The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

[demoncleaner45]

to the fools complaining: "that other guy" on electric guitar is Nick McCabe, one of the greatest guitarists of his time and the real talent behind the Verve. show some fookin respect.

[LexHerrmann]

This is the most beautiful version of this song ... <3

[xxcharmed1xx]

Unplugged version is so much better than the original :)

[vannyfresh]

altho the song is good, i only watch this for nick mccabe. what an amazing guitarist.

[melbatunes]

Nick McCabe is fucking brilliant

[danielgoeson]

i'm never coming down.

[signal99uk]

It would be ok if the guy on the electric guitar would piss off

[NonSilentKiller]

@signal99uk +1

[TheJessicorn]

this looks like an amazing version. Anyone know where there is a better quality video? Mad respect for posting what u have :)



[ferchuf81]

Richard: Great!!!! but the other guitar.... come on!!!! there are moments when you must come down a little..... It´s not a guitar solo!!!!!!!

[Josh44Tube]

@ferchuf81 nick mccabe is fuckin quality.

[Lizandra45ful]

:(

[Sheenious]

I bet he was high when he was playing the guitar lol

[knifer93]

@Sheenious So Drug do work :)

[fuckyeahbonjovi]

what a perfect, beautiful performance!

[Musicmate93]

Richard Ashcroft is one of my idol's! i'm from the same neck of the woods as him, Wigan. I've been told that I resemble him in appearance and voice, greatest compliment. He's truly a work of art. God bless the mate.

[UBABYGORILLA]

@Musicmate93 are u single? :oP

[Musicmate93]

@Musicmate93

haha I am single, but I live in the United kingdom.lol

[UBABYGORILLA]

@Musicmate93 that's ok. i plan on visiting the UK next year.

[971liloo]

Miss the real MTV !!

[yamcoyote]

je prefrer sans l'electric derriere beurk

[971liloo]

Better than Oasis !

[cawinhosurf]

PERFECT SONG! 

[sportsportsport]

3:37 around this time.. Nicks guitar playing and Ashcrofts voice.... well ... it's like ... erm...beauty?... yes..it's beauty. Beautiful sounds....

[ronoaldooo]

Cara, essa música é perfeita!!!!!!!

[jeferson9011]

16 mothafuckars are on the wrong Place!

[splaticon5]

From 3:29 to the end: Epic

[morningmaybe1]

Nick McCabe is his name, the guitarist. It shouldnt all be about Ashcroft. He makes the guitar cry here, a genius. Just listen to the Verves' backlist. Even Richard acknowledges it, noitce the smile around 3:36-7; that guitar work is unrivalled!

[sportsportsport]

@morningmaybe1 I think it's beautiful!

[SGninja]

16 ppl are true haters

[field442]

It has nothing to do with anyone dying with cancer. He wrote it when he was on drugs and it's about how they were messing him up. Here is what he said about the song and it's meaning...

"There's a new track I've just written [...] It goes 'the drugs don't work, they just make me worse, and I know I'll see your face again'. That's how I'm feeling at the moment. They make me worse, man. But I still take 'em. Out of boredom and frustration you turn to something else to escape." Richard Ahscroft.

[ryan06105]

@field442

That sounds like an early version of the song. He must have realized a song about the "drugs" being pain meds for his dying father made for a far more interesting song than yet another druggie rock song.

[xxcharmed1xx]

i love the guitars in this live version. and people this song is not about drugs ruining lives.. its about his father dying from cancer and the drugs no longer helped him.

[TheAcquiesce17]

the guitar player is actually unreal...every single note he hit was amazing!!

[chetumalkid]

wasted so much of my life with drugs...it´s so sad.

[bottle2lip]

at the comment about MTV< MTV was shit even at this time. It's just terrible now in general

the late 80s is when MTV was good

[jesubono]

Those guitar effects... come on he's a guitar god.

[arielvlad]

esta cancion la conoci en 120 minutes cuando era el mtv

[paul2008uk]

16 people don't know real music!!!

[ketrin55]

I loove the electric guitar here, it makes good atmosphere to the song

[Kiwifan100]

i think this is their best song!!!

