{"id":2179,"date":"2018-05-19T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2019-11-27T21:54:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T05:54:20","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-true-love-is-hard-to-come-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/19\/roll-of-the-dice-true-love-is-hard-to-come-by\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: True Love Is Hard to Come By"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judging from the three work-in-progress demo recordings of &#8220;True Love Is Hard to Come By&#8221; that have escaped into the wild, we might conclude that Bruce was never quite able to figure out what we wanted to do with this song.<\/p>\n<p>He tried different styles, from reggae&#8230;<\/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\/vUScafF18Gk?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>&#8230;to Latin&#8230;<\/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\/rgv-Q0hDvIQ?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>&#8230;to a more straightforward ballad (around the 1:45 mark above). There&#8217;s something familiar about that last melody&#8211;if it remind you just a bit of another song in the first couple of lines, then listen to attempt #3, and the first couple of lines should jump right out at you:<\/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\/XhDDJqIJGBQ?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>Yep, those lines:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Til the sun is torn from the sky<br \/>\nTil every river, baby, it runs dry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>are the genetic ancestor of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/06\/roll-of-the-dice-janey-dont-you-lose-heart\/\">Janey, Don&#8217;t You Lose Heart<\/a>.&#8221; The last lines of that song are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8216;Til every river, baby, it runs dry<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Until the sun, honey, is torn from the sky<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bruce recorded these demos in early 1982, and reportedly the E Street Band took a crack at at in 1983. 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