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"Gloria" is a rock song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, and originally recorded by Morrison's band Them in 1964. It was released as the B-side of " Baby, Please Don't Go ". The song became a garage rock staple and a part of many rock bands' repertoires.
In April 1964, Van Morrison responded to an advert for musicians to play at a new R&B club at the Maritime Hotel–an old dance hall frequented by sailors. [10] The new club needed a band for its opening night; however Morrison had left the Golden Eagles (the group with which he had been performing at the time), so he created a new band out of the Gamblers, an East Belfast group formed by ...
The song also contains references to Colossians 2:9-10 ("Only in You I'm complete") and James 5:7-9 ("The door is open / You're standing there"). The song also references Van Morrison's 1964 love song "Gloria". Bono is quoted in the 1994 book Race of Angels: "I actually really like that lyric. It was written really quickly.
The rest of the songs had originally been recorded at least seven years earlier, the latest of these being "Saint Dominic's Preview" from 1972. Also on the video are two songs Morrison had recorded when fronting the band Them in the mid 1960s — "Don't Look Back" and "Gloria".
Six of the songs on the album were Morrison originals, including the famous garage band anthem "Gloria".Another song on the album, "Mystic Eyes", was a spontaneous creation that came out of the band just "busking around" in Morrison's words and after seven minutes of instrumental playing he impulsively threw in the words of a song he had been working on.
After a spate of controversial anti-lockdown songs in 2020, Van Morrison has switched gears, dropping a song about his songs, titled "Latest Record Project," with the repeating verse "have you got ...
Today, however, Morrison shared "Only A Song," the lead single from his soon-to-be-released 42nd album, Latest Record Project: Volume 1. "Only A Song" features lyrics like "Only a…
This is the discography of Northern Irish singer Van Morrison. Morrison made his first recording playing saxophone on "Boozoo Hully Gully" with the International Monarchs in 1962. [ 1 ] His first recording session as lead singer/songwriter with Them was produced by Dick Rowe at Decca 's studio.