tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post7301757142206459873..comments2021-05-21T05:18:08.721+01:00Comments on Paintings Art etc.: Van Morrison - The Great Deception -1973johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00574763566985129420noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25250212.post-81932629075068238402014-06-25T06:31:46.847+01:002014-06-25T06:31:46.847+01:00Hullo John,
I was going to write you a thing the ...Hullo John,<br /><br />I was going to write you a thing the other day and the library shut down before I could finish.<br /><br />Anyway... Van Morrison! The thing with Van is that one day someone is going to tell me that he is so too a full-on death cult zombie, and when that happens I'm going to be properly bummed I tell ya. That's because I have Van Morrison as a proper genius with an eye for the sublime. Have you ever heard <i>Coney Island</i>? That's my idea of sublime.<br /><br />But you know... apparently he's an arsehole in real life but if you were as famous as he is it'd be hard not to be I reckon. Some things must be forgiven.<br /><br />Anyway, may favourite album of his is <i>Too Long In Exile</i>. Do you know it? It's one of those perfect albums. Actually it defies even that description given that it spans multiple genres without any discernible gap. Not many people could even pull it off.<br /><br />Anyway... your lyrics here reminded me of the second track on the album <i>Bigtime Operators</i>. I won't cut and paste all the lyrics, just two germane verses.<br /><br />---<br /><br />Well, they told me to come on over<br />I made my way to New York<br />And they tried to have me deported<br />Stop me from getting work<br />Blacklisted me all over<br />They were vicious and they were mean<br />They were bigtime operators<br />Baby, on the music business scene<br /><br />-<br /><br />They were glorified by the media<br />They were heroes who had names<br />They said that they would bury me<br />If I didn't play their game<br />They said I didn't know the score<br />And that I was young and green<br />They were bigtime operators<br />On the music business scene<br /><br />---<br /><br />I'd call it a proper fuckyou to his erstwhile would-be masters.<br /><br />Anyway, lovely lovely and off to check your new thing. Ciao ciao.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com