Thursday January 14, 2021 “Wavelength” Van Morrison

Here we have Van Morrison’s take on radio.

 According to Morrison he wrote “Wavelength”  about the Voice of America which was his only radio access to music as a youth growing up in Northern Ireland.  Morrison has famously written so many classic songs but began his career with the iconic song “Gloria” when he fronted the group Them.  He then followed that with a solo album/CD that included “Brown Eyed Girl” which was originally written as brown skinned girl but changed for obvious reasons.

 Van Morrison plays guitar, bass, saxophone, drums and harmonica in addition to writing a pretty good song.  His band Them was signed to Decca Records by Dick Rowe who had famously rejected the Beatles but having learned his lesson Rowe then signed the Rolling Stones, the Moody Blues, the Tremeloes, the Zombies, Tom Jones, the Animals and  Cat Stevens among others. 

 Morrison is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Irish Music Hall of Fame, has a Brit Award, two Grammys, has recorded thirty nine studio albums/CDs and has sold several truckloads of records.

 Stay safe and well...and stay on your favorite DJs wavelength.

This is a song about your wavelength

And my wavelength, baby

You turn me on

When you get me on your wavelength

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

With your wavelength

Oh, with your wavelength

With your wavelength

With your wavelength

Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama, oh mama oh mama, oh mama

 Wavelength

Wavelength

You never let me down no

You never let me down no

 When I'm down you always comfort me

When I'm lonely you see about me

You are ev'ry where you're 'sposed to be

And I can get your station

When I need rejuvenation

 Wavelength

Wavelength

You never let me down no

You never let me down no

 I heard the voice of America

Callin' on my wavelength

Tellin' me to tune in on my radio

I heard the voice of America

Callin' on my wavelength

Singin' "Come back, baby

Come back

Come back, baby

Come back"

 Do do do dou dit do do dou dit do do do do do

Do do do dou dit do do dou dit do do do do do

 Won't you play that song again for me

About my lover, my lover in the grass, yeah, alright

You have told me 'bout my destiny

Singin' "Come back, baby

Come back

Come back, baby

Come back"

 On my wavelength

Wavelength

You never let me down no

You never let me down no

When you get me on

When you get me on your wavelength

When you get me

Oh, yeah, Lord

You get me on your wavelength

 You got yourself a boy

When you get me on

Get me on your wavelength

Ya radio, ya radio, ya radio

Ya radio, ya radio, ya radio

Wave wave wave