From Van the Man himself, in the biography "Too Late to Stop Now":
"I suppose I was about twelve years old. We used to go to a place called Ballystockart to fish. We stopped in the village on the way up to this place and I went to this little stone house, and there was an old man there with dark weather-beaten skin, and we asked him if he had any water. He gave us some water which he said he'd got from the stream. We drank some and everything seemed to stop for me. Time stood still. For five minutes everything was really quiet and I was in this 'other dimension.' That's what the song is about."
How to capture simple pleasures: the evanescence of a commonplace, yet perfect moment? An almost impossible task.
How to capture simple pleasures: the evanescence of a commonplace, yet perfect moment? An almost impossible task.
One which Van accomplished—brilliantly so—in less than five minutes of melody and words. On Moondance and Astral Weeks he stood at the peak of his considerable gifts. We can all feel fortunate to hear the results.
One which Van accomplished—brilliantly so—in less than five minutes of melody and words. On Moondance and Astral Weeks he stood at the peak of his considerable gifts. We can all feel fortunate to hear the results.
From Van the Man himself, in the biography "Too Late to Stop Now":
"I suppose I was about twelve years old. We used to go to a place called Ballystockart to fish. We stopped in the village on the way up to this place and I went to this little stone house, and there was an old man there with dark weather-beaten skin, and we asked him if he had any water. He gave us some water which he said he'd got from the stream. We drank some and everything seemed to stop for me. Time stood still. For five minutes everything was really quiet and I was in this 'other dimension.' That's what the song is about."
How to capture simple pleasures: the evanescence of a commonplace, yet perfect moment? An almost impossible task.
How to capture simple pleasures: the evanescence of a commonplace, yet perfect moment? An almost impossible task.
One which Van accomplished—brilliantly so—in less than five minutes of melody and words. On Moondance and Astral Weeks he stood at the peak of his considerable gifts. We can all feel fortunate to hear the results.
One which Van accomplished—brilliantly so—in less than five minutes of melody and words. On Moondance and Astral Weeks he stood at the peak of his considerable gifts. We can all feel fortunate to hear the results.