I'm in an old musty smelling farmhouse out in the Ohio Countryside with Vintage Van Morrison playing loud and the windows open wide...and All Is Good In My World......Cheers Everyone
@Tom Thank you Tom I'm doing really well I was in the hospital when I was listening to this I'm 65 years old and was brought up with this music how lucky was I
@@lowlypeasant It had the greatest songs overall and in quantity....but were they my favorite songs so far of his? Most were but not all. I can't argue though that it was his best album though overall.
The beautiful thing about Van The Man is that more often than not, the live versions of his songs almost outdo the studio versions. “And you were standing there....” Gives me chills every time.
I was there at that concert. Loved the Fillmore . Used to go there all the time. Watching Van sing brings goosebumps. He also did The Mystic, which is my favorite song.
This performance was 6 weeks before I was born. I wonder if maybe my mama heard music like this in passing as she was waiting for me and it seeped into my heart because this era still fills me with joy like no other. May be the best time for music.
You are correct my friend! This era of music can never again be matched! I am so blessed to have been born in the early 60's & to have a mother whom understood the magnitude of the time she lived & raised her children. ➕♥️🇺🇸
A tortured saint stalking the stage and screaming out his soulful lyrics about being wasted on the avenue of trees,it cuts straight through your body and connects directly to your soul.
ASTRAL WEEKS is a GREAT album!.....It personifies the word...album! Its quite likely as good as any album ever recorded. 53 years later....nothing has changed. A momentous work. Bravo Van Morrison!!!!
Van has THE SOUL ENERGY that most artists will never glimpse. I would love to know his story of spiritual enlightenment, because it was followed by the most underrated artist of all time
My dog used to have great reactions to this song. I’d play this while he was in the room he’d start howling like it was dark and a full moon. I’d turn it up louder he’d howl louder and start scratching at the door. He seemed to be enjoying it so l turned it up louder and he loved it so much that he chewed the corner of the couch to shreds and pissed on the pot plants. He died last week and l played this at his pretend funeral and l swear l could hear a dogs howl in the breeze.
This is my alltime fav Van song. Lyrics so evocative, bluesy moody. They simply transcend whatever is happening in your day, take you right out of time (hey, it’s “Astral Weeks”, right?). This Fillmore East Live version is also so special, so high energy . Van---from his own description “extremely wasted AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO YOU!!!” LOL---pulls out all the stops, turns the song inside out , making it sound at the end like rave up gospel. Ending exhortation (I won’t spoil it) makes me laugh with pure delight. A call to all to be each our own over the top original best self.
This is phenomenal!!! Unrehearsed and extremely memorizing to watch. He's doing all the stuff he began doing while he was in THEM, this time frame had to be his most energetic. So full of soul!!
I've seen this deep soulful man, three times, I've had and lost endless CD from my cars , robbed by enlightened women. Takes me to a blissful place everytime . Bless you all we are all buzzing the same calm spiritual frequency, bless up all you good souls out there
Van was living in Woodstock when my bf, who knew Jack Schroer the sax player, invited the band to live with us in San Anselmo, Ca. They not only showed up but Jack and his wife, back-up singer Ellen, and the bass player John Klingberg did move in and my bf became Van's roadie. Great times, great memories. I have to say, Van was quite an interesting character.
@@annprehn Yes, Jack and John played on both Moondance and Street Choir. They connected with Van in Woodstock, but they were all in Boston together and I am unsure if Jack and John moved to Woodstock to stay connected with Van, or because Jack was from near there and they connected once they arrived. From what I have gathered, John came to Marin County (and lived with YOU!) then left the band and went back to NYC for some rehab. At some point, maybe while your bf was connected to them, Jack also played with (or knew the members of) the Madame George Band. Do you remember anything about that? They must have been living with uou when this concert was filmed, and he left very shortly afterwards.
@@annprehn No, his name came up in my research! Check out this photo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:John_Klingberg_(musician)#/media/File:MadameGeorgeBand.jpg
Was lucky enough to see him live again this August near to me here in the Uk 👏👏 his voice and his saxophonist playing is as good as ever . His attitude will never change 👏👏👏👏👏. Love him 😘🇬🇧
I grew up listening to this album and it always reminds me of my mum who died in 2013 and has memories of summer days in the garden. I remember finding out it came out in 1965 and was surprised as the songs on it are timeless. Great music.
