- Everyone (song)
Infobox Song
Name = Everyone
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Type =
Artist =Van Morrison
alt Artist =
Album =Moondance
Published =
Released = February 1970
track_no = 9
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Genre = R & B
Length = 3:31
Writer =Van Morrison
Composer =Van Morrison
Label =Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Van Morrison andLewis Merenstein
Chart position =
Tracks =
#"And It Stoned Me "
#"Moondance"
#"Crazy Love "
#"Caravan"
#"Into the Mystic "
#"Come Running "
#"These Dreams of You "
#"Brand New Day"
#"Everyone"
#"Glad Tidings"
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Misc ="Everyone" is the penultimate track on
Van Morrison 's 1970 album "Moondance ".The song is the fastest on the album. It is in
6/8 time and features more prominentacoustic guitar than other tracks on "Moondance " where the piano is the main instrument. A notable feature of the intro is aclavinet . A hard but sparse drumbeat is offset by a melody played on theflute all through the song, including a solo after the second chorus.Lyrically, the song is an emotional celebration of the beauty of the rural
British Isles . the emotion of the whole song is more joyful than anything Van Morrison had recorded before.Morrison has said "'Everyone is just a song of hope, that's what that is." [Yorke. "Into the Music", p.80]
Personnel on original release
*
Van Morrison -vocals
*John Klingberg - bass
*Jeff Labes -clavinet
*Gary Mallaber - drums
*John Platania -guitar
*Jack Schroer -soprano saxophone
*Collin Tilton -flute Notes
References
*Yorke, Ritchie (1975). "Into The Music", London:Charisma Books, ISBN 0-85947-013-X
External links
* [http://www.vanmorrison.co.uk/?m=Content&Content(record_id)=b2950180e54389f3cf9d93ad908ac00e# Lyrics and Audio sample] 1970s, Moondance
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