Friday, April 25, 2008

Rock Massacres, Vol. 5: Van Morrison



Today's massacre features one of the all-time greats, in my humble opinion: Mr. Van Morrison. The "song" he is singing here, simply known as "Thirty Two," comes from a one-day session at Bang Records in 1967 where Van spontaneously creates 31 songs in order to get out of his recording contract. It's a hoot and a holler, believe you me.

WFMU's Beware of the Blog
not only provides some more detail on the subject, but streams all 31 songs for your listening pleasure. I especially recommend "Ring Worm" and "Want a Danish" for starters.

Click on the image to view the video.

4 comments:

  1. It's actually a picture of Peter Gabriel.
    06/04/2008, 10:52:50

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  2. That isn't a picture of Dwarf. But it did make me laugh.
    06/03/2008, 20:53:22

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  3. Don't you know? Anybody who's anybody buys lawn jockeys that already come guitar-accessorized. It's all the rage.
    04/26/2008, 15:31:21

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  4. Great! Somebody has finally knocked that lawn jockey off of the church steps! Though I have to admit, I've never seen the model that comes with a guitar before.
    04/26/2008, 14:19:30

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