Van Morrison - Sweet Thing [Unplugged, 1971]

[@roysrodzinski6544]

Does anyone else understand that feeling when you were very young and you felt a certain emotion that you can’t explain Well this is the soundtrack

[@mickmurphy5680]

me too

[@ralphlane5804]

It still is Roy!!

[@bigsky3072]

I used to get severely baked and listen to this song when i was in high school.

[@shanehewitt8956]

That’s exactly the one

[@elauadeinsf]

yes, it's why I listen to astral weeks and a few songs from it over and over again on the way to work, during street walks, it crosses from music over into wonder this stuff

[@FuzzyNova]

I cried listening to the studio version while driving home last night in my truck to see my Daughter. She is one week old. She was born December 1st and is My first child and My Gfs first as well. I'm 31 years old. I didn't think I was able to have kids by this point. And i was Given the most beautiful sweet thing I have ever seen in my life. I was half way home and I don't know why but I just started tearing up as the song played. I missed my Isabella so bad all day yesterday while I worked out on the farms. I got home to see my little chunky monkey losing her little umbilical chord stub. A milestone

[@vinq8621]

Sir thank you so much for this little peak into your life. It’s so bare and real, you put a little bit of beauty on my heart. Bless you and your new family, and know people out here love y’all

[@uprisedetailandautoworks1223]

Marry your GF

[@deborahcritz3001]

My 23 year old grandson sent this to me this morning. Warmed my heart to know he loves Van's music as much as I all these many years later. Morrisons music will never become obsolete.

[@Marco_Venieri]

Great grandson

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORD DRUGGIES MAKE YOU TEAR UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH MY!

[@martinkent333]

@@Marco_Venieri 3 CHORD DRUGGIES OWN KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@povilassarka4186]

This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

[@anniebrady6140]

Favorite song

[@lesterross1]

I hope you've listened to the full Astral Weeks album.

[@lesterross1]

@wgtow Disagree. The Astral Weeks album should be listened to in it's entirety. One of the best albums ever IMO. In my youth, you listened and appreciated every track, and radio of the day, played full albums. A different, better era of music.

[@lesterross1]

@wgtow Mix tapes are basically K Tel creations by individuals.

[@lesterross1]

@wgtow Showing my age. K Tel was a company that sold albums made up of the top hits of the day by different artists. Sort of like a vinyl mix tape.

[@Cuffski]

Peace, as an awkward free spirited teenager growing up on the southside of Chicago in the mid-80's living around the way, I used to listen to Van Morrison to calm my spirit. His music takes listeners to a place where the sun never sets, where talking is replaced by the sound of life which is captured in his music. I thank my Creator for allowing me to listen to Van the Man. His gift helped to ease my spirit. Peace & Blessings

[@alexandhayleygriffith5616]

+K.A Williams I too turn to Van Morrison in times of trouble, and his music helps to lift my soul. The way you describe that feeling is perfect. Peace to you, K.A :)

[@davidlichner9349]

+K.A Williams Couldn't agree more. Blessings and Peace to you as well. Oh ya, I grew up on 25th and Pulaski in Chicago. My mom ran a breakfast/lunch place and we lived in the back. This was in the late 60's early 70's.

[@cetanwambli906]

+K.A Williams Yes, Van takes me too away to a place you can't get to from here. I've been listening to his music since I ran across St. Dominic's Preview way back when. Probably listen to more of him than everybody else combined. Never grow weary of him.

[@jmh384]

16 28 56 thats my age wwen i aew him

[@vivianamclark]

Fuck..... it places now! I am with you in 2017!! the spirit lives!! and it WILL live!! :D

[@-unknown1305]

It's strange, growing up in South Alabama had my first job as a lifegaurd, 16.. $400 paycheck every two weeks, Van's Greatest Hits (stole it out of my Mom's collection)... it never, never left my CD player for three months straight. It was fucking magical.. Working man in my prime, cleaning windows.... Suga' Babe

[@kieransavage3835]

Van is his own Man......Belfast where he was raised.......Shaped who he is.......

[@johnjohnston4672]

Gulf shores Alabama 2021

[@mmarinod]

St. Dominic's preview

[@futuropasado]

Van Morrison it's in a whole other level in terms of selfexpression, Astral Weeks is eternal glory, unique album.

