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Between the viaducts of your dream
Where immobile steel rims crack
And the ditch in the back roads stop
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
To be born again
From the far side of the ocean
If I put the wheels in motion
And I stand with my arms behind me
And I'm pushin' on the door
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
To be born again
There you go
Standin' with the look of avarice
Talkin' to Huddie Ledbetter
Showin' pictures on the wall
Whisperin' in the hall
And pointin' a finger at me
There you go, there you go
Standin' in the sun darlin'
With your arms behind you
And your eyes before
There you go
Takin' good care of your boy
Seein' that he's got clean clothes
Puttin' on his little red shoes
I see you know he's got clean clothes
A-puttin' on his little red shoes
A-pointin' a finger at me
And here I am
Standing in your sad arrest
Trying to do my very best
Lookin' straight at you
Comin' through, darlin'
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dreams
Where immobile steel rims crack
And the ditch in the back roads stop
Could you find me
Would you kiss-a my eyes
Lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
To be born again
To be born again
To be born again
In another world, darlin'
In another world
In another time
Got a home on high
Ain't nothing but a stranger in this world
I'm nothing but a stranger in this world
I got a home on high
In another land
So far away
So far away
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
In another time
In another place
In another time
In another place
Uuh, yeah, mmh
In a time
In another place
In a time
In another place
In another face
Mmh, mmh, mmh
Yeah...but what about: St Dominic's Preview, Hardnose the Highway, and Veedon Fleece?
I would do naked cart wheels down the street, if RP would ever play songs from these albums.

Welcome to the human condition. But connect with family and friends. You are no longer alone. You have community.
At the end of the day does it REALLY matter? Black, white, yellow, brown or even green. Love and peace brothers and sisters

So, ScottishWillie, this implies the Scottish are Brittish too... Did you ever try to tell this to a real scottsman?
Ecstasy
So, ScottishWillie, this implies the Scottish are Brittish too... Did you ever try to tell this to a real scottsman?
Unless you have a good knowledge of Irish history, I really do recommend that you don't go there ..
He's not Irish, he British. I'm not trying to be pedantic but these distinctions are very important to people from Northan Ireland.
So, ScottishWillie, this implies the Scottish are Brittish too... Did you ever try to tell this to a real scottsman?
He's not Irish, he British. I'm not trying to be pedantic but these distinctions are very important to people from Northan Ireland.

The whole Moondance album

Hey k,
But equally good: Veedon Fleece, St. Dominic, Hard nose the Highway, Tuelpo Honey.
I don't think any artist comes close to this run of albums. Unbelievable.
Other than Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

what
an artist

Amen to that

what
an artist

Van Morrison is obviously a very talented vocalist with very good musicians accompanying him. There is a lot to appreciate, but for whatever reason I have a never been able to. I don't dislike his work but I do tend to just wait through it and I have never felt compelled to listen to him voluntarily. I'm glad so many of you like him. This is clearly my problem. But at least when someone else is indifferent to some artist I am convinced is absolutely brilliant, I have a means of understanding.
5 for beginners, 8 for experts and 10 for the few selected ones. So 5 for you and 10 for me.

Wait... Wait.... We get '8' desert island disks!!? I always thought it was 5....
The whole Moondance album