All I know is all I know. When Van sounds this good (which is a lot), it gets me high. Sometimes The Waterboys get me there too. Fisherman's Blues. Too many to list. Big love to The Live Adventures of The Waterboys at Glastonbury, 1986, Side 2 -- The Pan Within and all the other gorgeous songs on Side 2. Joy to my ears. I can't get enough.
Been a 'Van Fan' for a long, lohg time, since the "Domino" days, and His Band and the Street Chior. Could listen to him all day and never get tired. There is no one like him, he Rocks!
1970s: the time was ready for truths. Over were the days of peace and love. Soul and heart was being served by a very small community of artists and started to take our hearts. The 70s was an awakening. As far as music was concerned, the period between 1968-1977 was the most prolific, creative and needed. We were looking for content, not loudness, personal thought, not general expression, someone who would speak to our soul, not to the public. Van was a small voice (back then)..that grew. Thanx Van
Right on CBS, but i would date the "golden decade" from 65 to 75. This performance is particularly special. Thanks to whoever is responsible for the upload.
Yep that's Him in all His " Mistic Revelation " ... The only other time a performance moved me like this was sitting up front at a Ray Charles Concert ... When it was over I told my Friends I didn't want to move ... But the Song And this Performance Wow this was the Moment I Fell in Love with Van ❤️... I'd be " October's Fool " for Him ... " It's too late to Stop now -
"Cyprus Avenue" celebrated at the Fillmore East, on the Lower East Side; excuse me, The East Village. I must be somewhere in the Twilight Zone. The Fillmore East was a top R&R Club in NYC, staging the "Best of the Best", and Van Morrison was no exception. I can only thank RUclips for presenting this Treasure Chest of Music, and Performers for those familiar with these Artists, and Clubs, and those that are too young who would love to take a peek of what the past had to offer... ~~CR~~
In a way the luckiest people in the world are those of us who where young when this music was new and its now part of our souls to take us on the journey..
Personally, I think this is even better than the album version. Van's so fricking soulful here for a white boy from Ireland. And the band too, just amazingly soulful! My god, it's a tight performance isn't it.
Very possible,as everyone is influenced by someone else,I remember Townsend saying Daltry copied someone else,I can't remember who,although Daltry denied it.It's very possible you have something in your head and use it,even if it isn't consciously done
suffern63 At least McCartney acknowledged such copying done by other artists of the the Beatles, on the anthology disc where they were sitting around a kitchen table. Who isn't influenced by who.. or, is that, by "whom?" Nothing wrong with complimenting someone else while maintaining your originality.
Van was in his prime back during this period. Cyprus Avenue is one of my favorite Van songs along with "Into the mystic" and "The story of Them". Astral Weeks is my favorite Van Morrison album from 1968 the year I was born. He has the soul in his vocals like one of my favorite singers Otis Redding. Van's talent and music are amazing. It is sad many people in this world will only know him for "Brown eyed girl" Van has so many better songs on his albums and in his career in the music business. The best part of Van is he writes, sings, and plays several instruments.
Beg to differ,if there is one artist,and that is the term,from this time who kept soul,well it's Van.Do you think he's faking it nowadays?No way,man,well that's soul and he has it to this day in bucketfulls
suffern63 yea ur probably right, i dont watch his newer concerts. but i did however watch a documentary about him, it has bob dylan and john lee hooker in it, where he says something to the affect of he makes music for money at times
I saw Van once at my college in Conn. He played a song, walked off and never returned. I was pissed because I was such a big fan. He is an amazing artist and I still listen to his stuff a lot.
Van made me want to write and sing like this...what a fantastic version!!! Thank you for this....Love You Van! You are THE MAN of words and voice and passion and grace...one of the GREATEST!!! "In all your mystic revelation Baby..."
this is exquisite. i was at the Van the Man and John Lee Hooker and Mose Allison show at the Beacon Theatre NYC in Nov 1989, first row, center seat, so I know how amazing it is to be this close.
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I'm in an old musty smelling farmhouse out in the Ohio Countryside with Vintage Van Morrison playing loud and the windows open wide...and All Is Good In My World......Cheers Everyone
That's the way to do it. All the best.
