August 31, 2006
Coverville 236: The Van Morrison Cover Story
Celebrating the birthday tonight of Mr. George Ivan Morrison (1945). Here's what's on the show tonight:
| Title (with link to iTunes, if available) | Artist | Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available) | Original Artist |
| Into The Mystic | The Wallflowers | American Wedding | Van Morrison |
| Crazy Love | Paul Carrack | Still Groovin | Van Morrison |
| Full Force Gale | Elvis Costello | Kojak Variety | Van Morrison |
| Brown Eyed Girl | Everclear | Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile | Van Morrison |
| Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) | Dexy's Midnight Runners | Inspired-Worlds Greatest Covers | Van Morrison |
| Astral Weeks | The Secret Machines | The Road Leads Where It's Led | Van Morrison |
| Moondance | Ilona Knopfler | Some Kind of Wonderful | Van Morrison |
| Sweet Thing | The Waterboys | Fisherman's Blues | Van Morrison |
Posted by bibbott at August 31, 2006 9:06 PM
Wonderful! Great show...keep up the good work!
Posted by: Jordan at September 1, 2006 7:48 AMFantastic show! Van Morrison is one of my favorites of all time and it was wonderful to hear so many great covers of his work. Thanks especially for the Elvis Costello and Waterboys tracks. They blew me away. I have never before heard anyone cover Astral Weeks so it was interesting to hear the Secret Machine, a band I am unfamiliar with. Thanks again.
Posted by: zannahjo at September 1, 2006 9:36 PMBrian,
This is awesome! I usually write to you about the foretold R.E.M. cover story, but if I could see ANYONE play and mark the final "wanna see before I die" it would be Van Morrison.
This is a great show. I love the Wallflowers' cover of into the mystic - the whole thing's a work of cover art!
I am 2-3 shows behind (weeks holiday and i only listen in the car to work!), so apologies if this was mentioned.
I wonder if anyone has caught up with the album of covers by Van Morrison and Linda Gail Lewis (sister of Jerry Lee) called "You Win Again"?
Pretty good old time rock and roll by Van the Man, featuring a few Jerry Lee songs and Jambalaya (on the Bayou) most famously covered by the Carpenters.
He and Linda Gail had a serious falling out after this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2656897.stm
Amazingly, Linda Gail lives in the UK. Rock 'n roll huh! Still, it didn't hurt Shakin' Stevens or Bonnie Tyler!!
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at September 3, 2006 4:05 PMI love to listen and feel the music so, I love Van Morrison and I think that he is one of the best songwriters of our time. I like to stay in the summer evening and listing for hours his music.
Posted by: flower at September 7, 2006 9:08 AMListening to "moondance" always reminds me of that shower scene in "American Werewolf in London" !
Sorry :-)
Posted by: Wayne from the UK at September 9, 2006 12:16 PM