I was today years old when I heard on the old-timey radio that Bruce Springsteen "gave" Patti Smith the song Because the Night.

"Gave" is what the raydio DJ said.  Curiosity piqued, I dug into this later.  Came across this fine article too:

Billboard: Patti Smith on ‘Because The Night’ at 40: How Her Bruce Springsteen Collaboration Is ‘A Whole Life in A Song’

Good read.


Fantastic track.  An anthem that still resonates today.  Perpetually on my personal 'Play LOUD' list.

 Steely_D wrote:

wow. i bet that was a great time!!

 kurtster wrote:

Looks like they’re just complaining that it’s being policed and that artists playing are being supported by the music business. Lord knows that the biz generates enough crap acts to keep them in Jaguars, but good luck getting independent acts like Norman and his Skiffle Five to play a huge stage like that any more.

Thirty+ years ago at a New Orleans Jazz & Heritage show I saw this young guy named Wynton playing trumpet in the Gospel tent (they said that Ellis Marsalis’ boy was good) and then walked over to see Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. A bit later, Jerry Lee Lewis snarled at the crowd “Any of mah wives out there?” But, like so many other things, times change.

 kurtster wrote:

Interesting, and yeah on paper I wouldn't shell out that kind of money for a festival before the bands are announced. But I paid maybe half that ($300US) last summer for THING, where I knew by heart, um, zero songs that I heard. It was great. But like Coachella, the videos coming out are free (at least they were for a week or so—they're mostly gone now) and really cool. Gorillaz had video effects added that Damon referred to onstage but only streamers could see. 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
The locals who hang out over at Discogs have a whole different take on Glastonbury.
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Why are the BBC obsessed with the Glastonbury festival?

 Steely_D wrote:

Wow! So many great moments coming out of that festival this year.

Giants walk the earth

 lily34 wrote:

Yaaas, girl.  Yaaaaas!!

 Beez wrote:

oh, you!!! 

 Proclivities wrote:

 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

How about 

No? Well how about this, it's basically the same thing:

 Steely_D wrote:
That one brings back some memories.
Not a really rockin' tune though.