The singer is known for songs like Brown Eyed Girl and Gloria, and classic albums including Astral Weeks
Sir Van Morrison has accused the government of"taking our freedom" in three new songs that protest against the coronavirus lockdown. In the lyrics, he claims scientists are"making up crooked facts" to justify measures that"enslave" the population.Speaking on Thursday, the prime minister said the government was doing""I don't want a second national lockdown - I think it would be completely wrong for this country," Boris Johnson told MPs at the Commons Liaison Committee.
"So when I see people arguing against the rule of six or saying that the government is coming in too hard on individual liberties and so on - I totally understand that and I sympathise with that, but we must, must defeat this disease."Recorded"recently" in Belfast and England, Sir Van's three new songs sit in a familiar vein of jazz and bluesy R&B. However, the lyrics recall the angry young man who fronted Northern Irish rock group Them in the 1960s.
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Never liked his music when he was alive. Oh, he still is.
what a way to go out on a low note. truly humiliating
So excited to hear your new release on Friday, 'Born to be free'. I first started listening to yr music in Parkhurst nr Jhb, SA in 1991 whilst living and working there. Such fantastic memories! 🎶🎤x
Stupidly dangerous guy.
could someone please check him for a brain tumor
Anything for a pound.
So disappointed in the new stuff. I’ll just listen to your old stuff and science!
Would be great if he could sing it at anti lockdown demo this Saturday 26th, trafalgar Square. Would be great to have some music there. ❤️
He had 2 good albums ages ago. Bye.
After the story told about driving 60 miles to “check my eyesight, “. a lightbulb should have gone off 👀💡
Except that there is no virus or contagion, as discussed in our summer journal:
My theory is that he’s become so lazy fat and bored... he wants to just kill off his fan base & be done with it.
Seriously Van,conspiracy?Just what the masses need to hear right now.Many souls have inadequate nutrition, or shelter and are unable to pay for expensive treatments if they get sick from Covid.I'm quite sure 'Van'would enlist a bevy of professionals to care for him if he succumbs
Van the Man.
He came to my house for lunch.
No Van no! Too much time on the interwebs. Does 2020 literally have to ruin everything?
He's a celebrity, therefore his opinion counts, even if he's talking out of his arse. Meanwhile experts, scientists and members of the public who took time to inform themselves are ignored. COVIDIDIOTS
Et tu, Van? Get your head out of the mystic. Sad to see such ignorance and arrogance spoil so much talent. Enjoy irrelevance. There's lots of other music to play.
rkylesmith Can Covid-19, which mostly causes some older to die a little earlier, thereby alleviating some serious social security deficits, hurt the economy? It can’t. It’s only the top-down responses to this pandemic that can hurt the economy, mostly that of the younger’s for the longest
He wrote 'TB Sheets'...Covid19 is real, he could've written about the suffering of people affected by the pandemic. Instead he chose to go full tinfoil hat. Absurd.
I used to be a fan, but this ridiculous selfish attitude....
Obviously a selfish nut job with no empathy for the 10’s of thousands who have died or their bereaved families trying to cope with loss.
Van Morrison is a horrible horrible man who just so happens can sing , people should not worship this man he’s literally the worst human Iv had the displeasure of meeting ... again horrible human 🙈
....lockdown is ‘using a hammer to kill a fly’.
Good thing his fans are prime candidates to die from the virus
Im guessing from the brutally cynical comments here that some of you have also seen Van Morrison live! My sister and I were warned but we went anyway, it was years ago but it will always be the weirdest concert we ever saw. Maybe not the warm fuzzy type eh?
Van just put himself six feet under.
What a sad turn of events. Wrong decision.
Van Morrison should tour a few hospitals and visit some of the people in the ICU!!
Old pop stars cash in on Corona. Like David Icke's son selling t-shirts. It's like these anti-maskers deny their stance is selfish whilst simultaneously look at ways to make money out of the disease situation 🤔 hmm who are the scammers in the supposed scam ?
As if Brown Eyed Girl wasn’t painful enough
Talking out of his brown-eye
Greedy Jerk that is what he is
Sir, you’ve had one too many WildNights
Who?
The lockdown is interfering with Van's ability to find inspiration to write songs about going to the shops to buy Mars bars. He needs to wander freely.
Lucky he isn't in Victoria Australia. He'd be handcuffed and marched to the gulag
Prods gonna prod
I LIKE IT OPENAMERICANOW
I miss this Van. 🤫😷
Leak of lyrics for COVIDsheets: Hey Julie baby it ain’t natural for you to wear a mask in the midnight
Albion_Rover Cue the Jedward ‘We luv our sexy mask’ double album.
Can't wait to hear Van 😀👍
Just read a series of tweets about how rude this guy is.
BBC6Music Oh dear poor old Van won’t be able to take money for the overly priced tickets ... that’s if he chooses to show up
Bloody stupid git.
Have I Told You Lately That You're Crazy? Buh bye.
There’s been talk, for decades, about what an asshole he is. He’s just proven that talk to be right ... he’s an asshole and an uninformed, unintelligent, attention seeking, dufus. Good job, Van. 🙄
What is this Ulster man playing at? Politicising the arts! How long have you been in the USA?
🤮
Would it be cynical of me to point out that most of VM's income for the next two years would have come from arena tours and festivals
veramagalhaes
Freedom of speech, whether you agree or not. Censorship is tyranny.
Gammon Dance
Good man.
VAN THE MAN!!!!
Never heard of him.
Retire, Van Morrison. You had your day. Let us remember you fondly. ...Hmm. Nope. Too late.
