This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Van Morrison’s epic Astral Weeks album. (Insert “geez, I’m getting old” observation here.) Evidently there’s a new book out that makes it sound like getting the record out was a helluva wild ride.
Anyway, in honor of the occasion, here’s one of my favorite Morrison songs, not just from Astral Weeks, but his entire career, “The Way Young Lovers Do”.
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Great article and album. Thanks man
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One of my favorites too. Thanks Senator. 😊
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Love it. Toss up for me between Astral Weeks and Moondance. Into the Mystic is one of the best out there.
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The bass line on Into the Mystic is my favorite.
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The making of Astral Weeks sounds like it was a terrible mess that turned out well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_Weeks
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I was encouraged by a former employer once to “Be successful somewhere else.” Turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me and I’m still pissed off about it.
That thought struck me after reading the artist’s comments at the end of the article.
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Nice one.
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Jim and Van at the Whiskey
https://goo.gl/images/WA2AWL
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RE: (Insert “geez, I’m getting old” observation here.)
If that were true, you would have one of the great Motown artist on here every Monday.. Your choices are interesting and entertaining. But give use old folks a little something something every now and then.
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I had Smokey on a couple of weeks ago!
I’ll come up with a little Motown tomorrow.
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Jorma played in Athens a couple of weeks back, how bout some Tuna/Airplane!!!
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