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* TransAtlanticEquivalent: In this case, Trans-Irish Sea Equivalent. His first band, Them, were billed as "Ireland's answer to Music/TheRollingStones". However, the legendarily introverted and retiring Morrison was no Mick Jagger.
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* TransAtlanticEquivalent: In this case, Trans-Irish Sea Equivalent. His first band, Them, were billed as "Ireland's answer to Music/TheRollingStones".Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}". However, the legendarily introverted and retiring Morrison was no Mick Jagger.
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* GenreMashup: Uses elements of R&B, {{Blues}}, Rock, {{Jazz}}, FolkMusic, and ClassicalMusic ''all on the same album...'' "Summertime in England" squeezes almost all of those into ''a single'' [[EpicRocking (15 minute)]] ''song''!
-->''My sound is distinctively Irish pop with some Music/RayCharles and [[Music/BobDylan Dylan]] influence.'' (quoted in ''Billboard'' magazine, 1967)
-->''My sound is distinctively Irish pop with some Music/RayCharles and [[Music/BobDylan Dylan]] influence.'' (quoted in ''Billboard'' magazine, 1967)
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Uses elements of R&B, {{Blues}}, Rock, {{Jazz}}, FolkMusic, and ClassicalMusic ''all on the same album...'' "Summertime in England" squeezes almost all of those into ''a single'' [[EpicRocking (15 minute)]] ''song''!
-->''My sound is distinctively Irish pop with some Music/RayCharles and [[Music/BobDylan Dylan]] influence.'' (quoted in ''Billboard'' magazine, 1967)
-->''My sound is distinctively Irish pop with some Music/RayCharles and [[Music/BobDylan Dylan]] influence.'' (quoted in ''Billboard'' magazine, 1967)
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* IndecipherableLyrics: Even ''he's'' not sure what some of his lyrics really are.
-->"'[Into the Mystic]' is kind of funny because when it came time to send the lyrics in WB Music, I couldn't figure out what to send them. Because really the song has two sets of lyrics. For example, there's 'I was born before the wind' and 'I was borne before the wind', and also 'Also younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was one' and 'All so younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was won' ..."
-->"'[Into the Mystic]' is kind of funny because when it came time to send the lyrics in WB Music, I couldn't figure out what to send them. Because really the song has two sets of lyrics. For example, there's 'I was born before the wind' and 'I was borne before the wind', and also 'Also younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was one' and 'All so younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was won' ..."
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* {{Mondegreen}}: Even ''he's'' not sure what some of his lyrics really are.
-->"'[Into the Mystic]' is kind of funny because when it came time to send the lyrics in WB Music, I couldn't figure out what to send them. Because really the song has two sets of lyrics. For example, there's 'I was born before the wind' and 'I was borne before the wind', and also 'Also younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was one' and 'All so younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was won' ..."
-->"'[Into the Mystic]' is kind of funny because when it came time to send the lyrics in WB Music, I couldn't figure out what to send them. Because really the song has two sets of lyrics. For example, there's 'I was born before the wind' and 'I was borne before the wind', and also 'Also younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was one' and 'All so younger than the son, Ere the bonny boat was won' ..."
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* ''The Angry Young Them'' (as lead singer with ''Them'', 1965)
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* ''Blowin' Your Mind!''(1967)(first solo album, 1967)
* ''Them Again'' (as lead singer with ''Them'', 1966)
* ''Blowin' Your Mind!''
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It has been estimated that during his career, Morrison has dabbled with nearly every genre of music, with the possible exceptions of reggae, heavy rock[[note]] ''Wavelength'' hovers on the brink of being a full-blown rock number, possibly four or five on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness[[/note]], and rap[[note]]''Rave on, John Donne'' has a long spoken stream-of-consciousness section that hovers on the brink of being a Belfast rap[[/note]]. He has been married three times and has six children. His daughter Shana Morrison is a recording star in her own right.
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It has been estimated that during his career, Morrison has dabbled with nearly every genre of music, with the possible exceptions of reggae, heavy rock[[note]] ''Wavelength'' rock[[note]]''Wavelength'' hovers on the brink of being a full-blown rock number, possibly four or five on the MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness[[/note]], number[[/note]], and rap[[note]]''Rave on, John Donne'' has a long spoken stream-of-consciousness section that hovers on the brink of being a Belfast rap[[/note]]. He has been married three times and has six children. His daughter Shana Morrison is a recording star in her own right.
