
Hymns to the Silence: Inside the Words and Music of Van Morrison
Author(s): Peter Mills (Author)
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publication Date: April 10, 2010
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 448 pages
- ISBN-10: 0826429769
- ISBN-13: 9780826429766
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Record Collector – Terry Staunton” ―Terry Staunton
“It is one of my favourite Morrison songs, a perfect ball of love and desire, belief and rock’n’roll, and, perhaps more oddly, one of the most frequently performed songs at his shows. Peter Mills, in Hymns to the Silence, refers to it as ”this dark horse of a song” – a way to describe the surprising appeal of a song that was never a hit, but has proved compelling to many.” ―The Guardian
About the Author
Peter Mills is Senior Lecturer in Media & Popular Culture at Leeds Beckett University, UK. He was singer and lyricist for the band Innocents Abroad who made two albums, Quaker City and Eleven. He has taught music, literature and philosophy at universities in the UK, Hungary, Romania and Croatia, and has published work on, amongst others, Samuel Beckett, Olaf Stapledon, Hungarian folk music, Pink Floyd, national anthems and The KLF.
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