Madame George, Van Morrison

The original title was Madame Joy, maybe it has something to do with my great aunt who was called Joy and lived near Cyprus Avenue
“My friends, my friends, my friends … who I love, I love, I love, I love,” Philip Seymour Hoffman muttered at the 2006 Oscars, overflowing with nervous joy as he accepted his Academy Award for Best Actor. “You know the Van Morrison song? I love, I love, I love. And he keeps repeating it like that?” The song, of course, was “Madame George,” which the late
"Madame George" is the album's whirlpool. Possibly one of the most compassionate pieces of music ever made, it asks us, no, arranges that we see the plight of what I'll be brutal and call a lovelorn drag queen with such intense empathy that when the singer hurts him, we do too. (Morrison has said in at least one interview that the song has nothing to do with any kind of transvestite - ) (Astral Weeks by Lester Bangs ) from "Stranded" (1979)
Astral Weeks was largely misunderstood in its time, and it certainly wasn’t commercially successful when it came out in 1968. It didn’t chart, failed to produce a single, and according to Walsh, wasn’t even mentioned in Rolling Stone’s roundup of the best music of 1968.
David Bowie presented "Madame George" in his 1969 live repertoire.
“It made me trust in beauty,” Bruce Springsteen once said of Astral Weeks, one of his favorite records. “It gave me a sense of the divine.” the riff that the string quartet repeats at the end of the song is mimicked at the end of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" (one of several indicators that Morrison had great influence on Springsteen) confirmed by Springsteen himself.
Madame George appears in the "Black Boys on Mopeds" lyrics of Sinéad O'Connor: "England's not the mythical land of Madame George and roses"
In David A. Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboy's song "Out of Reach", from the album Honest, there is a line that goes: "Madame George got played today, she almost forgot she could feel that way"
When asked in an interview which he would choose if he could only listen to a single song for the rest of his life, Harry Styles answered, “‘Madame George’ by Van Morrison”
In 1974, after having recorded eight albums, Morrison told Ritchie Yorke when he asked what he considered his best single song and what he liked best: "Definitely 'Madame George', definitely.
Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’ Is 50, but It Never Ages (The Ringer Nov 28, 2018,)

El titulo original era Madame Joy, quizá tenga algo que ver con mi tia abuela que se llamaba Joy y vivia cerca de Cyprus Avenue. (Página 100 del libro Van Morrison, el gran poeta del rock)
"Mis amigos, mis amigos, mis amigos ... a quienes amo, amo, amo, amo", murmuró Philip Seymour Hoffman en los Oscar 2006, al aceptar su Premio de la Academia al Mejor Actor. ¿Conoces la canción de Van Morrison? Amo, amo, amo. ¿Y sigue repitiéndolo así? La canción, por supuesto, era "Madame George", que el fallecido Lester Bangs, a quien el mismo Hoffman interpretó en Almost Famous,
"Madame George" es el remolino del álbum. Posiblemente una de las piezas musicales más compasivas jamás hechas,. (Morrison ha dicho en al menos una entrevista que la canción no tiene nada que ver con ningún tipo de travesti, . ( Astral Weeks por Lester Bangs ) de "Stranded" (1979)
Astral Weeks fue mal entendido en su momento, y ciertamente no fue comercialmente exitoso cuando salió en 1968. No trazó, no produjo un solo, y según Walsh, ni siquiera fue mencionado en Rolling Stone resumen de la mejor música de 1968. Incluso entonces parecía existir fuera del tiempo.
“Yo he basado los primeros 15 minutos de Taxi Driver en Astral Weeks ", dijo Martin Scorsese mientras promocionaba su película de 1978 The Last Waltz.
David Bowie presentó "Madame George" en su repertorio en directo de 1969. (Página 94 del libro Van Morrison, el gran poeta del rock)
"Me hizo confiar en la belleza", dijo Bruce Springsteen una vez sobre Astral Weeks , uno de sus discos favoritos. "Me dio un sentido de lo divino". el riff que repite el cuarteto de cuerdas al final de la canción se imita al final de " Born to Run " de Bruce Springsteen
En David A. Stewart y la canción del vaquero espiritual "Out of Reach", del álbum Honest, hay una línea que dice: "Madame George se jugó hoy, casi se le olvida que podía sentirse así"
Madame George aparece en la letra de "Black Boys on Mopeds" de Sinéad O'Connor : "Inglaterra no es la tierra mítica de Madame George y las rosas",
Cuando se le preguntó en una entrevista qué elegiría si solo pudiera escuchar una sola canción por el resto de su vida, Harry Styles respondió: "'Madame George' de Van Morrison",
En 1974, después de haber grabado ocho álbumes, Morrison le dijo a Ritchie Yorke cuando le preguntó qué consideraba su mejor canción individual y la que más le gustaba: "Definitivamente 'Madame George', definitivamente.

[nancyholmquist]

Van the Man and I have been together for a few decades... love that man and his music. Nothing better out there and he like fine wine gets better and better with age. Thank you for posting this.

[mertzroofer]

i wondered if anyone felt the same way about vanny as i do, seriously hes number one in my book next to james brown

[Shuffle]

Best Album, Astral Weeks, my favorit song is Ballerina.

[unterwant]

maybe you should interview
Arthur Rimbaud and ask him about Madame Joy
maybe he has collected the gloves
(wonderful lyrics - wonderful music )

[karencawthorn]

Fyi...its about heroin. In the 70's we all knew that. It was common in Europe the use of it. Never liked him but his music is delishishly haunting.

[mtthubbert]

"The original title was Madame Joy" erm no, that's a seperate song :)