5:59 a.m and I have been here sitting playing the sounds of Van Morrison since 9 p.m. ...Cheers!
weel done . . . from an itinerant Scot of the same vintage . . ..!
@@owentuckett938 Cheers Owen!
@@alasdairwreid Cheers auchie!
I’m just recovering from a triple heart bypass it’s 1:30 in the morning and I feel blessed just to be listening to this great man
That so gonna be me someday. Music bliss post op.
@Tom Thank you Tom I'm doing really well I was in the hospital when I was listening to this I'm 65 years old and was brought up with this music how lucky was I
good luck for the future Man
🥰
Bless You Stay Strong
Astral weeks is one of the best albums ever.
@@lowlypeasant It had the greatest songs overall and in quantity....but were they my favorite songs so far of his? Most were but not all. I can't argue though that it was his best album though overall.
You've got that right my friend
Correct 👍🏼✌🏻🎸🎶
Wrong!
“Astral Weeks” is one of the best experiences ever.
With all due respect- not one of but THE best of all time, IMO.
I was at this concert. Tickets cost $5.50. Best $5.50 I ever spent.
Spent two hundred dollars to see him last September and it still was the best money I spent that year. Only one Van Morrison!
Only a man with Van's strength and honesty could have lived Van's life
The beautiful thing about Van The Man is that more often than not, the live versions of his songs almost outdo the studio versions. “And you were standing there....” Gives me chills every time.
NO BUDY!
NO BUDY!
@@justinmoore4388 Sir Van the Man. He got knighted.
Rainbow ribbons in her hair! Yeah, classic Van....I can relate.
One of the all time great vocalists.
And composer.
@@JoseMedina-sv8uy totally correct.
And a pretty dam good multitalented musician
One of Thee Best!!! Top 5! I know, I'm 69 years old . . . I know.
People need to know he has always been this good. Its from the gut.
I was there at that concert. Loved the Fillmore . Used to go there all the time. Watching Van sing brings goosebumps. He also did The Mystic, which is my favorite song.
awesome
great lucky you! I saw him in So. Calif. 2018
Wow ! Did you see Neil Young & Crazy Horse at the Fillmore?
This performance was 6 weeks before I was born. I wonder if maybe my mama heard music like this in passing as she was waiting for me and it seeped into my heart because this era still fills me with joy like no other. May be the best time for music.
1970-1974 - I don't think it will ever be beaten. Given all that came together in that period, I don't think it can ever be beaten.
You are correct my friend! This era of music can never again be matched! I am so blessed to have been born in the early 60's & to have a mother whom understood the magnitude of the time she lived & raised her children.
➕♥️🇺🇸
Rave on Van. No one can fill your shoes! I’m a super fan. 💚🍀🎶
Cyprus Avenue - a one man play in eight minutes
Pure soul as only Van knows how to whisper it...
A tortured saint stalking the stage and screaming out his soulful lyrics about being wasted on the avenue of trees,it cuts straight through your body and connects directly to your soul.
Perfectionist….yes…..tortured…..No…..It’s his Belfast background ,that you are picking up.
ASTRAL WEEKS is a GREAT album!.....It personifies the word...album! Its quite likely as good as any album ever recorded. 53 years later....nothing has changed. A momentous work. Bravo Van Morrison!!!!
My favourite album. A decade ahead of its time.
Van has THE SOUL ENERGY that most artists will never glimpse. I would love to know his story of spiritual enlightenment, because it was followed by the most underrated artist of all time
A musical genius for over five decades......
His voice was truly amazing in the 70/80's.
My dog used to have great reactions to this song. I’d play this while he was in the room he’d start howling like it was dark and a full moon. I’d turn it up louder he’d howl louder and start scratching at the door. He seemed to be enjoying it so l turned it up louder and he loved it so much that he chewed the corner of the couch to shreds and pissed on the pot plants. He died last week and l played this at his pretend funeral and l swear l could hear a dogs howl in the breeze.
Maybe your music was too loud to hear the door or your dog really had to go out 😂
Wow I'm so sorry for the loss of your dog. Great story though
My Boston bull does the same thing… lol
I don't think i've ever seen a clip of van not giving 100% of himself onstage. What an enduring, soulful talent.
