Here we go, one of the most under played albums of all-time! If you don't have it, get it NOW -- it took me long enough! I felt like a fool after I listened to it, thinking, "why the hell wasn't this in my record collection until now." I have, of course, all the necessary classics Beatles, Stones, Dylan ... etc. Astral Weeks is in my opinion one of the mega timeless classics, at par with Pet Sounds, Revolver, the Velvets, you get the point! It has that sound that inspires, especially with today's Indie rock scene -- the new weird America. The one thing I wonder, especially now that I've done my research and read all the appropriate Lester Bangs articles, did Morrison really know what he had stumbled onto while making this record? From what I hear he was hanging with this eccentric wild man artist, who named the album, doing who knows what, but definitely in the throws of a growth of consciousness of some kind. What gives off the feeling that something spiritual happened during this record is evident in the side titles, one is titled, "In the beginning", and two, "Afterwards". Question is, what happened in the middle? Were they the
Astral Weeks?? But he must have reached some kinda high, if not, why give these titles? I won't drabble on, the best part of the album is that it isn't just a great record but it forces you to pose yourself many questions. And who know what else there is to discover in the
Astral Weeks to come.
