Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #13 In The Garden

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]The streets are always wet with rain
After a summer shower when I saw you standin’
In the garden in the garden wet with rain[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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10 Best Rolling Stones Songs from 1963/64 (videos & spotify playlist)

Here is my top 10 list of songs from this early period.

  1. Route 66
  2. Not Fade Away
  3. Little Red Rooster
  4. Time is On My Side
  5. Carol
  6. I Just Want To Make Love To You
  7. It´s All Over Now
  8. Around and Around
  9. I Wanna Be Your Man
  10. Tell Me

1. Route 66 (Bobby Troup)


[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Route 66, written by the late Bobby Troup, gets the album [their first album] off to a rousing start, Keith Richards playing an excellent guitar with a tight clap-back track rhythm by Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts. It soon became a popular stage number.
-Martin Elliott (The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions 1962–2012)[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Recorded January 3, 1964 @ Regent Sound Studio, London, England.
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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #18 And The Healing Has Begun

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]And we’ll walk down the avenue again
And we’ll sing all the songs from way back when
And we’ll walk down the avenue again and the healing has begun
And we’ll walk down the avenue in style[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #21 Moondance

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Well, it’s a marvelous night for a Moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
‘Neath the cover of October skies[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #22 Linden Arden Stole the Highlights

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Linden Arden stole the highlights
With one hand tied behind his back
Loved the morning sun, and whiskey
Ran like water in his veins[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #24 Coney Island

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Coney Island
Coming down from Downpatrick
Stopping off at St. John’s Point
Out all day birdwatching
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