[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Send me some loving
Send me some kissing
You know what I’m missing
On the Vanlose Stairway[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #25 Vanlose Stairway”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity
Someone had to reach for the risin’ star, I guess it was up to me
—
I don’t think of myself as Bob Dylan. It’s like Rimbaud said, ‘I is another.’
~Bob Dylan (Biograph liner notes)[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Look at the ivy on the cold clinging wall
Look at the flowers and the green grass so tall
It’s not a matter of when push comes to shove
It’s just an hour on the wings of a dove[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #28 Warm Love”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]I walked in my greatcoat
Down through the days of the leaves.
No before after, yes after before
We were shining our light into
The days of blooming wonder[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #29 A Sense of Wonder”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]Don’t want to discuss it
I think it’s time for a change
You may get disgusted
Start thinkin’ that I’m strange[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “Van Morrison’s 50 Greatest Songs Countdown – #31 Domino”
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”mulled_wine” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-quote-left”]’Cause movin’s in my soul, i guess a gypsy boy got a hold
Of somebody in my family long ago
If some night while half asleep you hear the back door softly squeak
You’ll touch my empty pillow, then you’ll know
That restless wind, is calling me again
– Billy Joe Shaver (from “Restless Wind” (one of his best songs))
“He may be the best songwriter alive today”
– Willie Nelson
«He’s a real writer like Hemingway. He’s timeless»
– Kris Kristofferson
«Billy Joe is unique. One of a kind. They threw away the mold. The best.»
– Robert Duvall
I’m listening to Billy Joe Shaver And i’m reading James Joyce
-Bob Dylan (I Feel a Change Comin’ On)[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Continue reading “August 16: Happy Birthday Billy Joe Shaver”