Just how good is Van Morrison!? He can sing the blues with the best of them; has one of the best voices to come out of the 60s; he can sing ballads as good as it gets; he can play about 6 instruments and as shown here he can even sing Irish folk songs like this!! How much musical talent can one man have!
@Marco_Venieri
8 ай бұрын
Which instruments he plays?
@andrewstein2226
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, for me, Van's folk Irish voice will always be his true killer. Raglan Road is another one he does.
@DelilahMorris-mo5ob
4 ай бұрын
He is and Always will be the greatest of all times 😍😘🥰
@michaleenyproductions3442
2 күн бұрын
Irish heartbeat by the chieftains with Van Morrison is a fabulous album
@svyatoslavnechaev9733
8 ай бұрын
This is the most beautiful version of "Star of the county down". All istruments are like another voices. They are connected together with the voice of Van Morrison and the brilliant was born.
@clintclintonforshortbonser736
Жыл бұрын
Van Morrison and paddy moloney. What could possibly go wrong? Want this played at my funeral. Brilliant.
@RPMZ11
Жыл бұрын
It can be arranged Mick....are you in the Province?
@Aussietari
12 жыл бұрын
You can't get ANY BETTER, than VAN & THE CHIEFTAIN'S, jamming together. Simply.:- "THE BEST". :-D
@TheLegendaryLoser
9 жыл бұрын
Best version of any song ever recorded by anyone ever.
@williefinn4932
10 жыл бұрын
great to see the north and south of ireland unite on this song.....marvellous.
@kingart983
13 жыл бұрын
i'm a cree native and i really love this music, when i was in high school i used to go to the legion in dauphin,mb and listen to the bagpipes
@spicoli49
13 жыл бұрын
I could listen to songs like this all day.
@liamg353
9 жыл бұрын
Van and The Chieftains blend well together. This is good. Two of the Greatest.
@dragonlady1965
14 жыл бұрын
Love it! Nothing like a little Irish music to make my blood sing!
@peterhendriks1602
2 жыл бұрын
Whatever style Van sings, he is always the best, the most convincing
@patrickmccarthy149
10 жыл бұрын
Great version with Van Morrison and the Chieftains-never get tired of hearing it
@GinaSigillito
4 ай бұрын
This whole album was insane. What an incredible collaboration.
@tommylevanto1226
9 жыл бұрын
I bought this tape in The late 80's i was no more than 16... I remember this Song ad one of my favorite hits of my youthness....
@marymary-ur6ff
Жыл бұрын
Love van morrison .since his days with rhem..a fifteen yr old ...listened to van all through the years .and still listen to van ..
@leafsrule1993
13 жыл бұрын
my very first cd, i got it in 97 when i was 4 years old. proud to be a canadian of irish descent.
@MontanaErik
13 жыл бұрын
Incomparable song. Incomparable band. Incomparable singer. Put all three together and you have the closest thing to perfection.
@ThePrimaryDirective
12 жыл бұрын
I have no idea how this could have been disliked... the cassette they did together was the first my dad ever got me before he left.
@davidlewis214
2 жыл бұрын
First heard this in a car with 4 musician mates on our way to limerick co Munster, we were travelling from Wales to a rugby match, and they made me play this over and over, the more they drank, the louder it got, and we sang it all weekend our Irish friends loved it
@Wuei108
6 жыл бұрын
Near Banbridge town in the County Down one morning last July, from a boreen green came a sweet Colleen And she smiled as she passed me by. She looked so sweet from her two bare feet To the sheen of her nut-brown hair. Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself For so see I was really there. From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town, No maid I've seen like the fair colleen that I met in the County Down. As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head And I looked with a feeling rare. And I say, say's I, to a passer - by, "Who's the maid with the nut - brown hair"? He smiled at me and he say's, say's he, "That's the gem of Ireland's crown. Young Rosie Mc Cann, from the banks of the bann She's the star of the County Down." At the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there And I'll dress in my Sunday clothes, with my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from my nut - brown rose. No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke Till my plough it is rust - coloured brown. Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside sits the Star of the County Down
@marlenesullivan3113
Жыл бұрын
JUST HOW GREAT IS THIS SANG?🚶♂️💙🎶
@donaldmackillop6736
Жыл бұрын
Brought tears of joy to my eyes...
