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All Mixed Up

All Mixed Up

All Mixed Up

All Mixed Up – New Van Morrison Live Album

Author Jim Monaghan

The new live Van Morrison album is everything you would expect from someone who has been giving us incredible music over the course of his career.

Van Morrison – Live At Orangefield

Recorded in concert at Orangefield Secondary School in 2014, Live At Orangefield covers a wide range of songs from Morrison’s career.

Opening Theme – “Signe” by Eric Clapton

Castles Made of Sand/Little Wing – Tuck & Patti
Fragile – Sting
Fields of Gold – Eva Cassidy

Cleaning Windows – Van Morrison
Solsbury Hill – Peter Gabriel
The Fever – Bruce Springsteen

Bedside Manners – Black Crowes
Shapes of Things To Come – Rod Stewart
Glorified G – Pearl Jam
Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
Driver 8 – Toad the Wet Sprocket/Gin Blossoms/Vertical Horizon
Man On the Moon – Micky Dolenz
I Am In Love – Deni Bonet

That’s Life – Van Morrison
I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Mark Tremonti
The Summer Wind – Frank Sinatra
The Good Life – Glenn Frey

Do It Again – Chris Cron
If the Sun Doesn’t Shine – Smithereens
Good Timin’ – Beach Boys
The Zephyr Song – Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mystery Achievement – Pretenders
Talk To Me – Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Walk – Foo FIghters
Birthday – Beatles
Feelin’ Alright – Dave Mason & the Quarantines

This Ain’t My Parade – Bill Lloyd
The Door Into Summer – Monkees
Something That You Said – Banlges
Everybody’s Talkin’ – Gerry Beckley

Real Real Gone/You Send Me – Van Morrison
Make Me Yours – Bettye Swan –
Little Darlin’ (I Need You) – Doobie Brothers

Closing Theme – “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet

Thanks for listening this morning.

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5 of the Greatest Keyboard Openings In Rock

This past Sunday on All Mixed Up I played the audio from one of YouTube music personality Rick Beato‘s videos that led me to thinking about five of the greatest keyboard openings in rock.

First, here’s Rick’s video, which contains a GREAT story about the 1967 hit “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Procol Harum.

If you’re a musician, you’re probably already aware of who Rick Beato is.  His videos are a combination of tremendous long-form video interviews (his recent conversation with Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme is off the charts), and breakdowns of what makes certain songs so great.

If you’re not a musician, Rick can sometimes sound like a college calculus instructor trying to teach 3rd grade math.  His delving into music theory can leave your head spinning.

In that video above, he gets into certain chord inversions and you might think he’s speaking in a completely different language.

At the risk of getting you too deep into the weeds, here’s some really quick music theory.

The majority of songs you hear on WDHA are comprised of major chords.

A major chord is three notes – the 1, 3, and 5.

Stay with me here.

Take the key of C in which the notes are C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. 

Number those notes from 1 to 8 and you have C(1)-D(2)-E(3)-F(4)-G(5)-A(6)-B(7)-C(8).  So a C major chord, the 1-3-5, is made up of C-E-G.

Think you don’t know what that means?  This long-running gag of the Three Stooges answering the phone is a series of 1-3-5 chords.

If Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp. and Joe Besser could figure it out, so can you.

5 of the Greatest Keyboard Openings In Rock

At any rate, Rick’s video got me to thinking about 5 of the greatest keyboard openings in rock.
This is by no means conclusive, and I would love to hear your favorites.

  • Van Halen - Right Now

    Although best known for his incredible guitar playing, Eddie Van Halen brought a whole new dimension to Van Halen when he introduced keyboards on 1984‘s “Jump.”

    He continued that trend with this song from the Sammy Hagar era of the band.

  • Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

    It was really hard to pick just one song from Genesis, but this one jumped out pretty quickly.

  • Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young Man

    Turnstiles is probably my favorite Billy Joel album, and this song has long been a concert favorite among fans.

  • Styx - Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)

    Styx is another band that I found hard to pick just one song. Truthfully, it wouldn’t be a stretch to put 5 songs from them in here and just leave it at that.

    Though written by guitarist Tommy Shaw, Dennis DeYoung’s keyboards put the song over the top.

    And the multiple time signature changes are among the most unusual in rock.

  • Don Henley - The End of the Innocence

    The amazing Bruce Hornsby co-wrote this song with Don Henley.

    I’ve seen Henley perform this song a few times, both solo and with the Eagles, and no one has been able to duplicate what Hornsby did on this recording.

    Oh sure, the other guys play all the same notes, but Hornby’s feel is what makes this one stand out for me.

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