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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Originally posted by Prog Sothoth Prog Sothoth wrote:

Cocteau Twins kind of lost me with Heaven or Las Vegas. It's still good, but the swirly magic was starting to hit a lower ebb for me. In fact the only release of theirs I really enjoy after Blue Bell Knoll is the Otherness EP.

Went on a Van Morrison binge for some reason. His vocals up to 1972 must be the reason (then his stuff started getting mushy and too AM radio-ish, at least what I've heard).



Hmmm....I can't recall his later 70s titles much....been a long time since I heard them.  But don't miss 1974's "Veedon Fleece" if you like his more serious side. Great arrangements, playing, pretty complex. Probably my fave from Van, though I confess he is not my favorite artist.
Veedon Fleece is impossible to find in used bins, I’ve discovered. Tupelo Honey is the most common find. I’ll snag VF if I ever see it again.
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^Nobody would ever sell their Veedon...even CDs, when they were out of print for a while, were going for huge bucks on Ebay
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Dave - re Van Morrison, I’ve been buying the occasional album lately and enjoy it when I’m in the mood. Moondance is one I’m very familiar with, and it’s hard to beat. St Dominics is new to me, but I loved it immediately. Dexy’s Midnight Runners had a UK hit with their version of Jackie Wilson Said. I might even prefer their version, such a joyous song. Tbe rest of the album is just as good. Astral Weeks is one I’ve always had difficulty with. I have to wonder how many of those who gush over it really enjoy it and how many just read too much rock criticism.
Glad to see I'm not alone in finding Astral Weeks a bit of a slog to get through. It's one of those albums that was always in the upper echelons of "greatest album" polls, so I was so excited, and subsequently underwhelmed when I finally listened to it the first time. Veedon Fleece seems intriguing...and it's on Spotify so I'll check that one out next. Incidentally, Tupelo Honey is surprisingly not on Spotify for some reason...maybe because it's been documented that everyone just grabs it at convenient store bargain bins anyways?Tongue
Never heard the Dexy's version of Jackie Wilson Said, but I'm not surprised they covered it... 
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Dave - re Van Morrison, I’ve been buying the occasional album lately and enjoy it when I’m in the mood. Moondance is one I’m very familiar with, and it’s hard to beat. St Dominics is new to me, but I loved it immediately. Dexy’s Midnight Runners had a UK hit with their version of Jackie Wilson Said. I might even prefer their version, such a joyous song. Tbe rest of the album is just as good. Astral Weeks is one I’ve always had difficulty with. I have to wonder how many of those who gush over it really enjoy it and how many just read too much rock criticism.

Glad to see I'm not alone in finding Astral Weeks a bit of a slog to get through. It's one of those albums that was always in the upper echelons of "greatest album" polls, so I was so excited, and subsequently underwhelmed when I finally listened to it the first time. Veedon Fleece seems intriguing...and it's on Spotify so I'll check that one out next. Incidentally, Tupelo Honey is surprisingly not on Spotify for some reason...maybe because it's been documented that everyone just grabs it at convenient store bargain bins anyways?Tongue
Never heard the Dexy's version of Jackie Wilson Said, but I'm not surprised they covered it... 
re: Dexy’s
They performed it (lip-synched) on “The Young Ones”, if you’re into that show.
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I had the same underwhelmed experience with Astral Weeks as you gents....though in the last couple years, I do appreciate it more than I used to. 
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Hah must’ve taken me something like 15 years to get into Astral Weeks. First spin did nothing for me and I was wondering whether or not to throw it into the sea. Second and third try went the same way...yet I forgot about throwing it into the sea. Fast forward a lot of years and me moving to a new apartment scouring through boxes of cds. Found the album and span it yet again and something happened...over the course of a few days I slowly got into it.

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Aktuala - Tapetto Volante
Go March - ll
Genesis - Trespass
AIR - Virgin Suicides
AIR - Moon Safari
Camel - Breathless
Reve General - Howl
Panda Bear - Tomboy
Warm Dust - s/t
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VDGG - H to He Who Am The Only One x 4.

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This weekend:
10000 Russos - Distress Distress
Landing - Bells in New Towns
Nicklas Sørensen - Solo 2 (I forgot this was released in 2018, I must revise my list!)
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Tangerine Dream - Logos (Still hoping for this album to click the way Tangram did.)
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Bozzio Levin Stevens - Situation Dangerous
Steve Morse - High Tension Wires
Steve Vai - Sex & Religion
Iceberg - Tutankhamon
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

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Glad to see I'm not alone in finding Astral Weeks a bit of a slog to get through. It's one of those albums that was always in the upper echelons of "greatest album" polls, so I was so excited, and subsequently underwhelmed when I finally listened to it the first time..

