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RE: Patti/Bruce /Because The Night
- To: Mitch Gart <MGart>, babel-list
- Subject: RE: Patti/Bruce /Because The Night
- From: Bill D <vajrashiva>
- Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 18:40:26 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
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I was at that gig the night the Fire Marshalls closed it down and thought the song was blistering. I also remember a very trance like version of Ghost Dance where patti broke into prose remarking that the ghost dance was so powerful eeven the catholics got into it - and "you know it's good when the catholics get into it!" I do also remember how crowded that place was and how warm - another comment - Patti said she had heard that the place wasn't well heated but it felt ok to her adding that " we just know how to use (may have said channel) our energy..." A magic evening. I was in the balcony with my way cool aunt and uncle (now deceased.) Bless us all! I send you all a big salute from back then to right now!
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mitch Gart <MGart>
>Sent: May 1, 2008 5:24 PM
>To: babel-list
>Subject: RE: Patti/Bruce /Because The Night
>
>http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1027
>
>says:
>
>"Springsteen gave this to Patti Smith in 1976 because he thought it
>would suit her voice. He was also in a legal battle with his manager,
>Mike Appel, that kept Bruce from recording for almost 3 years. It became
>the only hit for Patti Smith.
>When Springsteen gave this to Patti Smith, He had the music and the
>chorus written, but not the verses. She wrote the words in one night."
>
>That's always about what I had thought, that Broooce wrote the music and
>chorus and Patti filled in the words. It really fits because the music
>is a little more standard straight-ahead rock than Patti's usual style,
>while the words of the verses are beautiful and pure Patti. For me the
>music is masculine and the words are feminine.
>
>I saw the two of them perform it together once. It was a concert at
>CBGB Theater (not club) about 1977 and Bruce joined Patti onstage for an
>encore just before the fire marshals stopped the concert and kicked
>everybody out.
>
>- Mitch
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-babel-list [mailto:owner-babel-
>> list] On Behalf Of Phil Grabar
>> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 1:24 AM
>> To: babel-list
>> Subject: Patti/Bruce /Because The Night
>>
>> Does anyone have the definitive answer as to how Patti and Bruce came
>> to write Because The Night Together? Did he write the music and she
>> the lyrics?
>>
>> Phil