Thursday, July 05, 2018

Van Morrison: Wavelength (1978)

Untitled
Oh, they were swingin'
Down at Kingdom Hall

It's well known that Van's mother was a practicing Jehovah's Witness, and one can hear all about that in Kingdom Hall:

Good body music
Brings you right here
Free flowin' motion now
When we're shakin' it out on the floor
Good rockin' music
Down in your shoes
And when we dance like this
Like we've never been dancin' before

I had decidedly mixed feelings about that song, until I realized that perhaps it was ironic? I prefer that explanation.

I've always really liked this record, even is Lester Bangs didn't. I don't like the cover.

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