Broadly speaking, Morrison’s career arc looks something like this: He went from being a brash teenage wunderkind with his band Them, to a promising young solo artist (“Brown Eyed Girl”), to a moody, soulful poet casually creating masterpieces ("Astral Weeks" and "Moondance"), to a middle-aged curmudgeon showcasing occasional moments of brilliance ("Common One"), until he slowly devolved into a boozy-uncle type, cranking out boilerplate blues LPs while leaning on his earlier legacy to fill concert halls. This turn toward the alt-right didn’t come out of nowhere. 1," a 28-track double album that includes eyebrow-raising song titles such as “Where Have All the Rebels Gone,” “Why Are You on Facebook?” and “Stop Bitching, Do Something.” This album is now very much news: Variety published a list of “The 10 Craziest Lyrics” from the record, while the Jerusalem Post rounded up all of the claims of anti-Semitism implied in his song called “They Own the Media” and other lyrics scattered throughout. That trend stopped last week, however, when Morrison, 75, released "Latest Record Project, Vol.
Outside of the circles of his most dedicated fans, the arrival of a Van Morrison album in the 21st century has not been a news event.
Van Morrison performs at the O2 Arena on March 3, 2020, in London.
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