[TheDayfornight]

nick mcabe what an incredible guitarist

[fieldyswormboy555666]

He cast no shadow

[H0985]

magic!

[VanillaCoke220]

Nothing is better than this Acoustic version :)

[bigbawser]

weed does

[bigbawser]

87weed does

[kevylei]

I like this version without strings because there's more emphasis on his lyrics. There's just so much emotion in how he sings it that strings are, imo, unnecessary embellishments.

[Nifflehim]

This is really a great song. It just make me happy.

[ligerroxs]

who ever says Bitter Sweet Symphony- coms colse this dream on song roxs best song sad hell he saying true yoooooo i kool

[fishoutof]

how is nick mccabe not considered the greatest guitarist of all time?

[Cniperr]

Ахуительная песня!!!!!!!

[greeneyessoul]

the drugs dont really work

life is very short and is hard to understand how great it is big hug for everybody

[jooooooeee]

magical..

[adimg21]

Amazing song!

[BenDover955]

Beautiful song, Crappy Quality

[omecon2000]

epic song~

[MrRashcroft]

Thank you for posting this

[ulfern90]

music channels sucks these days! great song:)

[Sneatio]

IT'S AN AMZING SONG! AND SO TRUE!! TO MANY BRILLIANT ARTIST DIED ON DRUGS (HENDRIX, JOPLIN, MORRISON, COAIN, PFAFF, LEE AND SO MANY MORE).

R.I.P. CLUB 27

[TheAndrewattard]

@Sneatio this song relates to cancer. his dad died of cancer and he wrote a song about that drugs or no drugs (medicine) his dad still died.

[Sneatio]

@TheAndrewattard

I diden't know that! thanks for the info!

keep on rocking!

[cockshield]

@TheAndrewattard I never knew that! Instantly this song becomes 1000x more moving, all these years I thought the song was just about some smackhead.

[UnderTheAffluence]

@cockshield Lead singer Richard Ashcroft wrote the song in early 1995. He briefly mentioned it in an interview at the time, relating it to his drug usage: "There's a new track I've just written [...] It goes 'the drugs don't work, they just make me worse, and I know I'll see your face again'. That's how I'm feeling at the moment. They make me worse, man. But I still take 'em. Out of boredom and frustration you turn to something else to escape."

[UnderTheAffluence]

@TheAndrewattard You're incorrect. Lead singer Richard Ashcroft wrote the song in early 1995. He briefly mentioned it in an interview at the time, relating it to his drug usage: "There's a new track I've just written [...] It goes 'the drugs don't work, they just make me worse, and I know I'll see your face again'. That's how I'm feeling at the moment. They make me worse, man. But I still take 'em. Out of boredom and frustration you turn to something else to escape."

[UnderTheAffluence]

@TheAndrewattard The lyrics of the original demo varied from the eventual album track, with the main line changing from "They just make me worse" to "They just make you worse", as Ashcroft attempted to lyrically put across different points of view in the song; "They make you/me worse" refer to the medication his father was taking (which prolonged his life, but inflicted suffering at the same time).

[byan85]

This was a classic performance on MTV back in the day. Remember it well.

[ellynoel]

lots of respect from me

[alellanos454]

777

[HospesA]

Nice song ! )

[GrandCental]

This is the greatest Band in the world, Live Forever.

[bobbydeluxe]

mtv sucks right now but all the unplugged stuff let me reminds me music is all the human being needs to be happy... life without music would be the biggest mistake of all time!!!

[sportsportsport]

@bobbydeluxe nice clone. "Without music life would be a mistake". ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

[bobbydeluxe]

@sportsportsport but its totally true...

[pandurate]

@bobbydeluxe food, water, and sex and a pack of Uno cards would be nice stuff to throw in there too while you're at it...

[bucketofbuckets]

proper ego battle towards the end of the song. They weren't complementing each other, just trying to out do each other...shame

[TheSbriscia]

spettacolare!!!!!

[privateer41]

Talented Nick McCabe on lead!

[Pink000Floyd]

This is MTV2 not MTV it's all ways like that

[ulfern90]

great, mtv is no good anymore just crap music

[TheRaindrops]

MTV before = Music Television

MTV now = Media Television

[anniebabeblues]

I think you will find this song isn't about him being strung out on drugs, it was actually written about his mother who lost a long battle with cancer... The drugs didn't work..

