van morrison astral weeks expanded edition blogspot

I mean sure Neil & Joni always sound like Neil & Joni, but van doesn't seem to have the gaps like the ones between Trans and Zuma to Harvest. Unlike Neil or Joni, he sounds always way tooooooo samey to me. Of his spiritual period, I particularly like 1982's Beautiful Vision, 1983's Inarticulate Speech of the Heart and 1985's A Sense of Wonder, the latter made especially fine by the appearance, on three tracks, of the wonderful Irish band Moving Hearts.That's kind of funny, because I don't hear a whole lot of differences in his 'periods/eras, albeit, I'm not very familiar with his later stuff. Of his early period, 1973's live It's Too Late to Stop Now (made even better with last year's 3CD/1DVD of It's Too Late to Stop Now, Vols II-IV really represents his early material with great playing, energy & commitment.

My family is from Northern Ireland so when I've seen him in interviews I'm very familiar with the gruff, why are you asking these stupid questions attitude he gives off - strikes me as part of the culture he comes from. The albums after Poetic Champions are extremely spotty - I haven't heard them all but the ones I have all have some strong tracks but also definitely weak moments - there are some fantastic moments on Hymns to the Silence. The early albums are deservedly classics - my favourites are probably St Dominics and Veedon Fleece. I agree with the zen comment - these albums have a calmness to them that I find very powerful. Of his spiritual period, I particularly like 1982's Beautiful Vision, 1983's Inarticulate Speech of the Heart and 1985's A Sense of Wonder, the latter made especially fine by the appearance, on three tracks, of the wonderful Irish band Moving Hearts.I tend to agree with John on this - I love the 80's period but include Wavelength in that group - so from there through Poetic Champions. Lyrically his deepest, I think, and musically a combination of great groove and Zen-like vibes. His early albums -Moondance, Astral Weeks, etc - are great, but my favourite period is his 'spiritual' one, from 1979's Into the Music tbrough 1987's Poetic Champions Compose. Hard to describe as he's had a number of periods.

Van morrison astral weeks expanded edition blogspot