Oh it exists! One cannot visualize it in a conventional sense. Have Faith!
but the man got way bette later on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLIYiL-UOnA
Sir George Ivan Morrison OBE was born British by Nationality - not Irish. This is not a political comment - just a clarification from me who grew up and went to school only a couple of miles away from Van Morrison's home and school.
Thanks GTT, that says it all. I feel the same way about this timeless song
I want to know how you know that.
Thank you.
Easy 10 by the way.
He has a job, for which he gets paid VERY well. Isn't part of it being pleasant to the people that come to his concerts, buy his music and purchase the paraphernalia? Does it hurt to be civil to the people who pay the astronomical prices to come to his concerts?
themusicroob wrote:
Dunno about this argument. Richard Branson has a job for which he gets paid VERY VERY well. Is part of it being pleasant to people who pay the astronomical prices to ride his trains?
Okay, I'm very bitter about the cost of train fares in the UK, and maybe this isn't a great example. But at what point does your success reach a point where you owe your fans something over and above what they've paid for?
Also, great song, great poetry.
Thanks for the 'similar-to-what-I-was-going-to-say' reply, roob! And for me, in a more general sense, folks can expect ANYTHING from ANY ONE - it's the expectation that ultimately lets the 'fan' down when the 'artist' doesn't deliver. So for instance, with Van the Man, it's his music that folks like, not his charming personality. A fan can attempt to reach out and connect and if/when that attempt fails, the fan shouldn't decide to throw away his albums to spite the musician. Who knows what that person is going through right then and there. I'm rambling incoherently now so I'll go back to doing my (boring) job and listening to RP on my phones.....Long Live RP!!
He has a job, for which he gets paid VERY well. Isn't part of it being pleasant to the people that come to his concerts, buy his music and purchase the paraphernalia? Does it hurt to be civil to the people who pay the astronomical prices to come to his concerts?
Dunno about this argument. Richard Branson has a job for which he gets paid VERY VERY well. Is part of it being pleasant to people who pay the astronomical prices to ride his trains?
Okay, I'm very bitter about the cost of train fares in the UK, and maybe this isn't a great example. But at what point does your success reach a point where you owe your fans something over and above what they've paid for?
Also, great song, great poetry.
I remember a co-worker back in 1999 who was 1) a huge fan of attending concerts and 2) a huge VM fan and she FINALLY got her wish; to see him perform live (at the Gorge no less....a FANTASTIC venue worth the hours long drive, lines, etc.) and then happened to run into him having a drink sometime after the show. She was giddy, like a kid meeting a hero, and had the gall to ask for his autograph. Apparently he just grunted and turned his back to her, leaving her in shock and upset.
I learned two things from this anecdote; 1) take with a grain of salt any fan who says "so in so is such an asshole, he wouldn't even sign his autograph for me!" and 2) being a fan of a musician should be rooted in how they perform their craft and NOT related to how they interact with fans. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure most of us would like to have an opportunity to meet a "hero" and get a signature and have a great story for the grandkids, but come on now....think of something better than "SIGN THIS" and don't be offended if the response is not getting a signature.
Long Live RP!!
He has a job, for which he gets paid VERY well. Isn't part of it being pleasant to the people that come to his concerts, buy his music and purchase the paraphernalia? Does it hurt to be civil to the people who pay the astronomical prices to come to his concerts?
Is it time to be born again?
Such a trippy, cool album.
I remember a co-worker back in 1999 who was 1) a huge fan of attending concerts and 2) a huge VM fan and she FINALLY got her wish; to see him perform live (at the Gorge no less....a FANTASTIC venue worth the hours long drive, lines, etc.) and then happened to run into him having a drink sometime after the show. She was giddy, like a kid meeting a hero, and had the gall to ask for his autograph. Apparently he just grunted and turned his back to her, leaving her in shock and upset.
I learned two things from this anecdote; 1) take with a grain of salt any fan who says "so in so is such an asshole, he wouldn't even sign his autograph for me!" and 2) being a fan of a musician should be rooted in how they perform their craft and NOT related to how they interact with fans. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure most of us would like to have an opportunity to meet a "hero" and get a signature and have a great story for the grandkids, but come on now....think of something better than "SIGN THIS" and don't be offended if the response is not getting a signature.
Long Live RP!!
On_The_Beach wrote:

Yeah, I thought he was having a stroke...
Yah, the mumble-shriek just got more and more out of hand the older he got . . .

Yeah, I thought he was having a stroke...

Surprised?

