bittersweet symphony

SPRINGFIELD — Heidelberg volleyball coach Jason Miller called it "one of those bittersweet moments."

Miller — like many of his players — had trouble holding back tears after his team's season ended with a 30-20, 30-15, 30-25 loss to No. 1 Wittenberg.

There's no shame in losing to the Tigers, a team that is 36-0 this season. Miller made it clear it was hard to be disappointed after his team's postseason run.

The Student Princes came into this season having never won a playoff match. They won back-to-back matches to reach the OAC finals, then received an at-large bid to the Division III championships after losing to Ohio Northern.

"We don't have anything to be ashamed of; our kids don't have anything to be ashamed of," Miller said.

From early on, it didn't look like it would be Heidelberg's night.

The Student Princes tied the first game at 7 on a kill by Emily Hurlburt, but a service error by Kendra Orwig gave Wittenberg a lead it never relinquished.

The Tigers ran off the next four points. The closest Heidelberg got after that was 17-15 after an attack error by the Tigers' Emily Bell.

But Wittenberg ran off six straight points to put the game away.

The second game was over quickly. An attack error by Wittenberg's Jackie Williams gave Heidelberg its only lead — 1-0. From then on, the Tigers dominated. Jan Kehres — daughter of Mount Union football coach Larry Kehres — slammed six kills in the second game as Wittenberg took it, 30-15.

"Tonight, I felt we came out in the first two games, and we just weren't able to have fun; we weren't able to let loose," Miller said.

Before the start of the third game, Miller said he told his seniors to enjoy what could be their final game at Heidelberg.

"(My players) ended up having fun, and we competed with them," Miller said. "(Wittenberg is) the No. 1 team in the nation, but I felt there for a while we were playing ball for ball with them."

The Student Princes played even with the Tigers early. A kill by Old Fort graduate Whitney Magers tied the game at five, but the Tigers ran off five straight points. Heidelberg fought back to make it 17-14 on an attack error by Kehres, and then, down 21-16, ran off back-to-back points on a kill by Audra Vucic and an attack error by Bell.

Heidelberg got within 23-21 when Bell had another attack error, but the Tigers responded with four straight points.

Heidelberg's last gasp came when, down 29-22, it got a kill from Bellevue graduate Laurie Patrick, a ball-handling error called on Wittenberg and a kill by Magers.

But Kehres put the match away with her 13th kill.

"Wittenberg is probably the best team we've seen all year, and you've got to give them credit," said Heidelberg senior Kristy Bollenbacher, a team captain who had six digs. "They played amazing. They exposed our weaknesses."

Magers, in her final collegiate match, had six kills and five digs. Her sister Morgan, also an Old Fort graduate, led the team with 24 assists.

"They kept us out of position," Whitney Magers said of Wittenberg. "We didn't really get to play our game. That's what makes them a good team. They kept us out of our game."

Patrick had four kills for the Student Princes, while Orwig led the team with 15 digs. They are two of the team's six seniors. Tracy Sutter and Katie Jones are the others, along with Whitney Magers and Bollenbacher.

"This group's going to hurt," said Miller, when asked how the seniors leaving would affect him. "As a coach, usually by the time they become a senior, you're kind of pushing them out the door. I'm going to want to pull this group back."

Heidelberg finished the season 27-11.

"We're happy to be here," Bollenbacher said. "We were hoping to make history — take a game away from (Wittenberg) — but we've had an amazing run."

"We're all proud to be here," Whitney Magers said. "We've worked our whole careers to be here."

Wittenberg will face Ohio Northern tonight with the region's title on the line. There, it will see two area players — Mohawk's Katie Weininger and Old Fort's Melissa Goodman.

Goodman and Morgan Magers were teammates on the 2005 Old Fort team that advanced to the state tournament. ONU advanced to the final by beating Hiram in three games. Weininger had 45 assists in the match, and Goodman had a pair of kills. Bitter Sweet Symphony
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"Bitter Sweet Symphony"

Single by The Verve
from the album Urban Hymns
Released June 16, 1997
Format CD, 12"
Genre Britpop
Length 5:58
Label Hut
Writer Jagger/Richards/Ashcroft
Producer Youth, The Verve
The Verve singles chronology
"History"
(1995) "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
(1997) "The Drugs Don't Work"
(1997)

"Bitter Sweet Symphony" is a song by the rock band The Verve, and is the lead track on their third album Urban Hymns. It was released on June 16, 1997 as the first single from the album, charting at #2 on the UK Singles Chart, having been beaten to the #1 spot by "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy, Faith Evans and 112. The single was released in the U.S. in early 1998. The song also became infamous for the legal controversy surrounding its use of an orchestral sample as its hook.

Later in 1998 a remixed version of Bitter Sweet Symphony appeared in the UK music charts called "Treat Infamy" by "Rest Assured". CDs were pressed and do exist, however due to copyright restrictions this version is no longer available commercially. This version is credited as having been written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards with additional material by Laurence Nelson, Alastair Johnson & Nick Carter.

Rolling Stone ranked "Bitter Sweet Symphony" as the 382nd best song of all time.[1] In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Bitter Sweet Symphony" at number 18 in its list of the "50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever."[2] In September 2007, Q published a list of "Top 10 Tracks" as selected via a poll of 50 songwriters; "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is included (the list is presented alphabetically instead of being ranked).[3]

Contents
1 Track listings
1.1 In the UK
1.2 In the U.S.
2 Song credits
3 The video
4 Appearances in culture
5 References



[edit] Track listings

[edit] In the UK
CD1 HUTDG82
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" (album version) (5:58)
"Lord I Guess I'll Never Know" (4:52)
"Country Song" (7:50)
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" (radio edit)
CD2 HUTDX82
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" (extended version) (7:52)
"So Sister" (4:11)
"Echo Bass" (6:39)

[edit] In the U.S.
CD (released March 10, 1998 by Virgin Records)
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" (album version) (5:58)
"Lord I Guess I'll Never Know" (4:52)
"So Sister" (4:11)
"Echo Bass" (6:39)

UK (CD 1)




UK (CD 2)




U.S.