[splankhna]

@anniebabeblues what a crock a shit you post, I think you will find it is about his father who had a brain haemorrage

[optimus549]

@splankhna

Lead singer Richard Ashcroft wrote the song in early 1995. He briefly mentioned it in an interview at the time, relating it to his drug usage: "There's a new track I've just written [...] It goes 'the drugs don't work, they just make me worse, and I know I'll see your face again'. That's how I'm feeling at the moment. They make me worse, man. But I still take 'em. Out of boredom and frustration you turn to something else to escape."

[splankhna]

@optimus549 Go bore someone else. You obviously didn't read the post I replied to.

[dognu69]

@optimus549

Written when his Dad was in hospital dying!

[dpspac3]

I like how in one song he celebrates being strung out, and then this...

[mikezes]

The reason why this song is so beautiful is because you can listen to it when you're feeling strong or weak...and believe me, we've all been there! Thanks for posting such a beautiful version of this song!

[psj3809]

@mikezes - Totally agree, epic song by the Verve. They do write some classic 'slowies' such as this and my favourites - History and 'On your own'. Such a shame the Verve broke up (again)

[ChillerKarnickel]

man

times when mtv was about music...

[psj3809]

@ChillerKarnickel - Yep its embarassing seeing how MTV is now, seems like no music, just crappy reality tv show after reality tv show. When they do show music its Lady Gaga and not much else. Shame

[rojolucas1]

chingona version

[4awaits]

yeah!man drugs is not the cure for it

[123thecream]

The drugs don't work... it's true.

[reefbrazil5959]

great ¡¡

[Speckinblack]

so beautiful and sad song....

[MelodyXX33]

I love this song but it depresses the hell out of me....brings back some painful memories

[mcanner25]

he is out of his face on heroine in this video thats when he was srung out

[jouseou1971]

beautiful ...

[MarceloVulgo73]

Música Linda, Sensível, beautiful song!

[efceasy]

fukin epic !!!!!!nice1

[JulieP8]

This song was dedicated to Richard's father-a beautiful song!

[nutinhereye]

The Verve didn't exist as a band when MTV was MTV

[Blink182DudeRanch]

nick mcCabe always astonishes me

[huskamut]

this brings back memories!

[davidgilmour22]

excelent

[TheBriarcliffBoys]

I'd say the sound guy was drowning out ashcroft by mixing that lead guitar too loud. mAybe he was on drugs and didnt like this one?

[yesstribe]

This song is very important for me.

Form part for my live soundtrack!

I love it!

[galaxyblinds]

the gibson drowning out ashcroft !!

Haydock Boys always want to be the loudest though !!! ;-)

[mcanner25]

this guy looks like richard ashcroft

[hurst21uk]

That is because it is Richard Ashcroft.

[jpiss81]

excellent!

[atomicozz]

Never come down no more no more more no more. I fuckin love this music.

[okiihim]

beautiful ashcroft..love it!

[felicita900]

i love this song

[Johepva]

I don't know how this is an acoustic version if there's an electric guitar :P

Such a beautiful song, remmembers me of the time MTV was actually good.

[mac78]

totally agree with you. MTV is not bad now still.. but its not as good anymore.

[FucklyDuckly]

@Johepva agree, I remember seeing stuff like John Frusciante on MTV, but notice its MTV 2 ... whatever that means, but all good music is on the second or was

[zenstudiosdirector]

@Johepva yes, there's an electric guitar without distortion, so it's just acoustic

[TheGoldenEmoKid]

@Johepva actually is this a unplugged version.

not a acoustic version

[willnotallow]

@Johepva

Acoustic relates to the song being played live and without studio electronics.

[tonche696]

@Johepva if i'm right, if it would be only with acoustic guitars then it would be called unplugged...

[Klangtreu83]

love it! <3

[scrapsnbubba]

This version would be great if the electric guitar was turned down.Damn way too loud!

[Barwee]

A brilliant, brilliant piece of lead guitar here.

[josgvis]

Absolute love this song!

[koczwizloteziarno]

Les Paul!!!

