Cul de Sac (Van Morrison song)

Cul de Sac (Van Morrison song)
"Cul de Sac"
Single by Van Morrison
from the album Veedon Fleece
A-side "Bulbs"
B-side "Cul de Sac"
Released November 1974
Genre Folk-Rock
Length 5:51
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Van Morrison
Producer Van Morrison
Van Morrison singles chronology
"Ain't Nothing You Can Do"
(1974)
"Bulbs"
b/w "Cul de Sac"
(1974)
"Caledonia"
(1974)
Veedon Fleece track listing
"Bulbs"
(6)
"Cul de Sac"
(7)
"Comfort You"
(8)

"Cul de Sac" is the name of a song written by Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. It first appeared as the seventh track on Morrison's 1974 album Veedon Fleece, and was released as the B-side to the single "Bulbs".

Contents

Lyrics and instrumentation

The song roughly describes traveling on the road, emigration and homecoming.:

"Oh, I traveled far
The nearest star
And Mount Palomar, Palomar, Palomar, Palomar
[…] And when they all,
All go home
Down the cobblestones
You will double back
To a cul de sac"

The lyrics are sparse and added lightly, accenting the melody of the song. "Cul de Sac" is performed in 3/4 time.[1]

Background and recording

"Cul de Sac" was recorded with a separate lineup of musicians than the rest of Veedon Fleece. "Cul de Sac" along with "Bulbs" was recut at Mercury Studios in New York a few months after the main recording for the album took place. It was made with musicians with whom Morrison had never worked before: guitarist John Tropea, bassist Joe Macho and drummer Allen Schwarzberg. It contrasted slightly with the rest of the album as it was given more of a rock music treatment.[2]

Release and reception

"Cul de Sac" was chosen as the B-side to the single “Bulbs”, which was released in 1974 as the lead single for Veedon Fleece. In the UK, it was replaced by “Who Was That Masked Man”.

In his book Van Morrison: Inarticulate Speech of the Heart, John Collis writes:

"Cul de sac, for example, begins with a close echo of the classic cheating song by Chips Moman and Dan Penn, 'The Dark End of the Street'. A cul de sac may well have a dark end, but the reason for the aural reference remains mysterious” [1]

An alternate version of “Cul de Sac” was released in 2008 on CD.[3]

Personnel

Notes

  1. ^ a b Collis, John (1997). p 140
  2. ^ Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, pp. 282-285
  3. ^ J&R catalog listing for Veedon Fleece, featuring personnel and track info

References

  • Collis, John (1997). Van Morrison: Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. Jackson, TN: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306808110. 
  • Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7

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