Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #8 Wild Night

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]As you brush your shoes, stand before the mirror
And you comb your hair, grab your coat and hat
And you walk wet streets, tryin’ to remember
All the wild night breezes in your mem’ry ever[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #10 Cyprus Avenue

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Well, I’m caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue
Caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #11 You Don’t Pull No Punches, but You Don’t Push the River

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]When you were a child
You were a tomboy
Your soul satisfaction
Way back in shady lane
Do you remember darlin’?[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #12 Saint Dominic’s Preview

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Shammy cleaning all the windows
Singing songs about Edith Piaf’s soul
And I hear blue strains of no regredior
Across the street from Cathedral Notre Dame[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Van Morrison, David Bowie, Eddie Vedder sings “Comfortably Numb” – Happy Birthday Roger Waters

Eddie Vedder and Roger Waters

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Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English songwriter, singer, bassist, and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served solely as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, co-lead vocalist, and conceptual leader.

My favourite Roger Waters song is “Comfortably Numb”, in this post I’ve collected some great versions.

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #14 Tir na nog

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]We were standing in the kingdom
And by the mansion gate
We stood enraptured by the silence
As the birds sang their heavenly song
In Tir Na Nog[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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