Old music: Van Morrison – Caravan

A positively cherubic Van Morrison struts like a rooster, celebrating the free world of the radioIt's a "joyous shot at how things ought to be" – getting together, staying late, to talk, to sing. The song lifts the spirit. Van Morrison is perhaps better known these days for mumbling discontent; all dark suits and trilby. But this Van is cherubim and full of bounce. Eyes closed, index finger jauntily pointed, he exudes the good life – even in that jumpsuit. The la-la refrain screams: Join in!...

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