Live version of the Springsteen song from the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978.
Patti Smith: Because the Night
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A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
Live version of the Springsteen song from the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978.
That is a classic clip, the late 1970s OGWT was a must, though I only ever caught short bursts of it before my mum turned it over to Emmerdale or something. The days of having only one telly in the house.
I’m not a Springsteen fan, I think he is best heard in cover versions – and Patti Smith’s is the best. I liked that Cowboy Junkies one too.
“Loose Windscreen” had me going for a bit, and had me wondering if I’d ever heard of them, and were they a jazz-funk outfit like Weather Report or Azimuth, or were they “alt-country” perhaps?