Thinking about some of those great Van Morrisson tunes I went back to his first single when he was a member of Them from Ireland. This was the b-side of 'Baby please don't Go'. Now that's what I call a double a-side. 3 chords and anyone could play it really. Certainly I've played it a few times. And I've heard plenty of other bands cover it. My favourite being the Eddie and Hot Rods sprint from 1976.
I remember covering it one night in Daylesford. Back in 1980 when Clint Small was still in the band and we were doing a regular monthly thing up in the town. 3 sets on a Saturday night. We did well in Daylesford as did The Fiction before us. the other band doing well there was Men At Work. Same thing was happening at the Market Hotel in Prahan. we were two bands tipped for the top by both pub owners. Well Men at work did alright.
Back to Gloria. There was a girl there that night who kept requesting Gloria. She kept popping up during in between sets to ask for the song. It drove us so mad we actually played the song. but more in a Patti Smith type like version. A long quasi religious rant. When we got off she didn't say thanks. She asked if we would now play 'Search And Destroy'
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