This song is from Van's most recent album (2012) and is typically biographical of his roots in and around Hyndford Street in east Belfast. I think the song title describes himself - Mystic of the East - intensely private, enigmatic and yet proud of his humble upbringing. His website supports and endorses this by having a page dedicated to the Van Morrison Trail at www.vanmorrison.com/trail and the booklet is punctuated by all the various landmarks in the immediate vicinity of his parents home with excerpts from songs and photographs of key locations.
The song is unashamedly personal and reflective of that area which by and large hasn't changed significantly over the past 50 years. His 'Healing Game' album of 1997 is all about east Belfast and the surrounding environment. The expected customary Ulsterism is there in the song too, "Fed up to the teeth", which is characteristic of many of his songs over the decades. I live just a few hundred yards from the "Trail" and finally after all these years it is being developed as a tourist attraction for fans of Van all over the world.
This song is from Van's most recent album (2012) and is typically biographical of his roots in and around Hyndford Street in east Belfast. I think the song title describes himself - Mystic of the East - intensely private, enigmatic and yet proud of his humble upbringing. His website supports and endorses this by having a page dedicated to the Van Morrison Trail at www.vanmorrison.com/trail and the booklet is punctuated by all the various landmarks in the immediate vicinity of his parents home with excerpts from songs and photographs of key locations.
The song is unashamedly personal and reflective of that area which by and large hasn't changed significantly over the past 50 years. His 'Healing Game' album of 1997 is all about east Belfast and the surrounding environment. The expected customary Ulsterism is there in the song too, "Fed up to the teeth", which is characteristic of many of his songs over the decades. I live just a few hundred yards from the "Trail" and finally after all these years it is being developed as a tourist attraction for fans of Van all over the world.