Bumped into him in a hotel bar in Belfast in the early hours of the morning . He sat quietly in the corner . The barman warned us not to approach him and appreciate he likes his privacy. We were the only ones in the bar and sat drinking for a while eventually he acknowledged us with a head nod as he went to his room.
Nice story - I wonder what would have happened if you'd offered to buy him a drink? Saw him last year in London, but missed half of his concert because he started so early - 8pm! These older artists need their beauty sleep...😆
Have heard a couple of stories about him (I'm from Belfast) but he had a friend a very ordinary guy in Belfast who told me Van always sent him post card from some of the different countries he was doing a gig in, and would regularly keep in touch!!
Mr. Morrison had a song called In the Back Room while with Them and it is The Ultimo Bump and Grind ditty . I remember Him buying his folks a record store in FairfaX kin the 70s. I have always respected that and lastly the only performance that I ever attended was in the early 70s at a recording studio in San Francisco during The Moondance era. The way Janet Planet looked at/watched Him was truly wonderful, I remember it as being True Love. Too Long in Exile is a Very Good record and Moondance is The Best. Good Luck Mr. Morrison.Bruce Spiegelman
Van is a unique blend of that Scots /Irish genius, In all his interviews he comes across as a very blunt but very honest and humble Ulster man. I listened to his early songs like Cleaning Windows and Here Comes The Night and i still think they are great songs.
I could not have said that better. He has been my enduring companion through life, I swayed with him in the kitchen when my babies were growing and now they play his music and please me profoundly with their love for him.
I enjoy all Van's music and played 'someone like you' in my marriage video compelation. His music is thoughtful, timeless, and his words are etched in the minds of those who listen to his music. He is one of the Masters of words in Song!
Van was totally right about covid of course, God bless him and Eric Clapton for their stance. Van has been such an important artist and huge part of my life for decades, I would say he's second only to the Beatles for me.
I just saw him at Stanford. Wow!! He played Gloria and like only he can do, left while the band kept jamming. Absolutely brilliant. My checks were shimmering!!!❤
Except for a brief break in the 70’s, Van has been releasing music consistently for almost 50 years. He’s released music at a phenomenal rate in the past 15 years. Eclipsing his peers many times over. A formidable, individualist.
I have loved his music for decades and have seen him live many times. He was utterly sublime once, superb on a couple of occasions and rather mediocre and contemptuous on the remainder. Flawed genius.
I saw him in Aberystwyth once. He must have been depressed that day. His stance on the plandemic made more up for it. The man is a hero. When no one dared to speak up he had the balls!
Love this man! Have almost every CD he has ever recorded. In the 80's and 90's he didn't tour the south so much and I thought I would never get the opportunity to see him. I thought if I ever got to see him, I would die right then and there. However, a chance to hear him in Atlanta did not disappoint. He was wonderful and I still live on to play and enjoy his music. Strange he has a daughter with the same name as my daughter. Rock on Van.
I really dig Van Morrison; however, need to point out an error in the "Early Lifer" segment of this video. The man shown at 1:13 - 1:17 in video and described as described as Van's father, George Morrison, "a shipyard worker", at the 1:13 - 1:19 in the video, is actually George Morrison, the Native American abstract artist from the Ojibwe tribe in Minnesota. Can't believe the producer(s) didn't catch that.
Van Morrison is all about music and this video failed to get that across as it concentrated on a soulless narrative of facts without audio performance clips.
It was ill-informed and dangerous. His desire to make money by gathering people together whilst people were dying in an infectious pandemic was shameful.
My friend's brother has a stammer. Being a fan of Van Morrison, it kicked in when he met him by chance. Van's response ? " F-F-F-F- F*** off ! That's who Van is
Okay documentary bit surface. Apparently his affair with his manager resulted in a son who apparently tragically died and so did his mother. Amazing music and soul he channels all his spiritual energy into his music doesn’t seem to have any left for his fans. Used to see him walking around Bath when he lived here.
You missed the time the pre them band the Gamblers and the Maritime hotel time and Spanish rooms in Belfast where they played to packed crowds every week. I was also at Thems last NI gig before they headed to the US.and history.
Was told that once during a performance in Australia Van turned his back to the crown for nearly one hour - have checked online and I find nothing to corroborate this. Sounds gross - anyone heard this?
