Linden Arden POLL the Highlights--ILM Van Morrison Poll Results

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31 (tie). Wonderful Remark
Greatest Hits / King of Comedy
7 votes, 105 points

That was high on my ballot, one of my very favorites.

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31 (tie) Warm Love
Hard Nose the Highway
7 votes, 105 points

Maybe but "Have I Told You Lately" did fine; Rod's version went higher I think.

― okapi paste (Ye Mad Puffin),

only on the A/C chart maybw

Van's version, that is. Stewart's was a massive hit (it peaked at #2).

Ok. I still can't stand it, not least because it depends on the laziest rhyme ever, love/above.

Glad to see some Them in the roll out. The list is a good mix of all the different Van sounds.

Xpost Tupelo Honey. I had a lot of 70s Van on my ballot but not much from TH and not the title song. Not really sure why ... maybe I don't think she's an angel.

TIL that "Why Must I Always Explain" is the same chord progression as "Tupelo Honey."

man in the garden is a jam, though it gives me catholic mass flashbacks. Strange that kozelek is using that di acoustic guitar sound on recent albums.

No track so far has had more than 7 votes.

Song with the highest votes/points ratio to date: he ain't give you none.

Try to guess the Top 5. Nobody will get it right.

^give us a hint, how many in top 5 from each decade.

top 5 are the Way That Young Lovers Do, You Don't Pull No Punches, Cyprus Avenue, Into the Mystic, and Bein' Green

ok probably not "Bein' Green" but maybe "Listen to the Lion"

Madam George has to be in there!

ok probably not "Bein' Green"

it ain't easy bein' "bein' green"

G-L-O-R-I-A-!

it's gonna be alright!

I blew it not voting for You Don't Pull No Punches, I'm a moron.

So yeah, it's Bein' Green.

Not close

Two Songs About Hating The Music Business + Two Songs About Women + One Song About Leaves Falling On Women Who Hate The Music Business

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30. Tir Na Nog
from No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
5 votes, 106 points

fuck yes I'm gonna bump that one right now

God this song is so wonderful

it really is. my no. 4

listening to "in the garden" now & remembering when I saw Van on Avalon Sunset his piano dude - may have been Mose Allison? - stomping all over the transcendent vibe in the dorkiest but also kinda best way: Van went deep into the refrain, everybody in the house down in that spiritual vibe - no guru - no method - no teacher - just you and I and nature and the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost- there was a very vocal contingent of Christians in the crowd, earlier in the evening when he'd done "Whenever God Shines His Light" he'd sung "He heals the sick / and He heals the lame / and He says that you can do it, too, in Jesus Christ's Name" (in the track there's no "Christ), a whole swathe of the audience down front erupted in cheers - so In the Garden peaks, Van's got pretty much everybody in that garden, it's us & Van and the Trinity, what a vibe - and Van exits, stage left, the band still playing - and dude at the piano smiles huge and exuberantly into his mic goes: "No guru, no method, no teacher -- just Van the Man!" which is kinda like

lol

wonderful

I saw Mose Allison play in 1997-ish and he gushed at length about how grateful he was to VM for the Tell Me Something album and the difference between a songwriting royalty check for a Van Morrison album vs. a Mose Allison album.

that is wonderful jclc

re: Tenenbaums

Early cuts of the movie had it end with the Anthology version of "I'm Looking Through You" (and starting with the actual "Hey Jude" instead of Mothersbaugh's cover) but they couldn't get the rights

Love that story, JCLC. And I think Tir Na Nog has been my best find of the poll.

We're starting up again in 5 minutes.

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29. Moondance
from Moondance
6 votes, 108 points

wooooowwww

this low

Let me revise

29. Moondance
from Moondance
6 votes, 108 points
One #1

If it weren't for that #1 vote, the song Moondance would have been in the high 50s.

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28. Who Was That Masked Man
from Veedon Fleece
8 votes, 120 points

^^ the peak of Veedon Fleece

tbh if it were possible to vote for "linden arden" and "masked man" as a suite i would've

van's falsetto is totally devastating

i would also like to say that the cadence with which van sings the chorus of "wonderful remark" is one of my favorite things in all of music and is a weird bittersweet moment in an otherwise relentlessly bitter song

it's like he's forcing himself to admit an inconvenient truth

Which Wonderful Remark?

older recording on philosopher's stone

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27. Snow in San Anselmo
from Hard Nose the Highway
7 votes, 137 points

I still haven't heard this album!

oh well it's pretty good!

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26. Steppin' Out Queen
from Into the Music
7 votes, 143 points

I like this song, but I was surprised by how high it placed.

i'm surprised by its placement too but i am very enthusiastic about it, this song was very high on my ballot and is one of his most perfect songs imo; the way the chorus rhythm switches up every two bars (and in general the incredible drumming on this song!!!), the backing vocals, the bridge which feels like it's trying to escape the rest of the song, etc. etc. etc.

not to mention the explosive... viola (?) solo