Let's talk music, no genre boundaries

@mapman 

All very good points. Perhaps I am just a Van Morrison fan who thinks that he does not get enough credit. Yes, I am. But that aside, the Beatles, whom I dearly loved during the sixties, went in a number of different directions. They had country songs, blues songs, and their own wonderful songs. A lot of it, I think, was satirical about the British society. They wanted to break out of the stuffy British morality. Seargent Pepper for me was a bit satirical on old British music. It wasn't ground-breaking for me musically, aside from the fact that I'd never heard a rock band satirize old British musical styles. Pink Floyd I associate with the seventies. 

Van Morrison is perhaps the best voice of his generation. Of course, that's coming from a Van Morrison fan. When he sang TB Sheets, which came out in 67, nobody had ever thought like that before. He's a blues, jazz, R&B, soul, classical, spiritual singer. So, just chalk up what I'm saying to a Van Morrison fan who thinks he's not mentioned enough in serious rock conversations.

...and my favorite ending line of the title song....

"...in another face...."

One can get weary of the same but different same, every morning thru day.... *s* ;)

Harder to keep an audience enthralled of late....busy 'celling' the show and selves at it....and the 'fav' selections open and close the gig...

*L* The benefit of being 'Auld Skool' is we can pic'n choose what, how, and Why we listen in our acoustic cells....😏

Is the madman black or are the windows painted?
Draw your own conclusive curtains.....as usual... 🤨😉

Music

The now that becomes the what where when how why later if significant to recall and fit later....or just drown oneself into....for a moments' sake...

...and sometimes you just want to dust off the subs....

"I go....for grid, for Goofy, and St. Walt !"  (very obscure quote...)

Your demoted savant, J ;)

@audio-b-dog 

 listened to Klaus Mikela conduct Sibelius's 5th. It was excellent. He paced the first movement faster than I am used to but it worked really well

Probably my favourite Sibelius symphony!  I was imprinted as a child by Sir Alexander Gibson's version, which is very fast.  It is very hard to forget that early imprinting!

@audio-b-dog 

The way I think of V. Morrison is a unique blend of American Blues, R&B, Jazz and Folk influences with traditional UK musical genres. And then, there's Morrison's deep spirituality. 

Richard Thompson is another equally unique and equally brilliant synthesizer of American and UK influences. Of course, his perspective on life is very different from Morrison's. He can be quite acerbic and bleak but there's no denying his talent. He's not afraid to tackle the painful aspects of human experience.