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George Ivan Morrison (generally known as Van Morrison) (born August 31, 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning Northern-Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s. He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone. Featuring his characteristic growl — a unique mix of folk, blues, Irish, scat, and Celtic influences — Morrison is widely considered one of the most unusual and influential vocalists in the history of rock and roll.Critic Greil Marcus has gone so far as to say that “no white man sings like Van Morrison.”

Known as “Van the Man” by his fans, Morrison first rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Northern Irish band Them, penning their seminal 1964 hit “Gloria”. A few years later, Morrison left the band for a successful solo career, which commenced with Astral Weeks, an album consistently rated on both critics and listeners “best” lists.

Morrison has pursued an idiosyncratic musical path. Much of his music is tightly structured around the conventions of American soul and R&B, such as the popular singles “Brown Eyed Girl”, “Moondance”, “Domino” and “Wild Night”. An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, loosely connected, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz, and stream-of-consciousness narrative, such as his classic album Astral Weeks and lesser known works such as Veedon Fleece and Common One. The two strains together are sometimes referred to as “Celtic Soul”.

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1	Brown Eyed Girl full track	4,530
2	Moondance full track	3,008
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4	Into The Mystic	1,309
5	Crazy Love full track	1,284
6	Sweet Thing	1,265
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8	Domino full track	997
9	Beside You full track	896
10	Bright Side of the Road full track	853
11	Gloria full track	813
12	Madame George full track	800
13	Caravan	774
14	Astral Weeks	754
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audiozealot wrote:
12 minutes ago

Essay on Van Morrison and Astral Weeks. http://su.pr/AiaN2T

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Goriykeka wrote:
Wednesday morning

Marravilloso y unico Van Morrison!!!

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Jpcamargos wrote:
last month

Maravilhoso

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chachachoke wrote:
last month

Most of these songs are so transcendent that I'm rather scared to add them to my library. Astral Weeks, Real Real Gone, and (most especially) Madame George . . . I just can't hear any of them without stopping everything and listening.

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vogelvider wrote:
last month

Van Morrison fans!! Have a great day! :)

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saltybalz wrote:
last month

i too just recently discovered astral weeks. wow

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NotSoVelvet wrote:
last month

Thank you Van Morrison

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ellepharaoh wrote:
last month

Holy shit. I am currently immersed in my first listen to Astral Weeks and... Well. Holy shit.

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Echilion wrote:
last month

Van the man

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jayakiran wrote:
last month

love his msuic more than anything

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SilentPoet82 wrote:
last month

Stop complaining about the bad taste of other people! Final round of the first season and the qualifying for the Rock Cup has just started! Join the Irish Rock League now an decide with your vote!

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ohh1972 wrote:
last month

PERFECTION

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Nata747 wrote:
September 2009

love all from Astral Weeks ! and moremore

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MarcelaLSD wrote:
September 2009

Brown Eyed Girl é minha favorita! XD

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sigurdsp wrote:
September 2009

I agree with you, InfidelShadow, but I don't think the threat of Islam has anything to do with Van Morrison...

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Yi_Sun-sin wrote:
September 2009

test

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granata_girl13 wrote:
September 2009

He may not be the best show man, but I don't care! I'll forever listen to his songs!!!

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Nololob wrote:
September 2009

Klasyka Rocka

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Moondancerchele wrote:
September 2009

What can I say? Van's The Man!!!!

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castle_waiter wrote:
September 2009

Dad music lol...

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