[@kieransavage3835]

Could not agree more with you.

[@ExtraPencil2]

Gave me chills, and I've heard the song about a thousand times before. But this version, well, I just close my eyes and let Van the Man take me wherever he's going. It's always someplace sweet.

[@Cankuwicasa]

+Naomi Kenan Isn't it it just amazing how one can never get too much of this man's music. Some of his songs I have listened to literally hundreds of times, but almost every time remains like the first. I came to him via a record club purchase (dates me doesn't it), "St. Dominic's Preview," when I was about thirteen years old. Shortly thereafter I heard the Bang Sessions version of "Madame George" (off T.B. Sheets) and haven't been the same since. His expressionistic vocalizations still give me goose bumps.

[@ExtraPencil2]

+Cankuwicasa It doesn't date you; it shows you have a soul that resonates with Van Morrison's music. And that, I think, is a very, very good thing.

[@Cankuwicasa]

+Naomi Kenan Can't help but ask, have you a favorite song by Van?

[@ExtraPencil2]

+Cankuwicasa That's a hard one! "Sweet Thing" is in the top 5, but I've got to think about this one. Deserves a listen to my massive collection; that is not a hardship. But my favorite CD is the lesser know Veeden Fleece, which takes me to those misty, mossy, green hills of Ireland that seem to keep rolling right into heaven. That's some feat, considering I've never been there! (It's on my bucket list.) How about you? Oh, and I'll never forget the first time I heard TB Sheets... Van channels some of the greatest writers in that one, like Baudelaire. Okay, I'm getting into an area I don't know much about so I'll shut up. I love Van Morrison.

[@Cankuwicasa]

+Naomi Kenan My current favorite is "In the Back Room" (Bang Masters). As I grow older and more nuanced in my sensibilities my favorites tend to shift, though in all truthfulness picking s single favorite is a hopeless endeavor. Hard to beat "On Hyndford Street" or "Take Me Back" (both from "Hymns to the Silence") for melancholy emotiveness. Hyndford Street is especially representative of Van's poetic expressiveness. As concerns "Veeden Fleece," I'd have to say I most like "Bulbs." Interestingly, the album has garnered widely disparate reviews. Some say it was basically hippie muzak, while others have termed it "majestic." It's certainly not his most energetic effort, but it does demonstrate lyrical acumen. I also like "Linden Arden Stole the Highlights," though like Van, I haven't the foggiest what it's about.

[@daveb673]

Van Morrison is everything that all these new Indie Folk/rock guys WISH that they could be!! Truly in a class by himself and so far ahead of his time.. or should I say timeless

[@kakashi2683]

Yeah, but I love the Waterboys version of this song better...

[@roller325]

Don't worry, you're allowed to enjoy/dislike whatever song(s) you want to.

[@jmh384]

calm down david its all good

[@olivierpataut7015]

He's timeless

[@anniebrady6140]

Timeless

[@7crabwalk11]

When I was 18 I listened to so much Van the Man that I didn’t know where he ended & I began. I’d walk through the house growling & admonishing everyone to “Listen to the Lion.” My family thought I had lost my mind. But I had found my tribe.

[@thesimulation9651]

Can't listen to this without bawling. I lost my dear friend and I hope that she will not remember that she ever felt the pain, that we will walk and talk in gardens all misty wet with rain. She was the sweetest thing 💔 I miss you so so so so so much Annie

[@micheleserio2061]

Reminds me of You Takes me to the same place,I lost Lisa,4yrs ago... Ohhh how I miss her So very sorry for your loss✌💛😇

[@adammcc4010]

Thoughts and love to both of you for your loss. Life can be beautiful and tragic in equal measure. ❤

[@thesimulation9651]

@@adammcc4010 thank you! ✌️

[@G61580]

Is it wrong that I can literally listen to this song all day long?

[@lockerman1953]

NO! I can/do the same thing!

[@maximuskhan2100]

sometimes when I am feeling all sophisticated, I turn to Van to make it all true

[@owencampbell8799]

One of the best songs I’ve ever heard.

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORDS? REALLY?

