Van's next EP will be "Gents Needs a New Bog Roll"
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 May 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
well I guess we're talking about it. need one of those galaxy brain memes.
― that's not my post, Friday, 7 May 2021 04:15 (two years ago) link
kover konnections:https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/714jpf%2BHufL._SX466_.jpg
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Friday, 7 May 2021 04:26 (two years ago) link
yeah I usually roll my eyes at the "I'm just channeling these songs from the universe" but it might be true in his case, cuz he's such an oarfish little dickhead
I do believe in that, sort of, but I think of it as meaning "I'm channeling these songs from a part of me that I cannot access in any other way and often cannot access at all."
The thing about Van is that the two sides of him aren't really at odds with each other, even though they're so different. It's not like Astral Weeks and the rest of the great albums contradict anything we know about Van Morrison's actual personality; there's joy and communion and transcendence in them, even love and friendship, but do I get a sense of "this is a fundamentally generous and decent person" from them? Was I in any way surprised or disappointed when I figured out that Van Morrison was a querulous, self-involved little prick? Not really. He's great at making me feel what he feels, down to the tiniest details and gradations of emotion; he's never claimed to care how anyone else feels.
But those songs were genuinely beautiful, and joyful, and hopeful, and for a while that artistic vision was strong enough and compelling enough that it didn't matter what the rest of Van Morrison was like. Now it's like the tide's gone out for good, and there's stuff left behind that was always there, but everything that gave it life is gone. And that isn't going to hurt Astral Weeks any - the gulf between Current Van and Early Van is too great for anything he does now to touch his early work - but it's terribly depressing.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 7 May 2021 04:43 (two years ago) link
A Woodstock rambler, a bluesy balladeer, a Celtic soul singer, a country crooner
He plays his music in the sun
― Triumph of the Willa Cather (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 7 May 2021 12:16 (two years ago) link
There are artists whose work does nothing for me, but I wish it did, for one reason or another, so I have tried over and over again. I spent years trying to like Lou Reed, for example, because people I thought were smarter than me and knew more about music than me loved him, so I figured he was a course I needed to pass in order to be a for-real music writer. I was wrong. I've given the Grateful Dead far more chances than they deserved, and Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen too. Then there are artists whose work does nothing for me, but I feel no obligation to keep trying. Van Morrison is in the latter category, and always has been. I first heard his music when I was a child, on the radio, and there was just never anything there, to my ear. Every time I've heard a new song it's been even less interesting than "Domino" or "Moondance" or whatever else. So this new record doesn't even diminish him slightly in my eyes. People who've decided they hate him now that he's lost his mind can get to the back of the line. I've been here for 40 years.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Friday, 7 May 2021 12:35 (two years ago) link
People surprised by the new Van Morrison must have never spent time with this bootleg of his live outtakes called, Who’s Grumpy, featuring the classic track, “For Those On The Internet - Fuck You.” pic.twitter.com/SCHfwYe8B5— Ben Chasny (@6organs) May 7, 2021
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 May 2021 16:04 (two years ago) link
Townsend must be pissed that one’s taken.
― JoeStork, Friday, 7 May 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
lol that art, incredible. feel like "FW:FW:re:FUNNY!fwd:RE:HILRIOUSFWD:fwd:" should be included somewhere on it
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 7 May 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
After being strictly a listener of his Veedon Fleece and earlier work, I finally dipped a toe into current Van Morrison with Three Chords & the Truth, which I was really surprised to enjoy as much as I did. But with that I'm gonna nope right back into the comfort of his old stuff.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 7 May 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
Commmon One from 1980 is the one I'd most suggest checking out after the post-peak years
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
I pretty much nope out after Wavelength
but I love Wavelength
― Triumph of the Willa Cather (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 7 May 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/vZMjY0a6A4— Iain Montgomery (@H0raceWimp) May 7, 2021
― Dan Worsley, Friday, 7 May 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
why did the font in this thread change(?)
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Friday, 7 May 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
for mysterious astral reasons this thread has always had a different font
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
ah – guess I only viewed it in Zing previously
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Friday, 7 May 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
The “targeted individual” thing is really weirding me out - I have only seen that phrase in the context of deeply delusional paranoia.
― JoeStork, Friday, 7 May 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that's pretty disturbing, though he's always been paranoid to some degree, right? I mean, The Great Deception is from almost 50 years ago, and that's got a pretty strong "the world is out to get me" vibe.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 7 May 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart is a top 3 van album for me, fight me
― brimstead, Friday, 7 May 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
no guru, poetic champions, he still had it in the80s!
xxp its weird because for all of his internet & social media hate a lot of the terms like that hes throwing around are right out of the right wing conspiracist social media brainworm echo chamber
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
What's extra frustrating is that he could just keep doing his gardens-wet-with-rain, falling leaves/transcendence/healing bit and it would be so welcome after a year of lockdown.
