Great post. But I will stick up for Fair Play. Great vocal, classic Van lyrics, perfect piano fills.... Maybe it should have been sequenced after You Don't Pull No Punches rather than first up. Seems like he buried the lede by putting Linden Arden as the second tune. Just an amazing set of tunes.
― that's not my post, Friday, 18 April 2014 05:38 (ten years ago) link
YouYou YouYou YouYou YouYou YouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYouYou will goA back
― Sufjan Cougar Mellencamp (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 April 2014 05:41 (ten years ago) link
Buhnbuhn buhn Buhnbuhn buhn Buhnbuhn buhn Buhnbuhnbuhn
― Sufjan Cougar Mellencamp (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 April 2014 05:42 (ten years ago) link
this album is perfect. I had a strange deal with henoch schonlein purpura in undergrad, and I had to take steroids to keep it under control. The steroids made it difficult to sleep, so I'd often listen to this on repeat at night to try and ease things down. Probably got through 3 or 4 listens per day. It is my favorite late night nostalgic drinking album these days.
― Sufjan Cougar Mellencamp (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 April 2014 05:56 (ten years ago) link
any time I turn onto a street with only one inlet/outlet my mind goes YOU CAN DOUBLE BACK
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 18 April 2014 11:23 (ten years ago) link
You KNOW
― Sufjan Cougar Mellencamp (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 April 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
― Sufjan Cougar Mellencamp (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 18 April 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
van's simulating going down on some veedon fleece at the end of "cul de sac", no?
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:12 (eight years ago) link
whole lotta OOP 70s Van *finally* made it to iTunes in the past few months, including this album, St. Dominic's Preview, & Tupelo Honey
― Songs from a One Room House in an Uninteresting Location (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
... o wait, looks like I spoke too soon re: Tupelo Honey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Songs from a One Room House in an Uninteresting Location (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 20 October 2015 22:02 (eight years ago) link
tupelo honey is barely ever in print, idk why
― balls, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 22:41 (eight years ago) link
Not too much of Veedon Fleece seems to have made it into Van's live shows in the 70s. Except "Bulbs." Great groove going on this version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eVZIVir1ZE
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 04:42 (eight years ago) link
In response to the original post, bit of both perhaps...
I took it to record club: https://devonrecordclub.com/2016/11/20/van-morrison-veedon-fleece-round-97-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Sunday, 20 November 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
^nicely done. I'll still rep for Fair Play as I did a few years ago.
― that's not my post, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:16 (seven years ago) link
this is my fav van morrison by far as well
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:29 (seven years ago) link
hard nose the highway is not terrible yugi ex!!
― just sayin, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
For real, veedon def the better album but I dunno if there's anything on it I'd take over snow in San anselmo
― JoeStork, Monday, 21 November 2016 06:14 (seven years ago) link
There's a million songs about California but van's are the only ones that make me wish I was there.
― JoeStork, Monday, 21 November 2016 06:21 (seven years ago) link
I've been to Arklow, it doesnt deserve a song that good. Yeah, this is my fave Van album. love it
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Monday, 21 November 2016 11:26 (seven years ago) link
I may have been a bit harsh on HNTH...I didn't give it that many spins before I got rid of it to be honest, but it didn't draw me in in the way Veedon Fleece did.
― yugi ex, Monday, 21 November 2016 21:17 (seven years ago) link
snow in san anselmo is so great
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 21 November 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
yeah, that one and purple heather are faves from Hard Nose. There's some filler on there, but I always enjoy that album.
― tylerw, Monday, 21 November 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
Album is excellent. But "You Don't Pull No Punches..." is certainly my favorite Morrison track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRnFg3ltxgE
― Soundslike, Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:18 (five years ago) link
Just heard that - and the track before it- I’m a record store last weekend after not having paid attention to this album in years and was totally knocked out.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:24 (five years ago) link
Let's say Van's music is like Brazilian pop music.
Astral weeks is Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66. It's actually really good and unique! But man, kinda tired of it by now. Pretty overplayed.