[@owencampbell8799]

@@martinkent333really really. Listen to it.

[@douglashott9843]

@@martinkent333 With lyrics like this and feeling like this do you REALLY need more chords to make you happy? You're here to listen so you must enjoy it too.

[@douglashott9843]

The studio version with Richard Davis's arrangements and playing is perfect. This version is more perfect, even if "more perfect" is logically impossible. Perfect lyrics with perfect feeling.

[@martinkent333]

@@douglashott9843 4 CHORDS WOULD MAKE ME POUT LESS. 5 WOULD BE A MIRACLE. RUBES ARE GOBSTRUCK BY THE STAR MACHINE.................... I AM HERE TO BE ENTERTINED. AND THREE CHORDS ETC DOES NOT IMPRESS ME. VAN IS FINE, BUT THE BLOOD SOAKED CAPITAL CITY OF BELFAST SHOWS HISTORICAL CHRISTIAN NEIGHBOURLINESS. THE 144,000 RAPED ALTAR BOYS TESTIFIES TO THE GLORY OF THE CULT. VAN STAYS QUIET AND GROOVES IN CALIFORNIA - FAR AWAY DROM THE FREAKSHOW.

[@benmayo1630]

“Hey it’s me I’m dynamite and I don’t know why…” lyrical mastery. I feel honored to be alive at the same time as some of the best songwriters of all time. If the planet lasted 1 million more years and still produced songwriters, none would ever be as good as the ones like Van Morrison

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORD DRUGGIES OWN YOU! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@douglashott9843]

"And you shall take me in your arms again...and I will not remember that I ever felt the pain" hits me so wonderfully hard. Also "just to dig it all, and not to wonder, that's just fine, and I'll be satisfied not to read between the lines" is a tie with several other music lines as my favorite.

[@joannleeth7911]

Listening to this music is like walking thru the VanGough Museum in Amsterdam . The progression of art is evident in every moment. Crazy? Right.

[@kathymulhern5898]

I can listen to this a thousand times(and I have) and each time I have goosebumps.. Yeah!!!!🥰🌸✌

[@PoetClbrown]

Van, what can I say about this man? Once, a woman that I loved sent me the link to "Brand New Day." I replied, "I love know this song. I love this song." she replied, "I knew you would." She knew me. She still knows me. Though time hasn't been too gracious to us. But Van will always take me back to her. This man is a genius who knew his purpose and walked/is walking his path extremely well. You can only thank the creator for allowing us to express all that it is through this man and his guitar.

[@stiffyBlicky]

so glad that so many people feel the same way that i feel about this song, love you all

[@jimmygray4072]

Some songwriters write catchy verse some great storytellers others poets. this irishman has it all!

[@leedelmer7432]

His British

[@gerthie]

@@leedelmer7432 he a paddy he was born in ireland

[@barry1406]

Literally the greatest lazy sunny afternoon song

[@arusky2001]

What can you say.. Astral Weeks.. Van composed heaven in one beautiful album. I saw him in a club in Greenwich Village in 68 or 69 he was so special.

[@gimmedatsammich]

I have tried my very best to seek out as many live versions of this song as possible, and I’m pretty damn sure this is the absolute best one out there.

[@asirvente2860]

Try Jeff Buckley’s cover.

[@trishatorres4717]

i'm a huge Van fan, but try this one- kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnLFpJKGjsujrLM

[@justahumanbeing.709]

have you heard the Waterboys version.

[@chabeloesdios]

i have a long distance relationship. whenever i feel like losing the battle to the gods of longing, i listen to this song and then my love goes back to where it belongs: to the house of faith.

[@neilrafferty2097]

We’ll all die one day . This never will .

[@marythomson295]

we'll go to the place where this song comes from .

[@neilrafferty2097]

Mary Thomson Still makes me stop and think . Every single time .

[@evelynoconnor3062]

Such a BEAUTIFULLY SENSITIVE PERFORMANCE OF A WONDERFUL, ORIGINALLY BRILLIANT SONG BY THE ALWAYS SUPREME AND FOREVERMORE GREAT, VAN MORRISON absolutely LOVELY!----- LOVE ❤️ Evelyn O' Connor

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORD DRUGGIES OWN YOU!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@reveniadelmoral2654]

don't you wish life was like this again? peace :-)

[@Cankuwicasa]

+revenia del moral Don't I!