If you love that guitar lyk me Gimme "+" :D

[MsSkyvixen]

this song never grows old. It's reported that film to be made on oasis, Jim Sturgess as Noel, Rick Crawford (irish) to play Liam.

[matiass1994]

This was when MTV was the really MTV!

[IamJacksColon4]

@matiass1994

yes and dont some shitty teenage dating show tv.

[joiis]

@matiass1994

SOO true!!!

[peternorthism]

the electric guitar is too loud in this case

[lfbennett21]

Nick McCabe's guitar can never be too loud! BEautiful phrases and effects, i always think it sounds a bit thin when its just ashcroft playin, same with history

[julieyard1]

i put richard up there with john , paul and brian wilson.

[SebastianNovakZarate]

Breahtaking

[Joaopandao]

what a deep beatiful song

timeless...

[jcpc2000]

This song was about his dieing father...

[blagalabla]

The song IS not about his dying father, though in the same time he was

[jcpc2000]

It is about his father who died - I read it in "1001 Albums you must hear before you die"

[blagalabla]

he said it himself- "There's a new track I've just written [...] It goes 'the drugs don't work, they just make me worse, and I know I'll see your face again'. That's how I'm feeling at the moment. They make me worse, man. But I still take 'em. Out of boredom and frustration you turn to something else to escape."

[GotSomeRope]

I sincerely hope you are feeling better. The only other thing I will say is: So much of our lives are wasted doing nothing just because it is the easier alternative than doing what we are avoiding.

[mrjasondylan]

brilliant!!!! how can anyone fail to grasp the meaning of what this song is saying i guess thats why it takes all kinds eh! or maybe theyve just done one too many great song!

[socialPUREchaos]

yes, indeed

[MagicMushroomable]

he well knows it by himself that they work =)

as many of us.

but i think he just means that they make u crazy sometimes. and thats what they actually do

cheers

[socialPUREchaos]

let just say somethin.......

drugs are not makin you INsane, the make you UNsane. which is a good thing, makes you look at thing in a different way

[blagalabla]

hahahah

[verokaloca]

yo tambien kisiera ver su cara nuevamente...

[magicpie77]

beautiful performance. it's lovely to see only richard & nick up there. i hope they realize the magic they both create and reform The Verve soon with the rest of the band mates.

[Presup1973]

I know I`ll see my son`s and daughter`s face again.

[Faceest]

=(( i understand you. =((

[liarsqueen]

this is just so beautiful...can't find words to describe.

[anetaw9]

...but the most beatiful is Nick...

[sybex28]

i love this song too. everbody who ever loved somebody know that feeling. great song

[passengerh]

such a sad songbut beautiful!!!!!!!

All this talk of getting old

It's getting me down my love

Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown

This time I'm comin' down

Now the drugs don't work

They just make you worse

great lyrics

[luke05456]

a sad song with a sad story behind it but absolutely beutiful

[Michelle95640]

Now the drugs dont work,

They just make you worse,

But I know I'll see your face again...

Great song!

[MissEspritje]

It's a sad song but there's also a song with a meaning in it !!

[mafer1030]

O god.. what a great song...

I know i'll see ypur face again...

[ryansmith1138]

richard ashcroft evokes all the masters  of the past!

[foreverashcroft]

thats so true..hes a lyrical genius

[mackers1916]

Best live version of any song ive ever heard , that includes the beatles and the stones .... honestly .

[mikethompson1991]

beautiful

[MrNess7]

love this song

[jesubono]

Nick... guitar god, effects, echoes...

[thepiper2112]

Might the best performance of this song I've heard....amazing!!!

[kelvinandsammi]

the ones the doctor prescribed daint star but some did aye mate miss ya son

[danidea8]

song about his dad dying, the cancer drugs that don't work...

[jkorleone11]

anyone knows where's the video of "Lucky Man" in this same performance?

i saw like 2 years ago in YouTube but i can't find it now

[gaychi]

yes.......watched it in youtube before......

but i can't find it now too.......

this is the great cover

[jkorleone11]

NICK MCCABE GENIUS

pd: Richard Ashcroft very good artist too

A lot of people consider this song sad and boring( even depressing) , but it's only said the truth. He's ill so this is the way he can breathe and a lot of people too.