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Sir George Ivan Morrison, otherwise known as Van Morrison, is a singer-songwriter who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on August 31, 1945. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a rock version of the blues standard "Baby, Please Don't Go", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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Sir George Ivan Morrison, otherwise known as Van Morrison, is a singer-songwriter who was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UsefulNotes/NorthernIreland on August 31, 1945. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a rock version of the blues standard "Baby, Please Don't Go", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), otherwise known as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
He left Them in 1967, heading to the USA to try to break into the business there. He was managed by the legendarily rapacious Bert Berns, recording one LP with him, ''Blowin' Your Mind''. The contract Berns put him under was so unfair that it assigned Berns not only the song rights, but also performance rights. Morrison was paid a comparative pittance. The LP did not sell too well, so none of this might have mattered in the long run, except that a single called "Brown Eyed Girl" was released from it. A Creator/{{BBC}} documentary exploring song rights issued estimated that by 2012, this one song had earned $12-15,000,000. Morrison saw little of this cash.
Taken on by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, Morrison was allocated less than a week's studio recording time to come up with an LP. The result was the critically acclaimed ''Music/AstralWeeks'' - an LP that he hated at the time, but has noticeably warmed to in later years. The album initially went unnoticed, but since then has become highly regarded by fans and critics. Today it is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time (although [[GenreBusting it isn't exactly typical rock music]]).
He left Them in 1967, heading to the USA to try to break into the business there. He was managed by the legendarily rapacious Bert Berns, recording one LP with him, ''Blowin' Your Mind''. The contract Berns put him under was so unfair that it assigned Berns not only the song rights, but also performance rights. Morrison was paid a comparative pittance. The LP did not sell too well, so none of this might have mattered in the long run, except that a single called "Brown Eyed Girl" was released from it. A Creator/{{BBC}} documentary exploring song rights issued estimated that by 2012, this one song had earned $12-15,000,000. Morrison saw little of this cash.
Taken on by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, Morrison was allocated less than a week's studio recording time to come up with an LP. The result was the critically acclaimed ''Music/AstralWeeks'' - an LP that he hated at the time, but has noticeably warmed to in later years. The album initially went unnoticed, but since then has become highly regarded by fans and critics. Today it is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time (although [[GenreBusting it isn't exactly typical rock music]]).
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Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), Morrison, otherwise known as Van Morrison, is a singer-songwriter who was born in Belfast, Northern Irish singer-songwriter.Ireland, on August 31, 1945. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", a rock version of the blues standard "Baby, Please Don't Go", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
He left Them in 1967, heading to the USA to try to break into the business there. He was managed by the legendarily rapacious BertBerns, Berns (who had previously worked with Them), recording one LP with him, ''Blowin' Your Mind''. The contract Berns put him under was so unfair that it assigned Berns not only the song rights, but also performance rights. Morrison was paid a comparative pittance. The LP did not sell too well, so none of this might have mattered in the long run, except that a single called "Brown Eyed Girl" was released from it. A Creator/{{BBC}} documentary exploring song rights issued estimated that by 2012, this one song had earned $12-15,000,000. Morrison saw little of this cash.
Taken on by Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, Morrison was allocated less than a week's studio recording time to come up with an LP. The result was the critically acclaimed ''Music/AstralWeeks'' - an LP that [[CreatorBacklash he hated at thetime, time]], but has noticeably warmed to in later years. The album initially went unnoticed, but since then [[VindicatedByHistory has become highly regarded by fans and critics.critics]]. Today it is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time (although [[GenreBusting it isn't exactly typical rock music]]).
He left Them in 1967, heading to the USA to try to break into the business there. He was managed by the legendarily rapacious Bert
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In June 2015 he joined Sir Music/CliffRichard and Sir Music/EltonJohn as a Knight of British music[[note]]His Belfast birth qualifies him for full British state honours[[/note]] and became Sir George Ivan Morrison.
