And some great back up playing by a flute, an upright bass, and a violin. It also has amazing lyrics as most Van Morrison songs do. Astral Weeks: Here is a fantastic acoustic song, with nice rythm. and just impossible to completely describe.ġ. each song completely different from the next. To those not as not familar with Morrison, perhaps you can relate it to Beck's Sea Change. Each song is amazing good and interesting to hear. The album express so many beautiful, and various emotions. Glen Hansard, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt, and even Martin Scorsese have all been greatly influenced by ‘Astral Weeks.’ It’s a record you might not get on the first spin, but give it time and close attention and its brilliance will be revealed.When Van Morrison set out to record his new studio soon entitled Astral Weels, I doubt he would have thought he would end up with the extraodinary masterpiece. Over time it has come to be revered as a classic one of the greats. ‘Sweet Thing’ is probably the close you’ll get to a single from these selection of songs, alas there were no singles received, in fact Warner Brothers didn’t give it any promotion and was not a success on release. The showcased his true mark as a songwriter. The record only features 8 songs but each is special and unique to what he had released before. He also references Lead Belly, whom he carried a poster of wherever he went and hung it up on the wall. Opening with the title track, he sings "If I ventured in the slipstream, between the viaducts of your dream/ Where immobile steel rims crack, and the ditch in the back roads stop." Just sublime wordsmith. Morrison set to work on recording a Folk Rock masterpiece, a stream of consciousness record with music a mix between Folk, Blues, Jazz and even Classical music. Warner Brothers, who subsequently signed Morrison helped him out of that deal (that’s a story on its own). Following the death, Morrison was blocked from recording. Bert Berns wanted Morrison to head to a more pop orientated sound, but Morrison wanted to explore new terrain. His widow blamed Morrison as the two had been arguing over the direction of his new music. The found of Bang Records, the label he was signed to had unexpectedly died. For a start, there’s nothing on it like ‘Brown Eyed Girl,’ and that’s what the world was expecting. Van Morrison’s second album is quote unlike his first.
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