a bit of Gestalt theory in it, too." In the song Morrison refers to William Blake and the Eternals from Blake's The Book of Urizen. I was also reading a couple of books at the time. Morrison admitted-that "aside from 'flashes of Ireland'-the song had 'other flashes on other kinds of people. Veedon Fleece is one of them and I just suddenly started singing it in one of these songs, It's like a stream of consciousness thing." Ī book entitled, Don't Push the River (It Flows by Itself) by Barry Stevens about her use of Gestalt therapy was published in 1970. I have a whole set of characters in my head that I'm trying to fit into things. appears to be Van's Irish equivalent of the Holy Grail a religious relic that would answer his questions if he could track it down on his quest around the west coast of Ireland." Morrison later revealed that he came up with the Veedon Fleece as a character for the song: "I haven't a clue about what the title means. Steve Turner believes that "The Veedon Fleece.
The Veedon Fleece, a phrase from the song, was used as the title of the album. Īccording to Morrison's biographer Johnny Rogan, the song begins as a love song celebrating a young girl's childhood and then goes into a journey along the west coast of Ireland and then suddenly goes into a mythological search for an object he calls the "Veedon Fleece".
"You Don't Pull No Punches, but You Don't Push the River" was written on Morrison's three-week trip to Ireland in October 1973, along with seven other songs that featured on Veedon Fleece. It appears on the album Veedon Fleece, released in 1974. " You Don't Pull No Punches, but You Don't Push the River" is a nine-minute song by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.
1974 song by Van Morrison "You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push the River"
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