I'm recording two albums by Van Morrison for my Mom's neighbor...

[Archae]

Ye gawds, is he ever :boring:

[pokerfan]

1. Yeah

Six Grammy Awards, both the Rock and Roll and Songwriters Hall of Fame. He's terrible.

ETA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea-V5SJX1h0

[Archae]

6. Just my opinion of him, that's all.

Just did Nazareth, and next up, Willie.

[donheld]

2. Um, NO

And it stoned me
Domino
Into the Mystic
Moondance
Bright Side Of The Road
Have I Told You Lately
Gloria
Wild Night

[pokerfan]

4. and...

Brown Eyed Girl
Midnight Special
Tupelo Honey
Summertime in England
Wavelength
Crazy Love

[Systematic Chaos]

3. One of the worst, most overrated "artists" of the 60s/70s

He sings like he's constipated all the way up to his throat, and who the fuck ever that female backing vocalist is in the song Blue Money...OMG that is the worst shit I think I've ever heard on a classic rock station.

:puke:

[Gabi Hayes]

10. who's good, then?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

39. and ...*crickets*

[Systematic Chaos]

41. Just about any progressive artist or band from the 70s for starters.

Then on the pop side of things you have Stevie Wonder, Cat Stevens, Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot, and tons of others.

They can all sing and perform circles around Van Shitting-Out-His-Mouth Morrison.

DWEEP DWEEP DOO-DE-OOP
DWEEP DWEEP DOO-DE-OOP
DWEEP DWEEP DOO-DE-OOP
DWEEP DWEEP DOO-DE-OOP

DOO DOO

Couldn't have said it better. :)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

42. "Van Shitting-Out-His-Mouth Morrison."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl7NLl24PIs&feature=related

[Systematic Chaos]

43. This still isn't really my style, however...

...I did find it a lot more listenable than the songs I've heard on the radio.

And I also will concede that his voice in this performance was also good.

Maybe if there were anything in his collection of radio hits which would have interested me enough to explore his music further, I wouldn't have had such a harsh opinion. As it was, I would have expected "more of the same."

Please accept my apologies.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

44. Accepted.

He's really written & sung many truly beautiful & moving songs,
and is probably admired by & has influenced many of the singers
you love. Peace.

[EFerrari]

20. We can't all be the Jonas Brothers.

[Systematic Chaos]

40. But I'm sure you try your damndest.

n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

45. *snerk*

:evilgrin:

[Bennyboy]

5. Best show I saw all summer.....

At Jazzfest in May.

[EFerrari]

14. He used to be in Berkeley every December

and we used to go to every show for my, um, extended birthday celebration. It's been about ten years since I've seen him. Damn.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. This may wake ya up . . .

or somebody ...

Tupelo Honey, 1980, Montreux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5GMHzPeEyA&feature=related

What two albums were you recording?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

8. Or this, 30 years later . . .

St. Dominic's Preview ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yTeuEWG6wE&feature=related

[EFerrari]

15. His spot at The Last Waltz was one of the highlights of the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIiUwZfqMSU

[A-Schwarzenegger]

16. Amen. And I believe that was in the middle of his big stage fright period...

& he nearly didn't/couldn't go on.

[EFerrari]

17. It was his first time back in a while, from what I understand. n/t

[Archae]

9. These:

Wavelength

Tupelo Honey

[Gabi Hayes]

11. a review from my library's site. btw, thanks for reminding me. picking up all their copies of him

Funnily enough, considering the subject and theme of his latest book, reading über-critic Greil Marcus is a lot like listening to Van Morrison. The experience can be illuminating, frustrating, transcendent, and solipsistic—often in the same paragraph or song. Like Morrison, Marcus has been following his own path for quite some time, and anyone who has a passing familiarity with either of them will always be able to find the gold hidden down a backstreet or way up top a flight of fancy.

My problem with Marcus is that his exhortations can be the definition of pedantic, referencing far-flung obscure artists and works in order to make a point that no-one can truly argue with, having no idea who or what he’s is talking about. On the other hand, like listening to Morrison himself, if you’re willing to put in the work, you can be turned on to artists, books, movies, etc. that may later become indispensable to your life. What Marcus does here, is doubly off-putting, as he spends a great deal of time extolling the virtues of tracks and performances of Morrison’s that are unavailable anywhere but bootlegs, a stream that Morrison spends a great deal of energy to dam, enlisting the services of Web Sheriff to scour the internet of any traces of illicit music. I was lucky enough to have a copy of the 1971 KSAN Pacific High Studios show which is referenced pretty heavily, but as far as Caledonia Soul Music, which according to Marcus is the key to the whole thing, I’ll just have to take his word for it. In this book, Marcus eschews most biographical information, much, I can imagine to Morrison’s relief, only pointing out pertinent signposts along the way.

The whole focus is on those moments of un-forced transcendence that Marcus believes paint a secret map through the jungle of Morrison’s oeuvre. As with any great artist—and to put my cards on the table, I believe Morrison to be one of the greatest singers of the last 40 years—what pieces resonate with your soul at any given time is ... (show full review)completely subjective. I think Marcus is either trying to be cute, or is just being lazy to discount in one fell swoop everything Morrison put out between Common One in 1980, and Tell Me Something in 1996. Marcus talks about looking for the “yarragh” in Morrison’s performances, that moment that transcends language and artifice to, as Morrison once sang, “get down to the real soul, I mean the real soul, people.”

