Richard Ashcroft (born Richard Paul Ashcroft, on September 11, 1971, in Bil… Read Full Bio ↴Richard Ashcroft (born Richard Paul Ashcroft, on September 11, 1971, in Billinge, Wigan, England) is best known as the front man of The Verve, which he helped form in 1989.
After that band's demise in 1999, Ashcroft began his solo career, releasing Alone with Everybody in 2000, Human Conditions in 2002 and Keys to the World in 2006. He performed vocals for the track Lonely Soul on UNKLE's 1998 release Psyence Fiction and his voice can also be heard on the The Chemical Brothers' album Come With Us track The Test.
He is good friends with Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and Coldplay's Chris Martin (whom Ashcroft thanks for 'letting me be myself again'), and occasionally plays as support at Oasis and Coldplay concerts, including the European and second UK legs of Coldplay's 'Twisted Logic Tour'. He recently described himself as 'the best support act you'll ever see'. The Oasis track "Cast No Shadow" is dedicated to him. Chris Martin introduced him as "the best singer in the world" when he performed "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (which Martin called "the best song in the world") with Coldplay at the London Live 8 concert in 2005. On his second album Human Conditions The Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson guest stars on the song Nature is the Law.
Ashcroft is married to Kate Radley, ex-Spiritualized keyboard player.
After that band's demise in 1999, Ashcroft began his solo career, releasing Alone with Everybody in 2000, Human Conditions in 2002 and Keys to the World in 2006. He performed vocals for the track Lonely Soul on UNKLE's 1998 release Psyence Fiction and his voice can also be heard on the The Chemical Brothers' album Come With Us track The Test.
He is good friends with Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher and Coldplay's Chris Martin (whom Ashcroft thanks for 'letting me be myself again'), and occasionally plays as support at Oasis and Coldplay concerts, including the European and second UK legs of Coldplay's 'Twisted Logic Tour'. He recently described himself as 'the best support act you'll ever see'. The Oasis track "Cast No Shadow" is dedicated to him. Chris Martin introduced him as "the best singer in the world" when he performed "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (which Martin called "the best song in the world") with Coldplay at the London Live 8 concert in 2005. On his second album Human Conditions The Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson guest stars on the song Nature is the Law.
Ashcroft is married to Kate Radley, ex-Spiritualized keyboard player.
The Direction
Richard Ashcroft Lyrics
Seeing the world through a bastard's eyes
I guess my life would have been real nice
I'm walking down corridors of ice
I know they are thin, but it still feels right
Slipping in and out of time
I'm glad you're in here with this rhyme
Life can be quick, yet life can be short
Don't lose my breath on any small talk
Yeah live the, live the walk, walk the talk
And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go
Look what I did to my paradise
The captain got lost, but he had advice
And now he's lost it, he don't know what to do
He's lost his ship and he's lost his crew
He's lost his crew
And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go
I guess my life would have been real nice
I'm walking down corridors of ice
I know they are thin, but it still feels right
Slipping in and out of time
I'm glad you're in here with this rhyme
Life can be quick, yet life can be short
Don't lose my breath on any small talk
Yeah live the, live the walk, walk the talk
And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go
Look what I did to my paradise
The captain got lost, but he had advice
And now he's lost it, he don't know what to do
He's lost his ship and he's lost his crew
He's lost his crew
And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
Guess that's always been the same
And I want you to feel
These messages that seem so real
And life passes before you know
The direction that you want to go
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Richard Paul Ashcroft
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@scottsturgeon5903
RPA is the modern day Gene Clark- lead singer of a successful band who's solo work is then totally underrated by everyone who doesn't 'get it' but like Gene Clark, Ashcroft will forever be rediscovered by new generations.
@LOCOFLACO
PURE FEELINGS!
@EvgenyVishnev
Great song...