The Verve

The first time i listened to this track was back then around 98, i was in the car with my dad driving from Puerto Vallarta to Nuevo Vallarta. So im riding shotgun and scanning the radio seeking a good song, and i stopped at this nice violin sound, i sat back and looked forward with my eyes up to the sky, it made me feel good, it sounded real, it sounded glorious. When the song was over i was fascinated.

Then the guy from the radio station said he loved the track and he wanted somebody to call and sing it, so you hear this woman trying to come up with a version of the song but with no success or whatsoever. Then he said, ok im gonna play the song again so pay attention. He comes back and people tried to match the lyric of the song, again with no success, then he said, im gonna play this song until somebody calls and sings it, i dont care if i have to listen to it all afternoon, i love it! He ended up playing it around 7 times, and nobody could still match the lyric, after all it was a new track. I remember my dad having to listen to me singing it, plus the song, plus the people calling. So it was my first time listening to it but after around 7 times played one after each other over the way home in the car, i knew the lyric already. So i decided to call, and well i was the girl that stopped the Verves Bitter Sweet Symphony riot over that radio station that afternoon, i think it was something like 89.5 (yeah a little local sister station to Radio Activo back then).

Urban Hymns was pretty much my soundtrack around those years, i spent many afternoons going through it back and forth. Bitter Sweet Symphony was indeed one of my Urban Hymns.