Van is quite simply one of the greatest artists to ever live. From a singing perspective I think the most amazing aspect about him is that he is "uncopyable" if that's even a word. No one would be able to perfectly duplicate a Van song the way he sings it. It just so so personal and unique - unreal. Oh, and he's also a genius :)
Agreed, Van's voice is so emotive and expressive; it is like another musical instrument and would be hard to duplicate all his intonations and vocal range.
Oh, yes!! I have every studio album except one and 10 compilation and live albums. There is no one in music that can compare to him... Ever. Pure Genius and he continues to astound. Check out the two books he has published of his lyrics (poetry). They're just the tip of the iceberg, but you'll never be the same!
I've listened to "Brown Eyed Girl" some thousands of times and it sounds just as good now as it did the first time. Not many songs can meet that standard. "Moondance" has to be in the top 100 of all time. Van is the MAN!!!!
"Into the Mystic" is on Van's "Moondance" (1970) album, the follow-up to his seminal "Astral Weeks" (1968). The final lyric of the song "too late to stop now" was used as the title of his 1974 double live album "It's Too Late to Stop Now" recorded over a series of shows in 1973 and featuring his eleven-piece Caledonia Soul Orchestra. In 2016 an "It's Too Late to Stop Now" box set was released that includes volumes II, III and IV of that tour along with a DVD.
Keep diving. My wife and I danced to this on our 25th wedding anniversary. We've seen him in concdert at the Hollywood Bowl and at the Chicago Theatre. Hoping to see him in Ireland in 2023.
Van is amazingly talented and a personal favorite. I'll be truly upset the day he leaves this earth. Check out "cleaning windows", one of my favorite songs of his.
Nice reaction, Dani! Van the Man has an incredibly deep catalog. The hits are great, of course, but my fave tracks are the ones where he just closes his eyes and goes into a trance like stste and does ad lib stream of consciousness lyrics in that great celtic syle of his... Listen to the Lion, Almost Independence Day, Vanlose Stairway, In the Garden... there are a lot of them and they are spellbinding and hypnotic. I also highly recommed Astral Weeks (the song and the album).
I am always enthralled...from Them to Where Have All The Rebels Gone. I agree with his trance like state where he becomes the music. They call it "yarragh" - a cry of the heart and soul. Even his performance of Caravan in The Last Waltz is yarragh. You hear it in with Van more than any other singer artist I have ever heard. He speaks to my very soul...
To me, it's also an incredibly spiritual song...Van's voice can take me into so many places. Not wanting to be morbid, but this will be played someday at my memorial service! It's freeing...
Thanks for reacts to Van Morrison. Morrison voice was lite and rough at the same time. The back music was amazing and with him voice, its all came together.
Around 2:39 I could see he had touched you and there was a reaction in your face to the touching, as you went inside to that loving and needing part of all of us that longs for liberation. The look on your face made me cry, sent me to that place too - and I've heard this song maybe 500 times. Who knows? Through you I just heard it for the first time, and I'm moved by the experience.
The elusive term you're looking for is Celtic Soul. That's Van the Man. Excellent song choice, btw, I was surprised you started with this great classic, most start with the obvious earlier AM radio hits 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'Domino' or 'Moondance' which is more soft jazz in sound. This is a very deep well, you could do a lot worse than starting with his "The Best of Van Morrison" album, you may know some of those songs. There are a couple of tunes from when he was in the group Them, including the garage band classic 'Gloria' which Patti Smith covered. He plays saxophone in addition to other instruments. He's released 42 solo albums in the past 54 years and shows no sign of slowing down. Critics have their favorites but mine is the 1986 "No Guru, No Method, No Teacher" which Sinead O'Connor recommend in "Rolling Stone" magazine. I listened to her and never looked back, not a bad song on it.
There is no beginning or end to Vans music.. Soul, Passion, musical genius and he just keeps going .. everything he does is Pure musical perfection. V T M. I am so glad to have seen him live he’s brilliant and still sounding great 👍
A beautiful spiritual song. Try listening to the entire album, Into the Music. A great album to get you hooked into Van the Man, who now has released 50 albums.
Into the mystic simply beautiful, I am a blues rock man but I always loved Van Morrison. This song seems to me truly mystical an approach to a deep longing that transfers the mundane in a voyage beyond the cycle of days to a destination that promises rest and unification of two souls.
