The poem by Patrick Kavanagh from which this song derives is sad and beautiful in in its own right. Based on the Irish ballad "The Dawning of the Day," "On Raglan Road" (the poem) was written for Hilda Moriarty, Kavanagh's great, unrequited love. In "Hilda," Kavanagh declares, "I shall die in a ditch / Like a dog or a bum / Poet dead in a ditch / Unless you come." Van Morrison's rendition captures this dark side of Kavanagh's poem as well as its thwarted passion.
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Born in 1963 in Derry City. Catholic mother and Protestant Father. Proud and loving of both through eternity. Thank you Van as a Protestant to play Celtic music with Catholics. We are all Celts of the old paths and ways. Slainte Agus Saoirse.
Robert Johnston alright brother listen to Mr Celtic Reggae raglan road youtube version its really different but I love it and I'm a dub in London married to loyal subject who I love its a funny world lol
Many, many decades ago (nineteenth century), a Catholic man from Limerick went on a business trip to Belfast and met a Protestant lass who stole his heart. They had to go to this new land called America to be together. Their spirit still lives on in my Irish-German soul. Listening to Van & the Chieftans perform this song sends chills to me. T
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I never knew my Irish mother but this song brings up deep feelings that don't visit very often. Only Irish music does it. God bless Van Morrison and his people.
@Felix X and Kathleen Quinn Wonderful comments. I'm Irish, and it does the same to me. It's other worldly at times, the sounds and how they make you feel. A soulful language.
Van's dynamic range on this is impressive, in his typical way. Belting out at nearly shouting level one minute, whispering the next, but it all feels so natural. Also love the use of brushes and the sparse, almost hypnotic drumming he adds to the performance. And of course the Chieftains deliver as usual. I keep coming back to this video over and over. Wish there was a better audio quality version.
The album “Irish Heartbeat” is a truly great album. I’m from Belfast and I’ve lived abroad for over 20 years now, the album never falls to move me. It’s one of Ivan’s greatest achievements as a singer - and he knows it.
This live performance of Raglan Road by Van is absolutely sublime. As much as I love Luke's version, and undoubtedly Luke's rousing ballad singing style is quite simply the best there is, the tone and timbre of Van's voice here makes this version of Raglan Road, in my opinion, the best there is.
Hi , I'm Jane - Born In South Liverpool - UK, In The 1960s My Father Was born and raised In North Liverpool & he Worked As A Iron & Steel Work Labourer, working on the South Liverpool Docklands. My Mother Was Born & Raised In Cape- Town , S. Africa - before at 19 years old, she had travelled to London In The 1950's to Live and Work. Throughout my life, I have come through children's home's. With no family support ..I sought employment and a new life in East Sussex. My journey to me is one of inner strength, character and of a free -spirit personality, . I Am Born & Raised , Liverpool / Irish Throughout My Family History. Music & Dance Are My Life & Soul... And Even Though I may be almost sixty years old.. The Fire Within My Belly Keeps Me Young & Alive. Thankyou For Your Sharing ! 👍🏼 _ Liverpool Scouse -Not English. I Love This Raglan Road Song 👏👏👏🇮🇪
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I have seen Van blow a harp and a sax, but this the first time I have seen him on the pots and pans. I absolutely love his version with the Chieftains. It is definitive.
Yes, you've said it perfectly. I met him once, nearly 50 years ago, and attempted to convey it, but of course it came out all wrong, as normally happens when you meet someone who has affected you profoundly. He said, "Far out." I mean what could he say? 😀
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@@vanmorrisonofficial-_ Hi Van Oh yes been to your concerts all over the world ,vip tickets lots of times and I’ve bought your merchandise and paid for your music on Spotify.
There's no one like him. No one was quicker to come to Sinead O'Connor's side after her SNL protest backlash. The subject of her protest was, and is, still valid.
I am a Canadian whose paternal ancestors are all Irish. Most of them from Monaghan, as far as I know. Most of them leaving the Belfast Harbour in 1839. Is this why I happen to believe Van Morrison's voice is beyond anything I have ever heard or will ever hear in my lifetime? Is this why, regardless of how many walls I have put up to protect my battered heart he just comes sailing through them all? Could anything that isn't love do this?