@@jazztheglass6139 Interesting! I have seen Van live a couple of times, excellent always great world class backing vocals, instrumental, a bit like Leonard Cohen. But unlike Cohen, not much personality displayed. Still one of the greats and his recent stuff is first rate..
Saw him in a concert in Grosvenor Park Chester in the late 80's or possibly early 90's. People were talking throughout his set, and he got quite annoyed and told the audience as much. He's never been my cup of tea. Too miserable.
I’m 82. I was an AVID Van fan until we made our last trip to Ireland/Northern Ireland. The highlight of our trip was Van’s concert in The Botanical Gardens . Van walked out, sang, left the stage. That was it. Not a word was spoken to the audience. The whole thing had a, “kiss-my-ass” attitude about it.
You had a good show then😊 we go for the music not the chic chat,lots of superstars do more talking than singing, not the man you get your monies worth😊
Very interesting, but ill stick to his art and music, for me more than enough, i couldnt care less if in his private life he would be a bank robber....respect..
Got some records... Like.. Saw him in 1991...Great concert in a very small pavilion... Last year he came to my country by Juin... Didn't go... Luckily.. Some people I know go and was a bad concert, didn't play any of the knew songs and he's very old.. I'm not nostalgic, saw hundreds of concerts at the right time, I avoid to see mummies.. And as a pro he didn't respect the audience who go there to ear some of the old and know songs.. Not the times of The Last Waltz... I'm a Stones fan, saw them first time in 1982, and after 1990 lot concerts.. The last was in 2015 in Rock in Rio.. Close the book.
Not the best looking guy these days, but he used to have a very good voice. He looks a tad debauched with that woman on his arm, not a great look really.
With all the time spent on this doing a fairly decent overview of Van, why go so amateurish and cheesy on the narration.? This must be an AI- generated voice. No halfway intelligent real human would pronounce Leadbelly as “Leedbelly” instead of “Ledbelly. ”..and the house he lives in is valued at “ 4 thousand twenty-seven million dollars “ ? WHAT? Should have spent a little extra money and gotten a real person to narrate instead of a computer generated voice “ reading” written text.
I’ve been to my share of concerts over the years, some good, some just ok. Van’s show was long and one of my top 3 of all time. One I remember best, Wolf Trap in Virginia. 1993 I think. He is definitely a legend.
Apparently Sade plucked up the courage to approach him, saying how much she loved his work and a what great influence he had been, to which he replied “Wish I could say the same” and walked off.
Never connected with his music and from the outside looking in he is a self righteous odious man and aligned himself with hardline Loyalists ie Ian Paisley Jnr .
A guitarist I knew, an LA session musician, played in a band put together for his American tour. The band backed him up for several months. On the last night, Van left and never said a word to them. My friend thought he could have said something like "Thank you." He never acknowledged them. He treated them like hired help. I love his music, but he's not really warm and cuddly.
Not so sure about Van these days, having listened closely to the lyrics of Cypress Avenue ...... 'and I'm caught one more time, up on Cypress Avenue ...... all the little girls ...... 14 years old ....... ' He wouldn't get away with it these days ..... YUCK VAN
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Bumped into him in a hotel bar in Belfast in the early hours of the morning . He sat quietly in the corner . The barman warned us not to approach him and appreciate he likes his privacy. We were the only ones in the bar and sat drinking for a while eventually he acknowledged us with a head nod as he went to his room.
Nice story - I wonder what would have happened if you'd offered to buy him a drink? Saw him last year in London, but missed half of his concert because he started so early - 8pm! These older artists need their beauty sleep...😆
You got off lucky.🍀
Have heard a couple of stories about him (I'm from Belfast) but he had a friend a very ordinary guy in Belfast who told me Van always sent him post card from some of the different countries he was doing a gig in, and would regularly keep in touch!!
Mr. Morrison had a song called In the Back Room while with Them and it is The Ultimo Bump and Grind ditty . I remember Him buying his folks a record store in FairfaX kin the 70s. I have always respected that and lastly the only performance that I ever attended was in the early 70s at a recording studio in San Francisco during The Moondance era. The way Janet Planet looked at/watched Him was truly wonderful, I remember it as being True Love. Too Long in Exile is a Very Good record and Moondance is The Best. Good Luck Mr. Morrison.Bruce Spiegelman
Van is a unique blend of that Scots /Irish genius, In all his interviews he comes across as a very blunt but very honest and humble Ulster man. I listened to his early songs like Cleaning Windows and Here Comes The Night and i still think they are great songs.
