This is certainly not an obscurity but it does rank all the way at the top of my favourite Van Morrison's tunes. Don't know why this should come up now but the song has been echoing through my head all day. I fell in love with "Madame George" from Astral Weeks the first time I heard it some ten years back because of the simplicity and clarity of imagery it projected into my mind. The song really took me away to another place and I felt like I wasn't here, now, but reflecting on some past that felt like my own though it obviously wasn't. I have often pondered on why a song this long should endear at almost ten minutes and not get boring: I guess it's because it is just damn brilliant and the imagery manifests itself so clearly in the mind that it presents no obvious reason to want to escape it's charming grasp. Enjoy.
