Another reason I love your channel, Fil , is because you draw fans who aren't jerks , hiding behind their laptops and slinging mud at one another. You're a pleasant-human magnet .

Van Morrison always leaves my soul in a better place.

I always feel like Van is an underappreciated artist in today's world

I think, as a vocalist, Van has better musical instincts than anyone else I've ever heard.

Van is a genius. I live only a couple of miles from where Van grew up and he is rightly a massive hero in my part of the world. Two evenings ago I treated myself to playing 'In The Garden' and ' A Sense of Wonder' whilst watching the clouds drifting across the sky ... Van's music is so powerful and moving.

His Moondance album was so sonically superior its hard to describe. Try it with headphones someday, you will see what I mean

Ah, Van Morrison. One of my favs.

Fil, so glad you are reacting to Van, one of the greatest songwriters with a long and very consistent body of work.

You can visualize those lyrics he's making movies in my head.

Your knowledge of music, technically, and historically,  is super impressive. And your personality, and ability to explain to your viewers, makes for great videos.  Easily one of my favorite channels.

The genius that is Van Morrison and great analysis by you Fil .

The MAN - the VOICE - LOVE HIM!!!!!   Thanks!!!

He is one of the all time greats. The work he put out in the seventies and eighties is simply fantastic

Van always brings the street into his music and songs. You can smell the pavement and the coins

Van Morrison is the best. Hands down. I saw him on the Into The Mystic tour. His warmup was Etta James. I was a kid and still understood I was in the presence of Greatness with both of those performers.

Just when I thought you must run out of great material to review you pull out a boss like Van Morrison

Van was one of those who's work always seemed so cerebral but also totally visceral at the same time.  So good.  Thanks for doing this one.

nothing more mystical than that voice

Such an amazing singer and songwriter.   Van Morrison was the most I ever paid to see a concert.  He did Astral Weeks in it's entirety and greatest hits after, it was in 2008 and the ticket price was $265.  After the first song, it was worth the cost.

You just don't expect that voice to come out of that man. He can rock my gypsy soul any day. He's one of the most brilliant artists of his generation—of any generation—as a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and arranger. For years, I only knew him from hearing the much-requested "Brown Eyed Girl" (which is my happy song) on the radio until someone introduced me to the albums "Astral Weeks"* and "Moondance" (ironically, I'm not fond of the title track—maybe because it's been overplayed, although that's not a problem for me with "Brown Eyed Girl"), then "T.B. Sheets", "St. Dominic's Preview", etc.
*There's a great video of him doing "Cypress Avenue" live at the Fillmore East in 1970 on YouTube that anyone who loves him should watch.