I don't think you can call that loyalist irish
Van wrote the soundtrack to my life…all the ups, and all of the downs…his music is timeless
I could not have said that better. He has been my enduring companion through life, I swayed with him in the kitchen when my babies were growing and now they play his music and please me profoundly with their love for him.
Van the Man, I love all his songs, he never gets old for me!!!
I enjoy all Van's music and played 'someone like you' in my marriage video compelation. His music is thoughtful, timeless, and his words are etched in the minds of those who listen to his music. He is one of the Masters of words in Song!
Into the mystic…..my favorite 🤩
Mine too - love it
Inarticulate speech of the heart. The answer is simple.
His contribution to The Last Waltz with Caravan should have had a mention....his finest moment ?
Talk about a timeless influence and a great footprint on life!💙
Van was totally right about covid of course, God bless him and Eric Clapton for their stance. Van has been such an important artist and huge part of my life for decades, I would say he's second only to the Beatles for me.
@@kengodsey4490 yeah, thank God for their denial concerning a serious virus that killed a lot of people which interfered with their bank accounts
idiot
My late sister was a huge fan. We had the pleasure of meeting him in 83 or 84.. Lisdoonvarna music festival. He actually kindly gave us a lift
That was 1983 - he was headline act on the Sunday; Rory Gallagher on the Saturday. Was there myself - some weekend :D
@firsargentum5920 we met them in the Old Ground Ennis. Rory was standing next to me drinking a cup of tea..terribly unassuming
I just saw him at Stanford. Wow!! He played Gloria and like only he can do, left while the band kept jamming. Absolutely brilliant. My checks were shimmering!!!❤
A legend always loved his music it's powerful!!!
"Music has the power to transcend language and culture. It's a universal language."
Quote attributed to Van Morrison
One thing leads to another and that's what's amazing about your life and your work as an influential artist.
There is power and sophistication in him and throughout his immense musical work! 15:14
"I'm not interested in being a celebrity. I just want to make great music."
Quote attributed to Van Morrison
Van is a GOAT and he was right about the pandemic.
Except for a brief break in the 70’s, Van has been releasing music consistently for almost 50 years. He’s released music at a phenomenal rate in the past 15 years. Eclipsing his peers many times over. A formidable, individualist.
I enjoyed his evening performance at Ronnie Scott’s’ club in the mid 70’s. A great artist / performer.
Mid to late 60's and beyond Van Morrison has led the charge and never have I heard one peep of him doing something inappropriate .
I have loved his music for decades and have seen him live many times. He was utterly sublime once, superb on a couple of occasions and rather mediocre and contemptuous on the remainder. Flawed genius.
I totally agree with your words, and after listening to this audio profile I have a better appreciation and understanding of his complex being.
Beautifully written. Thank you for the info.
Love Van & agree with his take on cov.❤
VAN THE MAN!!!!
A unique artist of our times.
I saw him in Aberystwyth once. He must have been depressed that day. His stance on the plandemic made more up for it. The man is a hero. When no one dared to speak up he had the balls!
Love this man! Have almost every CD he has ever recorded. In the 80's and 90's he didn't tour the south so much and I thought I would never get the opportunity to see him. I thought if I ever got to see him, I would die right then and there. However, a chance to hear him in Atlanta did not disappoint. He was wonderful and I still live on to play and enjoy his music. Strange he has a daughter with the same name as my daughter. Rock on Van.
They don’t call him Van the Man for nothing🤙✊
Love you so much. Awesome voice❤❤❤
I like Van even more now that I know his stance on the plandemic
I will take my appreciation and love for Van the Man to my grave .
And he was spot on about Covid Vaccinations.
😅i love Van. Wild Night is my favorite. ❤
I really dig Van Morrison; however, need to point out an error in the "Early Lifer" segment of this video. The man shown at 1:13 - 1:17 in video and described as described as Van's father, George Morrison, "a shipyard worker", at the 1:13 - 1:19 in the video, is actually George Morrison, the Native American abstract artist from the Ojibwe tribe in Minnesota. Can't believe the producer(s) didn't catch that.
Van Morrison is all about music and this video failed to get that across as it concentrated on a soulless narrative of facts without audio performance clips.
His covid stance was brave and good
It was ill-informed and dangerous. His desire to make money by gathering people together whilst people were dying in an infectious pandemic was shameful.
