{"id":12916,"date":"2019-10-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=12916"},"modified":"2023-01-01T11:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T19:49:15","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-someday-well-be-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/03\/roll-of-the-dice-someday-well-be-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Someday (We’ll Be Together)"},"content":{"rendered":"

When is a Darkness<\/em> outtake not a Darkness<\/em> outtake?<\/p>\n

Well, I’m not sure exactly<\/em> where the line is, but when the song includes contributions from Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell, and the Alliance Singers, when the backing track is slowed down so much that it adds a full minute to the song, when the original track didn’t even have a vocal until Bruce added it in 2010… well, wherever the line is, I’m pretty sure it’s been crossed.<\/p>\n

“Someday (We’ll Be Together)” started out as “Someday (Tonight),” an instrumental track that circulated among bootleg collectors for many years before Bruce rediscovered it when prepping his box set for\u00a0Darkness on the Edge of Town<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The original “Someday (Tonight)” track is instantly recognizable to anyone who owns\u00a0The Promise,\u00a0<\/em>and I’d argue it’s superior to the modern cut. Played at a brisker pace with a fuller band arrangement (Roy in particular gets a workout) and a “Be My Baby<\/a>” drumbeat, the song sounds like it was written with Ronnie Spector in mind (and possibly with “Linda Let Me Be the One<\/a>” in mind as well–the opening bars of each are extremely similar).<\/p>\n