{"id":12714,"date":"1980-08-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1980-08-17T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=12714"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:51:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T16:51:34","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-loves-gonna-be-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1980\/08\/17\/roll-of-the-dice-loves-gonna-be-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Love&#8217;s Gonna Be Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For all of the incredible songs that came out of Bruce&#8217;s prolific songwriting for\u00a0<em>The River<\/em>, there were a lot that never went anywhere&#8211;including a trifle called &#8220;Love&#8217;s Gonna Be Tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As far as we know, &#8220;Love&#8217;s Gonna Be Tonight&#8221; never made it passed the home demo stage, and even those recordings were little more than attempts by Bruce to get his Buddy Holly on.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s definitely an infectious &#8220;Peggy Sue&#8221; vibe to this one in both the melody and lyrics (the few that aren&#8217;t bluffed, that is). Take a listen and hear for yourself.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EvarhCR7h7Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>It would have been interesting to hear this one develop; I think it might have been right at home on <em>The River<\/em> alongside &#8220;Two Hearts,&#8221; especially in this second attempt, in which we can clearly hear Bruce envisioning what the song would sound like electrified:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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