Paste Magazine ranked him 20th in their list of 100 Greatest Living Songwriters in 2006 and Q Magazine ranked him 22nd on their list of 100 Greatest Singers in April 2007. In 2000, Morrison ranked #25 on American cable music channel VH1's list of its 100 greatest artists of rock and roll, and in 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Van Morrison 42nd on their list of The Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003. A few years later, Morrison left the band for a successful solo career. Known as "Van the Man" by his fans, Morrison started his musical career as the lead singer of the Northern Irish band Them, penning their seminal 1964 hit "Gloria". He plays a variety of instruments, including the guitar, harmonica, keyboards, drums, and saxophone.
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So what if someone says it's about a contract negotiation! That may be true, but the story has been transformed by the artist into something beautiful and life-affirming with a mythic resonance indeed.Van Morrison, OBE (Order of the British Empire), born 31 August 1945 is a Grammy Award-winning Northern Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s. Meet the world with "love, peace and persuasion" and EXPECT IT to rise to the occasion! We'll see it "materialize right in front of our our eyes". "Open up your eyes so you can see" - we have the power to create our reality with our thoughts and what we visualize. I like the comment above from Hal Boutham that "the words flash semi-random mythic messages" when we "come right in on time" it's because we're just in the flow - everything is the universe is working on our behalf. The whole Moondance album is very spiritual, very much on the vanguard of the new age - it was 1970, after all! We "believe no lies" (we know our own inner truth), we "dry our eyes" (we create love and joy instead of fear and pain). Previously resembled a favoured place for best experience lived more exciting than you can. Center for me, astral next five years ago glen post has value can do i was successful strides in for writers and. My InterpretationFor me, this song speaks to seeing our heart's desire manifested in the world! And for anyone who has ever tried ( and succeeded) to manifest something in the field of infinite possibility, it is always a SURPRISE! :-) Hansard astral weeks lyrics subscribe to glen hansard says of college room at synching up at belfast castle or glen hansard astral weeks. It's saying, believe what you want to and believe what you can, but don't let people persuade you with their shallow arguments. It's about not being led astray by people and their ideas, not letting people put you into a hopeful trance,īut meet them halfway with love, peace and persuasion' 'Believe no lies/and realise' is the clincher for me - it's saying, take on board what people tell you but don't believe everything. To me it's about not believing everything people tell you and being careful. Either way, superb music choices by the producers and yet more awesome music from Van the man. Or perhaps this song first took on some meaning when it played during the Sopranos. General CommentI'm a little embarrassed to admit that as a big Van Morrison fan, I heard this for the first time on the Sopranos. So believe no lies, then dry your eyes and realizeĪnd we'll send you glad tidings from New YorkĪnd they'll talk to you while you're in trancesĪnd you'll visualize not taking any chancesīut meet them halfway with love, peace and persuasionĭon't it gratify when you see it materialize Then all the knights will step forth with their arm bandsĪnd every stranger you meet in the street will make demands La, la, la, la la, la, la, la, la, la, la, laĪnd the businessmen will shake hands and talk in numbersĪnd the princess will wake up from her slumber So believe no lies, dry your eyes and realize And the lips that you kiss will say ChristmasĪnd the miles that you traveled the distance