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Van Morrison duet with Ian Paisley Jnr.

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    #92
    golfball37
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    Van is a Protestant from ni yet a supporter of the Irish language. Always respected him for that. His music at its best is easily the best and most creative to come from this island imo. He’s a prat but a talented one.


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    #93
    Rothko
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    Call him whatever you like, disagree with his stance on covid, say he's lost his mind but anyone questioning the mans musical ability is either blinded by their dislike of him or absolutely clueless

    Either that or people just have a different opinion (this is coming from someone who likes his music fwiw).


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    #94
    [Deleted User]
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    Yeah I could never get that much into him - I'm certainly not clueless about music though!


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    #95
    Beechwoodspark
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    golfball37 wrote: »
    Van is a Protestant from ni yet a supporter of the Irish language. Always respected him for that. His music at its best is easily the best and most creative to come from this island imo. He’s a prat but a talented one.

    Any link for his support for the Irish language?

    Nothing coming up on Google...


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    #96
    olestoepoke
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    #97
    olestoepoke
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    golfball37 wrote: »
    Van is a Protestant from ni yet a supporter of the Irish language. Always respected him for that. His music at its best is easily the best and most creative to come from this island imo. He’s a prat but a talented one.

    Gusty Spence was also a protestent and fond of the Irish language...Just saying :D


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    #98
    Duckworth_Luas
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    Such stupidity is not worthy of any response
    LOL! You have to love the innocence of the teenage fan club members! :D


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    #99
    olestoepoke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,386 ✭✭✭olestoepoke


    Rothko wrote: »
    Either that or people just have a different opinion (this is coming from someone who likes his music fwiw).

    Fair enough music is subjective and people can have their opinions but an artist doesn't last over 5 decades and numerous awards including Grammys unless they are talented. Inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, inducted into the songwriters hall of fame. His concerts sell out in minutes, especially in the US.


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    #100
    Rothko
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    olestoepoke wrote: »
    Fair enough music is subjective and people can have their opinions but an artist doesn't last over 5 decades and numerous awards including Grammys unless they are talented. Inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, inducted into the songwriters hall of fame. His concerts sell out in minutes, especially in the US.

    Yeah, keeping a career going for five decades takes a lot of work. I'll agree on that.

    However, I don't put any stock into awards at all tbh. They mean nothing to me. As for the RNR hall of fame, the less said about that the better.


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    It's always either/or to an ultra. Van Morrisson is not a football team or political party. And nobody is obliged to think he is a 'genius'. Ridiculous. :pac:

    Talent is everywhere, genius is rare... and 99% of the time that language is marketing patter dutifully repeated by suckers.

    Anyway, so as to avoid being lynched the next time I visit boards, YouTube recommended this to me today. I won't lie, I had a bit of a smirk as I listened to it. Kick ass, raw sound...



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    #102
    dasdog
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MDG3pWK5CY


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    #103
    dasdog
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHq4Xz8-I7c


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    #104
    [Deleted User]
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    Yeah I love Them - but his solo stuff, can't warm to it.


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    #105
    Maryanne40
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    Definitely the Ian Paisley thing was not his finest moment...

    but my God, his music!

    My introduction to him was back in '86 with the release of 'No Guru, no Method, no Teacher' and then I had the absolute pleasure of going through his back catalogue...and I discovered 'The Last Waltz. The live version of 'Caravan' is just sublime. Astral Weeks, Veedon Fleece, Tupelo Honey....how could one man have written and performed all of these?...And way more.

    I had him on in my car so much when my kids were small in the '90's that they got sick of him and began to hate him, but interestingly as adults, they have decided I was right all along and his music is magic.

    Have missed very few of his concerts since '86...yes, they can be a bit hit and miss depending on his form. He is better in smaller venues...the Stadium was a great place to see him. The best concert I was at though was at a dinner dance in a hotel in Belfast, (around '04 I'd say) where he was the surprise act. The room held about 200 people and I was just 10 feet away from him....he was amazing. I felt as if I'd died and gone to heaven.

    One of Michelle Rocca's daughters spoke fondly of him in the last year or so and he was quite civil and engaging with Miriam O'Callaghan in a relatively recent interview. Maybe in private he's not as grumpy as the public Van.


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