I think I must have been drinking that night.... Genius maybe little inflated but in my defence the meaning of the word "Genius" is " exceptionally intelligent person or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of activity" ....
Judy Z Well, Judy dear, with Van.. its,not really a "visual thing".. In fact, .I am sure you hear his awesome voice, such more accurately,.. Van, as you know ,is such a lyrically colorful artist!
My uncle gave me this concert on DVD. He passed away a couple years ago. This is one of the best live shows. I'm thankful to listen to it over and over.
@@HairGlitter I have been listening to Van for 50 years and agree that these performances at the 1980 Montreux were truly some of his best live. I never seem to get tired of his music.
Very handsome! Van Morrison doesn't just sing, he performs with a lot of sensitivity and passion. It gives me great pleasure to listen and watch him every day. Thank you for these beautiful moments. 🌹🌷🙏❤️❤️
The band are stellar too, plenty of musos can play technically very well, but to have the sensitivity, restraint and just plain old simple good taste just to play what is needed 'in the service of the song' without ego is a much rarer quality! One of his best bands ever...
In the olden times, people like Van the man would be classed as walking talking saints, This man never said start a war, hit and hurt your neighbor and everyone around you, he never said hate and show great dislike to others, All that Van the man has done was write and played his magical music, he has helped to heal millions of people all over this world with his words and songs of great wisdom and wonder, Van brings you in to the mistic, he will help to heal sad and hurt minds, ease the pain, give great joy and hope to all and help you to see a much better way, Thank you Van for who you are and for all that you gave and continue to give.
Well said James - and how absolutely true. I've been in the presence of the great Man a few times but felt it would be quite disrespectful to invade the space of a true healer!
The best live song ever! The inner thoughts of a person. “I’m standing in your doorway, and I’m mumbling and I can’t remember the last thing that ran thru my head. “
It just amazed me watching this that I have been listening to Van, as a publicly proclaimed fan since 1974's "Veedon Fleece" album. My older brother, by 4 years, played it on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was only 10 and transfixed...still am.
I am 38 and i only discovered Van Morrison,that is i really got into him about 5 years ago,I like all of us had heard his music on the radio,Brown Eyed Girl,Jackie Wilson Said and Bright Side Of The Road etc..,Ahhh but when,after sifting through my just departed wonderful Mother's record collection i discovered the album Astral Weeks and i am not ashamed to say i cried like " An Angel Child " , from then on i really found out why he is so influential in what i had been and still listen to today. Thank you Van,but most importantly, Thank you to my dear Mother for somehow allowing me to grieve for the loss of you by playing that beautiful album and others , Love and Miss you forever Mary.
Dave Simpson yes same here.im 40 and about 5 years ago I heard all of these miracles of music and couldn't believe it....incredible and worth a million repeats
Dave your comment brought me to the brink of tears. I have been listening to astral weeks for 35 years now. I still adore it. Ballerina is my favourite. I posted a comment below under My son's account "Robbie"
Spread your wings Come on fly awhile Straight to my arms Little angel child You know you only Lonely twenty-two story block And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, step right up And step right up Ballerina Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, try it Well, I may be wrong But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so You know I saw the writing on the wall When you came up to me Child, you were heading for a fall But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina Stepping lightly Alright, well it's getting late Yes it is, yes it is And this time I forget to slip into your slumber The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head Here come a man, here come a man and he say, he say the show must go on So all you gotta do Is ring the bell And step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, c'mon, die it, yeah Just like a ballerina Just like a, just like a, just like a, just like a ballerina Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving, moving on, moving on, moving on up Little bit higher, baby You know, you know, you know, get on up baby Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing, keep on, keep on pushing Stepping lightly Just like a ballerina Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes Working on Just like a ballerina
Nobody ever made music like that before him either. Took blue eyed soul to the stratosphere. Those bands of his from the early seventies through this period in particular were in another universe. Magnificent.
IMHO just try to pick a favorite song, or even a favorite album ~impossible there's just so much wonder and beauty and raw human emotion ...always fresh and new and absolutely delightful!!!
An extraordinary performance by John Platania. So, so original in its approach, but perfectly tasteful - unflashy, but virtuosic. The piano player as well, excels himself here. And VM's vocal is sheer perfection. A masterful band performance!
@@bernieross1241 Van ain’t playing with any dead weight, we know that. Great songs by a great artist require the best musicians to do justice to these songs in live performances.
GOD----Pure magic. Van's incredible vocals,John Lantans's superb guitar & the other band members fantatstic contrbution. Amazing sounds. From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.
I uploaded a similar comment before in a different youtube video of the same version of this live performance of ballerina. I think that it is Thomas Hardy meets "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" "Ballerina" has oblique references to un-expressed love: "And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby" This is like a Hardy Novel. "But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina" This is like "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" But I think the whole song is much more subtle and complex than "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" Gawn
jkept me living...LESide 69 summer saw him in a dump on MacDougal street that summer...no one in the audience but me and his second? wife/Janet...cried the whole time
On the left side of your head. All you got to do is ring the bell just like a ballerina. Step right, I maybe wrong something in my heart writing when forlorn whatever gets to you, can't go on .
Van cant get the capo on his guitar. It's a blessing in disguise because he looks so natural holding the mic in this song, nothing against his rhythm playing abilities.
Ohhh please, from the soul and hart of Van and all his musicians,, it is a trance, spectacualar trance,,he is concentrated in what he want to. Perform. PERIOD.it is a very espiritual song very well interpretated. Those gays are genius, noone will do this. Again.PERIOD
it's like a dark hunter green is that your beau bow Beauregard's yeah oops upside the head sticks and stones what if I didn't vent what would happen emphasize and put yourself in your shoes if you just keep quiet and harbor aggression
hit the hammer on the fairgrounds and the best you hit it the temperature gauge goes up Kenneth what is the frequency of hitting the top 🔝 it once got stuck at the top Johnson TJ Torrence Taylor Devon Burke Davon and take one for the team I got your lifetime guarantee I am venting like I'm something wrong with me idk maybe my mom died and I found her helpless in an awkward position and remember sunny you saved my brain and be ready you are a friend
Spread your wings Come on fly awhile Straight to my arms Little angel child You know you only Lonely twenty-two story block And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, step right up And step right up Ballerina Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, try it Well, I may be wrong But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so You know I saw the writing on the wall When you came up to me Child, you were heading for a fall But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina Stepping lightly Alright, well it's getting late Yes it is, yes it is And this time I forget to slip into your slumber The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head Here come a man, here come a man and he say, he say the show must go on So all you gotta do Is ring the bell And step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, c'mon, die it, yeah Just like a ballerina Just like a, just like a, just like a, just like a ballerina Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving, moving on, moving on, moving on up Little bit higher, baby You know, you know, you know, get on up baby Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing, keep on, keep on pushing Stepping lightly Just like a ballerina Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes Working on Just like a ballerina