Maurice Dickson also has a beuatiful version of this song. I recommend. But van Morrisson is a genious. As a matter of fact, We share the same base of musical and poetic culture, wich emerged around the north sea basin centuries ago. I am Norwegian, and we find a lot of connection between west-nordic and celtic tradition.
wonderful comments Sir Van has the ability to carry me on a journey from the first album Astral Weeks he has been the soundtrack to my life ,you could ask what is my favourite song? i cannot answer it changes with every day
***** I use the word "evil" lightly, but he is mean & rude to his paying audience/fans - heck many times I've seen him in concert he just turns his back to the crowd and does what he wants. He could sing the phone book and I would eat it up.!
Not evil, just suffers from major stage fright. When he played with The Band, they practically had to push him out on stage because he was so nervous, but he ended up being the show stopper, absolutely epic performance, something not unexpected from Van the Man
+Michael Mitchell - chilling indeed. Van Morrison has an almost haunting effect on me at times, as in this song/performance, where he takes me places I would never have been, otherwise. God bless Mr. Morrison, grouchiness and all. He's one of the greatest musicians of our time!
Pure unadulterated beauty. My eyes well with tears. Gorgeous. Van sings it perfectly. Every Irish cell in my body stands in honor of this amazing song. Thanks for sharing. 💚🎶🍀
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This was the first occasion I saw Van on TV. He appears like a slightly shabby Literature teacher, and performs the song from the rear of the stage. When he opens his mouth, the most soulful sound emerges. A voice so unusually moving, he makes you rethink all of your assumptions about what singing is.
A PROFOUNDLY MOVING performance from the ALWAYS SUPREME ARTIST, VAN MORRISON of a WONDERFUL classic Irish SONG ------ TRULY MAGNIFICENT!.--- LOVE ❤️ Evelyn O'Connor
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My family is from Belfast. Raglan road was the center of much violence during the "troubles". This is about a Protestant falling in love with a Catholic.
Patrick Kavanagh was originally a farmer from Co. Monaghan and moved to Dublin and lived at one point on Ragland Road. This is where he met Hilda Moriarty originally from Dingle, Co.Kerry. She moved to Dublin and lived on Raglan Road in 1944.She was studying to be a physician. The poem Ragland Road was inspired by her.When they met She was 22 and he was 40. She thought of Patrick only as a friend. This has more to do with a age gap. Dr. Hilda Moriarty married someone else and was in practice in Co. Limerick. Slan
Vans version of this is the definitive one. I've heard this sung by dozens of artists. But Vans version on The Chieftains "Irish Heartbeat" album literally makes one weep. There is no finer unrequited love song or story than this one. . done by this group of people. .
To everyone dissing Van, mind that he is a blues/soul singer having his first run in traditional music, plus he was past his prime vocally at this point and still did an excellent job singing it while drumming. True musical genius he is, and Luke Kelly, but cut this fish out of water some slack, he did better than nearly anyone else
"... their 1988 collaboration 'Irish Heartbeat'." ...which was -- and is -- one of the finest albums ever, whatever the genre. I never get tired of it, almost 25 years on.
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Van the Man can inflect his voice so well, and put power into the music. I remember Irish traditional music during the 60s and 70s - it was so flat, no personality at all - it was no wonder that young people gravitated to rock-n-roll. Thin Lizzie did a great job of bringing trad music into the modern age, as does van the man here, so let's ignore John McCrea - either he is part of that old expressionless Irish generation, or else he doesn't understand artistic interpretation.
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"I gave her gifts of the mind I gave her the secret sign that's known To the artists who have known the true gods of sound and stone." I did and I have no regrets.
My mom's parents came to US on a boat from county mayo about 1916. My dad's ancestors landed in canada in 1800's. I can see/hear so much of my ancestral heritage in van's music. Thanks van.
Luke Kelly's version is definitely the best, but I'm glad that great singers like Van carry this magnificent song forward, and make people aware of Luke Kelly's version as well.
