Van Morrison Or Jim Morrison (you're welcome DocRafiki;))

[Blondie]

Never been a Van Morrison fan...sounds like he's whining when he's singing!

Jim Morrison on the other hand, can sing any song he wants! Light My Fire is a fave, as are a few others.

 

[Saffron]

My favorite Van Morrison song is Into the Mystic

My favorite Doors song is either Light My Fire or People are Strange

 

[caitycaity]

van morrison -- i really like moondance
jim morrison -- i really like pretty much everything.

 

[WillyJ]

Well, Toni Morrison is a heck of a writer- I thought Beloved was a wonderful novel. . but I sure can't recall her ever singing anything..

 

[browneyes]

Van

Jim

Ok. I'm still confused.

 

[caitycaity]

toni

 

[browneyes]

Thanks Willy. You're a lot of help.

 

[WillyJ]

Anytime Shannon. . that's why I get the big bucks around here..



LOL Caity!

 

[browneyes]

Big bucks? Have you been auctioning off Glo's swimming pics?

 

[snoopy]

My favorite Van Morrison song is "Jackie Wilson said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" Love that song, love Van Morrison.

The Doors remind me of my brother's garage band without a bass player. Highly overrated, imo.

 

[SuiteDisney]

Equal parts blue-eyed soul shouter and wild-eyed poet-sorcerer, Van Morrison was among popular music's true innovators, a restless seeker whose incantory vocals and alchemical fusion of R&B, jazz, blues and Celtic folk produced perhaps the most spiritually transcendent body of work in the rock and roll canon. While a notoriously difficult and eccentric figure whose steadfast rejection of commercial trends and industry fashions kept him absent from the pop charts for decades at a stretch, Morrison nevertheless enjoyed a massive cult following which grew exponentially throughout the course of his lengthy and prolific career; subject only to the whims of his own muse, his recordings cover extraordinary stylistic ground yet retain a consistency and purity virtually unmatched among his contemporaries, connected by the mythic power of his singular musical vision and his incendiary vocal delivery -- spiralling repetitions of wails and whispers which bypassed the confines of language to articulate emotional truths far beyond the scope of literal meaning.




George Ivan Morrison was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on August 31, 1945; his mother was a singer, while his father ardently collected classic American jazz and blues recordings. At 15 he quit school to join the local R&B band the Monarchs, touring military bases throughout Europe before returning home to form his own group, Them. Boasting a fiery, gritty sound heavily influenced by Morrison heroes like Ray Charles and Little Richard, Them quickly earned a devout local following and in late 1964 recorded their debut single "Don't Start Crying Now"; the follow-up, an electrifying reading of Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go," cracked the UK Top Ten in early 1965. Though not a major hit upon its original release, Them's Morrison-penned "Gloria" endures among the true classics of the rock pantheon, covered by everyone from the Doors to Patti Smith. Lineup changes plagued the band throughout its lifespan, however, and at the insistence of producer Bert Berns, over time session musicians increasingly assumed the lion's share of recording duties; a frustrated Morrison finally left Them following a 1966 tour of the U.S., quitting the music business and returning to Belfast.

 

[browneyes]

I guess you're a Van fan, Sis?

Sorry for all the confusion everyone. I'm blonde.

 

[SuiteDisney]

Sure am a fan, Sis. You probably are, too, you just don't know it.

 

[browneyes]

If I wasn't confused, I'm sure I would be, Sis.

 

[Deb in IA]

This thread is TOO funny!!

Another little difference . . . VAN Morrison is still ALIVE. JIM Morrison is dead and buried in France.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Originally posted by Deb in IA
.....Another little difference . . . VAN Morrison is still ALIVE. JIM Morrison is dead and buried in France.

LITTLE difference??????? That's BIG, in my book!!!!!

 

[browneyes]

Originally posted by Deb in IA
This thread is TOO funny!!

Another little difference . . . VAN Morrison is still ALIVE. JIM Morrison is dead and buried in France.

LOL! I did find that out. I knew one of them was dead. But with my confusion, I'm not sure which one to say for sure is in France.

 

[ryanpatricksmom]

Van- Tupelo Honey

Jim- not a big fan, but was always grateful when he managed to keep his pants on.

 

[browneyes]

Originally posted by ryanpatricksmom
Jim- not a big fan, but was always grateful when he managed to keep his pants on.

I saw Val Kilmer in the Doors movie. Somehow, I missed seeing that part.

 

[ryanpatricksmom]

Van Kilmer sans pants is one thing, but Jim Morrison had a habit of sharing his joy in public....if you know what I mean!!!

Being a child of the sixties has left me scarred!