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In June 2015 2015, he joined Sir Music/CliffRichard Music/CliffRichard, Sir Music/PaulMcCartney, and Sir Music/EltonJohn as a Knight of British music[[note]]His Belfast birth qualifies him for full British state honours[[/note]] and became Sir George Ivan Morrison.
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* ''Three Chords & the Truth'' (2019)
* ''Latest Record Project, Volume 1'' (2021)
* ''Latest Record Project, Volume 1'' (2021)
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George Ivan Morrison (born August 31, 1945), otherwise known as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 31, 1945), otherwise known as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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* CoversAlwaysLie: His debut album ''Blowin' Your Mind!'' has a cover that implies that it's PsychedelicRock, featuring a picture of Morrison surrounded by a drawing of brown paisley leaves and balloonish lettering. Instead it's largely R&B-inspired. Morrison hated it. Also the covers of ''Astral Weeks'' and ''His Band & The Street Choir'', with double-exposure photos, make the albums look a lot trippier than they really are (the former is a mix of {{Folk Music}} and {{Jazz}}, the latter is {{Soul}} oriented).
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* BreakupBreakout: Morrison's career began to soar to new heights after he left Them. his old group never recovered and sank into obscurity.
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* NotChristianRock: He's done many songs with spiritual themes, and the ''Into the Music'' album was widely viewed as a sign that he'd embraced Christianity.[[note]]an impression bolstered by its being released almost side-by-side with Music/BobDylan's first Christian album ''Slow Train Coming''[[/note]] But his personal religious sentiments are actually really hard to pin down. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his song "Kingdom Hall" reflects that connection in his youth. As an adult he got involved in various NewAge pursuits, and also had a very brief flirtation with the ChurchOfHappyology, but also referred to himself in an interview as a "Christian mystic."
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* NotChristianRock: He's done many songs with spiritual themes, themes and religious imagery, and the ''Into the Music'' album was widely viewed as a sign that he'd embraced Christianity.[[note]]an impression bolstered by its being released almost side-by-side with Music/BobDylan's first Christian album ''Slow Train Coming''[[/note]] But his personal religious sentiments are actually really hard to pin down. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his song "Kingdom Hall" reflects that connection in his youth. As an adult he got involved in various NewAge pursuits, and also had a very brief flirtation with the ChurchOfHappyology, but also referred to himself in an interview as a "Christian mystic."
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* NotChristianRock: Has done many songs with spiritual themes, and the ''Into the Music'' album was widely viewed as a sign that he'd embraced Christianity[[note]]it was released almost simultaneously with Music/BobDylan's first Christian album ''Slow Train Coming''[[/note]]. But his personal religious sentiments are actually really hard to pin down. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his song "Kingdom Hall" reflects that connection in his youth. As an adult he got involved in various NewAge pursuits, and also had a very brief flirtation with the ChurchOfHappyology, but also referred to himself in an interview as a "Christian mystic."
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* NotChristianRock: Has He's done many songs with spiritual themes, and the ''Into the Music'' album was widely viewed as a sign that he'd embraced Christianity[[note]]it was Christianity.[[note]]an impression bolstered by its being released almost simultaneously side-by-side with Music/BobDylan's first Christian album ''Slow Train Coming''[[/note]]. Coming''[[/note]] But his personal religious sentiments are actually really hard to pin down. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his song "Kingdom Hall" reflects that connection in his youth. As an adult he got involved in various NewAge pursuits, and also had a very brief flirtation with the ChurchOfHappyology, but also referred to himself in an interview as a "Christian mystic."
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Just one song makes it to the Mohs Scale Of Rock And Metal Hardness. One.
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It has been estimated that during his career, Morrison has dabbled with nearly every genre of music, with the possible exceptions of reggae, heavy rock[[note]] ''Wavelength'' hovers on the brink of being a rock number, possibly three or four on the sliding scale[[/note]], and rap[[note]]''Rave on, John Donne'' has a long spoken stream-of-consciousness section that hovers on the brink of being a Belfast rap[[/note]]. He has been married three times and has six children. His daughter Shana Morrison is a recording star in her own right.
