Practically any song by Van Morrison would be a great song to listen to on any given day. I wanted to post "The Philosopher's Stone," one of my all-time favorite songs ever by anyone, but it's not on Youtube.
Come on, Youtubers!
Here, instead, is a live version of the ever-lovely "Sweet Thing." He performed it along with other songs from Astral Weeks, one of his earliest albums. I read up on this concert and learned that
a) He led this full orchestral band through several improvisations that night and
b) They had only one rehearsal before performing.
Finally, one of the things I enjoy most about Van is his voice. It's not great. It's in tune, of course, but other than this, he just. . .sounds like Van. And sounding like Van never stopped him from singing. He didn't get someone else to do that job in a band for him.
This means a lot to me because I, while I can carry a tune, sound like Amy!. Granted, I don't perform at the Hollywood Bowl, but I play my guitar at home pretty often as I worship the Lord. And if Van's voice is good enough for him to sing, then I'll keep on singing, too.
Here is the link to the youtube video. It won't permit me to embed it here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BYvoH2_XuA
And this is an interview with the man himself, for all you Van Fans out there. Pretty interesting in that it is mostly music industry talk, and Van's experience with it.
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