This is brilliant. You kick back for a second, take this tune in the old heart chakra, let it do it's thing.......this song got me, in the kitchen while I was cleaning up.   I looked out the window at the kids doing there thing in the backyard and suddenly felt grateful for the whole shootin match.  I was laughin, I was crying and I was cursing Manx for that song. Felt like he was singing to me alone.
    No, he's a taken a Van Morrisson song and gave it his own take. No need to compare this to the original, it's something of it's own, Manx is good at giving a tune a refit like no one else I've ever heard.......he brought the east in on this too, love that Indian stuff. Pure romantic shit, Love it.....seriously....love it.  My wife's crazy on this tune.

chinchita wrote:

Ditto. Good hook, but then .....

Whoa...totally didn't expect this song after the sitar intro ...was sadly disappointed with what came after

solid 7

Jacksonstat wrote:
A Band from Portland OR. Some what underground/cult following
could be described in short as aggressive rock to melodic mellon colly middle eastern flare to pink floyd inspired bass guitar driven
tribal....RP material I think

Jacksonstat wrote:

A Band from Portland OR. Some what underground/cult following
could be described in short as aggressive rock to melodic mellon colly middle eastern flare to pink floyd inspired bass guitar driven
tribal....RP material I think

Can't say that I have... care to enlighten me??

creativebones wrote:

Hey RP listeners my first time adding a comment
anybody ever heard of Floater?

ScottN wrote:

ditto

Manx does nothing very interesting in this cover.

...CurmudgeonlyGal goes and pulls out her copy with Ray and Van singing this as a duet...

This is lazy and emotionless - sucko-barfo doesn't even begin to describe this atriocity- I hope, with all my heart, that Van will never know of its existence.

BluEyes wrote:
I know!--in front of God, and everyone!

dango wrote:
In a good way or a bad one?

;)

Anyone who tries to beat Van Morrison has got to be a lunatic...

Acoustic John Mellencamp gone bad?

This bites

BluEyes wrote:

Many of us will recognize such disbelieve! (though mostly not admit it).

I have tickets to see him here in Kelowna Apl 12th....woohooo

BluEyes wrote:


What the hell was I thinking?
I can't believe I wrote that!

I've heard this version before on RP, and I didn't know what to think about it. I love Van, and like a lot of you, I think it's almost sacrilegious to cover his work--he's just that special. However, there's something kind of warm and soothing about this recording. I guess what I'm saying is, Manx's version has grown on me.

buddhakowski wrote:
unnecessary is exactly the right word...

You know....I heard other songs by this guy on RP before and thought, wow, "another artist to keep on my shortlist of stuff to get."

But this just got his name scratched off.

Covering anything by Van Morrison gets you an automatic '1' in my book.

Okay, I love Van Morrison. He seems to sing to my heart at times. He can take me from carefree to wanting to cry in a heartbeat.

But, that being said, Harry Manx sings to something else entirely. I can't say it is exactly my libido but I can't say it isn't either. He touches me.

And Crying isn't what he makes me want...

ciscochasbro wrote:

Yes! My ears hurt. :(

anyone else bugged by the high pitched ringing when he hits certain notes?

Not different enough and especially no better than the original. Very average.

Sittin' on the front porch on a summer Sunday afternoon music.

Makes me sentimental about the original.

I'm just not digging on this guy at all. His covers are, to put it bluntly, unnecessary.

The only other version of this I can get into is Aaron Neville's. You would find that on the Phenomenon soundtrack.