Van Morrison News, Pictures & Buzz

Grooves: Beans On Toast; #saveourvenues; Van Morrison; Camden Unlocked  Islington Tribune newspaper website

Craig Davidson's return to Niagara Falls: Gut-level emotion written with finesse  theifp.ca

Last days of Harry Potter on HBO: 10 best things to watch, read or listen to this week  Minneapolis Star Tribune

WATCH: Imelda May performs 'Wild Night' for Rave On, Van Morrison  hotpress.com

UK's first socially distanced concert shows what the future of live music might look like  CNN

The Music Roundup 20/08/13  Manchester HippoPress

'VIP seats for everyone': Video of Britain's first socially distanced concert goes viral  Fox News

Arlo McKinley Hopes to Fulfill John Prine’s Vision For Him, Discusses ‘Die Midwestern’  American Songwriter

Young Jesus: Welcome to Conceptual Beach (Saddle Creek) Review  Under the Radar Mag

Entertainment calendar | Local News | saratogian.com  The Saratogian

Imelda May to feature on Hot Press's 'Rave On, Van Morrison' tonight  hotpress.com

This Classic Nashville Wedding is Steeped in Family Traditions  StyleBlueprint

Connecticut State Police Give Rare Look Inside 1970's Powder Ridge Festival  i95rock.com

WATCH: Bronagh Gallagher performs 'And The Healing Has Begun' for Rave On, Van Morrison  hotpress.com

Behind the music - Colm McIntyre  RTE.ie

Dion dishes on collaborating with Jeff Beck, Paul Simon & Van Morrison on his chart-topping blues album - Music News  abcnewsradioonline.com

Van Morrison fans to enjoy a gig with a difference  Belfast Telegraph

Lonnie Holley's Freedom Songs  The Red Hook Star-Revue

Russia registers world's first coronavirus vaccine; Auckland in lockdown, UK jobs fall  Atlantic Council

Music Week  Music Week

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Rock & Pop, what are your thoughts on Astral Weeks by Van Morrison? Personally, I'd say that Astral Weeks is an excellent album. Van Morrison's vocals on the album are full of emotion and soul; you can feel what he's trying to say, and he expresses himself with an incredible amount of honesty and feeling. The lyrics are fantastic throughout, and the music is quite beautiful. Much of Astral Weeks feels like a wonderfully meandering adventure through some magical forest, and its skillful blending of folk with jazz, soul and blues is always awe-inspiring. in conclusion, Astral Weeks is truly a classic album. BQ: Favorite songs from Astral Weeks? BQ2: What are your thoughts on Van Morrison's vocals and lyrics on Astral Weeks? BQ3: Would you consider Astral Weeks to be a life-changing album, in some ways? BQ4: If Astral Weeks was a picture book, then what type of picture book would it be?

His opening track for his 1979 album Wavelength began, 'So glad to see you / So glad you're here / Come here beside me now / We can clear inhibition away'. The chorus went, 'Oh they were swingin' / Down at the Kingdom Hall / Oh, bells were ringin' ' Down at the KH / A choir was singin' / Down at the KH'. Apparently his mother took him to the Kingdom Hall for two years, when he was a little boy. But everyone knows there's no swinging, bells ringing or choirs singing at any Kingdom Hall! Even clapping is frowned upon and dancing is prohibited! But the song could well describe a Pentecostal or Charismatic meeting. Was Van Morrison mixing up the Kingdom Hall with the Pentecostal churches, or was he just being utterly sarcastic about Kingdom Hall meetings? yes, GT, and here's a quote from a 1997 interview by Edna Gundersen for Music Central Online. She asked if he was raised as a JW. "He answered, 'No, no, no. I wasn't raised anything. My mother went to some meetings at some point. She took me to some meetings. She didn't call herself that. It was only for a couple of years.... She never joined anything." His mum went to a wide variety of religious meetings. Not just the Kingdom Hall ones! I think Van Morrison might have been been suffering from pre-senile dementia when he penned that Kingdom Hall song! Either that, or he'd had one bevvy too many!

What's your favourite album of his? BQ: Favourite Van song? BQ2: Favourite song of Astral Weeks? Have a nice rest of your day. :) Why does Y!A insist on being so random sometimes? :S Suggest category: Sports > Basketball Layla: lmao sorry, I'll stop trollin' now Skywalker: Yeah it's crazy, my dad owns and loves them all. He's a huge fanboy haha. I've only listened to a few myself. Astral Weeks is my favourite.

His music is all about love and the human condition.

I have loved the album for years, and always assumed he wrote it in Belfast. After living in Cambridge for several months, I discovered he wrote it here, of all places. I would love to find out where in this town he lived. Does anyone know?