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Patti Smith — Because The Night
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 22:00
 

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

gillespp
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Apr 30, 2013 - 14:55
 
 Proclivities wrote:
patti

 
Whoah!!!!

hayduke2
(Southampton, NY)
Posted: Mar 30, 2013 - 12:05
 
The first comment page (8th page?) is amazing, super cool people here in Radio Paradise

rgabriel
Posted: Feb 27, 2013 - 01:05
 
I would vote 11 if possible!!! {#Angel}

Proclivities
(Paris of the Piedmont)
Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 06:18
 
patti

WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 11:17
 
 gandalfbmg wrote:
Meh... I generally hold to the rule that Patti Smith is best when covered by others... I like her songs, but I just don't like her performances of them...
 
I'm sure this is plumbed in considerable depth in the pages below, but this is only partially a Patti Smith song. It's mostly a Springsteen composition. Still, IMHO this is the definitive almost-original-not-quite-a-cover rendition.

gandalfbmg
(Thankfully now a little more than 3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 09:17
 
 PeeBee wrote:
That is so true! {#Jump}


 tulfan wrote:
The only version that matters
 
 

Meh... I generally hold to the rule that Patti Smith is best when covered by others... I like her songs, but I just don't like her performances of them...

ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Dec 26, 2012 - 09:16
 
Like a small amount of Patti Smith. Very small. This one doesn't really make my list, sorry. Rather hear this version as apposed to Natalie Merchants attempt.

Droidac
(Blacklight District)
Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 17:13
 
 MirageRF wrote:
If you rate this classic less than 8, I question your love of music!
{#Hug}
  
I gave it an 8, and then looked at the comments.  Happy to meet your criteria! 

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 17:10
 
 MirageRF wrote:
If you rate this classic less than 8, I question your love of music!
{#Hug}
 
agreed

MirageRF
(Clemmons, NC, USA)
Posted: Oct 24, 2012 - 16:31
 
If you rate this classic less than 8, I question your love of music!
{#Hug}

Stingray
Posted: Sep 23, 2012 - 04:00
 
Yes, Patti. To us....!

softjeans
(Upper Ojai, CA)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 16:08
 


Dang! Bill is really on a roll this afternoon. Or whenever he put this playlist together. Anyhow...thanks for the reminder that yes, modern popular music can be really great. This is just another example, along with Nirvana, Gillian Welch, The National...on and on


stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 06:17
 
all I can think of is this youtube clip.  link  navigate to 3:25.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 18:34
 
 helgigermany wrote:
Second time i hear this song today! No problem, i like it!
 
Yes, this song is soooo sexy...  love it...

 

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Jun 20, 2012 - 18:33
 
Damn! Wish I could sing like her. Well, not *exactly* like her, but as a guy (a bass, in fact), but with her expression, passion, tonality, etc.

t00lur
Posted: May 19, 2012 - 23:28
 
this is gooood, while the girl from florence and the machine is not

Suso
(Spain)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 04:53
 
I love this song .
I remember 1978 when i was a  12  years old and hear this song on the Top Of The POPS on my first Radio.   

neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Mar 17, 2012 - 13:51
 
 fredriley wrote:
There's a fine line between clichè and classic, one which wavers with mood and location, and right now this is the wrong side of the line for me, sadly. Sorry, Patti :(
 
yes , that is sad. Hope you come back to the fold

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jan 30, 2012 - 06:57
 
There's a fine line between clichè and classic, one which wavers with mood and location, and right now this is the wrong side of the line for me, sadly. Sorry, Patti :(

shakitten
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 19:11
 
I love her passion, the intensity of the lyrics. Glad Bruce was involved, but give me Patti any day.

AzRunner
Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 13:15
 
I love this tune and Patti Smith absolutely does a great job performing.


neuticle
(fog fog fog)
Posted: Sep 25, 2011 - 12:20
 
Patti never got the credit she deserved...top of the list in my world

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 - 03:38
 
Got to see her at the Hop Farm Festival this year - Loved the shirt of hers I saw a guy wearing.  Front - "Jesus died for somebody's sins" Back - "not mine"  

brander
(Southern California)
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 14:13
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
the book about her and Mapplethorpe was quite tender...just read it —i feel about her that she's a bit like Ginsberg in that she is famous and beloved for the person she is more than her work;in other words they are beloved for their bravery in being themselves.

 


The book "Just Kids" is a very good read. It reveals Patti to be a serious, multi-talented artist.



sweet_melody
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 14:12
 
Patti now and forever.  Play it again with the Boss.
 

idahoTux
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 14:10
 
 Mandible wrote:
Good, now please just don't follow this with the goat lady.
 
Stevie?


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 11:43
 
Second time i hear this song today! No problem, i like it!

PeeBee
(Down South in The Netherlands)
Posted: Mar 20, 2011 - 11:43
 
That is so true! {#Jump}


 tulfan wrote:
The only version that matters
 



tulfan
(One of the last ones in SE MI)
Posted: Mar 04, 2011 - 11:05
 
The only version that matters

Chumbawamba-1984
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 - 21:25
 
 jielbe wrote:
Bon OK, je suis peut être subjectif, mais mes 20 ans au Lac du Saut du Loup à écouter Because the night au juke box, ça m'a sacrément marqué! alors Patti Smith, je kiffe grave, si les 20 ans d'aujourd'hui me pardonnent mon écart de langage...
 
