Van Morrison wants you do die for music

SlowMotion321

Let's ignore the psudoscience an line his pockets

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/van-morrison-fight-the-covid-19-pseudoscience-and-speak-up-1.4338343

_Godot_

Guy's an idiot.

Gremlinertia

Curmudgeon remains curmudgeon shocker. And the irish times 'reporting' it.. I miss live music but not enough to ignore social distancing and put myself/family/friends/colleagues/anyone at risk

ILoveYourVibes

Why is it the dumbest people think they are smart?

SlowMotion321

But..But.. social distancing is economically nonviable! How is he going to add to his millions?

Trigger Happy

Grumpy old man gives out and makes the news.

bobchowhut

his audeance over 60s are the most at risk as he is

ILoveYourVibes

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Why is it the dumbest people think they are smart?

illusory superiority

A mostly western thing

Surreptitious

I fell asleep when I saw him live. Boring old sod.

whisky_galore

Real real gone, in the head.

RayCon

When the only other musician agreeing with you is Jim Corr you know you're fcuked. Bleedin pleb.

Bobblehats

whisky_galore wrote: »

Real real gone,

SlowMotion321

RayCon wrote: »

When the only other musician agreeing with you is Jim Corr you know you're fcuked. Bleedin pleb.

Beet you never thought you would be on Jedwards side of an argument!

jimgoose

Morrison was always an arsehole, very difficult man.

seamus

Yes, I get all of my medical advice from a 74 year old misanthropic hermit.

SlowMotion321

jimgoose wrote: »

Morrison was always an arsehole, very difficult man.

True, but now he has gone from difficult to dangerous!

SlowMotion321

seamus wrote: »

Yes, I get all of my medical advice from a 74 year old misanthropic hermit.

This thread is about Van Morrison not Trump! Stay on topic :mad:

Montage of Feck

Astral wakes

gmisk

He is a fat grumpy clown.
I wouldn't pay any attention to what that moany hole has to say.

My folks would have been big fans, but he is absolutely brutal live seemingly.

The Nal

jimgoose wrote: »

Morrison was always an arsehole, very difficult man.

Those early/mid 70s albums are as good as it gets though.

ancapailldorcha

The Nal wrote: »

Those early/mid 70s albums are as good as it gets though.

No idea so I'll defer to you on that.

I love Muse but Matt Bellamy spreads all sorts of toxic sh*te on social media but I can separate him from his music.

CrankyHaus

The Slate summed up his live performances perfectly:

"Van Morrison hates you, and he won't play requests"

Vita nova

That's disappointing, one of my favourite singer-songwriters, but I think most people are clever enough to ignore his views on Covid-19.

gmisk

Brian Kennedy also seems to act as his translator on stage to his singing which now takes the form of mumbling

mcmoustache

CrankyHaus wrote: »

The Slate summed up his live performances perfectly:

"Van Morrison hates you, and he won't play requests"

The Slate from 20 years or so ago, from DIT?

The Tetrarch

Not his problem if a packed crowd gets Covid.
The money is in the bank. On to the next gig.
Van the Man is sounding like Ryanair's Michael O'Leary "I'm saving the economy".

Church on Tuesday

Just what I'd expect from that miserable odd prick.

Talented man but that's about it.

Kylta

I wouldn't be surprised if he was a covid song ready to go. The first lines will be something like this
'Why was I forgotten mumbles mumbles mumbles.
Why did nobody listen to me mumbles mumbles mumbles
Nobody respects the mumble man mumbles mumbles mumbles.
Covid tried to kill the music mumble
It can kill all the people but it can't kill me mumbles mumbles x 10.
And no this is not fu¢king van Morrison either. ( if the above does appear in his next songs let me know I'll sue the geriatric for royalties)

completedit

A fantastic artist imo. I love him. But he seems like a pure and utter prick.

Bobblehats

It’s Van night on BBC4. You know how it goes...he always seems to sing the same song

stannis

Yeah, he "wants you to die" from a virus that has zero deaths in this country almost every day now. You corona cultists are like hysterical puritan fanatics.

john9876

Greatest Irish musical artist ever. End of.

JP Liz V1

john9876 wrote: »

Greatest Irish musical artist ever. End of.

Who Jedward

Van isn't the Man anymore

Temptamperu

john9876 wrote: »

Greatest Irish musical artist ever. End of.

eh your thinking of Rory Gallagher

OneHedge1

He does not need the money and whether he is "pleasant company" or not is entirely irrelevant.