[edit] Song credits
Although the song's lyrics were written by Verve vocalist Richard Ashcroft, it has been credited to Keith Richards and Mick Jagger because the song uses the Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of The Rolling Stones' 1965 song "The Last Time" as its foundation.

Originally, The Verve had negotiated a license to use a sample from the Oldham recording, but it was successfully argued that the Verve had used 'too much' of the sample.[4] Despite having original lyrics, the music of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" is largely based on the Oldham track (the song uses the sample as its foundation and then builds upon, though the continuous riff is Ashcroft's creation), which led to a lawsuit with ABKCO Records, Allen Klein's company that owns the rights to the Rolling Stones material of the 1960s. The matter was eventually settled, with copyright of the song reverting to ABKCO and songwriting credits to Jagger and Richards.

" "We were told it was going to be a 50/50 split, and then they saw how well the record was doing," says band member Simon Jones. "They rung up and said 'we want 100 per cent or take it out of the shops', you don't have much choice."[5] "

After losing the composer credits to the song, Richard Ashcroft commented, "This is the best song [Mick] Jagger and [Keith] Richards have written in 20 years."[6]

The song was later used, against the will of the band, by Nike in a shoe commercial. As a result, it was on the Illegal Art CD from the magazine Stay Free!. The song was also used in a Vauxhall Motors commercial, prompting Ashcroft to declare onstage, "Don't buy Vauxhall cars, they're shit", and the film Cruel Intentions. However the band was able to stop further use of the song by employing the European legal concept of moral rights.

Ashcroft and the band's reaction to the loss of control and financial rewards from what was their most popular song was not positive; and it has been argued long after that the issue contributed to Ashcroft's depression. The band split not long afterwards.

On Ashcroft's return to touring, the song traditionally ended the set list. Ashcroft also reworked the single for 'VH2 Live' for the music channel VH1, stripping the song of its strings. Ashcroft is quoted as saying during the show: "Despite all the legal angles and the bullshit, strip down to the chords and the lyrics and the melody and you realize there is such a good song there."

He also dedicated the song to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards at a gig at the Sage Gateshead in Gateshead. After an audience member booed, Ashcroft exclaimed, "Don't boo, man. As long as I can play this song I'm happy to pay a few of those guys' bills."

In a Cash For Questions interview with Q magazine in 1998, Keith Richards was asked if he thought it was harsh taking all The Verve's royalties from Bitter Sweet Symphony to which he replied, "I'm out of wack here, this is serious lawyer shit. If The Verve can write a better song, they can keep the money".


[edit] The video
The majority of the video features Richard Ashcroft walking due north, on the east side of Hoxton Street, Hoxton, North London. The starting point, 94 Hoxton Street, is the South East corner of the intersection between Hoxton Street and Falkirk Street and the walk continues along Hoxton Street with few continuity errors. See this Google Maps link for an approximation of the start point. This video was shot during the course of two days due to a man, not knowing it was a video, attacking Ashcroft after he bumped into him on the first day; extras were therefore used during the second day of filming. The end of the video leads into the beginning of the video for "The Drugs Don't Work". The video is a tribute to "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack.

The video was parodied in the 1998 World Cup song "Vindaloo" by British Comedy band Fat Les. The video takes the same theme of the singer walking down a road towards the camera, with comedian Paul Kaye playing the role of Richard Ashcroft.


[edit] Appearances in culture
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The song appears in the final scene of 1999 film Cruel Intentions. At Sebastian's Funeral, Kathryn is speaking, when she notices many people going outside. She follows, and finds Cecile handing out copies of Sebastian's journal, detailing many reputation-destroying facts about Kathryn.
The song appears in the Bollywood film Bluffmaster.
The song was performed by Lukas Rossi on the show Rock Star: Supernova.
The song was used during the climax of the comedy group Stella's short film "Raking Leaves".
The song is used for the ending sequence in the play Columbinus (which is based on the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999)
In a first-season episode of Charmed entitled "Wicca Envy" Phoebe Halliwell claims this is the greatest song ever made.
It is currently used as the introduction music for the Seattle Seahawks.
The version is used as the player introduction music for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team.
An instrumental version of the song is played when passengers board Air New Zealand aircraft.
Ironically, given the lyrics ("You're a slave to money then you die"), an instrumental version of the song was used for a Bank of New Zealand TV advertisement, and is currently used for a Nedbank South Africa TV advertisement.
Richard Ashcroft performed this song, along with Coldplay, at Live 8.
Akira the Don remixed the song with Sage Francis' "Slow Down Gandhi" for the intro to his mixtape "ATD7"
Nu metal band Limp Bizkit has a version of this song entitled "Bittersweet Home", mixing the music of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" with the lyrics to the Mötley Crüe song "Home Sweet Home" and adding the opening lyrics to "Bitter Sweet Symphony" at the end.
Moby has done a remix of this song.
The symphonic line from this song was used in Gregg Gillis' "Once Again" from the mash-up album Night Ripper, under the Ying Yang Twins' "Whisper Song".
During her 2004 Reinvention Tour, Madonna used a sample of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" when performing "Don't Tell Me".
After his 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow, Justin Timberlake plays the song after his encore performance.
In 2007, this song is currently being used in a commercial for Gordon's Jewelers.
The song featured on the TV advert for the Vauxhall Astra in 1998.