There are a few originals; Van Morrison is one. No hype, no glitz, only talent.

He may well be a grumpy wee Northern Irish man but he's a god dam genius

I have had the DVD of this concert for years. I am losing my vision, but just listening to it makes life worthwhile!

The mona Lisa of music

This Montreux gig is legendary. I like the mood so much. Continuously listening to Ballerina, Angeliou and Summertime in England.

Masterpiece.... Astral Weeks is the greatest album of all time IMO. Van the Man!

The band are stellar too, plenty of musos can play technically very well, but to have the sensitivity, restraint and just plain old simple good taste just to play what is needed 'in the service of the song' without ego is a much rarer quality! One of his best bands ever...

I can listen to anything by Van no matter what mood I'm in. I think this is his most beautiful song.

In the olden times, people like Van the man would be classed as walking talking saints, This man never said start a war, hit and hurt your neighbor and everyone around you, he never said hate and show great dislike to others, All that Van the man has done was write and played his magical music, he has helped to heal millions of people all over this world with his words and songs of great wisdom and wonder, Van brings you in to the mistic, he will help to heal sad and hurt minds, ease the pain, give great joy and hope to all and help you to see a much better way, Thank you Van for who you are and for all that you gave and continue to give.

This is one of the best live performances I have ever seen by anyone! This set has been burned into my brain

This is a master at work. Brilliant!

His voice is like a musical instrument.

I have no idea whatsoever his lyrics say , but he’s so good , you believe him completely .

The best live song ever! The inner thoughts of a person. “I’m standing in your doorway, and I’m mumbling and I can’t remember the last thing that ran thru my head. “

Very handsome! Van Morrison doesn't just sing, he performs with a lot of sensitivity and passion. It gives me great pleasure to listen and watch him every day. Thank you for these beautiful moments. 🌹🌷🙏❤️❤️

Who's still out here listening to this? Am 25 yrs but am in love with this guy's music

It just amazed me watching this that I have been listening to Van, as a publicly proclaimed fan since 1974's "Veedon Fleece" album. My older brother, by 4 years, played it on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I was only 10 and transfixed...still am.

A beautiful piece of magic

The goat. It's not debatable

I am 38 and i only discovered Van Morrison,that is i really got into him about 5 years ago,I like all of us had heard his music on the radio,Brown Eyed Girl,Jackie Wilson Said and Bright Side Of The Road etc..,Ahhh but when,after sifting through my just departed wonderful Mother's record collection i discovered the album Astral Weeks and i am not ashamed to say i cried like " An Angel Child " , from then on i really found out why he is so influential in what i had been and still listen to today. Thank you Van,but most importantly, Thank you to my dear Mother for somehow allowing me to grieve for the loss of you by playing that beautiful album and others , Love and Miss you forever Mary.

This is one of my favorite guitar solos ever

My mum would play this song to me when I was growing up

A gift. They literally don't make this kind of music anymore.

Spread your wings Come on fly awhile Straight to my arms Little angel child You know you only Lonely twenty-two story block And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, step right up And step right up Ballerina Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, try it Well, I may be wrong But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so You know I saw the writing on the wall When you came up to me Child, you were heading for a fall But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina Stepping lightly Alright, well it's getting late Yes it is, yes it is And this time I forget to slip into your slumber The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head Here come a man, here come a man and he say, he say the show must go on So all you gotta do Is ring the bell And step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, c'mon, die it, yeah Just like a ballerina Just like a, just like a, just like a, just like a ballerina Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving, moving on, moving on, moving on up Little bit higher, baby You know, you know, you know, get on up baby Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing, keep on, keep on pushing Stepping lightly Just like a ballerina Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes Working on Just like a ballerina

A majestic song of love for all lovers all the time everywhere. God bless you Dearest Van. 🎶

Pure,pure beauty and humanity.

Never seen this before. My favourite song from Astral Weeks. The man is in fine voice.

Sempre muito bom assistir Van Morrison e sua maravilhosa banda, cantando esta linda música! Parabéns hoje e sempre!👏👏👏❤️❤️

Simply beautiful

So lucky to see these performances He is ... beyond words

Vans music is so angelic I can cry cleansing tears thank u Mr Morrison for lifting me to heaven

Such superb musicians. The cream. All.

IMHO just try to pick a favorite song, or even a favorite album ~impossible there's just so much wonder and beauty and raw human emotion ...always fresh and new and absolutely delightful!!!

I love this so much!! I just love watching him ( and his bands too) preform. This song is wonderful.

For me, I can listen to this song, the cumulative sum that is astral weeks, and then...I can die very happy 😊

Van The Man.... the Voice... the Soul.

When I went up to him.. just beautiful!

