RE: Patti/Bruce /Because The Night

[Phil Grabar <pgrabar>]

Thanks Mitch - I was there that night too.  I remember being a little
pissed off that the Patti crowd gave Bruce such a big ovation when he
came out on stage - I don't think a Bruce crowd would do the same for
Patti.  :)

> 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
>
>> 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