Them - Them Featuring Van Morrison
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Artist: ThemEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Gloria
- The Story Of Them
- Stormy Monday
- Mystic Eyes
- Hey Girl
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Here Comes The Night
- My Lonely Sad Eyes
- Richard Cory
- (It Wont Hurt You) Half As Much
- Turn On Your Love Light
- I Put A Spell On You
- Don't Look Back
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Free Music Review: Brawling & Bawling Out Of Belfast
Hit: 5 Stars
For my money, in terms of the mid 60's British Invasion boom, Them had something their contemporaries didn't. It may seem like sacralige & heresey but yes, something even over the early Beatles & Stones.
Did any of them have this much edge so early on?
In terms of raw grit these guys didn't have to reach for it or put it on. They just had it. At times, this is Punk before Punk. Pure Garage assault. Cut with that vintage Van Morrison lyricism.
Ofcourse, all the Brit invaders shared the same R & B affections but another thing that set Them apart, was the fact they weren't English. They were Irish. North Irish at that. Belfast was well on its way to being a war zone. And they were not popular at home. Morrison was reputed as being a less than congenial front man (to put it lightly). And as evidenced here, he was a far more abrasive vocalist than either Jagger or even Eric Burdon at the time.
Despite an ever changing line-up, Morrison was certainly ahead of the curve in the originals department. "Gloria" & "Mystic Eyes" are all the proof you need. Dark, passionate & unforgettable. "Hey Girl" & "Lonely Sad Eyes" are just as exemplary.
In terms of the covers, "Here Comes The Night" is a bona fide classic. Their atmospheric take on "Stormy Monday" is a thing of rare beauty. "Richard Corey" possesses a grim bitterness, Simon's original lacks.
As for their version of the old Blues standard "Baby, Please Don't Go"---its definitve. Right up there with The Animals' "House Of The Rising Sun". Same goes for their take on the lesser known, world weary, "Don't Look Back". Though both arrangements owe a great debt to the great John Lee Hooker, they're taken places here that the sparse originals only hinted at.
I'd certainly recommend the 2 disc collection ("Story Of Them') over this, but sadly both are out of print at the moment. As incomplete as this is, it's a far more pocket friendly introduction.
Of course, Van later went on to cut the mind bogglingly great Astral Weeks shortly after leaving the band in 1966. But here's Van Morrison like you've never heard him. Full of sass, piss & vinegar. And yes, some truely sublime, poetic moments.
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