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Van Morrison — Wavelength
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skyguy
(CO)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 14:46
 
Never liked this-give me something from "Bang Masters" and I'll be happy.

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 14:45
 
 bushrat wrote:
words escape me on how absolutely AWFUL this song is
 

agree,,,,,, AWFUL

bushrat
(Chainsaw Ridge)
Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 14:43
 
words escape me on how absolutely AWFUL this song is

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 23, 2012 - 11:42
 
 d-don wrote:

Thought he was saying, "O-Bama...O-Bama...O-Bama"
 
Nice comment!

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Oct 23, 2012 - 11:26
 
 GalileoCoffeeCo wrote:
Ohh mama ohhh mama...👏👏👏👏👏👏
 
Thought he was saying, "O-Bama...O-Bama...O-Bama"

passsion8
(over the hills and far away)
Posted: Oct 23, 2012 - 11:26
 
Never
Play
This
Song
Again                                             >> switching to computer. later...

GalileoCoffeeCo
Posted: Sep 21, 2012 - 23:00
 
Ohh mama ohhh mama...👏👏👏👏👏👏

JIan
(SW Desert, AZ, USA)
Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 11:24
 
 xtalman wrote:
I like this but it is a bit dated.
 
{#Wall}

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Aug 21, 2012 - 11:24
 
 govna wrote:
easily the worst van morrison song i've ever heard.
 

How can you pick?

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Aug 01, 2012 - 17:22
 
Looks like Sting on the cover art

h8rhater
Posted: Jun 19, 2012 - 13:11
 
 idiot_wind wrote:
A bit too much synthesizer and mixing. Just compare this song to something off Astral Weeks or Veedon Fleece.
 
Just compare the late 70s to the late 60s.

listen_n_sf
Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 19:20
 
That's one fine guitar solo

joesh
(Hovering somewhere just outside of the earths atmosphere.)
Posted: Apr 17, 2012 - 00:23
 
Something from 'Hard nose the highway' would be great, such an underplayed album. Great to hear vintage Van anyhow.

idiot_wind
Posted: Mar 16, 2012 - 08:39
 
A bit too much synthesizer and mixing. Just compare this song to something off Astral Weeks or Veedon Fleece.

a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway..?)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 14:29
 
meh cat
2 {#Sleep}

ubuntourist
(Brain-Washington)
Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 14:24
 
This is improving my mood...

ckcotton
(Adding snarky comments since 2007)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 14:04
 
 solrac wrote:
best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I like it too but thats a bit much don't you think

;)

 

oldsaxon
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 14:00
 
 Proclivities wrote:

Van Morrison may have written a lot of tunes (arguably, 7 tunes with 300 different titles), but I wouldn't consider him a trend-setter.  By 1978, it was quite trendy to wear tight, white trousers - due mostly to 1977's "Saturday Night Fever".  That whole look was pretty common by then, and it doesn't look as if a whole lot of thought or effort went into that cover anyhow.

"Okay, Van; what do you want on the cover of your next album?"
"I don't know, just take a picture of me sitting on that stool over there."
"Wait - I got a great idea: put on those white jeans and the black t-shirt."
.......
"Anyone got a light? I can't get these matches out of the pocket.  By the way, can I scribble on the cover with a couple of crayons before it goes to press?"


 
Please, please, do not put the album art on the artist's back. Album art has always been the country of the record companies. I know a lovely, folky singer from my homeland that was amazed at how white her teeth were when she saw her latest  CD cover. Nice pic, nice bit of photoshop...artists do not do the marketing on many albums. 

seven7
(Glass City Ohio)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 14:00
 
and the kitchen sink too!


xtalman
(What dimension?)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 13:59
 
I like this but it is a bit dated.

solrac
(38th parallel)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 13:59
 
best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 13:56
 
OK.  This is not his best work.  But I still like it.

lshinkawa
(Berkeley, CA)
Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 21:27
 
This has not stood the test of time, I'm afraid.

Red_Dragon
Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 19:52
 
not The Man's best work.

Odyzzeuz
(Austin, Texas)
Posted: Nov 03, 2011 - 16:46
 
Monstrously overproduced.

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 21:12
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Okay - First:  I love this song, so just shut up about it. {#Smile} Second: I heard something about a million years ago - it was an instrumental with which I was completely enraptured, and the radio DJ announced that it was called "Scandinavia" and was by Van Morrison.  I've not been able to find that song anywhere! 

Am I crazy, or does this song actually exist somewhere? (Don't answer the first part of that question, because you'd only be stating the obvious.)
 
