Van Morrison - Fair Play (Official Audio)

[@bloempotdejong]

Van Morisson is like a long-lasting friendship. Over the time it is getting stronger and more meaningful.

[@andrewnewman1510]

Age 14, standing in Tower records looking at Veedon Fleece wondering if i should get it. I did and was blown away, still own the perfect vinyl album at 65yrs. old. Van shaped my life !

[@magicmatt1969]

Van is one of the true greats of all time

[@rapier5]

The piano mirroring or otherwise responding to the sung lines, and then otherwise just skirting the melody is genius.

[@michellerjackson5776]

"Jaranamo"...

[@rapier5]

@@michellerjackson5776 It's Geronimo a famous Apache indian war leader who fought the US Army around the Mexican border from 1850 to 1886. His name is used like "charge' as in charge ahead in battle. In this case it's charge ahead with this seduction.

[@iggles73]

I call it the drip, same with the little guitar drip. It's perfection, like the song itself.

[@MatthewHart-j9g]

Who playing the piano?

[@jonathanwilkinson1461]

@@MatthewHart-j9g Long time associate Jeff Labes or James Trumbo..

[@ratsontherails]

The way he laughs in this song after the tit tat line...that's a man deep inside the moment of a song....incredible

[@alang5378]

One of the most beautiful songs ever!

[@davidfogarty2220]

He maybe an old misery guts, but that certainly doesn't detract from his musical brilliance, as this track testifies.

[@s.scottsdale1839]

It was truly a fine day when I bought my 1st copy of "Veedon Fleece". Already a hardcore fan of his, I wanted more. I put it on and this came wafting off the turntable and made everything okay that day; and many days since. It's a finite club that can set a groove and mood like Van and the brilliant musicians he records and plays live with who can get their head around what he's trying to lay down and make it come out true.

[@RMcGivern]

Perfectly put ❤

[@dawnmarcus4690]

This has to be one of Van's most lovely, romantic songs. I love it to the moon!!!!!!

[@glenncambray626]

Yes.

[@joeseddit]

Great song, but "I'll be your Lover Too" probably gets that title for me. "Tupelo Honey", and "Into the Mystic" right there as well.

[@johnb5511]

my fav album and sadly so underrated. Comfort You his most overlooked song...barely recognised. unfortunate van will be remembered fir br0wn eyed girls etc - not his true masterpieces that were never aired.

[@clintfabre2727]

Geronimo. And thank you Van.

[@mctavish23]

He's never been afraid to take musical risks and push the boundaries of his art.

[@sugareewazoo633]

Van has a voice that sounds like liquid gold = beautiful, gorgeous, priceless. Dig the bass line…Geronimo

[@timoakes450]

Hayes

[@kevinmccarthy6392]

Geronimo

[@dawnmarcus4690]

I am buying this album right now. I can't stop listening to it. Pure genius Van!!!!!!!

[@Fdt172]

Be prepared to pay !!

[@dawnmarcus4690]

@@Fdt172 all concerts these days are the same! The ticket brokers ate the crooks! Not the artists.

[@hereignsonhigh4247]

It’s my favourite

[@sonofadeadbeat3051]

​@@dawnmarcus4690"Ticket masters 'ate' the crooks"!? Oh, you meant "are".

[@illbeyourstumbleine]

I was able to get it for 70 bucks about 4 years ago. When my dad died my stepmom gave all his records to her son, my dad’s step son for all of one year. She knew music was our thing. People can be cruel. So I’ve spent the last 20 years rebuilding thousands of records. Sadly there are a few I will never be able to replace.

[@jenjones2904]

Simply wonderful, another Van masterpiece....

[@stevew5146]

Does Van even get it how many quadtrillionsof people love this man and his impact on the planet?????!!!?!. I wonder when at what age he realized his genius?

[@rooftopcat1785]

Veedon fleece one of Van's most way underrated albums , a true diamond , the whole album takes me right in . Has since 74,

[@mctavish23]

I remember reading an old Rolling Stone interview from the early 70's, in which it was clear that his genius was such that he did not understand the impact of his music on his fans. A few years later, I was talking with one of my friends who'd met him when she was working in a recording studio in Sausalito,Ca. She basically said the same thing, as far as his (lack of) social skills were concerned. Make no mistake, she loves his music as much as I do. Her point was the same as in the article, in that like many true geniuses, he was socially distant and removed from the impact of his art on the public; none of which diminishes the incredible impact of his art.

