Caravan is such a fantastic romp of a song, which I first saw in the legendary The Last Waltz concert by The Band. It’s a great exhibition of the depth and range of Van Morrison’s musical talent as a vocalist…
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Brown Eyed Girl (1967) – Van Morrison
When released, the song about a former lover was too explicit for radio airplay. In the third verse, the lyrics, “making love in the green grass,” were edited out, and replaced with a combination of lyrics from the first verse —…
Irish Heartbeat (Van Morrison song) 1994 – Billy Connolly
I remember in my young adulthood enthralled watching Billy Connolly’s World Tour of Scotland over and over again. My family ancestry partly originates from Scotland, so I have always had a penchant for anything Scottish especially Amy Macdonald’s rendition of Flower of Scotland. The…
And It Stoned Me (1970) – Van Morrison
Van Morrison is an artist who’s music catalogue I wish I had delved more deeply into. I can’t remember how I first came across him, it may have been when I bopped to Brown Eyed Girl in some dirty dive…
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