Sad and pathetic
Tell him to bugger off and go work in an ER for a few days and then come back and tell us how he feels.
Don't like his music but share his views
🤦♀️ ...disappointing to say the least.
White Van Morrison
The crazy people in every country have made up conspiracies as to why the global virus is a plot by their country against the citizens 😂😂😂😂
Vanker.
Van The Man , Legend.
If I can quote a friend 'Van Morrison is the musician equivalent of Ian Paisley'. Now I understand.
It’s always hard to realise an artist whose work you love is also capable of being a total bawbag. Sad.
Yes! F*** Lockdown! F*** this Government and f**** the New World Order
Legend!
Long time fan of vanmorrison but will never be able to listen to his music again and appreciate it they way I have. Deleted every song from my Spotify playlists. Stupid old fool.
So some have been brainwashed and are now being controlled.The Swedish 'model' worked and all others should follow. PROTECT & SUPPORT the vulnerable,and everyone else go about their business. POP. needs to build immunity. Get out of the W.H.O. as they are incompetent and corrupt.
Much better, its boutt time we got back to business
I guess not all musicians are intelligent.
You are guaranteed to hear better “music”, coming from a stall in a TacoBell Bathroom; GUARANTEED !!! He was a Washed-up, NoTalent, POS when his mum spat him out. Being willing to punch a baby, just to sell a record, doesn’t make you relevant. F’k VanMorrison -☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼-
Oh dear meakin_tom 😂thought I’d warn you in case you started liking the songs just thinking the lyrics were incomprehensible
As we sail into the mystic. . . . .
Do you remember when we used to sing Sha la la la la la la la la la la dee...what do you mean my blood oxygen level is at 73%
Is it wrong to point out that he is a poster boy for comorbidities?
the so called experts once told us that it was good for us to smoke. But, it isn't. And, it may well be that future generations will regard today's so called experts in the same way that we regard yesterday's so called experts.
Ya breathe in ya breathe out ya breathe in ya breathe out ya breathe in ya breathe out ya breathe in ya breathe out
Well, the simple fact is that the science is bad science. No scientist worth their salt ignores the data. And, this is precisely what they have done. There is a correlation between sars and masks. There is, also, a correlation between the spike in cases and masks.
At least not everyone is suffering from the chloroform effect of the Covid obsession
astral weak
vanmorrison
I take all my health advice from song writers.
Pissed again Van?
Music is medicine! Medicine is also medicine but you can't dance to it! 👇
Always such a poser. Ever see when his harmonica started playing about 10 seconds before he got to it?
DerekTGround
My trip from 🇺🇸 to see VanMorrison concert in UK in Aug 2020 was cancelled because of coronavirus pandemic. I guess I have to cancel my being a fan now as well. Wow vanmorrison 🤦♀️ByeVan StopTheInsanity TrumpLied200KDied 😷💔😰
Oh come on!
Vanker
I'd rather listen to Creed than this.
Well this is disappointing
realsb4feelings Fgs!
He’ll be on the right side of history. Legend.
Plonker!
Good and so he should
He's right: 'The new normal, is not normal,' he sings. 'We were born to be free'.
You would get more sense listening to this Van Morrison!
Stupid old fool. Stick to music.
This man is a hero.
Trying to get his own Medal of Freedom?
Reminds me of that old joke: “there’s 2 types of people in this world, those that like Van Morrison and those that know him”
Oh Van...you’ve ruined you for me. Sigh.
Fuck!! My heroes are slowly disintegrating...
Could everyone just stop promoting Antilockdown assholes. You're giving them exactly what they want -- free publicity.
I will never listen to his songs! TrumpIsALoser and so is vanmorrison
Morondance
Welp.. fuck him.
I didnt even know he was still alive...let alone relevant.
‘Van Morrison cries for attention’
The Philosopher's Headstone Brown Eyed Undertaker It's Too Late To Stop (the Virus) Now A Period of Intubation Poetic Champions Decompose Too Long In Intensive Care Have I Told You Lately (That I Tested Positive) A Sense of Blunder Real Real Gone
🎶We were born before Covid, Also I need my hair done,
I bought just about everything van Morrison has ever recorded. I will buy his new music only if I know that he has funds to seek and pay for much-needed therapy!
Who?
Guy wears sun glasses indoors, prick.
Brilliant musician and brave, independent thinker.
What a prat.
Who knew he was anti-sax 🎷?
Donald Trump, Bill Barr, and Michael Caputo are singing backup. Van Morrison and the Orangemen.
Brilliant
Too bad, I would normally support vanmorrison music. But I can't support stupid. Hey Van, if you want to be with your own peeps - I am here in the States. Let's house swap. You can live in the epi-center of COVIDIOTS.
'While it is true that Covid-19 does not meet the criteria for an HCID - which typically has a high fatality rate (as much as 50% in the case of Ebola) - the disease is still considered highly infectious',says BBC So just like the common cold then? Which is also coronavirus? 🤔
Hopefully he will allow the music to speak for itself & will not venture into conversation Cannot think of anything worse than having to listen to vanmorrison prattle on and on. Once he starts talking he can talk the hind legs off a donkey. Never stops. Verbose. Not the word.
Can’t say it surprises me. He was never one who showed any concern or appreciation for his fans.
There are people in this world who deserve a dose of coronavirus, and that list just gets longer and longer.
More shite
Wish he would Van Lessison.
His music is garbage anyway lol
Just been talking to a scientist.He said Van Morrisons songs are shit,must be right with him being a scientist n'all
Really taking the P*** out of protest.
