On our first night in Potsdam it was still warm. We had the windows open, and actually had some glasses and a bottle of wine unpacked (thank you!), and I was swaying to Neil Young’s Harvest Moon and then of course Van Morrison’s Moondance, in view of the amazing full Harvest Moon that brought us here, and that’s when we heard it: a big old horn blowing long and drawn out on a riverboat passing… right down the street from us. Magic. Mystic.
Van Morisson: Into the Mystic
We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home
And when the fog horn blows I want to hear it
I don’t have to fear it
And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And magnificently we will flow into the mystic
When that fog horn blows you know I will be coming home
And when that fog horn whistle blows I got to hear it
I don’t have to fear it
And I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will flow into the mystic
song of the week
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Oh, Anne, so glad you’ve checked in (with us). So, now you’re in Potsdam and Munich is bursting at the seams with the October Fest (or, so they say, I don’t go there anymore).
Glad you put up Van Morrison, he doesn’t look like I thought he did, but the voice, yes, same good old rendering.
Well, ’till we hear from you again, Jx
Van is playing at the Albert Hall in London on the 23, i think , of October-
i’m sure there is a cheap flight from Berlin.
Nice idea, but still outside my budget 😉
Wow! Harvest Moon – haven’t heard that in ages…but Van, well, he’s my favourite vocalist, you know…and Into The Mystic and Moondance, two of my all-time favourites. Check out his jazzy version, performed @ the R&B festival, Peer, Belgium, 18th July 2010.
Will keep my eyes peeled for a recording 🙂 You don’t have a link for me, do you?
Probably the best way is for me to mail the show to you.