Okay, Tom, I've got a music quiz for you.

Are you ready?

Excellent.

I'm all ears.

All right.

Are you familiar with this song?

I am.

Yes, this is Bitter Sweet Symphony by the Verve.

I'm picturing a young Tom Standage grooving to that piece.

But now I'm going to play you another song.

No, I've never heard that. That sounds like a 60s version of the same song.

You're correct. That is a song from 1965.

You can see how Verve drew on this song.

This song is called The Last Time, and it's by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra.

Andrew Oldham was a manager and producer for the Rolling Stones,

and he had this side thing where he would interpret Rolling Stone songs,

and this one was taken from The Last Time, a Rolling Stone

song that was also from 1965. Here's that song.

This is totally different song, though.

No, it's, I know it doesn't sound, the Andrew Olden Orchestra like this. I mean, I vaguely remember that the Verve song had something to do with the Rolling Stone song, which I've never heard of. And now I've heard it, it sounds like something completely different. Where are the violins? Yes, no, this doesn't sound anything like the Verbs song anymore. But we're not done. We're not done.

The Rolling Stones actually, for that song, nipped a little bit of this song from 1958 by the

Staples Singers.

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