How TheIDSmiths haven’t merged can Morrison, Ian brown and the Gallagher tit together....
The fella is a crank. Always was.
Look forward to seeing the vinyl 7”single on a market stall for 10p
“I’m not telling people what to do or think. The government is doing a great job of that already,” Morrison said. “It’s about freedom of choice, I believe people should have the right to think for themselves.” I totally agree with Van Morrison 👍
Tupelo Moron
And there was me thinking 2020 couldn't possibly get any worse!
Up until now, I have always been a vanmorrison fan and listen to his music regularly. I won't be able to stomach him for awhile. His reckless messaging is putting people in danger.
Old and overweight, he should be one of the people happy he's being protected by the fit and young losing their jobs for him.
It was the Sir Van Morrison that floored me. Sir...?!
Maybe Van, Noel and Ian coud hang out with Bolsanaro and Trump and slag off masks and talk of peoples liberty or talk to the Kurdish civil rights lawyer who died in a Turkish jail about freedom fighting? Or just stfu?
another grumpy old man who should retire to the Glue Factory_
He can keep it. I seriously thought he had died.
Fucking national hero.
Civil liberties have been decimated for what amounts to a seasonal flu...globalist socialist cabal must go
Yawn
I'm here for it
Age does not always equal diminished mental capacity, but this seems to be a case where it does.
Hope nobody buys them. What an idiot!
Morrison was in a Belfast band called Them in the mid 1960s they did a couple of good songs since then nothing seems to spend most of time in America still been Knighthood though aught to work a few shifts in a care home
Go on van . And f k c you bbc
Has he written any about sexual harassment?
In much the same way as I'd be less than thrilled with Dr. Faiuci's version of 'Moondance,' I'm not sure I'm all that interested in Van Morrison's medical suggestions.
Can’t fucking stand him. Knew I had taste!
Love Van Morrison. I knew he was my kind of guy.
I have been a fan of VM for most of my life. So sad to see this idiocy from him.
I was a fan. My best friend's favorite song is Brown Eyed Girl. It's her ringtone. But I cannot & will not listen to a Covidiot. I'm deleting that & every one of his songs from every device I own. I'll NEVER listen to his music again. That cockwomble can fuck off forever.
Not news
Like Van has ever lived in the real world.
WTF
Omg that’s it for me and vanmorrison done!!! No Van the man any more.
Burn those Van Morrison records....
vanmorrison has invented a new genre of music called Second Wave.
Figures. He dedicated an album to L. Ron Hubbard decades ago, so.....not surprised at all.
Who?
Idiot
Because mommy said there be days like this
Fuck Van..... hasn’t had a decent song since the 80’s - wants to make some last cash before he and the rest of the boomers die off !!!
🎶Whatever happened To Tuesday and so slow? Stayin' down the basement Ten Zoom calls in a row Hiding in my condo laughing From behind my mask and all Slipping and sliding All along the waterfall, with you My Lockdown girl You, my Rona girl 🎶
They're rubbish. Millionaires always write the best worst protest songs.
I just haven't been able to think of Van Morrison in the same way after hearing an intolerant, misogynistic rant from him towards a female journo last year & his latest efforts here only confirm my feelings of disappointment. Listening to his music now has lost its lustre (sigh).
WTFpod thoughts?
I bet he yells at people to get off his lawn too
That’ll help.
pure idiot
Oops.
Who?
Van Morrison Randy Newman
Good for him
Protesting for having to wearing cloth over his mouth and not being able to go out and served so he can stuff his face and get drunk.
Brilliant.
What a shame! :-(
Spare me. I’ll listen to public health experts. Ignorant man. One of the worst concerts I’ve ever been to aswell.....so you won’t miss much by avoiding this.
Van the Man!
SHOUT OUT to all the musical artists out there who can't tour right now but are taking it in stride, & are doing all you can to make this world a better place. As a music lover, I want you to know I see you. WE SEE YOU, AND WE WON'T FORGET WHO DID WHAT.
Best news I’ve heard today
I've always found him unutterably boring.
I could never understand why I had such disdain for van morrison my whole life. I have always found his music to be over rated garbage. Now I know why!
Who?
Will make an interesting historical companion piece to the new iLiKETRAiNS album KOMPROMAT
Well I suppose he must be skint
Maybe a fat, old man should take the virus a little more serious 🤷🏽♀️
Thanks for the warning. I won't be listening.
Van is officially a douchebag. 🖕
Not now Sir Van
He’s still alive? 🤔
I was a huge fan. Was.
🙄
Jeez. Just when you think 2020 couldn't get any worse. . .
OK, Boomer.
Angry old gammon
vanMORONSON
Hell yeah, Van. I'm glad someone is awake
Well this just makes me incredibly sad. Wear a mask, wear a seat belt, wear a condom-all to stay safe. If grocery stores close the listen to some whinging, the rest of staying in is just inconvenience.
.vanmorrison .vanmorrison I can almost smell, your Covid Sheets.... don’t be daft. VanMorrison
Does he realize it’s his generation having the worst outcomes? What an absolutely selfish ignorant old coot. Will never hear his songs with love again. :(
Like your music but you are not the smartest person around. Maybe you should not get political.
What happened with Van Morrison? Does he not realize how dangerous it is to deny science & advocate the 'freedom of choice' that puts people’s lives at risk? Given his beautiful songs in the past, it’s quite scary that the same artist now embraces the Trumpian license to kill.
...who?
