Caledonia Soul Music

[@albertofigari4798]

No one, no one reaches the level of George Ivan Morrison. We are very lucky to live in the same era as him. The world will be a different place when he's gone

[@hamdelsun68]

Weird. I was thinking about this today, as I've lost a number of friends, I thought about the fact that, The Troubadour of The Soul of Men/Women and Freedom Fighter, Van Morrison, would one day perish....it hurts pretty bad.❤

[@stefanseifert2120]

Exactly the same thoughts I had yesterday listening to his music driving in my car… 3 sentences that nailed it perfectly.

[@janhensley3617]

The “Golden Age” of Music! Van Morrison represents that majestically. Oh! What beautiful music Van and Bands have blessed us with. Pure joy! 💚🎶😎

[@sweetdaddyclay]

I'm only 53 but have been a deep and true fan since i was 16, you can't explain it to anyone .... they either feel it or they don't. As i spent the last half hour reading the beautiful comments below i realized that i have a vast family that spans the globe, and i shed a tear of sublime joy at the thought.

[@1957PLATO]

What a beautiful comment. And yes, the Van family is bigger than most think, much bigger.

[@medbar2425]

Thank you brother

[@janhensley3617]

Well said. @sweetdaddyclay

[@bonnieahearn623]

Age is unimportant when the music speaks to your soul….so glad that Van has touched your heart…

[@brendachristner6209]

Yes, my friend,right there with you...make it mellow....❤

[@MW-rq5uc]

Loved that sound the first time I heard it and still do at age 75. I think all of us who came of age 1965-1975 were so lucky to have all the of these great artists playing for us...what a time is all I say, what a time!!

[@1957PLATO]

Second that.

[@goneby100]

@@1957PLATO 60!s 70!s some stupendous folk around.

[@janhensley3617]

Agree

[@tomscribner5261]

Who else just gets lost in the moment? 🙂 no worries, cares, complexities. Kinda like being in total love and laying on your back in a field of grass just watching clouds float by on a beautiful day

[@hamdelsun68]

This song is meditation for me ❤

[@desireechinnian1850]

Play it NON-STOP. True Soul Music that hits you at your CORE. Must listen to it LOUD.

[@fenwayify]

This song is simply sheer unbridled joy, the hallmark of nearly all of Van's work...magic!

[@RocketRodCub]

My wife would say, "That is boring." I would say, "I can't wait until it finishes and I can listen to it again, and again, and again!"

[@davidbeveridge2374]

Agree some can't hear this, including my hard headed, beautiful wife. I still say to her, "just let me listen". She wins.

[@joylugo4979]

I would agree with you as opposed to your wife....but then I could look out the window all day and not be bored.

[@Pestyfield]

Haha! I love this! Too funny. I am with you 100%.

[@tjp2109]

Sounds like you need a new wife bro

[@RocketRodCub]

@@tjp2109 Nope, got a great one. Opposites attract and we've been attracting each other for over 40 years!

[@colleengrace5898]

I have no words for the depth of friendship this man's music has been to me, since I was 14 years old in 1971.

[@timsadinski6142]

Damn ,We're all getting old.... and loving it

[@stefanschleps8758]

Just think what it would have been like back then if we had had email ?

[@colleengrace5898]

@@stefanschleps8758 I don't know! :)

[@jamesnorton5172]

Right on!!!! COLLEN

[@stevepeters3961]

I’m always inspired when women really get deep music like she does. My daughter and 17 knows more of life from music than school. How better to educate the next generation????? Seriously who teaches better that Van, Muddy, Willie, Jerry, Django, Jimmie, Aretha, Marvin. It’s to real for words!!!

[@seanbyrne6951]

I am also 53, and I'm guessing I'll be 54 by the time this epic finishes. Long may it continue...

[@kathleenallen3989]

Words cannot describe what this music does to me...love to you VAN the man. xo

[@judithjohnson2458]

I don’t know what it is, but I hang on to every magical chord!

