Van Morrison - Ballerina - 6/18/1980 - Montreux (OFFICIAL)

[@inavrey-roodt4291]

This is a master at work. Brilliant!

[@sunnymccoy9327]

He may well be a grumpy wee Northern Irish man but he's a god dam genius

[@marilynvance2710]

Agree about the genius pa rt!

[@vickiwatkins85]

Good dang stuff

[@tylerthompson1842]

No one captures Americana soul Ike Van Morrison.

[@kieransavage3835]

Perfectionist Perhaps????

[@sunnymccoy9327]

I think I must have been drinking that night.... Genius maybe little inflated but in my defence the meaning of the word "Genius" is " exceptionally intelligent person or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of activity" ....

[@owenmartin3307]

The mona Lisa of music

[@mdt471]

There are a few originals; Van Morrison is one. No hype, no glitz, only talent.

[@judyz7674]

I have had the DVD of this concert for years. I am losing my vision, but just listening to it makes life worthwhile!

[@michellerjackson5776]

Judy Z Well, Judy dear, with Van.. its,not really a "visual thing".. In fact, .I am sure you hear his awesome voice, such more accurately,.. Van, as you know ,is such a lyrically colorful artist!

[@sunnymccoy9327]

Your vision may not be the same but your hearing is perfect.... "Philosopher Stone" by Van is raw and real what a magical journey this man has had

[@swazilandirtbikes]

I have my vision, but was blind until I heard this concert.

[@HairGlitter]

My uncle gave me this concert on DVD. He passed away a couple years ago. This is one of the best live shows. I'm thankful to listen to it over and over.

[@marksandison3642]

@@HairGlitter I have been listening to Van for 50 years and agree that these performances at the 1980 Montreux were truly some of his best live. I never seem to get tired of his music.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

In the olden times, people like Van the man would be classed as walking talking saints, This man never said start a war, hit and hurt your neighbor and everyone around you, he never said hate and show great dislike to others, All that Van the man has done was write and played his magical music, he has helped to heal millions of people all over this world with his words and songs of great wisdom and wonder, Van brings you in to the mistic, he will help to heal sad and hurt minds, ease the pain, give great joy and hope to all and help you to see a much better way, Thank you Van for who you are and for all that you gave and continue to give.

[@jaqmart]

Well said James - and how absolutely true. I've been in the presence of the great Man a few times but felt it would be quite disrespectful to invade the space of a true healer!

[@user-bm6jn9ls4n]

Just amazing.. written and sung with such a deepth and feeling that does not seem to exist with modern artists..

[@tacey505]

I am a lifelong fan of this man, but he has yet to attain altar status. But I appreciate your fervor

[@oilyshoes9969]

@@tacey505 I disagree completely. This guy is a singer/songwriter genius, anyone that knows music knows this.

[@JenniferDow-kb7vb]

Definitely a walking talking saint. He touches my soul with this one!!

[@j.johnson2792]

The goat. It's not debatable

[@shevetlevi2821]

I can listen to anything by Van no matter what mood I'm in. I think this is his most beautiful song.

[@m.l.miller621]

agree--

[@j.johnson2792]

That's such a hard thing to pick. He has at least 30 most Beautiful songs

[@Elisa-im6ll]

​@@j.johnson2792only 30???

[@ednasoaresbrasil3040]

Very handsome! Van Morrison doesn't just sing, he performs with a lot of sensitivity and passion. It gives me great pleasure to listen and watch him every day. Thank you for these beautiful moments. 🌹🌷🙏❤️❤️

[@shannonsmith1522]

Masterpiece.... Astral Weeks is the greatest album of all time IMO. Van the Man!

[@georgelewis1664]

I have no idea whatsoever his lyrics say , but he’s so good , you believe him completely .

[@elcordinho2202]

This Montreux gig is legendary. I like the mood so much. Continuously listening to Ballerina, Angeliou and Summertime in England.

[@sandrasalas9813]

Simply beautiful

[@janhensley3617]

A majestic song of love for all lovers all the time everywhere. God bless you Dearest Van. 🎶

[@markeggins890]

The band are stellar too, plenty of musos can play technically very well, but to have the sensitivity, restraint and just plain old simple good taste just to play what is needed 'in the service of the song' without ego is a much rarer quality! One of his best bands ever...

[@rayray7561]

His voice is like a musical instrument.

[@davidsimpson911]

I am 38 and i only discovered Van Morrison,that is i really got into him about 5 years ago,I like all of us had heard his music on the radio,Brown Eyed Girl,Jackie Wilson Said and Bright Side Of The Road etc..,Ahhh but when,after sifting through my just departed wonderful Mother's record collection i discovered the album Astral Weeks and i am not ashamed to say i cried like " An Angel Child " , from then on i really found out why he is so influential in what i had been and still listen to today. Thank you Van,but most importantly, Thank you to my dear Mother for somehow allowing me to grieve for the loss of you by playing that beautiful album and others , Love and Miss you forever Mary.

[@jmh384]

saw him last oct. i hope mom was in the crowd

[@davidsimpson911]

She passed away October 2010,James,but i am sure she was there in spirit

[@mungaloyd1]

Dave Simpson yes same here.im 40 and about 5 years ago I heard all of these miracles of music and couldn't believe it....incredible and worth a million repeats

[@gawnmcilwaine3152]

Dave your comment brought me to the brink of tears. I have been listening to astral weeks for 35 years now. I still adore it. Ballerina is my favourite. I posted a comment below under My son's account "Robbie"

[@karlconnolly3994]

Dave Simpson Van can bring solace. An Artist. Beautiful story. Dylan’s,Time out of Mind album helped me during the loss of my mother.

[@iancunningham5576]

It just amazed me watching this that I have been listening to Van, as a publicly proclaimed fan since 1974's "Veedon Fleece" album. My older brother, by 4 years, played it on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was only 10 and transfixed...still am.

[@MarrowEternal]

This is one of the best live performances I have ever seen by anyone! This set has been burned into my brain

[@jamesowens9653]

The best live song ever! The inner thoughts of a person. “I’m standing in your doorway, and I’m mumbling and I can’t remember the last thing that ran thru my head. “

[@randypeeples9870]

so true my friend!! spiritual!!!

[@linshanhsiang]

Well, I may be wrong. But something tells me that I'm right and I don't think so....

[@piscesempress1978]

@@linshanhsiang I saw the writing on the wall. God I love those lyrics.

[@theresamurphy5530]

A beautiful piece of magic

[@hunzilla3122]

Such genius

[@gafBacani]

This is one of my favorite guitar solos ever

[@angelaseage5757]

My mum would play this song to me when I was growing up

[@lehumojohannesrakgalakana2880]

Who's still out here listening to this? Am 25 yrs but am in love with this guy's music

[@inavrey-roodt4291]

Once you have listened to Van Morrison, it is difficult to listen to other music artists and musicians.

[@1957PLATO]

Pure,pure beauty and humanity.

[@MaL-ij6po]

Please can somebody re-upload the full gig 🙏 truly brilliant, class band

[@cristianmolina8148]

man, I like his music..what a genius, what a voice, what a band..plus Ray Velcoro on drums. awesome

[@greg8598]

Such superb musicians. The cream. All.

[@peterlloyd5285]

Never seen this before. My favourite song from Astral Weeks. The man is in fine voice.

[@ZenPenguinTube]

A gift. They literally don't make this kind of music anymore.

[@waterfordrs22]

Nobody ever made music like that before him either. Took blue eyed soul to the stratosphere. Those bands of his from the early seventies through this period in particular were in another universe. Magnificent.

[@kieransavage3835]

The light is on your teeth….dental work required….????

[@angelaseage9442]

Thankyou

[@kathleengleason9805]

Vans music is so angelic I can cry cleansing tears thank u Mr Morrison for lifting me to heaven

[@sandrasalas9813]

WOW, that's a lot of soul.

[@mimilane7280]

He is the best

[@forestbirdgirl]

IMHO just try to pick a favorite song, or even a favorite album ~impossible there's just so much wonder and beauty and raw human emotion ...always fresh and new and absolutely delightful!!!

[@musicfanhawk4523]

I love this so much!! I just love watching him ( and his bands too) preform. This song is wonderful.

[@addys25]

Van The Man.... the Voice... the Soul.

[@melissafitzgerald1832]

When I went up to him.. just beautiful!

[@darthjesus420]

I fuckin love the guitarist he's always playing with! one of the best in my opinion

[@DanishJerk123]

Agreed. Those sparkly notes complement the song amazingly well. Had it in my head for months

[@petelincandjulie]

John Platania. Agree, he is one of the best.

