Van Morrison - Moondance (w/ guest Amanda Guthrie)

The Great Albums

Bill Lambusta

Albums, Music Commentary, Criticism, Billlambusta, Brianerickson, Music

4.3 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2015

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Photographer and artist Amanda Guthrie (amandaguthriephotography.com) joins Bill and Brian to talk about Van Morrison's Moondance (1970, Warner Bros.). With his third (second, depending on who you ask) release, Van "the man" found himself finally shedding his one-hit-wonder status after the initially dissappointing reaction to Astral Weeks in 1968 (the album has since gone on to establish itself as one of the best records of all time). With this album Morrison cemented himself as a gyspy folk icon. As we talk about what went into the album and what made it great, Amanda shares the tale of the magical Moondance CD that found its way into her car, Brian makes an argument for why the title track is his least favorite on the album, and Bill brings up Phil Collins. That and more as we get into a deep dive on the album, analyzing each song track by track!

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0:00.0	We shall walk again on the long along the lane
0:17.0	down the avenue
0:21.6	Just like we used to
0:26.6	With our heads are high
0:31.6	Smile and palsy bright Yeah, we'll softly side
0:39.3	Hey, aye, aye, yeah, everyone, ever and one, ever and one, every one, every one, every one, every one, ever and one, ever and one.
0:50.6	Hello, welcome to the great albums podcast, I'm Bill.
0:53.6	And I'm Brian. And today we have a guest with us, Amanda Guthrie. Hi, Amanda. Hi. Welcome to the show. Thank you. We are going to be doing Van Morrison's moon dance today. But before we do that, yeah, we'll start with a little bit of promo. And in addition to being my girlfriend, Amanda is also an artist and a photographer.
1:20.8	And yeah, we usually do a little bit of this promo up top.
1:23.8	So you want to talk a little bit about your your art your photography and kind of tell people
1:29.0	where we can find it i photograph all kinds of things uh you could see some of my work on my website
1:34.6	it's www www amanda guthrie photography dot com and of course you could follow me on facebook facebook
1:42.6	com backslash am Guthrie Photography.
1:46.6	And, yeah, I actually plan to be holding a portrait exhibit this fall in Lambertville.
1:52.4	So there will be more details.
1:54.6	You could follow me on Facebook to see that.
1:57.6	Are you doing it at a gallery of Lamberville?
2:00.3	Everything's pending.
2:01.3	I'm not sure.
2:02.1	I'm thinking there's this one gallery right on Bridge Street in Lambertville,
2:05.9	just trying to iron out the details.
2:07.7	Oh, okay.
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