The Evolution of Gloria in 9 Versions

I sprang awake, out of a bad dream, at 4:34 a.m. Immediately, I heard the voices in my head. It’s no mystery; my iTunes play count for Gloria has hit triple digits and is marching toward quadruple. And that doesn’t include the two hours I streamed Y98 on Wednesday.

In my haze, as I stumbled to the bathroom, I knew I had to do this.

Now, is this whole exercise actually a convenient way to pass the nervous hours between now and Game 1? Is it just a good excuse to play Gloria another few times?

Well, yeah. Nevertheless.

Before we really get into this, let’s triple-check our memorization of the lyrics and practice singing along with this delightful karaoke version. It brings out the jaunty piano…