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View Poll Results: What genre is "Brown-Eyed Girl" considered?
Beach music 2 5.71%
Americana 9 25.71%
It's something else, and I'll comment below. 24 68.57%
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Old 08-16-2017, 10:30 AM
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I thought this was a poll of which song to add to a set list; brown eyed girl or mustang sally? [emoji23]
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Old 08-16-2017, 10:54 AM
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Nowhere near my favourite Van song. But audiences love it and that's why we get paid
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Old 08-16-2017, 11:22 AM
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Among Morrison's popular songs, I am tired of "Brown-Eyed Girl", but I still quite like "Moondance" and REALLY like "Into The Mystic". I also like when he plays the sax.
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Old 08-16-2017, 11:37 AM
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Labels are just sticky paper, but we all use them from time to time because we think they will be useful shortcuts.

Van's writing and singing on it is "British R&B" if you need a label. The musicians on the record are NYC pop/soul/R&B guys if I recall. In the mid 60s pop music and soul music are hard to separate, and for that matter it's what was thought of as rock'n'roll before we all went 33 1/3 RPM and had to consider "Rock" as the name for important music to listen to on our HiFi. "Beach Music" from what little I understand is just danceable pop/soul music played at waterfront occasions. In another context you could call Brown Eyed Girl "wedding dance music" but the music doesn't change, just the frame/occasion.

There are elements of Bob Dylan-style "Folk Rock" sneaking in there too. It was just in the zeitgeist then.

"Brown Eyed Girl" is an example of great song that "suffers" from being overplayed. As a songwriter I'd love to suffer from that terrible fate.

This Van Morrison period isn't to everyone's taste, but I happen to love it. I wish I could do justice to "Who Drove the Red Sports Car" or "The Back Room" or "He Ain't Give You None," much less "TB Sheets."

I bought Van's first solo LP "Blowin' Your Mind" when it came out in '67...

I was only 17 at the time, but even then, I thought it was a masterpiece from the first listen...

And although I loved the breezy Pop Rock feel of "Brown Eyed Girl", the bluesy stuff was what made me wear the grooves out of the record...

"TB Sheets" gave me chills when I first heard it, and it still has the same effect even now...

Van was the Man, from the get go...
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Old 08-16-2017, 12:12 PM
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Tupelo Honey is my favorite. But I like Brown Eyed Girl. I'd call it 60's folk/rock myself.
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Old 08-16-2017, 12:22 PM
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neither, it is rock n roll.

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Old 08-16-2017, 05:11 PM
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60s pop-rock.

Agree! ........
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Old 08-16-2017, 05:21 PM
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Old 08-16-2017, 07:20 PM
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Another vote for "60's Pop".

Nice song. I like it. I enjoy hearing and playing it but it doesn't matter if it's Buffett or Van Morrison's original, it sure isn't Americana nor Beach Music.
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Old 08-16-2017, 07:27 PM
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I'd call it Brit pop.
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To quote the philosopher Billy Joel: "It's still rock 'n roll to me."

Although, when I sing it to my wife, it is: You're my... blue-eyed girl!

I even sing it that way when I play out, with the explanation... people still sing along, especially on the sha la la la la la...

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Old 08-18-2017, 09:59 AM
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60s British pop rock.

Some of us hate it. Audiences love it and tend to get up and dance to it. Plenty of artists have covered it and Jimmy Buffett seems to have made it his own.
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