Pas du tout subjectif !! Nous avions equipé nos motos de l’époque de lecteurs K7 pour pouvoir passer Patti Smith et autres artistes de cet trempe tout en roulant à des vitesses qui feraient pâlir notre maréchaussée moderne. Gniark Gniark Gniark !! Let the good time roll !!


ScottN
(Vacationing in Gaza)
Posted: Dec 31, 2010 - 20:27
 
Patti Smith—another National Treasure.


Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Dec 16, 2010 - 11:16
 
At the risk of being crucified (what the hell its Christmas after all) I still prefer the 10,000 maniacs MTV unplugged version the best.  Probably cause its the first one i heard.  Certainly interested to hear Bruce do it.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:38
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
A couple of years ago this was a huge hit in the Netherlands, except a very VERY annoying trance/dance remix by a mega-loser called Jan Wayne... Since then i can't stand this song....

For those of you who wonder how bad it was, be warned... {#Lol}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-XEUfGguNM&ob=av2e

 
Well, no wonder you can't stand this song now - that WAS pretty terrible!  Much too fast, no emotion whatsoever, and lousy acting.  Sorry for you, Sjaaks.  Hold still - you have a little blood coming out your ear... Maybe repeated listenings by Patti Smith or Bruce Springsteen might make this song palatable for you again.

Or not.... 


SchoepTone
(Duke City)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:32
 
Bruce's version of this song will finally be released on the new Darkness box set. Comes out this month. 


nerakdon
(Colorado)
Posted: Oct 29, 2010 - 12:30
 
Easily one of my top thousand songs of all time.  High praise.

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Oct 14, 2010 - 01:03
 
A couple of years ago this was a huge hit in the Netherlands, except a very VERY annoying trance/dance remix by a mega-loser called Jan Wayne... Since then i can't stand this song....

For those of you who wonder how bad it was, be warned... {#Lol}

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-XEUfGguNM&ob=av2e


lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 20:29
 
Perfect after the National newest CD.  She just did this on the Rock in Roll Hall of Fame show
and she still kicks ass!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jul 25, 2010 - 20:15
 
Oh, now THIS is the way music should sound!  Love this version - Patty Smith could read the phone book and make it rock. {#Dancingbanana_2}

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 08:51
 
the book about her and Mapplethorpe was quite tender...just read it —i feel about her that she's a bit like Ginsberg in that she is famous and beloved for the person she is more than her work;in other words they are beloved for their bravery in being themselves.


bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Jul 10, 2010 - 08:51
 
Landmark tune IMHO

hoppin_bob
(vancouver BC)
Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 13:11
 
 jielbe wrote:
Bon OK, je suis peut être subjectif, mais mes 20 ans au Lac du Saut du Loup à écouter Because the night au juke box, ça m'a sacrément marqué! alors Patti Smith, je kiffe grave, si les 20 ans d'aujourd'hui me pardonnent mon écart de langage...
 
no problem
some of us can at least READ French
....and we are united in Smith
9 —> 10

boB


jielbe
(Monsegur, Gironde, France)
Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 12:15
 
Bon OK, je suis peut être subjectif, mais mes 20 ans au Lac du Saut du Loup à écouter Because the night au juke box, ça m'a sacrément marqué! alors Patti Smith, je kiffe grave, si les 20 ans d'aujourd'hui me pardonnent mon écart de langage...

Mandible
Posted: Jun 08, 2010 - 12:14
 
Good, now please just don't follow this with the goat lady.

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 18:50
 
this is her most 'mersh song. can we hear "Gloria" the big hit, but not as 'mersh?

calypsus_1
Posted: Apr 25, 2010 - 23:02
 

Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, U2 - "Because The Night" Live (2009)   

"25th Anniversary The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concert at Madison Square Garden - 2009/10/29 & 30"

"Art Is Resistance"



Bosami
(Deep in the heart of nowhere)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 10:31
 
 lemmoth wrote:
Oh no.  Keel is/was a hair metal band mentored by Gene Simmons. End of exploration.
 

{#Lol}  Thanks for the report! (I'm an older one in denial.)
I still try to imagine Bruce and Patti having conversations in between studio recording sessions. What moments those must have been.


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 09:48
 
Oh no.  Keel is/was a hair metal band mentored by Gene Simmons. End of exploration.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 09:43
 
 madtowner11 wrote:

This might be Keel's best song.  And, damn, I didn't know it was a cover!

 

Ah - gotta love the young ones and older ones (me) coming together on RP.

I saw Patti introduce this - explaining to her punk rocker audience that this was co-written with Springsteen - at Hurrah's in NYC.

As a jaded city punk purist I couldn't believe she collaborated with the radio friendly Bruce Juice guy from the suburbs.

Now I know much better.

And - now I am going to look up Keel - never heard of them before.

Thanks young uns. 

nalle
(Malmo, Sweden)
Posted: Apr 21, 2010 - 09:35
 
It´s a steady 8, love it.