The Healing Game

The Healing Game es una canción del gran artista irlandés Van Morrison que se convierte en el tema principal del álbum de 1997 del mismo nombre que luego fue reeditado y ampliado en una edición Deluxe que lo forman tres discos, el original con 5 canciones más añadidas, el segundo en el ques se recopilan tomas alternativas y grabaciones de John Lee Hooker y Carl Perkins entre otros, y en el tercero se recupera un concierto realizado ese mismo año en Montreux.

Here I am again
Back on the corner again
Back where I belong
Where I've always been
Everything the same
It don't ever change
I'm back on the corner again
In the healing game

Down those ancient streets
Down those ancient roads
Where nobody knows
Where nobody goes
I'm back on the corner again

Everything the same

It don't ever change

In the healing game

Where the choirboys sing
Where I've always been
Sing the song with soul
Baby don't you know
We can let it roll
On the saxophone
Back street Jelly Roll
In the healing game

Where the homeboys sing
Sing their songs of praise
'Bout their golden days
In the healing game

Sing it out loud
Sing it in your name
Sing it like you're proud
Sing the healing game
Sing it out loud
Sing it in your name
Sing it like you're proud
Sing the healing game

Sing the healing game
Sing the healing game
Sing it in your name
Sing the healing game....

That's Life

That's Life es una canción escrita por el compositor estadounidense Dean Kay y la cantante y compositora estadounidense Kelly Gordon que fue grabada por vez primera en 1963 por la cantante estadounidense Marion Montgomery.

Posiblemente la versión más conocida sea la que en 1966 realizó Frank Sinatra para su álbum del mismo título con la que consiguió un gran éxito, tras el cual, fue grabada posteriormente por otros artistas entre los que se encuentran Aretha Franklin, Shirley Bassey, James Brown, Van Morrison, Michael Bolton y Michael Bublé.

Cuando Sinatra escuchó por vez primera la canción en la voz de la cantante estadounidense OC Smith, pidió enseguida a su hija Nancy que le buscase en editor lo antes posible porque quería grabarla, y así lo hizo, interpretándola por primera vez en su especial de televisión A Man and His Music - Part II en 1966, con arreglos del compositor y director de orquesta estadounidense Nelson Riddle, aunque la versión grabada tuvo los arreglos y fue dirigida por el pianista y director de orquesta estadounidense Ernie Freeman.

Una canción con un mensaje motivador que nos vita a ser positivos y no darnos por vencidos frente a los altibajos de la vida.

That's life (that's life)
That's what all the people say
You're riding high in April, shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune
When I'm back on top, back on top in June

I said that's life (that's life)
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks
Stomping on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down
Cause this fine old world, it keeps spinnin' around

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet
A pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing
Each time I find myself
Flat on my face
I pick myself up and get
Back in the race

That's life (that's life)
I tell you, I can't deny it
I thought of quitting, baby
But my heart just ain't gonna buy it
And if I didn't think it was worth one single try
I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly

I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet
A pawn and a king
I've been up and down and over and out
And I know one thing
Each time I find myself layin'
Flat on my face
I just pick myself up and get
Back in the race

That's life (that's life)
That's life and I can't deny it
Many times I thought of cutting out, but my heart won't buy it
But if there's nothing shaking, come this here July
I'm gonna roll myself up
In a big ball and die

My, my

Worried Man Blues

Worried Man Blues es un temazo que sirve como adelanto del que va a ser el nuevo disco del cantante y compositor irlandés Van Morrison, que se lanzará en marzo de este 2023 y llevará por título Moving on Skiffle.

Este segundo sencillo nos descubre como va a ser el esperadísimo nuevo trabajo de "el león de Belfast" donde nos trae las raíces del Skiffle, género que adora Morrison y convierte esta canción en casi un himno con una magia que rodea cada una de sus notas.

La canción fue originariamente grabada en 1930 por La familia Carter y a lo largo de los años ha tenido muchas variaciones en su letra en su numerosas versiones como las que hicieron June Carter y Johnny Cash o The Stanley Brothers.

La versión de Van Morrison que estará incluida en este nuevo álbum, no es su primera versión, ya que apareció anteriormente por vez primera en su álbum de 1998 que llevó por título The Skiffle Sessions - Live in Belfast junto al cantante y músico británico Lonnie Donegan y el músico ingles Chris Barber.