[@bernieross1241]

An extraordinary performance by John Platania. So, so original in its approach, but perfectly tasteful - unflashy, but virtuosic. The piano player as well, excels himself here. And VM's vocal is sheer perfection. A masterful band performance!

[@andrewptob]

@@bernieross1241 Van ain’t playing with any dead weight, we know that. Great songs by a great artist require the best musicians to do justice to these songs in live performances.

[@dylanappenfeldt2442]

This old Van Saved Me!

[@wackyfours]

Spread your wings Come on fly awhile Straight to my arms Little angel child You know you only Lonely twenty-two story block And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, step right up And step right up Ballerina Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, try it Well, I may be wrong But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so You know I saw the writing on the wall When you came up to me Child, you were heading for a fall But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina Stepping lightly Alright, well it's getting late Yes it is, yes it is And this time I forget to slip into your slumber The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head Here come a man, here come a man and he say, he say the show must go on So all you gotta do Is ring the bell And step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, c'mon, die it, yeah Just like a ballerina Just like a, just like a, just like a, just like a ballerina Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving, moving on, moving on, moving on up Little bit higher, baby You know, you know, you know, get on up baby Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing, keep on, keep on pushing Stepping lightly Just like a ballerina Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes Working on Just like a ballerina

[@bobbybob2573]

"Ballerina" (lyrics in progress for this version) Spread your wings Come on fly awhile Straight to my arms aaaaw Little angel child You know ya only lonely twenty-two story block And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get next to you just like me All you gotta do Is ring a bell and Step right up, step right up And step right up jus' like a Ballerina.... well it's ...well it's getting very very very late And this time I forget to slip into your slumber aw the light...The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head an Here come the man and he say, he say the show must go on an' all you gotta do Is ring the bell And step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina,jus' like a... jus'like a ballerina, Well, I ... well i may be wrong But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so I saw the writing... oh i saw the writing.. writing on the wall When you when you came up to me Child, you were heading in for a fall But if it gets to you, if it gets to you, And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina keep movin on up just like a ballerina Stepping lightly Alright, Crowd will catch you Fly it, sight it, c'mon, die it, yeah Just like a ballerina Just like a just like a just like a ballerina Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving on, little bit higher, baby You know, you know, you know, get up baby Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing Stepping lightly Just like a ballerina Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes Working on Just like a ballerina ................ Written by Van Morrison • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

[@johnhagan-zr4pm]

So lucky to see these performances He is ... beyond words

[@sandrat6058]

Superb Van!

[@bennyjazzful]

GOD----Pure magic. Van's incredible vocals,John Lantans's superb guitar & the other band members fantatstic contrbution. Amazing sounds. From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.

[@roymoulton4537]

JOHN PLATANIA.

[@ednasoaresbrasil3040]

Sempre muito bom assistir Van Morrison e sua maravilhosa banda, cantando esta linda música! Parabéns hoje e sempre!👏👏👏❤️❤️

[@jonathanlee9146]

For me, I can listen to this song, the cumulative sum that is astral weeks, and then...I can die very happy 😊

[@abidakiani3030]

Do you think this version is better than the AW version? Just curious. I love this one.

[@AG-ck9rm]

THE BEST VERSION

[@carmelcrowley158]

On the left side of your head. All you got to do is ring the bell just like a ballerina. Step right, I maybe wrong something in my heart writing when forlorn whatever gets to you, can't go on .

[@drstevie]

Beautiful.

[@ADADMAN2]

I uploaded a similar comment before in a different youtube video of the same version of this live performance of ballerina. I think that it is Thomas Hardy meets "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" "Ballerina" has oblique references to un-expressed love: "And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby" This is like a Hardy Novel. "But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina" This is like "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" But I think the whole song is much more subtle and complex than "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" Gawn

[@Pathy1]

awesome rendition!!!!!!

[@maodiane2321]

Great song from great man

[@enderson1331]

Aqui do Brasil ouvindo esse som maravilhoso .

[@ricardojosealves1067]

somos dois, então!

[@enderson1331]

@@ricardojosealves1067 vc tem muito bom gosto

[@RangelSilva]

Tamojunto! Van, the man!

[@kieransavage3835]

Sounds good in Thailand also…..Kieran…..

