If I never hear "The Drugs Don't work" / "Bittersweet Symphony" again the rest of my life, ....

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Both I loved at the time, but overplaying has reduced me to boredom.

And now I hear The Verve are putting a greatest hits out.

I 'banned' Come on Eileen at our wedding, as I'd got well bored of it. (The DJ must have thought I had a past gf called eileen, as he looked like it was the highlight of his set). But now, after not hearing it for eight years, I can enjoy it again..

So,

1). Are you with me re the verve?
2). What other records you like loads, but never want/need to hear again? (with an intensity)

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 25 March 2004 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Get the obvious ones out of the way quickly:

Groove is in the heart, Hey Ya!

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely if people wanted a Verve greatest hits, they'd buy "Urban hymns", 'cos that's got their hit singles on it. Someone who adored "Bittersweet symphony" isn't really going to want "She's a superstar" or "Gravity grave", are they?

― Rob M (Rob M), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

conversely, I'd like to hear GG and SAS, but would click forward through all Urban Hymns tracks...

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:06 (twenty-two years ago)

the beatles: revolver->white

― mullygrubber (gaz), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

1) yes, and in fact the only reason i defend 'Sonnet' as much as i do is because i never actually listen to it

2) ANY big British pop/rock hit I liked at the time (except the Pulp ones)

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

For me, "The drugs don't work" was spoiled by my mate Paul K telling me before I'd heard it that it sounded like Neil Diamond, and from then on it was totally spoiled for me. Not that it was that good anyway. I would happily never hear any of the singles from "Urban hymns" ever again - being forced to listen to commercial radio in the late 90s playing wall to wall late Britpop put me off a lot of things for life.

Virgin must have a lot of faith in Dickie Ashcroft's new music to issue a hits compilation.

― Rob M (Rob M), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:17 (twenty-two years ago)

His new one is pencilled in for next feb.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)

sooo OTM with BOTH these tracks. others : Jump - Van Halen, Seven Nation Army - White Stripes and a ton of others ..

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 25 March 2004 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"BSS" I still think is a good piece of music, "TDDW" is shite though, as is the rest of the album. I'd be interested to see how they did a greatest hits.

I could hear "Groove Is In The Heart" everyday and be fine about it. "Hey Ya" has become somewhat irritating, though.

― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 25 March 2004 11:11 (twenty-two years ago)

"This Is Music" randomly popped in my head the other day so, uh, I could stand to hear that one again. I'm with you on those other two songs though. Ashcroft's solo career certainly hasn't helped.

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 25 March 2004 13:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Relax & Two Tribes - Frankie goes to Hollywood

They're not bad by any means - but seem more like concepts rather than tunes - you only need to hear them once to grasp the point.

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I definitely have several hundred more listens left until "Groove Is In The Heart" becomes annoying. I think it helps that I was too young to remember when it came out.

― Nick H (Nick H), Thursday, 25 March 2004 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

hey ya

― kinski (kinski), Thursday, 25 March 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

If a day comes where I am tired of "Groove Is In The Heart" or "Hey Ya", I will cry and cry and cry.

Conversely, I don't think I ever need to hear Mary J's "A Family Affair" ever again.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 25 March 2004 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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