Van Morrison - Moondance | Opera Singer Reacts LIVE

[@maggiereneemusic]

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[@rockandrollpaddy]

The album from which this comes, also called Moondance, is a 10/10. A glorious mix of soulful Irish R&B, jazz, gospel, folk, etc. Cissy Houston (Whitney's mother) sings backing vocals on a couple of tracks.

[@mikenolan8044]

This is where we see Van Morrison hitting his stride in creativity. From Gloria (1965) through Brown Eyed Girl (1967) and arriving in fine style in the Moondance album 1970. This was an era when genuine creativity was respected and not yet overwhelmed by technology. Loved the song, loved your reaction and analysis.

[@maggiereneemusic]

🙏🏻💖🙏🏻

[@jamesc264]

Van the Man Morrison. All time great songwriter. Check out his great track ""Into the Mystic"" One of the things to note is that he comes from Northern Ireland and his singing incorporates his northern Irish accent. Natural voice.

[@GeekGinger]

The groove of this song is perfection. One of my all time favorites.

[@parkermills3328]

There is not a bad song on this entire album......

[@timcarder2170]

I was about to say the same thing😊

[@Popson2wheels]

Into the Mystic and Tupelo Honey are 2 more great ones from Van Morrison. Nice reaction.

[@jsshuntr1257]

7:52 "I typically don't go down". 😯🤣

[@Dakotarain]

😳

[@robertfindley921]

Not many songs have a singer trying to sound like a bumble bee at one point. Great classic with an even more classic sound! Nice horns!

[@loisr3970]

Ohhhh Maggie this is a magical classic piece. 1972 I was 12 my now hubby 48 yrs.

[@happymethehappyone8300]

Van (The Man) Morrison is a legendary music icon. ❤

[@darkpitcher5242]

one of the most overrated singers of all time

[@stephendowney1]

He is from Belfast, Northern Ireland and we speak nasally giving us a unique accent and voice

[@BrianJohnson-bq9tr]

This album is dheer genius! Maggie, you always make me smile.

[@billroettgen7099]

Great reaction wrapped a round a great performance - life is good. Thanks.

[@kennethward4985]

Greatest singer songwriter of the classic rock era, hands down. I'm not biased, I just own 40 VM albums because my kids keeping buying them for me.

[@robinfra52]

He wrote this too.

[@psongman9536]

He came to my college in Buffalo a long long time ago, and he did jazzy and long versions of every song, this song was the best of all. My friends did not understand what scatting was and how it was a LIVE thing, tx for the great reaction!

[@Memorylanemodelcars2]

My Favorite Van Morrison Song ? "Crazy Love" Featured In Movie Phenomon

[@susansaunders9679]

this is my all-time favorite song 🎵 🎉❤

[@timcarder2170]

You should really check out Van's singing on The Bands *"Last Waltz"* (There's actually a ton of great guest superstars performing on that farewell concert)

[@andrewwelham8633]

Lots of great Morrison suggestions, including Into the Mystic and Tupelo Honey. I'd like to add And It Stoned Me and Crazy Love as well.

[@plantlord3266]

classic rock from growing up days...

[@inspectre27]

When he hits the bent notes in the pre-chorus, I am reminded of a saxophone. There's a shared quality that I don't seem to know the name of.

[@purplenewbalance]

Van plans a mean sax too.

[@davidpahlka6301]

This is Van Morrison's song, none of the other covers seem to convey the same emotion. You showed us why. Both this song and "Brown Eyed Girl" brings back special memories, I'll never forget. Of course the "Brown Eyed Girl" was late '60's but the "Moondance" experiences were in the 1990's. They were with two different women, both of whom were big fans of Van growing up. I always felt he wasn't given his due by the music industry.

[@itzel1735]

Still one of my all time favorite songs.

[@FrogLegs313]

I have somehow managed to have never listened to this through studio quality headphones. I've loved the song since he first blessed us with it but I'm hearing so much stuff I've not noticed before,

[@arroyo284]

Van is a great great poet and lyricist.

