Van Morrison song played 10 million times in USA

[Fiodoir Ard Mhacha]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15186967

Van Morrison's 1967 song Brown Eyed Girl has been played more than 10 million times on US radio. Of course, he didn't turn up for the award in London, but anyhow, I agree, Van's got hundreds of better songs than this granny-at-wedding evergreen.

Moondance, Madame George, Domino, Bright side of the road, Days like this, Cleaning windows, for starters.  Any others?

[Puckoon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpPSBzGEklE

Into the Mystic

[Main Street]

I hope Van has paid his taxes.
Or is he hiding behind the sofa thinking 'oh féck, who could have guessed somebody was counting out loud '

[sans pessimism]

hope nobody says it to him-probably get a bucket a fucks in their face

[muppet]

MGHU won the ward for the most played instrument in the last year.

[Tubberman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpPSBzGEklE

Into the Mystic

Brilliant song. Some other classics:
Sweet Thing
Ballerina
It stoned me
Madame George

[BennyCake]

Was the CD player stuck or something?!  Then again, his bland music would go down well in America, where bland seems to sell by the bucketload. Look at Coldplay. Enough said.

[Hardy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpPSBzGEklE

Into the Mystic

Thanks for that, Puck.

[Shamrock Shore]

Some auld great stuff on Musik Laden:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWwMgByI4m8

Not a Van fan so.....well, there ya go.

[ziggysego]

Jackie Wilson

[mylestheslasher]

I believe they are playing his songs over and over at guentanamo bay in between waterboarding and nipple electrode treatment. Senior defence spokesman was quoted as saying it was "brown eyed girl" that forced the inmates to reveal where bin laden was hiding.

[BennyCake]

I believe they are playing his songs over and over at guentanamo bay in between waterboarding and nipple electrode treatment. Senior defence spokesman was quoted as saying it was "brown eyed girl" that forced the inmates to reveal where bin laden was hiding.

Waterboarding or Van Morrison music - Probably about the same on the torture scale I'd reckon.

[seafoid]

There is no escaping the muzak. And they play the same shite EVERYWHERE. Elton John is in supermarkets in over 100 countries. You go somewhere foreign for something different and what are they playing in the airport ? Elton f**king John. Do they not have any decent local music? 

[theskull1]

G-Mac must have grew up on the same street a Van

[J OGorman]

each to their own etc, but anyone who cannot appreciate Van Morrison's music or the man as an incredibly talented songwriter is either a mucksavage or a mucksavage