[@broadcasttttable]

Am 70 years old. Been a Van Fan since the '60's, but for whatever reason never gave Veedon Fleece more than a passing listen. Until now. Love youtube and its recommendations (most of the time!).

[@tinastamatakis8442]

Ive also never paid this one much attention despite loving Van for over 30 years! Isnt that amazing! He's so prolific and I hope we'll all still be discovering gems like this for years and years more!

[@Fdt172]

I love this album

[@davidallen8280]

Geronimo!

[@kylilin]

Once upon a time I spent a nice long slow dance with my not yet wife to this song. Forever a beauty. The song, too.

[@joeseddit]

Veedon Fleece is my favorite Van album. Van was great himself, but I also appreciate the session players he hires. Don't know who they are, but most of his songs have some badass accompaniement.

[@MokgatlaNakedi-ki2wr]

Pay particular attention to this pianist - simply one of the best. Cheers ❤❤...

[@carolwells2345]

I adore this album. I had it as a cut out when I was a teenager. I can't hear it often enough.

[@Veedon7]

"Forever fair And Im touching your hair We can be dreamers in this dream Ooh let it dream "

[@lovetroublecat]

Sublime if I ever heard it

[@adandap]

Astral Weeks gets all the press (and it's a slightly better album, to be fair) but this one is another masterpiece.

[@futuropasado]

this is too underrated, Astral has the praise it deserves 100% it's my favorite album ever but this has that mystic power in his voice like in Astral and some magic arrangements. I like this a bit more than Moondance even.

[@babyneon0033]

It really is. His best work in my opinion

[@adandap]

TheHumanSpeciesIsAPlague NotMeantToBeInExistence There are no right or wrong opinions on music. But this one goes close.

[@Fdt172]

This one is much better than astral weeks

[@johnmiller9095]

Hes just Van. No words

[@XOY321]

I love the goodbye in it all

[@DrVonChilla]

Lightning in a bottle. I'm not the biggest Van Morrison fan, but this is CLEARLY one of the most-profound recordings ever captured. THE END

[@mctavish23]

Well stated.

[@pcdriver]

I was never a big fan of Van but Veedon Fleece is my favorite album of them all, born in 1950.

[@DrVonChilla]

@@pcdriver I hear ya....!! 😃

[@jonathanwilkinson1461]

Good God Veedon Fleece. This opens & Country Fair closes in a maelstrom of beauty..

[@jacquesgeorgesdelatranchad7437]

Comme les chants primitifs , le blues et bien d'autres, les chansons de Van Morrisson sont des cris , des prières , des discours au monde cosmique qui nous entoure , nous ramenant à la dimension de grain de sable ; quel chanteur quel musicien !

[@kcsunshine6122]

I bought my first Van album 41 years ago and have since collected almost all of them. I just bought Veedon Fleece and I regret that all these years have passed without it.

[@bengraham9427]

Driving cross Iowa in the early seventies in my GMC panel truck, windows down, to see my lover in DES Moines,..these songs memorized, singing them in the hot winds unable to wait to see Lee and love.

[@murkartik]

that's a very beautiful image, a memory to treasure

[@tmarastroud-waite1210]

Brilliant and eloquent ❤

[@mctavish23]

Well said

[@noctilux7799]

One of his best Songs ever…

[@NeverNormalNeverNeverMore]

Still stoned?

[@noctilux7799]

@@NeverNormalNeverNeverMore Sorry, I have never been stoned. What's your problem with that?

[@garyevans8957]

i love walking my dogs this time of year (autumn) while this is playing.

[@samorourke8837]

A most fantastic way of spending your time.

[@janhensley3617]

Delicious Van. Rave On! I love you for that! Geronimo indeed. ❤

[@charleszogby5620]

I used to rock my granddaughter to sleep to Fair Play when she was just a baby. Never failed. Such a beautiful song. There's only one meadow's way to go!

[@arfer]

Lazy, age 20-something afternoons, bit of weed, autumn, looking out the window at the trees.

