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In response to "How / when did the whole Blues-Gloria thing start? Laura Branigan is one of my favorite 80's singers" by JD

Story (and Philly connection)

Posted by decline (aka Decline) May 31 '19, 08:34

synopsis:

"The origin of the team’s use of the song takes place off the ice and a long ways from St. Louis, at Jacks NYB, a small hole-in-the-wall bar in Philadelphia. Five Blues players were in town, watching the Chicago Bears play the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC wild card round back in January. Allegedly, a club member repeatedly yelled, “Play Gloria!” and the bar went crazy as the DJ continued to oblige during every commercial break.

Apparently, the players marveled at the spectacle so much that they brought the song back to St. Louis with them.

“They just went nuts when they heard it, and we loved watching it,” Blues forward Robby Fabbri told USA Today. “So we just happened to get a win the next day and made it our win song.”

https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-bruins/2019/05/26/why-the-st-louis-blues-use-gloria-as-their-celebration-song (www.boston.com)

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and for reference, here's the brigade doing their number at the 2017 New Year's Day parade -- (link) - decline May 31, 08:44 [youtube]
That's rather awesome - JD May 31, 08:40 2
- easy peasy -- nm - decline May 31, 08:41
- It's almost too easy, isn't it? -- nm - Hercules Mulligan May 31, 08:41
Also - Boston tried to hijack it. Laura's people aren't having it. -- (link) - Hercules Mulligan May 31, 08:39 1
- No, Boston did not. Someone trying to sell shit did. -- nm - Diva May 31, 09:32

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