I bloody hate Van Morrison. Second only to Bob Dylan. The ultimate musical Kryptonite
Wearing a mask is not about freedom vanmorrison. Ask all the healthcare professionals, who have lost their lives treating COVID__19 patients. It's about protection others and yourself. I hope no one buys this record. It's a shame you have to be inconvenienced. COVIDIDIOTS
He's rotten fruit
How sad. All respect gone.
UK is full of commies.
rhonmhon8 Oh Van. It seems like its time to wander back into the mystic. I hear the care facility is offering porter cake tonight...
Statement via AP from former wife, Michelle Rocca, expressing surprise at vanmorrison stance given he has spent most of his life in lockdown, isolated from the real world. 🤥
I thought Van Morrison was a band. Didn’t realize it was one guy’s name. Look at the valuable information I learned today.
There's a long tradition of great music being written by complete twats.
Van's new song:
I hope the BBC won’t give them air time
I wish all the people who are b*tching and moaning about wearing a mask, and social distancing, would just go lick some toilet seats and doorknobs. Do the world a favor
I saw him drinking coffee with Chris Rock the other day. Explains everything.
Never knew vanmorrison was a dipshit.
Other acceptable headlines: Did you know that Van Morrison was not dead? Did you know that Van Morrrison still makes music? That's ok, nobody cares about both. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
Thought he died 30 years ago
Guy hasn’t sold a record since 1971 and now he found a way to make the news and maybe make a few bucks. Sad too because he was once relevant to music. And to think we lose musicians like Tom Petty and Neil Peart! 😞
Van Morrison is upset because he can’t hold 45 minute concerts for people who pay 100s of dollars to watch him play.
Ahhhhh those poor washed up musicians need some attention.
A relative of mine who knew Van Morrison in the 60's told me a couple of years ago that he '...was an unlikeable prick then and he's still an unlikeable prick now'. Looks like nothing has changed. COVIDIDIOTS
I’m a huge Van fan and this is so disappointing.
Age really does rot your brain. Look at most of the Republican Party. Twenty years ago these people had rational thoughts.
A valuable reminder that someone can create art that you love yet still be a jerk.
Good for Van Morrison! Time to get back to normal and to get on with life. Enough of the fear porn. The petty tyrants and their lackeys had their day. Rebel
that's one good fact coming out of the BBC for once.
FFS, Van... get your hand off it. 🤦♀️🤬🤦♀️
I don't care. Do you?
I used to love Van Morrison. Not anymore. :(
Oh no, my universe is shattered if Van Morrison is a trumplican.
Inarticulate Speech of the Arse.
Ok boomer
Use your brains! The facts and numbers confirm him.
Top man standing up to the elite scum ......which BBC kiss the ass of
gotmtv
Well done 👏🏻 Never been a fan of his music but utmost respect for this and as a bonus he’s seemingly upset a load of brainwashed bedwetting bootlickers looking at the replies here 🤣
He's worried they might put him in a care home.
I didn’t know this guy was still alive. I like him better as a legend than a live idiot.
I knew I liked Van Morrison.
vanmorrison One -Hit- Blunder realDonaldTrump next song rally COVIDIOTS
Sad to see this. I used to like his music. Not anymore.
It's good that Van Morrison recorded these songs now, before the covid pneumonia set in. 🙄
Not another covidiot....Just send the damn comet already.
Isn’t the industry word on him that “you either love him or you’ve met him”?
He did an extensive interview on a popular radio program here in the US several years ago When the tsunami of boorish behavior was over the host said he’d never met a nastier creep his whole life... He was rude to everyone connected to the show, even the girl who gave him coffee
Van Morrissey
Van... stop.
307 deaths from covid in U.K. ? Keep your masks on you muppets you lost your freedoms your job your family and friends for this covid scam MattHancock BorisJohnson andrealeadsom PeterBoneUK you were conned by the WHO taking away your freedoms worldwide darcybbc cheekylatte
COVIDIOTS COVIDIDIOTS Covid19UK Covid_19 VoteBlue2020 VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
This is super disappointing. I love Van Morrison’s music, but this is ugly. I’m married to a musician and most of our friends are musicians. I feel deeply for the concerns of everyone connected to the industry. This isn’t going to help anyone.
Only the dangerously deluded would go to a packed gig at the moment - so why not pander to their delusions & cash in. It's not like anyone's going to die or anything - oh wait ... FridayThoughts Van Morrison LockdownUK COBRA
Oh, Van, no....
How horrible that some people in the government are actually trying to save lives.
Wank.
Why?!?! I am so saddened by this.
EndUKLockdown1 Go for it..... We're with you
Van Morrison has always been an asshole. He's just a talented one.
Car Tesco
Fu! Van sucks
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Van the MAN!
Such a shame I really like Van Morrison.
I thought he’d died. Must be confusing him with someone else.
Why not let him maskless and sing to those in the ICU with Covid if it's such a hoax. No balls, that's why.
Well guess he has snorted to much cause obviously his brain is fried.
Gravelength
👎
... Yay?
Has beens still trying to be relevant
GD another one bites the dust.
Jackie Wilson Said......you're a spunk trumpet
Sadly irrelevant since the mid 1970s.
That's a shame. Van Morrison just ruined Van Morrison for me. COVIDIOT
ClimateDepot Bravo, vanmorrison! nolockdown
Here Comes The Nut
How I LOVE Van Morrison!!!! 3
Always thought Van Morrison was a prat , this just confirms it
hydar I liked him better when he was with The Doors.
Van has a history of poor judgment: in the early 80s he was enthralled by L. Ron Hubbard and the Scientology brand.
Van down. Don't think I can listen to his music the same way anymore.
