Two songs from 1989 that featured on a double-A sided single.
The first is a short track less than two minutes long. It is a spoken-word number over a rich orchestral arrangment that I'm sure struck a chord with tens of thousands of people in Northern Ireland who were familiar with the journey described.
The second is, quite simply, one of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Hugely popular at weddings (it featured at my own and Mrs V's when we eventually got round to tying the knot), it was originally composed as a religious prayer.
mp3 : VM - CI
mp3 : VM - HITYL
The single only reached #76 in the UK on its release.
I promise not to go all sentimental on you for a while.
8 comments:
Two excellent tracks, although Rod The Mod did his best to butcher the second. My favourite VM song is the anti Thatcher Wonderful Remark
Great song in the second. People should go and check out William Bell's Forgot To Be Your Lover however. Considering the man in the post has had a habit of chasing after people ripping him off he makes a good job of ripping this song off...
I hate double standards.
Scmaltz away! Did you ever notice how most sentimental movies have some Van in the soundtrack?
I love how we got to sneak around in code today.
I've wanted to post things by him a few times over the years but have taken the view that since his 'people' are so litigious they don't deserve the free publicity. Sales of the VM back catalogue have plummeted due to this principled 'Ghost Of Electricity' boycott, naturally.
Vinyl Villain SMooooooooth.
Only one Van Morrison song worth playing the wonderful IN DAYS BEFORE ROCK 'N' ROLL
John Greer
Wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time?
While I'm well familiar with HITYL, I don't think I've ever heard CI before. Thanks.
Nice shout on William Bell. I have the odd thing by him in my collection but not that. Smooooth indeed.
Do you think V's dmca police have "cantankerous" as one of their word alerts?
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