Copenhagen 09-Mar-07

Stereotypically Van Morrison in Tivoli

Because stereotypically Van Morrison in Tivoli Everything had been good, unless there constantly through the concert had gone a little too much stereotypic country blues at the arrangements Of Dorte Hygum Van Morrison has become called ’Belfast's cowboy’ for years. At the moment he lives up to really that pet name by exploring country blues together with a band, who helps the white soul man with sticking in mud-heavy standard times from 50’erne and 60’erne. Only the rhythmically fluttering, loose trousers material from the knees and downwards revealed at the concert in Tivolis Koncertsal on Friday evening that Van Morrison constantly moves in time for the music. The feet stay the at once in minutes at a time. The hands are held at rest, unless one of the musicians has to have a hard conducting hint with the right hand. The dressed in suit upper body thinks firm as a rockly. And only one opera glasses might have revealed how much it really happens in the facial muscles under the hat and the glasses, when Van Morrison sings. Country-blues-like arrangements Adskillige of the numbers at Tivoli's harmonious concert hall were from his album ’Down tea Road’ from 2002. They were arranged just as country-blues-like as the songs on his latest album ’Pay tea Devil’ from last year. ’The Beauty of tea hour Gone By’ From ’Down tea Road’ would stand for the concert as a kind of headline in Tivoli. Four willingly helped by a band consisting of among others Sarah Jory (Steel-guitar, dobro etc), Tony Fitzgibbon (violet ion), Neil Wilkinson (drums) and David Hayes (bass) Van Morrison played about the country blues, he grew up with and shelves on ’Pay tea Devil’. Standardized empty phrases When Morrison was a child, it was custom that a band leader gave the individual instrumentalists room to solos during the concert, just as one does it in the jazz. The problem with the instrumental features during the concert in Tivoli was that they sounded standardised empty phrases from 50’erne and first half of 60’erne like. It was, as if the arrangements were stubbornly retrospective at the expense of all that, Van Morrison can do. And it's a lot. As a jazz-marked saxophonist he is considerable more interestingly to listen to than the other musicians in his band. As a vocalist he have the good saxophonist's rhythmical punk likeness, surprising phrasings and expressive mumbling with oneself. In Tivoli you couldn't always hear what Van Morrison sang, when ’Stranded’ from 2002, ’Cleaning Windows’ from 1982, ’Foreign Window’ from 1986, ’Have In Told You Lately’ from 1984 or ’Beautiful Vision’ from 1982 was played. Dirt with it. The voice is an instrument in Morrison's case, and everything would be good, unless there constantly through the concert had gone a little too much stereotypic country blues at the arrangements. Currently was framed Empty phrases and mystique are two sizes, who stand in the road for each other. There were moments, where Van Morrison almost was lifting the barring, when he completed a mainly acoustic version of ’Foreign Window’ from ’No Guru, No Method, No Teacher’ together with his band. Also Mose Allison's ’Don’t Worry About a Thing’ and the finale numbers ’Brown Eyed Girl’ (from 67) and ’Gloria’ (from 65) fell, where they had to. But was it probably for the audience? And was it enough for the all-musical Van Morrison that currently was framed? Without acknowledgement of it considerably more osmotic tones, as if characterised his music in 70’erne and 80’erne? Evident yes. Van Morrison is interested in telling about the bygone times' faded beauty. It's a road back instead of forward, but luckily his album publications can deny that he has been since 1965 petrifiedly.



Setlist:
Early in the Morning (Band)
Wavelength
All Work & No Play
Stranded
Bucket's Got A Hole
Whining Boy Moan
Foggy Mountain Top
Bright Side of the Road
Cleaning Windows
Beautiful Vision
Magic Time
Don't Worry About a Thing
Beauty of the Days Gone by - Van on guitar
Foreign Window - Van on guitar
Precious Time
St. James Infirmary
Have I Told You Lately
Brown Eyed Girl
Gloria
-Thanks To Henrik In Denmark for Setlist.