In celebration of the 20th anniversary since the band's first concert, you may be treated to a brand new recording. Stoyan has decided to take some time and record some of the more acoustic kinda songs and an all-acoustic setting.
Who else from the band will join? Remains to be seen.
Stoyan will recruit old-time friend and co-composer of "Shake me" Yavor Vatchkov to help with the recordings, since "Yavor can sing, play, operate a drum maschine, music software and such".
Stoyan obviously needs all the help he can get, being a total n00b when it comes to recording. All this software reportedly scares and intimidates him (despite him being a programmer by day). Now you can probably guess why the "all-acoustic" part.
You can expect to hear the new renditions including the songs "Lead me to you", "Have you ever thought?", "What love can do" and "Country (What can I do?)".
Would be awesome if an acoustic version of "Chardash" (by V.Monti) makes it to this celebration mini-LP, but "these fingers ain't what they used to be" reports a source close to the lead guitarist.
Gloria was a band from Sofia High School of Mathematics (well, 75% of the band was).
Sofia High School of Mathematics is in Sofia.
Sofia is in Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is in Eastern Europe. That's a whole other Europe.
Europe is this whole other continent on the planet Earth.
(The planet Earth is almost game over. Oh well, what the hell! Eat, drink and wear your new clothes.)
The band included:
Everyone in the band liked AC/DC. Some to unhealthy levels. But, maybe except for the song "Happy Birthday", the group doesn't sound anything like AC/DC. Shame, innit.
Most of the band liked Guns'n Roses, Cinderella and some other "hairy metal" bands and this was a big influence.
Luckily the hairy part was balanced with influences from classic rock artists such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Deep Purple. The classic influence was more evident towards the end with songs that sounded like ripoff-wannabes of LZ's "Since I've been loving you" and "Kashmir"
Some heavy metal (Iron Maiden, Judas Priest) may also have been an influence.
The music newspaper "Rhythm" reviewed one of Gloria's concert stating: "I remember mainly the guitar shreds, but all in all the style escapes 'em"
Victor came up with the name. There was a song by a Bulgarian rock band with the same name. Everyone thought it sounded cool.
Later, after the band was no more, a Bulgarian pop-folk female singer with the same name emerged. This fact has haunted the band ever since. The horror! The shame! Bulgarian pop-folk is the worst of the worst, lyrically, culturally, or anyotherwayrly.
These lyrics were extracted from a taping of a show in Club 113+ in Sofia University.
Not all words were fully recovered due to poor quality of the recording (see "Shake me")
Some glaring mistakes were corrected (e.g. the song "Have you ever thought" was originally "Have you ever think")
But mostly the original grammar and sometimes unorthodox choice of expressions was preserved.
Strike of a genius, or short attention span in ESL classes? You be the judge.
To our date baby, baby I won't come And if you ring me, you won't find me home 'Cause me and the boys, we have a show tonight Chorus: I'm a Rock'n roll lover, baby I'm just rock'n roll man If you need to call me, call me "Rock'n roll man" If you need to call me, scream "Rock'n roll man!" I'm playing in band, baby, baby, yes I do I'm playing in band and don't you understand that if you're playing in band that's the road that you take Chorus:.. Solos.. Chorus..
I often think of you when I'm alone How can I forget this heart of stone You look so pretty babe, you look so fine But will there come a day when you'll be mine Chorus: Tonight's your birthday, baby Happy birthday! Tonight's your birthday, baby oh, so fine Tonight's your birthday, baby Happy birthday! But will there come a day when you'll be mine Tonight you're gonna have so much fun Your smile will be as a rising sun And I will be at home sad and alone Oh why I can't just ring you a phone Chorus:... Solo.. Chorus:.. Chorus:.. Ooohh... Have a-fun, have good time little baby And don't look back at what you've done before I won't disturb you, mamma I won't knock on your door Have a-fun, have good time little baby And don't look back at what you've done before Have a-fun, have good time but remember My heart loves you more and more Chorus:.. You'll be mine!
Have you ever thought that we could be so close hand in hand, one to one Walking the streets tonight alone under the stars Don't you know that I'm alone tonight playing this song, crying for you How I wish your hands to put me right oh, I want you Chorus: 8 days, 4 months and 3 years I've been waiting, waiting for you crying, crying a 1000 tears oh, I want you, I want you I want you... Verse... Chorus... I want you... I want you... Soloh
(14:48)
by Rimski-Korsakov
Instrumental
(16:15)
You know I love you baby You love me too But I can see no way to make our dreams come true Every day and every night I wonder what is right Someone hear me, someone help me Someone try to understand me Chorus: Oh, baby I don't know Who will lead me to you baby I don't know Who will lead me to you Verse.. Chorus... Solo Chorus. (Relax...)
(20:15)
We were walking hand in hand I hoped she would understand that I got a love with which I could feel the space When she slept I sat on her bed oh how I wanted to hold her head Wanted to kiss her, oh how I loved that face Interlude: But it was two years ago Now I'm alone and I scream: I need you baby! Chorus: I need to scream I need to shout I hate this pain please get it out I want to kiss your lips tonight please come to me and make it alright Alright... Where are you now, do you know that there's a boy who loves you so Are you happy, do you love someone Do you want someone to hold you Do you need someone to love you Are you thinking of me and the times that have gone Inter... Chorus... Solo Inter... Chorus.. Chorus Solooooohhhh
26:18)
Intro: G, C x 4
Hey baby, can you see (the) love in my eyes Hey little baby, just take a look and realize Chorus 1: ...that everything I ever do I dedicate it to you can't you see what love can do hey little honey gimme your hand and walk with me hey little baby you must take a look and see Chorus 2: ... that I will right now do anything you ask me too Can't you see what love can do Soloto Chorus 2 What love can do... (end 29:55)
(01:38)
Papa tell me what to do when the girl who I love loves me too Tell me how to win her heart tell me how-to I don't know how to start she's so shy and beautiful she's so kind and careful Tell me papa what can I do she's so shy and beautiful she's so kind and careful oh tell me papa what can I do She's the best girl I've ever seen The only one I need, it seems, The only one who can make me feel soft and hard, and hard as steel The only one who can make me strong I need her lovin' all night long Tell me papa what can I do She's the only one who can make me strong I want her lovin' all, all night long Solou Momma tell me what to say when the girl who I love comes to me one day Tell me how to show what I feel Tell me how she'll get my will She can make me feel all right She can make the stars shine bright Tell me momma What'd I say She can make me feel alright She can make the stars, the stars shine bright x2 Tell me papa, tell me ma Can I say everything's all.... right!
by V.Monti
(05:01)
(07:38)
I once saw a girl, the girl of my dreams I have never seen someone so fine She was the best girl, so she seems But she (for sorry) was never mine Chorus: I saw her alone in a party I asked her if she wanted to dance But she said: "Get out of here! Get out my boy, you have no chance" Now I really wanted to forget that girl ...?!@#$ WTF...something, something... this crazy world I wanted her all night, want'd her all day long and that's why I wrote this song Chorus: I saw her again at a party I asked her if she wanted to dance "Shake me", she said and she was glad "Shake me, ma boy, now is your chance" Solow Chorus: Shake me all night long you baby Shake me, oh yeah Shake me all night long you baby All night long I'm gonna sing my song Chorus again All night long I'm gonna sing my song
(12:33)