[@mickhall6689]

I could listen t this every day for a year and not get bored of it, as unique and fresh-sounding today as it was more than 40 years ago.

[@JFinch-fg4wl]

I thought I'd written this before & sent, if so I apologize but I give that distinction 2 Dylan still however he's got more soul/feeling than Dylan ever did 4 sure...

[@aliasdyln33]

Here's my 'inarticulate speech' in response to your comment. Sir Van Morrison is still performing majestically live still today. So the 40 years reference is mundane. Long LIVE Van the Man!

[@aliasdyln33]

Okay, my bad . . . retract the last comment. We all love Van.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Yep, we do.

[@007imager]

I feel same way Mick

[@robertbailey6969]

Late night, not feeling any pain...in the groove, propelled by the force forward and forward, nothing else exists but the groove, a mind of its own, an imperative of the now, building and swirling, dying down only to be urged along by the dream and the groove....the groove....the magical unifying force. This is the water flowing from deep underground, emerging to the surface, each musician drinking deeply. Tell me what it is....it is the groove.

[@gatoryak7332]

Damn! I copied that and put it on my desktop so that I can read it at least a few more times. It fits "Caledonia Soul Music" beautifully. It also describes the times of my life that are the best.

[@fernandafebc]

I could also listen to this song all day long.

[@judithjohnson2458]

I don’t know what it is, when he performs, but he owns me.

[@Susancorbinart]

Often in a song there’s a brief section that is so wonderful but it’s only for a few seconds - Van knows how to keep it going!

[@TheNutzandBoltz]

The only time I ask my wife who is it, is when Van is playing. She gets it right every time. Thank God for for love, thank Van for music.

[@oliviarix2310]

It just doesn't get better than this.

[@thejezzmeister5923]

Strange but I don’t know many women that like his music , the man is a genius mmmm ?

[@hamdelsun68]

Then you don't know enough of them 😂 This woman has loved his music for 30 years. ❤

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

A person in the know recently told me that God and his son Jesus often listen to this very track after a hard 7 days of working, when sitting at the bar to have a chat, relax and drinking a few cool beer, down in that club they call the Kingdom Hall where all the lovers of great music go to see live music also to play some music on the old record player.

[@45rpmSINGLES]

Sorry to disappoint . They never existed.

[@arcticgummibear4500]

His music is real music...easy to listen to...makes you feel good...makes you wiser...you know you didn't waste your time.

[@manuescamilla]

Totally right!

[@bonnieahearn623]

I cry for the sheer beauty….tomorrow will be St. Patrick’s day, 3/17/3024….long time a fan of Van’s work…. I was fortunate enough to marry an Irishman in 1992…sweet soul of Erin.

[@giuliogrifi7739]

This needs to be listened to with a good stereo system and a bottle of Jameson Irish whiskey !

[@jennideans]

Agree

[@charlescameronbrands2973]

I've got red wine, works pretty good with it too

[@hamishgunn2467]

I don't drink but listening to this music I would love some red wine . This is so good. Cheers enjoy your Jameson it's good stuff.

[@jerrylynch9589]

I like to listen and view beauty with an un altered mind...the altered mind alters all.

[@giuliogrifi7739]

@@jerrylynch9589 ...Oh, yes...you're right, I agree, but, really, I didn't mean to drink a full bottle while listening to Van Morrison....anyway, a few shots would not do you any harm !

[@sapienssimo8470]

Mon DIEU merci d'avoir créé ce Monsieur van je viens d'ecouter cette chanson pendant 3 heures et je ne suis pas rassasié mon Papa van que DIEU te garde (ballerina, Madame george) tu es exceptionnelle

[@alanlane3670]

Oui,,,

[@jeanetteheinen8562]

To me this song Caledonia really shows the musical Genius of Van Morrison and his arrangement and instrumentation. Brilliant! Not to mention his great voice. He has it all.

[@Gurci28]

He has the ability to dialogue with lions!

[@Gurci28]

They say Van Morrison is a poet and a blue-eyed wizard.

