Jul 25: 1997

This was one of the stand out songs of this year. 

Via Wikipedia:

The Verve developed "Bitter Sweet Symphony" from a sample from a 1965 version of the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time" by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra, adding vocals, strings, guitar and percussion. 

After a lawsuit by the Rolling Stones' former manager, Allen Klein, the Verve relinquished all royalties to the Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who were also added to the songwriting credits. In 2019, ten years after Klein's death, Jagger, Richards, and Klein's son ceded the rights to the Verve songwriter, Richard Ashcroft.

I later heard the song being performed by Richard Ashcroft when he supported 'The Who' on the Sandringham Estate.

Pat Metheny Group released 'Imaginary Day'. This album has an intriguing cover where icons replaced letters and the CD provided the 'key' to working out what the symbols meant.

One track 'The Roots of Coincidence' was unlike most other Pat Metheny Group music and I played it to a friend on the way to a gig at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.

Here it is being played live on the 'Speaking of Now' tour, which I also saw...

Via Wikipedia

The album won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. The song "The Roots of Coincidence" won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance; critic Richard Ginnell of AllMusic described the song as a dramatic departure for the group: "[an] out-and-out rock piece with thrash metal and techno-pop episodes joined by abrupt jump cuts."

Yes released 'Open your Eyes' and I saw this tour.

What were your favourite pieces of music from 1997