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I listened to this on my 8 track in my '73 International Scout II, fishing on the rivers in NE Oklahoma. "Hands are full of a fishin' rod And the tackle on our backs We just stood there gettin' wet With our backs against the fence"
You owe it to yourselves to consume the entire Moondance album. The music and musicianship is impeccable, but even more so the engineering is phenomenal. Few other albums have as much distinction and separation on every single instrument. I'm a huge Steely Dan fan, but I have to admit that Moondance may be the best recorded and engineered album I've ever heard.
Countless parties back in the day where that whole Moondance LP was spinning. I had a good dear friend who passed some years back but he would get up and do his “Moondance” for us all when that song was played. Always reminded of him whenever I hear it now.
Okay, many of you will think this is very odd, but almost every day I send my wife a song. This happened to be yesterday's song. I might be out of town, she might be at work, sometimes she's just asleep and I want her to wake up knowing how I feel about her. No, I'm not some whipped simp.. It's just important and after decades together, she should know.. She returns the love. If a woman thinks you are weak for showing her love, you may be with the wrong woman.
Van is 100% Northern Irish (may be why he mentions freedom). He is one of the greatest musical exports from Ireland. I first heard Van with "Them" and then "Brown Eyed Girl" back in the 60's.
Not saying what side he was for but he never commented on it through the troubles. He had left. Was living in Boston and then elsewhere. It’s easy to walk away. Meanwhile most were left to live amongst the shite.
@@jax4538The troubles started after he had left. Like George Best who had also left before it kicked off, he didn’t feel it was his place to comment on it. He lived in Dublin for decades and worked with musicians from all over Ireland. I think saying nothing when you don’t know enough about it is a fair position to hold.
Real Tupelo Honey is found in the Southern Cypress Swamps in Florida and Georgia from the white Ogeechee tupelo trees. These trees only blossom about 10 days a year for the bees to make the honey. The flavor, color, and rarity of tupelo honey make it good enough for the Angels. The song is a tribute to the domestic happiness of true love of a woman and about freedom in living your life.
'Wouldn't turn away from her for all the tea in China. Van's vocals are pure saxophone phrasing. No foolin' - he is a saxophone player. Man, i love Van Morrison's music. And i love what you two cats are bringin' - Peace -
An absolutely legendary music icon,, Van (The Man) Morrison,, before going solo MUST HEAR classics,, Them "Here Comes The Night" & "Gloria"..TRUST ME!!
@happy me the happy one You forgot about Baby, Please Don't Go, the A-side of the Gloria release. Traditional, made popular by Big Joe Williams, and then covered by Muddy Waters (whose version inspired Van Morrison).
This is a great song , one of Van's best no doubt. But if you think he is just easy listening try Jackie Wilson Said. You may change your minds . Great reaction .
Van's favorite singer when he was a boy in Northern Ireland was Ray Charles. He wanted to be a crooner, a song writer and an interpreter of vocals and he has become that.
Van consciously phrases his beautiful voice to mimic various instruments: mainly jazz sax, trumpet, etc. This wonderful mimicry is particularly strong on "Tupelo Honey."
The Moondance album is a classic, well-crafted and very accessible, but his Astral Weeks is his masterpiece. I don't know if I'm just slow, but I only recognized how great it is a few years ago. Or maybe I only started paying attention to the studio musicians at a late date. They are a large part of what make Astral Weeks so great.
He's saying every life has love, x the need to express it can overcome anything. This generation was committed to being meaningful. He's an Irishman singing transcendent Soul . Freedom x MLK x war were everywhere. Around the world. Love's better.
tupelo honey, a rare and expensive sweetener from the Southern Cypress Swamp in Florida and Georgia. The best honey! This whole album is one of his best! The next two are "Moondance", & "His Band and Street Choir"! He's addictive!!! ❤
Fun fact: Tupelo honey does not crystalize, so it can be sold in tall or long-necked bottles. There are only a few honeys like this. It has a very smooth flavor, not at all sharp like clover honey.
Up here in Minnesota I change the lyrics a bit in the winter; "It's as cold as two below, honey" when I sing it to my wife. Seriously, it's a great tune.
Van the Man is certainly vibe music. Play him often on long car rides or when at our cabin up in the mountains. Great music for when your alone in your own head.
My best friend was a black american (he's passed) one day we were over to my moms watching the price is right and a black lady won , she started dancing all around and my friend turns to my mom and says "black people gotta dance" , just then my brother walks in the door singing away and my mom says "Irish people gotta sing" her grandparents were born in Ireland.
thanks, guys.. such a "sweet" song... appreciate your reaction.. Van Morrison was a great songwriter.. you might also enjoy "Jackie Wilson Said" - awesome song.. been done over by a few others...
Yeah... this entire song is about freedom. "She's as sweet as Tupelo Honey" = Freedom (in N. Ireland) is rare & sweet. Van has deep roots in Black American soul of the 50's & 60's... and has toured here extensively. I saw him 30 years ago in DC... one of the most stellar evenings of music ever. The guy sings, plays guitar, piano... and the sax you heard on this song as well. His bands are always impeccable. I always thought the mention of tea could be related to American freedom - the Boston Tea Party tossing British tea into the harbor because of the taxation... but I've never checked to see if there might be some connection to a similar tea tax incident in N. Ireland.
@@JuniorFarquar Saw a Van concert in the Winter of '22 ... Morrison was doing several days of live shows from Ireland... and we watched through one of the online concert venues, my son in NYC and me in Baltimore. The band was big and it was great! So I'd recommend doing that if you can, anyone who reads this in fact, if you have a nice screen and good set of phones it's really worthwhile.
This was a song penned by Ireland's own, Van Morrison, and is about his love and contentment with his wife. He's referring to an expensive honey found in the southern US states.
He always puts on an ecxellent live show as well. Saw him in at The Old Waldorf (atop the Alcoa Building in The Embarcaderro!) in S.F back in the late 70's. Wonderful show.
Van the man is a Irish National Treasure, a poet beyond repute. One of my favorite songs of his. I say one because for every song you list in his catalog there is another that's equally as great.
