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Van Morrison -- Holy Jesus
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:13 pm
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:
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Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:27 pm to TheOcean
Great album. I'm a huge fan of the Moondance album as well.
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:27 pm to TheOcean
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 on 2/17/15 at 8:30 pm to TheOcean
Yea, Astral Weeks is one of my all-time favorites. It puts me in such a chill, reflective mood.
Posted on 2/17/15 at 8:30 pm to TheOcean
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 on 2/17/15 at 9:15 pm to TheOcean
Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:21 pm to Kafka
A few years ago, he re-recorded the entire Astral Weeks album live. Stunning. Was only available via amazon.
Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:22 pm to Kafka
check out 'tupelo honey' ... not one of his Big 2 (Moondance being the other), but it's a very good album (W liked this album a lot) ...
Posted on 2/17/15 at 9:31 pm to pmacneworleans
I think I heard him say he didn't have the rights to the original, so the only way to get the rights to a version was to do the live album. 
Anyway, of the more modern stuff, I like the Magic Time, Days Like This, and Healing Game albums.
Anyway, of the more modern stuff, I like the Magic Time, Days Like This, and Healing Game albums.
This post was edited on 2/17/15 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 2/17/15 at 10:11 pm to tiderider
quote:
check out 'tupelo honey' ... not one of his Big 2 (Moondance being the other), but it's a very good album (W liked this album a lot) ...
This
Posted on 2/17/15 at 11:05 pm to TheOcean
Excellent album.
Posted on 2/17/15 at 11:10 pm to pmacneworleans
quote:
A few years ago, he re-recorded the entire Astral Weeks album live. Stunning. Was only available via amazon
I have this on vinyl...
Posted on 2/17/15 at 11:23 pm to TheOcean
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 on 2/18/15 at 12:03 pm to TheOcean
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 on 2/18/15 at 1:14 pm to TheOcean
Stumbled upon Moondance and Astral Weeks at age 20. Blew my mind.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 2:19 pm to TheOcean
his best stuff was as frontman of The Doors
Posted on 2/18/15 at 2:27 pm to Marco Esquandolas
Van Morrison is my go to Artist!!!
Posted on 2/18/15 at 2:34 pm to TheOcean
quote:
Astral Weeks
quite possibly, a perfect record...
Posted on 2/18/15 at 2:37 pm to TheOcean
Poetic Champions Compose is another great sleeper by him.
Posted on 2/18/15 at 3:26 pm to saint amant steve
quote:
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.
I agree that Street Choir is really good. St. Dominic's Preview is another great, underrated record of his.
Astral Weeks is absolutely perfect. It makes me tear up it's so good.
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