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It has been estimated that during his career, Morrison has dabbled with nearly every genre of music, with the possible exceptions of reggae, heavy rock[[note]] ''Wavelength'' hovers on the brink of being a full-blown rock number, possibly three or four or five on the sliding scale[[/note]], MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness[[/note]], and rap[[note]]''Rave on, John Donne'' has a long spoken stream-of-consciousness section that hovers on the brink of being a Belfast rap[[/note]]. He has been married three times and has six children. His daughter Shana Morrison is a recording star in her own right.
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It has been estimated that during his career, Morrison has dabbled with nearly every genre of music, with the possible exceptions of reggae, heavy rock, and rap. He has been married three times and has six children. His daughter Shana Morrison is a recording star in her own right.
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It has been estimated that during his career, Morrison has dabbled with nearly every genre of music, with the possible exceptions of reggae, heavy rock, rock[[note]] ''Wavelength'' hovers on the brink of being a rock number, possibly three or four on the sliding scale[[/note]], and rap.rap[[note]]''Rave on, John Donne'' has a long spoken stream-of-consciousness section that hovers on the brink of being a Belfast rap[[/note]]. He has been married three times and has six children. His daughter Shana Morrison is a recording star in her own right.
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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: "And It Stoned Me", about a better-than-drugs fishing trip into the countryside.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Uses elements of R&B, {{Blues}}, Rock, {{Jazz}}, {{Folk}}, and {{Classical}} ''all on the same album...'' "Summertime in England" squeezes almost all of those into ''a single'' [[EpicRocking (15 minute)]] ''song''!
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Uses elements of R&B, {{Blues}}, Rock, {{Jazz}}, {{Folk}}, FolkMusic, and {{Classical}} ClassicalMusic ''all on the same album...'' "Summertime in England" squeezes almost all of those into ''a single'' [[EpicRocking (15 minute)]] ''song''!
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* BodyHorror: Implicit in "TB Sheets". TruthInTelevision; Dying of Tuberculosis is NOT glamorous or "Romantic".
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* BodyHorror: Implicit in "TB Sheets". TruthInTelevision; Dying dying of Tuberculosis tuberculosis is NOT glamorous or "Romantic"."romantic".
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** A couple years earlier "she comes to my room" scared some radio stations away from playing "Gloria". The cover by The Shadows of Knight eliminated that line and became a bigger hit than the Them version.[[note]]Music/PattiSmith's cover flipped the gender perspective completely and was even more problematic for radio.[[/note]]
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** A couple years earlier "she comes to my room" scared some radio stations away from playing "Gloria". The cover by The Shadows of Knight eliminated that line and became a bigger hit than the Them version.[[note]]Music/PattiSmith's cover flipped the gender perspective completely and was even more problematic for radio.[[/note]]radio - for starters, it began with the line "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine", and the song was ''still'' about love for a woman, which was quite a taboo subject for radio at the time[[/note]]
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* FreestyleVersion: He tends to this wnenever he does a cover version. His cover of ''It's All In The Game'' starts out as a conventional cover sticking more-or-less to the official lyrics, but by the end it has diverged so much that on the ''Into The Music'' album, the second half of the cover is listed as a seperate track and given a new name (with songwriting credits for the lyrics given to Van).
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* FreestyleVersion: He tends to this wnenever whenever he does a cover version. His cover of ''It's "It's All In The Game'' in the Game" starts out as a conventional cover sticking more-or-less to the official lyrics, but by the end it has diverged so much that on the ''Into The the Music'' album, the second half of the cover is listed as a seperate separate track and given a new name (with songwriting credits for the lyrics given to Van).
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* GenreRoulette: ''Saint Dominic's Preview''. All the songs are the usual Morrison genre blends, but each one has a sound and style that doesn't get repeated on the album[[note]] "Listen To The Lion" and "Almost Independence Day" are conceptually similar but go off in different directions musically[[/note]]. His other albums are also eclectic but usually have more of a uniform foundation.
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* GenreRoulette: ''Saint Dominic's Preview''. All the songs are the usual Morrison genre blends, but each one has a sound and style that doesn't get repeated on the album[[note]] "Listen To The to the Lion" and "Almost Independence Day" are conceptually similar but go off in different directions musically[[/note]]. His other albums are also eclectic but usually have more of a uniform foundation.
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Uses elements of R&B, {{Blues}}, Rock, {{Jazz}}, {{Folk}}, and {{Classical}} ''all on the same album...'' "Summertime In England" squeezes almost all of those into ''a single'' [[EpicRocking (15 minute)]] ''song''!