Train I ride is twenty one coaches long

Train I ride twenty one coaches long

Train I ride twenty one coaches long

One I love is on that train and gone

And it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

takes a worried man sing a worried song

I´m worried now but I won´t be worried long

Around my ankles twenty one links of chain

Around my ankles twenty one links of chain

Around my ankles twenty one links of chain

On each one there´s engraved my name

Well it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I´m worried now, baby, but I won´t be worried long, all right

Train I ride is twenty one coaches long

Train that I ride is twenty one coaches long

Train that I ride twenty one coaches long

The one I love is on that rain and gone

Well I went across the river and I laid me down to sleep

I went across the river and I laid me down to sleep

Went across the river laid me down to sleep

When I woke up there was shackles on my feet

Well it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I´m worried now, but I won´t be worried long

Well I went across the river and I laid me down to sleep

I went across that river and I laid me down to sleep

I went, I went, I went across the river laid me down to sleep

When I woke, when I woke up there was shackles on my feet

Train that I ride is twenty one coaches long

Train that I ride is twenty one coaches long

Train that I ride twenty one coaches long

Baby, I´m gonna be on that train and gone

Well it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Well it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

Well it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I´m worried now, but I won´t be worried long

(One more time)

Well it takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

It takes a worried man to sing a worried song

I´m worried now, but I won´t be worried long

I Got Nothin´

I Got Nothin´ es un impresionante temazo del cantante estadounidense Dion, que es lanzado como cuarto sencillo de su álbum de 2020 que leva por título Blues With Friends y que lo interpreta junto a dos grandes... "El león de Belfast", Van Morrison y el guitarrista y cantante estadounidense Joe Louis Walker.

La canción está compuesta por el propio Dion junto a Mike Aquilina.

El disco se lanza con el sello discográfico KTBA Records (sello que surge de la Organización sin ánimo de lucro de Joe Bonamassa, Keeping The Blues Alive Records), y con el que el 10% de todas las ganancias se donarán a la organización para promover la educación musical entre estudiantes y escuelas necesitadas.

Una canción que derrocha blues y rock and roll desde la primera nota hasta la última. Una canción llena de vida y de fuerza que te da un chute de energía cada vez que la escuchas.

I got nothing I can give you, baby
I got no money in the bank
I got nothing I can give you
I got no money in the bank

I spent down my every dollar
All those years I drank

I got no place I can take you
I got no room to call my own
I got no place I can take you
I got no room to call my own

I've got no landlord or landlady
No, I don't even have a phone

I got no song that I can sing you
I can even stay in tune

Try to tell you that I love you, baby, but I'm howling at the moon
I ain't got no fancy wardrobe
Just this shirt that's on my back
But I know that I can love you, baby
More than any other Jack

You don't see me wearing diamonds
You don't see me wearing gold
But I got that special something
Warm you up when you get cold
I'll go to work for you, baby
I'll build you up a pretty home

We'll take a train to Chicago, baby
We'll even fly a plane to Rome (I kid you not)

I got a love that lasts forever, baby
I ain't got nothing more
I got a love that lasts forever baby
I ain't got nothing more

Oh give me one little chance
I'll show you, baby, what I got in store

What do you need from me, baby
What do you want from me
What do you need from me, baby
What do you want from me

I'll make the magic happen
Come on over here and see
Come to me, baby

You know I asked my friend Jimmy
Asked my friend John (I know John)
I asked my friend Willy and then
Asked my friend Don

I said, "What do you think, friends?"
Do you know what they said, know what they said
They said give me one little chance, little chance
Show you what I got instead

Days Like This

Days Like This es una estupenda canción del gran Van Morrison que aparece dentro del álbum de 1995 que lleva por título el mismo que el de esta canción, que se convirtió en un himno oficial del movimiento pacifista de Irlanda del Norte e incluso la The Nothern Ireland Office la utilizó como tema musical de un anuncio de televisión que pedía un alto al fuego.

Una gran canción que te atrapa y se te mete hasta lo más profundo del alma, con unos arreglos de viento impresionantes... Morrison en estado puro.

When it's not always raining there'll be days like this
When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this
When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch
Well my mama told me there'll be days like this

When you don't need to worry there'll be days like this
When no one's in a hurry there'll be days like this
When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit it
Then I must remember there'll be days like this

When you don't need an answer there'll be days like this
When you don't meet a chancer there'll be days like this
When you don´t get betrayed by that old Judas kiss
Then I must remember there'll be days like this

There'll be days like this

When everyone is up front and they're not playing tricks
When you don't have no freeloaders out to get their kicks
When it's nobody's business the way that you want to live
Well my mama told me there'll be days like this

When no one steps on my dreams there'll be days like this
When people understand what I mean there'll be days like this
When you ring out the changes of how everything is
Well my mama told me there'll be days like this

Nanana nananana
Nanana nananana

Oh my mama told me
There'll be days like this
Oh my mama told me
There'll be days like this
Oh my mama told me
There'll be days like this
Oh my mama told me
There'll be days like this

Dark Night Of The Soul

Dark Night Of The Soul es una gran canción de El León de Belfast, el inmenso Van Morrison que con este tema nos sumerge una vez más en ese sonido tan característico e inconfundible que tiene su música en la que el jazz, el soul y el blues, se envuelven con su voz. El tema, que está compuesto por el propio Morrison aparece dentro de su álbum de 2019 que lleva por nombre Three Chords & The Truth y fue lanzado como primer sencillo.

