Orangefield (song)
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| “Orangefield” | |||||
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| Single by Van Morrison from the album Avalon Sunset |
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| B-side | These Are the Days | ||||
| Released | December 1989 | ||||
| Format | 12 inch, CD | ||||
| Recorded | February 1989 The Townhouse Studios/England | ||||
| Genre | Celtic | ||||
| Length | 3:50 | ||||
| Label | Mercury | ||||
| Writer(s) | Van Morrison | ||||
| Producer | Van Morrison | ||||
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"Orangefield" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and released on his 1989 album Avalon Sunset. The song takes place on "a golden Autumn day" and is named for the school for boys (now Orangefield High School) that Morrison attended during his youth in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was one of the songs perfomed on the video film, Van Morrison The Concert that was released in 1990.
Clinton Heylin (biographer) writes: [1]
Certainly in "Orangefield", another installment in Morrison's perennial paean to a 'lost love in Belfast', the words say very little but the mood is persuasive. Back in touch with the spirit of yesteryear, he walks through the old park remembering 'a golden autumn day' [when] you came my way in Orangefield.
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[edit] Appearance on other albums and videos
- "Orangefield" was one of the songs performed on the 1990 video Van Morrison The Concert.
[edit] Personnel on original release
- Van Morrison - vocal, guitar
- Arty McGlynn - guitar
- Neil Drinkwater - piano
- Clive Culbertson - bass guitar
- Roy Jones, Dave Early - drums, percussion
- Katie Kissoon, Carol Kenyon - vocal
[edit] Notes
- ^ Heylin, Can You Feel the Silence?, p.428
[edit] References
Heylin, Clinton (2003). Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography, Chicago Review Press ISBN 1-55652-542-7
[edit] External links
- Lyrics and audio sample 1980s Avalon Sunset
- Glossary entry for Orangefield School for Boys van-the-man.info.
