Van Morrison si muove sulla scena musicale da più di 40 anni, con una qualità ed un'ansia di cambiamento che pochissimi possono vantare. La sua musica affonda le radici nel Blues, nel Jazz, e soprattutto nel Rhythm and Blues.
Da sempre restio a concedere interviste, ragionevolmente, ha sempre lasciato intendere alla sua musica (più che altro a quella dal vivo) quello che aveva da dire. Questo piccolo irlandese trapiantato oltreoceano, innamorato del Rhythm and Blues, ha rappresentato questo sound (Al pari) dei migliori cantanti neri, perché il ritmo, il feeling, è una peculiarità che non ha colore, e Van, l'ha nel DNA. Per molti il primo impatto con Morrison, è stato nel film di Scorsese "L'ultimo Valzer" mentre, totalmente rapito, quasi pervaso da una tensione mistica, durante le sequenze di "Caravan" ci da dentro impetuosamente, dando il tempo al suo gruppo, lascia che la musica scorra, scorra, ricca di fiati e di cori. Van, l'ha nell'animo lo swing, e si capisce, quando estasiato mormora decine di volte, dum dum diddy da da, yeah yeah yeah yeah. Personalmente credo che anche nel disco più celebrato "Astral Weeks" alcune composizioni siano Rhythm and Blues. Basta ascoltare "Sweet Thing" dove è riuscito a conciliare il jazz, ad un arrangiamento minimalista e ritmato... un sound personalissimo, godibile, tutto suo, incantevole! Allo stesso modo, penso che con Bob Dylan, Morrison sia uno dei più importanti cantautori di sempre, gli altri metteteli a vostro piacimento. Oggi, questo gli è riconosciuto da quasi tutta la critica, nonostante non abbia mai raggiunto un vero successo da classifica né da noi, e neanche negli Stati Uniti. (A parte Brown Eyed Girl)
"Into The Music" del '79 è un disco all'insegna di un suono bello, che possiede la profondità dei giorni migliori, quasi al pari dal suo capolavoro "Moondance" "Bright Side Of The Road" "Full Forse Game" "Stepping Out Queen" "You Make Me Feel So Free" "Rolling Hills"... e ancora. Tutte da ascoltare.
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01 Bright Side of the Road (03:45)
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
We'll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
Little darlin' come with me
Won't you help me share my load
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
Into this life we're born
Baby sometimes, sometimes we don't know why
And time seems to go by so fast
In the twinkling of an eye
Let's enjoy it while we can
Won't you help me share my love
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road
We'll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
We'll be lovers once again
On the bright side of the road
02 Full Force Gale (03:15)
Like a full force gale
I was lifted up again
I was lifted up again by the Lord
And no matter where I roam
I will find my way back home
I will always return to the Lord
In the gentle evening breeze
By the whispering shady trees
I will find my sanctuary in the Lord
I was headed for a fall
The I looked up and saw the writing on the wall
Like a full force gale
I was lifted up again
I was lifted up again by the Lord
I was headed for a fall
The I looked up and saw the writing on the wall
In the gentle evening breeze
By the whispering shady trees
I will find my sanctuary in the Lord
And no matter where I roam
I will find my way back home
I will always return to the Lord
Like a full force gale
I was lifted up again
I was lifted up again by the Lord
04 Troubadours (04:39)
From the ancient sun to the old heart stove come the troubadours
From the city gates to the castle walls it's the troubadours
On a sunlit day it was bright and clear
And the people came from far and they came from near
To hear the troubadours
Well the troubadours sang their songs of love to the lady fair
She was sitting outside on a balcony in in the cool night air
It was a starry night the moon was shining bright
And the trumpets rang and they gave a chime
For the troubadours
And for everyman all across the land and from shore to shore
They came singin' songs of love and chivalry from the days of yore
Baby lift your window high do you hear that sound
It's the troubadours as they go through town
Baby lift your window high do you hear that sound
It's the troubadours with their freedom song
Lift your window high turn your lamp down low baby
Don't you know I love you so
Lift your window high do you dig that sound
It's the troubadours coming through town
07 Angelou (06:49)
Angeliou oh Angeliou
Oh oh Angeliou Angeliou
Oh Angeliou oh Angeliou oh my Angeliou
In the month of May
In the month of May
In the city of Paris
In the month of May
In the month of May
In the city of Paris
And I heard the bells ringing, and I heard the bells ringing
In the month of May
In the city of Paris and I called out your name
In the month of May
In the city of Paris
In the month of May
In the city of Paris
Oh oh Angeliou oh Angeliou oh oh Angeliou oh my Angeliou
Walkin' on a city street who would think you could ever be touched
By a total stranger, not me
But when you came up to me that day and I listened to your story
It reminded me so much of myself
It wasn't what you said but the way it felt to me
About a search and a journey just like mine
Will you be my baby
Will you be my baby now
Will you be my baby
Will you be my baby now
Angeliou oh Angeliou
Angeliou oh Angeliou
Yes I will yes I will yes I will
After she told all these things to me I said I got a story too
It goes something like this
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