[@Gurci28]

He is one of the greatest singers and musicians in the world! 8:20

[@Gurci28]

"Music is spiritual. The music business is not." Quote attributed to Van Morrison

[@Gurci28]

Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician.

[@therascillion9917]

How the hell did I miss this. mesmerising and as usual great quality from van the man..

[@dratini101]

I wasn't alive in the 70's but I think groovy is the only word in existence to describe this. This is the grooviest thing I've ever heard. I want to jump in and swim around. Thank you for posting this :-)

[@SteveSmekar-ll6ln]

You weren't alive in the 70's? You missed it. I was there, but don't remember so much... things like this stand out.

[@Pestyfield]

Yeah, groovy. I just posted the the link on FB with the message "Can you dig it?" LOL I never really even talked like that back in the day.

[@NinaElizaStratton]

It was awesome. :D

[@kieransavage3835]

Got really lucky,Born in Belfast ,same year as Van,followed him since his early days before he went solo,fervent fan since then....Kieran.

[@richardjohnson3463]

@@kieransavage3835 ye boy ye, you and me both, unique, and wonderful

[@jeffreyscott4564]

I hope this is the last song heard as I close my eyes for the last time...All is right with everyone and everything that surrounds me. Gratitude fills my heart but sometimes sadness races in my mind....This makes the hurt go away....

[@milendory]

Love Love you The Man Thank You for giving us happinesss!

[@corkovits]

ye geweldig dan 2021 music bestaat nog echtxxx.

[@fawltyadder55]

16 minutes of pure heaven!

[@Kris-Master]

This is so beautiful because it is soul music, it goes right into the soul. And, oh boy, my Soul knows everything about Beauty and Love. Thank you Van and bless you all. 💖

[@seanhansford9642]

Ohhhhh Wow sooo Good. Why have i not heard this before at my age!!

[@thimorin]

Yes, me to :(

[@seanhansford9642]

@@thimorin Fantastic!

[@RocketRodCub]

Just heard it for the first time yesterday - where was I? What else am I missing? Thanksfully, I heard the Gospel decades ago and didn't miss that - thank you Jesus!

[@rosalynkliot2496]

Every mood inside one set....wow.

[@tinastill5850]

I have to say I'm on the same page as I sit here with beautiful tears of the collective such deep emotions

[@kathrynalmond2738]

So good for my soul being in the groove with Van.

[@sarahf.8379]

Wouah !c'est extraordinaire ...💚🎸👍🙏

[@angelitamessina2468]

Van Morrison the best. Love

[@danny4481]

Van reaches that peak where the music takes over. There is nothing else,there is just the now. Yarrrgh! Listen to the lion.

[@maryraines9055]

Happy. Heaven! My soul is dancing.

[@ledoc9991]

WAHNSINN!!! kann nicht aufhören es zu hören!!!

[@janetteecheverria300]

This is a kick ass song!!! I love this kind of music 🎶. Just love it!!!

[@aliasdyln33]

Van's fans always treasure his beaut's like Tupelo Honey, Into the Mystic and Cleaning Windows (oh, I could list tons of tunes after these . . . ), but gems like this masterpiece should go on much longer, and even more . . .

[@judithjohnson2458]

Can’t sit still! Gotta go move mountains now, after this session!

[@pamelamacneil3950]

What a fantastic upload. It really shows the extent of Van's music ability. His Caledonia Soul Music is really incredible to listen to. There is no doubt, that he is in a league of his own. I saw him live in Toronto in 2015, he had just turned 70. An evening that frankly blew my mind, he was that good. Genius!

[@melissamoore521]

I saw him in Clearwater, FLorida, January before last. Had to look up the set list... an actual 'out of body experience.' He has so much power in his voice! ( And that band watches his every twitch.)

