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
I doubt Van's going to take that in a sensible direction. It's more likely to echo someone I know who quit FB for "choosing" what he could believe when they blocked the Covid conspiracy videos he was trying to upload. (Posted by the same guy last spring: "Fauci is a criminal and he should be in jail!")
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:35 (three years ago) link
oh, didn't mean i thought Van's song would be good; I just like the title...
― Lee626, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:38 (three years ago) link
This would be a good pre-covers one.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link
lol I was thinking the same thing
― Lee626, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:41 (three years ago) link
Hmmmmmmm.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:43 (three years ago) link
I wonder if we could get enough participants, though.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
Why Are You on Facebook?Jealousy
kinda true
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
Buddy in the dorm used to play "St. Dominic's Preview" nearly every day right after he woke up. This was probably school year 89-90. Every time I hear that vocal part that open's "Jackie Wilson..." I think of that.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:46 (three years ago) link
"Why Are you on Facebook?" made me think of a book title that came up in one of the ILB polls a while back, Why Did You Spoil My Life Making Me Do My MA?
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 01:54 (three years ago) link
I immediately thought the same thing, I'm bagging "Psychoanalysts' Ball"
― regression toward the meme (Matt #2), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 02:03 (three years ago) link
most ominous title on disc 1 has got to be: "Blue Funk"
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 13:23 (three years ago) link
That one leaked:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CsksRWp-60
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
For a Covid denier, it sure is infectious!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2BmTGWb55M
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
Have you got my latest songs I’m singing?Got my latest joy I’m bringing?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 14:48 (three years ago) link
I had not listened to any of his post-1980 work until I picked up the last one, Three Chords & the Truth, on a whim and thought it was a pleasant surprise and pretty decent. But uh, guess my attempt at keeping up with current Van the Man will be one and done.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
have i told you latelythat i love youhave i told youthat I don't think COVID's true
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
I blame this thread for asking Van for his views
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
Jesus @ that track, what a load of shite! More and more sure this is some sort of contract breaking scam.
― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
Now listen Julie baby it ain't natural for you to cry in the midnightIt ain't natural for you to cry!Why are you on Facebook?
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
feel like Van had his finger on the pulse of pomenitul threadz
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the titles read like that album he did in the late 60s. That "Can I Get A Danish?" one
― mahb, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
that song definitely has that feel
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
and the fact it's a double album
hearing van go on and on about ringworm will never not be funny to me
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
Played "Ringworm" the other day for my housemate because the dog had a skin thing that had fortunately turned out not to be ringworm, and we were relieved. I didn't expect her to find it as funny as I do, as she's not a Van Morrison fan, but she actually thought it was hilarious.
― Lily Dale, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Hark now, hear the sailors crySmell the sea and feel the skyLet your soul and spirit flyThey own the media
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
At least one article picked up on the anti-semitic title.
https://www.stereogum.com/2118048/van-morrison-announces-new-album-that-features-a-song-called-they-run-the-media/music/
Meanwhile Rolling Stone is praising how "self-aware" he is.
― jmm, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, March 3, 2021 1:40 AM (fifteen hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
And I came here just to say this too!
Been a while since the last one
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
LMAO at the comments:
"Ugh, this shit kills me. In my mind Van Morrison died on his way back to his home planet years ago. Don’t judge. I’ll do what I have to do so that I can still listen to Saint Dominic’s Preview."
"anytime someone catches me vibing to Kanye and tries to shame me for it, i’ll just respond with 'i thought he was dead?'"
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
This would be a good pre-covers one.I immediately thought the same thing, I'm bagging "Psychoanalysts' Ball"
I'm calling "big lie" for emo reasons
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
Oh, I should go look...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
When you get to "Stop Bitching, Do Something"
Thought this was Bobby McFerrin?
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Tuesday, March 2, 2021 11:36 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I think this would be a cool idea
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link
Might pick "Mistaken Identity"
― Mark G, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
I'm just going to make one up called "Me and My Lovely Haemorrhoids"
― calzino, Thursday, 4 March 2021 00:05 (three years ago) link
There's a podcast called Late Era that deals with...obviously, late period work by big names, and they're apparently discussing whether to devote an "emergency episode" to VM's latest outburst...
🚨🚨ALERT: This is an emergency bulletin from Late Era on Van Morrison's new double-album grumpfest 'Latest Record Project.' We'll be keeping tabs on this volatile situation as it develops.🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/FGcISiOWgs— Late Era (@LateEraPod) March 9, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
hope i'm tapped for that even though i was looking forward to not listening to this album
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
pros: ending an album with a track named Jealousy is very PSBcons: it’s very likely not a PSB cover (but i’d listen to it if it were)
― scanner darkly, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
Wastrel Eeks ... did anyone say that yet?
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the link. Looks like Sam Sodomsky is a participant, which makes sense - he's regularly tapped to review stuff like Springsteen's new album for Pitchfork.
It's a good idea for a podcast, but I wish the selections were better. Greendale and Under the Red Sky are interesting to discuss, but they don't make the best case for good, compelling work by older recording artists either. BAM in NYC once did a great program on late films (mostly final films) of celebrated auteurs, and a lot of them were truly great films - Luis Buñuel alone arguably did his best films at the end of his long life. I'd like to hear something along those lines, and now that rock music is no longer burdened by the same baggage (being the center of youth culture, etc.), it could probably get more traction.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
Ah, I did hear the title track, it was OK but annoyingly catchy I do not want to hear it again.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
I could listen to “call me up in dreamland” on repeat for the rest of my life
― brimstead, Sunday, 2 May 2021 15:31 (three years ago) link
Sounds even worse than I expected:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/06/van-morrison-new-record-project-volume-one-review
― pomenitul, Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
laughed at this bit: "It seems a miracle there aren’t songs called These New Speed Bumps Outside the Primary School Are a Disgrace, The People I Got In to Do My Patio Were a Couple of Bloody Cowboys, and Have You Seen The Repair Shop? It’s the Only Thing Worth Watching These Days."
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 6 May 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
If anyone hears the track ‘They Control The Media’ please be kind and let us know who Mr Morrison suspects...it’s been bugging me for ages and would love a definitive answer cos I can’t think for the life of me who it could be...
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link