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August 31, 2002
Listen to the lion roar! Mama hatched Van Morrison August 31, 1945. Happy 57th birthday!!!
Perfectly good, respectable music fans know him for hits such as "Brown Eyed Girl," "Domino," "Moondance," and "Jackie Wilson Said." You can't argue with those picks.
Really cool people, though, know that the litmus test for a REAL Van fan is their response to "Listen to the Lion" from the St. Dominic's Preview album. Over some ten minutes plus, you can hear Van working himself into a trance and making some approximation of speaking in tongues as he seeks direct communion with his muse, the holy spirit. As a Frank Zappa fan, I might typically be skeptical of the cosmik debris, but in 1972 Van was hot enough to TOTALLY make this work.
If you don't have any Van Morrison, The Best of Van Morrison is a good starting place. You'll also certainly want Astral Weeks, St. Dominic's Preview, and Moondance. That should get you started.