The tongue gets tied line is delivered so well
I'M ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMED! SUCH BRILLIANCE! SUCH ARTISTIC SENSUALITY!
Hear his music in the morning and it plays in your head all day.
A musical genius for over five decades
Just one Word. Fantastic!
This is my alltime fav Van song. Lyrics so evocative, bluesy moody. They simply transcend whatever is happening in your day, take you right out of time (hey, it’s “Astral Weeks”, right?). This Fillmore East Live version is also so special, so high energy . Van---from his own description “extremely wasted AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO YOU!!!” LOL---pulls out all the stops, turns the song inside out , making it sound at the end like rave up gospel. Ending exhortation (I won’t spoil it) makes me laugh with pure delight. A call to all to be each our own over the top original best self.
Shivers down the spine........
Thanks Van The Man
You and your music are loved and revered. ❤💚🎶
Legendary performance.
This is phenomenal!!! Unrehearsed and extremely memorizing to watch. He's doing all the stuff he began doing while he was in THEM, this time frame had to be his most energetic. So full of soul!!
I've seen this deep soulful man, three times, I've had and lost endless CD from my cars , robbed by enlightened women. Takes me to a blissful place everytime . Bless you all we are all buzzing the same calm spiritual frequency, bless up all you good souls out there
Walking off stage like that for 50 years. Amazing.
So very proud to be associated with this song. My great-uncle and family lived in No. 17 Cyprus Ave, according to the 1911 census.
I live at no 12
I hereby ordain this song, this performance the greatest prolonged moment of human existence.
Amen
The vibe that starts growing at 6:00 is phenomenal. It's like you can hear Van powering up from it, that is magnificent live music.
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a mad keen 73yo Aussie fan.
What a musical genius,Van is.
Absolutely - from a 75 YO Aussie. Van's the man.
Van was living in Woodstock when my bf, who knew Jack Schroer the sax player, invited the band to live with us in San Anselmo, Ca. They not only showed up but Jack and his wife, back-up singer Ellen, and the bass player John Klingberg did move in and my bf became Van's roadie. Great times, great memories. I have to say, Van was quite an interesting character.
Ann, was this in 1970? I didn't know Klingberg moved to California with Jack and Van....he didn't play on Tupelo Honey. When did John leave the band?
I think it was 1970 and I think Klingberg played on Moondance. He didn't live with us for long and he wasn't with the band for long.
@@annprehn Yes, Jack and John played on both Moondance and Street Choir. They connected with Van in Woodstock, but they were all in Boston together and I am unsure if Jack and John moved to Woodstock to stay connected with Van, or because Jack was from near there and they connected once they arrived. From what I have gathered, John came to Marin County (and lived with YOU!) then left the band and went back to NYC for some rehab. At some point, maybe while your bf was connected to them, Jack also played with (or knew the members of) the Madame George Band. Do you remember anything about that?
They must have been living with uou when this concert was filmed, and he left very shortly afterwards.
@@myronbuck2436 My guy, Rob Robinson, was the front man of the Madame George Band. What was your connection? Did you know them in Woodstock?
@@annprehn No, his name came up in my research! Check out this photo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:John_Klingberg_(musician)#/media/File:MadameGeorgeBand.jpg
I've probably played this track a hundred times from my own collection. But to hear it AND see it performed here is stirring. It's amazing.
Arik Hesseldahl I couldn’t agree with you more! It’s simply amazing/moving!
So Glad that he is still with us! And performing! He is my ALL time favorite! He has been with me my Whole Life! And I Thank Him!!
One of the greatest soul singers ever.
Was lucky enough to see him live again this August near to me here in the Uk 👏👏 his voice and his saxophonist playing is as good as ever . His attitude will never change 👏👏👏👏👏. Love him 😘🇬🇧
I saw him 30 years ago in Amsterdam ❤️
Sweet Jesus, just seeing this for the first time. Will be here for at least 8 mins a day for the foreseeable future.
Me too
I was luckier than you Belfast ,maritime,jazz club,youth center,Sixties/Seventies Those were the days.....
Congratulations Van stands the test of time,
It is good, isn't it. I get lost daily listening to Van.
So happy to share your joy of Van the Man Been a fav for 50+ years.