[@inspectre27]

Oh, I almost forgot to tell my favorite Van Morrison anecdote. Long ago, I was watching David Letterman (I think) and the slated musical guests were to be Van and Sinead O'Connor doing a duet of some shit I can't remember. The time slot came up and the cameras focused on the two of them approaching the microphones (and the band behind, of course). Sinead looked anxious, typical because she was said to be so paranoid about performing perfectly that her in-ear monitor mix was never satisfactory and she would stand stiff as a board during live performances, and Van was visibly inebriated (or just looked very like it). The song began, and right from the start Van seemed to be having trouble keeping his mic in its stand, fumbling around a bit, and Sinead kept shooting him nervous looks. He had varying levels of success with the mic and stand throughout the performance and nearing song's end they just gave up on him collapsed to the floor. But the show must go on, so he lurched over to Sinead's stand, threw an arm around her shoulders, and carried on as if this happened all the time. Then Sinead did the unprecedented. She started laughing. I had never seen her laugh before, nor have I since. They finished out the song to great applause, smiling, and she gave him a big hug. Cut to commercial. To this day, it remains in the top 5 live performances I have witnessed. Thanks for reading, cool story bro, and this idiocy has been brought to you by Flintt's Mints. Up your head game!

[@andrelimoges3654]

Tupelo Honey is another good song by Van Morrison

[@mdshovel]

In a similar vein ... try James Hunter and "Walk away" he tours in support often with VM

[@danielolson5378]

This is such a great and classic tune!

[@Jeff_Lichtman]

It's an unusual song for the era, very jazzy. Van Morrison recorded it in 1969 for the album of the same name that was released in 1970. For some reason they didn't release the song as a single until 1977. I think you'd like "Blue Moon" by The Marcels. It's a classic doo-wop performance of a Rodgers and Hart song from 1934.

[@gregorywilcox5949]

this song is features in the movie august rush a great movie about making music and how it connects people a great watch.

[@sherigrow6480]

Love that movie

[@KingArtexerxes]

I like your hat!

[@BobGeogeo]

The song (album) in college that some older guy played and made me realize that I needed to try something else with the ladies.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

♥

[@ziggylarkdust]

He's got sooo many good songs but the one I want people react to the most would have to be "You're My Woman". As far as I know no one has yet.

[@stingray69691]

Staccato! Maggie

[@robertlear2712]

Suggest “Into the Mystic”

[@custardflan]

Van the Man. I would love to hear you react to me more recent Van. I think his voice has gotten better. Interested in your opinion. I think the shimmering is from old blues singers.

[@Jwhite1979]

You are at once fascinating, beautiful, intelligent, knowledgeable, and also Dustin from Stranger Things in drag. I swear I mean that in the best way imaginable.

[@XixesOM]

Interesting fact about Van Morrison. He has terrible stage fright. My wife went to one of his shows and he had to be introduced with "Ladies and Gentlemen, MISTER VAN MORRISON" 4 or 5 times before he came out

[@vaportrails7943]

What I’ve learned from you and “The Charismatic Voice”: opera singers are weird. 😄

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

You must be a "were" person ( like some of us crazed Irish folk) to have such a positive reaction to a bad moon rising

[@rogercaruso9337]

😎😎😎🎹🎷🎸🪈

[@timcarder2170]

Lol And of course their talented musicians...they're from *before 1994.* 😁

[@mahatmakane1946]

Try "Tupelo Honey."

[@RebHawkins54]

Van cut his teeth on his dad’s R&B records. He liked to use his voice like a horn or a sax.

[@rickc661]

my roomie in Coll could do a very good VM bit. case of ' ya had to be there' I guess. closest I've come to being musical myself.

[@JamesSjaalman]

You are applying to the Walkure vacancy :-?

[@OzAkman]

Can you please react to Oasis? Classic like Wonderwall, Champaign Supernova, but I recommend Slide Away, Live Forever, Stand By me, D'you know what I Mean IMO is their best song though.

[@glennmitchell9107]

Opera singers don't go down. I've heard that. Not sure I believe it.

[@leftcoaster67]

You look like you're dressed and ready for The Immigrant Song. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhh!

[@csbogdan7893]

react AC/DC - Are You Read plss

[@davidkettell5726]

Who in the world is Michael Buble ?

[@claymccoy]

You're in the minority.

[@fredeerickbays]

yes mike a wear nice can make or break u. I got lucky Hs Muskie teach had one b/c he was just 23 first job did folk singing in Syr had an amp micks banjo He like my voice thought he could do something with me so 3 study hall a week he worked with me one on one. Man u get sick of scales. But u do them and at home other kids play instrument's. Me sing a scale check by hit not on piano while u hole urs how close r u. 1 Hr every night. Then and only then did Ma Da all six kids sing whatever I was to learn. I Bass with Da Big bro bara Little bro tenner eldest sis and Ma up on top with other older sis and little sis filling in the middle. Only thne did we watch tV til 10

[@fredeerickbays]

Van is one of them they will never be able to pitch correct b/c he slides a lot or even auto tune