On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day, I saw her first and knew That her dark hair would weave a snare That I may one day rue. I saw the danger, yet I walked Along the enchanted way And I said let grief be a falling leaf At the dawning of the day. On Grafton Street in November, We tripped lightly along the ledge Of a deep ravine where can be seen The worst of passions pledged. The Queen of Hearts still baking tarts And I not making hay, Well I loved too much; by such and such Is happiness thrown away. I gave her the gifts of the mind. I gave her the secret sign That's known to all the artists who have Known true Gods of Sound and Time. With word and tint I did not stint. I gave her reams of poems to say With her own dark hair and her own name there Like the clouds over fields of May.
I love Van's music. I grew up on it. I'm Irish. I bopped to Brown-eyed Girl as a Dublin teenager. His total body of work was a release and an inspiration to me. I still listen to him, my adult daughters listen to him. But he his an incomplete human being, a man who lacks the capacity to engage or trust others. A man who holds his audience in contempt. He is a monumental, elemental, example of a paranoiac. And even if I'm not a shrink - if it's not obvious to others, then....
Van Morrison and the Chieftains go deep into my soul as my mother's people are from Donegal and the Scottish Highlands. This music speaks to my heart and calls my spirit back to those places loved so much by my McCarron family. God Love you Van and the Chieftains ,and know that I surely do love you too.
Van world class .Remember on holidays in Zante Greece 18 years ago .Met a barman from Zambia asked what did he know about ireland . His answer Van Morrison and Munster Rugby Two irish icons
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The poem by Patrick Kavanagh from which this song derives is sad and beautiful in in its own right. Based on the Irish ballad "The Dawning of the Day," "On Raglan Road" (the poem) was written for Hilda Moriarty, Kavanagh's great, unrequited love. In "Hilda," Kavanagh declares, "I shall die in a ditch / Like a dog or a bum / Poet dead in a ditch / Unless you come." Van Morrison's rendition captures this dark side of Kavanagh's poem as well as its thwarted passion.
so ... thanks to Hilda !!!!!! walking on Raglan Road ....
queen of hearts just making .......
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His entire album with the Chieftains is awesome.
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Born in 1963 in Derry City. Catholic mother and Protestant Father. Proud and loving of both through eternity. Thank you Van as a Protestant to play Celtic music with Catholics. We are all Celts of the old paths and ways. Slainte Agus Saoirse.
Robert Johnston alright brother listen to Mr Celtic Reggae raglan road youtube version its really different but I love it and I'm a dub in London married to loyal subject who I love its a funny world lol
and what an awesome Blues name, Robert!
..Great song ,brilliant musicians
Slainte Agus Saoirse.
Many, many decades ago (nineteenth century), a Catholic man from Limerick went on a business trip to Belfast and met a Protestant lass who stole his heart. They had to go to this new land called America to be together. Their spirit still lives on in my Irish-German soul. Listening to Van & the Chieftans perform this song sends chills to me. T
"AND I SAID LET GRIEF BE A FALLING LEAF' - thank you VAN - this has become the HEART OF my PHILOSOPHY
Words by Patrick Kavanagh
"Well, I loved too much, by such and such is happiness thrown away ..."
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Yes ,I love that line too...
The guy understands and feels every word he sings.....that's raw emotion you feel.
.... and he's playing the drums while giving this transcendent interpretation, truly amazing
David Welker listen to Mr Celtic Reggae raglan road youtube version its really different but I love it
This version shows the power of his voice & the grit & just his amazing voice. ☘️✌🏻
Never seen Van behind a drum set. Just magic
He's emulating Phil Collins.
I never knew my Irish mother but this song brings up deep feelings that don't visit very often. Only Irish music does it. God bless Van Morrison and his people.
Me too. My Dad was full Irish. Almost nothing else hits those ‘Soul Spots’ in quite the same way like Irish music.
@Felix X and Kathleen Quinn Wonderful comments. I'm Irish, and it does the same to me. It's other worldly at times, the sounds and how they make you feel. A soulful language.
Thanks Van artistically and emotionally beautiful,well done
You words are very powerful, I fully agree with about Irish music and songs
Van the Man. It’s like he’s in a trance, singing from way inside himself.