[@pamelamacneil1331]

@@melissamoore521 Yeah it was the same in Toronto the band did not miss a move. I've been listening to him for close to 50yrs. He was originally booked for just Friday night, but the tickets sold out in less then an hour, so he included Saturday night. I was able to get tickets. Thank GAWD!.Seeing him live is an experience unto itself. In his 70's no matter where he goes he still fills stadiums. A fascinating, complex man who is one of the greatest musical artists of the 20th century. His music can still stop me in my tracks! Go Well

[@jeninestanley2823]

Most incredible piece of music....always takes me to a magick" space. Heals so much In me......

[@emilioscozzaro1205]

From the moment i heard moondance as a mere 10 year old i was hooked. Van's genius musical talent takes me to a heavenly plain that makes me so joyously happy.Only discovered this song only 6 months ago and within the first 10 seconds i knew it was a van song ,been listening to it everyday since. What a legend. Thank you and thank god for the film an american werewolf in London. 😊😊😊

[@jamesowens9653]

Van is a musical genius.

[@geebud1880]

Genius attracks genius >> Morrison & Band ! My Hohner harp in B minor gently weeps.... After all these years it's GREAT to discover such great song - thnks to algo.rythmics ;-) Wow.. this MANDOLINE -- this sax - -

[@Magnum_Opus_Music]

Gotta love this very rare stuff right here! Grooveee 👌

[@sandrat6058]

Only complaint: It ended too soon. LOVE YOU VAN!

[@karloff604]

I was lucky to find this on a vinyl bootleg 40 years ago. I've always loved this jam. Thanks for the posting.

[@edithcormane1410]

@George Ivan Morrison Used to hope for Peter Green Albatros to be played at my funeral. Now I know it must be this I want to "hear"as I sail into the Mystic. Just perfect!Thank God for U-tube. Now can hear Van when ever need to. In the Netherlands they do't play Van much on the radio or Music video Now that my 40 yr.old Stereo stars to fade fast, I cant play my 40+ Van cds. This is just great, on my PC, with earphones, locking out the world and drift away..... Thanks Van

[@juanjoseruiz3501]

amazing song. I knew it today thanks to youtube and his random songs.

[@jec0370]

I'm listening to this song for the first time ever. I just hit ´play´for the third time in a row i love VM music

[@jordanislimniotis1695]

ΠΝΟΗ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ, ΠΝΟΗ ΨΥΧΗΣ...ΑΠΛΑ ΤΕΛΕΙΟΟΟΟ!!!

[@laurenlabarre7709]

I've been so blessed to have been born a music maker, playing all night -- Jamming under the stars in Jerome AZ. w/so many great musicians.. Van the man knows the meaning of Nirvana music jams, My Man! Keep the communion of songs alive ~*~ The Best!

[@stefanschleps8758]

Feel that Celtic wave.........viben and in the groove. Caledonia!

[@ronward3949]

California behind, Oregon's glistening, after the Rain, so let it be, fresher and clean, so listening, ears so listening, really listening, mellow and ready, no hurrying, just get along, who se to know, this Melody flows, Caledonia calling, I am falling right into it!

[@enzogiargia8857]

Thank Sir Morrison, from Italy 🍇❤️

[@valdacreech7391]

Love this my best song ever. Sat at Lake Windermere sun shinning a beer and Van The Man. Perfection.

[@jimfloyd3292]

Thoroughly Enjoyed it!!!

[@RamonPanosa]

In general Van catches me and transports me. But in this piece, in a special way, it penetrates me through the pores and sinks deep into the bottom. It’s very tribal, it’s constant and repetitive, it seems basic, simple, but it’s actually the result of a lot of work and experimentation. I could listen to it in a loop, I never get tired. I always find new nuances, as with the most outstanding pictorial works of the 20th century. It is ART, thus, with capital letters

[@noseyist]

So beautifully put you are an expressive artist! Write

[@RamonPanosa]

@@noseyist Thank you so much

[@richardwatts1184]

Music of the mind and soul!!!

[@Victoria-zb1ll]

Ale maestria i mistrzostwo, odda i to. Ależ to, ależ. Wczoraj podesłał jusma jaśminie. Poczęstujcie się. Sercem dziękuję....