Misguided and ignorant both he and Eric
@@geordiet.4502
Phooey.
Sporting events were okay?
If you don’t want to go to his shows… don’t go.
Don’t penalize everyone else with your beliefs.
I love his music. Never bought any of it…or never went to his concerts. 🤷♀️
He used to eat at an old school cafe in Nottinghill. Saw him there frequently. Left him I. Peace
OK, not a bad summary, but it does grate that the only two albums referred to are Moondance and Astral Weeks. I mean. come on...
My friend's brother has a stammer. Being a fan of Van Morrison, it kicked in when he met him by chance.
Van's response ?
" F-F-F-F- F*** off !
That's who Van is
Yup. I heard he was an ahole. Poor friend was not doing it on purpose.
Okay documentary bit surface. Apparently his affair with his manager resulted in a son who apparently tragically died and so did his mother. Amazing music and soul he channels all his spiritual energy into his music doesn’t seem to have any left for his fans. Used to see him walking around Bath when he lived here.
Listen to the LION!
Seen him lots of times … love Van the MAN
Damn the woman in the thumbnail 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Another Vanatic.😊
Manners of a pig but wonderful music
...just manners of pig.
VAN is the MAN. 👦🏼
Brilliant van❤1❤i have seen you all over 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I wondered where the “cleaning windows” came from!
He was a window cleaner on leaving school.
He was a window cleaner for while when he was very young and poor.
Thank you for this video 69 here dad from Galway
Remember his night at Leisure Land?
@@johntuohy1867 I do!
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Unlike Bob Dylan, Van never sold his soul to the commander in chief!
Who is the commander in chief
@@aileenwalshe3084 work it out
@thephantomsguest Donald Trump
Dylan gave his life to the carpenter and Van gives thanks to the one at the end of the day.
There is a happy man. That knows he's getting used but thinking no one knows
controversial pandemic views ??? He s since been proven right .....good for him speaking out when other stars would not
and what about Van and his feelings for 14 year old girls ? Cypress Avenue .... Brown Eyed Girl ..... that good too ??
How has he been proven right?
I believe Brown Eyed Girl was inspired by a classmate he had a crush on in school, so would have been around that age@@lesleysmith4522
Over 1.2 m people died of Covid in the USA alone, but all he could think of was adding to his millions. He was/is an old, ignorant, selfish idiot.
Great music, shame about the opulence. It is the soul that gets trapped by wealth.
Well he is SIR van
So what?
@@mariaducie-wu8lmSir Van the Man….Been a faithful follower since his THEM band days
You missed the time the pre them band the Gamblers and the Maritime hotel time and Spanish rooms in Belfast where they played to packed crowds every week. I was also at Thems last NI gig before they headed to the US.and history.
I wonder whether AI put this together ! Four and half bedrooms in one house like to see the half bedroom !!
Was told that once during a performance in Australia Van turned his back to the crown for nearly one hour - have checked online and I find nothing to corroborate this. Sounds gross - anyone heard this?
Miles Davis did something very similar when he did his Tutu concert in London gig at Wembley in 1987. I was in the audience
@@jazztheglass6139 Interesting! I have seen Van live a couple of times, excellent always great world class backing vocals, instrumental, a bit like Leonard Cohen. But unlike Cohen, not much personality displayed. Still one of the greats and his recent stuff is first rate..
his house in California is estimated at what? four thousand and seven hundred million dollars? cor blimey!😵💫😵💫😵💫
It goes down 5 stories.
That's not even a number !!
Four thousand and seven hundred million dollars? Have another glass of wine mate FFS!
😂I know
Don't believe everything you hear dude😘😘
Looks like Bob Dylan was in The Sputniks too
Horse it into VAN
Controversial Pandemic views ? The Truth is indeed controversial. It's out of fashion
Whatever.
Well….YOUR idea of truth
Twaddle
@@tonyc413 Well, he was RIGHT.
@@meagainandagain5756😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 A sheeple are ya!!!!😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Mill Valley !
Saw him in a concert in Grosvenor Park Chester in the late 80's or possibly early 90's. People were talking throughout his set, and he got quite annoyed and told the audience as much. He's never been my cup of tea. Too miserable.
Damn right he was. Those posers.
I’m 82. I was an AVID Van fan until we made our last trip to Ireland/Northern Ireland. The highlight of our trip was Van’s concert in The Botanical Gardens . Van walked out, sang, left the stage. That was it. Not a word was spoken to the audience. The whole thing had a, “kiss-my-ass” attitude about it.