The greatest Irish singer of all time
Agreed.
i was expecting this to not be good at all, but van really makes it his own, i shall never doubt that legend again.
Van's dynamic range on this is impressive, in his typical way. Belting out at nearly shouting level one minute, whispering the next, but it all feels so natural. Also love the use of brushes and the sparse, almost hypnotic drumming he adds to the performance. And of course the Chieftains deliver as usual. I keep coming back to this video over and over. Wish there was a better audio quality version.
Ardent follower since the 60's. He gets balder and rounder while his voice gets richer and fuller. He ages like bourbon, better and better.
Respectfully, the man is Irish 20 year Bushmills all the way.
The album “Irish Heartbeat” is a truly great album. I’m from Belfast and I’ve lived abroad for over 20 years now, the album never falls to move me. It’s one of Ivan’s greatest achievements as a singer - and he knows it.
Van sings this from the depths of his heart...the best rendition of this beautiful love song.
Can't agree more.
It's good but Luke Kelly's is better
Luke Kelly
Absolutely not , he phoned it in
Get the bus 😂😂 Luke by miles
Give Van his due, other than Luke himself, no one has ever sang Raglan Road better. Tremendous version.
I like Van's more.
Declan O'Rourke. Underated
This live performance of Raglan Road by Van is absolutely sublime. As much as I love Luke's version, and undoubtedly Luke's rousing ballad singing style is quite simply the best there is, the tone and timbre of Van's voice here makes this version of Raglan Road, in my opinion, the best there is.
There is no one singing like Van , and I mean not only Raglan Road
Brother I’ve never heard anyone sing it better
THIS is how this song should be sung. If anyone knows the true gods of sound and time, it is this man. Amazing.
One of the greatest performances by any human in all history...
Steady
Van on drums!!! I’ve never seen this before. This guy never ceases to amaze me.
He is a force of nature.long live Van.
The Irish rover is still belting the songs out. Nobody does it better then Van.
He sings it with peaks, valleys then meanders it gently..The way to sing a poem, kavanagh would be impressed.
Hi , I'm Jane - Born In South Liverpool - UK, In The 1960s
My Father Was born and raised In North Liverpool & he Worked As A Iron & Steel Work Labourer, working on the South Liverpool Docklands. My Mother Was Born & Raised In Cape- Town , S. Africa - before at 19 years old, she had travelled to London In The 1950's to Live and Work. Throughout my life, I have come through children's home's. With no family support ..I sought employment and a new life in East Sussex. My journey to me is one of inner strength, character and of a free -spirit personality, . I Am Born & Raised , Liverpool / Irish Throughout My Family History.
Music & Dance Are My Life & Soul... And Even Though I may be almost sixty years old.. The Fire Within My Belly Keeps Me Young & Alive.
Thankyou For Your Sharing ! 👍🏼
_ Liverpool Scouse -Not English.
I Love This Raglan Road Song 👏👏👏🇮🇪
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Beautiful God Bless you!
Ireland, especially Dublin, even the accents are similar, has close connections to Liverpool, since the starvation of the 1840s.
I have seen Van blow a harp and a sax, but this the first time I have seen him on the pots and pans. I absolutely love his version with the Chieftains. It is definitive.
pots&pans😂
How many thousand times have I listened to this song with complete enjoyment!
Every time I hear this song, my Irish heart weeps. It feels like he is singing from the depths of his soul and Kavaugh's too.
Your definitely a dub 😉😉,vans is awesome
Van Morrison - about time he was recognised as one of the great eccentrics in music.
Hell yeah
When was he Not?
Always been right on top since he started
Van just gathers up my sad spirit and carries me towards the sea and sun; his voice is true medicine if there ever was such a thing ~ Love to Van 🍀🐎💝
Yes, you've said it perfectly. I met him once, nearly 50 years ago, and attempted to convey it, but of course it came out all wrong, as normally happens when you meet someone who has affected you profoundly. He said, "Far out." I mean what could he say? 😀
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@@vanmorrisonofficial-_ Hi Van Oh yes been to your concerts all over the world ,vip tickets lots of times and I’ve bought your merchandise and paid for your music on Spotify.
