[cshadows2887]

Holy shit, Hard Nose the Highway is awesome.

[El_Jeffe]

Sure is mate. I'm always so happy when I see this thread on the front page.

[El_Jeffe]

About to check out the new album Born to Sing: No Plan B, really excited!

[El_Jeffe]

No surprises (for me at least), the new album is really really good, & very much in line with recent works Keep It Simple & Magic Time. Any Van fans will adore this.

[cshadows2887]

I made the damn thread for that album and still haven't heard it.

[Star Slight]

I heard the lyrics are pretty terrible so I'm a bit weary. I don't think I've listened to a Van album past the late 80s

[El_Jeffe]

Originally Posted by cshadows2887

I made the damn thread for that album and still haven't heard it.

How did I miss that thread? I'm about to dig it up.

Originally Posted by Star Slight

I heard the lyrics are pretty terrible so I'm a bit weary. I don't think I've listened to a Van album past the late 80s

Mate... it's Van Morrison... what part of that rumour makes any sense whatsoever haha. Like his last couple albums, it's a lot more relaxed than his earlier material, & you can tell he's making music for him, because it's inside him, it's essentially all he knows & he obviously constantly has songs rolling around in his head. But it's by no means terrible.

If you haven't listened to any since the 80's, maybe start with Hymns to the Silence, that's one hell of an album from the 90's, & then go to Magic Time from the 2000's, then just fill in the gaps.

I will openly go on record saying Van has one of the strongest bodies of work of all time.

[Star Slight]

Originally Posted by El_Jeffe

How did I miss that thread? I'm about to dig it up.



Mate... it's Van Morrison... what part of that rumour makes any sense whatsoever haha. Like his last couple albums, it's a lot more relaxed than his earlier material, & you can tell he's making music for him, because it's inside him, it's essentially all he knows & he obviously constantly has songs rolling around in his head. But it's by no means terrible.

If you haven't listened to any since the 80's, maybe start with Hymns to the Silence, that's one hell of an album from the 90's, & then go to Magic Time from the 2000's, then just fill in the gaps.

I will openly go on record saying Van has one of the strongest bodies of work of all time.

I know I know I know I just don't want to be disappointed by a Van album and I'm about 20/20 so far

[Sakarazu]

which van albums do you guys find yourself spinning this time of year I'm looking to listen to a few more

[Star Slight]

Originally Posted by Sakarazu

which van albums do you guys find yourself spinning this time of year I'm looking to listen to a few more

Fall is usually Moondance and Astral Weeks for me
Spring is always Astral Weeks
Winter... iunno. Astral Weeks obviously but Tupelo Honey and Veedon Fleece have been getting a lot of plays out of me recently. Saint Dominics Preview as well


Basically if you don't have any of these get them and listen to them in this order:
Astral Weeks
Moondance
Veedon Fleece
Tupelo Honey
His Band and the Street Choir
Saint Dominic's Preview
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

[Sakarazu]

Originally Posted by Star Slight

Fall is usually Moondance and Astral Weeks for me
Spring is always Astral Weeks
Winter... iunno. Astral Weeks obviously but Tupelo Honey and Veedon Fleece have been getting a lot of plays out of me recently. Saint Dominics Preview as well


Basically if you don't have any of these get them and listen to them in this order:
Astral Weeks
Moondance
Veedon Fleece
Tupelo Honey
His Band and the Street Choir
Saint Dominic's Preview
No Guru, No Method, No Teacher

Still gotta get the bolded ones. Thanks.

[StreetSpirit76]

Veedon Fleece is usually the one I listen to the most in winter. Just something about the darkness of it. Most of his catalog beyond that has always had a very distinct autumn or spring feel to me. Though I will say that Common One is a really underrated record with a similar exploratory, ambitious nature. If you like Fleece and/or Astral Weeks, definitely give that one a shot.

[El_Jeffe]

Common One is great, Beautiful Visions follows a similar "feel" if you're a fan of that style of Van. The past few weeks, before I got Van's new album, I was listening a lot of The Healing Game & as usual, Hymns to the Silence, the latter often takes me on one incredible emotional journey. One of my favourites from that album, "Take Me Back"

[Star Slight]

So today I listened to It's Too Late to Stop Now for the first time for some reason and it's as great as I'd expect

Also found out that fan has a decently attractive daughter who also sings

[vvvictorroyy]