Gloria's Emporia

Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it. - Thoreau

some songs oughta be cuffed and arrested

they're just killers, flooring me

enlightening like a gaelic, hanukkah harmonica

black fedora, dark shades and double-breasted

time tested

never bested

harbinger of euphoria

give me moria

sell it

tell it

spell it

all bow and hail

gloria

Author's Note

"When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

music can really do some incredible things. some enliven me, and others take me to soaring heights that make me feel dizzy. this is a great personal essay on how music makes you feel. and i liked the irony and playfulness of it.
i listen to all genres, but my favourite has to be Leonrd Cohen.

[Pete]

right you are - music touches like nothing else. thank you for sharing thoughts em.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Pete... we must have Music in our DNA when our mind plays the Chords of soft snowflakes and ice cycles sing Hallelujah. tenderly, Pat

[Pete]

ever the poet, you word are sweet music to the ear and heart both.

[Butterfly]

This is a great idea! Morrison, I thought he was with The Doors? I get confused, lol.

Anyway! I liked it a lot!

[Pete]

this is Irish singer and songwriter van morrison, you're thinking of jim morrison who was the singer in the doors. i think the song and performance are great so i wrote about it. thanks so much for sharing thoughts.

[Butterfly]

Pete, I was just kidding with you, love. I know who they both are. I'm more familiar with Jim Morrison. Thanks, though. I enjoyed it so much I've been watching him on YouTube.

[Pete]

jim was a great poet too.

[Butterfly]

I have read that he was a poetic genius! I was very young when the Doors came out. My first real idols were Led Zeppelin.

[Chris Shaw]

Some songs just take you over. What a great written tribute here Pete. No one can do it better. Great to listen to him again. Where would we be without our music?

Chris

[Pete]

yes indeed, where would we be without it? so uplifting, they seem to be having so much fun. i love this song and the performance. must remind of your visits to ronnie scott's. thanks chris and happy holidays dear poetess.

[Chris Shaw]

Ah Ronnie Scott’s now there was happy for you. Loved by all my siblings. Thanks Pete. Happy holidays to you and those you hold dear 🎄

[Thomas W Case]

I love Van Morrison, and I have to say, of all the versions of Gloria, I like his the best. Tremendous work.

[Pete]

i agree, what an awesome version as he's getting up there in age. no question, this just blows the doors off. thanks for the share twc.

[Butterfly]

Pete, I was thinking the same thing! When I got in my 40s I could tell a difference physically. I watched him struggle a little bit there. He was awesome!

[Pete]

i agree - getting old isn't for sissies but thus guy has still got it. I love the song and performance. The woman singing is great too along with the whole band

[Arundass TP]

Some songs are good and some bad to hear. Depends on individual taste. Poem is nicely written

[Pete]

yes, to each his own. thank you for sharing insight.

[Sami Khalil]

Good song and poem to accompany it: I like how you get inspirations from things that touches you especially music.
Music soothes me.

[Pete]

yes sir, i don't know how anyone could not smile, feel alive and be uplifted by that song and performance. thank you for sharing thoughts sami and happy holidays.

[Sami Khalil]

Happy Holidays
You are correct
You are welcome