[@Mary-vm9bx]

Enjoy the music and the magic!

[@ricardobuco6900]

I still have his cassette tape album on my collections.

[@amietaylor1061]

My favorite Van Morrison song, and that's saying something.

[@erikschimmel6223]

For me this Van’s best album after Astral Weeks. And the opening tune Fair Play opens all the sharm too come. So intimate ❤

[@58lespaul]

Possibly my personal favorite album of all time.

[@TheRealForrestGeorge]

#2 for me, "Hard Nose The Highway" is #1. "It's Too Late To Stop Now" is my favorite live effort.

[@Barzol636]

@@TheRealForrestGeorge It's Too late to Stop Now is probably the finest Live album ever made.

[@zachblakemore3567]

Johnny Shamrock his 1980’s work comes close

[@mctavish23]

@@Barzol636 Well said.

[@sweetdavey]

Mine too!

[@arabelavaz7950]

One of my favourite ❤

[@r0b0gam3r9]

Van is a genius when it come to music. Try the song cul-de-sac

[@jussix48]

Absolutely so great and so fine and so truthful... and so strong, too, he's both crying and singing together amazingly beautifully and so sincerely...!

[@dawnmarcus4690]

One of my favorites of Van's. So relaxing and sentimental. He really is superb!

[@mctavish23]

Love this obscure and eccentric LP.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Fair Play to you Van, another Van Morrison on stunning beauty, every time i hear this recording it takes my mind to a place of beauty, I am someone who also loves brilliant rocking music like Thin Lizzy, Rotty Gallagher and other greats, maybe it is the Celtic feel of magic words, music and storytelling that gets me every time.

[@pablofmfdoc6143]

Wonderful Song!

[@midnightrambler6018]

This was the track that started it all for me way back in 1974.. First album I ever bought of Van Morrison , first track I ever played at home.. Now over 40 albums later , what can I say.. Only saw the man once , live , in Australia. Shame he can't visit again..

[@lindacastellitto9350]

this is my favorite Van album. yes, I too have been with Van since Them! peace to you.

[@victoriaprice8536]

And I love you for that 💕

[@bettiemccall9671]

Veedon Fleece such a good album!!!

[@biggsy1628]

I had the good fortune of seeing him perform the astral weeks album it’s on par with this gem.

[@athenassigil5820]

Rave on Oh Van, our mystic man Rave on

[@keeponrollin7922]

Smoky NYC piano bar sound

[@Fdt172]

Best lp of Van’s hands down !

[@ednasoaresbrasil3040]

Que pureza, que delicadeza de canção! Ðá vontade de ouvir sem parar. Obrigada pela bela música. Parabéns!👏👏😍😍❤️❤️

[@r0b0gam3r9]

Van Morrison is my Fav artist

[@hhonig4781]

Mr. Morrison brought us back and forever home. Thank you for that and love you for that!

[@rapier5]

Here is the thing about VM, I think. He loves singing.

[@Barzol636]

He is indeed a gifted singer and sings with such conviction and soul.

[@johannafreeburn3061]

sublime

[@ednasoaresbrasil3040]

É uma grande alegria e prazer,ouvir Van Morrison cantando esta linda canção, logo ao acordar. Enche meu coração de ternura, aconchego e amor. Van canta encantadoramente e com muita suavidade, deixando transparecer, a beleza do que vai no seu coração. Maravilhosa e linda mensagem! Obrigada por compartilhar conosco esta joia! Parabéns!👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️🤲🙌❤️

[@francescoguercio6008]

Omg awesome song

[@carolemartinez6693]

LOVE that VAN!

[@goneby100]

His most best. who, Van, best.

[@cieloinunastanza6854]

It vaguely reminds me to "A Change Is Gonna Come"

[@juazman]

maravilloso

[@spazzriff_appreciator]

acoustic bass guitar?? nice sound!!

[@kieransavage3835]

Great number Most under rated....

[@joseantonioizaguirre3192]

Maravilloso disco

[@benlotus2703]

Maravilloso disco.. Laugh 0ut Loud !

[@giovannifurnari8668]

Genius,genius,genius…dare I say it …and I never do..only for Van…..Messi level genius.

[@glenncambray626]

Classic Van.

