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Dan Penn, one of the writers of the song's inspiration The Dark End of the Street covered "Bright Side of the Road" on the 2003 tribute album Vanthology: A Tribute to Van Morrison. On 20 January 2009, Shakira performed "Bright Side of the Road" at the Live at the Neighborhood Ball for President Barack Obama 's inauguration ceremony celebrations.
In his book Van Morrison: Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, John Collis writes: "Cul de sac, for example, begins with a close echo of the classic cheating song by Chips Moman and Dan Penn, 'The Dark End of the Street'. A cul de sac may well have a dark end, but the reason for the aural reference remains mysterious" [2]
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Morrison has released two filmed performances of the song: "Tupelo Honey" as performed in concert in 1979 was one of the songs on Morrison's first video Van Morrison in Ireland that was released in 1981. A live performance from Morrison's 1980 appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival is featured on the 2006 DVD Live at Montreux 1980/1974
"These Dreams of You" is a song written by the Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison on his 1970 album Moondance. It was also included on his 1974 live album, It's Too Late to Stop Now . "The inspiration of "These Dreams of You", it seems, was a dream about an assassination attempt on Ray Charles , who then 'got up to do his best'.
After a spate of controversial anti-lockdown songs in 2020, Van Morrison has switched gears, dropping a song about his songs, titled "Latest Record Project," with the repeating verse "have you got ...
"On Hyndford Street" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and was released on his 1991 double album Hymns to the Silence. [1]On 2020, for Morrison's 75th birthday celebration, County Down-born jazz drummer and composer David Lyttle covered the song featuring actor and fellow Northern Irishman Liam Neeson.
Pages in category "Songs written by Van Morrison" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.