 Moondance (1970) [ larger cover art ] |
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By the side of the tracks where the train goes by
The wind and the rain will catch you, you will sigh
Deep in your heart
Then you'll come a-running to me
You'll come a-running to me
Well you watch the train go 'round the bend
Play in dust and dream that it will never end
Deep in your heart
You'll come a-running to me
You'll come a-running to me
Said, hey, come a-running to me
Oh, come a-running to me
Hey, yeah, come a-running to me
Said, hey, come a-running to me
Oh, come a-running to me
Hey, yeah, come a-running to me
With your hound dog by your side
And your arms stretched out open wide
I wanna keep you satisfied in the morning sun
By my side, come on, come on run
And you kick the sand up with your heels
You think to yourself how good it feels
Put away all your walking shoes
Then you come running to me
Now you come running to me
I said, hey, come a-running to me
Oh, come a-running to me
Hey, yeah, come a-running to me
You gotta rainbow if you run to me
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 16:32 Yes, indeed, a "Desert Island Album". All of the times when I have seen VM in concert and the two times I have personally met him, I've remarked that this is the 'Ur-Album" ("Ur" meaning the absolute basic, founding father, primordial, etc etc" album of his career. ) VM's work on this album is seminal .. seminal meaning that he gives life to so many kinds of marvelous melodies and verses. As you all know, VM is a very private and shy man; his sole comment to me when I waxed poetic about this album (whilst on a photo shoot in Malta many years ago) he said, "aye, that twas a work of art to be sure" — I replied "Van, you mean a Work of Morrison, right?" He just laughed and turned away while I snapped more frames. Do I love this album? Oh hell yes. As our Former Member, Rometuna would have said "We are all rocking in our hotel room" or something like that..... |
| hallogallo (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: Feb 04, 2013 - 21:16 Moondance is a seminal album ... a 'desert island' album. Powerful - start to finish. |
| bam23 (Berkeley) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 20:11 fredriley wrote: Jon Anderson'll be t' Yorkshire tyke that sang wi' Yes, aye? In which case he's got voice like strangled whippet, 'appen as like . (Translation notes for non-Yorkshire folk on Wikipedia) |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 11:47 tompoll wrote: Wow. Officially the first time I've ever seen anyone accuse Jon Anderson of bad singing. Confusing quality with pitch? It would probably be better to address Jon Anderson's irritating, eunuch-like screeching. I guess that's technically different than "bad singing", "officially". |
| TJS (Bradley, Il) | Posted: Jul 12, 2012 - 10:04 I've always thought his voice has a distinct "Porky Pig" quality to it, which is readily apparent to me in this song. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Feb 20, 2012 - 16:43 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. I like rants. Rant away. But I have a counter rant. Here goes. The Internet rocks.  Van needs his head examined. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 11:37 My second favorite horn section, right behind James Brown's Fabulous Flames. |
| juanos (Somewhere between the US and Guatemala) | Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 22:07 based on the date of the last comment, seems like ages since this song was on the playlist!!!!  oh van the man!!! |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 06:33 tompoll wrote: Wow. Officially the first time I've ever seen anyone accuse Jon Anderson of bad singing. Confusing quality with pitch? Jon Anderson'll be t' Yorkshire tyke that sang wi' Yes, aye? In which case he's got voice like strangled whippet, 'appen as like . (Translation notes for non-Yorkshire folk on Wikipedia) |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 06:33 A long time ago, in the mid 70s my other half was working backstage at a Van gig and was rubbing shoulders with the man himself. He sank two bottles of red wine before the gig and apparently it was standard fare for him to get into shape to sing. . . which accounts for much of his style I guess. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 11:38 Dump "Van the Bore"! |
| tompoll (Seattle WA USA) | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 17:23 westslope wrote: Yeah, the voice can annoy. He almost sings as badly as Jon Anderson, Leonard Cohen or Neil Young.
That said, some of his songs are real gems. Amazing for such a full-speed ahead alcoholic. Wow. Officially the first time I've ever seen anyone accuse Jon Anderson of bad singing. Confusing quality with pitch? |
| BowTieDad (Stockholm, Sweden) | Posted: Apr 27, 2010 - 06:13  Van the sleeping pill... |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Feb 07, 2010 - 07:17 I do believe I have a see through copy of this vinyl some where !  |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 15:15 fredriley wrote: Yep. Van on, mute on. Yeah, the voice can annoy. He almost sings as badly as Jon Anderson, Leonard Cohen or Neil Young.
That said, some of his songs are real gems. Amazing for such a full-speed ahead alcoholic. |
| plaice3 | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 15:14 fredriley wrote: Yep. Van on, mute on. Me, too. I'm actually usually grateful with VM comes on because it helps be break away from RP to do something else. |
| EssexTex (Gitche Gumee) | Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 08:40 fredriley wrote: Yep. Van on, mute on. Plus he's had an amazing life no doubt...and he's still a bitter little ball of anger...now what's that about? |
| crockydile (I miss Excelsior!) | Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 07:04 Reminds me of the Blues Brothers...  |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 16:20 This last hour of music has been amazing. I guess Bill's decided to go for broke and give everybody a great Friday night! Thank you Bill!  |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 10:57 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. I'm sorry...what was that you said? |
| rtrudeau (Bay Area, California) | Posted: Sep 04, 2008 - 10:57 lmic wrote: On RP, I've learned that the Kinks are underrated and Van Morrison is commercial. Where have I been hiding? Sounds like that "Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten" book. (or whatever it was ...) Who decreed that Van Morrison is commercial, anyway?  |
| bachbeet | Posted: Aug 03, 2008 - 19:08 Moondance is a great album. Most of Van's stuff from this period was (Astral Weeks, His band and street Choir, etc.). |
| Pharlap (Bahama, NC) | Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 14:13 Wow! Moondance is so damn righteous |
| lmic (Sacramento, CA) | Posted: Feb 12, 2008 - 15:14 Chumbawamba-1984 wrote: Does RP turn commercial to serve us this smart (pet) food ?
On RP, I've learned that the Kinks are underrated and Van Morrison is commercial. Where have I been hiding? |
| Sean-E-Sean | Posted: Jan 27, 2008 - 20:26 ...8--->9... |
| robco1 (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Dec 27, 2007 - 10:09 renlat wrote: Hi There! I'm standing on the corner right next to yours !!!...  |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Sep 24, 2007 - 05:36 Bleyfusz wrote: ...Besides, I can perfectly understand your point of view, and confess that I feel tented into agreement: internet is a marketplace of egolatrism...
"Egolatrism"??? Is that one of those new-fangled internet words? |
| Chumbawamba-1984 | Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 19:23 renlat wrote: Hi There! I'm standing on the corner right next to yours !!!... Van Moribond again ?? Sh.. !! Does RP turn commercial to serve us this smart (pet) food ? |
| renlat (Montreal, Canada) | Posted: Jul 23, 2007 - 07:58 rulebritannia wrote: I'm just the lonely guy in the corner who never liked VM. His voice just annoys me.
Hi There! I'm standing on the corner right next to yours !!!... |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jul 23, 2007 - 07:57 rulebritannia wrote: I'm just the lonely guy in the corner who never liked VM. His voice just annoys me.
Yep. Van on, mute on. |
| 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. |
| 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." 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. |
| 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. |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver, Canada) | Posted: Nov 20, 2006 - 14:12 Not Van's best, but any early Van is good Van. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| 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". |
| 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? |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 12:12 ...To the making of many books there is no end, and much devotion |
| 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! |
| 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." |
| 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.  |
| 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." |
| 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... |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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!? |