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George Ivan "Van" Morrison knighted (Original Post) panader0 Jun 2015 OP
Cool! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #1
Congratulations to him aint_no_life_nowhere Jun 2015 #2
He has an incredible body of work that stands up well over time. kwassa Jun 2015 #3
really? nastynaven Jun 2015 #4
I had a boss who once asked the office "Is Van Morrison Irish?" KamaAina Jun 2015 #6
Love Van....but.... clarice Jun 2015 #5

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
2. Congratulations to him
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 01:03 AM
Jun 2015

It seems like yesterday that my band played the tunes he made famous like Baby Please Don't Go, Here Comes The Night, and the tune written by him that every single garage band and attic band in the mid 1960s all across America played in its song list, Gloria.


kwassa

(23,340 posts)
3. He has an incredible body of work that stands up well over time.
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 12:59 PM
Jun 2015

All these years later his records still sound great.





 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
6. I had a boss who once asked the office "Is Van Morrison Irish?"
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 03:57 PM
Jun 2015

This and other questions like "What's a calico?", "What's a tabby?", and "What's osteoporosis?" led us to affectionately dub him "the Little Dunce" (he's about 5'6&quot .

 

clarice

(5,504 posts)
5. Love Van....but....
Mon Jun 15, 2015, 03:54 PM
Jun 2015

I always thought that the whole "Knighted" thing was just a way for the British throne to say,
"Hey ____ thanks for staying in England and not moving somewhere else, even though our tax rate is outrageous."

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