rulebritannia
(NYC - Back in the USA!) | | Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 13:41 | |
On_The_Beach wrote:Not Van's best, but any early Van is good Van. I'm just the lonely guy in the corner who never liked VM. His voice just annoys me. |
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Bleyfusz
| | Posted: May 22, 2007 - 14:03 | |
goo wrote:
I have to agree with Van the Man on this one. The internet has turned ua all into attention deficit idiots. Now we live in a world of immediate gratification where everything including sex is just a click away but it's all a sad empty illusion...no poetry anymore, just noise.
There, end of rant.
01/03/2006 - 12:14:12
Van Morrison has launched a scathing attack on the internet, insisting it is responsible for the dumbing down of society and modern culture.
The Gloria hitmaker is convinced the web has caused more problems than it has solved, and insists Earth would be a better place without it.
He says: "Now, because of the internet, everyone's suddenly a big shot. I'm talking about people who think that because they've looked up a website, they know everything.
"You used to have to study things but now you can just find it on the internet, and everybody feels very important because they have access to this stuff.
"It was a different culture when I was young. Quality, respect - they seem to have vanished."
OK Van - keep on praying to your Higher Self, but let me tell you something: there will always be poetry, according to the great Spanish post-romantic Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, with whom I agree on this point.
Besides, I can perfectly understand your point of view, and confess that I feel tented into agreement: internet is a marketplace of egolatrism. But that's not the fault of the internet itself, instead it is of those who don't know where its real utilities are to be found.
And last not least: I owe it to the internet that I could get deeper into several lyrics of yours which I highly appreciate. Because the way you mumble them out doesn't make it precisely easier for us no-native speakers to capture them.
Long may you run.
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Land_Shark
(Atlanta, GA) | | Posted: Jan 03, 2007 - 06:35 | |
federico wrote:Have you noticed? all but one of the tracks of this album are on the playlist ... and it fully deserves it.
I completely agree ... one of my favorite CDs in my collection. |
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver, Canada) | | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 14:12 | |
Not Van's best, but any early Van is good Van.
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federico
(Padova, Italy) | | Posted: Oct 22, 2006 - 08:23 | |
Have you noticed? all but one of the tracks of this album are on the playlist ... and it fully deserves it.
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DrLex
(Belgium) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2006 - 09:28 | |
horstman wrote:The internet has to be the greatest invention of the last 101 years. There is instant information, more than you can ever find. And links to places to get more. Van is so off base with this comment it can only be a narrow opinion with no real basis in reality.
You can't blame him. He's just making the typical human error of assuming that some kind of technology is inherently bad (or good). I'm quite sure many people had similar ideas as Van when the printing press was invented. True, the internet is full of crap, but there are also many gems (like RP  ). It's just a matter of finding them. |
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horstman
| | Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 18:12 | |
The internet has to be the greatest invention of the last 101 years. There is instant information, more than you can ever find. And links to places to get more. Van is so off base with this comment it can only be a narrow opinion with no real basis in reality.
When I need information, I go to the internet. Then I go to the library.
goo wrote:
I have to agree with Van the Man on this one. The internet has turned ua all into attention deficit idiots. Now we live in a world of immediate gratification where everything including sex is just a click away but it's all a sad empty illusion...no poetry anymore, just noise.
There, end of rant.
01/03/2006 - 12:14:12
Van Morrison has launched a scathing attack on the internet, insisting it is responsible for the dumbing down of society and modern culture.
The Gloria hitmaker is convinced the web has caused more problems than it has solved, and insists Earth would be a better place without it.
He says: "Now, because of the internet, everyone's suddenly a big shot. I'm talking about people who think that because they've looked up a website, they know everything.
"You used to have to study things but now you can just find it on the internet, and everybody feels very important because they have access to this stuff.
"It was a different culture when I was young. Quality, respect - they seem to have vanished."
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veegez
(Minnesoter) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2006 - 17:34 | |
Roverfish wrote:  Wow, way to pick the absolute worst track off Van's greatest album. That said, it's still a 6, but, c'mon, better music is just begging to be played from Moondance.
I like this one plenty good. Actually, I love the last 3 or 4 songs on Moondance. These Dreams, Come Running, Glad Tidings, etc. are a terrific crescendo to an awesome set of songs.
P.S. Saw Van last spring in Mpls. Do all of his concerts start EXACTLY on time? Was in the Target Center corridors getting a beverage at about 7:25 thinking, "Plenty of time!" Minutes later, still in line, Van's band and his saxophone was blaring out through the halls. A look at the watch - 7:30pm. A quick glance at some other concert goers, some also looking at their watches - a few others just nodding and smiling, "It must be 7:30".
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optimusprime10
(the 'bu) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2006 - 11:59 | |
could he look any more like van gogh on the album cover? van morrison/van gogh? anyone?
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topherg87
(Austin, TX) | | Posted: Jun 12, 2006 - 13:29 | |
Van's playing at ACL this year. As if i needed another reason to covet my neighbor's tickets
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skyguy
(CO) | | Posted: Apr 29, 2006 - 19:56 | |
i used to love van -then he played redrocks and he was an ASSHOLE. hey -you sing -get over yourself.
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algrif
(Slightly west of Zero) | | Posted: Apr 15, 2006 - 06:18 | |
Further to Van Morrison Slams Internet....
This made me think of the Bible book Ecclesiastes. (Worth taking the time to read it. Only 12 chapters, but it is the wisdom of Solomon !!)
5:3 For a dream certainly comes in because of abundance of occupation, and the voice of a stupid one because of the abundance of words.
