Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money then you die. I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah. No change, I can't change, I can't change, I can't change, but I'm here in my mold, I am here in my mold. TLDR; Yes, the manager of the Rolling Stones was an asshole for what he did; but the unique, cascading sample used in Bittersweet Symphony is what makes the song, and that came directly from the Stones. The Verve made their career off this song, and wound up being 1000xs more popular and successful because of it. TIL English rock band "The Verve" were required to relinquish 100% of their royalties from their hit "Bittersweet Symphony" for using a sample of Andrew Oldham Orchestra's recording of "The Last Time," itself a rendition of The Rolling Stones song of the same name. The Verve, a Britpop band that has broken up and reunited several times but gave its last performance in 2008, first became famous in 1997 on the strength of "Bitter Sweet Symphony," which became Analysis of The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony, in terms of costume, mise-en-scene and Goodwin's Theory X2XWK0E.

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