Van Morrison is obviously a very talented vocalist with very good musicians accompanying him. There is a lot to appreciate, but for whatever reason I have a never been able to. I don't dislike his work but I do tend to just wait through it and I have never felt compelled to listen to him voluntarily. I'm glad so many of you like him. This is clearly my problem. But at least when someone else is indifferent to some artist I am convinced is absolutely brilliant, I have a means of understanding.

liberal = willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
Good advice.
Sage advice indeed. I am too except for this one time.
Just kidding anyway. I am a Van fan, can't you tell?

liberal = willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.
Good advice.
I am sure all of us have wondered that same thing - if only this or that had been different. If we had met someone but only a few years earlier or in different circumstances.
So true it almost hurts.
that was in DC for me
Absolutely brilliant show
Love this song...absolutely adore the album (it was always on the list of dessert island albums)
...unfortunately has a bad live experience at the Beacon Theatre in NYC many years back. front row mezzanine seats, slightly off to the right, and Van the Man comes on in a drunken stupor (still holding the bottle of whatever), mutters some incomprehensible words, drops the microphone and walks off the stage. No return, no refund.
left a hole in my wallet and a dislike for the man. own many albums but absolutely refuse to see him live.
Maybe even Tupelo Honey. I'm just saying.
{though it's actually a good song, isn't it!}
Some people are just not likeable - that does not mean they are a 'bad' person so I do not think you should keep on giving all his songs played on RP a low rating.
This whole album is at least a 7 - and I think you might agree if you could bring yourself to separate the man from the music.
Come on - although he is not English he is British and we should be proud of the talent we produce from these Islands even if they are not the most likeable personalities.
{though it's actually a good song, isn't it!}
The rating scale is logarithmic (like earthquakes).
10 is 10 times better than 9, which is 10 times better than 8, .... You get the idea.
Never heard this before. Genius. Thanks, Bill.
It trippy, cryptic lyrics, mystical themes, but with some folky, jazzy, RnR hooks. And the musicianship is just exsqusite.
Yes, to be born again.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/van-morrison-preps-expanded-reissues-of-astral-weeks-his-band-20150827
Beauty is timeless!

ccwcool wrote:

........ yes
He is a phenomenal bassist, not very well known outside the jazz world, but you are spot on. I just saw this note years late, but such brilliance knows no time. Or all time.
Like all great songs, you get "high" on it and this moment comes and then poof...its gone.
The first few notes of this song always take my breath away. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever known.
Wow! This album ranked 19th on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time! This song is really interesting... I just ranked it a big 10, and I look forward to hearing it again...
cool music, and the lyrics are profound— very impressionistic the way the lyrics evoke subjective and sensory impressions rather than recreate objective reality... very groovy...
I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma...
this song be very groovy... love it...
Yeah...gifted!
I don't like everything he's done, but I don't have to...in my mind this whole album was a masterpiece.
I'm often amazed at how young a lot of the greats were back then when they made their early, great albums...Santana, Robert Plant, I'm sure I could think of lots more if I take a minute...
But ... things to do....
This is one of the truths of history: genius reveals itself young and is most prodigious then, regardless of the subject matter.
Good point, "The click- and clack- of high-heel shoes... say goodbye to Madame George". May have to rethink my 10. Hate to discount anything on Astral Weeks. Tough call.
Ditto. Big Time.
Yeah...gifted!
I don't like everything he's done, but I don't have to...in my mind this whole album was a masterpiece.
I'm often amazed at how young a lot of the greats were back then when they made their early, great albums...Santana, Robert Plant, I'm sure I could think of lots more if I take a minute...
But ... things to do....
I'd put it in the top 5.
Wow! This album ranked 19th on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time! This song is really interesting... I just ranked it a big 10, and I look forward to hearing it again...
cool music, and the lyrics are profound— very impressionistic the way the lyrics evoke subjective and sensory impressions rather than recreate objective reality... very groovy...
Still singing: https://www.janetplanet.com/
Beautiful, A 10
ASTRAL or not!

Van Morrison is obviously a very talented vocalist with very good musicians accompanying him. There is a lot to appreciate, but for whatever reason I have a never been able to. I don't dislike his work but I do tend to just wait through it and I have never felt compelled to listen to him voluntarily. I'm glad so many of you like him. This is clearly my problem. But at least when someone else is indifferent to some artist I am convinced is absolutely brilliant, I have a means of understanding.
This is not a "...problem." Either you like an artist or a song or you don't. I don't understand this impulse to rate everything and establish some consensus as to what is best and what is worst. It is all so subjective. You can have it all and you can choose whatever you like.