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Van Morrison

Here I am looking on the Web for extraordinary witnesses of enlightenment, but very popular in the entertainment field, so that at least all that could read newagenotebook.com say "hey, I've seen or heard that person!" As my research focuses randomly any artist of our time, some pages choose to cite the art of singer Van Morrison.

His work is thoughtful, often spiritual in nature, and combines elements of jazz, R & B, Celtic tradition and the stream of consciousness lyrics.

Van Morrison was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1935 and was named George Ivan Morrison. Best known as the magician Celtic Morrison started playing different instruments and composing songs in an Irish band during his teenage years. Its musical heritage was inevitable since was exposed to music at an early age with his father collected American jazz albums and his mother being a singer.

Journalists have described Morrison as one of the worst singers with high moral values, something lacking in the music business. His lyrics and music are influenced by the works of poet and prophet of the New It was William Blake Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac, JD Salinger, occultism and spiritualism poet WB Yeats, Alice Bailey, and many other religious visionary. The authors add mythical powers Morrison singular musical vision and his articulation of the emotional truths.

Astral Weeks was his first album after moving to the Together. It got good reviews from critics. Rolling Stone, once reported that a man claimed to have seen God while listening to this album under the influence of nitrous oxide. If you listen to the album you will notice that the artist uses a form of symbolism rather than the actual narrative. Very similar to spiritual images because they are louder than words. And this work was released in late 1960 when the New Age consciousness spread in the U.S.

His musical and spiritual idiosyncrasy has led him to create More Than 30 albums, among them Moondance, Tupelo Honey, a period of transition, Beautiful Vision, no Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Irish Heartbeat, Avalon Sunset, Enlightenment, days like this, and the Games healing.

In its official site, Alan Morrison summarizes Pert spiritual exploration Days of the album like this. "Morrison continues his lifelong exploration of the human psyche, offering entertaining songs and dance of everything from love manic depression.

While all of Morrison's albums from the 1990's had expressed his desire to return to childhood and early adolescence when "everything made more sense" and he was more capable of experiencing the elusive "sense of wonder," memory "Ancient Highway "is older, of feeling isolated and restless, having to leave home and childhood behind forever, and is afraid of failure:" I kept praying my higher self, do not fail me ... "

Extract from the Old Road

"There is a small cafe on the outskirts of the city

I'll be there when the sun sets

When the road bends

And round and round

All new generation

Y I'll be praying to my higher self

Do not let me down, keep my feet on the ground

There's a roadside jam playin 'on the outskirts of the city

In a town called Paradise near the ancient road

When the train whistle blows

All the sadness that Hank Williams knows

And the river flows

Call the pagan streams and it spins and spins

In a factory in a street called Bread in East Belfast

When Georgie knows best

What is to be like Daniel in the lions' den

I have many friends only most of the time "

Morrison chose music up because he remains the creation of innovative materials and is not like other rock stars who recycle their greatest hits. "Great art incarnates truth gives way to beauty, and joins inner longing with outer shape. Van Morrison has provided Christians and non Christians alike a look at the child's view, "according to Carl Olson's ideas.

More recently, Morrison had the opportunity to duet "Crazy Love" with the late Ray Charles, Genius Loves of 2,004 album company. Ray Charles was one of the influences of Morrison during his years in Northern Ireland.

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