Blue Money

Infobox Single
Name = Blue Money


Caption =
Artist = Van Morrison
from Album = His Band and the Street Choir
A-side = "Blue Money"
B-side = "Sweet Thing" U.S. release or "Call Me Up in Dreamland" (Europe)
Released =May 1971
Format =
Recorded = 1970
Genre =Folk-Rock, R&B
Length = 3:40
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Writer = Van Morrison
Producer = Van Morrison
Certification =
Last single ="Domino"
(1970)
This single ="Blue Money"
(1971)
Next single ="Call Me Up in Dreamland"
(1971)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = His Band and the Street Choir
Type = studio
prev_track = "I'll Be Your Lover, Too"
prev_no = 6
this_track = "Blue Money"
track_no = 7
next_track = "Virgo Clowns"
next_no = 8"Blue Money" is a hit song that was written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter, Van Morrison and included on his 1970 album, "His Band and the Street Choir". It was the second of the two Top Forty hits from this album, reaching #23 on the U.S. charts. It was released in the U.K. in June 1971 with "Call Me Up in Dreamland" as the B-side.

Brian Hinton remarks about this song: [Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.123]

"Blue Money" seems to be about a top shelf magazine model, maybe this is how Janet paid the rent during their wilderness years. The music sounds like Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, boozy horns and a nonsensical chorus.

Covers

*The Flying Pickets included an a cappella version on their 1996 album "Blue Money" that was named from this tune.

Personnel

*Van Morrison: guitar, vocal
*Alan Hand: piano
*Keith Johnson: trumpet
*John Klingberg: bass
*John Platania: guitar
*Jack Schroer: baritone saxophone
*Dahaud Shaar: drums

The Street Choir
*Larry Goldsmith
*Janet Planet
*Andrew Robinson
*Ellen Schroer
*Dahaud Shaar
*Martha Velez

Notes

References

*Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074169X

External links

* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e# Lyrics and Audio sample] 1970s, His Band and the Street Choir