Van's number of recordings is long with much brilliance. I won't pretend to have heard all of his albums, but I can't conceive of any that would top his second, Astral Weeks, and his third, Moondance, which includes Into the Mystic. I've talked to a number of Van Morrison fans who hadn't even heard of Into the Mystic, which is still my favourite. Check out both of them and you can't go wrong.
I've listened to this song since the album came out in 1968. It has spiritual significance to me. The bass player does deserve credit! Nice reaction thank you for this.
Great reaction to a great singer who I was listening to his greatest hits album just the other day. You should check out his version of Have I Told You Lately, that song just melts me. And of course Brown Eyed Girl as well!!! There's a reason he's called Van The Man!!!
I love this song so much and Van does a wonderful job singing it. Take a listen to Johnny Rivers' version of this. Although Van wrote it, I prefer Johnny's version but that could be because Johnny's was the first version I heard. In the end it gives me goose bumps every time I hear it, no matter who sings it!
This is a top 5 song for me. This is a sailor coming home to his woman. I love the line Rock Your Gypsy Soul as well. He is eager to get back to his woman after being away at sea. He doesn't fear the foghorn because it isn't warning of a storm, it is signalling that he is close to home and will be with his love. Try Moondance and Brown Eyed Girl by Van as well. Great songs. Cheers from Canada
Van has never had a job in his life other than singer/songwriter/musician. He has been doing this for a living since was 15. He can sing rock like it's jazz. If God has a wallet there's a picture of Van in it.
This song is just perfect for a sunny day off at the lake. Van Morrison has a ton of good songs - "Tupelo Honey" and "Domino" are definitely worth checking out.
When I sit and listen to this song, it always brings a tear to my eye. For me it is about memories of someone loved and lost, if only in a dream. One piece of lyric at the beginning people might not understand is "Ere the bonnie boat was won". It means 'before (in time) the beautiful boat was won (acquired through challenges) '. Bonnie is a Scottish word meaning something like pretty and attractive.
I’m glad you dug it, next for you Tupelo honey! And then more up-paced ‘caravan!’ Preferably from the last waltz documentary ( ‘the band’s farewell concert!)
This song refers to the Mystic River. Van was living in Boston at the time he wrote it. He was room mates with Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band for a time.
The Mystic has two meanings. This is a very spiritual song basically about death. That is what the fog horn whistle represents. Floating into the Mystic represents the afterlife
Besides Sir Van the Man being one of the greatest musicians and performers, he has an unbelievable repertoire. And after many hundreds of hours of listening to the hundreds of songs he’s written, I can say there isn’t a bad one I don’t like. And there are so many diamonds in the rough if you ever take a deep dive into his life’s work.
Great song for your first time but girl, Van the Man is a Royal Feast and you really need to dive in. Throw all caution to the wind. Start with Them..his band from the early 60's and just feast on the amazing lyrics, music and a voice that "rocks your gypsy soul'" with every, single song through over 50 years. If you are into passionate love songs, listen to "I'll be your lover, too" from His Band and The Street Choir. Dani, feel the Yarragh!
Van Morrison has an amazing amount of great music! Modern music really pales in comparison to the best of a golden age. From the Beatles in the early 60s to the late 70s was a drug fueled race to see who could come up with something very new. Young lady, you have an exploration that will take you years to complete. You look like you would enjoy Joni Mitchell. "Help Me" is in the all time 100 greatest songs. Check her out!!!
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Van is quite simply one of the greatest artists to ever live. From a singing perspective I think the most amazing aspect about him is that he is "uncopyable" if that's even a word. No one would be able to perfectly duplicate a Van song the way he sings it. It just so so personal and unique - unreal. Oh, and he's also a genius :)
Agreed, Van's voice is so emotive and expressive; it is like another musical instrument and would be hard to duplicate all his intonations and vocal range.
Oh, yes!! I have every studio album except one and 10 compilation and live albums. There is no one in music that can compare to him... Ever. Pure Genius and he continues to astound. Check out the two books he has published of his lyrics (poetry). They're just the tip of the iceberg, but you'll never be the same!
Well said!
You don't see a lot of people attempt "Tupelo Honey" at Karaoke.
Hey, didn't Bruce Springsteen try to copy him ? Lol
It's reassuring to see young people appreciating someone We older people see as a musical treasure. Thanks Dani 😊
I've been on a 25 year deep dive into Van's music...and he still blows me away. 😉
Hear ya, loud & clear. It's been 50+ years for me.
"Van the Man"! Oh so many hits! Musical Legend!
Anything Van does is worth listening to, especially Into The Mystic. It is so spiritual at its base, so uplifting, so...so...damn...great song!!