@@BridRyan-fu4zx Wow I really appreciate that.... which of my songs 🎶 is your favourite?
This song is a big part of my childhood, it would play over my living room speakers every St. Patrick's Day.
George Ivan Morrison, Ireland's greatest musical gift to the modern world.
This is amazing. The despair of unrequited love laid bare.
Don't you think he was asking for it a bit? When I was teenager I was also a pretentious dreamer.
Grand song. Saoirse
Lads listen to Mr Celtic Reggae raglan road youtube version its really different x
There's no one like him. No one was quicker to come to Sinead O'Connor's side after her SNL protest backlash. The subject of her protest was, and is, still valid.
Van's voice and feeling for a song are a wonder to hear.
Catholic and Protestants together through music, Celtic music. Our old paths and no war, peace and respect. London and Rome leave us alone. Saoirse
I agree.
I am a Canadian whose paternal ancestors are all Irish. Most of them from Monaghan, as far as I know. Most of them leaving the Belfast Harbour in 1839. Is this why I happen to believe Van Morrison's voice is beyond anything I have ever heard or will ever hear in my lifetime? Is this why, regardless of how many walls I have put up to protect my battered heart he just comes sailing through them all? Could anything that isn't love do this?
Maurice Dickson also has a beuatiful version of this song. I recommend. But van Morrisson is a genious. As a matter of fact, We share the same base of musical and poetic culture, wich emerged around the north sea basin centuries ago. I am Norwegian, and we find a lot of connection between west-nordic and celtic tradition.
Geir Inho
Wonderful.Great poem made into a great song.
Carole Trainor
What a beautiful sentiment artfully expressed! Thanks for sharing what many of us who love Van feel and think.
wonderful comments Sir Van has the ability to carry me on a journey from the first album Astral Weeks he has been the soundtrack to my life ,you could ask what is my favourite song? i cannot answer it changes with every day
I have heard many versions , this is my favorite , unique and soulful. Like being read a story. Van owns this song.
Wooooof..., goosebumps all over me!
Van Morrison is touching my heart every time he sings. 💖
I LOVE this Evil Genius, grouchy old bastard and all - this version of Raglan Road gives me chills.
***** I use the word "evil" lightly, but he is mean & rude to his paying audience/fans - heck many times I've seen him in concert he just turns his back to the crowd and does what he wants. He could sing the phone book and I would eat it up.!
Not evil, just suffers from major stage fright. When he played with The Band, they practically had to push him out on stage because he was so nervous, but he ended up being the show stopper, absolutely epic performance, something not unexpected from Van the Man
+Michael Mitchell - chilling indeed. Van Morrison has an almost haunting effect on me at times, as in this song/performance, where he takes me places I would never have been, otherwise. God bless Mr. Morrison, grouchiness and all. He's one of the greatest musicians of our time!
My sentiments entirely.
Van has always been his own man in entirety......end of story.....
Pure unadulterated beauty. My eyes well with tears. Gorgeous. Van sings it perfectly. Every Irish cell in my body stands in honor of this amazing song. Thanks for sharing. 💚🎶🍀
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Never heard this song before!! Love it and Love Van!!
This was the first occasion I saw Van on TV. He appears like a slightly shabby Literature teacher, and performs the song from the rear of the stage. When he opens his mouth, the most soulful sound emerges. A voice so unusually moving, he makes you rethink all of your assumptions about what singing is.
Tony Cairns I agree mate listen to Mr Celtic Reggae raglan road youtube version its really different but I love it ✌
When was this? Mid 90s?
@@ctdevil28 Around 1988 ?
@@woolhall Absolutely! This song was on the album he cut with the Chieftains and released in 1988 and likely this was part of a promotional tour.
You're so right about all of Van 😎🌞🍀
He's brilliant. He's a poet. A great musician. Every song of his evokes emotion in me.
I think this is very beautiful. Awesome.
A PROFOUNDLY MOVING performance from the ALWAYS SUPREME ARTIST, VAN MORRISON of a WONDERFUL classic Irish SONG ------ TRULY MAGNIFICENT!.--- LOVE ❤️ Evelyn O'Connor
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Have loved this version since its release..