I fuckin love the guitarist he's always playing with! one of the best in my opinion

"Ballerina" (lyrics in progress for this version) Spread your wings Come on fly awhile Straight to my arms aaaaw Little angel child You know ya only lonely twenty-two story block And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get next to you just like me All you gotta do Is ring a bell and Step right up, step right up And step right up jus' like a Ballerina.... well it's ...well it's getting very very very late And this time I forget to slip into your slumber aw the light...The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head an Here come the man and he say, he say the show must go on an' all you gotta do Is ring the bell And step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina,jus' like a... jus'like a ballerina, Well, I ... well i may be wrong But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so I saw the writing... oh i saw the writing.. writing on the wall When you when you came up to me Child, you were heading in for a fall But if it gets to you, if it gets to you, And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina keep movin on up just like a ballerina Stepping lightly Alright, Crowd will catch you Fly it, sight it, c'mon, die it, yeah Just like a ballerina Just like a just like a just like a ballerina Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving on, little bit higher, baby You know, you know, you know, get up baby Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing Stepping lightly Just like a ballerina Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes Working on Just like a ballerina ................ Written by Van Morrison • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

He is the best

This old Van Saved Me!

Thankyou

man, I like his music..what a genius, what a voice, what a band..plus Ray Velcoro on drums. awesome

WOW, that's a lot of soul.

A true poet

jkept me living...LESide 69 summer saw him in a dump on MacDougal street that summer...no one in the audience but me and his second? wife/Janet...cried the whole time

GOD----Pure magic. Van's incredible vocals,John Lantans's superb guitar & the other band members fantatstic contrbution. Amazing sounds. From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.

THE BEST VERSION

Superb Van!

On the left side of your head. All you got to do is ring the bell just like a ballerina. Step right, I maybe wrong something in my heart writing when forlorn whatever gets to you, can't go on .

Please can somebody re-upload the full gig 🙏 truly brilliant, class band

awesome rendition!!!!!!

I uploaded a similar comment before in a different youtube video of the same version of this live performance of ballerina. I think that it is Thomas Hardy meets "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" "Ballerina" has oblique references to un-expressed love: "And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby" This is like a Hardy Novel. "But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina" This is like "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" But I think the whole song is much more subtle and complex than "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" Gawn

Beautiful.

Great song from great man

Van cant get the capo on his guitar. It's a blessing in disguise because he looks so natural holding the mic in this song, nothing against his rhythm playing abilities.

I wish they'd reload this with decent sound - such a great performance

Wow 😳

Van the man!

These were the days when Van was the Man, none of this Sir Van shite.

Mon cher van meilleur de tous les temps les seuls au monde qui en live joue exactement le disque Ooooh bonheur

Brilliant!

Aqui do Brasil ouvindo esse som maravilhoso .

Seen some more Van vids...this one shows me the DRUMMER was in the gang..Then Already. He Is Good. That is Why :-]

SUPREMO!!!!!

I am a taxonomist, and the first new species I named was called 'ballerina' after this song.

Love❤️VMxx

❤️

The music maker

bravo

van yeah

Move on jump up , step right on up, just move on up on the window sill.

yes van

This also good as a Bas-Armagnac of 70 years

YER 😘

super goed etc.

Ausome

Even geniuses struggle with capos from time to time

Dance ballerina dance.

yes it was sow cruel life

See Steve Brooks' comment below. Its so true.

I don't trust me ever you should not trust me

it's like a dark hunter green is that your beau bow Beauregard's yeah oops upside the head sticks and stones what if I didn't vent what would happen emphasize and put yourself in your shoes if you just keep quiet and harbor aggression

👍🌈💜💥😇

😁

i had friend balerina who dances her body and cat 42 she was on croches and cant walk

hit the hammer on the fairgrounds and the best you hit it the temperature gauge goes up Kenneth what is the frequency of hitting the top 🔝 it once got stuck at the top Johnson TJ Torrence Taylor Devon Burke Davon and take one for the team I got your lifetime guarantee I am venting like I'm something wrong with me idk maybe my mom died and I found her helpless in an awkward position and remember sunny you saved my brain and be ready you are a friend

I got the jacket that zips and you don't understand how it works

Van looks like Peter Hitchens here.

my friend primabalerina died of hunger

my friend balerina died of hunger

The guitarists looks like the least singer for The Cars .. very cool band Ric Ocasek♥️🧚🏻‍♂️

George Ivan Morrison….

Dental work required???????

Looks like he just gave up on that capo lol!

Is Van the only good thing left in the world? ... Lol

I don't trust none yinz

No explanation needed. Van . The end.

Spread your wings Come on fly awhile Straight to my arms Little angel child You know you only Lonely twenty-two story block And if somebody, not just anybody Wanted to get close to you For instance, me, baby All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, step right up And step right up Ballerina Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, try it Well, I may be wrong But something deep in my heart tells me I'm right and I don't think so You know I saw the writing on the wall When you came up to me Child, you were heading for a fall But if it gets to you And you feel like you just can't go on All you gotta do Is ring a bell Step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina Stepping lightly Alright, well it's getting late Yes it is, yes it is And this time I forget to slip into your slumber The light is on the left side of your head And I'm standing in your doorway And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head Here come a man, here come a man and he say, he say the show must go on So all you gotta do Is ring the bell And step right up, and step right up And step right up Just like a ballerina, yeah, yeah Crowd will catch you Fly it, sigh it, c'mon, die it, yeah Just like a ballerina Just like a, just like a, just like a, just like a ballerina Get on up, get on up, keep a-moving, moving on, moving on, moving on up Little bit higher, baby You know, you know, you know, get on up baby Alright, a-keep on, a-keep on, a-keep on pushing, keep on, keep on pushing Stepping lightly Just like a ballerina Ooo-we baby, take off your shoes Working on Just like a ballerina