7:12 For wisdom is for a protection money is for a protection; but the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom itself preserves alive its owners.
12:12 ...To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion is wearisome to the flesh.
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Laurelia
(Emerald City, WA) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2006 - 15:12 | |
A nice song, but not even the best, from one of the greatest albums ever made. I see RP has every song but one (Brand New Day) in the library, and even after all these years it's ranked #181 on Amazon. Go, Van!
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goo
(Victoria, B.C.) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2006 - 14:39 | |
I have to agree with Van the Man on this one. The internet has turned ua all into attention deficit idiots. Now we live in a world of immediate gratification where everything including sex is just a click away but it's all a sad empty illusion...no poetry anymore, just noise.
There, end of rant.
01/03/2006 - 12:14:12
Van Morrison has launched a scathing attack on the internet, insisting it is responsible for the dumbing down of society and modern culture.
The Gloria hitmaker is convinced the web has caused more problems than it has solved, and insists Earth would be a better place without it.
He says: "Now, because of the internet, everyone's suddenly a big shot. I'm talking about people who think that because they've looked up a website, they know everything.
"You used to have to study things but now you can just find it on the internet, and everybody feels very important because they have access to this stuff.
"It was a different culture when I was young. Quality, respect - they seem to have vanished."
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dwhayslett
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2006 - 14:35 | |
eamo wrote:Taken from "Ireland Online"
Van Morrison slams internet
01/03/2006 - 12:14:12
Van Morrison has launched a scathing attack on the internet, insisting it is responsible for the dumbing down of society and modern culture.
Huh. A week earlier, television was being blamed for all those problems.  |
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eamo
(Dublin, Ireland) | | Posted: Mar 02, 2006 - 03:17 | |
Taken from "Ireland Online"
Van Morrison slams internet
01/03/2006 - 12:14:12
Van Morrison has launched a scathing attack on the internet, insisting it is responsible for the dumbing down of society and modern culture.
The Gloria hitmaker is convinced the web has caused more problems than it has solved, and insists Earth would be a better place without it.
He says: "Now, because of the internet, everyone's suddenly a big shot. I'm talking about people who think that because they've looked up a website, they know everything.
"You used to have to study things but now you can just find it on the internet, and everybody feels very important because they have access to this stuff.
"It was a different culture when I was young. Quality, respect - they seem to have vanished."
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bairdc
(carolinainmymind) | | Posted: Feb 15, 2006 - 11:57 | |
mperry wrote:I really like this. I know some really find Van hard to tolerate, but this is just a feel good sound if you ask me. A song that I would love to here but would probably drive too many people crazy is the title track from his 1978 album "Common One". 14:52 minutes(in that range as I recall) of transcendance, from reverie to rave to revival. It is an awesome work.  Agreed - we should never put a time constraint on transcendence... |
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bairdc
(carolinainmymind) | | Posted: Feb 15, 2006 - 11:54 | |
moshevelvul wrote:great tune - - why does Van think he's sexy?
Because he is? Pardon the female perspective but more to this balding short Irishman than just the physical - the lyrics, the music, the delivery, the unintended interpretations, the soundtrack to many a drive in the country.........come on, now |
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RationalB
(Brandon Manitoba) | | Posted: Jan 02, 2006 - 14:58 | |
Is there any such thing as bad Van M ( the man). Everyone has their own personal favs ( Cleaning Windows, Into the Mystic et cetera) Count this as a big bonus!! We are the 'blessed' listening to RP and not the tripe on many INet radio stations
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ppak
(Suburban bowels of rustbelt - [Map Ref. 41°N 93°W]) | | Posted: Oct 21, 2005 - 16:19 | |
Roverfish wrote: Wow, way to pick the absolute worst track off Van's greatest album. That said, it's still a 6, but, c'mon, better music is just begging to be played from Moondance.
Try listening again!? |
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Roverfish
(Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | | Posted: Oct 06, 2005 - 23:59 | |
Wow, way to pick the absolute worst track off Van's greatest album. That said, it's still a 6, but, c'mon, better music is just begging to be played from Moondance. |
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Paikea
(As Far From Tori Amos as Possible) | | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 14:12 | |
trempel wrote:this song is sweet. I'm a big Van Morrison Van. I tend to agree with that previous comment
:iamwith:
:puke: |
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tonypf
(Honolulu) | | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 14:05 | |
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moshevelvul
(or velocity?) | | Posted: Aug 23, 2005 - 14:04 | |
great tune - - why does Van think he's sexy?
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shakitten
(Denver, Colorado) | | Posted: Aug 08, 2005 - 17:23 | |
wallyfuzz wrote:Nothing better than a feel good 'Van' tune. More of these, please
Oh, Yes! Yes, Please! |
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trempel
(Abbostdford, BC, Canada) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2005 - 17:39 | |
this song is sweet. I'm a big Van Morrison Van. I tend to agree with that previous comment
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Johray63
(The Lowlands) | | Posted: May 12, 2005 - 09:58 | |
Can't listen to this without comparing it to his own Domino, which is rather similar (the horns in particular) and I prefer the latter.
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skhooly
(Nairn, Scotland) | | Posted: Dec 01, 2004 - 10:16 | |
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depski2003
(Colgate University) | | Posted: Jun 25, 2004 - 12:59 | |
gator wrote:moondance....probably my all time favorite cd.
Here! Here!
It might not be my favorite, but it is really, really, really good!
8) |
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chinacat
| | Posted: Jan 19, 2004 - 13:30 | |
gator wrote:moondance....probably my all time favorite cd.
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