yuuuup
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 November 2023 18:35 (five months ago) link
I taped a King Biscuit concert of his, about 1991, off the radio. Unfortunately my boombox was wonky and recorded at the wrong speed. Consequently that was the only machine on which I could play that recording.
Van was, in my view, at the height of his mid-career powers, and he had an an excellent backing band. Basically the "Wavelength" album, plus the way he was performing his earlier material in exactly that moment.
Exquisite. Before that, he was underbaked. After that, too much. It was exactly right.
― don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 13 November 2023 19:49 (five months ago) link
gotta love Vanlose Stairway
90s Van rules ok too, I have a particular weak spot for The Healing Game
― corrs unplugged, Monday, 13 November 2023 20:34 (five months ago) link
the wind in the willows…AND THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN
― brimstead, Monday, 13 November 2023 22:27 (five months ago) link
Van's pandemic turn has made it much harder for me to enjoy his work.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 00:02 (five months ago) link
As someone suggested in another thread, I kind of pretend he's been dead since 2019 and indulge in the work of a man who (while still a colossal dick) hasn't gone all-in into vile conspiracy theories.
Similar to Eric Clapton (dead since the end of 1974) and I guess Kanye West (dead since the end of 2010) when I'm ready to listen to him again.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 01:00 (five months ago) link
Yeah bird I tuned Van out a long time ago. Pretending he died is perhaps the best way to enjoy his early work while ignoring his subsequent rancid dickishness.
― don't let days go by, Listerine (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 14 November 2023 02:00 (five months ago) link
I put Van Morrison into a Chinese translator and I feel like I'm going insane pic.twitter.com/0TuPUQKEb8— John Frankensteiner (@JFrankensteiner) November 24, 2023
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Friday, 24 November 2023 12:54 (five months ago) link
New episode of the 500 Songs podcast is on Vanhttps://500songs.com/podcast/episode-170-astral-weeks-by-van-morrison/
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 November 2023 13:08 (five months ago) link
ooh interesting!
that chinese translation is wild
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 24 November 2023 13:23 (five months ago) link
Underappreciated track from otherwise nothing-special record, imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghOffQ-BrI
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 22 April 2024 12:51 (six days ago) link