It goes without saying that he's been around a long time and seen/heard a lot more than most of us ever will. That his voice differs from the Gov/RTE/IT should make it more valuable; that is what makes a healthy functioning society.

Not to worry though, I'm sure there'll soon be another conspiracy theory "explainer article" from an IT assistant editor that will help me think right.

An Ri rua

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Why is it the dumbest people think they are smart?

It's a Sellafield thing. He ate some shellfish while out on his rambles round Coney Island and Jim Corr drank a bit too much tapwaaaata. Hi.

Strumms

john9876 wrote: »

Greatest Irish musical artist ever. End of.

And an eejit. What he is saying proves it.

I worked for a company that he had a dealing with and an account with. I’d have had several phone conversations well maybe three or four a year over four years.... you be trying to resolve something with and for him... difficult let’s just say... in this situation he probably just thinks... “ahhh they get made wear a mask, be grand”..

Him and HIS entourage, musicians, band, security, drivers, managers, road crews, production- sound, lights, roadies, etc...

For a show the scale of Van that’s 40 people plus. He isn’t going to be in a tourbus, he will have a chauffeur driven car, he can have a penthouse in a local hotel until 10 before stage time, driven to stage door and go, after out the same way...

his crew won’t have that benefit...

The venue staff, probably nearing 50 between bars, ticket checkers, security, lighting, riggers, management... a lot of people in close contact, audiences in close contact...

The audience...

You don’t have to be a Mensa member to realize that isn’t a good situation. But old Van...hmmmm

john9876

john9876 wrote: »

Greatest Irish musical artist ever. End of.

Objectively untrue.

SlowMotion321

I'll happily admit that he is a great singer/artist (no Rory though;)) That doesn't stop him from being a dangerous selfish prick, who cares more about himself and his need to be adored by his fans on stage than he does about their health and welfare!

Junkyard Tom

I would do anything for Van but I

won't

do


that.

yerwanthere123

Fúck the elderly. Fúck the health compromised. Rock on maaan :cool:

:rolleyes:

Your Face

He's a poor man's Mark McCabe.

SlowMotion321

Your Face wrote: »

He's a poor man's Mark McCabe.

who?

JP Liz V1

Your Face wrote: »

He's a poor man's Mark McCabe.

Maniac 2020 is needed

McGinniesta

Temptamperu wrote: »

eh your thinking of Rory Gallagher

No, he's thinking of the redneck manifesto

Feisar

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Why is it the dumbest people think they are smart?

Because the more one knows the more they realise they don’t know.

greenspurs

The hysterical getting hysterical....

No deaths for how long now ?
53 new 'cases' …..
35 people in hospital
6 in ICU.

432 people died in the world yesterday WITH covid , not BECAUSE of covid,

The curve is flattened, and people are still getting hysterical....

Open the country, play the music, go to pubs.

SlowMotion321

greenspurs wrote: »

The hysterical getting hysterical....

No deaths for how long now ?
53 new 'cases' …..
35 people in hospital
6 in ICU.

432 people died in the world yesterday WITH covid , not BECAUSE of covid,

The curve is flattened, and people are still getting hysterical....

Open the country, play the music, go to pubs.

As long as there is any kind of issue someone somewhere will get hysterical about it on both sides of whatever it is and others will then point out hysterically that people are getting hysterical! That's simply human nature, You quote statistics and they are good ones, perhaps that is because are using common sense and consideration for others! I am in a risk category and wear a mask and use hand sanitizer when I go out and I appreciate the consideration others show me by doing same, as for the flattening you are right for now, but I honestly believe we have not seen the last of this and there will be a second wave, look at the statistics for the USA 4% of the world population 25% of the cases and now some moron is talking about doing nothing and letting heard immunity sort it out. I really don't get why people refuse to believe there is a problem until it affects them personally!

Hector Savage

Bobblehats wrote: »

This is great !!!
8 bit Brent dance!!

o1s1n

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Why is it the dumbest people think they are smart?

This will explain everything!

The Dunning–Kruger effect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#:~:text=In%20the%20field%20of%20psychology,recognize%20their%20lack%20of%20ability.

It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence

The Nal

o1s1n wrote: »

This will explain everything!

The Dunning–Kruger effect:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#:~:text=In%20the%20field%20of%20psychology,recognize%20their%20lack%20of%20ability.

It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence

Anyway on topic (ish). Top 5 Van albums

1. Moondance
2. Astral Weeks
3. His Band and the Street Choir
4. Saint Dominic's Preview
5. Veedon Fleece