I loved that when I first heard it (when it first came out).  It was completely different than anything else at the time.  One of those in my Top 10 of all time.  Understood, each person brings a different experience to a listen.  And sometimes it can take a few.  Or not.  
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Not much listening over the past 2 weeks as my wife's knee blew out just after getting over a bought with Diverticulitis.  Been doing a lot of butler chores as well as work duty.  For some reason, when tired or stressed I seem to want to watch movies instead of music.  Should be the other way in my mind, oh well enough of my world...

What I did listen to:
Peter Gabriel - Secret World (Live DVD)
Neal Morse Band - Similitude of a Dream
New Goblin - Live in Roma
Focus - Live at the Rainbow
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Sorry to hear that Jim!  Hope she is better soon. 


First spin of Garage Days in about 20 years.  Fun!  The last Metallica album that does anything for me. 

Metallica - Garage Days Revisited
Washed Out - Life of Leisure
Wild Nothing - Nocturne
Cherry Glazerr - Stuffed and Ready
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Yikes Jim! Best not to play Bent Knee for sure.Ouch

Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece: So this was interesting! Like a spiritual successor to Astral Weeks in a way (wasn't expecting that), a lot of this is deep in the free-form style, but with that bit of groove from Saint Dominic's... Lots of atmosphere and high quality musicianship, but with "Bulbs" adding some zingy respite. I may have to revisit Astral Weeks again soon after all...maybe I'm starting to "get" what's going on here.

Patti Smith - Horses: Never played this before, and felt like checking out another classic I missed during my younger days. I almost laughed when the first song turned out to be a Them cover; guess it was pre-ordained that I would be checking this out after Van without realizing it. There's also a lot of that barely structured free-form deal going on here, so another surprise! This rocks. Funny, it was only when the internet kicked in that I learned that Horses was considered her most essential album. Growing up I thought it was Easter since it was the one I always saw displayed alongside Rumours, Born to Run, Bat out of Hell and other stuff at the Caldor department store. Plus "Because the Night" was quite popular.
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Jim, re: knee, yowch! Sorry to hear that, chief...

Re: Astral Weeks. I never get rid of albums anymore, so I will revisit it someday and it just might nestle in my heart ‘n stuff. So many times I’ve gotten rid of purchases and regretted it.

Re: Veedon Fleece. Doggone it, now I want this one even more. My dad used to have a sh*t-ton of Van albums., wonder if he still has em.
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Not much music today. Rough day at the orifice.

Butt, I heard this:

Deus Ex Machina | Imparis
Al Kooper | shuffle of an mp3 disc I made From all the solo albums I have in his discography. Quite a rich body of work. Koop is the man.
Frank Zappa | 200 Motels (yes, again)
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Frank and Moon Unit Zappa | youtube interview with Howard Stern. Stern was a bit creepy towards Moon but reigned it in enough to show enough respect (and humor).
Intersystems | Number One Intersystems

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I remember the first time I heard Veedon Fleece. Knocked me out cold.

I'm not a big Van Morrison fan. I don't like his radio "hits." I'm generally not in great awe of the guy, though I recognize his talent. 

But Veedon...wow.  So many songs full of mood that somehow bend traditional feel and timelessness with a fresh take.  I feel at times like I'm eavesdropping on someone just like with Joni Mitchell's "Blue." His voice finds places here that I've never heard him go before or since.  And the band on this album...I don't recall who's on there, but my God...the playing and the arrangements. 

If fact, Joni is a decent comparison for the feel of this album, not that their sounds are similar but that Van seems to be in control and masterfully capturing it all as Joni did many times, but in comparing the aesthetic, I'm thinking of Hejira. 

Thanks all for the opportunity to finally blab about Veedon Fleece. For years, I thought I was crazy.  I'm like, why does no one else hear what I hear in this album?  People would just give me the blank stare, even sometimes guys at the record store or guys I knew who were "music buffs."  Like they'd never heard of it.  For me, it's one of my desert island discs. 


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Big Big Train - English Electric Pt. 2
Soft Machine - Third
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Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway
Van Morrison - A Common One
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
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