[@garyevans8957]

A true poet

[@angelaseage5757]

Wow 😳

[@MrRatherino]

jkept me living...LESide 69 summer saw him in a dump on MacDougal street that summer...no one in the audience but me and his second? wife/Janet...cried the whole time

[@lotswifemusic9965]

Brilliant!

[@sapienssimo8470]

Mon cher van meilleur de tous les temps les seuls au monde qui en live joue exactement le disque Ooooh bonheur

[@meirajhusain1214]

Van the man!

[@givey972]

Van cant get the capo on his guitar. It's a blessing in disguise because he looks so natural holding the mic in this song, nothing against his rhythm playing abilities.

[@jpwjr1199]

I wish they'd reload this with decent sound - such a great performance

[@davidcarsonmactaggart4349]

These were the days when Van was the Man, none of this Sir Van shite.

[@musicfanhawk4523]

@HerrNilssonTheMonkey Not true! It's recognition for his contribution to... The be world of music!!

[@brunellarecchia4656]

❤️

[@roomens8356]

Seen some more Van vids...this one shows me the DRUMMER was in the gang..Then Already. He Is Good. That is Why :-]

[@user-tb4el1sr1q]

I got the jacket that zips and you don't understand how it works

[@davidpatterson3612]

I am a taxonomist, and the first new species I named was called 'ballerina' after this song.

[@thomasoconnor7645]

The music maker

[@eddyblattar]

SUPREMO!!!!!

[@equaliser2265]

Ausome

[@luisafalanitule5350]

Love❤️VMxx

[@angelaseage5757]

YER 😘

[@karmenjazbec7743]

bravo

[@karmenjazbec7743]

yes van

[@ricardobendek3717]

Ohhh please, from the soul and hart of Van and all his musicians,, it is a trance, spectacualar trance,,he is concentrated in what he want to. Perform. PERIOD.it is a very espiritual song very well interpretated. Those gays are genius, noone will do this. Again.PERIOD

[@karmenjazbec7743]

van yeah

[@peredecas]

This also good as a Bas-Armagnac of 70 years

[@MyChrissyb]

Very much forgotten

[@EDUARDMOL100]

super goed etc.

[@karmenjazbec7743]

i had friend balerina who dances her body and cat 42 she was on croches and cant walk

[@carmelcrowley158]

Move on jump up , step right on up, just move on up on the window sill.

[@kieransavage100]

Northern Ireland also gave us George Best,one of the great football players…

[@neilladd5799]

Dance ballerina dance.

[@karmenjazbec7743]

yes it was sow cruel life

[@user-tb4el1sr1q]

I don't trust me ever you should not trust me

[@ciceropaulus8231]

See Steve Brooks' comment below. Its so true.

[@hashamulhaq111]

Even geniuses struggle with capos from time to time

[@sergiosonlinework-sranjovi4304]

👍🌈💜💥😇

[@angelaseage9442]

😁

[@user-tb4el1sr1q]

it's like a dark hunter green is that your beau bow Beauregard's yeah oops upside the head sticks and stones what if I didn't vent what would happen emphasize and put yourself in your shoes if you just keep quiet and harbor aggression

[@karmenjazbec7743]

my friend primabalerina died of hunger

[@kieransavage100]

George Ivan Morrison….

[@kieransavage3835]

Dental work required???????

[@hairymarx]

Van looks like Peter Hitchens here.

[@Davotheledge]

He does!

[@karmenjazbec7743]

my friend balerina died of hunger

[@user-tb4el1sr1q]

hit the hammer on the fairgrounds and the best you hit it the temperature gauge goes up Kenneth what is the frequency of hitting the top 🔝 it once got stuck at the top Johnson TJ Torrence Taylor Devon Burke Davon and take one for the team I got your lifetime guarantee I am venting like I'm something wrong with me idk maybe my mom died and I found her helpless in an awkward position and remember sunny you saved my brain and be ready you are a friend

[@barbaramccroy8663]

The guitarists looks like the least singer for The Cars .. very cool band Ric Ocasek♥️🧚🏻‍♂️

[@lotswifemusic9965]

Looks like he just gave up on that capo lol!

[@ee.es00]

Is Van the only good thing left in the world? ... Lol

[@user-tb4el1sr1q]

I don't trust none yinz

[@bobaldo2339]

And yunz neither.

[@user-tb4el1sr1q]

@@bobaldo2339 YEAH I don't even trust myself so if I trust you for a second it's a miracle I'd say or I dun went stoopid