08 Street Choir Van Morrison Live at Montreux1974 HD

The concert performance at Montreux for the 1974 set (disc 2) was recorded on June 30, 1974.[3] One of the songs played was "Bulbs", which was released as the single on the album Veedon Fleece. Three of the songs, "Twilight Zone", "Foggy Mountain Top" and "Naked in the Jungle", would not be officially released by Morrison until his 1998 compilation of outtakes, The Philosopher's Stone.[4] Three others, "I Like It Like That", "Swiss Cheese" and "Heathrow Shuffle" were never officially released except on this DVD.[4] All of the songs, except for "Street Choir", were unfamiliar to the audience, who were expecting his more recognizable songs and according to Clinton Heylin, in Montreux "a familiar conflict arose between his own thirst for spontaneity and an audience's preference for being eased into any new musical progression." Less than a year later, Morrison would say that as soon as "you are committed to a series of concerts you lose all spontaneity. It's not jazz any more. The reason I first got into music and the reason I was then doing it were conflicting. It was such a paradox." [5] During the concert but not shown on the DVD, Morrison angrily confronted a woman heckler who said he didn't know how to play the blues Morrison's stripped-down band was assembled when he arrived at Montreux, with the help of festival manager Claude Nobs. Drummer Dallas Taylor from Crosby, Stills and Nash, British keyboardist Pete Wingfield and Jerome Rimson, bass player from Detroit, Michigan rounded out the quartet, with Morrison contributing vocals, saxophone, guitar and harmonica. It was a lean band without electric guitar, horns or strings

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[PAULOcbi]

@remszi yea totally great songwriting.JeromeRimson looks like hes floating on a cloud of titties,he had heroin problems but it doesnt seem to be affecting his bass playing on this tune `cos its fawking perfect.

[Mariekesone]

Van Retire????...I just can't imagine that somehow.....

[bojarfi]

I remember when Van Live at Montreaux was first released-it stayed in my DVD player for the better part of a year-I'd screen it for people and watch their jaws drop at the nuances of Van's voice and the subtleties of his band. I'd then pop in disc 2 and by the time Angeliou came round we were a bottle of vino or two deep and floored by the performance. Van The Man @ his best.

[jab3785]

Van and three fantastic musicians. What could be better?

[Mariekesone]

@onlyjoetee you told me this two months ago....

In Van's Case...i was being a little ironic, don't you think...

I am a Big Fan of Him and wouldn't want to miss him for the World!...:-)

[onlyjoetee]

@Mariekesone artists dont "retire",thats for people who do regular jobs...

[H4mmerofD4wn]

I must throw this comment in, because it is quite silly, but beginning at around 2:13, it sounds like he sings, "Provolone. Provolone down by the window." Haha!

[PAULOcbi]

@Mariekesone yup,if you know anything about Vans` history then you are aware that he was ripped off in some way ,shape or form at just about evry turn in his early career and it cost him dearly. Poor Van kept on goin` though eh? Tough Irish.

[Mariekesone]

@PAULOcbi i understand what you mean here:-)

[PAULOcbi]

@Mariekesone yup,when you`ve been ripped off in the music biz as bad as Van has you end up werkin` for the rest of your life while assholes get rich on your royalties

[onlyjoetee]

@Mariekesone artists dont retire,its not like some regular job....

[wdw75]

Fantastic performance, what a quality song..