[@jambomaltido]

Fair play to you Killarney's lakes are so blue And the architecture I'm taking in with my mind So fine Tell me of Poe Oscar Wilde and Thoreau Let your midnight And your daytime Turn into love of life It's a very fine line But you've got the mind child To carry on When it's just about to be Carried on And there's only one Meadow's way to go And you say "Geronimo" There's only one Meadow's way to go And you say "Geronimo" A paperback book As we walk down the street Fill my mind with tales of mystery, mystery And imagination Forever fair And I'm touching your hair I wish we could be dreamers In this dream, ohhhw Let it dream And there's only one Meadow's way to go And you say "Geronimo" And there's only one Meadow's way to go And you say "Geronimo" Fair play to you Killarney's lakes are so blue High-ho silver, tit-for-tat And I love you for that High-ho silver, tit-for-tat And I love you for that, love you for that, love you for that High-ho silver, tit-for-tat, tit-for-tat And I love you for that High-ho silver, tit-for-tat, hah! Yeah, yeah And I love you for that And theres only one Meadow's way to go And I, and I say "Geronimo" And there's only one Meadow's way to go And we say "Geronimo" And there's only one Meadow's way to go And we say "Geronimo" Geronimo And there's only one Meadow's way to go And we say "Geronimo" Fair play to you

[@meganmorgan8039]

I still remember clearly the very first time I heard this song... this album... 1976. No other song/album I could say that about...

[@victoriaprice8536]

Awww just beautiful 💕

[@drjcaldwell]

Astral Weeks and Veedon Fleece belong on every deserted island.

[@damienhunt4264]

And Common One

[@Mary-vm9bx]

As well as Common One ..

[@Mary-vm9bx]

​@@damienhunt4264oops I didn't see the post until after I agreed!

[@conchidominguez3782]

Querido Van.. es un placer escucharte.. fsntastic famtastic 😎

[@alternative7361]

Unbelievable piano playing by ??? ..... James Trumbo - piano

[@davidfogarty2220]

It's amazing isn't it.

[@karenmcardle142]

I love this song , :-)

[@lyndamcardle4123]

And only two chords are used !

[@sharoncarr4070]

❤

[@neilproctor5163]

Nice tune!!! Fair play to you!

[@bettiemccall9671]

Luv it! Luv it! Luv it!!!!!!

[@suziemcdonald9590]

Happy Birthday Van Morrison, you're great!

[@ronward3949]

Fair Play says you, songs so fine, no real line, just got the time, so much sublime, sort out the rhyme, not really mine, but found it online, now I just want to climb, being in quite a bind, may just have to say Gerinimo!

[@lisaomeara4844]

💚☘️💚

[@laramartin1240]

Excited!

[@pcdriver]

10/19/24

[@dharmadrum926]

And we say, "Ronimo.

[@timoakes450]

Was in a pickle(still am?)-23 looking out my window out cross the I.Sea from the WIRRAL-torn tween two women-later on watched Mann's HEAT/MIAMI and they both have scenes that mimic my situation perfectly(when are you gonna get some furniture?When i get around to it!) Strangley found myself in a house with picture hooks on the wall(ghosts of previous people??) -ooops got of subjeck tere -LOVE VAN THATS IT OUT

[@goneby100]

Who should we shoot.

[@bobbymcconnell8715]

Would have loved to hear Amy Winehouse cover this

[@kcsunshine6122]

Agreed! They have very similar singing styles.

[@dharmadrum926]

Hi ho silver, tit for tat, and I love you for that.

[@RobinAtkins-w6z]

✌️♥️💡😇💯🎶🎶🎶

[@breezycovergirl]

You are yummy l❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@jabbahursty]

do you know that rolling stone magazine record guide rated this album zero stars, just completely worthless? something to think about regarding how they might value stuff

[@Vingul]

They ought to be made to face the wall.

[@paintingtosser3814]

Those drugged out music journalists in Rolling Sone would never have got it.

[@davidfogarty2220]

@@paintingtosser3814 Spot on. Doing cocaine never did produce good results.

[@massimilianomecocci]

amo molto veedon fleece, moondance e into the music ma non molto astral weeks...lo trovo troppo logorroico e noioso...

[@mannykiller]

tf is this about

[@homendekicvajf9224]

❤