Brown Eyed Girl - Muziek
Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Biografie van de kunstenaar Van Morrison
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison OBE Generally Known As Van Morrison Or Van The Man Born 31 August 1945 Is A Grammy Award-Winning Artist From Belfast Northern Ireland. He's A Singer Songwriter Author Poet And Multi-Instrumentalist Who Has Been A Professional Musician Since 1958. He Plays A Variety Of Instruments Including The Guitar Harmonica Keyboards Drums And Saxophone. Featuring His Characteristic Growl - A Unique Mix Of Folk Blues Irish Scat And Celtic Influences - Morrison Is Widely Considered One Of The Most Unusual And Influential Vocalists In The History Of Rock And Roll. He Has Received Numerous Music Awards During His Career Including Six Grammy Awards 1996–2007 Inductions Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame January 1993 The Songwriters Hall Of Fame June 2003 And The Irish Music Hall Of Fame September 1999 And A Brit Award February 1994 . Known As "Van The Man" By His Fans Morrison First Rose To Prominence As The Lead Singer Of The Northern Irish Band Them Writing Their 1964 Hit "Gloria". A Few Years Later Morrison Left The Band For A Successful Solo Career Starting With The Album Astral Weeks. Morrison Has Pursued An Idiosyncratic Musical Path. Much Of His Music Is Tightly Structured Around The Conventions Of American Soul And R&B Such As The Popular Singles "Brown Eyed Girl" "Moondance" "Domino" And "Wild Night". An Equal Part Of His Catalogue Consists Of Lengthy Loosely Connected Spiritually Inspired Musical Journeys That Show The Influence Of Celtic Tradition Jazz And Stream-Of-Consciousness Narrative Such As His Classic Album Astral Weeks And Lesser Known Works Such As Veedon Fleece And Common One. The Two Strains Together Are Sometimes Referred To As "Celtic Soul " And Morrison Rejects The Characterization Of His Genre Of Music As Rock Citing Elvis Presley As A Non-Influence. He Continues To Perform Regularly And Achieved His Highest U.S. Chart Position Number Ten On The Billboard 200 With His 2008 Album Keep It Simple.
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The Song Was First Released In May 1967 On The Album Blowin' Your Mind!. When Released As A Single It Rose To Number Eight On The Cashbox Charts And Reached Number Ten On The Billboard Hot 100. It Featured The Sweet Inspirations Singing Back-Up Vocals And Is Widely-Considered To Be Van Morrison's Signature Song. Paul Williams Included "Brown Eyed Girl" In His Book Rock And Roll The 100 Best Singles Writing That I Was Going To Say This Is A Song About Sex And It Is And A Song About Youth And Growing Up And Memory And It's Also — Very Much And Very Wonderfully - A Song About Singing.
Originally Titled "Brown-Skinned Girl" Morrison Changed It To "Brown Eyed Girl" When He Recorded It. Morrison Remarked On The Original Title "That Was Just A Mistake. It Was A Kind Of Jamaican Song. Calypso. It Just Slipped My Mind. I Changed The Title. After We'd Recorded It I Looked At The Tape Box And Didn't Even Notice That I'd Changed The Title..I Looked At The Box Where I'd Lain It Down With My Guitar And It Said 'Brown Eyed Girl' On The Tape Box. It's Just One Of Those Things That Happen." The Song's Nostalgic Lyrics About A Former Love Were Considered Too Suggestive At The Time To Be Played On Many Radio Stations. A Radio-Edit Of The Song Was Released Which Excised The Lyrics "making Love In The Green Grass" Replacing Them With "laughin' And A-Runnin'" From A Previous Verse. This Edited Version Appears On Some Copies Of The Compilation Album The Best Of Van Morrison. However The Remastered CD Seems To Have The Bowdlerized Lyrics In The Packaging But The Original "racy" Lyrics On The Disc.
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Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison OBE Generally Known As Van Morrison Or Van The Man Born 31 August 1945 Is A Grammy Award-Winning Artist From Belfast Northern Ireland. He's A Singer Songwriter Author Poet And Multi-Instrumentalist Who Has Been A Professional Musician Since 1958. He Plays A Variety Of Instruments Including The Guitar Harmonica Keyboards Drums And Saxophone. Featuring His Characteristic Growl - A Unique Mix Of Folk Blues Irish Scat And Celtic Influences - Morrison Is Widely Considered One Of The Most Unusual And Influential Vocalists In The History Of Rock And Roll. He Has Received Numerous Music Awards During His Career Including Six Grammy Awards 1996–2007 Inductions Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame January 1993 The Songwriters Hall Of Fame June 2003 And The Irish Music Hall Of Fame September 1999 And A Brit Award February 1994 . Known As "Van The Man" By His Fans Morrison First Rose To Prominence As The Lead Singer Of The Northern Irish Band Them Writing Their 1964 Hit "Gloria". A Few Years Later Morrison Left The Band For A Successful Solo Career Starting With The Album Astral Weeks. Morrison Has Pursued An Idiosyncratic Musical Path. Much Of His Music Is Tightly Structured Around The Conventions Of American Soul And R&B Such As The Popular Singles "Brown Eyed Girl" "Moondance" "Domino" And "Wild Night". An Equal Part Of His Catalogue Consists Of Lengthy Loosely Connected Spiritually Inspired Musical Journeys That Show The Influence Of Celtic Tradition Jazz And Stream-Of-Consciousness Narrative Such As His Classic Album Astral Weeks And Lesser Known Works Such As Veedon Fleece And Common One. The Two Strains Together Are Sometimes Referred To As "Celtic Soul " And Morrison Rejects The Characterization Of His Genre Of Music As Rock Citing Elvis Presley As A Non-Influence. He Continues To Perform Regularly And Achieved His Highest U.S. Chart Position Number Ten On The Billboard 200 With His 2008 Album Keep It Simple.
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The song was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowin' Your Mind!. When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the Cashbox charts, and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. It featured the Sweet Inspirations singing back-up vocals and is widely-considered to be Van Morrison's signature song.
Paul Williams included "Brown Eyed Girl" in his book Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles, writing that:
I was going to say this is a song about sex, and it is, and a song about youth and growing up, and memory, and it's also — very much and very wonderfully - a song about singing.
Originally titled "Brown-Skinned Girl", Morrison changed it to "Brown Eyed Girl" when he recorded it. Morrison remarked on the original title: "That was just a mistake. It was a kind of Jamaican song. Calypso. It just slipped my mind. I changed the title. After we'd recorded it, I looked at the tape box and didn't even notice that I'd changed the title..I looked at the box where I'd lain it down with my guitar and it said 'Brown Eyed Girl' on the tape box. It's just one of those things that happen."
The song's nostalgic lyrics about a former love were considered too suggestive at the time to be played on many radio stations. A radio-edit of the song was released which excised the lyrics "making love in the green grass", replacing them with "laughin' and a-runnin'" from a previous verse. This edited version appears on some copies of the compilation album The Best of Van Morrison. However the remastered CD seems to have the bowdlerized lyrics in the packaging but the original "racy" lyrics on the disc. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.