Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuyENi0cPjg&list=PL94gOvpr5yt2oRgbkjGW1V4ikHgq0R3hD
This is one of the best albums I know for a road trip - or any kind of trip where you see pleasure - spiritual or carnal - in nature. "And it Stoned Me" speaks to the liberty of being on foot and just seeing where life will take you, every person and location thematically intertwined by images of water: from rain to a swimming hole, to moonshine to a mountain stream. And he still has time to pay homage to his jazz pianist hero Jelly Roll Morton. That song rests atop a mountain of songs that bring me to nature - and I always choose to accompany me when I am heading out into the canyon, mountain, woods or even just strolling down a country road.
The album continues with two more massive hits appealing to romantics, "Moondance" and "Crazy Love," filled with sweetness and more beautiful imagery.
Songs of gypsy spirit and mysticism follow.
Moondance is a calling card, an invitation to Van's fellow travelers on his musical, mystical, romantic travels.
So turn it on, "turn it up, a little bit higher ... just so you know - it's got soul - turn it up!"
Written at the Bear's Den in Black Hawk, Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains - bless you, Van.
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