@marlenesullivan3113
Жыл бұрын
MY EARS APPRECIATE GREAT MUSIC
@user-zo2wu9nw5y
11 жыл бұрын
this is pure music, van morrison is always brilliant as well as the chieftains.
@elbee6378
2 жыл бұрын
Just saw the movie Belfast...Van's music was perfect...couldn't help think of my Gran born in Bangor and all the members of her family that, over the years, left Ireland
@stevieG.
6 ай бұрын
I was putting a St Patrick’s day busking set together but I think I could just keep playing this, what a tune still hits the spot!
@johncook30284
5 ай бұрын
It's a matter of Opinion, I love this album. It's The Chieftains I wanted. Van's a plus big time. But Paddy Malone and The Chieftains, Every time.
@maryneville2495
Жыл бұрын
So very perfect in every way!! Oh man, this is the bomb!
@aussiemouth747
9 ай бұрын
Van Morrison and The Chieftains - one of my all time favourite albums.
@balkanz187
11 жыл бұрын
Respect from your brothers in Croatia!! :)
@TheKgv1
9 жыл бұрын
Far out...just blew me out of my seat....Irish poetrs & power in perfect harmony!
@paulmoran3695
8 жыл бұрын
I saw Van Morrison in the 80's/'90's in the Cork Opera house in the middle of a Cork Jazz festival. One of the ten biggest events I will ever witness. Whatever it is that he does....no one does it better. A credit to his background and to all of Ireland.
@senatorsable
2 жыл бұрын
Paddy Moloney may his whistle being the cofounder of the Chieftains and was playing it with Van,,and they made music that took us to heaven,,,and Paddy now passes into folklore and hes Irish band left a tune and a whistle that i thank him for
@aeolaus
12 жыл бұрын
Van Morrison is a legend!
@davidmcsorley5100
8 жыл бұрын
these guys are true legends
@p6b9ut8
12 жыл бұрын
By Far the best version ever.
@faradyeva
13 жыл бұрын
I just love Van in that cap...... :)
@spyderlimbs
11 жыл бұрын
this has been on repeat all night. brings me back to my early childhood. pretty glad my parents had such a great taste in music.
@bobjones7629
10 жыл бұрын
As a mormon this song makes me smile, as one of our Hymns use the same tune.
@zorganite
10 жыл бұрын
hahahahahahaha
@bobjones7629
10 жыл бұрын
Why is that funny?
@Evilbob33
10 жыл бұрын
Bob Jones As long as it makes you smile, its all good :)
@SLOWHAND234
10 жыл бұрын
Evilbob33 EvilBob: you're right. Why listen to this or any other music, other than to enjoy ourselves? That's what music's for, we make music to make ourselves feel better. My late mum was from County Down, she sang at various fleadh cheoil and she sang on BBC Radio. If she could have heard Van singing this, I think she would have liked it... and she would have smiled. (edited to remove small dumb grammar mistake).
@abiezercoppe8886
7 жыл бұрын
The tune is from a very old English folk song called _"Dives and Lazerus"_, which was collected towards the end of the 19th century in a village called Kingsfold in Sussex. Ralph Vaughan Williams took up the tune, called it Kingsfold, and set it to a hymn in "The English Hymnal" in 1906. Since then it has been used for dozens of different hymns used by all denominations.
@4pidgey357
8 жыл бұрын
Doesn't get any better than this
@mondavanhaver
10 жыл бұрын
Oh I just love it and still do I have them records with Van And the Chieftans
@birdstuckinchimney
11 жыл бұрын
Van and Paddy Moloney and Derek Bell, the holy triumvirate of Irish music!
@ellenmurphy6875
10 жыл бұрын
me and my da used ta sing this together :) love it
@lenkaprochazkova3489
9 жыл бұрын
Love this song!
