DD joe1
| | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 16:06 | |
...that makes at least two of us!.....
(just how did you edit that post after you posted it?)....
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Brad_Eleven
(Richmond, TX) | | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 15:56 | |
joe1 wrote:Brad?...I think you think too much...........
Ha, ha, ha! I think that's funny...
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DD joe1
| | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 15:52 | |
Brad?...I think you think too much...........
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Brad_Eleven
(Richmond, TX) | | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 15:50 | |
dugo wrote:I too always thought this sounded like "take a load of maggie" which came first?
Surely you mean The Band's The Weight:
Take a load off Fanny, take a load for free;
Take a load off Fanny, And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me.
I think the Band had the jump on Van, but I also think these songs are from the same era.
(Just checked, The Weight was released in 1969, And It Stoned Me in 1970... but who knows when they were written? I know that, years later, Van appeared with the Band for the filming of The Last Waltz)
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DD joe1
| | Posted: Dec 02, 2003 - 15:47 | |
Funny how early Van is so much better than the late stuff....maybe the distinctive voice gets boring after a while?.....
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sndsgd
| | Posted: Sep 11, 2003 - 14:34 | |
trav34 wrote:great classic song by a classic voice. :D
i recommend checking out widespread panic's cover of this one!
Makes me wonder if RP will play some WSP  |
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jyoks
(canada) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2003 - 14:35 | |
A true pop masterpiece. It cuts to the depths."and magnificently we will flow into the mystic'. jyoks
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trav34
(dallas, tx) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2003 - 12:26 | |
great classic song by a classic voice. :D
i recommend checking out widespread panic's cover of this one!
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mattcol99
(Bath) | | Posted: Aug 07, 2003 - 02:04 | |
smoothest link from U2 Wild Honey! Niiiiiccceeeee
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rKokon
(Colesville, MD) | | Posted: Aug 01, 2003 - 20:37 | |
Dislike the lyrics and his whiny voice . . . his otherwise musical genius notwithstanding.
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lostinMTL
(Montreal) | | Posted: Jul 27, 2003 - 21:19 | |
its true that Van has had some miserable decades of corny, un-listenable junk. But this song, this whole album, in fact is so choice. It reminds me of hitchhiking across Ireland, too and i've never done it.
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skymunky
(Sydney Australia) | | Posted: Jun 17, 2003 - 01:34 | |
Originally Posted by KevDogRedux:
If I should die in a car wreck
May Van Morrison be playing on the tape deck.
maybe playing it caused you to fall asleep at the wheel which resulted in the car wreck.
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raff
(Dover, NH) | | Posted: Jun 06, 2003 - 20:26 | |
Good song but it sounds like he is trying so hard to make the lyrics fit the song, like there isn't room for emotion in there. The same sound (horns and all) comes through in the two longs songs on St Dominic's Preview, the title cut and Listen to the Lion, but Van has room to growl and groan and emote (in the good sense). Try those instead sometime.
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koi
(PA) | | Posted: May 27, 2003 - 15:28 | |
Always reminds me of hitching my way through Ireland. Mystical indeed.
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MsfStl
(Clayton (2028 miles east of Paradise), MO) | | Posted: May 22, 2003 - 10:51 | |
Originally Posted by dugo:
I too always thought this sounded like "take a load of maggie" which came first?
You are thinking of "The Weight" by the Band,...and its "Take a load off Annie,..." Anyway, both songs are classics! (pimp) |
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Johray63
(Meppel, The Netherlands (Holland)) | | Posted: May 07, 2003 - 05:33 | |
Reminds me very much of Otis Redding. The horn arrangements especially.
Nice, moody and soulful. Imagine when a song like this is played when your sailing on a lake in sunny wheather, or something like that. Perfect.
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Jeronimus_Funk
(Amsterdam, Holland (5325 miles northeast of RP)) | | Posted: May 02, 2003 - 01:42 | |
hmm, not one of his greatest, right?
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dugo
(New York, NY) | | Posted: Apr 06, 2003 - 16:50 | |
I too always thought this sounded like "take a load of maggie" which came first?
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great_one
(Secret Hideaway (USA)) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 11:56 | |
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KevDogRedux
(Los Angeles, CA) | | Posted: Apr 01, 2003 - 11:42 | |
If I should die in a car wreck
May Van Morrison be playing on the tape deck.
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Guy_Mandood
(Somerset, NJ) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2003 - 21:49 | |
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golfcarter
(Sherwood, OR) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2003 - 16:51 | |
This was one of the first songs I ever heard played on a Virgin Vinyl album and a killer sound system in a sereo/head shop. Still remember thinking this was an under rated tune then (probably what, 15 years ago) and I still think so today.  |
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mr.selfdestruct
(Edmonton) | | Posted: Feb 14, 2003 - 14:32 | |
Always thought this song sounded just like "Take a load off Annie" or whatever the hell that song was...
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BRYNBRYN
(Bellbrook, OH) | | Posted: Dec 20, 2002 - 11:17 | |
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theSiren
(Indy / Armagh) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2002 - 11:19 | |
Van, your only man.  |
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tomnam
(Santa Monica, CA) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2002 - 11:16 | |
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kelli
(Normal (2072 mi./3335 km from Paradise), IL) | | Posted: Oct 30, 2002 - 11:15 | |
Next to "Into The Mystic", my most favorite Van tune. never get tired of it, which to me says "classic"
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anniem
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: Oct 25, 2002 - 08:28 | |
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Mack
(UK) | | Posted: Sep 04, 2002 - 04:59 | |
Bill "the other man" Goldsmith!
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bing
(Canada) | | Posted: Jun 24, 2002 - 16:29 | |
This song brings a smile to my face everytime I hear it. Wonderful mood setting song.
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