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Van Morrison comes out against lockdown etc

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  • #2
    xhomelezz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    Double O Seven wrote: »
    & of course it only took the establishment moments to come out attacking him https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0918/1166086-ni-health-minister-criticises-morrison-over-new-songs/

    Maybe stupid lyrics...


  • #3
    Hurrache
    Registered Users Posts: 10,146 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Lol, the establishment. He's just a ****ing eejit.


  • #4
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Liam Gallagher, Ian Brown, Van Morrison - grump old and very old men!

    I trust Jedward are going to engage him in some lively debate.


  • #5
    bobbyy gee
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,306 ✭✭✭bobbyy gee


    he travels every year to San Francisco to see his daughter in summer now he can't
    he has to make a few sacrifices


  • #6
    bloopy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭bloopy


    Oh ****.
    Looks like Van just got on the cancel train.


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  • #7
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users Posts: 16,871 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    I'm a big fan. I've seen him many times in Ireland and the UK. Brilliant singer and songwriter. I hope to get to see him again. Having said all that he is talking nonsense


  • #8
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    There must be enough musicians now to start a tinfoil hat band. Him and Jim Corr can share solos.


  • #9
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,384 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Double O Seven wrote: »
    & of course it only took the establishment moments to come out attacking him https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2020/0918/1166086-ni-health-minister-criticises-morrison-over-new-songs/

    Yea if you’re not down with the Rte crap script of “saving lives” by wearing a piece of soiled cotton then you’re a version of Stalin, their once great socialist idol


  • #10
    Polar101
    Registered Users Posts: 3,749 ✭✭✭Polar101


    I respect him as a singer and songwriter, but don't really care what his political (or current affairs) views are. I'm using my "freedom of choice" to get my political music from other sources.


  • #11
    ShineOn7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,550 ✭✭✭ShineOn7


    One of the all time grumpiest people in the music industry

    Van makes Morrissey look the most positive man in the world


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  • #12
    xhomelezz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    road_high wrote: »
    Yea if you’re not down with the Rte crap script of “saving lives” by wearing a piece of soiled cotton then you’re a version of Stalin, their once great socialist idol

    Certainly you are beyond salvation.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 25,611 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


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  • #14
    road_high
    Registered Users Posts: 19,384 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    xhomelezz wrote: »
    Certainly you are beyond salvation.

    I don’t want or indeed need “salvation” from Covid or anything else thanks. Just the lunatic fringe who keep cheerleading nonsense that doesn’t work and never will work


  • #15
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    road_high wrote: »
    Yea if you’re not down with the Rte crap script of “saving lives” by wearing a piece of soiled cotton then you’re a version of Stalin, their once great socialist idol

    The advice is to wear a clean covering over mouth and nose. I've managed to wear once and wash so far....


  • #16
    xhomelezz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭xhomelezz


    road_high wrote: »
    I don’t want or indeed need “salvation” from Covid or anything else thanks. Just the lunatic fringe who keep cheerleading nonsense that doesn’t work and never will work

    Ah sure.


  • #17
    Tork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭Tork


    Perhaps decades of luvvies fawning over him has led to him believing his own publicity. I doubt anyone who isn't Michael D Higgins or Brian Kennedy will take a blind bit of notice of what the arrogant old bollix has to say.


  • #18
    LessOutragePlz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,358 ✭✭✭LessOutragePlz


    We need him to do a duet with Kanye West.


  • #19
    Tork
    Registered Users Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭Tork


    LessOutragePlz wrote: »
    We need him to do a duet with Kanye West.

    Would any room be big enough to fit those two egos?


  • #20
    Restrooms
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20 ✭Restrooms


    I've no problem with what he's doing

    Freedom of speech and all that, we don't all have to be sheep


  • #21
    Blondini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭Blondini


    Restrooms wrote: »
    I've no problem with what he's doing

    Freedom of speech and all that, we don't all have to be sheep

    My mama told me there'd be posts like this..


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  • #22
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    He's a great musician, but he's always been a complete tool. This isn't surprising.


  • #23
    jaxxx
    Registered Users Posts: 3,230 ✭✭✭jaxxx


    LessOutragePlz wrote: »
    We need him to do a duet with Kanye West.


    By duet you mean dance together into a pool of hungry crocodiles? If so, yes.


  • #24
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,856 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Why has he come out against “etc” ? Has he been a grammar natzi all these years?


  • #25
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,783 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Double O Seven wrote:
    & of course it only took the establishment moments to come out attacking him


    Well known to be an absolute arsehole, he must have gotten his medical science degree on the Internets as well


  • #26
    Mrsmum
    Registered Users Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭Mrsmum


    I think VM is looking at the havoc caused to the music industry by Covid and these songs are an expression of his frustration with the situation. Wrong action though, imo.


  • #27
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users Posts: 28,783 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Mrsmum wrote:
    I think VM is looking at the havoc caused to the music industry by Covid and these songs are an expression of his frustration with the situation. Wrong action though, imo.


    The industry is in serious trouble, and the government thinks by reducing some covid payments, it ll somehow motivate these folks!


  • #28
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    He doesn't want to wear a mask because he's so handsome.


  • #29
    Blondini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭Blondini


    Pkiernan wrote: »
    He doesn't want to wear a mask because he's so handsome.

    Yeah, to a blind-eyed girl..


  • #30
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Anyone who can write Into The Mystic gets a free pass from me.


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  • #31
    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,702 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    Astral Weeks is self indulgent overrated SH*TE


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