Has real mojo and a deeply spiritual feel.
Van's voice and the Chieftain's musical brilliance.
My family is from Belfast. Raglan road was the center of much violence during the "troubles". This is about a Protestant falling in love with a Catholic.
So Northern Ireland…..
It's not at all about that, sorry.
Raglan Road is in Dublin you idiot. The song has nothing to do with the troubles or a Protestant falling in love with a Catholic.
Patrick Kavanagh was originally a farmer from Co. Monaghan and moved to Dublin and lived at one point on Ragland Road. This is where he met Hilda Moriarty originally from Dingle, Co.Kerry. She moved to Dublin and lived on Raglan Road in 1944.She was studying to be a physician. The poem Ragland Road was inspired by her.When they met She was 22 and he was 40. She thought of Patrick only as a friend. This has more to do with a age gap. Dr. Hilda Moriarty married someone else and was in practice in Co. Limerick. Slan
No one Like you. So great!
Tears and tears and tears falling down …….. every time
Gawd I love Van's singing...and the Chieftains with him, just amazing imo.
Oh, yes, that so and so can sing a song.
God Bless you Patrick Kavanagh.. one of Ireland”s finest poets along with Van a latter day poet of Rock n”Roll, Blues and Jazz
Love this song and the whole CD.
His talent is just beyond reproach.
Vans version of this is the definitive one. I've heard this sung by dozens of artists. But Vans version on The Chieftains "Irish Heartbeat" album literally makes one weep. There is no finer unrequited love song or story than this one. . done by this group of people. .
Luke Kelly original version is far better
Oh Van,,,,, there’s so many things you’ve shown and taught me??????!!!!!!!! Thanks from the bottom of my soul’!!,,!!!!
To everyone dissing Van, mind that he is a blues/soul singer having his first run in traditional music, plus he was past his prime vocally at this point and still did an excellent job singing it while drumming. True musical genius he is, and Luke Kelly, but cut this fish out of water some slack, he did better than nearly anyone else
+Bill Brasky For being past his prime, lol, I'm not sure anyone else could make my jaw drop like he does at 2:41!!!
+Bill Brasky Past his prime? Are you serious?
+Bill Brasky - it's now six years past the date of this video, and Van has still got his chops. No way would I say he was past his prime here.
+Dave Cyr Uploaded in 2010. Actually from 1988, lol!
Lads listen to Mr Celtic Reggae raglan road youtube version its really different but I love it x
My intro to the Chieftains, thanks forever.
Fantastic. Awesome performance.The voice of Van and his interpretation is unique.
Written by the notoriously grumpy and offbeat poet Patrick kavanagh, sung by the notoriously grumpy and offbeat musician Van Morrison.
"... their 1988 collaboration 'Irish Heartbeat'."
...which was -- and is -- one of the finest albums ever, whatever the genre.
I never get tired of it, almost 25 years on.
Absolutely awesome. Gets to the heart and soul ☘
Possibly my favourite song.
The soul man
How the musicians stay so steady when Van is throwing his passions arround! I shall never know
so do I
but it is wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!
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My god this song moves me to tears
without Van these past 22 months: 2017-2018 , I’d not have kept strength of spirit! Love Van Man, and getting to know his material.
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans,it's my pleasure bringing sweet melody to my lovely fan,❤ ❤❤hope you don't stop listening to my music and thanks for your sincere compliment I really appreciate,have you been to any of my concerts?
@@vanmorrisonofficial-_ Not yet, but we will make it happen/get to one. There’s many tracts untapped, brand new (for me) that it’s astounding any artist can create a library, but especially one so vast and varied. My Dad told me about the newly released album @ just a year and a half ago, still need to pick that one up . 2024 will be the year, checking for a touring schedule, right now, in fact, so thank you for commenting
What better way to start St Patricks Day? Shivers....
Oh, WOW to Van 😄Morrison, such terrific Singing he put forth. Beautifully and soulfully presented. Thank you, SuS vioemans, for putting this UP.😆
sublime
Bless you van John from Oregon usa
My favourite version. Van seems to be transported ...
