Wonderful Remark
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"Wonderful Remark" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and first released on his album The Best of Van Morrison in 1990.
An eight minute outtake of this previously recorded song was included on the album The Philosopher's Stone in 1998. It had first been recorded in 1973 during the Hard Nose the Highway sessions while Morrison was living in California during the last years of the Richard Nixon presidency.
On February 14, 1994 when Van Morrison was awarded the BRIT Award for his outstanding contribution to British music, Beirut hostage John McCarthy testified to the importance of "Wonderful Remark" which he called "a song written more than 20 years ago that was very important to us."[1] McCarthy and Jill Morrell had written a book together in 1993, after McCarthy's release, using the words "some other rainbow" from "Wonderful Remark" for the book's title.[2]
- Clinging to some other rainbow
- While we're standing, waiting in the cold
- Telling us the same old story
- Knowing time is growing old.
As it was included in the soundtrack of the film The King of Comedy, it was one of the movie songs featured on the compilation album Van Morrison at the Movies - Soundtrack Hits. A re-mastered version of the song has been included on the 2007 compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.
Covers
Notes
- ^ Rogan, No Surrender, p. 419
- ^ "Some Other Rainbow". listbooks.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
References
- Rogan, Johnny (2006). Van Morrison:No Surrender, London:Vintage Books ISBN 9780099431831