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

Sweet thing made my top ten

I say we stop here today. I want suspense created

It's too late to stop now.

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

8. Madame George
from Astral Weeks
15 votes, 336 points, two #1 votes
14 points for T.B. Sheets version

I have no idea what at least one of these top 7 will be

I have no idea what at least one of these top 7 will be

― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, August 7, 2017 2:18 PM (fifty-seven seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

justice for "i forgot that love existed"

jk

Here is my #1.

http://i.imgur.com/Wncvh9k.jpg

7. Saint Dominic's Preview
from Saint Dominic's Preview
15 votes, 345 points, one #1 vote

This is just the greatest song.

as we gaze out on

it really is, and it never gets old

as we gaze out on

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.

She sells handmade jewelry on etsy, you can visit her store below.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/lovebeadsbyjp

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