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"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 prominent acoustic guitar than other tracks on Moondance where the piano is the main instrument. A notable feature of the intro is a clavinet. A hard but sparse drumbeat is offset by a melody played on the flute 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."
The song was used for the final shot of the film The Royal Tenenbaums, but did not appear on any of the film's soundtrack releases.
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
- Yorke. Into the Music, p.80
- "Van Morrison filmography". imdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
References
- Yorke, Ritchie (1975). Into The Music, London:Charisma Books, ISBN 0-85947-013-X
External links
- Lyrics and Audio sample 1970s, Moondance
- Everyone at allmusic