prachtig album van "The Belfast Kid" met 10 ijzersterke songs van de man, met als absoluut prijsnummer "In the Days Before Rock 'n Roll", waarvan de tekst mede werd geschreven door de Ierse dichter Paul Durcan, die de gesproken woorden op dit nummer voor zijn rekening neemt.
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"This song lists singers who influenced the youthful Van Morrison including Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. He also refers to Radio Luxembourg, to which thousands of British and Irish teenagers in the 1950s, '60s and '70s would tune in to on their primitive radio's despite the poor reception, because it played the pop music they wanted to hear.
Ray Charles evdidently is a hero of Van Morrison. In this song he refers to Ray Charles as "The high priest"
pure nostalgie en herkenbaar zeg maar "Memories", want ook in Nederland waren er tieners die aan die knoppen van de radio zaten te draaien op zoek naar Radio Luxemburg. dat is waar het ooit allemaal begon. de liefde voor muziek en dat is hetgeen de liefhebbers van muziek samen brengt op MusicMeter. muziek zorgt voor verbinding.
de tekst van "In the Days Before Rock 'N Roll"
Justin, gentler than a man
I am down on my knees
At the wireless knobs
Telefunken, Telefunken
And I'm searching for
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Athlone, Budapest, AFM,
Hilversum, Helvetia
In the days before rock 'n roll
When we let, then we bet
On Lester Piggott when we met
We let the goldfish go
In the days before rock 'n roll
Fats did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Elvis did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Nor Fats, nor Elvis
Nor Sonny, nor Lightning
Nor Muddy, Nor John Lee
In the days before rock 'n roll
When we let and we bet
On Lester Piggott 10/1
And we let the goldfish go
Down the stream
Before rock 'n roll
We went over the wavebands
We'd get Luxembourg
Luxembourg and Athlone
AFM stars of jazz
Come in, come in ,come in Ray Charles
Come in, the high priest
In the days before rock 'n roll
When we let and we bet
On Lester Piggott 10/1
And we let the goldfish go
And then the killer came along
The killer, Jerry Lee Lewis
A whole lotta shakin' goin on
Great balls of fire
Little Richard
Justin, gentler than a man
Justin, Justin, where is Justin now?
What's Justin doing now?
Just, where is Justin now?
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