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Not hugely familiar with Van Morrison's work overall, I only really know the hits, but the mood and atmosphere of his second album 'Astral Weeks' has always given me a warm feeling of well-being. Possibly my favourite song by him is the stunning title track:

Today I've found myself playing the song "Run Of The Mill" several times. This is an underrated Harrison song and I only fully realised its beauty quite recently. Everyone has choice When to and not to raise their voices It's you that decides Which way will you turn While feeling that our love's not your concern It's you that decides No one around you Will carry the blame for you No one around you Will love you today and throw it all away Tomorrow when you rise Another day for you to realize me Or send me down again As the days stand up on end You've got me wondering how I lost your friendship But I see it in your eyes Though I'm beside you I can't carry the lame for you I may decide to Get out with your blessing Where I'll carry on guessing How high will you leap Will you make enough for you to reap it? Only you'll arrive At your own made end With no one but yourself to be offended It's you that decides The opening lines are more relevant now than ever as humanity is at a turning point. I hear this song as a commentary on where we are now with those of us parting ways with this tyrannical, fascist system which has had a spell over humanity for so long, having to wave goodbye to those who are still caught up in it. A recognition that although we may love those people, some who are old friends, we can no longer "carry the lame for you" or "carry the blame for you" and that we must take responsibility for ourselves and those who are ready to go into uncharted territory.

Back in 2008 I expressed my thoughts on the spiritual nature of Bob Marley's Music on the Eckhart Tolle forum. Much of that could be expanded upon to include events today and I have considered for some time about presenting my feelings on his Music here but always had so much else to focus on of my own work. On hearing more about Lockdown 3 last night this song of Bob's came into my mind and I feel compelled to share my views on his Music and how it relates to today's world because his Music is very important to humanity and contains lots of clues and signposts to help us navigate out of this mess. Them crazy, them crazy We gonna chase those crazy Baldheads out of town; Chase those crazy baldheads Out of our town. I'n'I build a cabin I'n'I plant the corn Didn't my people before me Slave for this country? Now you look me with that scorn Then you eat up all my corn We gonna chase those crazy Chase them crazy Chase those crazy baldheads out of town! [Scat singing] Build your penitentiary, we build your schools Brainwash education to make us the fools Hate is your reward for our love Telling us of your God above We gonna chase those crazy Chase those crazy bunkheads Chase those crazy baldheads out of the town! [Instrumental break] We gonna chase those crazy Chase those crazy bunkheads Chase those crazy baldheads out of the town! Here comes the conman Coming with his con plan We won't take no bribe We've got to stay alive We gonna chase those crazy Chase those crazy baldheads Chase those crazy baldheads out of the town This song could've been written about Chris Whitty, Patrick Vallance and all that lot. Baldheads is a Rasta term used to describe "system people". People who support and work for the system like robots, completely programmed in and knowingly or unknowingly work against humanity. Not to disrespect the black slavery angle that is clearly there in Bob songs like these but the lines about building schools and slaving for this country could equally apply to where we are now in Britain and most other countries. The very people - ordinary individuals - who worked hard to make places like Britain thrive are now finding themselves thrown on the scrapheap, struggling whilst those making these decisions "eat up all the corn". I bolded the section "Here comes the conman..." because that section could easily be describing what is going on with this "pandemic" and the solutions they are offering.