Van Morrison has turned 75 years old, and his career is nearing the 60-year mark. He began as a gritty rocker with the group Them, producing such songs as \u201cHere Comes The Night,\u201d \u201cMystic Eyes\u201d and \u201cGloria.\u201d His solo career began with the pop hit \u201cBrown Eyed Girl\u201d and he produced a number of classic albums including Astral Weeks, Moondance, Saint Dominic\u2019s Preview, <\/i>and Wavelength. <\/i>During the 1980s and 1990s, a mystical element began to invade his music followed closely by rich poetry. <\/p>\n
Latest Record Project <\/i>is his 43rd studio release and fifth in the last four years. It is an album that reflects his age and as such may be a difficult release for a many of his fans.<\/p>\n
Many of the 28 songs have a schizophrenic nature. The lyrics and music are at odds with each other. The music retains the melodic nature of his past work, while the lyrics put forward his beliefs and philosophy at age 75. Songs such as \u201cWhy Are You On Facebook,\u201d \u201cThey Own The Media\u201d and \u201cWestern Man\u201d run counter to the political beliefs of a large segment of the population in this country.<\/p>\n
There are some worthwhile songs, but at 28 tracks, you really have to dig deep. \u201cOnly A Song\u201d is a light-hearted relief after what has preceded it. \u201cA Few Bars Early\u201d is a blues track where Van Morrison really seems to be trying. \u201cDuper\u2019s Delight,\u201d at close to six minutes, is probably the best track as Van Morrison relies on the imagery he is famous for. <\/p>\n
On the positive side, his voice has aged well, and the band is tight, but it is not enough to save the flow of the album. In many places he just comes across as an unlikable old man, which in his case is sad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":34315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6941],"rating":[11204],"class_list":["post-46150","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-van-morrison","rating-rating-c-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46150"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}