To take a page from Marcus’ book if I may refer to a performance now out-of-print and unavailable, as a child of the ’70s I knew Morrison primarily as an AM radio hit maker and it wasn’t until PBS ran Van Morrison The Concert, recorded at New York’s Beacon Theater in 1989, that I was exposed to Morrison the mystic. I don’t recall which number he used to launch himself into the “yarragh,” but all of a sudden, he was growling and barking, not like a madman, but like a genius. I remember standing in front of the TV just slack-jawed; this was someone who warranted further investigation.

All of a sudden I understood why someone like Morrison would rankle against cheap stardom. It wasn’t the f*ck*ng point. This, this is the point. And although Marcus’ examples are personal to his own experience, as far as catching the desperately vital point of it all, we really do see eye-to-eye. — review by user railarson

[A-Schwarzenegger]

12. Speaking of "Common One" ...

From the 2009 tour ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRUc1Xs0FVg&feature=related

[Gabi Hayes]

24. thanks! that's one of the albums I'm picking up later today. 75 minutes

and they'll all be ready.

I love my library

[Gabi Hayes]

19. just reserved 14 albums from the library. here's a clip from Last Waltz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIiUwZfqMSU&feature=related

[EFerrari]

21. The Band looks like it's going to keel over from boredom.

lol

It's was so funny because the last time I saw him, they'd hired a much younger singer to lead on the really early stuff because his voice was just deeper now. It was eerie, listening to this young guy sound so much like Morrison and then, to hear the mature Morrison back him.

[Gabi Hayes]

25. yeah...robbie robertson came off like quite the egomaniac in the interviews

those were sort of disappointing, but there are some great performances

can't remember, did they do Life is a Carnival?

[Gabi Hayes]

27. there's this. never seen it before

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEYJVeinNEw&feature=related

it's on Last Waltz, fwiw

[EFerrari]

29. Thanks. And I was kidding about

those guys. They looked like they were having a great time.

[Gabi Hayes]

30. oh...heh....I sorta wondered about that. but you know how peoples' perceptions

vary so wildly

I think I'm getting a little chest fever, just thinking about it all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ_x7sioBQs

[EFerrari]

31. It's a mean old world.

I think I'd rather watch Robertson, all coked up or not, do anything than watch anyone else except Levon Helm or Danko. Or, Van. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsiTSwBdtk

[Gabi Hayes]

36. sigh....seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments=1&v=uDm5o3FJ2Q8&page=2

danko solo

[EFerrari]

37. Yup.

I must have been through everything up at youtube ten times. And probably will be again.

[mitchum]

32. That was just the coke talking.Lots of coke.

[EFerrari]

13. You must be recording some other Van Morrison.

:)

[A-Schwarzenegger]

18. Thanks, Archae.

Youve led me to revisit one of his lesser known albums
"Hard Nose the Highway," including the splendiferous
(audio only) "Snow in San Anselmo"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpcsThJEgWM

[EFerrari]

22. Do you know what happened to his webisite at YouTube?

It disappeared one day. They'd just put up all kinds of tracks, too.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

23. He's a tres strange cat.

He may have just shut it down.
In the recent Time interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVHbUPNcTiU
he said he was going to end his contract with ... Itunes?

[ceile]

26. I love Van Morrison

Although I usually trip over myself to change the station if Brown Eyed Girl comes on. Only song of his I can't abide.
How 'bout Them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV0yATP4RZs

[Gabi Hayes]

28. when I was a yute, The Shadows of Knight had a big hit locally with Gloria.

we all thought at the time it was their song. nobody knew from Van Morrison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1GOUdfQXGw

seen at one of the coolest hipster venues of the day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cellar_(teen_dance_club)

The Cellar became a notable venue for several reasons. Most importantly, it provided teenagers from the region with a place to congregate and to dance.

It was also notable because of its talented regional house / repeat bands, such as: the Shadows of Knight, The Mauds, H.P. Lovecraft <2> , Saturday's Children, Ted Nugent<3> with The Amboy Dukes, The Huns, The Raevns, The Other Half<4>, and Little Boy Blues <5>.

Additionally, given the modest warehouse venue in a northwestern suburb of Chicago, The Cellar proved to be truly remarkable because of the extraordinary national and international Rock acts that also made appearances there, such as:

The Who,<6> <7> The Cream,<8> The Byrds,<9> Buffalo Springfield,<10> and The Spencer Davis Group.<11>

>>>>>>

lots of other groups of the day, including Steppenwolf, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Seeds, Moby Grape

[pokerfan]

35. Brown Eyed Girl is definitely overplayed

but it's overplayed because it's a great song. It has a great upbeat calypso vibe going for it which is probably why Jimmy Buffett covered it (not to mention hundreds of other artists),

Believe it or not, it was originally considered too risque (:wtf:) for radio with many stations objecting to the line, "Making love in the green grass."

[hippywife]

33. No way!

Van IS the man! :thumbsdown:

[Capn Sunshine]

34. two words for you:

Astral Weeks.

[many a good man]

38. Van Morrison is scorching hot!

Best to wear protective clothing when ripping.