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.
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