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"Lord here come my lady, rainbow ribbons in her hair"
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Van Morrison
Astral Weeks
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AMG Review of Astral Weeks
William Ruhlmann
All Music GuideAstral Weeks is generally considered one of the best albums in pop music history. For all that renown, Astral Weeks is anything but an archetypal ock & roll album: in fact, it isn't a ock & roll album at all. Employing a mixture of folk, lues, jazz, and classical music, Van Morrison spins out a series of extended ruminations on his Belfast upbringing, including the remarkable character "Madame George" and the climactic epiphany experienced on "Cyprus Avenue." Accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, Morrison sings in his elastic, bluesy voice, accompanied by a jazz rhythm section (Jay Berliner, guitar, Richard Davis, bass, Connie Kay, drums), plus reeds (John Payne) and vibes (Warren Smith, Jr.), with a string quartet overdubbed. An emotional outpouring cast in delicate musical structures, Astral Weeks has a unique musical power. Unlike any record before or since, it nevertheless encompasses the passion and tenderness that have always mixed in the best postwar popular music, easily justifying the critics' raves.
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Lester Bangs on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks
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If you're looking for some good reading this evening, check out this excellent essay Lester Bangs penned about Van the Man and the masterpiece Astral Weekshttp://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/reviews/astral.htmlThe Van Morrison vinyl has been on heavy rotation in our house since Valentine's Day. My wife and I are seriously considering referring to Valentine's Day as Van Morrison Day for the ...
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Give me love, give me love...
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So, this girl I started seeing recently and I are sitting around listening to records. She asks me if I have the Van Morrison album with "Sweet Thing" on it. So I throw on "Astral Weeks," and she says how much she loves the song and how excited she is to finally hear it on vinyl and that she couldn't find it. (It IS a hard record to find, at least in the Rust Belt.) So anyway, I give her my ext...
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driving on a fall day
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i'd grown up listening to Van Morrison. i can't ever remember not enjoying his music. there's something different though, when you enjoy a thing simply because you've always been exposed to it as opposed to discovering it on your own. every once in awhile though, you discover some other aspect of it that you didn't notice before and suddenly, you have this different love for it, like you've t...
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Your favorite album (you just don't know it yet)
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Feeling inspired by Known Human's 501 post so I have to mog about this all time top album.One of my favorite music writers is Mogging heavy-weight, music journalist legend Michael Goldberg. He has long been a source of all things music to me (it was from Neumu, I learned about MOG, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jenny Tatone - another favorite music writer / MOG’er of mine). One 2003 Neumu entry was devot.
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Van Morrison To Revisit Astral Weeks At Hollywood Bowl
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Van Morrison will be performing his 1968 album Astral Weeks in its entirty during a two night run at the famed Hollywood Bowl in California. The November 7th and 8th shows will also feature some original players from the classic album and will be taped for a future DVD dubbed Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl. Tickets hit the streets on October 5th.
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if lester bangs was a mogger
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in my current re-obsession with van morrison's achingly beautiful "astral weeks", due to it's vinyl re-release, i stumbled upon this beautifully written piece by THE lester bangs, rock critique, life liver, extraordinaire....http://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/~murray/astral.htmli must go to madison square garden in feb where van the man will play the album live.
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Just showing some love to another classic
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I have been fixated on the old school lately. Its just nice to go back and listen to some of these classic records. The stuff that set the table for everything that i am loving now...Today's album was Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks'....so, so, so good.Enjoy
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Saw you early this morning with your brand new boy and your cadillac
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Astral Weeks....probably one of the 20 finest albums, from start to finish, ever recorded.
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Astral Weeks redux
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I bought this on vinyl 40 years on. It is amazing to hear it again now. I have been listening this all week ....can't believe how great his voice still sounds.
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Lester Bangs on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks
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If you're looking for some good reading this evening, check out this excellent essay Lester Bangs penned about Van the Man and the masterpiece Astral Weekshttp://www.harbour.sfu.ca/~hayward/van/reviews/astral.htmlThe Van Morrison vinyl has been on heavy rotation in our house since Valentine's Day. My wife and I are seriously considering referring to Valentine's Day as Van Morrison Day for the ...
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driving on a fall day
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i'd grown up listening to Van Morrison. i can't ever remember not enjoying his music. there's something different though, when you enjoy a thing simply because you've always been exposed to it as opposed to discovering it on your own. every once in awhile though, you discover some other aspect of it that you didn't notice before and suddenly, you have this different love for it, like you've t...
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Give me love, give me love...
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So, this girl I started seeing recently and I are sitting around listening to records. She asks me if I have the Van Morrison album with "Sweet Thing" on it. So I throw on "Astral Weeks," and she says how much she loves the song and how excited she is to finally hear it on vinyl and that she couldn't find it. (It IS a hard record to find, at least in the Rust Belt.) So anyway, I give her my ext...
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Your favorite album (you just don't know it yet)
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Feeling inspired by Known Human's 501 post so I have to mog about this all time top album.One of my favorite music writers is Mogging heavy-weight, music journalist legend Michael Goldberg. He has long been a source of all things music to me (it was from Neumu, I learned about MOG, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jenny Tatone - another favorite music writer / MOG’er of mine). One 2003 Neumu entry was devot.
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Tour Dates: Van Returns To Astral Weeks
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Over the last few years, the hot thing has been get indie-rock bands to perform a classic album from their catalog. Well, for his upcoming residency at the Hollywood Bowl, legendary singer-songwriter Van Morrison will perform arguably his best album- Astral Weeks - in its entirety. Joining Van The Man will be a number [...]by Some Dude
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Van Morrison's Astral Weeks Concert Set for February 10
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The November performance at the Hollywood Bowl where Van Morrison performed his famed 1968 album Astral Weeks is set for release on February 10 via Morrison's own Listen to the Lion Records. The two nights of shows were used to assemble the new release, which will hit stores as a single CD or a double disc vinyl package with the bonus track of Gloria . It was the first time that Morrison ha...
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Van Morrison Announces Two Landmark Performances
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Van Morrison is set for two landmark performances at the Hollywood Bowl later next month. The singer will play his famous 1968 album 'Astral Weeks' in its entirety and will be accompanied by some of the original musicians who appeared on the album. The special performance will take place on two nights, November 7 and 8. Van Morrison
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Van Morrison to Perform Astral Weeks in Its Entirety — Big Deal, I Listen to That Album Like Everyday in Its Entirety — He Aint' Showin' Me Nuttin' New!
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According to the awesomely named Mitchell Peters of Billboard, Van Morrison is set to perform his seminal album Astral Weeks in full, and he's performing it twice. The shows will be held November 7-8 at Los Angeles' Hollywood Bowl, will feature some of the album's original musicians, and promises nudity! Okay, the latter's only true if I make it to one of these shows, because I'd be so excited ...
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Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Return To Astral Weeks
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This past weekend Van Morrison took the stage at the Hollywood Bowl for a special three-night stand at the historic venue. The legendary singer-songwriter used two of those nights to revisit arguably his most revered album Astral Weeks. Morrison first delivered a short set of career spanning material, before performing the eight track album in [...]by Some Dude Leave A Comment
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