Van Morrison
 

id say he fits this category. in my opinion the best thing to come out of ireland since..well ever. he was good with them but really took off with his solo work. favourite songs are moondance, and it stoned me, brown eyed girl and gloria. so, opinions?

What I like about Van Morrison is his music, what I do not like about him is that, like every aging white musician, they try to distance themselves from rock, which bascially brought him fame. Theres some song where he sings that he plays "r&b, soul" and a bunch of other type of music, but goes out of his way to say he doens't sing rock. That just burns me, same with sting, I like what you've created and I think they are both good, but don't try to deny your roots when you want to sell CD's to the adult contemporary crowd.

In addition to what Stu has listed, I love his version of Muddy Waters "Baby please don't go" and I think his Gloria isn't bad, but since theres about 5 gloria's I can't exactly remember.

i think what he's done is attempted a bit of diversity and developement with his music. true he has gone a bit overboars but you cant fault the guy for trying.

i heard one of his cds,which i borrowed from the library, where i spend a lot of time. don't remember what is was called but i liked it.itwas navy blue....yep *feeling a mix of smug and disappointment at the same time*

I had to play 'Moondance' in orchestra once, now i love the song.

Moondance is a fantastic song!!

Hoorah for activity in the folk forum.

There's a video somewhere of him playing with Travis Meeks, it's really good.
Can't say that I've listened to a whole album of his though he does write very good songs.

I have a couple of albums at home - wishing now I could remember the names of them, there are quite a few I'm waiting to get my hands on, down on the long list of music I should get in the future............

I saw him on Parkinson not so long ago, and was blown away. The man is spectacular!

i have a few albums myself and just recently got one of Van Morrisons greatest hits CD's and ill tell you, i love it a lot. it has all of his greatest and it warms my heart to hear all of it.

Gloria and Here Comes The Night are two amazing songs that i can never get enough of.

What to say about him, I'm so glad JayJamJah convinced me to listen to him otherwise I don't think I ever would've. Veedon Fleece is one of my favorite albums ever, Fair Play is beautiful. I love Van so much.

Morrison pwnz you all. My Dad has an extensive collection, so his albums are always being played around here.

he truly is an amazement. if you haven't checked him out. DO IT! you wont regret it.

Amen
 

I must agree that Veedon Fleece is one of the best! Everything from 67-74 is awesome, but of course some are better than others...

Bulbs... You Don't Pull No Punches... Great stuff. The first time I made love to my wife we were listening to "I Wanna Comfort You". (TMI probably - sorry).

Hail to Van!

Way TMI

but in the interest of self serving promotion check out my van the man thread

Link just below this sentence

My old English teacher and I used to swap CDs with each other, and a few of the CDs were Van Morrison ones. Since then I've loved him, Tupelo Honey is my favourite album of his =]

Van To Deliver A Complete 'Astral Weeks' Concert

The Hollywood Bowl was where the complete "Pet Sounds" concept was birthed,making it a suitable home for Van Morison to revisit "Astral Weeks."

Morrison will perform "Astral Weeks," his 1968 solo album, at the Hollywood Bowl with a band featuring the musicians who appeared on the landmark album. Morrison used a rhythm section of jazz players on the album, among them the great bassist Richard Davis who's now 78.

This event, being held Nov. 7 and 8, is being recorded for an “Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl” DVD. Like Brian Wilson did with "Pet Sounds," it's likely a tour of the work will follow.

I've been listening to a lot of Van Morrison lately, i listened to his entire Still On Top Greatest Hits album, and it's amazing. I never really gave him a thorough listen, but now his voice has me star struck.