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Van Morrison
05/09/09 (Sat)  Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles, CA

Set 1: Northern Muse (Solid Ground), Wild Night, Moondance, Have I Told You Lately, Help Me, Georgia, It's all in the game > You Know What They're Writing About > > Make It Real One More Time, And the Healing Has Begun, Heavenly, Caravan, Brown Eyed Girl

Set 2: Astral Weeks/Caledonia/Transcended (Van ends this one after coaxing a Jay Berliner solo.), Beside You, Slim Slow Slider (Van's doctor is German tonight. Another memorable Jay solo. "Frantic"), Sweet Thing (ending with a jerky, breathy violin solo), Cyprus Avenue ("my insides shake like jelly on a plate." "standing there.. in your revelation"), The Way Young Lovers Do (terse and sharp.. another big ovation), Ballerina ("sweet little angel eyes" is morphed into another San Francisco-ism: "over on Angel Island". Van walks over to Jay, looks at him and strums a loud, hard and fast rhythm at himin his face: Jay responds with a brilliant long solo. Move on up! Get on up!. The crowd loves it. 8. Madame George (now "back in the swinging sixties.. " our protagonist has gotten himself.. like everyone.. into a strange situat, 9. Listen to the Lion, Gloria (Van picked up the harp mike, as if to do Mystic Eyes, but instead sings the first verses of Gloria through it.)
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Comment: Astral Weeks Live
Astral Weeks/Caledonia/Transcended (Van ends this one after coaxing a Jay Berliner solo.), Beside You, Slim Slow Slider (Van's doctor is German tonight. Another memorable Jay solo. "Frantic"), Sweet Thing (ending with a jerky, breathy violin solo). Cyprus Avenue ("my insides shake like jelly on a plate." "standing there.. in your revelation"), The Way Young Lovers Do (terse and sharp.. another big ovation), Ballerina ("sweet little angel eyes" is morphed into another San Francisco-ism: "over on Angel Island". Van walks over to Jay, looks at him and strums a loud, hard and fast rhythm at himin his face: Jay responds with a brilliant long solo. Move on up! Get on up!. The crowd loves it. 8. Madame George (now "back in the swinging sixties.. " our protagonist has gotten himself.. like everyone.. into a strange situation. Got something to smoke with a hallucinogen in it.. unknowing. Then: "I think this is what happened: " and into the song. Memorable moaning and singing along with melodies he picks out on his big white guitar, 9. Listen to the Lion, Gloria (Van picked up the harp mike, as if to do Mystic Eyes, but instead sings the first verses of Gloria through it.)

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