitter sweet symphony (this is me rolling my eyes) to Verve in their prime at the metro in chicago in 1993.

OLD VERVE
The Sun, The Sea...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993
NOTE: classic richard ashcroft moment at about the 4:26 marker

OLD VERVE WAS TOO GOOD NOT TO POST ANOTHER ONE
Gravity Grave...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993

FINE.. HAVE IT YOUR WAY.... ONE MORE
Blue...Live at Metro, Chicago 1993

THE NEW VERVE.... UGGGHGHGHGHGH
it really is a bittersweet symphony

looking at those people get so excited for one of the worst songs of their career, is... well... it is what it is!