new Van album out tomorrow!
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
has he done anything worth hearing recently...or in the last couple decades?
― farte blanche (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
see the last several posts....
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 October 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
nah it was in this thread Van Morrison: your views please
― tylerw, Monday, 1 October 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
Wavelength is about where I start to get off the wagon, with a temporary rally for Into the Music
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 1 October 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
man I love No Guru and Irish Heartbeat and The Waiting Game and Pay the Devil....Van is just awesome to me & I love that just keeps going
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 1 October 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
for kornrulz. listen to the lion, live from '74.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY8T35WsQfU
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 06:53 (eight years ago) link
So Van recorded an interesting outtake in 1970 called "Coming Down to Joy" that didn't really work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abjYPKvgkv4
It was never given an official release and remains in the vault to this day. BUT, turns out he reworked the song for Kenneth Branagh's new film Belfast, and it was just nominated for an Oscar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHc5i1eenAM
I can't say I'm a fan of the movie - the shallow and syrupy depiction of growing up during the Troubles feels like Branagh's crowd-pleasing tendencies at their worst - but Morrison's new rendition of an old song is pretty decent. Too bad he's been a complete ass for the past year.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 8 February 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link