Top Ten Songs by The Band Them
Although the band Them is most notable for being Van Morrison's first successful band before going solo, I think they put out enough good music to be judged on their own merits. Feel free to add to this list.Van Morrison wrote it when he was about 18 years old. It's become one of those songs that every garage band learns how to play.
This song was originally an instrumental jam; Van made up the lyrics at the end. The engineer cut off the beginning and faded out the end, leaving us with the final version.
My mum used to say "I like them" I used to wonder why she never said the band's name. It wasn't until I got older that I realised she actually did. Yah.. Anyway, she loves this song and so do I!
A more pop-friendly song, it was written by Bert Burns (who signed Van Morrison to his first solo contract).
A Bob Dylan cover; it's actually one of my favorite Dylan covers.
This cover version was sampled in the Beck song "Jack Ass".
A staple of their live performances throughout their career, a fan recording of it invariably gave them their record contract. They later recorded it professionally for their second album.
Also from their first album. It was originally recorded by an obscure blues singer named Rosco Gordon.
Originally recorded by blues musician John Lee Hooker. Van Morrison rerecorded it with Hooker in the 1990s for a collaboration album called Don't Look Back.
From their second album, Them Again. It was originally recorded by James Brown.