Posted on 05/15/2021 2:02:57 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Van Morrison’s “Latest Record Project Volume 1” pulls no punches against his woke detractors.
Van Morrison released a Rorschach Test disguised as an album this week in the 28-track Latest Record Project Volume 1.
He sings, “They tell us that ignorance is bliss/ I guess for those that control the media it is/ They own the media, they control the stories we are told/ If you ever try to go against them, you will be ignored.”
Radicalized, or at least forced out of the conservative closet, by the lockdowns putting performers in the poorhouse, venues deep into the red, and himself without an audience, Morrison last fall released a series of anti-lockdown tracks, including “As I Walked Out,” that aimed to raise money for musicians but instead raised the ire of the woke “Amen” chorus of the state. This Triple LP finds room for none of those standalone tracks in accommodating a wider palate of messages.
“Western Man” (“Western Man has no plan/ ’Cause he became complacent”), “Where Have All the Rebels Gone?” (“It’s not very rock and roll/ Where have all the rebels gone?”), and the Nigel Farage–namedropping “Double Bind” (“Have to police everyone’s mind/ Nowadays you have to be careful of everything you say”) leave no ambiguity about where Morrison stands politically in relation to his detractors.
Unlike his disparagers, Morrison exudes a sense of humor. “Why are you on Facebook?” he asks in a standout song by that name. “Why do you need those secondhand friends?/ Why do you care who is trending?/ … Get a life that isn’t empty and sad.”
This hits a nerve for some.
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Arigato, Mojo-san. This one got snuck past me; I’ll have to check it out today.
Bump
He asks the question I’ve been wondering about for ages: Where have all the damn rebels gone?
This is the kind of album 25 years olds should be making, but since they’re all indoctrinated and balless it was left to a 75 year old man.
That’s a long way from sweet little “Brown Eyed Girl” but spot on for these times!
L8r
Van the man!
Where Have All the Rebels Gone?
https://www.youtube.com/user/vanmorrisonofficial
Big Van The Man fans here. Into The Mystic gets me every time I hear it.
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BKMRK for CD purchase. I like to own physical media vs vague assurances that the “cloud” will deliver.
Counting 7 Van CDs on my shelf.
“Now I’m certainly no hero
But all the goodwill I gave them
Now just means zero
Tried to do the right thing for my baby
But it all went wrong
And I just got conned”
With lyrics like this, Van Morrison is sounding like a liberal who got mugged...
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