the drugs don't work-the verve, and what image or scene comes to mind when you here it
2006-08-16 12:24:41 · 19 answers · asked by Brutal_Yet_Beautiful 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
the image that comes to my mind, is of a guy stand on the edge of some safety rails next to a river, about to jump in.
2006-08-16 12:25:42 · update #1
THE DRUGS DON'T WORK BY THE VERVE
2006-08-16 12:34:33 · update #2
When I hear that song it shuttles me back to when I was sectioned and in the hospital. There was a man there who sang it every medication time. The nurses told him to stop it every time and to take his meds and stop being silly. I think for him the drugs didn't work because he didn't want them too. But its that time and his face that come to my mind when I hear it.
Good question by the way. One of the best tonight for me anyway. Thanks xx
2006-08-16 12:42:26 · answer #1 · answered by beckywecky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is for the appropriate generation an expression of dissapointment.( For me the smiths) I feel like other contributors that a skinny prat with big shoulders barging ppl is not cool and not good video. However this is a great song. The bands best by far.
2006-08-16 19:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by Chriatian IV 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it just conjures up a guy splitting with a girl he is deeply in love with, and trying to blot out the pain with drugs and alcohol, but the more he indulges, the clearer her image is, and he can no longer get stonned or drunk. But have to say, it doesn't get me like Bittersweet Symphony, that is a TUNE!!!
2006-08-16 19:45:36 · answer #3 · answered by Tefi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's sad, lonely and desperate and there is no way out for this person. They can't even get to the places that drugs took them too any more. Yes i think this is a Goodbye song.
2006-08-16 19:38:08 · answer #4 · answered by ang 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It makes me wish that the drugs did work so Richard Ashcroft would stop whining! Its such a boring song!!
2006-08-16 19:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by sammydog_uk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reminds me of watching my dad die of cancer after a fairly long battle. So its a bit of a tear jerker for me.
Just to add in this video mr ashcroft is just strumming his guitar. the walking down the street was bitter sweet symphony
2006-08-16 19:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by dave_e_wood 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes me think of grabbing a gun and shooting myself there and then. It's a dull, dreary, dismal song for people who have died inside (mainly middle-class over-30s). No wonder folk are depressed in this country.
2006-08-16 19:30:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
plzzzzz go to exministries.com it explains how much music has an effect on us. The spirits follow us. Music is the only thing that your brain can't reject whether it wants to or not.
2006-08-16 19:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by lovely_ms_t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Song (in my opinion can be interpreted incorrectly)
I see it as someone getting old, reflecting on what they did not attain in life and losing people who are close to them.
2006-08-16 19:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sad thought crosses my mind , a person with nowhere left to go !!!
2006-08-16 19:49:38 · answer #10 · answered by Bill L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