[@laurikee433]

my dad sent me the link to this video. this is great. I love it. 🖤

[@faiththomas6014]

Love this piece of blues.....Thank you. Never heard it before, it touches me deeply.

[@megmc9644]

Yeah This one's called Caledonia Soul Music Yeah Starts out like this It gets gets low Do a little little pick Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah alright alright It gets low Make it mellow Get some horn You got it Yeah And we get down John, play a taste of mandolin Yeah Play it! Yeah, alright Hey Hey hey alright Whoa whoa Caledonia Soul Caledonia Soul Music Tell me what it is Caledonia Soul Music Caledonia Soul Music Tell me what it is Caledonia Soul Music Caledonia Soul Music Tell me what it is Caledonia Soul Caledonia Soul Hey, alright alright alright Make me feel so good Make me feel alright Make me feel so good Make me feel alright [mumbled] Hey Make me feel so good Keep on sailin' Yeah Boats go by Boats go by Boats go by Caledonia Soul Music Caledonia Soul Music

[@jeanie3333]

Instead of boats go by I thought he was saying old school band!! R u sure?? Cause I love Van and love figuring out what hes saying and ccx sometimes he doesnt know I'm sure!! Still is great!!!!

[@josephcalabaza9716]

Almost named my daughter Caledonia. Settled for michole

[@abor_lanofreshup7432]

It so nice too hear , this song ...Van you are the best...💙🤍💚❤❤❤❤...

[@Quartzsite-0901]

If God himself made music, he would come down as Van Morrison.

[@andreamartin5573]

God already has.....

[@VenusEnrique57]

Mercy! Yet another amazing (new) Van experience. Gratefull...what a "music master"...this man. Thank you for sharing this. peace

[@petercarrillo751]

There's something about the song that makes me super depressed and happy well... maybe not super... First it relaxes my anxiety... And then he gets into wailing... Anxiety rises,, and happy anxiety... And he slows it down and flip some blues which brings anxiousness without anxiety and and then we're back to super happy and jamming slows it down again and shut up happy at the end... I'm all in

[@iainhirst4944]

This's exactly what it says...'Soul Music'. Still turning people onto it wherever I go! Exceptional!!!

[@ahjaanhugh]

Thanks! The first time I have been able to find the full cut. A while back someone had posted the song in two parts, I thought it may have been because of the length of the song. I have followed Van's music from first listen of Astral Weeks, way, way, way back in September 1969.

[@matthewedgeworth4509]

No worries, I am happy to share Van's wonderful music :) I haven't been following Van's music for nearly as long as that haha, but like you it started with my first listen of Astral Weeks, even if it was over 40 years later!

[@edithcormane1410]

The first time I heard Van, was when he was with "Them". Brown eyed girl, TB sheets etc. which was "nice" had a good beat like so many bands in the early sixties. Living in Holland we listened to Rabio Luxemburg, Radio Caroline , Veronica an Northsea. on our Transistor radios with a mono earphone. In the seventies, when I got my hands on "Astral Weeks" (the Album no CD yet) is when my love for Van began. Ballerina became and still is my absolute favorite song. I lost my album while living in the U.S. In the late seventies I found Astral weeks on CD at the only time I saw Van in Concert in Utrecht in Holland. Now I own over 40 CD's of Van Morrison. I never get tired of his music, he still amazes me. With the beauty of his music.@@matthewedgeworth4509

[@Levandetag]

Goosebumps all over and so so softening for our Hearts

[@MarkMasters...]

Thank you...🙏🌌

[@johnknottenbelt2502]

Another great post... Van the Man & his Caledonia Soul.

[@tubularstar]

Started with G-L-O-R-I-A!! &"THEM" in the mid '60's, drilled me with Astral Weeks, nailed the coffin shut with this. Should have split the Nobel Prize for Literature with Dylan a few years back. Shakes your windows and rattles yur walls yes-sir-re the times, they surely are a chang'in!. Van the Man!

