He is now officially Sir Van Morrison.

[Elwood P Dowd]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-35494713

The artist was introduced as Sir Ivan Morrison as he stepped forward to be dubbed a knight by the Prince of Wales.

He received his knighthood for services to the music industry and tourism in Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland musician has collected many awards since emerging with the group Them in the 1960s.

But there appeared to be a sense of wonder about his latest achievement.

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[Warpy]

1. One way or another, all the 60s and 70s music icons are getting kicked upstairs.

(yeah, I'll probably go to hell for that one)

[Glamrock]

2. Kick ass!

He deserves it. He's been such an influence on soo many singers (even this one I see every time I brush my teeth). Rock on Van, rock on.

[Elwood P Dowd]

3. Into The Mystic

[pacalo]

9. Oh, yes!

Plus these:

[senz]

4. Wonderful honor for Van Morrison!

Well-deserved. Astral Weeks is a work of genius.

[TeeYiYi]

5. Brown Eyed Girl...

TYY

[LittleGirl]

7. thx

one of my favorite songs of all time.

i can bet you know I have brown eyes, lol.

[Bonobo]

6. He has brought so much great music to the world.

Where to even start???

[brett_jv]

8. A man most definitely worthy of the honour ...

I played and sang "Into the Mystic" at a good friends wedding circa 2001 ... and nudged my way onstage in a small bar to join the band to sing Brown Eyed Girl ... just 5 nights ago ...

Love, love, love me some Van ... Excuse me ... SIR VAN ... THE MAN!

[longship]

10. And there's always Moondance!

One of his greats.

R&K

[spanone]

11. k&r...

[hobbit709]

12. When I worked at the Armadillo we classified musicians by how they acted.

Van Morrison was one where we would hide the body for him.
Ted Nugent could have been the body.