I grew up listening to this album and it always reminds me of my mum who died in 2013 and has memories of summer days in the garden. I remember finding out it came out in 1965 and was surprised as the songs on it are timeless. Great music.
All I know is all I know. When Van sounds this good (which is a lot), it gets me high. Sometimes The Waterboys get me there too. Fisherman's Blues. Too many to list. Big love to The Live Adventures of The Waterboys at Glastonbury, 1986, Side 2 -- The Pan Within and all the other gorgeous songs on Side 2. Joy to my ears. I can't get enough.
He has a gift from GOD!!!!
Such a powerful performer
Been a 'Van Fan' for a long, lohg time, since the "Domino"
days, and His Band and the
Street Chior. Could listen to
him all day and never get tired. There is no one like
him, he Rocks!
I agree 100%
what a sense of blues timing, of stage presence, despite his rejection of the star system..he is a natural, he can't help it
I cannot get enough of that at 7:00. My favorite part of every live performance of "Cypress Avenue."
Best audio I've heard from such an early show
I walked up Cyprus Avenue last week, some lovely houses, can see why Van would have liked it when he lived in Orangefield!
I thought he lived there? Oops! Should pay more attention.
I parked there a few months ago to go to the dentist on the Lisburn Road!!! Lol
Love the dramatic, James Brown inspired, performance every time! Can listen to van from this period over and over, for years, and always amazed.
An incredible performance.
Beautiful beautiful song. The usual ⭐️ performance from The Man. He looks sweet here.
What a masterpiece ...epitomes of classical musical structures wieved into it . Just amazing .
God, he is so good.
Oh yes he is lol it blows your mind n soul
1970s: the time was ready for truths. Over were the days of peace and love. Soul and heart was being served by a very small community of artists and started to take our hearts. The 70s was an awakening. As far as music was concerned, the period between 1968-1977 was the most prolific, creative and needed. We were looking for content, not loudness, personal thought, not general expression, someone who would speak to our soul, not to the public. Van was a small voice (back then)..that grew. Thanx Van
CBS I generally agree. If you could start a movie with a song from ‘68 and end it with one from ‘77, what would they be?
But loudness didn't hurt. And when I play "my" music of this period now, I STILL have to crank that sucker up.
Right on CBS, but i would date the "golden decade" from 65 to 75. This performance is particularly special. Thanks to whoever is responsible for the upload.
@@jorgejohnson451 Hey Jude followed by Dust in the Wind
I've played this 200 times...
Ha! Got you beat! Lol
199 times more than me.
this man , after five years of not hearing his songs..this one is such a TRIIIP !!
God I love u van what a voice from an Irish lass love n adoration
Most of Van's song are more about sound and style than lyrics. He is one of the few that can carry this off. He is a singular performer.
Force of nature, brings us deep into the stories he weaves with outstanding soul and artistry.
No words words don’t do things like this justice
There is only one Van Morrison. Incredible voice, uses it like an instrument. And his lyrics...such a big part of my teenage years!
Yep that's Him in all His " Mistic Revelation " ... The only other time a performance moved me like this was sitting up front at a Ray Charles Concert ... When it was over I told my Friends I didn't want to move ... But the Song And this Performance Wow this was the Moment I Fell in Love with Van ❤️... I'd be " October's Fool " for Him ... " It's too late to Stop now -
He looks and sounds Sooo good here!! Love watching this.
"Cyprus Avenue" celebrated at the Fillmore East, on the Lower East Side; excuse me, The East Village. I must be somewhere in the Twilight Zone. The Fillmore East was a top R&R Club in NYC, staging the "Best of the Best", and Van Morrison was no exception. I can only thank RUclips for presenting this Treasure Chest of Music, and Performers for those familiar with these Artists, and Clubs, and those that are too young who would love to take a peek of what the past had to offer... ~~CR~~
From( 9/23/70 ) this date till I draw my last breath I will say I Love Van Morrison!!!!! XOXOXO
Oh yes ! This date and and how could I stop loving Van Morrison, never!
In a way the luckiest people in the world are those of us who where young when this music was new and its now part of our souls to take us on the journey..
all the more reason to get out and go see bands right now, today....
The man dropped the mic and walked off stage as the music was still playing. That's how I want to die.
THIS SHOULD HAVE A MILLION VIEWS BY NOW.....a great rendition by Sir Van The Man....i can't stop now......no no.....
