Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus

When Greil Marcus talks to audiences about Van Morrison, they are desperate to tell their stories about how his music touches themPeople take Van Morrison personally. Incidents from his music enter the events of their lives – events in their love lives, their family lives, births and especially deaths – and people feel as if he put those incidents in their lives. As if, in some way, he's there. Not in any magical sense – just in the manner in which art is supposed to work: it touches you. ...

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