Drummer reacts to "Gloria" & "Here Comes the Night" by Them 

We heard The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals and Them, all played the same hour every day on our radios back then, it was Boss!

Garages everywhere in 60s had kids playing Gloria

A very young 18 or 19 ear old Van Morrison. This Irish born singer/songwriter, had so much soul in his music, for such a young man just starting out in 1965. One of my favorite artists.

Wow. I’ve heard Gloria before, but what really gets me here is Here Comes The Night, which I distinctly remember from hearing it on the radio about 60 years ago (I’ve never had my own copy of it). It’s quite spooky to hear it for real in 2024, when all I had was an old song lingering somewhere in memory. In those days, in the mid-1960s, I heard stuff on the radio as a child and had no idea who was performing it.

Van "The Man" Morrison ~ MOON DANCE is a Must hear! The arrangement of that song is f'ing amazing!

Gloria has been covered by many mucho bands. You must hear The Doors version and Patti Smith’s off her album Horses. Hell, just do the whole Horses album. You owe it to yourself.

Gloria was a staple song for garage bands of the mid 60’s. I sang it in the rock bands I was in.

A MUST HEAR blast from the past banger,, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates "Shakin' All Over"..Trust me on this one my music lovin' brother!! 🔥

Check out "Baby Please Don't Go" by Them. Live version.

These are 2 very good mid 60's picks to listen to.

Van The Man! I saw him in concert a few summers ago. I’d waited my whole lifetime to see him. He was actually on time for the show. If you know about him you know he does things his own way, and in his own time. If you are actually lucky enough to see him, we’ll then you are lucky enough!

Check out Patti Smith’s version of Gloria sometime.

Two of a perfect pair is all I gotta say about those songs

Into the Mystic is an amazing song. One of my favorites.

Van the Man is always in my rotation. I’m excited that Into the Mystic is coming up. More great songs are Caravan, And it Stoned Me, and Tupelo Honey. ✌️♥️🎶

I was 7 when Here comes the night was out and remember my 14 year old sister loved it Great old song

Van (The Man) Morrison "Domino" 🔥 Nuff Said.

What an awesome era of great music.

Tom Petty also did a live version of this song, but he adds his own flair to it that makes it soo good & it's just funny. RIP Tom 😔

Jimmy Page was a studio musician back then and he did a recording with Marc Bolan aka T Rex called the Wizard the 1st psychedelic song recorded

Another band from the uk from this era was The Yardbirds and their tracks Heartfull Of Soul and For Your Love oh and anther band The Zombies were mega too.

Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker did Gloria together on "Too Long in Exile" 1993, it´s a great version.

Top 2 hits You had to know every Garage band "Louie,Louie!" & "Gloria!"in the 60's

Right in the middle of the psychedelic era The Blues Magoos covered Gloria and they did it spectaculary.

Fun fact: In the late 80s, U2 incorporated the chorus of “Gloria” into live performances of their song “Exit.” Check it out here on RU-vid, it blows away the studio version

😂😂😂 you're funny...oh yeah, them. Great reactions. ❤

Imagine this line up at a concert- The Who The Guess Who Them ? and the Mysterians

So, Van is 19 years old here. What a difference is Gloria Live at the Hollywood Bowl in 2008. The improv with the backing singer is gold.

Speaking of garages & great music,, The Morlocks "My Friend The Bird" & "Get Out Of My Life Woman"

Back in the 60's kids had "garage bands" ~ they played in their parents garage, lol and they all played G-L-O-R-I-A ~ too much fun!

I knew Them as a teenager through the fantastic Bob Dylan cover It's All Over Know Baby Blue from the 1966 album Them Again; The Byrds also covered the song. The song became a hit in Central Europe in 1974 thanks to a German film. This rather bluesy ballad contrasts with the smoky rock Gloria; Van Morrison is a fantastic singer, especially live.

"Mystic Eyes" is a real ass-kicker by them.

Van wrote "Gloria" but "Here Comes The Night" was written Bert Berns, who later signed Van for his label Bang Records when Them had broken up in 1966. But then Berns died at the end of 1967, which touched off a legal battle his widow for Van to leave and sign with Warner Bros. in 1968.

When I was a kid I thought here comes the night was The Rolling Stones. Nice reactions!

We all knew a Gloria in our youth!

Basically , studio musicians played on Them's tracks . Love the rim shots at the end of Gloria !

Part of my teen development...And it's probably the first song that made me want to learn guitar.

I was hoping you would get around to Them at some point. It was clear from the start that Van the Man was more likely than most to be an important voice. I will definitely be here for 'Into the Mystic'.

When I was a kid one of our favorite cheap SiFi was. THEM. About attacking giant killer ants

Tom did Gloria, a live version from The Filmore West in S.F. forgot to add that.

David Bowie’s “Pinups” is a collection of Bowie covering some his favorite songs, including “Here Comes the Night.” You’d enjoy checking this album out. Especially now that you are reacting the same songs by their originators.

Mid 60s songs! GLORIA was popular at dances. I was in high school then. But the dances were either the Y which was super popular in San Francisco or Catholic teen clubs all over the City (95% Catholic town back in the day) , but EVERYONE would go to these dances.

This popular song from 1964 was the B-side of "Baby Please Don't Go, which was also a hit and pretty darn good. The name "Them" came from the horror movie of the same name. In America, the Shadows of Knight released "Gloria" at the same time, both versions getting radio play.

Back then record companies didn’t trust young bands to be professional in the studio and often brought in session musicians for recording. Jimmy Page was famous as a session musician from the age of about fifteen and played on Kinks (I Gotta Move), Stones (Heart Of Stone), and Who (I Can’t Explain) records. I’m sure that’s why he appears in the credits.