Something else don't stop that longing
Or something new or something old
I'm on my way to understanding
Things that I might yet not know

In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul

Sitting here but I didn't plan it
Well the plans of mice and men have gone astray
Standing here on the landing
Looking at a brand new day

In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul

Meditate on this and it will be revealed
Meditate on this and you will get healed
Meditate on this and you will feel whole
Get the vision of the ghost, again

In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul

Sitting here but I didn't plan it this way
Well the plans of mice and men have gone astray
Now I'm standing on the landing
I'm looking for a brand new day

In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night of the soul
In the dark, in the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark, in the dark night of the soul
Of the soul
In the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark night of the soul
In the dark night
In the dark night
In the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark night
Dark night
In the dark night
In the dark, dark, dark, dark, dark night
Of the soul, the soul, the soul
The soul, the soul, the soul
The soul, the soul, the soul
The soul, the soul, the soul
The soul, the soul, the soul
The soul, the soul, the soul

Days Gone By

Days Gone By es una maravillosa canción, como tantas otras del gran Van Morrison que aparece dentro de su álbum de 2019 que lleva por título Three Chords & The Truth. Un tema donde el sonido del músico de Belfast, tan característico e inconfundible te lleva a soñar e inundar de cierta melancolía las emociones.

Well I know I said that so long ago
I would not say it now
But I didn't know what I said would stick like glue
What I said in the days gone by

Well they tried to stitch me up, so many words I said
I said so long ago
But we were, oh, so young and foolish then
Hopefully we can make mistakes and then we grow

For the days of auld lang syne, my love
For the days of auld lang syne
I want to drink, I want to drink a cup of kindness with you
For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by

And hopefully we will, hopefully we will keep on growing and growing
Baby, baby, baby, baby, 'till we reach the sky
If I ever reach, I have never yet
But I'm gonna surely, gonna surely have to try, have to try

For the sake of auld lang syne, my dear
For the sake of auld lang syne
I want to drink a cup, drink a cup of kindness
For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by

Yeah, yeah

Well I feel so, feel so sorry for the ones who lead
For to lead, they want to lead such a perfect life
Sweep under everything
Sweep everything underneath the rug
And they're never free from conflict, from conflict and strife

Because they perpetuate, perpetuate some kind of lie, my love
Perpetuate, perpetuate the lie
But everything I'm doing, everything I'm doing
I had to fight for it, had to fight for it
In the days
In the days gone by

There is no easy, no easy way out, my friend
You got to get used to it, used to it somehow
Everything you got in your life right up to now
Somebody had to fight for it, you had to fight for it
In the days gone by

Well go walking, walking, walking up that hillside, now
Where the heather, where the heather
Where the heather's growing so wild
Then I'm going to carry my child, carry my child on my shoulders
Across the river, across the river
For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by

For the days gone by, my dear
For the days, for the days gone by
I want to share a cup, share a cup of kindness with you
For the sake, for the sake of auld lang syne

For auld, for auld lang syne, my dear
For the sake, for the sake, for the sake of auld lang syne
I'm gonna carry my child on my back across the river
Gonna keep on walking, keep on walking
Walking in the days, in the days of auld lang syne

Have mercy now, have mercy now
Have mercy, have mercy now
Gonna keep on keepin' on, keep on keepin' on
Keep on keepin' on, keep on keepin' on
For the sake, for the sake of the days gone by

Everything I have in my life right now
I had to fight, had to fight for it somehow
Gotta keep on fighting, keep on fighting
Fighting today, fighting today
For the sake of the days gone by

For old acquaintance be forgot
Yeah, never, never, never brought to mind
I want to drink a cup, drink a cup, drink a cup of kindness
For the sake of auld lang syne

For the sake, for the days gone by my love
For the sake of auld lang syne
I wanna drink, I want to share, share a cup of kindness
For the sake of the days gone by

If We Wait for Mountains

If We Wait for Mountains es un temazo del gran Van Morrison co-escrito junto al letrista Don Black que es lanzado como single en 2019 y que aparece dentro de su álbum Three Chords and the Truth.

Este es el disco nº 41 del legendario cantante que sigue teniendo el sonido tan característico de Morrison y no sólo la canción sino el disco completo es maravilloso... Será debilidad mía (quizás) o que su talento y genio es inmenso (seguro), pero esta canción es el ejemplo de que el artista norirlandés sigue estando en plena forma artística y creativa, mejor que nunca diría yo, y sin perder su esencia.

The world is full of wonders
It's never far away
It's right before your eyes
Every single day

Look of lovers walking hand in hand
Sound of music from a big band
Antique market in the village square
Pretty waitress with the long blonde hair

You'd find something every day
Take your breath away
World is filled with wonders
No matter what they say

You don't have to wait for mountains
Lift your spirits high
Wide oceans or deep valleys
Or eagles flying by

Wonders all around us
And life is all we've got
If you wait for mountains then you're
Gonna miss a lot

Look of lovers walking hand in hand
Sound of music from a big band
Antique market in the village square
Pretty waitress with the long blonde hair

You don't have to wait
Lift your spirits high
'Cause love is all around us
That's the reason why

Love is all around us
Love is all we've got
If we wait for mountains then
Gonna miss a lot