Discovering Beautiful Vision
Charles Dickens said: "All forces too long imprisoned, when they explode, bring destruction. Even air, water, and heat can transform into devastating forces." After navigating the seventies with agility, good spirit, and rediscovered inspiration, Van Morrison approaches the dawn of the new decade as if he had been struck on the road to Damascus. Indeed, with Common One (released in 1980), he reveals his thinking to the public, once again turning the page from Into the Music. Beautiful Vision is the ideal sequel to this journey and showcases a new Muse, sought through the study of new subjects, increasingly esoteric and, according to critics, somewhat eccentric. In reality, the Irish singer-songwriter once again demonstrates his ability to reinvent himself, look ahead, and anticipate certain trends that would soon become accepted and shared, at least in certain artistic circles. The public got a first taste of Morrison's renewed restlessness with Common One, an ambitious...