This song to me, is about him questioning life, love, and how differences can often alter life's path. as to question does she love him so much that she would put him on replay? Like an old record she loves too much to throw away. would she still do it all the same? Would she come find him? Would she even want to? Would she kiss his eyes and love him for the man he is? Or would life be different? Would she lay him down in silence, in a soothing calm, to be reborn to come back into her life over and over for internity. and how if he got into the very depths of her thoughts, where all the peculiarities of life that could alter her genuine train of thought were gone. My interpretation of the Astral Weeks is pretty simple to grasp though. The chord structure of the song is quite repetitive (and I believe that enforces his lyrics even more), but the complexivity of the words is what makes the song so beautifully poetic and eternal. An excellent new book explores how the mob, Lou Reed and the city of Boston led the singer to create one of the greatest albums of all time. Ain't nothing but a stranger in this world Prof DeWitt writes an incredibly detailed and fascinating book about many memorable periods in Van historySince my wife and I attended both the Hollywood Bowl original gigs and then 21 of the Astral Weeks live shows throughout the world we witnessed this most amazing chapter in Van and fan historyIt was a most exciting thrilling period indeed as Van recreated his magic and fans were. The Mystery of Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’.
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