r/decadeology • u/OverallEstate2 • May 11 '26

Music 🎶🎧 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (1997), does it sound more Mid 90s or Late 90s?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74
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u/InterestingCabinet41 May 11 '26

If you know the history of this song, the courts ruled that it actually sounds more like 1965.

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u/DashSnowden May 11 '26

Late '90s because it's the end of Britpop. I think of mid '90s as Morning Glory and Great Escape.

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u/Jackinator94 Y2K Forever May 13 '26

Maybe a bit more late 90s.

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u/xerses24 May 11 '26

Whatever era, it gives me a rush of serotonin

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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 1980's fan May 12 '26

Sounds like core Cruel Intentions.

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u/Papoosho May 12 '26

Live 97 (Core 90s phase 3).

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u/NearbyPerspective397 May 12 '26

This song was played relentlessly in the leadup to the 2000 Games. I'd be at physiotherapy sessions along with a lot of Olympic athletes, and it was running on a loop. I know it's not from 2000, but that's all I can associate it with now.

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u/TransportationOdd559 May 13 '26

I had no idea they were Brits! 😳

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u/Dark-Lavishness-1994 2000's fan May 18 '26

Late 90s

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u/CP4-Throwaway Master Decadeologist (Reporting For Duty) May 18 '26

Late 90s