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

When I was compiling the votes, I played it on repeat for about 30 minutes and it sounded better every time.

Plus Van coins a new phrase in it, no regrettiance. So much more sophisticated than "no regrets."

Way upon...

http://i.imgur.com/3jBEWnI.jpg

6. Cyprus Avenue
from Astral Weeks
15 votes, 345 points, one #1 vote
23 points for It's Too Late To Stop Now" version

the avenue of trees

and I'm conquered in a car seat

Not a thing that I can do

This was a song I read about in great detail before ever hearing, in that Lester Bangs anthology from the 1980s. It did not disappoint.

obvious point but it's extremely worth watching him tear this shit up live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKuM5oKk0es

Yes. And of course, the version on It's Too Late To Stop Now is off the charts intense.

Before any ballots came in, I figured this next song would win in a landslide. It did not.

title track?

http://i.imgur.com/wjGopMT.jpg

5. Into the Mystic
from Moondance
15 votes, 379 points, two #1 votes

oh yeah god how had i forgotten

also a good time to share this unreal performance!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpPSBzGEklE

Iiiiiiiiii wanna rock youuuuur gypsy souuuuul

This was a song I read about in great detail before ever hearing, in that Lester Bangs anthology from the 1980s.

Same.

I believe that must be Janet Planet on that Into The Mystic sleeve.

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Now, every ILM poll worth its salt has a Sway, ie a relatively obscure album track that charts unusually high. It's named after the immortal Rolling Stones song from Sticky Fingers.

It's time for Sway.

http://i.imgur.com/10a6gtw.jpg

4. Linden Arden Stole the Highlights
from Veedon Fleece
16 votes, 382 points

I found this image on the website of a graphic designer.

https://jakenewton.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/linden-arden-stole-the-highlights/

and they put his fingers through the glass!

What the hell does that line mean?

that poll pun push

Check this song out. It’s on, in my opinion, Van’s second best album, Veedon Fleece.

when jake's right, jake's right

particular song i wish weren't hanging somewhere outside of the top 52: "you're my woman"

also "irish heartbeat"

are we done with Common One and Into the Music tracks?

http://i.imgur.com/1j8wony.jpg

3. And It Stoned Me
from Moondance
17 votes, 383 points

And It Stoned Me is one of the best songs by anyone ever.

Just like Jellyroll

half a mile from the county fair, and the rain came pouring down

stoned me just like a-goin' home

god there was such an immediate connection when i first heard this song, probably right when i heard the two harmonizing saxophones in the chorus

love the piano solo, like raindrops on a tin roof

It was neck and neck with these last two up until the last day.

hand me down my great coat

http://i.imgur.com/SwkoAsy.jpg

2. Caravan
from Moondance
18 votes, 410 points, three #1 votes
84 points for It's Too Late To Stop Now

http://i.imgur.com/l8DWB1D.jpg

1. The Midnight Special
Them! single 1967
21 votes, 666 points, 18 #1 votes

lmao

congrats to "astral weeks" even as i was pulling for "caravan"

Yeah I don't know what is up with you guys, Them's version of The Midnight Special blows.

http://i.imgur.com/hIXoJOG.jpg

1. Astral Weeks
from Astral Weeks
16 votes, 450 points, three #1 votes

Recap:

52. Country Fair
51. Coney Island
50. I’ll Be Your Lover Too
49. Gypsy
48. Glad Tidings
47. Raglan Road
46. Bright Side of the Road
45. He Ain’t Give You None
44 tie. Real Real Gone
44 tie. Beside You
43 tie. These Dreams of You
43 tie. In the Garden
42. Here Comes the Night
41. Haunts of Ancient Peace
40 tie. Tupelo Honey
40 tie. Dweller on the Threshold
39 tie. I’ve Been Working
39 tie. Bulbs
38 tie. Everyone
38 tie. And the Healing Has Begun
37. Contemplation Rose
36. Baby Please Don’t Go
35. Cleaning Windows
34. Mystic Eyes
33. Redwood Tree
32. Wavelength
31 tie. Wonderful Remark
31 tie. Warm Love
30. Tir Na Nog
29. Moondance
28. Who Was That Masked Man
27. Snow in San Anselmo
26. Steppin’ Out Queen
25. Cul De Sac
24. Brown Eyed Girl
23. Domino
22. Fair Play
21. The Way Young Lovers Do
20. Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile)
19. Slim Slow Slider
18. T.B. Sheets
17. Streets of Arklow
16. Wild Night
15. Almost Independence Day
14. Listen To The Lion
13. You Don’t Pull No Punches But You Don’t Push the River
12. Summertime in England
11. Gloria
10. Ballerina
9. Sweet Thing
8. Madame George
7. Saint Dominic’s Preview
6. Cyprus Avenue
5. Into the Mystic
4. Linden Arden Stole the Highlights
3. And It Stoned Me
2. Caravan
1. Astral Weeks

Thought it's be Days Like This.

1. Bein; Green
from Hard Nose The Highway
22 votes, 699 points

surprisingly few isolated performances of "caravan" on youtube but this one has high kicks AND high jumps!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrVvayRFMeA

voted for too late to stop now's caravan as number one.

the ultimate live performance of any song.

Here is every other song that received votes. Highest first...

Brand New Day
Crazy Love
Whenever God Shines His Light
You Know What They're Writing About
Orangefield
Vanlose Stairway
Irish Heartbeat
You’re My Woman
Kingdom Hall
Full Force Gale
Have I Told You Lately
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Moonshine Whiskey
Queen of the Slipstream
I Forgot That Love Existed
In the Days Before Rock and Roll
Rave on John Donne
Rough God Goes Riding
Take Me Back
Wild Children
Not Supposed To Break Down
The Lion This Time
Someone Like You
Virgo Clowns
Drumshanbo Hustle
Old Old Woodstock
So Quiet in Here
My Lonely Sad Eyes
Call Me Up In Dreamland
I'm Tired Joey Boy
Marie's Wedding
When Heart Is Open
Avalon of the Heart
Goin Down To Monte Carlo
Sometimes We Cry
Thanks for the Information
I Can Only Give You Everything
Purple Heather
A Sense of Wonder
Friday’s Child
i’ll be your lover too
Ivory Tower
she moved through the fair
the burning ground
Celtic Ray
Come Here My Love
It’s Ain’t Easy Bein’ Green
It's All In The Game
On Hyndford Street
OneTwo Brown Eyes
You Gotta Make It Through The World
Hard Nose the Highway
I'm Not Feeling It Anymore
Oh The Warm Feeling
Flamingos Fly
In Tiburon
September Night
Days Like This
foreign window live Glaston87
Gypsy Queen
Higher Than the World
I Paid the Price
Come Running
Spanish Rose
Wild Honey
I Put A Spell On You
The Great Deception
All For Myself
Troubadours
Angeliou
Heavy Connection
Joe Harper Saturday Morning
Comfort You
Did Ya Get Healed
Don't You Know
Take It Where You Find It
Crazy Face
Satisfied
She Gives Me Religion
Street Choir
4% Pantomime (The Band)
Star of the County Down
You Make Me Feel So Free
Celtic New Year
Naked in the Jungle
Richard Cory
Spirit
the master’s eyes
Cry For Home
If I Ever Needed Someone
Precious Time
santa fe/beautiful obsession

My friends, it has been a pleasure to run this poll. I'm now completely sick of Van Morrison and will not listen to him voluntarily for a couple years. But still, no regrettiance!