Since forming in 1972, the band's members have changed; however, core members include saxophonist Clarence Clemons, organist Danny Federici, bassist Garry Tallent, drummer Max Weinberg, pianist Roy Bittan and, of course, guitarist/singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen. Guitarist Steven Van Zandt joined the band while recording Born to Run and made this record at least possible. He became one of the most honored and most influential members.
Other musicians important to the band include guitarist Nils Lofgren (who stepped in after Van Zandt quit); guitarist/singer Patti Scialfa (who is also Springsten's wife); and pianist David Sancious and drummers "Mad Dog" Vini Lopez and Ernest "Boom" Carter, who all had left the band prior to Born to Run. Also, The Rising tour saw the official addition of violinist Soozie Tyrell.
In 1989 the band split up, after the massive success of the Born in the USA tour and the quieter Tunnel of Love tour. However, in 1999, the band reunited and embarked on a rather successful 18-month reunion tour - the "E-United Tour" - and now were powered by three guitars (Springsteen, Van Zandt and Lofgren, with Scialfa usually playing a fourth, acoustic guitar).
Following the events of September 11, 2001, Springsteen and the Band embarked on their first studio recordings (excepting a short recording session for Springsteen's 1995 Greatest Hits album) since 1984's Born in the U.S.A. The band recorded The Rising in 2002, and then hit the road for another marathon, two-year tour.
After The Rising, Springsteen recorded two more albums without the E Streeters followed by "Magic", released in October 2007 and featuring the hit single "Radio Nowhere". Magic was followed up by a traditionally strong tour throughout 2008, during which original band-member and friend Danny Federici passed away. Federici had already been temporarily replaced by Charlie Giordano, with whom Springsteen played the year before during the Seeger Sessions. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rounded the 100-show tour at Harley-Davidson's 105th anniversary celebration.
On January 27, 2009 Springsteen's twenty-fourth album "Working on a Dream" will be released. According to the official press release, Working on a Dream was recorded with the E Street Band and features twelve new Springsteen compositions plus two bonus tracks. It is the fourth collaboration between Springsteen and Brendan O'Brien, who produced and mixed the album. A new tour for 2009 is expected to be announced soon. Springsteen and the E Street Band will play The Super Bowl halftime show on February 1, 2009.
Saturday 27th July 2009 saw Bruce and the E-Streeters played The Glastonbury Festival, England. This was the band's first-ever UK festival performance, a total of 135,000 people watched an epic, two-and-a-half hour headlining set.
Current members
* Bruce Springsteen - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
* Garry Tallent - bass guitar, tuba
* Max Weinberg - drums, percussion (joined September 1974)
* Roy Bittan - piano, synthesizer (joined September 1974)
* Steven Van Zandt - lead guitar, mandolin, backing vocals (officially joined July 1975 after playing in previous bands; left in 1984 to go solo; rejoined in early 1995) Steven Van Zandt
* Nils Lofgren - guitar, pedal steel guitar, backing vocals (replaced Steven Van Zandt in June 1984; remained in group after Van Zandt returned)
* Patti Scialfa - backing and duet vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion (joined June 1984; became Springsteen's wife in 1991; they have a daughter and two sons)
* Soozie Tyrell - violin, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals (joined 2002, occasional appearances before that)
Former members
* Vinnie 'Mad Dog' Lopez - drums (inception through February 1974, when asked to resign)
* David Sancious - keyboards (June 1973 to August 1974)
* Ernest 'Boom' Carter - drums (February to August 1974)
* Suki Lahav - violin, backing vocals (September 1974 to March 1975)
* Danny Federici - organ, electronic glockenspiel, accordion, other keyboards (on medical leave of absence from late November 2007, temporarily replaced by Charles Giordano) (Danny passed away on April 17, 2008 after a battle with cancer.)
* Clarence Clemons - saxophone, percussion, backing vocals, larger-than-life persona and Springsteen foil (died 2011)
Because the Night
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Lyrics
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Pull me close, try and understand
Desire is hunger, is the fire I breathe
Love is the banquet on which we feed
Come on now, try to understand
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
Take my hand, come undercover
Can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Have I doubt when I'm alone
Love is a ring, the telephone
Love is an angel disguised as lust
Here in our bed 'til the morning comes
Come on now try and understand
The way I feel under your command
Take my hand as the sun descends
They can't touch you now
They can't hurt you now
Can't hurt you now
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
With love, we sleep
With doubt, the vicious circle turn and burns
Without you, oh I cannot live
Forgive, the yearning burning, I believe
It's time, too real to feel
Touch me now, touch me now, touch me now
Hey, because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because tonight there are two lovers
If we believe, in the night we trust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
If we believe, in the night we trust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Oh, the night
Because the night
Because the night
Patti Smith!
Thank you everybody!
The lyrics to "Because The Night" by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band are a passionate call to a lover to be with them in the moment, disregarding the worries of the outside world. The singer is asking for their emotions and desires to be understood and asking their lover to stay with them until the morning comes. The chorus declares that the night belongs to lovers, and by giving in to their desire, they can leave the fears behind. The verses speak of the singer's hard work and the fire of their passions, with an acknowledgement of what they have learned and earned.