[@johnnycoyo]

I guess it is ...

[@tomwillis3491]

East London, a few years back. I woke up to this song in the arms of my lover and gazed out the window at the roses for the duration. Van the Man.

[@theressamurphy2996]

Another love song...he is so happy about his baby....🙏🎶🙏🤩🎤

[@JC-qs4gz]

within minutes of hearing this song I'm daydreaming.

[@nopolleyanna]

...and I shall walk and talk in gardens misty wet with rain, I will be your sweet thing baby! Ahh this song still gives me hope in Love and Goosebumps all at the same time! I shall never grow so old again! I want to be his sweet thing!

[@joemcphee8520]

Every time I hear a live Van track it is completely different from any time I have heard that song before.......true artist

[@altonsmith1664]

This makes me reflect on my life and cry at how beautiful life is and how grateful I am to be a witness to pure joy.

[@Sethsm1]

Pure magic. Nothing more to say.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

So so so lovely this version of this lovely Van song. Thx KZbin! X

[@savageburnup]

Just thankful to be alive, listening to this musical bliss. Thank you.

[@williamdunn2792]

I am addicted to the guitar playing.

[@alanfox7860]

for a bootleg recording this is really good quality.

[@misharona1458]

Reminds me of Sundays listen to music with my pa. Music always brought us together ne youngest out of 8 kid the beauty from each generation my dad was Van Morrison, Sam Cooke to Tupac Shakur from my oldest bro and master p from o the memories of van on Sundays and breakfast cooking this is why I write music tell this day life's on smile one song away!!!! Peace one Love camg

[@intheshadowofthesun9491]

God this slower acoustic version gives me shivers so Beautiful is this Song

[@yuridaman]

The peak of music for us humans has come and gone. But I am glad the we have these recordings so that people like me who weren't around or weren't aware at the time can find these absolute gems.

[@curtisjohnston2409]

great version. Truly

[@ElamMcKnight]

Astral Weeks is a work so very beautiful. As an artist I am forever influenced by its sheer beauty!

[@ralphlane1948]

Oh my God this is so beautiful!

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW From a mad keen 73yo Aussie fan. Had the pleasure of listening to Van for at least 45 years & he still sounds fantastic. Definetley one of the world's best vocalists / musicians of all time & his music will live on forever.

[@martinkent333]

3 CHORD DRUGGIES OWN YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kieransavage3835]

This is so good, brings me right back to Van in his early days in Belfast Happy Days

[@josefinamartinez2251]

Beautiful song

[@dratini101]

It's magic ✨ it's like climbing inside the song and swimming around

[@murrayhudson7933]

This is nothing short of a dream

[@astral2151]

Passionate. Spiritual. Honest.

[@patriciakimbrell5688]

Love the Music of Van Morrison ♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️🎸♥️

[@marie_es]

So glad to be alive at the same time as this

[@gennyfriesen2648]

this is my absolute favorite song of all time

[@nicozane591]

Beautiful, mesmerizing.

[@niverent]

This album gave me this thought: Good music evokes in you an emotion you can name. Great music evokes in you an emotion you can't name. Astral Weeks is great music.

[@kevanbrown7620]

Astral Weeks is a great work of art. Listening to it takes me to places i never knew existed. It should be played in school to give each generation a much better education

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Some people complain about my favorite Celtic 1 cousin, I have never complained about Van because I can find a not reason to do that. Van is a walking, talking, healing, advising living messenger saint with many cures for all kinds of ills of the human mind and troubled souls but Van doesn't know this and don't you tell him that, do not trouble Van about this as he's carrying a heavy load and he is doing his best to help us, Now who said Van was grumpy and moody, those people should not talk so loud, leave my cousin all along and he will keep doing what very few others have done in music before.

[@randyharmon717]

Why I remember this song and it’s truly a classic it will stop you in your tracks. That’s happened to me while shopping at Walmart I heard it faintly and it brought back great memories from my youth Van Morrison is one talented musician. Thank you for taking me on a great journey from my youth.