Scandinavia is a beautiful song from 1982's appropriately titled "Beautiful Vision":
http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Vision-Van-Morrison/dp/B000002KNG/ref=sr_1_24?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1318219754&sr=1-24
(and only $7.98!)  ; )


Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Oct 09, 2011 - 19:38
 
Okay - First:  I love this song, so just shut up about it. {#Smile} Second: I heard something about a million years ago - it was an instrumental with which I was completely enraptured, and the radio DJ announced that it was called "Scandinavia" and was by Van Morrison.  I've not been able to find that song anywhere! 

Am I crazy, or does this song actually exist somewhere? (Don't answer the first part of that question, because you'd only be stating the obvious.)

colt4x5
(scrambling.)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 17:39
 
 govna wrote:
easily the worst van morrison song i've ever heard.
 
I agree. Totally. And I'm a fan of plenty of his music.
 

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 07:46
 
 scrubbrush wrote:

I think that cover from 1978 might be singularly responsible for several 80s trends that we're still regretting... it looks like the A-Ha "take on me" video

 
Van Morrison may have written a lot of tunes (arguably, 7 tunes with 300 different titles), but I wouldn't consider him a trend-setter.  By 1978, it was quite trendy to wear tight, white trousers - due mostly to 1977's "Saturday Night Fever".  That whole look was pretty common by then, and it doesn't look as if a whole lot of thought or effort went into that cover anyhow.

"Okay, Van; what do you want on the cover of your next album?"
"I don't know, just take a picture of me sitting on that stool over there."
"Wait - I got a great idea: put on those white jeans and the black t-shirt."
.......
"Anyone got a light? I can't get these matches out of the pocket.  By the way, can I scribble on the cover with a couple of crayons before it goes to press?"





michaele
(A2)
Posted: Aug 01, 2011 - 07:39
 

{#Puke}



govna
(beantown)
Posted: Jul 07, 2011 - 14:43
 
easily the worst van morrison song i've ever heard.

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 06:20
 
Those tight pants are his secret weapon.....that's how he's singing the those high notes in the beginning.....then he settles into the pants and comes back down.

drews
(London, Blighty)
Posted: Feb 24, 2011 - 16:09
 
 Stingray wrote:
Van-the-Man...

but not for me - not today, not with this song!
 
Dodgy Van-Man .... can do so much better


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 15:25
 
 johnjconn wrote:
Van Boringson
 
pretty much agree!


Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 15:24
 
Van-the-Man...

but not for me - not today, not with this song!

scrubbrush
Posted: Dec 30, 2010 - 15:22
 

I think that cover from 1978 might be singularly responsible for several 80s trends that we're still regretting... it looks like the A-Ha "take on me" video




bethesdaboo
(sacramento)
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 23:06
 
 dctrpunda wrote:
Is it just me or did Van borrow some pants from the Bee Gees for the cover?
 
I was noticing that too. hee hee


bethesdaboo
(sacramento)
Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 23:05
 
WOOOOOT!

tkosh
(Minnesota)
Posted: Oct 28, 2010 - 06:52
 
Van Morrison has a vibe and energy that transends everything negative ever uttered about him!  Rock on!

 johnjconn wrote:
Van Boringson
 



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 15:58
 
 johnjconn wrote:
Van Boringson
 
Couldn't help but check, and four out of all six of your "10" ratings are Radiohead.

Just sayin'....

Peace out.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 26, 2010 - 14:33
 
This is so good, it's almost cosmic.  It's been my favorite Van Morrison song ever since I can remember... {#Sunny}

johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Sep 26, 2010 - 14:30
 
Van Boringson

dctrpunda
(the thin line of here)
Posted: Aug 25, 2010 - 14:34
 
Is it just me or did Van borrow some pants from the Bee Gees for the cover?

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: May 15, 2010 - 08:38
 
Nice one!

DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: May 15, 2010 - 08:36
 
Aaah!  Van the Man {#Cool}

h8rhater
Posted: Apr 13, 2010 - 13:59
 
 Zep wrote:

Played too much on commercial radio, dontcha know?
 
When did you stop listening to "commercial radio"?  1979?  Wavelength has been an obscure Van track for a long, long time (except here at RP, thank god).


smporbin
(Avella, PA)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 13:59
 
Jet me back to age 13 with my first set of headphones and the experience of true adolescent musical immersion.  I get a buzz off this song.

linden
(Santa Cruz, CA)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 13:57
 
Kinda like Air Supply, but with actual soul. Not what I expect to hear out of Van.

Aural_not_Oral
(End of the Oregon Trail)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 13:56
 
But alas,  my wavelength is a sine and yours is a cosine. 


sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 19, 2010 - 13:56
 
Huh, somehow I missed this one first time around. Eh, that's alright, it is decent, but not as good as lot of his other tunes.