More tin hats needed over here
He plays the Montreux Jazz Festival a lot. He'll find masks are mandatory now in Switzerland. Oh well, looks like he'll only be able to play concerts in Trump's America.
Please god save us from this fresh hell
Why is this news....
Van Who?
Oh dearie dear. Will stick with Brown Eyed Girl.
Just told my Northern Irish wife this. We are all devastated.
JohnFugelsang Favorite VanMorrison Song! His talented daughter Shana graciously agreed to perform it 10 years ago. Maybe that song might’ve stopped the squandering of BarackObama presidency! Maybe we wouldn’t have ended up with TrumpLied200KDied
Idiot.
We need this... said no one ever.
I haven’t even heard them yet but I just know I’m going to love them. Van the Man
Relevance deprivation syndrome. Not the same as protesting against war , Van.
vanmorrison less 'Van the Man' and more 'Van the Twat'
I'll pass. .vanmorrison Another old white man. 🤡 Stay well, Van. The virus could be bad for you.
Gammon blues?
Finally. Someone in music challenging the narrative.
How about he doesn't bother? Just about option to consider.
The “Liam Gallagher” tweet was from a faker account, stop reporting misinformation 🙄
Scientists don’t try to release shit boring music, so why does Van Morrison feel qualified to talk about science?
JohnFugelsang shanaband VanMorrison’s daughter was going to perform her dad’s song ‘Take It Where You Find It’ for my doc ‘My Momma Says Obama’. In the end her dad thought it was too political! Wait, Now He’s a COVIDIOT?
What an arsehole !!!
Brown eyed Boomer
I can see a “Now that is what I call protest anthems” album coming soon 🤣
Oh for goodness sake. Van Morrison now
Good
Another one to add to your supergroup, JamesDelingpole
Just as well Van lives in a free democracy & can opine his ramblings, it wouldn’t be in some other places. Not taking away from his excellent artistry & memorable songs but comes a time when even the greats need to recognise their time has passed.”Van “Does it make you feel good”
'Freeeee the woooorld...don't get Billy's toxic jab'
I prefer Car Sainsbury
BBC6Music ....can't sing with a ventilator tube down your gullet, Van.
Where can I buy it! Get it on Itunes Now!
Sigh
Oh my geeze! RIP you is gone!
Van Morrison has volunteered to help staff in his local ICU if coronavirus peaks again. Will not require PPE.
Jesus wept!
Oh dear 75 van Morrison covers recorded for hotpress HotPress suddenly invalidated by one silly old git. Who was once great. cockneycampaign TimCWrites giveusatune
Buck Eejit, as we say in Belfast.
Haven't we all suffered enough?
This isn't going to help the situation at all.
Support science you misguided geezer Van Morrison.
Why doesn't this idiot write a song praising the 45th worst ever US president while he's at it!
Ever since Van Morrison became a Christian and agreed to change the lyrics of Brown-Eyed Girl so it would be safe for conservative radio play, his career has been on the skids. It's tragic. I don't remember Dylan's religious detour being very prolific either.
Dear 2020, have we not suffered enough? Yours, the nation 😬
BBC6Music Van the Pan-demic.
Just making money off of Covid. Reminds me of gas prices soaring after a hurricane.
Good on you Van. Maybe it will wake some people up when they realised cases are not infections but misused flawed tests and no one is sick or dying of covid - a virus not dangerous to 99.95%. Maybe they’ll start looking at stats instead of propaganda like bbc.
Anybody expecting a number one? No, didn't think so!😂
Every time one of my favorite entertainers, like him and JK Rowling, reveal their true nature, my escape hatch from every day horrors closes a little.
Good. He is obviously awake to what is going on.
He’s full of “Brown Eye”...🙄
Mystic lies
Who cares about anything Van Morrison has released in the last 40 years? Who's going to care about these 'protest' songs? I'll stick to Astral weeks and Moondance!
This is what excessive drug use does to the brain 🙁
Another one suffering from gammon of the brain. Let's hope he doesn't known any elderly or vulnerable people who could die if infected.
Well the government isn't listening to logic so let's try the next thing 👍
The bluesy undertones will at least match our mood.
grand_handsome
PatriciaGaffne5 Great Idea,
Good ..
Good for you Van! God bless you!
No one buys his music so he’s basically wasting his time
ColmanOfGuaire Oh God and I thought 2020 couldn't get any worse..
Excellent 👏🏻
planetjedward sort this idiot out will ya?
He's really let himself go since Time Cop and Universal Soldier.
Heard snippets from all 3. They are proper shite
no one cares either way. I'm not into the guy but he's free to say Melbourne is acting disproportionately, just as cucked zoomers/karens are free to support Prat Hancock's sadism. No-one cares. Stop pretending you do, just because Piers Organ does it for optics.
Gross. Peak privileged, sociopathic white man.
Van Who.
Good man.
Disappointing. I've been a big fan forever, so this hurts,
The amount of people in this thread urging the government to have more and more control over their lives is worrying.
EndUKLockdown1 Get these to the top of the charts asap
I literally didn't know that he was still alive.
Haven't we suffered enough?
Van the Bam
Thankyou Van Morrison
Very brave VanTheMan, you will be slated by all the Corona enthusiasts, but I’ll wager you will be on the right side of history when this scamdemic is seen for what it really is
The Government? Just the one in this country or the rest of the world which is going through the same crisis?
I think you meant “Van Morrison is feeling the pinch, he’s moaning about not earning from concerts”
Chorus needs a bit of work
Another rock star to upset the pious with views that you're under no compulsion to share and aren't worth getting insufferably self-righteous about.
