Carl's Rock Songbook No. 127: Van Morrison, “Western Man”

Best Lyrics of 2021

By a metric of lyrical quality and relevance alone, the best pop song of 2021 was Van Morrison’s “Western Man.”  Music-wise, it’s a casually loping-along C&W number that takes a number of spins before it really wins you over, and thus, not an immediate stand-out from Van’s amazing 28-song album, Latest Record Project, Vol 1, which I reviewed here.