You need to check out Van's "Tupelo Honey." How a voice becomes an instrument. Gorgeous music and lyrics.
+1 on that
I've listened to "Brown Eyed Girl" some thousands of times and it sounds just as good now as it did the first time. Not many songs can meet that standard. "Moondance" has to be in the top 100 of all time. Van is the MAN!!!!
good shout. His performance with the Band and Caravan is Van at his best
This is easily in my top 10 all time favorite songs. It’s a very big first dance song at weddings.
The complexity of the instrumentation is so delightful.
Dani . I wish I was you and could hear Van for the first time all over again.
That line about "your gyspy soul" stood out to me also. Great reaction!
If this song doesn't get you in the feels, then you're dead inside.
It doesn’t, because I don’t think Van Morrison is a very good singer.
Sheeeet. Van Morrison is, quite simply, the best singer songster!!!
To my mind, "In the Garden" is his masterpiece. But this is a real contender. So beautiful!
Yes...agree !!!!!
@@bluevireo425 Absolutely, also love the live version!
"Into the Mystic" is on Van's "Moondance" (1970) album, the follow-up to his seminal "Astral Weeks" (1968). The final lyric of the song "too late to stop now" was used as the title of his 1974 double live album "It's Too Late to Stop Now" recorded over a series of shows in 1973 and featuring his eleven-piece Caledonia Soul Orchestra. In 2016 an "It's Too Late to Stop Now" box set was released that includes volumes II, III and IV of that tour along with a DVD.
Keep diving. My wife and I danced to this on our 25th wedding anniversary. We've seen him in concdert at the Hollywood Bowl and at the Chicago Theatre. Hoping to see him in Ireland in 2023.
I love this song as well. What a great anniversary dance!! I have tickets to see him in Vegas in February!!
I love that she loves Van. I hope she explores all of his music. He brought us so many fantastic songs.
Van is amazingly talented and a personal favorite. I'll be truly upset the day he leaves this earth. Check out "cleaning windows", one of my favorite songs of his.
👍 yup
I cried hearing this ,then my spirit started writing and amazing ❤️❤️
This song has been on my playlist since playlists were made by stacking LP's on turntables. First-generation high-fidelity!
Nice reaction, Dani! Van the Man has an incredibly deep catalog. The hits are great, of course, but my fave tracks are the ones where he just closes his eyes and goes into a trance like stste and does ad lib stream of consciousness lyrics in that great celtic syle of his... Listen to the Lion, Almost Independence Day, Vanlose Stairway, In the Garden... there are a lot of them and they are spellbinding and hypnotic. I also highly recommed Astral Weeks (the song and the album).
I am always enthralled...from Them to Where Have All The Rebels Gone. I agree with his trance like state where he becomes the music. They call it "yarragh" - a cry of the heart and soul. Even his performance of Caravan in The Last Waltz is yarragh. You hear it in with Van more than any other singer artist I have ever heard. He speaks to my very soul...
I’ve listened to this song a thousand times and it still gives me the chills.
when my wife passed this song took on a whole new meaning and I felt like I'd heard it again for the first time.
Van Morrison is a legend great tracks are many examples “Tupelo honey” “caravan” “moondance” “someone like you” “have I told you lately” enjoy!
This song speaks to the soul
Van the man is one of my top 3 male vocalists!
Tupelo Honey, both in studoi and live are a must. Tupelo Honey live with Pee Wee Wilson is a great example of Van's style, which is quite unique.
Oh! Tupelo - where Elvis was from! I'll check them out! Thank you!
To me, it's also an incredibly spiritual song...Van's voice can take me into so many places. Not wanting to be morbid, but this will be played someday at my memorial service! It's freeing...
Glad your first time hearing Van Morrison was this song. He has many albums but this song is probably my favorite. Thanks for doing this.
Thanks for reacts to Van Morrison. Morrison voice was lite and rough at the same time. The back music was amazing and with him voice, its all came together.
Around 2:39 I could see he had touched you and there was a reaction in your face to the touching, as you went inside to that loving and needing part of all of us that longs for liberation. The look on your face made me cry, sent me to that place too - and I've heard this song maybe 500 times. Who knows? Through you I just heard it for the first time, and I'm moved by the experience.
The elusive term you're looking for is Celtic Soul. That's Van the Man. Excellent song choice, btw, I was surprised you started with this great classic, most start with the obvious earlier AM radio hits 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'Domino' or 'Moondance' which is more soft jazz in sound. This is a very deep well, you could do a lot worse than starting with his "The Best of Van Morrison" album, you may know some of those songs. There are a couple of tunes from when he was in the group Them, including the garage band classic 'Gloria' which Patti Smith covered. He plays saxophone in addition to other instruments.
