Van Morrison News, Pictures & Buzz

Napa Journal: Time traveling at Oxbow Commons during COVID  Napa Valley Register

Joel Goldenberg: The 1970s top-10 hits review Part 32  The Suburban Newspaper

When Michael McDonald Told the Doobie Brothers They Were Done  Ultimate Classic Rock

Unwind calendar | Lifestyles | indexjournal.com  Index-Journal

Effectively Wild Episode 1661: Season Preview Series: Nationals and Cubs  FanGraphs

From anti-vaxxers to Covid deniers — the global anti-lockdown movement  Coda Story

Nate Fredrick Releases Debut Album, Different Shade of Blue  WMOT

Cassandra Jenkins: An Overview on Phenomental Nature  Under the Radar Mag

When Tom Morello Became a Stripper to Buy a Hot Tub  Ultimate Classic Rock

Scott Morrison deserved slapdown on rape claim shame  The Australian

I'm sold on these two "Archive" recordings from Neil Young  The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Billy Maguire delivers on opening night of the Tiny Stage Concert Series  Daily Record-News

The Neuroscience of Springtime Bliss and Wintertime Doldrums  Psychology Today

‘Cherry’ Review: A Very Different Tangled Web for Tom Holland  The New York Times

TICKET SALES SOAR AFTER BLACK DEER IS MOVED BEYOND 21 JUNE  Access All Areas

Todd Rundgren Raises Virtual-Concert Bar: Show Review  Ultimate Classic Rock

Five questions with musical craftsman Tim Carey  Columbia Daily Tribune

Festival fans snap up tickets in wake of prime minister's announcement that summer shows can go ahead  Portsmouth News

Your Official THON 2021 Cover Band Power Rankings  Onward State

Alice Cooper: Detroit Stories album review  Louder

WRFASpins: .@WRFARadio Playlist: Van Morris&—Wild Night. Streaming at https://t.co/nwsz5mQoMl

NotWhoYouWas: @ThatEricAlper Great s#@&&gwriters with n#@&&-cl#*!ic voice types like Dylan, Guthrie, J#@&&i Mitc%, any old blues sin… https://t.co/NE41vcjZFM

nikidi!#%&_67: @ThatEricAlper Gloria — Van Morris!#%&/ Patti Smith

soberfurious: If ur a nerd for Chet Baker, this is really great. It has interviews and features (of all things) Van Morris#^~! sing… https://t.co/hKcKHFxdYm

WNRNPlaylist: Van Morris%% — Sweet Thing #WNRNradio https://t.co/ccGEaZHpNU

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?