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* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Uses elements of R&B, {{Blues}}, Rock, {{Jazz}}, {{Folk}}, and {{Classical}} ''all on the same album...'' "Summertime In in England" squeezes almost all of those into ''a single'' [[EpicRocking (15 minute)]] ''song''!
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Too Long In Exile'' was this after the increasingly esoteric and meditative 80s albums. ''...Exile'', as the title suggests, marked the first in a series of albums taking Van back to his rhythm'n'blues roots.
* NotChristianRock: Has done many songs with spiritual themes, and the ''Into The Music'' album was widely viewed as a sign that he'd embraced Christianity[[note]]it was released almost simultaneously with Music/BobDylan's first Christian album ''Slow Train Coming''[[/note]]. But his personal religious sentiments are actually really hard to pin down. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his song "Kingdom Hall" reflects that connection in his youth. As an adult he got involved in various NewAge pursuits, and also had a very brief flirtation with the ChurchOfHappyology, but also referred to himself in an interview as a "Christian mystic."
* NotChristianRock: Has done many songs with spiritual themes, and the ''Into The Music'' album was widely viewed as a sign that he'd embraced Christianity[[note]]it was released almost simultaneously with Music/BobDylan's first Christian album ''Slow Train Coming''[[/note]]. But his personal religious sentiments are actually really hard to pin down. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his song "Kingdom Hall" reflects that connection in his youth. As an adult he got involved in various NewAge pursuits, and also had a very brief flirtation with the ChurchOfHappyology, but also referred to himself in an interview as a "Christian mystic."
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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Too Long In in Exile'' was this after the increasingly esoteric and meditative 80s albums. ''...Exile'', as the title suggests, marked the first in a series of albums taking Van back to his rhythm'n'blues roots.
* NotChristianRock: Has done many songs with spiritual themes, and the ''IntoThe the Music'' album was widely viewed as a sign that he'd embraced Christianity[[note]]it was released almost simultaneously with Music/BobDylan's first Christian album ''Slow Train Coming''[[/note]]. But his personal religious sentiments are actually really hard to pin down. His mother was a Jehovah's Witness and his song "Kingdom Hall" reflects that connection in his youth. As an adult he got involved in various NewAge pursuits, and also had a very brief flirtation with the ChurchOfHappyology, but also referred to himself in an interview as a "Christian mystic."
* NotChristianRock: Has done many songs with spiritual themes, and the ''Into
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* OdeToYouth: "These are the Days"
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* OdeToYouth: "These are Are the Days"
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* OneManSong: "Jackie Wilson Said".
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* OneManSong: "Jackie Wilson Said".Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)".
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* {{Scatting}}: Often employs this, most notably on the intro to "Jackie Wilson Said".
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* {{Scatting}}: Often employs this, most notably on the intro to "Jackie Wilson Said".Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)".
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* TakeThat: Many, over the years, mostly to unnamed people in the music business, or the industry itself. Perhaps the most notable is the suite of ''36'' songs he recorded to fulfill his contractual obligation to Bang - they have nonsense lyrics and titles like "Ring Worm", "Blowin' Your Nose", "Nose In Your Blow" and "Here Comes Dumb George". [[GoneHorriblyRight They have been released multiple times anyway, and Morrison gets little or no royalty fees for them.]]
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* TakeThat: Many, over the years, mostly to unnamed people in the music business, or the industry itself. Perhaps the most notable is the suite of ''36'' songs he recorded to fulfill his contractual obligation to Bang - they have nonsense lyrics and titles like "Ring Worm", "Blowin' Your Nose", "Nose In in Your Blow" and "Here Comes Dumb George". [[GoneHorriblyRight They have been released multiple times anyway, and Morrison gets little or no royalty fees for them.]]
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** "Caledonia", which is the ancient Roman name for Scotland. Morrison has Scottish ancestry on his father's side and it's referenced so often in his work that it's something of an ArcWord. It's even his daughter's middle name.
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** "Caledonia", which is the ancient Roman name for Scotland. Morrison has Scottish ancestry on his father's side and it's referenced so often in his work that it's something of an ArcWord.{{Arc Word|s}}. It's even his daughter's middle name.