He's released 42 solo albums in the past 54 years and shows no sign of slowing down. Critics have their favorites but mine is the 1986 "No Guru, No Method, No Teacher" which Sinead O'Connor recommend in "Rolling Stone" magazine. I listened to her and never looked back, not a bad song on it.
Thank you ... that is also one of my favorites, too.
Van is definitely the man!
Oh he’s looking good beautiful and you pick the perfect songs much love
Well you started out with one of his best songs. So many more to choose from. Keep it going
There is no beginning or end to Vans music.. Soul, Passion, musical genius and he just keeps going .. everything he does is Pure musical perfection. V T M. I am so glad to have seen him live he’s brilliant and still sounding great 👍
A beautiful spiritual song. Try listening to the entire album, Into the Music. A great album to get you hooked into Van the Man, who now has released 50 albums.
Into the mystic simply beautiful, I am a blues rock man but I always loved Van Morrison. This song seems to me truly mystical an approach to a deep longing that transfers the mundane in a voyage beyond the cycle of days to a destination that promises rest and unification of two souls.
I love Van Morrison. ♥ This song kinda reminds me of "Dreams" by the Allman Brothers. They both sort of lull you into a tranquil state of mind.
No fancy auto tune gadgets or studio tricks, nothing but good old fashion talent! 2 Thumbs up reaction!
Van's number of recordings is long with much brilliance. I won't pretend to have heard all of his albums, but I can't conceive of any that would top his second, Astral Weeks, and his third, Moondance, which includes Into the Mystic. I've talked to a number of Van Morrison fans who hadn't even heard of Into the Mystic, which is still my favourite. Check out both of them and you can't go wrong.
VM brings me to tears.
That bass line is sick
Ancient Highway" w/Lyrics by Van Morrison a vocal tour de force
@OnceTheyNamedMeiWasnt Love Ancient Highway, but I missed Fear and Loathing - I'll go listen.
This is from Van Morrison´s great album Moondance released 1970, the title track is another classic.
I've listened to this song since the album came out in 1968. It has spiritual significance to me. The bass player does deserve credit! Nice reaction thank you for this.
Tupelo Honey studio version from the same titled album is one of the most beautiful and beautifully produced love songs ever.
My favorite Van song. Live is so good. Jazzier, generally, and the use of the sax for the foghorn is so clear live.
Sometimes a song just grabs you from the first time you hear it, this one did it for me.
I love this song….
Gosh first time you ever listened to this Iconic artist...Great, Right! 😎👏👏👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great reaction to a great singer who I was listening to his greatest hits album just the other day. You should check out his version of Have I Told You Lately, that song just melts me. And of course Brown Eyed Girl as well!!! There's a reason he's called Van The Man!!!
His version is the original
@@johntremmel3949 I did think it was and then thought hold on is it!!! It is an amazing song by an amazing artist!!!
@@mattpotter8725 the piano in the original is so much better than rod stewarts cover
wow i cant imagine hearing this for the first time. 53 years later
I love this song so much and Van does a wonderful job singing it. Take a listen to Johnny Rivers' version of this. Although Van wrote it, I prefer Johnny's version but that could be because Johnny's was the first version I heard. In the end it gives me goose bumps every time I hear it, no matter who sings it!
You are one rare bird, preferring Johnny Rivers over Van Morrison! Music is judged by your ears, and everybody's ears are unique!
Colin James did a nice rendition a few years ago - did it justice.
Can the man has had dozens of great tunes like Tupelo Honey, Moondance, which is one of his best, Bright side of the Road!
This is a top 5 song for me. This is a sailor coming home to his woman. I love the line Rock Your Gypsy Soul as well. He is eager to get back to his woman after being away at sea. He doesn't fear the foghorn because it isn't warning of a storm, it is signalling that he is close to home and will be with his love. Try Moondance and Brown Eyed Girl by Van as well. Great songs. Cheers from Canada
Respect
He has one one of the most powerful and soulful voices known to man.
Van has never had a job in his life other than singer/songwriter/musician. He has been doing this for a living since was 15. He can sing rock like it's jazz. If God has a wallet there's a picture of Van in it.
He was a window cleaner, hence the song 'Cleaning Windows'.
This song is just perfect for a sunny day off at the lake. Van Morrison has a ton of good songs - "Tupelo Honey" and "Domino" are definitely worth checking out.
