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Rolling Stones' manager derides The Verve

Andrew Loog Oldham jokes about the 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' 'steal'

Tue 07 Oct, 2008

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But the songs lyrics, the chords, the rest of the arrangement, most importantly its message and sentiment is all Verve.I definitely agree with that. I think that this message though is actually Richard Ashcroft alone. The rest of the arrangement was Chris Potter for the rest of the string arrangement and Nick McCabe for guitar.So to say "he thinks he wrote something. he didn't...get over it" is a little hypocritical when a guy who has probably never written a song in his life is joking about the royalties he has picked up for it.Well said. :DI am still grateful for Andrew Loog Oldham's orchestral version of that song and for Simon Jones for having picked up the CD in an Oxfam shop. The Last Time has got a different feeling to it and I think this is the important thing. The Stones song is as good as it is because of its great lead guitar... It is my favourite Stones song... But Bitter Sweet Symphony has got such an important message, the music and the lyrics are equally important.

Mon 08 Dec, 2008

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