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!!Discography:
* ''Blowin' Your Mind!'' (1967)
* ''Music/AstralWeeks'' (1968)
* ''Moondance'' (1970)
* ''His Band and the Street Choir'' (1970)
* ''Tupelo Honey'' (1971)
* ''Saint Dominic's Preview'' (1972)
* ''Hard Nose the Highway'' (1973)
* ''Veedon Fleece'' (1974)
* ''A Period of Transition'' (1977)
* ''Wavelength'' (1978)
* ''Into the Music'' (1979)
* ''Common One'' (1980)
* ''Beautiful Vision'' (1982)
* ''Inarticulate Speech of the Heart'' (1983)
* ''A Sense of Wonder'' (1985)
* ''No Guru, No Method, No Teacher'' (1986)
* ''Poetic Champions Compose'' (1987)
* ''Irish Heartbeat'' (In collaboration with The Chieftains, 1988)
* ''Avalon Sunset'' (1989)
* ''Enlightenment'' (1990)
* ''Hymns to the Silence'' (1991)
* ''Too Long in Exile'' (1993)
* ''Days Like This'' (1995)
* ''How Long Has This Been Going On'' (1995)
* ''Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison'' (1996)
* ''The Healing Game'' (1997)
* ''Back on Top'' (1999)
* ''You Win Again'' (2000)
* ''Down the Road'' (2002)
* ''What's Wrong with This Picture?'' (2003)
* ''Magic Time'' (2005)
* ''Pay the Devil'' (2006)
* ''Keep It Simple'' (2008)
* ''Born to Sing: No Plan B'' (2012)
* ''Duets: Re-working the Catalogue'' (2015)
* ''Keep Me Singing'' (2016)
* ''Roll with the Punches'' (2017)
* ''Versatile'' (2017)
* ''You're Driving Me Crazy'' (2018)
* ''The Prophet Speaks'' (2018)
* ''Blowin' Your Mind!'' (1967)
* ''Music/AstralWeeks'' (1968)
* ''Moondance'' (1970)
* ''His Band and the Street Choir'' (1970)
* ''Tupelo Honey'' (1971)
* ''Saint Dominic's Preview'' (1972)
* ''Hard Nose the Highway'' (1973)
* ''Veedon Fleece'' (1974)
* ''A Period of Transition'' (1977)
* ''Wavelength'' (1978)
* ''Into the Music'' (1979)
* ''Common One'' (1980)
* ''Beautiful Vision'' (1982)
* ''Inarticulate Speech of the Heart'' (1983)
* ''A Sense of Wonder'' (1985)
* ''No Guru, No Method, No Teacher'' (1986)
* ''Poetic Champions Compose'' (1987)
* ''Irish Heartbeat'' (In collaboration with The Chieftains, 1988)
* ''Avalon Sunset'' (1989)
* ''Enlightenment'' (1990)
* ''Hymns to the Silence'' (1991)
* ''Too Long in Exile'' (1993)
* ''Days Like This'' (1995)
* ''How Long Has This Been Going On'' (1995)
* ''Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison'' (1996)
* ''The Healing Game'' (1997)
* ''Back on Top'' (1999)
* ''You Win Again'' (2000)
* ''Down the Road'' (2002)
* ''What's Wrong with This Picture?'' (2003)
* ''Magic Time'' (2005)
* ''Pay the Devil'' (2006)
* ''Keep It Simple'' (2008)
* ''Born to Sing: No Plan B'' (2012)
* ''Duets: Re-working the Catalogue'' (2015)
* ''Keep Me Singing'' (2016)
* ''Roll with the Punches'' (2017)
* ''Versatile'' (2017)
* ''You're Driving Me Crazy'' (2018)
* ''The Prophet Speaks'' (2018)
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* VocalEvolution: He often sang further forward in his younger days, including a couple of tracks in falsetto (like "Fair Play" on ''Veedon Fleece"). From the Nineties, though, he increasingly sang deeper and from the chest, and became more of a GutturalGrowler.
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* VocalEvolution: He often sang further forward in his younger days, including a couple of tracks in falsetto (like "Fair Play" on ''Veedon Fleece").Fleece''). From the Nineties, though, he increasingly sang deeper and from the chest, and became more of a GutturalGrowler.
