― James Annett (jlannett), Monday, 6 January 2003 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 18 November 2003 10:40 (twenty-two years ago)
All the tracks on one handy page.
In order to fulfill his obligation to his early solo label Bang Records,Van Morrison sat down in 1967 or so and cranked out 31 songs on the spot, on topics ranging from ringworm to wanting a danish, to hating his record label and a guy named George. Make sure you get past the first few tunes - it takes him a few to get cooking.
― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 29 September 2005 23:12 (twenty years ago)
― Red Lorre Yellow Lorre, Thursday, 29 September 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)
― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Thursday, 29 September 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 30 September 2005 09:23 (twenty years ago)
You know his real name is George Ivan Morrison, right?
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 30 September 2005 09:34 (twenty years ago)
Today, I am mostly saying France while you whistle.
― Mark G, Thursday, 22 April 2010 15:02 (sixteen years ago)
Has anyone read this new Greil Marcus Van book? I'm sure there's plenty of headscratching greil-isms in there (is the gettysburg address mentioned?), but I'm kind of curious nonetheless.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 April 2010 15:12 (sixteen years ago)
Music critic Greil Marcus, in a 2006 interview in The Believer, said that Martin Scorsese told him that the first half of his movie Taxi Driver was based on Astral Weeks.[55] In an NPR review, Marcus who says he has listened to the Astral Weeks record more than any other, comments about it: "You can hear these moments of invention and gasping for air, and you reach your hand and close your fist and when you open your fist there's a butterfly in it. There was really something there, but you couldn't have seen it. You couldn't have known."[20]
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 22 April 2010 19:33 (sixteen years ago)
Ha. I've got to get that book--even when I think Marcus is totally making stuff up, it's entertaining to read.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 22 April 2010 19:41 (sixteen years ago)
yeah, he's fun.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 April 2010 19:50 (sixteen years ago)
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/09/van_morrisons_c.html
^ sad these are down -- "Want a Danish" is so great
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:05 (sixteen years ago)
This is better than any 'real' record he's put out.
― Adam Bruneau, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:32 (sixteen years ago)
it's not opposite day yet Adam
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:46 (sixteen years ago)
TS: "Sweet Thing" vs. "Freaky If You Got This Far"
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:48 (sixteen years ago)
that'd be "sweet thing"
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:49 (sixteen years ago)
w/ on this but the songs i've heard from the contractual obligation record do bring the lols
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:52 (sixteen years ago)
that'd be "w/ u on this"
man, i love "Beside You" and "Slim Slow Slider" so much
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 20:55 (sixteen years ago)
this show is killer: http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/van-morrison/concerts/orphanage-july-29-1974.html
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:00 (sixteen years ago)
i don't think i know any of those songs O_O
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:03 (sixteen years ago)
yeah, it's not exactly packed with hits. but if you want an intro to his lesser known 70s stuff, it's pretty great.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:05 (sixteen years ago)
well, tbh i've only heard Astral Weeks. should check out some more stuff
― ksh, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:06 (sixteen years ago)
would go with Veedon Fleece for the most Astral Weeksy vibe. The poppier record I like the most is St. Dominic's Preview.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 April 2010 21:10 (sixteen years ago)