Van poll

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Van ___

Halen
4
20%
Morrison
15
75%
McCoy
1
5%
Hagar
0
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Total votes: 20

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matedog wrote:
Heston wrote:
matedog wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:Why isn't this on your list?
Yeesh, I thought me n Flex were the only ones that remembered that lost 90's gem. Takes me straight back to when I was 15.
I remember it well. Shame the Twang's studio version has been removed from YouTube, it knocks the original into a cocked hat.
Just gave it a listen. It's a good cover, but definitely inferior to the original in my book. I dig the quirks of the original - the radio banter in the intro, the two distinct vocalists, the Snoop Dogg shout out. The vocalist on this version tries a bit too hard when the original vocalists were a lot more effortless. The harmony on the "we've got conclusion" part sounds terrible and the "LA-hell A" is replaced with "aw-yeah" which is not an improvement. Nice guitar work at the end though.
You're just too American to appreciate the superior Brit version.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
matedog wrote:
Heston wrote:
matedog wrote:
Marky Dread wrote:Why isn't this on your list?
Yeesh, I thought me n Flex were the only ones that remembered that lost 90's gem. Takes me straight back to when I was 15.
I remember it well. Shame the Twang's studio version has been removed from YouTube, it knocks the original into a cocked hat.
Just gave it a listen. It's a good cover, but definitely inferior to the original in my book. I dig the quirks of the original - the radio banter in the intro, the two distinct vocalists, the Snoop Dogg shout out. The vocalist on this version tries a bit too hard when the original vocalists were a lot more effortless. The harmony on the "we've got conclusion" part sounds terrible and the "LA-hell A" is replaced with "aw-yeah" which is not an improvement. Nice guitar work at the end though.
You're just too American to appreciate the superior Brit version.
I like both but the original is better.
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#TeamBranVan3000
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FAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead

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matedog wrote:
31 Aug 2012, 8:07pm
Astral Weeks makes my dick hard in a slow meandering kind of way.
It makes my dick go inside my body.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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The Special Lady Friend learned she loves Astral Weeks, so it's been getting a ton of spins in Chez Burns lately.
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Flex wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 11:47am
FAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
Cool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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Kill?

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revbob wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 2:03pm
Kill?
Flex? Get in line, pal.
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Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 2:30pm
revbob wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 2:03pm
Kill?
Flex? Get in line, pal.
Kill van.

As for Flex, yeah, we'll have to fully disassemble him and scatter his parts and a secure DoD 5220.22-M ECE wipe of all storage devices.

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revbob wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 4:23pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 2:30pm
revbob wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 2:03pm
Kill?
Flex? Get in line, pal.
Kill van.

As for Flex, yeah, we'll have to fully disassemble him and scatter his parts and a secure DoD 5220.22-M ECE wipe of all storage devices.
I recommend the molten pit from Terminator II.
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Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 12:51pm
matedog wrote:
31 Aug 2012, 8:07pm
Astral Weeks makes my dick hard in a slow meandering kind of way.
It makes my dick go inside my body.
Heston says "go fuck yourself".
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matedog wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 1:00pm
Flex wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 11:47am
FAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
Cool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?
Yes and one of the main reasons I adore the man. He just resolutely refuses to play the game. I’ve never been able to get into Astral Weeks, though, for all I love him as an artist.

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Low Down Low wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 5:43pm
matedog wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 1:00pm
Flex wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 11:47am
FAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
Cool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?
Yes and one of the main reasons I adore the man. He just resolutely refuses to play the game. I’ve never been able to get into Astral Weeks, though, for all I love him as an artist.
I dunno, there's refusing to play the game and being a grumpy antagonistic bastard. He seems to fall into the latter sometimes.

What a voice though, shame I don't like most of his material.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board

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Heston wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 6:06pm
Low Down Low wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 5:43pm
matedog wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 1:00pm
Flex wrote:
08 Mar 2018, 11:47am
FAO Hoy: "The Miracle of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks" https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultu ... tral-weeks
Cool. VM has always been quite cantankerous hasn't he?
Yes and one of the main reasons I adore the man. He just resolutely refuses to play the game. I’ve never been able to get into Astral Weeks, though, for all I love him as an artist.
I dunno, there's refusing to play the game and being a grumpy antagonistic bastard. He seems to fall into the latter sometimes.

What a voice though, shame I don't like most of his material.
I remember buying "Astral Weeks" on the advice of someone. I like two tracks the rest is just average. Give me "Them" anyday of the week.
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