# The Last Waltz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326 "2006-02-07T01:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326/21 "2006-02-08T16:02:59Z")
My MPSIMS contribution: I saw this movie on July 4, 1976. My bicentennial evening. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326/22 "2006-02-08T16:41:43Z")
Did the IFC have the version where Neil Young came on stage with his nose full of blow? Cause that, my friends, is high comedy. The Van Morrison bit as well, which is both awe-inspiring (“wait, that voice comes from _that_ guy?”) and jaw-dropping (“what the hell are you wearing? what kind of dance is that?”). Side note: there was talk about re-opening Winterland up here a few months ago. Any Bay Area folk know anything about this or was it pure rumor & conjecture? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326/23 "2006-02-08T16:48:16Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > I saw this movie on July 4, 1976. My bicentennial evening. Good trick! The concert itself took place in November 1976, and the film came out in '78. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326/24 "2006-02-08T16:49:23Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > (“wait, that voice comes from _that_ guy?”) That’s always been amazing to me, how little the singing voice matches with appearance, or even with spoken voice. I heard Bonnie Raitt’s speaking voice for the first time last night and was amazed at how she sounds. Nothing like. [/hijack] I’ve always thought Van Morrison was the best part of The Last Waltz. ---
**Author:** ![Birdmonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Birdmonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Birdmonster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326/25 "2006-02-08T16:56:05Z")
[double hijack] Before I saw a picture of Van Morrison, I was pretty certain he was black. Then I saw a picture, circa maybe 1979, and my brain exploded. Not that it changes _Domino_ or anything, but imagine my surprise: mental image of smooth black R&B singer replaced by fat, stumbly white dude with unfathomable pipes. That said, _Astral Weeks_ is one of the best CDs ever made. [/double hijack] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326/26 "2006-02-08T19:30:48Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > Before I saw a picture of Van Morrison, I was pretty certain he was black. Me too, watching _The Last Waltz_. Who the hell is that? Sounds like Van Morrison, but the dude’s white… 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-waltz/343326.md?page=1)