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| Named Person: | Van Morrison |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Greil Marcus |
| ISBN: | 9781586488215 158648821X |
| OCLC Number: | 435418486 |
| Description: | x, 195 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Northern muse : Greek Theatre, Berkeley : 3 May 2009 -- pt. 1, A grimy Cinderella in a purple stage suit. Mystic eyes : 1965 ; Tupelo honey : 1971 ; Baby please don't go : 1965 ; John Brown's body : 1975 ; Caravan : The last waltz : 1976 ; It's all over now, Baby Blue : 1966 -- pt. 2. I'm going to my grave with this record ; Astral weeks : 1968 ; Almost Independence Day : 1972 ; Listen to the lion : 1972 ; Caledonia soul music : 1970 ; Moonshine whiskey : 1971 ; Just like a woman : 1971 ; The last laugh, on Mark Knopfler, Sailing to Philadelphia : 2000 -- pt. 3. A belief in the blues as a kind of curse one puts on oneself ; Common one : 1980 ... Tell me something : 1966 ; Linden Arlen stole the highlights : 1974 ; Breakfast on Pluto : 2005 ; The healing game : 1997 -- pt. 4. There was no false face the song could not erase ; Into the music : 1979 ; Friday's child : 1971 ; Madame George : 1968 ; Saint Dominic's preview : 1996 ; Sweet thing : 1968 ; Take me back : 1991 ; Jennifer Jason Leigh, 1995 ; Mystic eyes : Greek Theatre, Berkeley : 2009 ; Behind the ritual : 2008. |
| Other Titles: | Listening to Van Morrison |
| Responsibility: | Greil Marcus. |
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"Booklist"<br> "No critical testimonial is more welcome than this assessment of Morrison's work by one of America's most astute cultural critics.... Marcus is informed and insightful. Particularly illuminating are his observations on the tensions between Morrison's roles as singer and songwriter, and on Morrison's ongoing 'quest for the yarragh'--fleeting, elusive moments of transcendence. Morrison's volatile idiosyncrasy and diverse oeuvre make his career difficult to appraise, but Marcus convinces us of its singular importance." <br>"Time Out New York""Marcus's approach yields fresh insight into one of pop's most complex personas." <br>"San Francisco Chronicle""Beautifully written." <br>"Portland Oregonian"<br> "[Marcus is] literate, brainy and fearless in making cross-genre comparisons." <br>"Portland Mercury"<br> "One of the most interesting rock scribes of the past quarter-century." <br>"Washington City Paper"<br> "Written in prose as free-associative as the music it concerns, "When That Rough God Goes Riding" derives energy from the fact that Marcus was present at many of the landmark moments he's exegizing." <br>"popmatters.com"<br> ""When That Rough God Goes Riding" explores moments of contradiction, sublime beauty, audacity, failure and grace in the singer-songwriter's career with a keen ear, weaving the rich thoughtfulness we've come to expect from one of America's best cultural critics and historians into an elegantly structured series of staccato essays which reveal Marcus' fascination with Van Morrison's music." <br>"Minneapolis Star Tribune"<br> "As erudite and opinionated as Morrison is mercurial and expressive" <br>"Cleveland Plain Dealer""This is the book that Van Morrison's artistry has long deserved, and The Man's devotees will celebrate its blend of eloquence, passionate scholarship and soulfulness. [("When That Rough God Goes Riding"] superbly fulfills criticism's primary function: It sends you for the first or 100th tim Read more...
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