About time someone stood up to this tyranny!
Lol..😂😂😂😂.all the muzzle wearing mattress stainers are triggered!!!LetTheMusicPlay
van who?
And because he's sick of dealing with this shite like a normal person would , his first track will be Brown Eye Man .
BBC6Music 🤡
BBC6Music Brown Eyed Ghoul
Let's hope one of the songs talks about those dancing nurses.
Once a cock always a cock
Oh, that'll change government policy in a flash. Why don't luvvies keep out of politics?
guess he’s finally got over the emotional side of losing a friend, .....unable to breathe
Van Who?
OFCOM WONT BE HAPPY!!
He should be locked up
Someone tell the old duffer Van Morrison that lockdown finished weeks ago.
Van the Man 👏
Man I been did that.
Someone should tell him he’s a washed up irrelevance.
It’s a little odd and unexpected but he seems to be channeling Trump
Ffs that's another one
Love it
He's probably taking the same bleach based medication as Trump.
Good grief; you'd find more common sense swimming around in the contents of a recently discarded johnny-bag🙄
EndUKLockdown1 About time there were more protests against lockdowns. The last lockdown clearly demonstrated they DO NOT stop the virus they merely put it on paues. Once the lockdown is lifted the virus carrys on it's merry way. Increased testing & isolation is to only way forward.
People have had enough of this farce, civil unrest incoming
Who?
Good for him! PlandemicHoax
Good man Van! BBC grow some balls too and get us out of this mess
Literally nothing that the UK government has done in response to covid has been of any use to the general population. Nothing at all. On antisocial distancing I'm prepared to compromise with them though, by having them f*** off as far as is humanly possible.
David Icke will be rushing out to buy a copy.
An incoherent, mumbling, old has been. That was my opinion when I saw him 25 years of so ago and my opinion hasn't changed. I'd say 'stick to the singing, Van' but he can't.
I thought I saw him in my rear view mirror once but it was just a Morrison's van reversing...
He’s never got over giving away royalties for Brown Eyed Girl and paranoia took over. Still reckons it’s not his best song, when he doesn’t exist for the rest of the world without it. Gobshite
Fantastic, finally a major artist with balls and brains.
who cares
Desperado playing to halfwits in attempt to stay relevant
Boring fuck releases Boring song sensation!
Indonesia is punishing people who don't wear masks by forcing them to dig graves for COVID-19 victims Here it is barely policed. Send him to Indonesia.
Proper 'old man yells at cloud' vibes.
Van's foolishness on this astounds me. The concepts and lyrics sound trite and crass. I am a MASSIVE fan. For me ENLIGHTENMENT, VEEDON FLEECE, DAYS LIKE THIS etc are undoubtedly stellar masterpieces. Free Speech rules! But this and other recent STAR outbursts are nuts! Craig/ A&D
These rich, white, men, sure don't like being asked to think of other people for once eh?
I remember when music was used as protest against actual problems, not whining that you're expected to take some personal responsibility.
He gets really grumpy when he doesn’t get to moon dance.
Oh dear! Sounds as though poor Van has lost the plot.
🤮
I'd like someone to release some protest songs about Van Morrison releasing any material at all. He's bloody awful.
Famously grumpy bloke sings irrationally grumpy songs. Who’d have thought it?
There is scare mongering and some truths, but out of all of this, life just has to go on. Any wonder when people get locked in, they seem to loose it. Its like most out there, they want this to be like this forever because of sitting on there arses getting money for nothing.
I’m thinking of releasing a protest song about VM
Idiots!!
At least all of the people who buy it can attend the accompanying gig at the same time.
So many old, rich celebrities atm just refuse to ride quietly out into the sunset.
old farts and brown-eyed girls
Never know he might get it .Then he might be singing a different song.
It's for our own good FFS, someone of his age could be seriously ill if they caught it. Blind ignorance. 😠
Noel on guitar, Ian brown on the bongos and van Morrison on vocals
Van my man! vanmorrison
🔔 END
BBC6Music Always has been self centered, pompous & full of himself. Now he joins the many in the sewer swamp of Darwin rejects. He can sing to them. I'll never buy or see him again. No loss if he doesn't like the vibe of his crowd he turns his back to sing. Best view & not a compliment.
Just f-ing great! Another type of Caravan heading our way!
White Van Man Morrison.
This could always not be reported.
Not a fan but these are songs id sing along too 👍👍
As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough ...
Well he’s an idiot and sending out a death sentence to everyone!!! I’ve just survived this virus 🦠 it’s deadly as we all know!!!!
give this man a medal !
I’m devastated Van turns out to a wanker. He was always amiserable but a covidiot 😡
Oh no not Van Morrison too!
Jannermaid1 he's Irish... so I'm presuming it's the Irish Government
Well he getting old like myself & doesn’t care of the consequences & the money & publicity can’t do any harm.
'I dig it when you're fancy dressed up in lace My ardour cools when you've a mask on your face'
Eejit.
Van is THE Man! 👌
As if things weren’t bad enough. I thought he was dead anyway (certainly brain dead)
good on em !!! We need these messages to get out!
Yawn
He’s been irrelevant for decades now he does what everyone and their mums are doing.
Into the Mistake
Excellent , give a platform to mid-information artists. Let’s see how the weekly incidence rates increase as people buy in to non-compliance of restrictions and other Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions!
Faded, irrelevant rock stars are definitely who I turn to for scientific advice. Thank god he’s finally spoken out.
