I don't get it. Why is a woman singing about Gloria?

Please analyze the song. Show your work.

by Anonymous

reply 29

May 23, 2022 1:29 PM

You really don't remember?

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May 22, 2022 9:55 AM

We've done this already....

Song "Gloria" was by Italian singer Umberto Tozzi. Laura Branigan did a cover in English, but as wont to happen lyrics don't translate easily, and of course it was now a woman singing a song about another woman.

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May 22, 2022 10:54 AM

It was the 80's OP, just roll with it....

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May 22, 2022 10:56 AM

Lyrics in original Italian, and translated into English. As you can see cover by LB is not anything like original except for word "Gloria".

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May 22, 2022 11:01 AM

she did the same in self control. im convinced its about a gay man who goes to the wrong side of town to go clubbing and fuck but then she did the cover.

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May 22, 2022 11:22 AM

I miss Laura Branigan. Class act. She stepped away from music to take care of her sick husband. Sadly, she died too young.

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reply 6

May 22, 2022 11:25 AM

I always thought she was calling out a slutty friend of hers. Like, Gloria is just a booty call.

Do I need to listen to this song now?

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May 22, 2022 11:33 AM

Gloria was a huge hit in Italy and few other parts of Europe at the time, no wonder LB wanted to do a cover for US market. Picked up a 78 single at some record shop in Manhattan NYC's Little Italy back in 1980's that recently found stashed among LPs.

Few Americans outside those of Italian background knew then nor know now that Umberto Tozzi did the original, and LB's was only a cover version.

Gloria joins a not small list of European songs covered by Americans or British singers where translations are rather fast and lose with original words.

Heir Encore (French) became Yesterday When I Was Young.

Uno dei Tanti (Italian) became I Who Have Nothing

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reply 8

May 22, 2022 11:36 AM

The best cover of Gloria is the Frangela jingle as performed by Rocky Mountain Mike's epic singers on the Stephanie Miller Show. It's ptetty funny.

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reply 9

May 22, 2022 11:41 AM

Laura had a big problem with cocaine.

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reply 10

May 22, 2022 12:21 PM

Really?? Can you share more? She was the first concert I ever attended. At the Cape Cod Melody Tent when Self Control was huge.

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reply 11

May 22, 2022 12:27 PM

Forget Gloria, what about Maria? Who was that bitch? And why was Debbie singing about her?

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May 22, 2022 1:13 PM

Tom Jones milked 'I Who Have Nothing" for every bit of schmaltzy feeling he could get.

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reply 14

May 22, 2022 1:17 PM

Shirley Bassey's cover of same became a standard for dozens of female impersonators

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reply 15

May 22, 2022 1:20 PM

Woman? Singing about Gloria? Huh? What?

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reply 16

May 22, 2022 1:20 PM

She discusses the song, and other topics:

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reply 18

May 22, 2022 1:24 PM

Umberto Tozzi getting down with yet another live performance of "Gloria".

Again it cannot be said too often how huge a hit this song was in Italy.

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reply 19

May 22, 2022 1:25 PM

Royal Albert Hall! Who knew there were so many Italians in England?

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May 22, 2022 1:25 PM

I always thought Laura Branigan’s version was Gloria talking to herself, ie self-reflection. She’s realized she’s out of control and needs to change course. It’s the antithesis of 1980s women, where everything was in extreme with big shoulders and big hair.

Gloria, you're always on the run now

Running after somebody, you gotta get him somehow

I think you've got to slow down before you start to blow it

I think you're headed for a breakdown, so be careful not to show it

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reply 21

May 22, 2022 1:29 PM

LB's cover of Gloria is the official song of St. Louis Blues hockey team.

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reply 22

May 22, 2022 1:30 PM

Whenever they played Gloria at the Skate-A-Rama, I felt exactly like this video.

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reply 23

May 22, 2022 1:33 PM

Loved Patti Smith's "Gloria" (which is a completely different song). I can handle any abuse thrown my way for that. Count me in the minority who loathed the Branigan song, which just conjures up leg warmers, metallic leotards, and jam-packed aerobics classes for me.

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reply 24

May 22, 2022 1:40 PM

R22, yes. The song brought them good luck as they won the Stanley Cup that year. Brannigan's former manager showed up for Branigan.

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reply 25

May 22, 2022 4:49 PM

Here is a video that explains Gloria and the St. Louis Blues.

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reply 26

May 22, 2022 7:34 PM

I agree, r21. I always thought the song was about a woman named Gloria who was singing to herself.

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reply 27

May 23, 2022 12:24 PM

Umberto Tozzi has so many beautiful, catchy hit songs, and this is one of my favorite.

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reply 28

May 23, 2022 1:03 PM

Umberto Tozzi looks like my first bf. I'm falling in love again ❤️

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reply 29

May 23, 2022 1:29 PM