as i said itt or some other van thread, it boggles the mind how such a dick could have made such incredibly joyous music.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 19 September 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
i'm pretty sure van was into scientology at one point so this anti-science stupidity is maybe par for the course
― that's not my post, Saturday, 19 September 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link
He was born a Jehovah's Witness.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 19 September 2020 03:19 (three years ago) link
He gave thanks to L Ron Hubbard on the liner notes of Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Saturday, 19 September 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
No more celebrities telling us, telling us what we are supposed to feel
Van Morrison was ever thus:
Did you ever hear about the rock and roll singersGot three or four CadillacsSaying power to the people, dance to the musicWant you to pat 'em on the back
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 19 September 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
greil marcus has a story about a dude who saw van morrison in a bar and got up the nerve to approach him to tell him how much his music had meant to him, and van's response was "why do people feel they have to tell me these things?"
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 19 September 2020 04:04 (three years ago) link
Well, I want to make love to you tonightI can’t wait ’til the morning has comebut i can't cos you've got a facemask onAnd that means you're a fake science drone
― origami condom (Neanderthal), Saturday, 19 September 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
I can't remember if this was suggested in Clinton Heylin's bio or some other book, but does Morrison actually have a clinical psychological disorder?
Anyway, going back to his days in Them, he was known to turn into a complete asshole, and I got the impression it wasn't consistent - he would just enter these moods. You can kind of see this in his interviews of the past decade, where he becomes inexplicably hostile to some and very cheery open to others (for example, his last newspaper interview with an Irish reporter, where he's not only in good spirits, but is dutifully following social distancing and thorough handwashing).
― birdistheword, Saturday, 19 September 2020 05:07 (three years ago) link
For what it's worth (nothing), my friend heard from someone who worked with him that he's on the autism spectrum.
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 19 September 2020 05:09 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah just picked up Hot Press last week cos it's a Van special.Not looked at it much so had probably missed reference to the new material.I love Them and think at least the early solo stuff is great.Does this colour that stuff any more than any previous behaviour from him?
I thought he was brought up as Christian Scientist in a Prod area of Belfast. So probably head wrecked already.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 19 September 2020 06:51 (three years ago) link
I had a dream last night that I was escorting Van around an identified British city (I think it was Winchester). He was dressed in the classic Dexy's dungarees and pheasant feathers get up and had a guitar slung across his back. He was most genial. That is my Van dream.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 12 October 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
He didn't mention vaccines once, thankfully.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 12 October 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
A hip genial Van is alas only a dream
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 13 October 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link
Let's discuss his album closers.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 November 2020 05:02 (three years ago) link
Man, I absolutely love "Purple Heather."
― TO BE A JAZZ SINGER YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCAT (Jazzbo), Friday, 6 November 2020 05:08 (three years ago) link
Feeling like Almost Independence Day as we wait
― that's not my post, Friday, 6 November 2020 06:29 (three years ago) link
Starting to think ‘ No Guru No Method...’ is amongst his best albums...the 80’s new agey production has aged beautifully
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Friday, 6 November 2020 08:04 (three years ago) link
There's a good mix of heavy statements and lighter envois here. Lewis Merenstein made a good choice clipping the "Amen" coda off of Slim Slow Slider; if they had kept it, it would have been one of the worst endings to a great album ever. I would definitely have Street Choir and Midnight Special flip places on this list.
I don't know if your exploration of Van has come to an end at 1995, but 97's The Healing Game is definitely worth your time, even Greil Marcus thinks so.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 6 November 2020 12:56 (three years ago) link
I love how "Glad Tidings" starts off almost like a Krautrock song.
― henry s, Friday, 6 November 2020 14:18 (three years ago) link
ICYMI this long series of posts from One Band One Week was a good read about Van, Belfast and a bit of Irish history.
https://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/tagged/van+morrison/chrono
― that's not my post, Monday, 23 November 2020 01:55 (three years ago) link
He's got a new album out in May. It's called "Latest Record Project Volume 1." A double-CD album of all-new material.
And here's the tracklist.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81adIR0IprL._SL1500_.jpg
And here's where I get off. Adios Van.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
Jesus, that thing's two hours long.
― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
When you get to "Stop Bitching, Do Something," "They Own the Media" and "Why Are You on Facebook?," I'm sure those previous 100 minutes will seem worth it.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
Should pair nicely with the 80-minute Sun Kil Moon album that quietly dropped last week
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
Well I'm caughtOne more timeUp on Facebook Avenue
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
they own the media
...
― little johnny juul (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
Slippery slope is supposed to be a logical fallacy, yet it ends up going there almost every single fucking time.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:22 (three years ago) link
Are sure the Onion aren't behind this?
― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
Anyway, you could have powered all of Texas during the winter storm with the pure, unadulterated boomer energy on display here.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
goddamnit
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
Are sure the Onion isn't behind this?
This SHOULD be a prank...but it isn't. It's already appearing in retail stock inventories everywhere. Distributed by BMG (Van already had a contract with Sony, which now owns BMG). UPC code 4050538666250, release date set for May 7. If it's a prank, it's one of the great pranks in rock history, on par with David Bowie's great "Nat Tate" hoax.
And as mentioned, this has been designated Volume ONE.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
I'm seeing music posters on twitter babbling almost excitedly about this shite, can't tell if they are trying to be ironic or not.
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
I actually thought some of his recent music was great before he got onto the Covidiot stuff. Getting harder and harder to defend him now though. Those song titles are shocking.
― mirostones, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:02 (three years ago) link
his view are repugnant but even if they were right on the last fucking thing i want van morrison to be is engaged with current events and the modern world
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:08 (three years ago) link
also this is the only thread on ILX that shows up as times new roman for me
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
I was long since strung-out on 70s Van (except still haven't heard Hard Nose The Highway or Veedon Fleece) when I got the 2-CD The Story of Then Featuring Van Morrison, which made alll the other stuff I'd stanned for go away from my headbox for a while---now it's back, but damn get that twofer if you can, also liked The Bang Masters, early solo stuff unfucked-with by suits at last. Some good stuff on The Common One and Beautiful Vision, but that's where I stopped keeping up. Would like to check the set of Mose Allison covers.
― dow, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
Is this what happens when you run everyone out of your life that is willing to tell you, "no, Van, that's a terrible idea"?
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
I think those people left Van Morrison's life by the end of 1970.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
When you get to "Stop Bitching, Do Something"
Thought this was Bobby McFerrin?
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
Same here. Did something happen on October 15, 2001, that re-formatted this thread?
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:52 (three years ago) link
Where, in a toilet?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:57 (three years ago) link
I wonder if he's had his jab yet? Peter Hitchens caught a bit a of flack from the various idiot constituencies of his after reluctantly surrendering his freedom to big pharma
― calzino, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:58 (three years ago) link
I actually thought some of his recent music was great before he got onto the Covidiot stuff.
Except for the Astral Weeks tour, I pretty much gave up on anything worthwhile after he sabotaged and diluted the Choppin' Wood album, but Greil Marcus raved about Roll with the Punches and to my surprise it was really good - a casual, hour-plus program of Van and some friends doing his longtime favorites and some worthy originals of like mind. It seemed like an anomaly because pre-Covidiocy I didn't think his other new albums were that good, but I went to see him a few years ago and he put on an awesome show. He even had Jay Berliner on guitar, and the Astral Weeks material came off better than they did in 2008. He's always been a moody jackass, so for all I know this could pass and he'll come to his senses. But it could be a long wait.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
He should have called this abortion The Long Con. 6.59 for that atrocity, Christ.
― scampless, rattled and puce (gyac), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:21 (three years ago) link
Keep Me Singing from a few years ago was good
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:21 (three years ago) link
I love all of Beautiful Vision but it’s probably because my mom played it all the time when I was a kid
― calstars, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:23 (three years ago) link
I heard a lot of fans claim that was the beginning of his comeback, but it sounded kind of tired to me. I'm sure it's an improvement over what came before it, there wasn't exactly a high bar established in the '00s.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
Did Ye Get Redpilled
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:24 (three years ago) link
...and the name is...M...O...D...E.R.N.A!
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:28 (three years ago) link
I kinda like "Why Are You on Facebook?" tbh
― Lee626, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:31 (three years ago) link