Springsteen originally wrote the lyrics to "Because The Night" in 1977 for his album Darkness on the Edge of Town, but decided not to include it on the album. It was recorded by Patti Smith later that year, with Springsteen credited as a co-writer. The song was a hit and became one of Smith's best-known songs, as well as a live favorite for Springsteen. The E Street Band began playing the song live in 1978 and recorded it for their 1986 live album Live/1975-85.
Line by Line Meaning
Take me now baby here as I am
I want you to take me as I am
Pull me close try an understand
Hold me close and try to understand me
I work all day out in the hot sun
I work hard all day under the blazing sun
Stay with me now till the mornin' comes
Stay with me until morning comes
Come on now try and understand
Please try to understand me
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
I feel happy and safe when I'm with you
Take me now as the sun descends
Let's be together as the sun sets
They can't hurt you now
No one can hurt us now
They can't hurt you now
We're safe from harm
They can't hurt you now
We can trust each other completely
Because the night belongs to lovers
The night is for us to enjoy as lovers
Because the night belongs to us
We can do whatever we want in the night
Because the night belongs to lovers
Our love belongs to the night
Because the night belongs to us
The night is ours to share
What I got I have earned
I have worked hard to get what I have
What I'm not I have learned
I have learned from my mistakes
Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe
My passion and ambition drive me
Just stay in my bed till the morning comes
Let's spend the night together in bed
Come on now try and understand
I want you to understand me
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
You make me feel loved and protected
Take me now as the sun descends
Let's spend the evening together
They can't hurt you now
Nothing can come between us
They can't hurt you now
We can trust each other completely
They can't hurt you now
We're safe with each other
Because the night
The night is where our love can flourish
Your love is here and now
I feel your love in the present moment
The vicious circle turns and burns without
The cycle of pain and hurt ends with us
Though I cannot live forgive me now
Please forgive me for my mistakes
The time has come to take this moment and
Let's seize the opportunity to be together
They can't hurt you now
We'll protect each other from harm
Because the night
We can be together in the night
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Patricia Lee Smith, Bruce Springsteen
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@unloveableandre
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band recorded "Because the Night" at Atlantic Studios, New York on June 1, 1977, the first day of sessions for Darkness on the Edge of Town, though the lyrics only consisted of the song title and some mumbling. Springsteen struggled with the song almost four months until his engineer, Jimmy Iovine, got involved. At the time, Iovine was also producing the album Easter for Patti Smith at the Record Plant, New York, where Darkness was being recorded at the same time.
Iovine says, "Now, Bruce was very understanding and very flexible, because he realized that this was my first real break as a producer. Anyway, one night whilst we were lounging around the Hotel Navarro in New York I told Bruce I desperately wanted a hit with Patti, that she deserved one. He agreed. As he had no immediate plans to put ‘Because the Night’ on an album, I said why not give it to Patti. Bruce replied, ‘If she can do it, she can have it.’"
Springsteen later admitted he was not satisfied with the song, and he already knew he wasn't going to finish it since it was "a[nother] love song";.[4] Iovine brought Smith the last recording by Springsteen, from September 27, 1977. Smith added her own lyrics, recorded it for her album Easter, and scored her first and biggest hit single.
The song was first performed live at a Patti Smith concert at CBGB's in New York City on December 30, 1977 (Patti's 31st birthday) with Springsteen joining on vocals and guitar.[5] Though it was never released on any of Springsteen's studio albums, in concert beginning with his Darkness Tour Springsteen would often perform the song with his own lyrics. To date, he has performed it 503 times in concert.[6]
The only two commercially released recordings of a Springsteen version of the song were in the 1986 box set Live/1975–85, where Smith was listed as co-writer; and the 2010 compilation album The Promise (using the original recording from the Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions, but using Smith's lyrics).
@eudymaverickmentor
Bruce Springsteen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lovers
Patti Smith
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to lust
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
@scottielover5415
A Bruce concert is not just a concert, it's an experience!
@valerietomsic8454
TRUTH! first time I saw him and E Street Band was back in the 70's at Rutger's University.....OMG....they about TORE THAT PLACE down.....amazing! I am STILL missing Clarence Clemons BIG TIME!
@chrispaul6290
The best concert I ever attended was Bruce Springsteen.
The second best concert I ever attended was Bruce Springsteen.
I don't know how anyone could top either of those, no lie.
@kindnessfirst9670
In the 1970s it was a RELIGIOUS experience!
@janorhypercleats
His albums are also great, he's like the most passionate poet EVER!!
@yonisales6497
@@valerietomsic8454 ❤
@S1873
I can’t believe I’ve never heard this version, that intro was other worldly 🤤 ✨
@michaelehrhart9670
He wrote this song and Patti Smith put her touches to it to make it her huge hit.
@kershabeaver3312
Didn't know it either. Its nice
@jongreen4373
Same here , totally agree ! And the ending ain't bad 😎