@normagault8052
7 жыл бұрын
the rovers star of the county down
@alexshadow55
12 жыл бұрын
I listened to this cassette all through high school and it's still a favorite. No matter how many times I've heard it (and that would be in the hundreds, I still get goosebumps. I love this combination of artists so very much. And it's so difficult to find today. Thanks for sharing!
@willafilla
12 жыл бұрын
Love Van the Man!
@1sosalini
11 жыл бұрын
brilliant , it helps to have the chieftains behind you , but for me the best version of this lovely song
@Ed9870
12 жыл бұрын
What impresses me about this project was how late in Van's career that he did a traditional Irish turn with the Chieftains. And he wedged it in between two mammoth records of his own (Poetic Champions, Avalon Sunset). This is on the Chieftains great DVD Water from the Well, which in addition to having great musical moments, also serves as a travelogue for Ireland. A real visual postcard and some beatiful moments with the late great Derek Bell.
@janspil
13 жыл бұрын
Can't get this song out of my head. Perfect!!
@luisafalanitule5350
5 жыл бұрын
Love this song❤️VMx
@mooresteve1
10 жыл бұрын
Epic. Few world sector acts from the borough-sized "nation" and inspiring to see one of them doing justice to this local and prized number. Thank you George (and Laurie)
@gwcstudio
13 жыл бұрын
Van is still The Man.
@adamprice3466
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the first videos I can ever remember seeing on KZitem, it was the same day I got my first smartphone. Still only 1mill views after all these years.
@Mrcheekymonkeyisback
8 жыл бұрын
awesome rhythm
@MEDSEC20
10 жыл бұрын
Love this song.
@evelynoconnor3062
2 жыл бұрын
A lOVELY SONG --- BEAUTIFULLY SUNG BY VAN MORRISON
@Blane083
12 жыл бұрын
What memories from childhood hearing van Morrison go round and round on the tape deck!! I hated it back then but now I've grown to love van's music. And I already know all the words...
@ciaranleonard4461
10 жыл бұрын
Van the man quality stuff
@1sosalini
11 жыл бұрын
i know nothing in life is perfect , but this is .
@jw21page
13 жыл бұрын
he did music for the heart and soul no BS just feeling
@spagychannel
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song performed by Mr. Morrison!
@paulsweeney2215
12 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Van, with of course fabulous backing from the Chieftains.
@jw21page
13 жыл бұрын
i cry when i hear this song was my dads favorite song rest his soul thank u Laurie111
@scruffaroo
13 жыл бұрын
My grandad used to sing this all the time great to hear it again
@Funkert
13 жыл бұрын
thanks for putting this up! i remember a couple years ago it was on youtube, then dissapeared pretty much off the face of the internet (except for some crappy realplayer version i had in my bookmarks for a while) to me this is one of the best live performances of any song ever
@ELP979
3 ай бұрын
БРАВО !!!
@takkiewors
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful , great happy music making and not forgetting of course the legendary Derek Bell on the piano there. RIP Derek.. By the way , did I see Van Morriison almost break into a smile at the end of that performance ? !!
@calpoker21
2 жыл бұрын
probably had a chuckle at himself for singing the 3rd verse before the 2nd and ending with the 2nd. not that it matters a lick cuz still the most beautiful rendition around.
@nicoleguenat9273
11 жыл бұрын
j'adore !!!!
@BDBMX
12 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking just now! My dad played this song so much, and I couldnt listen to it without falling asleep, now it sounds brilliant. Maybe I was spoilt for music as a kid because compare this to what you hear on the radio its just ridiculous how good it sounds. Ah crap, I think I might be old.
@Ulster1922
13 жыл бұрын
@Laurie111 I thank you too. I was born in Belfast & have always loved the seaside towns down the south side of Belfast Lough. What happy memories....Thank you again for posting it.
@TheKgv1
9 жыл бұрын
This stuff would make you proud to be irish....
@starkillerx2020
8 жыл бұрын
+Gary Ryan as an irish man myself, true :)
@serendipity2018
8 жыл бұрын
+Gary Ryan The Irish have a unique knack for music, almost unparalleled!
@bobsnow5390
8 жыл бұрын
Hhh
@abiezercoppe8886
7 жыл бұрын
Unparalleled other than by every group, nation and civilisation known ... we all have great music. btw. the tune that "The Star of County Down" uses is from an English folk song ... make of that what you will.