“Mental escape” is quite accurate.
This is my 2nd favorite song.
Still gives me goose bumps after all these years.
Van The Man!!!!
The Belfast Cowboy!!!
Poet
Musician
Composer
Singer
Philosopher
The Bard
The troubadour!!!!!!
Knighted
The piano part is so slick and integrated, everyone misses it. Listen again for it.
For me, this song is about going on the final journey with courage and dignity.
When I sit and listen to this song, it always brings a tear to my eye. For me it is about memories of someone loved and lost, if only in a dream. One piece of lyric at the beginning people might not understand is "Ere the bonnie boat was won". It means 'before (in time) the beautiful boat was won (acquired through challenges) '. Bonnie is a Scottish word meaning something like pretty and attractive.
beautiful when the music moves you to that place of emotion. sending love!
I’m glad you dug it, next for you Tupelo honey! And then more up-paced ‘caravan!’ Preferably from the last waltz documentary ( ‘the band’s farewell concert!)
One of my top 10 all time favorites.
To me it is the simplest of a love song , a sailor returning to the woman he miss'es and loves
Digging and grooving to the Van Man. It doesn't get better than that!! I saw him live in 1966 or 1967.
Master at work! Haters back up. Cant touch this
Fabulous choice!!😃
Van has music in his blood, in his bones, probably in his fingernails. That is earthy quality is what we called souls in the days before autotune :)
Van Morrison, and Bob Dylan, two of the best songwriters poets of all time. I am an old Irishman, Morrison can take me home.
one of my favs of Van the man.
many of us are descendants of sea fearers either colonizing or reading this song is a memory of our voyage I can feel it
I love all kinds of music.
If you've watched American Pie, The Wedding, it would sound familiar, as it was played at the wedding as an opening song
This song refers to the Mystic River. Van was living in Boston at the time he wrote it. He was room mates with Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band for a time.
The Mystic has two meanings. This is a very spiritual song basically about death. That is what the fog horn whistle represents. Floating into the Mystic represents the afterlife
@redpine wrong
@@DavidMars Oh really? It only came from Van and Peter Wolf themselves, but I guess you know beter. LOL
Love the base line in this song, too.
The Counting Crows get the closest to ever sounding like Van the man.. love them both ✌️🤗
This song is perfect
Besides Sir Van the Man being one of the greatest musicians and performers, he has an unbelievable repertoire. And after many hundreds of hours of listening to the hundreds of songs he’s written, I can say there isn’t a bad one I don’t like. And there are so many diamonds in the rough if you ever take a deep dive into his life’s work.
Fabulous song and you won me over with your reaction !
My main man Van in one word? Soulful!
into the mystic. uh that song makes me cry. every. time!
Those final lyrics should be "too early to stop now", as in it is criminally too early to stop such a beautiful song so soon.
There is nobody like Van Morrison. Nobody.
I love talented unique artists
There are sp many Van songs that totally kill it with lyrics and music. It would be a long dive. Enjoy.
Great song for your first time but girl, Van the Man is a Royal Feast and you really need to dive in. Throw all caution to the wind. Start with Them..his band from the early 60's and just feast on the amazing lyrics, music and a voice that "rocks your gypsy soul'" with every, single song through over 50 years. If you are into passionate love songs, listen to "I'll be your lover, too" from His Band and The Street Choir. Dani, feel the Yarragh!
Wonderful reaction young lady ❤
Van Morrison has an amazing amount of great music! Modern music really pales in comparison to the best of a golden age. From the Beatles in the early 60s to the late 70s was a drug fueled race to see who could come up with something very new. Young lady, you have an exploration that will take you years to complete. You look like you would enjoy Joni Mitchell. "Help Me" is in the all time 100 greatest songs. Check her out!!!
Excellent song!!
This is a song I have to listen to very loud, to feel it all over.
Love that you were moved by certain lines
It will play at my going home service
Van's signature growl and simple, yet great lyrics make this not a good song, but a *great* song.
Yes, that bass line really carries it.
Van morrison that brother there has l a j e n d absolutely
Very nice reaction vid. Of course, Van Morrison is legend.
Back in the day baby when I wanted to get romantic with my girl Van was the man. Keep going! He's awesome.
He is sneaky good. I didn't expect that when I first heard him. But he's good.
Brown Eyed Girl!!
... and MOONDANCE !!!
When I clicked on the video,I was saying to myself "please,please let it be Into The Mystic ".Try Tony Jackson 's cover of this song