Listen To The Lyin'
BBC6Music Trust a Northern Irish man to protest about something
Van Morrison was reported on BBCr4today 'singing' some of his 'lyrics' while lamenting the 'decline of the live music industry'. He contributed more to the decline of the live music industry in that 30 second clip than Covid could ever do.
He's also reworking his old songs: Astral Weeks (On A Ventilator) Real Real Gone (RIP) Cleaning Windows (But No Hand Sanitizer) These Fever Dreams Of You Call Me Up In Trumpland No Guru, No Method, No Mask I Forgot That Germs Existed Did Ye Get Healed (With Hydroxychloroquine)?
During this pandemic I've often thought, I know scientists and the chief medical officer recommend lockdown, but I wonder what Van Morrison thinks.
BBC6Music shaunwkeaveny you need to ask when ProfBrianCox is going to release his reply, although I bet Brian’s music will be better than Van’s ‘Science’.
BBC6Music That's my copy of Astral Weeks in the bin then.
the songs will all just sound like him saying 'HO HOOOOO JABBA JEEBA' over and over like every performance hes done for the past 20 years
Wanker
Well done. Great man.
VanTheMan 👏👏👏
BBC6Music Are these protest songs against lockdown..
A complete irresponsible moron.
How dare he have an alternative opinion? How very dare he
Moonshot-dance?
Silly old sod
The headline makes it obvious the BBC agree with him. Or do they dislike the government that much.
No place for this...🤬🤬😷😷
Oh god don’t bother, haven’t we suffered enough?
BBC6Music What an idiot. Respect lost.
I agree with him. Protect elderly but everyone else live a normal life because they will not die from it. Build up herd immunity. Its not hard.
Personally I think the government should say to the people stop moaning and do as we say or your on your own but don’t complain when it goes tits up.
BBC6Music Oh dear.
From the Thick Side of the Street To the Dumb Side of the Road.
Van Morrison has always been a bawbag tbf.
BBC6Music Literally nobody cares
BBC6Music Haven’t we all suffered enough?
Don't!
The lockdowners need to realise that the hysterical response did more harm than good.
Cool. Van's the man! VanMorrison endlockdown
I've not been this shocked since I found out Ian Brown and Noel Gallagher are arseholes
So. Basically he doesn’t like the restrictions because it’s stopping him making money from gigs, but that’s a bad take to publish, so he’s gone with “pseudoscience” instead? All about the money. He might as well be a Tory.
Hey BBC media.. What did the Gates foundation want in return for their $53 million dollars in grants?
Is it just because he can't go to the pub ?
How dare you Van. This is all just a reaction to a virus... We aren't being socially engineered and infantised by psychopaths at all...
Yikes lol
Grumpy old drunk releases song
How dare you Van... This is serious stuff! Just ask CNN and the Cuomo brothers..
What's it called ? Yeah yeah a million dead but I dont care ?
He could have just spoke out about it,but prefers to make money speaking out about it.
He’s ALWAYS been an ignorant idiot. He won’t even speak to the cafe staff to order his items..he gets his PA (wife) to phone saying he’s sitting outside and what he would like!! He’s not popular in my town by a long shot. Pain in the arse.
BBC6Music Have people not suffered enough?
🤦🏼♀️ this is so disappointing
It’s a marvellous night for a face mask...
BBC6Music Van Morrison to release lockdown protest songs
Oh dear, another forgotten career trying to make a comeback! 🙄
Dear Van, You have been the soundtrack to all that is beautiful. Now, in one brief stroke you have destroyed that beauty with some fucked up and truly ignorant conspiracy ideas. It is so sad. It as if someone, some truth has died. Really Van? WTF?
Yawn!
I thought the older generation were supposed to understand more. Where is Van living if he can't see the rise in reported numbers? And I was blaming the youth, seems its just anyone who isn't affected by Covid.
This is very sad and depressing news.
Angry gammon? I’m astonished
Another one who has lost the plot. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Who cares what this silly old man thinks?.
Meanwhile in Wuhan :
Excellent.. Noel Gallagher this week and now this legend. The push back to this warped scam will be powerful and unstoppable.. The news media perpetuating this horror are the enemy of humanity.
Please don’t lockdown was bad enough
Yay
Love it!!!!!!
What's threatening for these older celebs more than coronavirus 19 is their privelidges being downplayed, so logically they hate lockdown
DefundTheBBC and that's news? Why? You forgot the BREAKING NEWS banner🙄
Well that’s all the worlds problem sorted then. 🙈
Yawn
Oh Van. No.
Astral Berk
Van the Man toadmeister JamesDelingpole
I thought he lived in Ireland ?
That album will go to No 1 in the charts - Not
Cheers Van but I'll pass
Surely we’ve suffered enough?
WE LOVE vanmorrison
It’s just, as ever, social commentary. Don’t shoot the messenger. He might need to sell a few to continue to earn!
Sorry, why is this news
Just when I thought the wee creep couldn't get any creepier 🤢🤮
This dudes music sucks anyways.... brown eyed girl..... more like the Brown Note
Bout fucking time
Fair play Van, glad you can see its a scam
Yes I know a month or two ago he was trying to campaign about SD killing live gigs. He knows what’s going down. Good for him
“Man tries to stay relevant”
WTF no
Idiot
Astral weeks was brilliant, Lockdown Weeks will, I suspect, be terrible
Unlike the other commenters here, I welcome this. At some point others will realise that the lockdown is doing more harm than good. Killing more people than the virus, and those people are younger: bad relationships, cancer treatment, depression-suicide. Long list.
