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Past PrimeAuthor: Past Prime
Wherein middle-aged men assess the music of middle-aged men. Past Prime is a series of conversations about the music that artists make after their youthful peak. Middle age can be like an inverse puberty for Rock stars. Do they all lose it? Can they rediscover it? Will they ever be great again? Often these albums are flaccid. Sometimes they are just sad. But, every once in a while they can be glorious. And so, we keep on listening. Join middle-aged dads, Matty Wishnow and Steve Collins as they consider albums by Lou Reed, James Taylor, Van Morrison and many more. Language: en Genres: Music, Music Commentary Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Van Morrison "What's It Gonna Take?"
Episode 21
Wednesday, 17 January, 2024
On episode 25 of Past Prime, we travel through The Mystic to the other side, where, in 2022, lockdown Van was consumed with "the data," Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab (head of the World Economic Forum). In Van's hard to explain new phase, however, Matty and Steve discover an unexpected new frontier -- Past Past Prime. Past Past Prime Van Morrison is part freedom fighter, part scientist and part Don Quixote. Steve, who believes that Van is his "twin flame," wonders if there is radical honesty and vulnerability in these curious songs. Matty (and the rest of the world) is less convinced. "What's It Gonna Take" sold poorly and was alternately ignored or reviled by critics. In this -- our twenty-fifth episode -- we return to the artist who inspired our Past Prime project way back when. Van's forty-third studio album is confounding, infuriating, trolling and -- yes -- daring. It may be performance art. It may be dangerous. But, for avowed fans, it cannot be ignored. This is the work we do. To read more about Van Morrison's "What's It Gonna Take?", check out the full essay at Past Prime.
