onewilyfool Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I do a few..... "Into the Mystic" "Brown Eyed Girl" "Crazy Love" Any of you fancy his songs???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 have done those ones , and it stoned me . used to do madam george with a band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 "Tupelo Honey" is one I like to do. There's a good sound clip I found online somewhere of a duet of Crazy Love with Mr Zimmerman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 "Tupelo Honey" is one I like to do. Took part in a tastey jam on that one a few weeks ago. It that segued neatly into the Weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack6849 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I do "Wild Night", "Domino" and "When That Evenin' Sun Goes Down". Tupelo Honey is just a truly terrific album isn't it? Jack6849 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 he lives near me , put some videos of yourselves up and i'll take them round and show him . he's such a happy go lucky type chap , he's bound to live them:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 BBG is it true you often run into him down the local pub where he is well known for doing his Chris De Berg covers before shouting drinks for the bar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45slinger Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I work 'Into The Mystic' into the middle of other songs when we do the acoustic duo thing, and we will throw 'Brown Eyed Girl' into the full band set if someone requests it (which happens pretty often). Really need to throw in a few of his lesser known songs in there, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 BBG is it true you often run into him down the local pub where he is well known for doing his Chris De Berg covers before shouting drinks for the bar! he was eating lunch with a few other fellas one day a few years ago in a hotel near his place , my mates dad and his girlfriend were there too at a separate table . when she said 'thats van morrison over there , you should get his autograph , your son likes him' my mates dad had heard of van morrison and thats about it , his girlfriend said ' van's face was a picture' when my mates dad went to the table with piece of paper and a pen asking 'is one of you fellas van morrison ?' always made me laugh that , put a dent in his ego i'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 We sort of made a list of artists that all our competitors play which we swore not to play, to give ourselves a point of difference. Van Morrison was one of those. Although we broke that rule by doing Oasis ... I guess Wonderwall was inevitable and whenever were stuck with a tough crowd this ones always a winner.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisA83 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 "Tupelo Honey" is one I like to do. There's a good sound clip I found online somewhere of a duet of Crazy Love with Mr Zimmerman. Prefer it to the original! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDUt6qCVXv4 Edit: Just noticed - HB and J-50...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 He got barred out of my local pub..... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Prefer it to the original! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDUt6qCVXv4 Edit: Just noticed - HB and J-50...?! Ah great! BBG's house in the background at the start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Ah great! BBG's house in the background at the start! lol , yeah i remember that day , had to phone the police in the end to get the two of them moved on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Used to play a bunch of them back in the old days with the band. These days though about the only one of Van's tunes I cover is Wild Nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 . Love VM I do quite a few - a couple more I'd like to mention: Someone Like You, Dweller on the Threshold, Queen of the Slipstream. . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 A good clip with these 2 troubadours around a terrific song and a couple of nice G's. Never was a huge fan of Bob's imprecise vocal-harmonies though. Then again – maybe this ain't so much a performance as a glimpse of 2 friends goin' through a song they both like. . . . (if the writer wasn't tired of it at the point) I gladly play Into The Mystic and It Stoned Me btw. But another of my favorites is One Irish Rover have to learn that one - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Bob seems somewhat disinterested.........one of the guitars is out of tune.......lol....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Country Boy Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I don't believe Bob's not interested - he's just not sure of the words and phrasing. It's certainly evident that there was no rehersal! You are right - someone is slightly out of tune - can't tell which, but I believe it's Bob. It's hard to tune acoustics together when the wind is blowing 50 mph! Anyway, the VM songs I currently play in public are: Into the Mystic (this is a definate crowd pleaser - "Hark, now, hear the sailor's cry, Smell the sea and feel the sky, Let your soul and spirit fly, into the mystic!)and Tulepo. Peace, LCB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 BBG's deadpan in this thread is killing me. I now call on everyone here present to promise to repeat the autograph stunt any time they see Van Morrison! But back to the initial question! Well in answer, I will admit that I've done the old Brown Eyed Girl live with a full band once. Went down a storm. (I would rephrase that, but I'm lazy.) Probably no less inevitable than doing the old Wonderwall, EA, but I have to say that I'm proud I gave in to Van rather than to the Gallaghers. In any case, the whole first album's worth of the 1967 New York sessions are the dog's as far as I'm concerned, and the old BEG is the cherry on the cake. Would love to do Joe Harper Saturday Morning, but I think I'd forget the lyrics and fail to keep a straight face every time I sang about shining my glory all around. I am also partial to Them. Never have had a band with whom I could cover their version of Baby Please Don't Go, though the riff is one of my faves for electric practice. I am also guilty of doing Gloria at parties. I was fancying learning Tupelo Honey a couple of months back, till I read how many of you do it. Damn you all! I think the idea of BBG doing the whole of Madame George has just made my night, but I think my mirth could be surpassed if Wily could be persuaded to cover any of the songs from the second 1967 NYC album and post the results here. I nearly crashed the car when I first played it. It's hard to drive safely when you're doubled up on the floor. I hadn't laughed quite so hard since Dave Allen died. Anybody for a cover of Ringworm? Please, Wily, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Mojo....do you have any links to these songs.....I'm not familiar with the titles.....but if you could hum a few bars???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Mojo....do you have any links to these songs.....I'm not familiar with the titles.....but if you could hum a few bars???? Van the Man. More Bang for your buck. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mEC26HrbMc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nb41ONJeMc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 And one for those busking sessions where the passers by are somewhat recalcitrant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib_jbtGA9-M&feature=relmfu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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