Had a similar experience at a Ry Cooder gig sadly, moons ago, Hammersmith Odeon.
I think this kind of behaviour every Van fan got in some concerts
I haven’t been to a single gig of his where he interacted with the audience. He’s brilliant, love his music but he’s a bit of an ass.
Avid Van fan! Surprised you were unaware this is Van for the past 60yr!
You had a good show then😊 we go for the music not the chic chat,lots of superstars do more talking than singing, not the man you get your monies worth😊
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We get the picture. 😳
Hay van
How could I get a woman like that ?
Must be your good looks
Very interesting, but ill stick to his art and music, for me more than enough, i couldnt care less if in his private life he would be a bank robber....respect..
Got some records... Like.. Saw him in 1991...Great concert in a very small pavilion... Last year he came to my country by Juin... Didn't go... Luckily.. Some people I know go and was a bad concert, didn't play any of the knew songs and he's very old.. I'm not nostalgic, saw hundreds of concerts at the right time, I avoid to see mummies.. And as a pro he didn't respect the audience who go there to ear some of the old and know songs.. Not the times of The Last Waltz... I'm a Stones fan, saw them first time in 1982, and after 1990 lot concerts.. The last was in 2015 in Rock in Rio.. Close the book.
Not the best looking guy these days, but he used to have a very good voice. He looks a tad debauched with that woman on his arm, not a great look really.
A musical genius for six decades......
Morris Van....
With all the time spent on this doing a fairly decent overview of Van, why go so amateurish and cheesy on the narration.? This must be an AI- generated voice. No halfway intelligent real human would pronounce Leadbelly as “Leedbelly” instead of “Ledbelly. ”..and the house he lives in is valued at “ 4 thousand twenty-seven million dollars “ ? WHAT? Should have spent a little extra money and gotten a real person to narrate instead of a computer generated voice “ reading” written text.
It's bizarre and gross.
It actually sounds quite convincing but the Ledbelly slip gives it away.
Who IS that woman on his arm?
How can there be ‘4.5 bathrooms’ ??
Mercedes2512❤🎉
The photo at 12:29 you claim is his son, that's a photo of that other wealthy Irish crooner Bono from the rock band U2.
What’s with the photo? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love his music but never go to rock stars for your politics or good sense, he is also known for being particularly rude to almost anyone.
Not true. He was a decent man to us
@aileenwalshe3084 I am glad your experience was a positive one.
Who is the woman on main photo?
so sorry to say …..they have told me he is not very nice…..watta shame
Love his voice, music but he has a reputation for disappointing life performances.
I’ve been to my share of concerts over the years, some good, some just ok. Van’s show was long and one of my top 3 of all time. One I remember best, Wolf Trap in Virginia. 1993 I think. He is definitely a legend.
Leedbelly?
Does he honestly think that woman is attracted to him?
This is full of bullshit
Apparently Sade plucked up the courage to approach him, saying how much she loved his work and a what great influence he had been, to which he replied “Wish I could say the same” and walked off.
Yuk!
You did not mention he got tossed from the rock and roll HOF
I just googled it - he did not get tossed. He sent Robbie Robertson instead, and wrote nice note.
A very strange character.
Never connected with his music and from the outside looking in he is a self righteous odious man and aligned himself with hardline Loyalists ie Ian Paisley Jnr .
good to see someone sees through him one obnoxious twat if ever there was one
Great talent but something creepy about him.
Could be his taste for 14 year old girls
A dreadful live artist but a brilliant studio artist.
a luxurios car for every mood???? re dic oulus ……
ridicoules
Oh gawd how I HATE AI VOICES!
A guitarist I knew, an LA session musician, played in a band put together for his American tour. The band backed him up for several months. On the last night, Van left and never said a word to them. My friend thought he could have said something like "Thank you." He never acknowledged them. He treated them like hired help. I love his music, but he's not really warm and cuddly.
egotistical prat
he should invest in new teeth
😂
Not so sure about Van these days, having listened closely to the lyrics of Cypress Avenue ...... 'and I'm caught one more time, up on Cypress Avenue ...... all the little girls ...... 14 years old ....... ' He wouldn't get away with it these days ..... YUCK VAN
Cli:Ed his music but him a weardo
Can’t sing, can’t play, he did ok
emmbarassment to friendly Irish people - SO SAD.
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