BRUCE SPRINSTEEN Something in the night (music reaction) That was powerful! First time hearing

[@marybaillie8907]

From the " Darkness on the Edge of Town" album, from 1978, this followed his Born to Run success. After battling legal battles with his label, the disappointment and pain he went through is apparent in the melody and lyrics.Beautuful vocals and harmonies so lovely. Such an incredibly powerful song, with the somber drum beat and guitar making the pain palpable. Great reaction Harri. Thanks Harri and Uncle Phil 👏👏 Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@lightsideofthemoon13]

There are few artists that can write beautiful music practically their entire life. Bruce is among those few artists. Haven't heard this in years, thanks Harri. Glad you enjoyed it as well.

[@timfedroff1359]

This has always been one of my favorite Springsteen songs.

[@sluglife9785]

Speaking as a deeply unhappy person, this is a contender for my favourite Springsteen song. It's a man literally wailing over his unhappy lot in life. Plenty of people don't want to hear it - self-indulgent, defeatist, whatever - but I'll ride that road 'til dawn.

[@mucksmith3569]

Just an awesome song off the Darkness on the Edge of Town album. The whole album is filled with haunting, seemingly dark songs. For me the theme is filled with characters fighting their station in life, losing, picking themselves up to fight again. There’s no quit. It’s about resistance and a refusal of submission to your lot in life. It’s less about angst in my opinion and more about moving finally into adult with all that entails. It’s my favorite album start to finish. Could be because I was seventeen when it came out. With all the darkness I find it ultimately filled with optimism. Perhaps because of the never quit part. I played it everyday and know every word. Thanks for this one. Love it so.

[@MinnieBlues4444]

I was driving from San Diego to New Orleans listening to this album decades ago, and this track made me so emotional. Still does. Thank you for featuring it!

[@Cynthia...]

Great choice and Bruce has such a fantastic repertoire. Thanks Uncle Phil and Harri.

[@Rob-eo5ql]

Love this song. Found this covered by a guy named Aram on a Bruce Springsteen tribute album. It’s amazing.

[@sheldonhamm4904]

you should try his album ..darkness on the edge of town ...great album

[@qivarebil2149]

Powerful message from the Boss! Thanks for sharing, Harry! And vote 💙

[@troyjeschke5894]

Great song, Springsteen has written some of the best ballads! I agree with your assessment of the song. Bruce always takes your normal notion of a song and turn it on its head in meaning. Please listen to some of Bruce’s acoustic version of Born in the USA!

[@ZahraIsMyDog]

You ended just like Bruce ends, “This Hard Land” with: “Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive If you can And meet me in a dream of this hard land”

[@michaelnorman3393]

Good call Uncle Phil 💕 Thanks Harri!!

[@carlosjavierregidoriglesia3847]

Such a beautiful song.

[@88Musk]

This track reminds me of HS. I think it's the 3rd song on the first side of the album. There are earlier versions of it around but this was the song tha twas released. The keyboard work of Dan and Roy in this period is amazing. Harri that could be a whole episode just on the way those two played together.

[@Penn57]

Love Love Love the Darkness album (still have my vinyl copy) This was after some type of legal battle so it could be related. I once saw an interview with Bruce that said he drove the E Street band crazy recording this record and that he definitely over sang and underplayed. Promised land is my favorite with Adam raised a Cain and Racing in the street coming in at a strong second. I actually had this in 8 track as well and had to ride around quite awhile to get back to promised land just to hear him say if ‘dreams came true, wouldn’t that be nice’ but he pronounced it ‘drames’ …quite a memory, I would have been in my early 20s.

[@michaelnorman3393]

Had the 8 track of "Greetings". Wore that sucker out lol 💕

[@tonycairns6728]

My fave track on 'Darkness'.

[@davebzen795]

Uncle Phil - While it is hard to 'go wrong' with anything by Springsteen, you have chosen one of his best from "Darkness On The Edge of Town". 👍 Very well done Phil and Harri.

[@romeosyne]

The Hollywood film that this song took its title from is one of my favorites a great film noir....

[@jameschavez6400]

Guarantee. This song is a gospel truth -that ihad alwaysin the snd put on cd Walkman ThisAlbum darkness on the edge of town in the last year of my parents house before it was taken by a bank and each night I got on bike at after ten o’clock and rode through the night till sunrise

[@glennfaithfull547]

You do great reactions Harri. Great job

[@kennethcamilleri4678]

This album came out three years after his last album…the reason being with legal implications with his last label…he had to wait until his contract was terminated….so your assumption might had something to do with his doom and gloom on this track….

[@librarylady13]

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[@unclephil7650]

According to this quote by Bruce himself from his autobiography it sounds like it's about depression. “The flat night highway rises up and it’s all headlights and white lines… I’ve just pulled a perfect swan dive into my abyss; my stomach is on rinse cycle and I’m going down, down, down… I just feel a need to get rooted somewhere, before I drift into ether… I want to cry, but the tears won’t come. Worse, I want to go in the trunk and get the fucking teddy bear. I feel a deeper anxiety than I’ve ever known. Why here? Why tonight? Thirty-four years later, I still don’t know.” - Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run

[@RonnieLeeDuck]

I haven't read his autobiography, but I believe in that passage he was referring to a time of depression he went through in the early 80s before the Born in the USA album. So a good 5-6 years after he wrote Something in the Night. That was something else. Something in the Night I see as more of him going through a stage of cynicism but determination.

[@unclephil7650]

According to the website I was on he was talking about something in the night because I specifically Googled the meaning for that song.

[@RonnieLeeDuck]

@@unclephil7650 The song may very well be about depression. In hindsight Bruce can probably look back and see he had been dealing with depression long before he ever recorded music but was not conscious of it. But he apparently had a severe episode of depression before the Born in the USA tour where he was seriously contemplating suicide. It was something new that he had experienced before. The last part of that quote says it happened "34 years ago". His auto bio came out in 2016. That puts it at 1982 which squares with what I'm alluding to.

[@unclephil7650]

@@RonnieLeeDuck Gotcha!

[@williamdemerchant7295]

Great choice Uncle Phil. "When you got something good, they send someone to try and take it away."; could be a reference to his own career. His original manager signed him to a bad record deal which lead to it taking over 3 years before the Darkness on the Edge of Town album was to be released (Which included Something In the Night.) following his breakout LP Born to Run. There are, many other inspirational elements incorporated too, I'm sure. The Darkness album was my introduction to Springsteen. This song seems to be a somewhat sorrowful aftermath to The Promised Land and Badlands, two other song on the album. Just a feeling I get. Racing in the Street is another powerful ballad from the same record. Born to Run and Darkness are Bruce's best albums, imo.

[@gerardbeekman]

Try Independence Day from the album The River 1980.

[@Roy-mw5js]

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[@timm934]

Any song from those first few albums

[@tootz1950]

I'll only watch your channel when people send all song suggestions with live video. Sorry, but there's no excuse, especially with people like Springsteen, who has a live version of every song he's sang.

[@unclephil7650]

As usual you are dead on Harri. The song was written right after the born to Run album when he went to court to get rid of his crooked manager that he had.