[@davecespedes5674]

Van is such an underrated musician. He has a weird ability that gives you so much peace, so much happiness and sadness at the same time. He is at same level as Bob Dylan, George Harrison and just a few more.

[@kieransavage3835]

Not under rated, He was never under rated......not owned....by anyone....his own man. Yes....

[@reubenfinklestein4496]

Having just seen Alexandre Rockwell's wondrous new movie Sweet Thing, I now know which version of this song the director used to such miraculous emotional effect. Anyone who loves Sir Van should see it.

[@austin78993]

This is a phenomenal version of this song

[@scottperdew9354]

How good can it get ! Van is the man.

[@02mgnm]

I've often listened to Van and thought this is Van at his best. This, this is Van at his best.

[@kieransavage3835]

It gets better and better….

[@Passageofsky]

One of my favourite songs, I will have to learn to play this

[@williamdunn2792]

He is 70 years old, and still doin it...

[@kieransavage3835]

He’s 75 ,We are the same age,and have the same birth place Belfast.

[@jdmartins61]

Best version by far, end of conversation!!!

[@finnmcginn9931]

That's just about perfect in every way.

[@bocouch9420]

van is something else!

[@sulli9271]

this is just freakin awesome!!!

[@Apexi99]

such a gorgeous song

[@patricevallee2798]

Une si belle musique ⚘🙏😉 avec des paroles remplis de gentillesse 🥰

[@kamalmorocco3534]

Peace and Love.

[@seanwasson9531]

Greatest song of all time.

[@davetye]

Blown. Away.

[@bigsurhippy2639]

not heard this version before. astonishing. thanks

[@youtp007]

The sublime Van mystical...many thanks for the videoa

[@feastinghmg]

Excellent!

[@Susanrocci]

Best version that I've ever heard. Amazing song.

[@jackjack4820]

it just doesn't get any better than this.

[@sunflower1040]

So so beautiful.. I love this version

[@oooright]

hauntingly beautiful rendition

[@crimsonic68]

Mesmerising and beautiful...

[@a26z1c2b3]

I must have listened to this 20 times since yesterday when I came across it. This is such a great version. Thanks for posting it.

[@frankrowlandmusic]

Me too

[@vaporosoez]

Best version of this song ever

[@Nate.lee98]

It's a sin to put ads halfway through this song

[@seanwasson9531]

This was a wedding song of mine. Best moment of my life.

[@whyattpowers5190]

Wow ... I heard the album version of this song , Since I was a kid ... But this .... This is absolutely the best !

[@user-dc7um4pr3f]

I want to tell myself that the studio version of this song is better because of the instrumentation, but I just can't confidently say that that's the case. The tempo he plays this version at is just so much more beautiful to me. Usually when people play live they speed up. Some songs just sound better a lot slower and this one is one of them to me. This is just kind of a vamping, repetitive, soul searching type of song. It just hits different when you're allowed to reflect at a much slower pace where you can kinda process the feeling.

[@citieslostchild]

I really like the recording, I can only imagine being there live

[@darrellzelinsky7095]

One of the true legends. Unique in his style and infectious with his sound.

[@JohnS858]

This is about as close to a master-peice you can get.Truly amazing!

[@sofieweb]

I was just a kid from San Jose, CA when I first heard Astral Weeks vinyl, 1972 or so. It seemed like such a strange name for an album at the time but I was obsessed with the stream of consciousness words and music in it. Rushed out, bought it with scarce funds, I hated Jefferson Airplane, Doors. Thanks for the music, Van. You and Jesus saved me.

[@aliasdyln33]

Wow, this is a majestic gem-of-a-song version. It even makes me 'Listen to the Lion, inside of me'. Thanks for the great post!

[@slowhand8809]

Frank Gappa no indie artist has ever made an album worthy of astral weeks...

[@geebud1880]

The best rendition-in-slow of the best song of the best Man...thks for upload!

[@zackrisson69]

Thanks for sharing. Great concert!

[@Chadr1107]

Excellent, excellent upload!!! TY!

[@postmaninspain2714]

¡Astonishing!

[@deFunkyMofo]

Van's voice and six strings - that's all it takes to transport you to a sunny place