Van Morrison - BBC Sessions, Volume 9: Forum Theatre, Malvern UK, 2003 - The Last Knockings . . . . . | Albums That Should Exist

 

Van Morrison - BBC Sessions, Volume 9: Live and Exclusive, Forum Theatre, Malvern, Britain, 11-25-2003

Paul says: Finally, here's the last BBC album from Van Morrison. It's a BBC concert from 2003.

As I mentioned in previous write-ups, I think Morrison was great in the 1960s and 70s especially, and he even had a musical renaissance in the 1990s in my opinion, but he slowly turned into a reactionary asshole who also was just musically repeating himself, to the point that some of his more recent albums (like "Latest Record Project, Volume 1" in 2021) have to be some of the most critically panned albums by any famous artist, period. So at some point I had to step away from his music, and that point is right around the time of his concert. Mind you, this concert is fine by itself. But I don't have enough interest to post even more BBC material that's out there in the years after this, sorry.

Anyway, in October 2003, Morrison released the studio album "What's Wrong with This Picture?" Many of the songs here are from that. Plus there are some classics from earlier in his career.  

I have to just say I couldn’t agree more with Paul here and had pretty much given up listening to him especially anything since the execrable Latest Record Project, Volume 1 : dreadful, truly awful! Phoned in album like so many performances! and I will not listen to any further pontification from the poor old boy. Turning into a laughable old curmudgeon was of course always going to be his destiny but heck its hard to hear. Put on St Dominic’s or Astral Weeks and go down Hyndforthe Street or Cypress Avenue and talk a walk through happier times . . . . . I’m off to clean my windows

This unreleased album is 57 minutes long.

01 talk (Van Morrison)
02 Whining Boy Moan (Van Morrison)
03 Once in a Blue Moon (Van Morrison)
04 What's Wrong with This Picture (Van Morrison)
05 Little Village (Van Morrison)
06 Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)
07 Listen to the Lion (Van Morrison)
08 Goldfish Bowl (Van Morrison)
09 Stop Drinking (Van Morrison)
10 It's All in the Game (Van Morrison)
11 Gloria (Van Morrison)
12 talk (Van Morrison)