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The Great Albums

Bonus Song Thursday - Them "Gloria"

The Great Albums

Bill Lambusta

Albums, Music Commentary, Criticism, Billlambusta, Brianerickson, Music

4.3749 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2015

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Bonus Song Thursday, Bill and Brian take a deeper dive into Van Morrison's early career and listen to Them's garage rock classic "Gloria." Along the way, they talk about what the sound of the British invasion entailed, "nuggets," the criteria for being electrocuted by your guitar amp, and Stax v. Motown.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Into the heart of the beast, here is something so good, so pure, that if no other hint of it but this record existed, there would still be such a thing as rock and roll.

0:13.2

Van Morrison's voice, a fierce beacon in the darkness, the lighthouse at the end of the world, resulting in one of the most perfect rock anthems known to humankind.

0:23.6

I can tell you about no, baby. You know she comes around She'll about five feet four

0:39.3

I throw my head to the ground

0:43.3

You know she comes around here

0:47.3

Until about midnight

0:50.3

She makes her feel so good She make her feel all right

0:58.0

And her name is G

1:02.0

L

1:04.0

Oh

1:06.0

R

1:08.0

A

1:09.0

G-I G-L-Y

1:12.6

Gloria

1:14.6

G-L-Y

1:16.6

I'm going to chat it all now

1:20.7

Hello

1:23.6

Welcome to the Great Albums podcast

1:26.0

I'm Bell

1:26.6

And I'm Brian

1:27.3

And this is bonus song Thursday.

1:30.0

On Monday, we talked about Van Morrison's third album, Moon Dance. And so today we're listening

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