Thank God For The Blues is much better and more positive.īig Lie features his old pal Chris Farlowe and is ok I suppose. People part with their cash to hear music, they want to be uplifted, Not being able to see hisĬhildren during lock-down, being drained by lawyers and ex-wife and not beingĪble to have an income must have been exceedingly difficult, but millions of Van really spilled his guts on this song.

Harmonies of the backing singers are wonderful, especially on the very last Jim Mullen is the guitarist on this song. Tried To Do The Right Thing isĪnother great soul song. These songs must be quite painful to sing. Someone who has always jealously guarded his private life some of the words of The lyrics are a very bitter commentary on the greed of a woman. The great organ sound and the excellent backing singers give the song a 1960sįeel. Musically it has some delicate vibraphone by Teena Lyle and classical guitar byĭave Keary. Like someone who has tried all sorts of new age therapy to no avail. It is soulful and heartfelt and has a sad world-wearyįeel. Psychoanalysts’ Ball is one of theīest songs on this album. Music campaign during lockdown, and then disappeared when it became clear

Maybe he means people who said they would support his live Where Have All The Rebels Gone? Is nice rock n I like the sha la la backing sound of Dana Masters and theĬrawford Bell singers. Richard Dunn’s Hammond organ is to the fore on this and many of the Latest Record Project is a lively upbeat song to start theĪlbum.

In my kitchen and listened carefully to all the songs on CD1. Saturday Morning: It was pouring rain and windy, so I sat That night I listened to about fifteen of the songs and quite liked what I Reviews that he had torn from the Daily Mirror & The Times which cheered me Later that day in the pub in Westbury my friend Curly gave me two positive I got Sian to take my photo with the album for publicity purposes. Hall studio in Beckington where he made so many great records, but that isĪnother matter. I wish that Van had never sold his nearby Wool The songs were recorded near here at Pete Gabriel’s Real World Studios in BoxĪnd also at the Bath Spa Hotel. Holes? Maybe I am reading too much into it. Does that mean that Van is a square peg among many round If you look closely, you will see that among all the little circles there is It does not exactly inspire confidence in the musicīecause the design looks bland and lazy. While I waited patiently in Spoons for my friend Sian to arrive I perused the album cover. In the shop I opted for the deluxeĮdition of the 2CD set because it contained a booklet of lyrics and I like Have been a fan for nearly 50 years you know it is too late to stop now, and I So-called fans who were slagging off the album even before hearing it. Scathing reviews of Van Morrison’s new album and also lots of negativity from On Friday afternoon for my local record shop in Warminster. But you’ll be okay on that first day when I’m gone.Friday: It was with a feeling of trepidation that I set off In spite of all the funeral songs, the birds will make their joyful sounds. Tragically, 3 years after they recorded this song, Rory announced that his beloved wife Joey was diagnosed with terminal cancer and that she’d sadly passed away.Ī bright sunrise will contradict. The motivation for writing the song was to leave something behind for her husband and son in case she were to pass away before them, to let them know they’d be okay. The songwriter, Sandy Lawrence, wrote this ballad when her own mother was dying. They recorded this song in 2012, and it’s about a dying wife reassuring her husband that he’ll be okay when she’s gone. Joey and Rory were a husband and wife country music bluegrass duo. This already heartbreaking song has an even more heartbreaking story behind it.

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