Profound music also inspired by Yeats, Blake, and Joyce..... Still have my original vinyl copy of this amazing album! Listened to it over and over again, additionally because I liked to play along on the flute .... but after "Slim Slow Slider," you'd always have to sit for a while in contemplation and "listen to the silence." I think the closest Van ever got to its spirit in later albums was VEEDON FLEECE, but in a totally different manner.
As usual your writing made me run to re-listen....
Love his music (especially astral weeks and moondance) but the attitude has diminished it for me. Love your musings
Profound music also inspired by Yeats, Blake, and Joyce..... Still have my original vinyl copy of this amazing album! Listened to it over and over again, additionally because I liked to play along on the flute .... but after "Slim Slow Slider," you'd always have to sit for a while in contemplation and "listen to the silence." I think the closest Van ever got to its spirit in later albums was VEEDON FLEECE, but in a totally different manner.