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Enlightenment (Van Morrison song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Enlightenment'" is a single written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 1990 album 'Enlightenment'. The song was also included on the 1993 compilation album 'The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two'.
Biographer Brian Hinton comments "'Enlightenment' is actually the opposite of what it sounds: it is full of doubt, not affirmation. 'I'm meditating and still I'm suffering.' He seems to be saying everything is a state of mind, you can choose to live in heaven or hell."Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.293
In a Rolling Stone review, John Swenson writes that the album 'Enlightenment' is a sequel to Avalon Sunset and enables Morrison to have a new start (musically and spiritually). "Morrison is so pleased with his new start that he can even poke fun at his quest on the title track. 'I'm in the here and now and I'm meditating/And still I'm suffering but that's my problem,' he sings. 'Enlightenment, don't know what it is' and he doesn't sound disturbed at all."
Personnel on original release
*Van Morrison vocals, harmonica
*Bernie Holland guitar
*Georgie Fame electric piano
*Alex Gifford synthesizers
*Brian Odgers bass guitar
*Dave Early drums
Notes
References
*Hinton, Brian (1997). 'Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison', Sanctuary,
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