Van Morrison - The Complete Bang Sessions, disc 2
Cleopatra Records, 2002
There is a good chance that any of you under twenty-five first heard Van Morrison during one of your mother’s little socials with her goofy friends talking about their husbands and getting drunk on boxed white wine. Now you’re scarred for life because you saw your mother’s panties while she was twisting to “Brown-Eyed Girl” and you’re too afraid to talk to women and your father calls you a “faggot” because you stay at home all weekend jerking off on the computer and he happened to catch you at the unfortunate time you were curious about your sexuality. There can’t possibly be anything to redeem Van Morrison anymore, is there?
Well, this just in, Van Morrison has balls and he can do more than make your mother wet in the pants and you wet in the eyes. Back in 1967, Morrison was trapped in a contractual obligation to release one more for Bang Records. Needless to say, he was sour about it. So he did what any of us good, modern folks when one has to write a paper at the last minute when one doesn’t want to: get drunk and wing it.
The track listing will explain the rest.
Review by Aaron
Track Listing:
1. Twist and Shake (1:18)
2. Shake and Twist (0:59)
3. Stomp and Scream (1:14)
4. Scream and Holler (1:16)
5. Jump and Thump (1:09)
6. Drivin’ Wheel (1:14)
7. Just Ball (1:00)
8. Shake It Mable (1:14)
9. Hold on George (1:31)
10. The Big Royalty Check (1:37)
11. Ring Worm (1:33)
12. Savoy Hollywood (1:01)
13. Freaky If You Got This Far (1:06)
14. Up Your Mind (1:14)
15. Thirty Two (1:01)
16. All the Bits (0:55)
17. You Say France and I Whistle (0:55)
18. Blow in Your Nose (1:26)
19. Nose in Your Blow (1:03)
20. La Mambo (0:53)
21. Go for Yourself (1:21)
22. Want a Danish (1:05)
23. Here Comes Dumb George (0:57)
24. Chickee Coo (1:11)
25. Do It (1:01)
26. Hang on Groovy (0:58)
27. Goodbye George (1:18)
28. Dum Dum George (1:27)
29. Walk and Talk (1:08)
30. The Wobble (1:04)
31. Wobble and Ball (1:10)