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* ShoutOut: He mentions ''lots'' of singers or other musicians in his lyrics: Music/RayCharles, Music/FrankSinatra, Music/HankWilliams, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Mahalia Jackson, Huddie (Music/LeadBelly) Ledbetter, Jelly Roll Morton, and on and on.
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* ShoutOut: He mentions ''lots'' of singers or other musicians in his lyrics: Music/RayCharles, Music/FrankSinatra, Music/HankWilliams, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Music/SamCooke, Mahalia Jackson, Huddie (Music/LeadBelly) Ledbetter, Jelly Roll Morton, and on and on.
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George Ivan Morrison, otherwise known as Van Morrison, was born in Sandy Row, Belfast, on August 31, 1945. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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George Ivan Morrison, Morrison (born August 31, 1945), otherwise known as Van Morrison, was born in Sandy Row, Belfast, on August 31, 1945.is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: That part of the female anatomy euphemistically described in Morrison's songs as "the jelly-roll". It crops up a lot on VM's back catalogue of lyrics.
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* ShoutOut: He mentions ''lots'' of singers or other musicians in his lyrics: Music/RayCharles, Music/FrankSinatra, Music/HankWilliams, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Mahalia Jackson, Huddie (Lead Belly) (Music/LeadBelly) Ledbetter, Jelly Roll Morton, and on and on.
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* BerserkButton: Music industry politics in general, but especially the way Bang Records treated him at the start of his career. It's inspired more than one song over the years.
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* {{Oireland}}:
** His collaboration with trad music veterans The Chieftains, versions of Irish traditional songs performed on native instruments with Morrison performing vocals.
** Also the track "Streets of Arklow", on the ''Veedon Fleece'' album.
** He also namechecks places from his native Belfast throughout the ''Astral Weeks'' album.
** The jolly (for Morrison) song "Cleanin' Windows" is all about those carefree teenage days working as a window cleaner in East Belfast.
** His collaboration with trad music veterans The Chieftains, versions of Irish traditional songs performed on native instruments with Morrison performing vocals.
** Also the track "Streets of Arklow", on the ''Veedon Fleece'' album.
** He also namechecks places from his native Belfast throughout the ''Astral Weeks'' album.
** The jolly (for Morrison) song "Cleanin' Windows" is all about those carefree teenage days working as a window cleaner in East Belfast.
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* {{Oireland}}:
**{{Oireland}}: His collaboration with trad music veterans The Chieftains, versions of debatably. Irish traditional songs performed on native traditional instruments with Morrison performing vocals.
** Also the track "Streetsvocals made for an album that sold very well outside Ireland, but it wasn't intended as any sort of Arklow", cash-in on the ''Veedon Fleece'' album.
** He also namechecks places from his native Belfast throughout the ''Astral Weeks'' album.
** The jolly (for Morrison) song "Cleanin' Windows" is allAmerican {{Oireland}} feeling. And various songs about those carefree teenage days working as a window cleaner in East Belfast.Van's childhood and love of his country are ''never'' stereotypical "Oirish" tropes.
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** Also the track "Streets
** He also namechecks places from his native Belfast throughout the ''Astral Weeks'' album.
** The jolly (for Morrison) song "Cleanin' Windows" is all
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George Ivan Morrison, otherwise known as Van Morrison, was born in Sandy Row, Belfast, in August 1945. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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George Ivan Morrison, otherwise known as Van Morrison, was born in Sandy Row, Belfast, in on August 31, 1945. Exposed to imported American music coming in through the docks, he was hooked on the blues and jazz from an early age. A window cleaner by day, at night he fronted a blues-rock band called Them, who were resident house-band at the Maritime Hotel in Belfast. The group had its big break in 1965 with "Here Comes The Night", which topped the British singles chart, and had limited success in the USA. A string of lesser hits followed, including a cover of Music/BobDylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", and a Morrison-penned number that was destined to be covered by some of the biggest names in the business and which is still popular today - the storming anthem "Gloria".
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* TwelveBarBlues: Writing and singing a ''wistful'' Twelve Bar Blues is an amazing feat to even try to attempt, but he does it effortlessly on "Cyprus Avenue".