The Way Young Lovers Do

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Name = The Way Young Lovers Do


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Artist = Van Morrison
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Album = Astral Weeks
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Released = November 1968
track_no = 5
Recorded = October 15, 1968
Genre = Folk rock
Length = 3:10
Writer = Van Morrison
Composer = Van Morrison
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Lewis Merenstein
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#"Astral Weeks"
#"Beside You"
#"Sweet Thing"
#"Cyprus Avenue"
#"The Way Young Lovers Do"
#"Madame George"
#"Ballerina"
#"Slim Slow Slider"
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Misc = "The Way Young Lovers Do" is one of the songs included on Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison's second solo album "Astral Weeks" that was recorded in 1968 in New York City. The distinctive feel of the original recording of the song emerges from the non-rock style of double-bass phrasing by veteran jazzman Richard Davis and additional jazz musician session players, which combined with Morrison's soulful vocals, creates a relatively unusual combination of stylistic elements.

Brian Hinton believes "The song is about growing up, an adolescent first kiss, and still conveys the same sweet mystery as "Astral Weeks" but more upfront." [Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.97]

In Ritchie Yorke's biography on Van Morrison he comments that Van Morrison told him "'On the second side "Young Lovers Do" is just basically a song about young love" and then laughs mysteriously.' [Yorke, into the Music, p.59]

In a 1969 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine about "Astral Weeks" Greil Marcus remarks: "It is pointless to discuss this album in terms of each particular track; with the exception of "Young Lovers Do," a poor jazz-flavored cut that, is uncomfortably out of place on this record, it's all one song, very much "A Day in the Life." [Rolling Stone Magazine: Greil Marcus review:Astral Weeks 1969-03-01]

In his review, Scott Thomas writes:

"The Way Young Lovers Do" is an interesting one. On its surface, with its images of tranquil lovers walking through fields and kissing on front stoops, it seems to deliver the romantic bliss anticipated so fervently in "Sweet Thing". The music, however, betrays some disturbing undercurrents.

In the media

"The Way Young Lovers Do" was one of the songs in the soundtrack of the 1997 movie, Welcome to Sarajevo.

Personnel

*Van Morrison – rhythm guitar, vocals
*Richard Davis – double bass
*Connie Kay – drums
*Barry Kornfeld – guitar
*John Payne – flute
*Warren Smith, Jr. – percussion, vibraphone
*Larry Fallon – string and horn arrangements

Covers

*Maria McKee included a cover of "The Way Young Lovers Do" on her 1993 album, "You Gotta Sin to Get Saved".
*A cover of "The Way Young Lovers Do" is included on Jeff Buckley's first live EP "Live at Sin-é" released in 1993, and is also included on Buckley's 2004 posthumously released "Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition)".
*Starsailor released their version of this song on their first single released in April 2001.

Notes

References

*Hinton, Brian (1997). "Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison", Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X
*Yorke, Ritchie (1975). "Into The Music", London:Charisma Books , ISBN 0-85947-013-X

External links

* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e# Lyrics and audio sample] 1960s Astral Weeks