Into the Mystic

And when you are an artist who's been lucky enough to make many albums, what a nice thought that you could, you know, select from any of them, and that there's not this expectation that you must play these songs.

I also understand that if I go to see, um, Van Morrison, I wanna hear Into the Mystic.

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Like, I'm reasonable that way.

to hear it I don't want to fear it And I want to rock your gypsy soul And just like way back in the days of old.

And together we will flow as we sail into the mystic.

But it's too late to stop now It's too late to stop now

Do you feel like you're the same drummer that plays in front of 25,000 people versus a guy that's playing in a drum booth in a recording studio? Do you try to bring the same thing to both of those or do you have like dual identities as a drummer?

It sounds beautiful.

And he's getting that on.

And then we went in and this artist I was working with, we did a version of Into the Mystic.

We played it maybe twice because we've been playing it live.

Firstly, I think when it comes to smooth background music, Tupelo Honey is one of the greatest songs that he put together.

I love Super Low Honey, but probably my favourite of all time is Into the Mystic.

So let me play you a little bit of Into the Mystic.

It's probably my favourite Van Morrison song of all time.

I don't have to fear and I want to rock the gypsy soul Just like way back in the day the mole How magnificently we will fold Until the best thing comes

Into the Mystic up there was probably one of the greatest, well, probably on my top 20 list, I'd reckon, of greatest songs of all time.

That's how much I love Van Morrison and Into the Mystic and played so much Van Morrison music when I was a bit younger.

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I think is a good album opener, but I would've separated Caravan and Into the Mystic.

I would never have made those a one-two punch.

They're both just too s-

Let's go to our silvers.

Uh-huh.

And I'll lead off with this one, which is Into the Mystic.

All right.

Yeah.

Soundtrack like Into the Mystic and something else.

But that's interesting.

Astral Weeks.

Hmm

... and then I put them all together into, plus a couple new ones, into a book called Into the Mystic.

Hmm.

Um, set in this town called Arcana in the United States, somewhere in the Midwest Detroit-y area.

And the song I've chosen is, I think it's the second track on the album, I think.

But the song is Into the Mystic.

I love this song.

I

But first of all, you need to hear this song and just let it bless you.

This song blesses me.

Van Morrison, Into the Mystic.

Born before the wind Oh, so younger than the sun Yeah, the bonnie boat was one As we sailed into the mystic Oh, I can now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky.