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Van Morrison -- Holy Jesus

Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:13 pm
Posted by TheOcean
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Member since Aug 2004
42544 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:13 pm
I've heard all of his hits a million times, but I never took the time to listen to his albums. Listened to Astral Weeks twice today...and this was my reaction:




Posted by BigOrangeBri
Nashville- 4th & 19
Member since Jul 2012
12332 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:27 pm to
Great album. I'm a huge fan of the Moondance album as well.
Posted by Mohican
Member since Nov 2012
6179 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:27 pm to
Had a VM awakening a couple years ago. Astral Weeks is truly amazing. The thing I love about him is no matter how many times you listen to his songs, you could never time the lyrics like Van does. Really unique and courageous vocalist. He's an all time great.
Posted by urinetrouble
Member since Oct 2007
20509 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:30 pm to
Yea, Astral Weeks is one of my all-time favorites. It puts me in such a chill, reflective mood.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50255 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:30 pm to
quote:


Little Jimmy's gone
Way out of the backstreet
Out of the window
Through the fallin' rain
Right on time
Right on time
That's why Broken Arrow
Waved his finger down the road so dark and narrow
In the evenin'
Just before the Sunday six-bells chime, six-bells chime
And all the dogs are barkin'
Way on down the diamond-studded highway where you wander
And you roam from your retreat and view
Way over on the railroad
Tomorrow all the tippin' trucks will unload
Every scrapbook stuck will glue
And I'll stand beside you
Beside you child
To never never never wonder why at all
No no no no no no no no
To never never wonder why at all
To never never never wonder why it's gotta be
It has to be
Way across the country where the hillside mountain glide
The dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot virgin child to wander
Past your window with a lantern lit
You held it in the doorway and you cast against the pointed island breeze
Said your time was open, go well on your merry way
Past the brazen footsteps of the silence easy
You breathe in you breathe out you breathe in you breathe out you breath in
you breathe out you breathe in you breathe out
And you're high on your high-flyin' cloud
Wrapped up in your magic shroud as ecstasy surrounds you
This time it's found you
You turn around you turn around you turn around you turn around
And I'm beside you
Beside you
Oh darlin'
To never never wonder why at all
No no no no no
To never never never wonder why at all
To never never never wonder why it's gotta be
It has to be
And I'm beside you
Beside you
Oh child
To never never wonder why at all
I'm beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Oh child
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142484 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:15 pm to
"The Big Royalty Check"

"Want A Danish?"

"Ring Worm"

This post was edited on 2/17/15 at 9:19 pm
Posted by Thurber
NWLA
Member since Aug 2013
15402 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 11:05 pm to
Excellent album.
Posted by Tiger in Texas
Houston, Texas
Member since Sep 2004
20897 posts
Posted on 2/17/15 at 11:23 pm to
Van the Man has had classic songs in every decade! I mostly know him for his 60's & early 70's work, but just over the last few months I found some great tunes by him up through recent times...
Posted by saint amant steve
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
5695 posts
Posted on 2/18/15 at 12:03 pm to
quote:

Listened to Astral Weeks twice today


Astral Weeks and Moondance always get the majority of praise, but I contend that His Band and the Street Choir is one of the most soulful, funky, upbeat, and well-crafted records ever released.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
78970 posts
Posted on 2/18/15 at 1:14 pm to
Stumbled upon Moondance and Astral Weeks at age 20. Blew my mind.
Posted by ALT F4
Member since Jan 2015
2292 posts
Posted on 2/18/15 at 2:19 pm to
his best stuff was as frontman of The Doors
Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
22322 posts
Posted on 2/18/15 at 2:34 pm to
quote:

Astral Weeks


quite possibly, a perfect record...
Posted by MountainTiger
The foot of Mt. Belzoni
Member since Dec 2008
14670 posts
Posted on 2/18/15 at 2:37 pm to
Poetic Champions Compose is another great sleeper by him.
Posted by Joe Joe Joe
Givin' Him the Business
Member since Oct 2007
5745 posts
Posted on 2/18/15 at 4:03 pm to
Astral Weeks

Some of the songs on Wavelength are really awesome too that aren't hits of his
Posted by Jagd Tiger
The Kinder, Gentler Jagd
Member since Mar 2014
18139 posts
Posted on 2/18/15 at 4:57 pm to

listen to the entire Wavelength..

Wavelength- album

he had pretty much perfected his style when he released this one, it's one of the first albums I learned the entire bass and guitar parts for, just because I could listen to it over and over.

Posted by MidnightVibe
Member since Feb 2015
7885 posts
Posted on 2/19/15 at 2:50 pm to
quote:

I've heard all of his hits a million times, but I never took the time to listen to his albums. Listened to Astral Weeks twice today...and this was my reaction:


Astral Weeks is about as close as music can get to a full-on religious experience.
Posted by RedFoxx
New Orleans, LA
Member since Jan 2009
6025 posts
Posted on 2/20/15 at 12:07 am to
Both of my parents are heavy VM fans, I grew up listening to VM in the car and at home. Some of my first memories are riding in the car with my parents listening to the His Band and the Street Chior album.

I've prob listened to VM more than any artist in my life and it never gets old.

Reading all these posts on how people discovered VM later in their life makes appreciate the early exposure.
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