@remus3960
5 жыл бұрын
Great music yes , but why on earth is there still a difference between north-Ireland & Ireland ? Germany has no wall anymore , why has Belfast still a wall ? Just asking .... great music btw
@marychris9665
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful combination Van and Chieftains
@eloisenewmanbrown5289
11 жыл бұрын
It's great!!!!! I'm so glad I watched it and it's all because I herd my friend sing It at school.
@lindastoakes1268
2 жыл бұрын
Love van Morrison and the chieftains x
@oleriis-vestergaard6844
Жыл бұрын
Van the man yeah
@joaocarlosbahia9924
Жыл бұрын
ETERNO !!!!
@FlyingPenguin85
11 жыл бұрын
Ortodox Celts - Star of county down,rocky road to Dublin,Far away.green rose....my fav songs
@qubdent
12 жыл бұрын
Simply THE best....... Van is th Man!
@iantodd1260
10 ай бұрын
Irish Heartbeat is a musical masterstroke
@tadthemod
12 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@TheSlick481
10 жыл бұрын
I love it
@bonnie1097
11 жыл бұрын
what an awesome combo! Just discovered that Van Morrison and The Chieftans performed together!
@barbaraarmstrong5629
2 жыл бұрын
Best ever for sure 🍀❤️
@msabby718
12 жыл бұрын
I could play this song all day.:-)
@3rk4u
11 жыл бұрын
love van and the chieftans,astral weeks is an irish treasure.
@jamesconnell7094
11 жыл бұрын
Great version of thic lovely song
@CartePostale.
6 жыл бұрын
She murdered it!
@neurofire
13 жыл бұрын
Precious - and yes he switches verses 3 with 2 - but what a treat. Love the Chieftans
@nickfarr691
8 жыл бұрын
i really like this too.
@shamrock4500
13 жыл бұрын
I love this version, thanks for posting.
@bergkamp48
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Van...currently researching my Gran's family - Robinson, McGowan, Angus - in Bangor, Donaghadee and area...
@misfitugly
12 жыл бұрын
Speechless song so amazing
@Aussietari
12 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO MUCH For Uploading this BEAUTIFUL & JOYOUS Version of this Timeless Irish Folk Song. This is I Believe, to be the "BEST VERSION" Ever, of this Song. Cheers. :-D
@tmckiernan32
10 жыл бұрын
I'm from Banbridge town in County Down :D
@stanboyle479
6 жыл бұрын
Let there be peace on earth
@luccadennehy1329
6 жыл бұрын
Wow...what's it like their,Thomas? I am from N Z ....and loved the Antrim coast and Giants Causeway ...had Van Morrison on in our campervan 23 years ago.!
@ninelivecat
5 жыл бұрын
Sorry about that just kidding great part of the world I lived in Newry a long time ago another great town now a city
@robertomalfatti
10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@adolfball4215
8 жыл бұрын
Van, himself, is from 'The County Down'. That's why he makes this the best version.
@sammni
8 жыл бұрын
+Adolf Ball Van Morrison is from Bloomfield in Belfast. Which is County Antrim. I am from Bloomfield before you go into one lol :-)
@adolfball4215
8 жыл бұрын
Other side of the Lagan is Co. Down. So how am I wrong?
@sammni
8 жыл бұрын
Adolf Ball OMG Your telling me where I live!? lol You just seen that on a comment?Belfast is County Antrim
@adolfball4215
8 жыл бұрын
Queens Bridge. Bloomfield is in Co. Down. Now go give me head peace. FFS.
@sammni
8 жыл бұрын
Adolf Ball Right so your telling someone that lives there hes wrong? OK, Your American arnt you?
@TheMoll7
11 жыл бұрын
my mother was the star or the County down xxx R.I.P.xx
@TheGloriaForever
11 жыл бұрын
I just love The Man
@susanmaslak
8 жыл бұрын
thank YOU
@GuitarCollectionUK
6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@MrAprilJimmy
13 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for this one for a while now. Thanks!
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