I’ll be the first to admit that, on paper, getting excited about checking out yet another cover of Them’s “Gloria” sounds like a losing proposition. And in most cases you would be right. Culled from a Robb London set I came across on Garage Hangover last year, this is the exception. Supplanting Them’s (and 90% of subsequent covers) chugging, seminal, garage blast in favor of languid, seemingly off-the-cuff white boy soul, Robb London and his backing band work “Gloria” into a blue-cool. Chewing on the lyrics, locking into a subtle groove, you won’t even miss Van Morrison’s G.L.O.R.I.A.
MP3: Robb London :: Gloria
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this is incredible. thanks for posting!
1 | theMike February 15th, 2010 at 2:36 pmwow, this is not what i had expected at all…a rather nice surprise
2 | marvhat February 15th, 2010 at 10:12 pmWow this does blow any other version away.
3 | Me February 16th, 2010 at 4:13 am[...] 3. ‘Gloria’ by Robb London This deserves a mention for doing a reasonable job of the virtually impossible. At this late stage, I wouldn’t have thought anyone could take Van Morrison’s r & b chestnut ‘Gloria’ ( G-L-O-R-I-A) and re-imagine it. Yet this version enable us to hear the song in a new and (mostly) welcome light. Hurrah. [...]
4 | werewolf » The Complicatist : Kurt Vile, and the allure of cover versions March 1st, 2010 at 3:50 pmIncredible. Cannot find the track anywhere (iTunes, emusic…). Has anyone been able to locate it?
5 | Swaldo May 4th, 2010 at 10:48 am