Van Morrison Astral Weeks live in Hollywood

[RainDogToo]

LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, NBC

 

Mo 3/2: Robert DeNiro, Van Morrison

[Winston Legthigh]

I was thinking - this is a pretty powerful song:

 

And I will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first,

and I will drink the clear, clean water for to quench my thirst.

And I shall watch the ferry-boats and they'll get high on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky.

And I will never grow so old again.

And I will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain.

Oh, sweet thing, sweet thing. My, my, my, my, my sweet thing.

 

And I shall drive my chariot down your streets and cry-

'Hey, it's me, I'm dynamite and I don't know why.'

And you shall take me strongly in your arms again

and I will not remember that I even felt the pain.

We shall walk and talk in gardens all misty and wet with rain

and I will never, never, never grow so old again.

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing. My, my, my, my, my sweet thing.

 

And I will raise my hand up into the nighttime sky and count the stars that's shining in your eye.

Just to dig it all and not to wonder, that's just fine

and I'll be satisfied not to read in between the lines.

And I will walk and talk in gardens all wet, all misty wet with rain

and I will never, ever, ever, ever grow so old again.

Oh sweet thing, sweet thing. Sugar baby.

Sugar-baby with your champagne eyes and your saint-like smile.

 

The Waterboys do a splendid rendition on Fisherman's Blues.

[imsjry]

The hipster, edgy folks over at Pitchfork gave the new live album a 4.something-or-other. I mean really!

[solace]

The hipster, edgy folks over at Pitchfork gave the new live album a 4.something-or-other. I mean really!

i'm not a fan of Pitchfork, but i'm a HUGE huge Van fan, and it honestly isn't very good... doubt i'd give it much higher than a 5/10 myeslf

[LouieB]

i'm not a fan of Pitchfork, but i'm a HUGE huge Van fan, and it honestly isn't very good... doubt i'd give it much higher than a 5/10 myeslf

I nearly bought this at Laurie's but they wouldn't carry the CD because his record company won't take product back. Glad I didn't. It will show up used someday soon I am sure.

 

LouieB

[hardwood floor]

The Waterboys do a splendid rendition on Fisherman's Blues.

 

yep & what a fantastic record it is

 

i don't know where that "review" is from, but curious what ticket prices were

 

not surprised the place was half empty. people are tired of overpaying for half-assed van morrison shows.

[tangara]

The Waterboys do a splendid rendition on Fisherman's Blues.

 

 

It really is fantastic.

[Analogman]

Sweet Thing - Live at the Hollywood Bowl

(Pro-shot Youtube link)

 

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl.

The Concert Film DVD - coming soon

 

That band is great - I don't know if I would say the same for him though.

[Serak_the_Preparer]

Sweet Thing - Live at the Hollywood Bowl

(Pro-shot Youtube link)

 

 

 

That band is great - I don't know if I would say the same for him though.

 

 

Thanks! I thought the whole thing was pretty kick-ass. I think Van still sounds great after all these years. I only wish I could have seen him sing this live - I got to see him a year or two back and was not impressed with the set list.

[W(TF)]

I happened to read this in a waiting room yesterday.

 

Time Magazine - 10 Questions. (Van Morrison)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/...1882001,00.html

 

 

Van's last comment is quite telling.

[Analogman]

There's a question on there from someone in Hurricane, far out. He is very against any of his shows being put up on BT sites, I do know that.

[froggie]

gee, can he get any grumpier?