An amazing song!
Energy, passion. It’s too late to stop now
This man has soul!
This is like going to church for me. Many thanks, Music Vault.
One of Van's masterpieces!
Watched this right after watching a mediocre performance by Jagger/Stones of Satisfaction. They mailed it in. Van delivered here.
Well said......
Soul rhythm blues rock n roll is there anything this man hasn’t got
Personally, I think this is even better than the album version. Van's so fricking soulful here for a white boy from Ireland. And the band too, just amazingly soulful! My god, it's a tight performance isn't it.
+Tommy Belfast's got soul,always has,always will.
+suffern63 How could it not?
I wonder if the tongue tied part was inspired by Daltry's stutter on "My Generation."
Very possible,as everyone is influenced by someone else,I remember Townsend saying Daltry copied someone else,I can't remember who,although Daltry denied it.It's very possible you have something in your head and use it,even if it isn't consciously done
suffern63 At least McCartney acknowledged such copying done by other artists of the the Beatles, on the anthology disc where they were sitting around a kitchen table. Who isn't influenced by who.. or, is that, by "whom?" Nothing wrong with complimenting someone else while maintaining your originality.
from my first vinyl...so vivid...so urgent..so poetic..so. enchanting...so hitting..home...thissss ticklin guitar..
wow, that is what singing and emotion is about...and the band!
This album saved me
Magnificent version
Van was in his prime back during this period. Cyprus Avenue is one of my favorite Van songs along with "Into the mystic" and "The story of Them". Astral Weeks is my favorite Van Morrison album from 1968 the year I was born. He has the soul in his vocals like one of my favorite singers Otis Redding. Van's talent and music are amazing. It is sad many people in this world will only know him for "Brown eyed girl" Van has so many better songs on his albums and in his career in the music business. The best part of Van is he writes, sings, and plays several instruments.
agreed, it's sad but I think he may have lost that "soul" somewhere along the way
Beg to differ,if there is one artist,and that is the term,from this time who kept soul,well it's Van.Do you think he's faking it nowadays?No way,man,well that's soul and he has it to this day in bucketfulls
suffern63 yea ur probably right, i dont watch his newer concerts. but i did however watch a documentary about him, it has bob dylan and john lee hooker in it, where he says something to the affect of he makes music for money at times
astral weeks as an album is pure genius way too under rated!
100% agree the pure soul in his voice
I saw Van once at my college in Conn. He played a song, walked off and never returned. I was pissed because I was such a big fan. He is an amazing artist and I still listen to his stuff a lot.
what did he play may i ask..??you mean conneticut..??what college.?
I probably would have been satisfied with just that lol I love his music that much it's like nothing else a voice of God me thinks
Hit or miss with Van back then.
Van had no equals his music will always touch your sole.
For anyone who was there, let me hear how powerful this show must have been !
First time in a long time inspired by a song and performance!
Van made me want to write and sing like this...what a fantastic version!!! Thank you for this....Love You Van! You are THE MAN of words and voice and passion and grace...one of the GREATEST!!! "In all your mystic revelation Baby..."
Wowee this is gold. ‘I’m extremely wasted’. Haha, yes, Van, ya sure were.
Great slice of history right here. This is one of the things that made that era unique. Thank you for sharing with us.
Peace.
NFA
1970 i was so high,HIIIGGH, it was a time to change all of life/world , Van was/is always will be FANTASTIC, a Mystical Spirit for sure!
honestly it's very hard to beat some of Van's live performances...i don't think there is anything that beats this.
Muchas Gracias por compartir.
Simply beautiful!
Great. Simply great.
cant explain the mood he puts me in with a song like astral weeks and this..its kinda like a OBE
Love this whole album so atmospheric xx
Wat is toch erg, dat er gewoon geen muzikanten meer zijn dan deze oude garde ❤
this is exquisite. i was at the Van the Man and John Lee Hooker and Mose Allison show at the Beacon Theatre NYC in Nov 1989, first row, center seat, so I know how amazing it is to be this close.
Then you were sitting next to me and my ex wife... first 2 nights, then the last show which was filmed
Wish I could go back and relive that! Don't you?
Love Van then and now ❤️
Ever the sharp dresser
And those moves
Just makes his music better