{"id":2461,"date":"2018-06-09T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:02:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:02:56","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-lonely-night-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/09\/roll-of-the-dice-lonely-night-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Lonely Night in the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Sirius first announced its E Street Radio station, fans wondered if it would feature any rare or unheard songs, or if it would stick to released tracks and more mainstream bootleg recordings. We didn&#8217;t have to wait long to find out: shortly after the station debuted in 2005, this well-documented but never-heard (by me, at least!) song entered the rotation with absolutely no fanfare. To call me surprised is to put it mildly.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d long wondered what this song sounded like. I knew it was an outtake from the\u00a0<em>Born to Run<\/em> sessions, and while there aren&#8217;t many of them, the few that exist are genuine gems, lush and romantic songs like &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/27\/roll-of-the-dice-linda-let-me-be-the-one\/\">Linda, Let Me Be the One<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;&#8221;So Young and in Love.&#8221; So once I realized what I was listening to and got over my dumbfoundedness, I paid close attention, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Well, let&#8217;s just say there&#8217;s a lot going on here.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe too much, in fact:<\/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\/CzlPd_PZVCM?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>First, that introduction&#8211;it sounds like it&#8217;s lifted straight from John Mellencamp&#8217;s &#8220;I Need a Lover.&#8221; (Although that song was released three years after &#8220;Lonely Night in the Park&#8221; was recorded, so it&#8217;s either coincidence or a lift from rather than by Bruce.)<\/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\/uGPP2PbayJc?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>Then the lyrics kick in, and the scene is set at a topless bar:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Johnny got an angel dancing topless at night down in Toyland<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And then comes one of the strangest vocals (not the lyrics, just his delivery of them) that I&#8217;ve ever heard Bruce sing:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Where the blondies and the supergirls offer a sad look and soft hands<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s just weird. And strangely addictive. It&#8217;s my favorite part of the song, and I have no idea why.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, after that the song settles into a pretty catchy BTR-era hook:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>And if you&#8217;re looking for someone to steal your heart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Someone tough enough to take it<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Someone to keep it or to tear it apart<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Someone to love you, someone to fake it<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Okay, now we&#8217;re cooking! Here comes the chorus, though:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lonely night in the park<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oh lonely night in the park<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oh lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night in the park<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Okay, that&#8217;s a pretty silly and pointless chorus. And yet I haven&#8217;t been able to get that &#8220;lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely night&#8221; to stop looping in my head all morning, so, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next? Ooh, there&#8217;s a mini-bridge on the piano, and it sounds maddeningly familiar. Where have I heard\u00a0<em>that<\/em> before?<\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, here:<\/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\/-IiWtFY-vGE?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;start=46&#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>That song came out four years prior, so who knows if that was intentional not?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, back to the strip club:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Well there&#8217;s some dudes at the door giving talk<\/em><br \/>\n<em>There&#8217;s a lady at the bar, that&#8217;s right<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That must be funny, because Bruce laughs here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Slip off your stool and you step through the rubble<\/em><br \/>\n<em>This is your chance, you&#8217;re going to take it<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If she can dance, you can make it<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Wow, that sounds familiar too! Remember this classic?<\/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\/s2a2Nrw_6G0?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;start=29&#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>Knowing Bruce&#8217;s fondness for that song and its setlist appearances that year, I&#8217;m definitely chalking that up as a deliberate homage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>She takes off her shoes and runs down the beach<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oh she&#8217;s as soft as the night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>You fall and she crawls within your reach<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Let her drag you down on the sand<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And try to make it all right, ohhh<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and then we&#8217;re back to the &#8220;lonely lonely&#8221; chorus again, but I thought we were at the beach? Now we&#8217;re back in the park? (There are notes indicating this song was at one point called &#8220;Lonely Night at the Beach,&#8221; so it&#8217;s possible Bruce never fully reconciled the change of setting. Or perhaps this is just a work in progress.)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got a bridge now, and it&#8217;s a mouthful:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>And the boardwalk is so quiet at three in the morning<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The lonely wind breathes life into a Ferris wheel<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Somehow tonight this street seems so boring<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Raped and ravaged, with no secrets to reveal<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ohhh watch yourself now!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>That melody change is abrupt, isn&#8217;t it? And the lyrics don&#8217;t really fit the meter, although Bruce does his level best to force it. And that &#8220;raped and ravaged&#8221; line kind of comes out of nowhere&#8211;it&#8217;s a jarring metaphor against such a serene backdrop, and what&#8217;s the deal with Bruce&#8217;s vocals again? If the bridge went one line longer, at the rate Bruce&#8217;s voice was dropping he&#8217;d be Barry White.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, the &#8220;I Need a Lover&#8221; riff is back now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Well the bars close down and the lonesome armies they run for cover<\/em><br \/>\n<em>The lost boys and their pick ups, man they hate each other<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Huh. I guess that vocal delivery in the first verse was deliberate, &#8217;cause it&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Ah and you&#8217;re drinking &#8216;neath the pier with Kid Blue<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And Kid gets sick and throws up on your shoes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bruce is really painting quite a picture with this song, isn&#8217;t he? Take us home, Bruce!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>And you&#8217;re thinking of making it home<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Oh but your mom can&#8217;t see you like this all alone<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Yeah you&#8217;re walking down the street and no one knows your name<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Standing on the corner looking for the light to change<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sitting on the picket, light by light, line by line<\/em><br \/>\n<em>They got nothing left but time<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lonely night in the park<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely night in the park<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely night in the park<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely night<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And then out of the blue:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Hey little stranger, whatcha doing tonight?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know where <em>that<\/em> came from, but I like it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Lonely lonely lonely lonely night<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Whenever I write one of these posts, I listen to the song 4 or 5 times in a row first to properly immerse myself in it. So now, I&#8217;m walking around my house singing &#8220;lonely lonely lonely lonely night&#8221; over and over punctuated by an occasional &#8220;Hey little stranger, whatcha doing tonight?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s stuck.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously: this song is an absolute mess, but I love it. I can&#8217;t explain why such a mishmash appeals to me so much. It just does.<\/p>\n<p>Lonely lonely lonely night&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lonely Night in the Park<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nRecorded:<\/strong>\u00a0Feb-Apr, 1975<br \/>\n<b>Never Released<\/b><br \/>\n<strong>Never Performed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking for your favorite Bruce song? Check our <a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/roll-of-the-dice-album-by-album\/\">full index<\/a>. New entries every week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Born to Run outtake is a mess, an absolute mishmash. 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