Not a great album, but with Morrison it's especially hard to distinguish mediocre from good or good from great
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 October 2018 11:19 (five years ago) link
wavelength has a great title track
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 October 2018 13:21 (five years ago) link
oh which has been covered, lol
alfred have you heard all of common one
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Sunday, 14 October 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
shhh I'm about to exercise while listening to "Got to Go Back."
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 14 October 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
Yes! Good work with ranking Saint Dominic number one. That's my favorite.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 14 October 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
I need to hear Veedon Fleece. I like the rest of the top 4. Probably would have ranked Tupelo higher.
― o. nate, Monday, 15 October 2018 02:07 (five years ago) link
Maybe you've addressed this elsewhere but no Moondance?
― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 October 2018 02:23 (five years ago) link
I thought, stupidly, he released it in 1969, but it worked out because I prefer every album on my list.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 October 2018 02:24 (five years ago) link
preferring wavelength to moondance is absolute nonsense
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Monday, 15 October 2018 10:32 (five years ago) link
Alfred preferring synthy outlier to canonized classic shocker
:P
― niels, Monday, 15 October 2018 12:32 (five years ago) link
Veedon Fleece is so good, one of my faves by Van.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 16 October 2018 11:43 (five years ago) link
^agree about Veedon Fleece. Anyway, here's a great version of Bulbs from a German TV show in the mid 70s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFc7uVEYAsw
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 16:59 (five years ago) link
Jesus, I just got cut nearly in half by Tir Na Nog. I've been reading Peter Matthiesen's The Snow Leopard, which is partly a travelogue of a trek in the Himalaya to study bharal, partly a discourse on the origins of Buddhism, and partly a gentle prayer of devotion for his wife who had died the year before, and it's an incredibly moving book, full of the white light of understanding and humility. The song dovetails so neatly with those themes of finding solace in eternity (albeit from a different mythological viewpoint) and the possibilities inherent in the idea of reincarnation - let alone Van's open, enveloping deliver - it reduced me to tears. Ach.
Regard as one, this life, the next life, and the life between - Milarepa.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 5 July 2019 13:32 (four years ago) link
^Beautiful post. I read The Snow Leopard many years ago - this is making me want to revisit it. One of the great things about ILM.
― that's not my post, Friday, 5 July 2019 22:45 (four years ago) link
I would like to thank this poll for turning me on to Veedon Fleece, what an album
― sleeve, Friday, 5 July 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
^^^ what sleeve said, this thread made me discover veedon fleece which by now i prefer to astral weeks.
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 6 July 2019 06:24 (four years ago) link
^^^Though I would say a lot of it may be that Veedon Fleece is fresher, whereas I’ve had 20+ years with Astral Weeks.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Saturday, 6 July 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
You came into my lifeAnd you filled me and you filled meOh, so joyous by the clear cool crystal streamsWhere the roads were quiet and stillAnd we walked all the way to Tir Na Nog
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5gHutpK.jpg
51. Coney Island2 votes, 48 pointsOne #1 vote
One voter otm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn2CeHlKrTw
― Noel Emits, Sunday, 15 August 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link
After all the Covid nonsense, I couldn't really stand to listen to Van any more, but then a few days ago this came up on my YouTube feed and I was conquered one more time. There's actually lots of awesome live Van footage on YT, from loads of different eras, and I've begun to see certain similarities between Van and Miles Davis, especially their brilliance at putting together and leading bands (and of course their wary, guarded, unsmiling public personas). Anyway what a group he's got here - and doesn't this version completely SMOKE the studio recording - and I've never seen a clearer view of his osmotic tongue pressure in full effect, especially on the 'Voice of America' line - he's a master at making the deliberate seem spontaneous. Love the moment when he catches a cameraman moving around behind him and gives him a brief but deadly stare:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6oZK004AWM
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:34 (three months ago) link
I don't know this chap Glen Hansard's music (might be for the best) but this is an incredible story, worth sticking to the end to hear Van's final kiss-off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29abxJgCyOI
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 15 February 2024 14:37 (three months ago) link