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

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

otm on the drumming.

how's the sequel?

I would have been happy with Steppin' Out as #1. Alternative take is great as well.

i love the sequel a lot too. into the music is already a very long record but i sorta wish the full "steppin' out queen" were on it anyway

What is this full Steppin' Out Queen?

http://i.imgur.com/RT5hQ2r.jpg

25. Cul De Sac
from Veedon Fleece
6 votes, 144 points

Part 2 on The Philosopher's stone, it's awesome

that tension between the horns and the strings is so great on Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrSn1QhN1lE

come in my garden and let's look at the flowers

"cul de sac" was my no. 3 and for reasons i expressed back in the voting thread it is so so so so so so so good

Here's one you may know

http://i.imgur.com/l3r5WMZ.jpg

24. Brown Eyed Girl
Single
10 votes, 153 points

what's this

wow so low

when 15, I played this for a girl I liked that had brown eyes and now I want to vomit when I hear it. good song!

Here's another you may know. And this is definitely too low.

nice couplet

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

23. Domino
from His Band and the Street Choir
11 votes, 158 points

all live versions of this song are generally on fire

I always imagine Van wailing the Genesis song.

http://i.imgur.com/o8RVHta.jpg

22. Fair Play
from Veedon Fleece
11 votes, 159 points

Another gem.

i like to contrast "fair play" with "snow in san enselmo" in that "snow" is very clearly intended to imply a spiritual vastness within a terrestrial scene and is thus thoroughly packed with jazzy variations and digressions and a choir to represent this vastness and it rules but in the way that sometimes extremely overwrought things rule. "fair play" i think does the exact same thing without moving much at all, it just sort of slopes gently like a hill, though there's some free association by the piano and the (extremely buzzy) bass. very little happens but listening to it you feel like something magnificent is unfolding

That's true.

Into the top 20...

I mean top 21...

http://i.imgur.com/4vjd0Nc.jpg

21. The Way That Young Lovers Do
from Astral Weeks
8 votes, 164 points

here's where i admit that i first heard this song through the jeff buckley cover

fair play to you

Now into the top 20

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

20. Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
from Saint Dominic's Preview
12 votes, 171 points

this made the very end of my ballot but at one point was my favorite song of all time

boom boom boom

Let it all hang out

bop shoo bop. shoo bop shoo bop.

I couldn't even begin to count the amount of times I've tried to use Reet in Words with Friends, yet it never counts. Sad!

Best horn section ever recorded.

http://i.imgur.com/6DlJF5C.jpg

19. Slim Slow Slider
from Astral Weeks
10 votes, 193 points, one #1 vote

This is just a doozy of a song.

And where I admit that for years I thought Jackie Wilson was a Dexys track (thanks to seeing them play it in the Young Ones' toilet).

this is one of the two astral weeks songs i ended up voting for, mostly bc of this performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN14cvbC8CY

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

18. T.B. Sheets
from Blowin' Your Mind
9 votes, 208 points

what'd you guys think of the extended outro for "slim slow slider" that finally came out on the last astral weeks reissue? was ... interesting.

http://i.imgur.com/EzA1nD7.jpg

17. Streets of Arklow
from Veedon Fleece
10 votes, 209 points, one #1 vote

what'd you guys think of the extended outro for "slim slow slider" that finally came out on the last astral weeks reissue? was ... interesting.

― tylerw, Monday, August 7, 2017 12:05 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i like that the scary part doesn't fade out and just gets scarier; the remaining improvisation flowing into van's "glory be to him" is really strange but great imo

it's prob my favorite song on astral weeks at this point though it def did battle with "sweet thing" on my ballot. for years i didn't know what to make of it

Here is one that is definitely too low...

http://i.imgur.com/I29vIHJ.jpg

16. Wild Night
from Tupelo Honey
9 votes, 216 points

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

lol appreciate actual Arklow street pic. A truly magical place!

Ha, thanks! I ran out of Veedon Fleec pics. There's only so many times ya can look at Van with Irish Wolfhounds.