side 2 of Saint Dominic's is amazing. I learned from this poll that I don't like Moondance very much anymore.
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
side 2 of moondance could be blank and that record would still be a masterpiece
otm
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:30 (six years ago) link
Everyone is one of the best tracks!
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
But Glad Tidings!
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
Great rollout already.
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, August 3, 2017 1:31 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, August 3, 2017 1:33 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm x2
― rock and roll tucci coo (voodoo chili), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
van's records tend to open so strongly that i think i've unconsciously attached their initial notes and lyrics with specific times and places in my life. "half a mile from the county fair and the rain came pouring down" takes me right back to hearing moondance through my headphones while hanging out in my dad's office when i was 15; it was my first van record and it was one of the first times i had encountered a song that seemed to be conveying much more than the simplicity of its text implied. the "doo doo doo do do" in "jackie wilson said" also immediately converts me back into a 24-year-old who was pretty head-over-heels in love, which, even though it backfired p quickly afterward, is a v nice feeling to have preserved
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
You can probably guess the last 2. They were thisclose until the last day when one pulled ahead.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZNL6h2J.jpg
Veedon Fleece2nd place17 votes, three #1602 points
http://i.imgur.com/l2f4iFI.jpg
Astral Weeks1st place19 votes, 9 #1696 points
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:43 (six years ago) link
696 points
nice/ecin
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
Recap:12 Hard Nose the Highway--28 points12 T.B. Sheets--28 points12 Tupelo Honey--28 points11 Enlightenment--30 points11 No Guru, No Method, No Teacher--30 points10 Avalon Sunset--33 points10 Angry Young Them--33 points9. Irish Heartbeat--71 points8. His Band and the Street Choir--191 points7. Into the Music--200 points6. It's Too Late To Stop Now--277 points5. Common One--306 points4. Moondance--452 points3. Saint Dominic's Preview--474 points2. Veedon Fleece--602 points1. Astral Weeks--696 points
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:51 (six years ago) link
Taking a break while I compile all the songs. Thanks for voting everyone, this has been more fun than a trip to Caledonia.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:52 (six years ago) link
i'ma sail i'ma sail i'ma sail i'ma sail
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
"contacting my angel" is a+ drifting spiritual van
super true and I now regret that it didn't make my songs list. it is better than some of the ones that did.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
I suggest you all go away and listen to all four volumes of Too Late... and have a jolly good think about what' you've done.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
🖼*It's Too Late To Stop Now6th place8 votes, one #1277 points *
*It's Too Late To Stop Now6th place8 votes, one #1277 points *
I forgot about this!
― wtev, Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
I fortuitously heard Veedon Fleece at exactly the right time, during a particularly low point in my life when my plans were all falling apart. I hear it as a deeply lonely, guilt-ridden album.
― jmm, Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:02 (six years ago) link
That top 5 matches mine exactly! Although I'm wondering now if I've underrated Saint Dominic's Preview
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
yeah for me VF, that's the one that a friend & I used to stroke our chins about whether it's a better record than AW. precisely for that reason. it's so down inside itself, it almost sounds like a secret.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:05 (six years ago) link
"william blake and the eternals, standing with the sisters of mercy, looking for the veedon fleece" def feels like a lyric van pulled from the edge of sleeping and waking
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
alien sex fiend or gtfo
― mark s, Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
Although I'm wondering now if I've underrated Saint Dominic's Preview
For me, Saint Dominic's Preview just takes what's best about Astral Weeks and Moondance and fuses them together. I wish I had a more profound insight than that, but I gotta be me.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:15 (six years ago) link
playing "ignore the machine" right now...I have to say this music has not aged especially well
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:21 (six years ago) link
sadly otm
― sleeve, Thursday, 3 August 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
22 ballots is impressive, wish i Knew Van Morrison better so i could have voted. looking forward to watching this unfold. great start kornrulez6969.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 August 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
Thanks! This has been a lot of fun. Van Morrison is a near-perfect act for an ILM poll. 50 years active, tons of albums, all different styles of music.
I finally compiled all the song ballots. We're going to do a Top 52 for reasons that will become clear when rollout begins.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 3 August 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
yeah ultimately it had to be astral weeks for mei remember reading about that album in a rolling stone "best albums of all time" special double issue and thinking about what it must sound like for years before i finally found it on CD.
it's one of those "classic albums" that can't seem to lose its magic to me, i still marvel and what they all accomplished
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 August 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
my only album not in the top 5 was Angry Young Them. I freakin' love that stuff.
― campreverb, Thursday, 3 August 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
Same Top 5 but in different order
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Thursday, 3 August 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
in an ordered song-to-song match up, Into the Music takes Moondance by a 7-3 score
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 3 August 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link
Cleaning Windows sounds like Dire Straits and is awesome. We should have delayed this poll by 1 year.
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 August 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
in ballerina, sounds like van's imploring you to try his ketchup <- I am sorry that you are seeing this garbage post instead of track #52
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 August 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
Just a few...
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 02:26 (six years ago) link
My team has been hard at work analyzing the data. We are ready to begin. The plan was to do the Top 50, but 51 and 52 both recieved #1 votes, so it felt right to include them. It's what Van would want.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 02:37 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yNa1Ugb.jpg
52. Country Fair2 votes, 47 pointsOne #1 vote
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5gHutpK.jpg
51. Coney Island2 votes, 48 pointsOne #1 vote
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 02:42 (six years ago) link
Country Fair was my #1! I wasn't sure that anyone else liked this song. I suppose it may be too straightforwardly sentimental, but that mode is devastating after the long trip through outer space, if I may borrow from another's post. Or maybe people don't like the flute. I love that fucking flute. I also love how the bass riffs off Van's vocal rather than the other way around.
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 4 August 2017 02:51 (six years ago) link
Could we get a top 10 drifting spiritual van list at some point? would love to have more of that in my life.
― that's not my post, Friday, 4 August 2017 03:14 (six years ago) link
Love the roll out so far. As noted above, allowing only top 5 albums might have led to lower placement of Common One, Into the Music and Tupelo Honey. If we could have turned it up to 6 albums I would have added Irish Heartbeat.
― that's not my post, Friday, 4 August 2017 03:19 (six years ago) link
I wasn't the 2nd vote but Country Fair is great. I hear the flute as linking to traditional Irish music. Might even make it onto the drifting spiritual Van list.
― that's not my post, Friday, 4 August 2017 03:23 (six years ago) link
would it be possible to note the album these tracks are originally on? asking cuz I am not super familiar with the discography
― sleeve, Friday, 4 August 2017 03:36 (six years ago) link
Yes good idea!
52. Country Fairfrom Veedon Fleece2 votes, 47 pointsOne #1 vote
51. Coney Islandfrom Avalon Sunset2 votes, 48 pointsOne #1 vote
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 03:53 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/N8iGlC3.jpg
50. I'll Be Your Lover Toofrom His Band and the Street Choir3 votes, 53 points
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 03:59 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xp3xYNz.jpg
49. Gypsyfrom Saint Dominic's Preview3 votes, 57 points
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 04:03 (six years ago) link
to be continued...
WKIW Van's 1970 band.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 August 2017 04:05 (six years ago) link
I voted for County Fair at 25 I think. sentimental Van is my favorite.
― campreverb, Friday, 4 August 2017 04:52 (six years ago) link
My Van Poll team is refreshed after some heavy rest and ready to resume...
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 13:30 (six years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sACX9TA.jpg
48. Glad Tidingsfrom Moondance5 votes, 58 points
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 4 August 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
Nice.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 August 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link