This Could Be My Moment
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"This Could Be My Moment" is a song by English
alternative
rock band
The Verve
and was released as the thirteenth track on their 2004 singles
compilation
album
This Is Music: The Singles 92–98. The song was recorded during the sessions for the band's penultimate studio album
Urban Hymns
in late 1996 and early 1997. It was not included in the final track listing and remained unreleased as an outtake.
When the preparation for The Verve's singles compilation came about, Richard Ashcroft
stated that he would like some of the better 1997 outtakes to finally see release as part of the album. This song and "Monte Carlo
", were the only two included. An additional track was also featured on the Japan
ese edition of the album, but it was "I See the Door", a B-side
to the 1995 single
"On Your Own
".
The setup of the song is vocals
, drum kit
, bass guitar
and a series of electric guitars
, most of which are heavily distorted. There is a trilled lead guitar note at the start and end of the piece, which is something also heard in "All in the Mind", a 1992 hit from the band. The song shows a lot of Britpop
-style techniques throughout, especially in the guitars.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
The Verve
The Verve
The Verve were an English rock band formed in 1989 in Wigan by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboardist Simon Tong later became a member. Beginning with a psychedelic sound indebted to shoegazing and space...
and was released as the thirteenth track on their 2004 singles
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
compilation
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
This Is Music: The Singles 92–98. The song was recorded during the sessions for the band's penultimate studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
Urban Hymns
Urban Hymns
Urban Hymns is the third album by English rock band The Verve, released on 29 September 1997 on Hut Recordings. It earned nearly unanimous critical praise upon its release, and went on to become the band's best-selling release and one of the biggest selling albums of the year...
in late 1996 and early 1997. It was not included in the final track listing and remained unreleased as an outtake.
When the preparation for The Verve's singles compilation came about, Richard Ashcroft
Richard Ashcroft
Richard Paul Ashcroft is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer and occasional guitarist of alternative rock band The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their split in 1999, and continues as a lead vocalist working with guitars and keyboards...
stated that he would like some of the better 1997 outtakes to finally see release as part of the album. This song and "Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo (song)
"Monte Carlo" was a song by British band The Verve. It was first released as the second of two bonus tracks on the compilation album This is Music: The Singles 92–98...
", were the only two included. An additional track was also featured on the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese edition of the album, but it was "I See the Door", a B-side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
to the 1995 single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
"On Your Own
On Your Own (The Verve song)
"On Your Own" is a song by British rock band The Verve, and is featured on their second album, A Northern Soul. It was released 12 June 1995 as the second single from the album charting at #28 in the UK Singles Chart .-Lyrics:...
".
The setup of the song is vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, drum kit
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and a series of electric guitars
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, most of which are heavily distorted. There is a trilled lead guitar note at the start and end of the piece, which is something also heard in "All in the Mind", a 1992 hit from the band. The song shows a lot of Britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
-style techniques throughout, especially in the guitars.