What Happened To Van Morrison? Fall From Eccentric Genius To Conspiracy Researcher | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79016219 United States 05/13/2021 06:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Outside of the circles of his most dedicated fans, the arrival of a Van Morrison album in the 21st century has not been a news event. That trend stopped last week, however, when Morrison, 75, released "Latest Record Project, Vol. 1," a 28-track double album that includes eyebrow-raising song titles such as “Where Have All the Rebels Gone,” “Why Are You on Facebook?” and “Stop Bitching, Do Something.” This album is now very much news: Variety published a list of “The 10 Craziest Lyrics” from the record, while the Jerusalem Post rounded up all of the claims of anti-Semitism implied in his song called “They Own the Media” and other lyrics scattered throughout. Quoting: Vasile This turn toward the alt-right didn’t come out of nowhere. Broadly speaking, Morrison’s career arc looks something like this: He went from being a brash teenage wunderkind with his band Them, to a promising young solo artist (“Brown Eyed Girl”), to a moody, soulful poet casually creating masterpieces ("Astral Weeks" and "Moondance"), to a middle-aged curmudgeon showcasing occasional moments of brilliance ("Common One"), until he slowly devolved into a boozy-uncle type, cranking out boilerplate blues LPs while leaning on his earlier legacy to fill concert halls......' [link to news.yahoo.com (secure)] . Bullshit. Van Morrison's history with Big Corporate Industry fucking him and screwing him and stealing from his famous and integral who he is. There is no musician with more heart and credibility than this man and his career is littered with more genius music than anyone else from the Rock era. He is in rare company. And when the rest of the industry has folded into the leftist corporate Monopoly and has run to shit, there is Van doing what he has always loved doing. Three Chords and the Truth! |