Veedon Fleece, on the other hand, is like the first time I heard 'Taj Mahal', but evey single time.
I love you, Veedon Fleece!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Sunday, 21 April 2019 15:06 (five years ago) link
In a totally non musical context I’ve used the phrase “don’t push the river”. Never any recognition for one of Van’s best.
― that's not my post, Monday, 22 April 2019 12:31 (five years ago) link
Astral weeks is Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66. It's actually really good and unique! But man, kinda tired of it by now. Pretty overplayedno
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 22 April 2019 13:28 (five years ago) link
Put me in the ground the day I tire of Astral Weeks. I may only play it once every year or two, but the first five seconds goes through me every time.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Monday, 22 April 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
But Vernon Fleece might be as good.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Monday, 22 April 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link
astral and veedon are p distinct vibes to me, astral v much psychedelically overwhelmed at all the lightness and darkness of creation, veedon a few years older and content to watch the grass move and occasionally trip into the cosmic mystery behind it (plus a heartbreaking two-song fugue about paranoia). a side-by-side comparison would prob prove me wrong but veedon *feels* like the quieter album
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 22 April 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
anyway, couldn't live without either
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 22 April 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
or common one, or into the music, or saint dominic's preview, or it's too late to stop now, or
sometimes i'm like "maybe into the music is the best one"
― american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 22 April 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
You and others stanning for Veedon Fleece and Common One during the VM poll turned me on to the greatness of those albums and now I just love them, too. So thanks!
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Monday, 22 April 2019 21:55 (five years ago) link
Grooving to Cul De Sac. It's kinda buried in the middle of side 2 but it's a jam.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 21 August 2019 05:37 (four years ago) link
massive jam confirmed
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 21 August 2019 10:21 (four years ago) link
This album is just completely totally utterly amazingly the best thing he ever did. Fuck it's SO GOOD.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
^hello and welcome to the small but amazing group of VF stans
― that's not my post, Thursday, 11 June 2020 02:06 (three years ago) link
And we say Geronimwhoa
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 05:12 (three years ago) link
if i'd seen any of this 74/75 shows, the fact that he played a maximum of 2 tracks from this at any of them would have killed me
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 11 June 2020 13:55 (three years ago) link
side a of this record is one of the best sides of any record. side b (for bulbs) ain't no slouch, either.
― ACABincalifornia (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 June 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
fair play to this album imo
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 11 June 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
This album makes me feel emotions.
― jmm, Thursday, 11 June 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
Bulbs is one of those songs I put on playlists a lot because people who have never heard it before instantly love it.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 11 June 2020 15:25 (three years ago) link
My wife created an account on Discogs and bought a NM first pressing for me last Christmas. <3
Not to be too dramatic (ok, yes, too), but the part in Cul De Sac when Van says "you, you, you" and the band all comes down at the same time on three successive beats I feel like time is going to stop between each of them.
― Night of the Living Crustheads (PBKR), Thursday, 11 June 2020 15:52 (three years ago) link
a loved one is going through an extremely difficult time, i am merely going through it with them in spirit, and this seems like the only music that can keep me company. i'm coming out of it a bit now, which is probably why i'm posting again, but for several hard days veedon fleece was the only thing worth listening to.
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 22 June 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
veedon fleece was the only thing worth listening to.
this is kinda sorta the case under normal circumstances for me.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 22 June 2020 18:08 (three years ago) link
worth mentioning — if you haven't checked out Van's mid-90s rarities comp The Philosopher's Stone, there are a bunch of outtakes from the same era / similar vibe.
― tylerw, Monday, 22 June 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
^a couple of tunes from Philosopher's Stone to check out (praying to the formatting gods that this works): Not Supposed To Break Down Contemplation RoseTry For Sleep
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 23 June 2020 01:03 (three years ago) link
You just sit there like a butterflyYou're well protected by the glassYou're such a rare collector's itemWhen they throw away what's the trashYou can hang suspended from a starOr wish on a toilet rollYou can just soak up the atmosphereLike a fish inside a bowl
― chr1sb3singer, Friday, 20 November 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link