[@BayouCityShack]

Love it to the soul

[@kaybeenullenvoyde9196]

Wow, this is sweet.

[@princewiltshire5193]

WOW! Great stuff here

[@radjastone]

GREAT

[@paulferranti8536]

Van is a HEALER! Did ye get healed? RIP PEE WEE ELLIS ..,.. LEGEND!

[@carmelcrowley158]

And we will walk down the avenue of love

[@geebud1880]

To alll of you guys -- I recall having found some 3 years ago a KZbin of this very same song... with MOVING images! Showing all the splendid musicians in action, the interaction ! Does anyone have the link? Thks in advance!

[@sylviafarese8837]

Road trip with Van playing...

[@cardaberge7164]

Spread the word!!!!!!

[@seanhansford9642]

Just perfect

[@heatheralice1974]

This is amazing. I thought it was Cat Stevens when I saw the thumbnail. I like Cat but wasn't in the mood - thank god I noticed the title and suspected correctly or I'd never have known this existed. Thank you for sharing.

[@kathleencleans]

Sooo good to listen to, as I drink my home brew

[@smartass1liner978]

So good

[@sharenhansford6136]

Grounded in Glory. Moving free now

[@donaldstirling]

its very creative in its own way....

[@neiselanderson3932]

My 1st time hearing, I Love it!❤

[@jamesschulte9480]

I don't remember this lp in 1968 but know that i have discover it its a gem!

[@PiperbonesJ]

Huge Van fan here. I'm in the process of writing a trilogy that is in the genre of "magic realism.' Book 1 is already out. In the process of writing Book 2 and Book 3 won't be far behind as I'm sort of working on it at the same time. Anyway, Van's music, especially his contemplative works, will play a large part in Book 2 and the entire book will close with stories about my trip to Newcastle to see him in August 2015. The book is called The Memory Tapes of John I. Pearl...check it out if you wanna. On Amazon. There's even a little Van reference in there since I want to sort of pin down the main character's age / generation. And if you like Joyce and Yeats...you'll dig it. Peace.

[@stefanschleps8758]

While were plugging our own material. Check out "the Last Adventures of an American Hippie" when it gets published around the summer of 2021. You won't believe it. But its all true, thanks be to the Isle of Avalon. Van is brilliant. And into the mystic we go. Peace. NFA.

[@lindafleming3907]

When I landed in the Grove in 73 I said Who's this old man playin on the juke box? They at me looked amazed, this is Van, and he lived around here and the Stones lived around there and they made a film and I thought I'd died and gone to heaven and I wasn't wrong. Lemmy told me in 75 that Van had prostitutes delivered everyday to Oxford Studios by taxi three at a time, people said.. you could tell .. it was obvious they were.. so it fascinates me still where he gets his inspirational poignancy from. I will enjoy your book, if you will enjoy writing it, and wish you well.

[@PiperbonesJ]

We’re all “sinners.” We’ve all missed the mark. Some of us have sought spiritual paths after false starts or other things that prompt a “course-correction.” Artists have an additional complexity factored in due to their celebrity. It’s the opposite side of the coin for those who carry their gifts knowing that the industry or critics or ego-temptations to which we are all vulnerable...all lie in wait to defeat the artist. I have no idea if these stories / rumors are true. Could be. Might not be. This is why in the book I pretty much stuck to the “higher self” musings that Van speaks to and aspires to in his music. Long may he run...it’ll be a sad day when his road runs out...❤️🐝❤️

[@PiperbonesJ]

Stefan Schleps I look forward to that book...and praise be the Light of Avalon.

[@Codycuddie]

this is brilliant - love it.

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Streams of consciousness ...extemporisation ....on the fly ....Van Morrison and His Street Choir..

[@JoseGarcia-bb6sx]

Fabulosa musica.

[@billymallon1282]

Best served with a glass of red wine

[@rogerioandrade9874]

brilliant stuff.....

[@schlum27]

so good !