Delicate, passionate and precise. Organ, flute, and guitar. Van in control, open throated and open hearted. The bee, not a bee. THE bee. Mr Connie Hay on the drums alone. Ow! Listen to the man play. A monumental classic. Wave after wave. Peak after peak.
I want to sing this song for you ... A prayer like song of reminiscence with an air of celebration. A memory of a time when the soul was free, the heart awake, a desire for the contemplation of one's own true self and a wish to keep young as one grows old. So lift your glass and raise it high ...
Dump the jute ... The struggle to dump the burdens we carry, the crosses we bear, to pare back the layers of aggregated defences and habits, to reveal our true selves, a hard and painful journey through the burning ground. Purification. Van and the band turned this into meditative revelation live. Witness And I lift the veil ...
Every time I take two steps forward ... Sarcastic, exasperated, down right pissed off. Van turns it into an atmospheric classic. And if you liked the original, the guitar heavy Neil Young infused live version from 2013 is utterly spectacular. I end up having to take three back ...
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