So today I'm doing a bigger picture blog about not a song but a man, the man actually. That's right, Van "the Man" Morrison. Who knows and loves "Brown Eyed Girl," "Wild Night," Moondance," and "Jackie Wilson Said?" Fucking everyone. The guy writes smashes. "Have I Told You Lately," "Domino," and every other fucking song you love to hear. But what does he look like?
Is Van Morrison the J. D. Salinger of music? The answer is no. He's been on TV a ton of times, he's in "The Last Waltz" (the Martin Scorcese doc about The Band's last concert, fucking awesome), he's done Sullivan.... What the fuck does he look like and if you know and you're under 30, you're rare.
He may be the last mega huge pop star to have a certain chunk of his fan base not know what he looks like. And that's my point here. I know when Madonna has a pimple and I don't know what the guy who wrote and sang "Brown Eyed Girl" looks like. That's absurd. In a world of Star Magazine and 24 hour news networks (24 hours of news everyday in a ratings war cannot possibly be news all the time), we know what people look and dance like and who they date long before we ever hear their music. I've seen more pictures of this Pete Doherty guy puking on Kate Moss' tits in the last two months than I care to remember but I have no idea what he sounds like. I am probably better off but it only proves my point. You can barely get a decent image of him on Google Image Search and only the first two pages are really him. Search Brittany Spears right after it and you'll be on for days.
It's music. It's for you ears. If the Beatles wrote and recorded Sgt. Pepper and were all really fat Chinese guys it'd still fuck face. Love you Van. (BTW the pics are Morrisey, Jim Morrison, Morris Day, and the last one is the real Van Morrison)
1 comment:
I could pick Morrison out of a line-up. I suppose I am rare.
It was lovely seeing you.
-Carly
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