Now hear The Doors’ LIVE version of Gloria!!! 🔥

Jagger said he learned his 'preach' style of singing from Van.

Had the pleasure of going to Van the Man concerts in the 70s/80s & 90s. Not sure what other Van you’ve reacted to, but his catalog is incredible. A great little autobiographical song he wrote is called Cleaning Windows, a definite Van fans only song, that never made the airwaves. Dig into the lyrics, and you’ll see what a kid growing up in post WWII Belfast Northern Ireland absorbed in music & literature from America at that time, via the merchant sailors bringing it to that port.

Bert Berns, who wrote "Here Comes the Night," was a giant of music. He also wrote or co-wrote "Twist and Shout," "Piece of My Heart," "Hang on Sloopy," "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love." He also produced Them's "Baby, Please Don't Go," Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl" and the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk." He died very young from illness in 1967. Here's Patti Smith's incredibly scorching cover of "Gloria": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bPO0bTaWcFQ.htmlsi=fbqd2LQVwRLt8LoT

Van the Man.

2 great tracks, I play "Here comes the Night" often, also "Baby Please Don't Go". Please try Van's "Brown Eyed Girl" or anything off his album Astral Weeks.

The best cover of Gloria is by Patti Smith,(PSG). Her band with Patti leading the way is legendary doing that song!Van The Man is a legend among legends with dozens of great songs!

IIRC, although HCTN was a major hit for the band, Van reportedly didn't like it much, being too commercial/pop-y for his taste. It was definitely created to be a commercial hit - essential back then for any group or artist to have that all-important top-selling single. It had all the essential magical ingredients. As a young teenager, I loved it. Another must listen is Van/Them's interpretation of Bob Dylan's It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. You might like to listen to both original and cover, performed live in the mid 60s, to compare. Try and find the B&W video on YT of Dylan singing it in a hotel room in response to a request from Donovan. (and, if interested, listen to Donovan's rendition of a song of his own, To Sing For You) that precedes it. Both are great songs, but you can see Donovan recognising the poetic greatness of Dylan's work vs his own, and feeling a little uncomfortable. It's just a fascinating scene, and dual performance. The Them performance of IAON,BB is at some sort of outdoor concert, also in B&W. I think you'd enjoy all these glimpses into a world and musical era now passed, yet not forgotten.. For more Van, solo/ with session musicians, the album Astral Weeks has IMO never been surpassed and remains one of my all-time favourite albums by any artist. The whole thing is of a piece, each song blending with its neighbours, creating a unique and unforgettable atmosphere. I always used to think it was one song with different parts. If you only listen to one song. make it the title track , Astral Weeks, or maybe Cypress Avenue, or Just Like a Ballerina, or Madame George... or...frankly any of them. The whole thing is wonderful!

Speaking of covers, Bowie does a great version of Here Comes The Night, on his Pin Ups album.

Patti Smith does a killer GLORIA unlike anyone else!

Patti notwithstanding, Thee Headcoatees' Melvin is the m-a-n. Eh-mee-el-vee-ay-en.

Jimmy Page did a lot of session work back in the day. This was before joining the Yardbirds and later forming Led Zeppelin.

Them's version of "Baby Please Don't Go" is great -- probably their best tune. Patti Smith's version of "Gloria" is epic and otherworldly.

Bowie does a good job of covering this on the Pin Ups album

Jimi Hendrix did a version of Gloria , it's pretty good , but then , a lot of different bands remade that song !

The Bert Berns story is a fascinating one. Check him out.

Them- Mystic Eyes

If you'd like to hear an incredible cover of this, listen to Patti Smith's version. She owns it. Peace.

It’s 1964 bro nothing gets heavier than Van the Man for this time perhaps The Troggs Wild Thing,😮 possibly The Kinks Girl you really got me! Vans solo career even better than when them. His live performance of Caravan killer ✌🏻

Van Morrison was a brilliant vocalist and lyricist but could be the grumpiest bastard ever. I saw him in concert in Leeds in a long black coat and hat and he never said a word all night. What a concert though !!!!

A+ track! Amd you should check out Patti Smith's cover, she does something unique and punk with it

I hear Elvis Costello now, too.

Now you need to hear the Doors version of Gloria.

Patti’s version is classic Saw her in December place erupted during G-L-O-R-I-A Find a live video of her

Baby please dont go is a lightning hopkins song.

Who they? It's Them !

Shadows of Knight for the win 🏆 ❤🎉

Veedon Fleece

You should react to gloria by the doors

Van Morrison is a member of Them

The Shadows of Knight had a hit with this I think.

AC/DC must have been listening to Gloria when they wrote Jailbreak

Moondance is the best.

Now go listen to Patti Smith's "Gloria".

Patti Smith, Queen of Punk, in 1970s takes Gloria and transforms it into something great and unimaginable. Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine

Please please, please.Some some one play Brontosaurus, by the move, you'll love it.Trust me, please.Please even though you don't know me

Shadows Of The Night have the best version of Gloria.

I think the reason personnel isn't easy to come by is that it's disputed. Nobody really knows who is on these records. Them wasn't a real band, imo, because the personnel was a revolving door. They even continued after Van Morrison left Ireland!

As a group, do you imagine they identified as they/Them?

A DRUMMER WHO HASN'T HEARD "CORKY"?! A travesty. Check out the live version of "Mississippi Queen" by Mountain (1970). One of the most bad-ass drummers around. Still active today!

1964....think about it.. What year were your parents born? This may have been what your grandparents listened to......hmmmm?

no more who wednesday?