This morning been listening to:
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks Can I believe it, yes over the last few weeks for the first time ever in my life I’ve been listening to ‘that’ album, AW that is, not IMW (which I’m still pondering
).
In truth, Van and the acoustic folk style (Bob Dylan, etc) are musically not my kind of thing, but there’s something very absorbing about AW, it doesn’t blow me away personally but there’s a reassuring and confident quality about it that warms me to it. Only two songs I don’t quite care for, Beside You, (“wherever you go…”
) and Madam George, but I really love the title track along with all the other songs…
And also:
Laibach: Volk Last week I got this notion in my head from out of the blue about them, not having listened to anything since long ago and back when I got Opus Dei and Let It Be. I’ve since been on a splurge (John’s new CD’s will def’ have to remain on my xmas list now!). Volk dropped through the letterbox this morning, an inspired and unexpectedly poignant album. So I’m glad to reacquaint myself once more with the twisted beauty of the diabolical, and the inherent malevolence within the seemingly beautiful, all of which Laibach illuminate so well.
