Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
Originally posted by TheDirector217:
Van Morrison is the epitome of Blue-Eyed Soul at its finest . . .
there you go, i fixed it [/b]
I can't really argue too hard on that, but Van had kinda a folk-ish vibe to his music. Soulful, but kinda folkish. (For straight Blue-Eyed Soul, I'd nominate Joe Cocker. But I digress.) Time for a story . . .
Riding back from work with my man from high school/work one day. He's a casual music listener, so I try to turn him onto the classics every so often. Anywho, I played him "Rich Girl." He's lovin' the joint (vaguely remembers it), tapping on the steering wheel, singing along and what not. He says:
"Damn, music would
suck without black people." (He's white, by the way. Before someone "Dupek"s me, race is only relevant to this story. But I digress . . . )
I simply proceed to laugh my ass off and pull out the CD cover to
Rock 'N Soul Part I and respond: