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Send some recs baby

The first time I ever heard Weeping Willow was when I was in a bus in the Himalayas. It was raining outside and just listening to that song while driving through the mountains and fog was ​insanely magical. I played it again and again and I was obsessed with the layered vocals and guitars and the melancholy vibe, it was so beautiful.

And then a couple of days later I discovered Beautiful Mind and I played A Storm in Heaven on repeat, all of the songs in there had that amazing spacey, atmospheric shoegazey sound and I loved it so much.

Yesterday I was in a bus driving through green hills this time, which were enveloped in rain and fog too, when Lucky Man- Happiness More Or Less Mix started playing on Spotify. I had heard the album version before but this version took it to another level- the strings, the guitar, the reverb- I felt like I was floating. I played it so many times while looking at the waterfalls outside​​ and again it felt magical. Gravity Grave- Extended Version played next and I loved that too. ​

But then I realized I probably wouldn't have found these gems for a while if Spotify hadn't played it because I haven't started listening to all the albums yet (which I'm going to start doing very soon) but till then I'd love it if y'all recommend some similar songs by The Verve that feel like this, so the next time I'm in a bus driving through a gorgeous dark rainy, foggy place I'll have the perfect songs to listen to :)))

IF ANYONE POSSESSES ANY INFORMATION OR COPY ABOUT THIS PIECE OF MEDIA PLEASE CONTACT ME IN MY DMS

Update: A thumbnail and original youtube link and original Youtube name has since been recovered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV2GLnNIw7c

Youtube Original Title: "Interview with Richard Ashcroft, Glastonbury, June 25, 1995"

The thumbnail is still viewable through a pin of the original video on Pinterest:

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/765612005437034070/

The video is not viewable because it has been made private, but it confirms its existence as well as the accuracy of the thumbnail that was remembered.

Additional new information provided by the community states that Channel 4 had a broadcast problem when it was originally airing, so it is not present on the original live Channel 4 broadcast and it was probably re-run on another ocassion.

If anyone is interested in checking out the complete Channel 4 Glastonbury 1995 broadcast it is available here: https://www.webm8.co.uk/riddler/webm8-tv/09-glastonbury/Glastonbury%201995/Glastonbury%201995%20part06/index.html

Video recorded date: Sunday, June 24, 1995

On July 25, 1995, the soon-to-be-broken-up band, The Verve, performed on the NME stage. Currently we have a portion of this commonly circulating on Facebook for the ONLY song Slide Away.

It has been catalogued by bootlegers as "11min Proshot Q7 950625"

It is a famous performance because the guitarist Nick McCabe had a blown up amp. The interview has been previously catalogued as "Interview with Richard" alongside two track performances: A New Decade (partially lost as well )Slide Away (common video circulating); however, other videos of the setlist have resurfaced as the whole gig was video recorded.

What is interesting about this is that the entirety of the Channel 4 broadcast, which commonly contains interviews with most of the performers, is missing this interview in its entirety and instead features twice the same Slide Away song on part 5/7 and repeats itself in another slot in part 6/7, they are not a mistake in recording, they are introduced twice by the hosts. It is very likely that Channel 4 was the recorder of this interview, however, for some reason, all of its existent copies have been taken down. It is most likely a Youtube video from a channel that has since been deleted or a deleted youtube video.

When searching the wayback machine for 2008-adjacent eras, The Verve Glastonbury 1995 was the first search result after 3 repeated videos of Bittersweet Symphony (their most famous hit).

The setlist was the following

1. A New Decade
2. Slide Away
3. This Is Music
4. Life's an Ocean
5. The Rolling People
6. Come On
7. The Sun, the Sea

• The audio of this gig is available online.
• The interview used to have a thumbnail of Richard Ashcroft standing beside some tents in a green t-shirt and sunglasses.

The following sites have been scanned for existence:

1. Bilibili

2. Youtube

3.Facebook

4.VK

5. Yandex/Bing/DuckduckGo indexing

6.Naver Tv

7. Internet Archive

8. Filmot

9. Youtube Deleted Videos metadata