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Morrison's album speaks to me. Van Morrison has gotten straight to the point on his album "Keep it Simple", it is more than just a title. Having been bounced around and beaten up a bit by the hard knocks of life, Mr. I find it more than just pleasurable to my ears, it touches my spirit too and reminds me to learn from his and others experiences, hopes and his strengths. If music is food for the soul, this album is a feast.
Maybe on the 10th listening I'll discover something more, but what I was looking for wasn't there. Van has an incredible talent for writing beautiful melodies that are wonderfully obscured by his unique vocals, yet they come through gorgeously in the background through the talented musicians with whom he surrounds himself. No matter, I love the man, regardless. What a gift he is to us.
Not my favorite. I read the reviews and bought it. I wonder who reviews these. it is just OK. even my wife finds it so so.
On the opening cut, titled "How Can a Poor Boy.," Van Morrison asks, "How can a poor boy get deliver this message to you." Over the next 10 cuts, he then proceeds to preach, teach, and thoroughly reach us with message after message, all the while trying his best to remember to keep it simple after all. Even when he threatens to get carried away, an on "That's Entrainment" and "Behind the Ritual," where things can get a bit, uh, complicated, he manages to win us over with the bold simplicity of his musical vision. I still fondly recall the Poi Dog Pondering lyric that went, `If I die in a car wreck, let me have Van Morrison on the tape deck." Amen.
This music is so very good, though one might not realize it at first. It's truth at a vibrational level, like all good Irish music, blues, and. Van Morrison, providing me with some healing actualization and uplift. (All I'm drinkin' is a smoothie).
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