Bruce Springsteen

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10 years ago

0000song0000

Bruce had this song with the chord progression and the chorus... No definite lyrics to it.Patti's writing is main in the song (contributing ALL verses), keeping Bruce's chorus... That's what co-writing is all about!!

13 years ago

tayoprick

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13 years ago

Craig P

@GrafficGuy...I agree. Glad she got herself a commercial hit with it but I hardly consider writing a couple verses as making you a co-writer, especially since rock lyrics generally aren't particularly sophisticated anyway.

13 years ago

Baron Moritani

@tuxedomark In the 2010 liner notes, Springsteen writes of these recordings: "Where needed, I worked on them to bring them to fruition. Many stand as they were recorded all those years ago. On those I worked on, I did what I would've done to them at the time and no more."

13 years ago

macgum

@GrafficGuy Well, Bruce is the one that gave her the co-writer credit when the song appeared on his 1986 box set Live/1975–85. So why don't we leave how much credit she should receive up to him since he wrote the first draft of it, OK?

13 years ago

Soul123No

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13 years ago

Baron Moritani

@tuxedomark I appreciate you doing your homework, but it's well known that Springsteen did rerecord certain songs on The Promise including Save My Love and yes even Because The Night. Please give it a listen and let me know what you think. By the way, the Promise version has Patti Smith's lyrics whereas the old recordings (bootlegged for years with the young Bruce voice) had incomplete lyrics but with the old lyrics like "working all day pushing for the man."

13 years ago

tuxedomark

@BaronM From Rolling Stone: "'Darkness' was my 'samurai' record," Springsteen writes, "stripped to the frame and ready to rumble...But the music that got left behind was substantial." For the first time, fans will have access to two discs containing a total of 21 previously-unreleased songs from the 'Darkness' recording sessions...Highlights include...the never-before-released original recordings of "Because the Night"

13 years ago

Baron Moritani

@tuxedomark The version on The Promise was recorded last year.

14 years ago

tuxedomark

@GrafficGuy Are you sure that this is what she was given? This sounds more like an early demo. Bruce seems to be mumbling in places (hadn't thought up the entire lyrics yet?). I think the version on "The Promise" might be the one that she got. It's a lot closer to what we hear in her version.

14 years ago

BrunoLeBoss

@GrafficGuy Patti Smith made this song famous. Without her, this powerful rock song would have stayed unknown. Until now...

14 years ago

Murcury Vapor

@GrafficGuy Yeah, you're right. I mean, what a cunt, stealing Bruce's song. She isn't a writer! I mean, what the fuck has she...Oh, wait... Fuck you.

14 years ago

Soul123No

the sound quality is crap^^

15 years ago

GrafficGuy

This is the version that Patti Smith was given. I think she added a verse or two and suddenly she "co-wrote" the song with Bruce. She was given WAY too much credit for this song, especially since it was already 99% finished.