― Lily Dale, Friday, 7 May 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Poetic Champions Compose is my favorite mellow music by anyone, as peaceful as it comes. Even had it on last night.
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Friday, 7 May 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
the title track to Latest Record Project is a hilarious fuck you to the audience
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
Here's hoping his audience says fuck you back.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
Fuck what I did was your fault somehowFuck the presents, I threw all that shit outFuck all the cryin', it didn't mean JackWell guess what yo, fuck you right back
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
forgot he got divorced a few years a back, taking it well I see
Play "No Good Deed Goes …"on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad)No good deed goes unpunishedWhen it starts to unravel on youYou think the person is gonna be sorryAnd they’re gonna take the time to say thank you
Booked her to the top restaurant tableBut she said she didn’t like the mealI got her tickets for the operaBut she complained about the VIP seats
Gave her a million EuroSaid that it wasn’t enoughHow come when she’s still fit and ableShe’s still too lazy to go out and work
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that "Play 'No Good Deed Goes...' on Amazon Music Unlimited" was the actual opening line from a song on this record.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
hahahaha totally
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
i'm howling at this whole revive. everything about it is perfect. this is my album of the year and i have not heard a single note, nor do i intend to.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
If anyone hears the track ‘They Control The Media’ please be kind and let us know who Mr Morrison suspects...it’s been bugging me for ages and would love a definitive answer cos I can’t think for the life of me who it could be... They tell us that ignorance is blissI guess by those that control the media, it isThey own the media, they control the stories we are toldIf you ever try to go against them, you will be ignored
'Cause they controlThey controlThey control
They control the narrative, they perpetuate the mythKeep on telling you lies, tell you ignorance is blissBelieve it all and you'll never get, nеver get wiseTo thе truth, 'cause they control everything you do
Everything you doEverything you doEverything you do
They control the narrative, they perpetuate the mythKeep on telling you lies, tell you ignorance is blissBelieve it all and you'll never get the truthNever get wise, wise through their lies
Through their liesThrough their liesThey control the mediaThey control the mediaThey control the media
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Friday, 7 May 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
Wow. Add a turkey, alcohol, and conversations about various medications one is on, and I'm having holiday flashbacks.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
Former Them frontman takes aim at They.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 May 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
Curious that Van rhymes "wise/do" and "truth/lies" instead of "wise/lies" and "truth/do", his craftsmanship is slipping.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 7 May 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Tempted to poll Morrissey vs Van Morrison.
― pomenitul, Friday, 7 May 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Thanks Tom for putting to bed any fears I might of had about ‘who’ controls the media...thought he was going to blame the bloody Swedes....here’s Van being interviewed on the BBC about the new album...apparently it’s all ‘satire’...
https://bbc.in/3nXinGD
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:42 (two years ago) link
Play 'No Good Deed Goes...'Play it on Amazon Music UnlimitedPlay it for the fat washed up paranoid that wrote it.
― keto keto bonito v industry plant-based diet (PBKR), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
this thing is so fucking long
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:48 (two years ago) link
oddly, "Why Are You on Facebook" is the most sprightly number here, kinda catchy
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 7 May 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
Was thinking of Morrissey too. For some reason.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
I can't stop picturing him hand-writing those lyrics out in a stained notebook, chewing the tip of his pen and adding a new line every so often with a gleeful flourish.
― they were still booing him when we were tanking in hartlepool (Matt #2), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
funniest thing to me is "volume 1"
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
I picture the band vamping and he just riffs and riffs, hours on end.
― too cool for zen talk (Eazy), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
I saw somewhere that he's already got Volume 2 done and it's supposed to be out before Christmas.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 7 May 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
van morrison & (((them)))
― doo rag, Friday, 7 May 2021 22:34 (two years ago) link
If anyone hears the track ‘They Control The Media’ please be kind and let us know who Mr Morrison suspects...
It's the Jews.It's always the Jews.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 7 May 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
Revisiting past glories like the hopefully contract ending stuff he did in the late 60s. Though I think duration of tracks there may have been a bit shorter.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 8 May 2021 07:07 (two years ago) link
yeah his most concise work
― unknown or illegal user (doo rag), Saturday, 8 May 2021 07:26 (two years ago) link
2021, A Year In Rock: Greta Van Morrisey
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 8 May 2021 09:33 (two years ago) link
Made it through, tough sledding
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 8 May 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link