Hey, Neat

Excellent, The Verve are getting back together.

Actually I suppose this could go either way, Richard Ashcroft is one of those guys who fancies himself as some sort of quasi-mystical poet and as such the ratio of self indulgent shit to good music is high. Or wait, is the ratio low? It depends on whether "Shit" is in the denominator, or numerator. Anyway, you know what I'm trying to say, quit sidetracking me with math.

Here's the "Bittersweet Symphony" video. Good video--it's basically Ashcroft running into a bunch of people and not apologizing. What a dick, man, what a dick.



PS Richard Ashcroft looks like Finn Detrolio, from The Sopranos. Don't remember Finn? He was Meadow's boyfriend, who saw Vito Spatafore getting the gay hummer at the construction site.

PSS Sorry, I couldn't resist--here's the video to "Lucky Man." Richard Ashcroft may be a little ridiculous but if he keeps writing songs like this one he can get away with it. Fun fact: the part of the song where he goes "I'm standing naked/smiling/I feel no disgrace" has always sounded to me like "I'm Stevie Nicks, smiling/I feel no disgrace." Obviously, he is not saying he is Stevie Nicks--that would be too megalomaniacal, even for Richard Ashcroft.