Title: Vintage Van For The True Fan
Product review: Dissing Van for sounding like Van -- a tack taken by some reviewers of this CD -- is like whining that Babe Ruth was one dimensional because all he did was hit home runs, or that Pablo Picasso's portraits didn't look like real people. Van is what he is. As anyone who's listened to even just one of his albums can tell you, Morrison abhors hypocracy more than any other human frailty. Pretense and dishonesty are simply not in the man's musical nature. Why some "fans" would expect or want some kind of mid-life musical metamorphasis from him escapes me. Down The Road is Van Morrison doing what he has always done best: distilling his own special blend of blues, rock, country and jazz to near perfection. This CD doesn't have a klunker on it and is solid evidence of why people continue to flock to Van after all these years. Don't be dissuaded by the nit-pickers and nay-sayers. If you like Van, my prediction is you'll like this CD -- a lot.
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