Cat Stevens vs Van Morrison |
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Topic: Cat Stevens vs Van Morrison Posted: October 01 2017 at 15:56 |
I do love Astral weeks but overall I'm not a huge Van the man fan! Saw him live at lots of festivals in the early 80's and some shows were fantastic and some rather shambolic (but he always had a cracking backing band) Mona bone jakon and Tea for the Tillerman are lovely lps though i'm not so keen on the later lps. I love the little flute part by an 18 year old Peter Gabriel on 'Katmandu' I'll go for the Cat.
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Logan
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Posted: September 29 2017 at 14:19 |
^ Can't speak for others, but in my case partially because Van Morrison did not provide the music for the soundtrack of Harold & Maude (I adore that film).
I've never heard anything by Van Morrison that I like nearly as much as "Trouble" or various of Stevens' songs off his early albums. Part of it is association for me. My wife adored his version of "Morning Has Broken" and I concurred. |
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Cristi
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Posted: September 29 2017 at 11:01 |
Van Morrison
how is he not having more votes than Stevens? I don't get it.
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Barbu
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Posted: September 29 2017 at 10:54 |
Van
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dwill123
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 17:35 |
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kenethlevine
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 13:01 |
I'm a bit surprised too, but it's a pretty small sample size. And I do think he had more than a few more than decent songs
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dr wu23
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 12:48 |
I'm really surprised that Stevens is beating Van the Man......I always thought that Stevens had a few decent songs here and there but Van had great albums.
Well...Van The Man for me.....no comparison.
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kenethlevine
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 12:40 |
speaking of a great song from Mona Bone Jakon
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Logan
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 10:45 |
Cat Stevens because of the soundtrack for Harold and Maude.
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kenethlevine
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 10:09 |
I love "Tea" but equally love the albums that bracket it - "Mona Bone Jakon" and "Teaser and the Firecat". I thought Van had a resurgence in the late 1980s with the wonderful "Poetic Champions Compose" and "Avalon Sunset". I haven't followed him lately, but, of the earlier albums, I thought "Moondance" and "Veedon Fleece" were also great. Never really heard an album of his I didn't like, even if I might not like everything on it. Prog connection - he was buddies with Peter Bardens prior to Camel, playing together in "Them". The 1978 Morrsion release "Wavelength", featured Bardens on keys on several songs. I loved the song "Natalia", which will forever be associated with my very first real job, hearing it on the radio many mornings as I prepared for the daily grind. |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 05:30 |
Van Morisson's best: Astral Weeks
Yusuf's best: Tea For The Tillerman I think I love both of those albums just about equally depending on my mood. |
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Matti
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 05:15 |
Can't decide: I prefer Cat Stevens's early 70's classics (Tea for the Tillerman !) over anything by Van Morrison, but as a whole, Van's output is better, especially concerning the post-80's albums.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 05:10 |
Man Vorisson for me although I dig Yusuf's early years.
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Icarium
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 05:07 |
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someone_else
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Posted: September 26 2017 at 02:15 |
Cat Stevens. Van Morrison may be good now and then, but I consider him severely overrated. I may be wrong in this, but I can't help it.
Edited by someone_else - September 26 2017 at 02:15 |
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kenethlevine
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Posted: September 25 2017 at 20:19 |
I prefer Cat Stevens, so voted for him, but if I voted with my head it would be Van Morrison all the way, if only for sheer longevity of quality output. The Cat packed it in in 1978, his last few albums had highlights but weren't great, and from what I've heard of the recent stuff the soul is gone. I have lost touch with Morrison in recent years but I know he was going very strong at least till the early 1990s
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: September 25 2017 at 17:46 |
Cat Stevens.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: September 25 2017 at 17:41 |
Why Chris ? Why ??
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dwill123
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Posted: September 25 2017 at 17:07 |
I love them both, I voted for Stevens. Tomorrow I'll vote for Morrison.
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Argo2112
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Posted: September 25 2017 at 13:46 |
I like them both but I voted for Cat.
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