Do you have to exploit contagion to make money? Distasteful.
That is awesome. 'Those that are willing to sacrifice a little freedom for a little security deserve neither and will end up with none'
Who?
Used to be you'd see a legendary name trending on Twitter and think 'oh no, he/she's dead'. Now you just think 'oh no, what's he/she said now?'.
Ooh but ‘don’t make entertainment political’ shriek 24,000 diversity complainants 🙄 This will be ok though because he is white
Ok boomer
Dick
Oh Dear, Van......have a cuppa!! No more Brown Eyed Girl for me....
👍
The kids will riot when they hear this on their radio sets!
Perhaps Van, Ian Brown and Noel Gallagher could form a group and donate all the money they make to the hospital in the town of their previous nights gig.
Good! Anyone who still supports lockdown is either a sadist, an ignorant moron or on infinite furlough 🤦🏻♀️
Will it go like this, (sang to brown eyed girl) hey where did we go when lockdown came, all the dicks kept socialising and thought it was just a game, now we are nearing lockdown again, my covid girl
Once upon a time Van was worth listening to. Music wise at least. His words meant something once. Not this latest nonsense. I still love this journey mind. Van at his best. Not at his worst.
I can't think of anything worse.
Hope I don’t meet him on the dark side of the road 😉
Last night at a holiday camp my 3 year old daughter was told she wasn’t allowed to dance or sing along with the performers because of government guidelines. Enough of this stupidity. KBF
I suppose he has to do something so people remember who he is! Tosser!
Sounds great. Must download this.🙄
He’s made some amazing music over the years but he’s always been a bit of a plonker. This is just an attempt to grab some attention by an artist who has become a bit of an irrelevance.
This is literally worse than coronavirus.
O dear
Idiots!!
Love his music, but he's a prat.
Despite defeating the minds of the world’s finest scientists, Van Morrison is about to let us all know his unqualified opinion.
Got him trending didnt it?
Good, we need to take a stand against this assault on our freedoms. Lockdown is wrong and doesn’t work. Vulnerable people are not stupid and know how to protect themselves. This gestapo-ism must end. We must stop destroying people’s livelihoods
Oh well...
Luckily it’s very easy to socially distance from his music.
Was due to be seeing him at a festival this summer, now postponed until 2021. Wonder what the audience reaction will be if he is allowed to sing these?
He joins the ranks of Ian Brown, Morrissey, John Cleese and Roger Daltrey. Artists I used to admire. That said, I wouldn’t go to Van or Ian Brown for medical advice any more than I would go to my GP for classic albums...
Idiot. Keeping the SARS CoV-2 critter alive and happy.
Ain’t we suffered enough
. . . Oh for fuck sake... as if the shit we're in isn't deep enough, we've also gonna have new Van Morrison material to put up with. Insult, meet injury. . . .
The guy has a screw loose. Always had a screw loose.
The BOTs are out in force on this thread.
I’m done listening to him then. Can’t listen to selfish anymore.
Into the mystic.
Can he just not? He’d be doing virtually everyone a favour
Oh well, that’ll solve everyfuckingthing, what nonsense!
Just sing “brown eyed girl” and shut the fuck up Van .
Oh Van.
I think some of these celebrities snap because they are broke or losing money. I used to love his music yesterday.
Well I thought Van Morrison was dead... don’t listen to a corpse lads, no matter how catch the lyrics are
Don’t forget, he was the first guy to freak out about the caravan.
So just wondering, is Van the inspiration for Zoot, the Muppet?
is it called 'Into the Dipstick'?
Maybe he can do a duet with Morrissey about being miserable twats.
What a bloody idiot he is then!
Hope he gets the virus and stays on a ventilator for months! These idiots deserve that!
Don’t forget to social distance from these songs
feckin’ eejit
Now, who thinks he will get a 10k fine? or any fine for that matter?
I remember the Morris van 😅
wtf 👀🤔🤷♂️😷
Well heck. I had such positive correlation of musical memories when I hear the name Van Morrison.
Stupid old crank.
Candygram for mongo
Maybe he wants to play a gig in Indonesia?
Coin flip on COVID and Russia killing him.
He's an idiot.
Trying to cash in on the thick c***s. All the past it's are at it. Denise Welch etc.
NOOOOOOOOOOO
(SIGH)
Jerk!
Love his voice curious as to the content though
Brown eyed buffoon
Our natural state is local community. During lockdown I've had loads of conversations with people who live in my village but never usually talk to me because they're busy rushing to get to their job 10+ miles away.
An angry young man (as Van once was) with an axe to grind does has a certain edge. Angry old men shouting at pigeons because they're bored of staying in and eating custard creams are ten a penny. Enslaved you are not Sir Van. Sit down.
How disappointing.
Looking for some attention
Great singer 🌟Can't wait to hear this music 🎙️🎶🎵🎶🎵
Bummer.
Ye didn’t get healed did ye
Sing it to the virus Van, I'm sure it'll be happy to have you as a host to get cosy in.
Stupid prick. Have always hated that one song that gets played far too much of his. Loathe it.
Why is it that large numbers of people when they turn a certain age just turn into antisocial ar*eholes? Or is this just a problem with the boomer generation?
Irrelevant. He wants us to take his experience and underrating of live music needs but will not concede that scientists know more than him about a pathogen.
As if that's going to contribute to the reduction/elimination of this virus. Tosser.
That’s very disappointing.
Scenes 🤣
why are you giving him airtime if his message harms people's health?
Railing against common sense is exactly what I expect from Van
The soundtrack to yer dad moaning about a mask
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