I feel sorry for you.........this is the worst version EVER - you've obviously never been to Ireland
Van the Man can inflect his voice so well, and put power into the music. I remember Irish traditional music during the 60s and 70s - it was so flat, no personality at all - it was no wonder that young people gravitated to rock-n-roll. Thin Lizzie did a great job of bringing trad music into the modern age, as does van the man here, so let's ignore John McCrea - either he is part of that old expressionless Irish generation, or else he doesn't understand artistic interpretation.
oops kitty has claws........:)
Any idea what year
Am always glad to receive positive comments from my lovely fans,it's my pleasure bringing sweet melody to my lovely fan,❤❤❤hope you don't stop listening to my music and thanks for your sincere compliment I really appreciate,have you been to any of my concerts?
"I gave her gifts of the mind I gave her the secret sign that's known
To the artists who have known the true gods of sound and stone."
I did and I have no regrets.
one of my fav songs performed by one of the greatest musical combo's ever!
My mom's parents came to US on a boat from county mayo about 1916. My dad's ancestors landed in canada in 1800's. I can see/hear so much of my ancestral heritage in van's music. Thanks van.
Luke Kelly's version is definitely the best, but I'm glad that great singers like Van carry this magnificent song forward, and make people aware of Luke Kelly's version as well.
Van Morrison: all my songs are meditations.
Van the Man and a super rendition of such a lovely song...not forgetting those fantastic musicians The Chieftans...
On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,
I saw her first and knew
That her dark hair would weave a snare
That I may one day rue.
I saw the danger, yet I walked
Along the enchanted way
And I said let grief be a falling leaf
At the dawning of the day.
On Grafton Street in November,
We tripped lightly along the ledge
Of a deep ravine where can be seen
The worst of passions pledged.
The Queen of Hearts still baking tarts
And I not making hay,
Well I loved too much; by such and such
Is happiness thrown away.
I gave her the gifts of the mind.
I gave her the secret sign
That's known to all the artists who have
Known true Gods of Sound and Time.
With word and tint I did not stint.
I gave her reams of poems to say
With her own dark hair and her own name there
Like the clouds over fields of May.
Thanks
Luke Kelly would have loved this. So well done.
He’d be turning in his grave 😧
Van's voice is so 💪
There is no one like Van!
I love Van's music. I grew up on it. I'm Irish. I bopped to Brown-eyed Girl as a Dublin teenager. His total body of work was a release and an inspiration to me. I still listen to him, my adult daughters listen to him. But he his an incomplete human being, a man who lacks the capacity to engage or trust others. A man who holds his audience in contempt. He is a monumental, elemental, example of a paranoiac. And even if I'm not a shrink - if it's not obvious to others, then....
"Van the Man" this Canadian fan loves your music. Keep it coming. 😎🇨🇦🙏
he shows wonderfully the pain of Patrick Kavanagh .............i have loved not as i should
Patrick Kavanagh's great poem and song is one of Sir Van Morrison's very best efforts.
Right iv decided this is my favourite rendition of this song. Vans probably one of the most talented musicians of all time.
* The master Irish soul singer nails this Irish classic!
Happy St. Patty's Day to you & yours! enjoy...
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Van Morrison and the Chieftains go deep into my soul as my mother's people are from Donegal and the Scottish Highlands. This music speaks to my heart and calls my spirit back to those places loved so much by my McCarron family. God Love you Van and the Chieftains ,and know that I surely do love you too.
Morrison made me cry .
Yes, he does own this song. He gets to sing it from his own soul. No studio bullshit, just his own heartfelt version.
Yes I do love this song and your voice Van Morrison thank you♥️
No one sings this better than VM!
Fantastic! Van owns this song.
Van world class .Remember on holidays in Zante Greece 18 years ago .Met a barman from Zambia asked what did he know about ireland . His answer Van Morrison and Munster Rugby Two irish icons
Shakes my old and weary croatian soul.❤
Angelic vibrations...
Masterpiece
Wow! Nobody can sing like Van! Beautiful !!!