Clipse reinterpreted the song in their 'Counseling':
― kokokeho, Monday, 23 April 2012 14:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow, that hockey thing!
― aluminum rivets must not be proud of their plastic bosses (Jon Lewis), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
SC rules as I see I stated during the last revive.
What was it with LB covering Ialian pop songs? A couple weeks ago I couldn't stop listening to the original Gloria:
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wow his performance posture is really something! It's like ectomorphic joe cocker or something!
― aluminum rivets must not be proud of their plastic bosses (Jon Lewis), Monday, 23 April 2012 15:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
I can't even tell you how much I love everything about that dude. His spiffy little outfit, the jewlery, his moves - perfect.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 16:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
IIRC the same guy who wrote Gloria also wrote Self Control, which would explain why Branigan recorded it, as she'd already had one hit with the guy's song.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
Whoever that guy is, I think I love him.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
According to Wikipedia he's called Giancarlo Bigazzi, though he's only a co-writer of both "Gloria" and "Self Control". But I assume he's the reason Branigan chose to record the latter song.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
Oh, looks like he died this January... :( RIP, mister songwriter.
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
Aw, man. RIP.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I want to do this at karaoke but I know it would be a DISASTER
hah this is one of my karaoke standards
― y'tulip, y'pea-brained earwig (donna rouge), Monday, 23 April 2012 17:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
Apparently he also wrote Boney M's "Take the Heat Off Me", which is a cool song as well:
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 April 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
I wish I could've celebrated this guy's life more while he was actually alive.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 23 April 2012 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
fucklaura branigan singing the word "self" is like the 8th wonder of the world.
― windjammer voyage (blank), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 04:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
"I!"
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― the Dandy Club (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 04:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
Harold Faltermeyer worked on the Branigan version.
― timellison, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 05:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
i just got clocked by a couple of snare drums from this song, motherfuckers beware
― windjammer voyage (blank), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 05:35 (1 year ago) Permalink