{"id":36008,"date":"2022-07-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=36008"},"modified":"2022-07-07T05:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T12:07:35","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-im-gonna-rock-the-pee-pee-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/07\/roll-of-the-dice-im-gonna-rock-the-pee-pee-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: I&#8217;m Gonna Rock (The Pee Pee Song)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It happens to us all.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re on stage in an arena surrounded by 18,000 adoring fans, right in the middle of a three-hour plus set of hard-driving rock and roll.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re getting close to the end of our first set. There&#8217;s an intermission in sight, but we&#8217;ve got to get through three more songs to get there.<\/p>\n<p>And nature is calling.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all been there, right? Most of the time, we grit our teeth, clench our bladder and soldier through.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes&#8230; we just can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what happened to Bruce Springsteen on December 8, 1992, when he just couldn&#8217;t hold it anymore. After finishing a rousing rendition of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/roll-of-the-dice-living-proof\/\">Living Proof<\/a>&#8221; (dancing a little more stiffly than usual), he sidled over to the microphone, excused himself, and made a mad dash backstage to micturate.<\/p>\n<p>While he was gone, Roy Bittan vamped with some New Orleans-style honky-tonk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-5QY6ZeFJ-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/5QY6ZeFJ?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>When he returned to the stage (with an audible sigh of relief), a much happier Springsteen improvised some lyrics on the spot:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>I&#8217;m gonna rock all night long, I&#8217;m gonna rock<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m gonna rock all night long, I&#8217;m gonna rock<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m gonna rock all night long, I&#8217;m gonna rock, baby &#8217;til it comes the dawn<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Not the deepest lyrics in his songbook, but they did the trick and kept the crowd&#8217;s energy level up until he was ready to resume the set with &#8220;Leap of Faith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As far as I know, those lyrics have never appeared anywhere else in his catalog, making &#8220;I&#8217;m Gonna Rock (The Pee Pee Song)&#8221; a bona fide original Springsteen song.<\/p>\n<p>He hasn&#8217;t performed it since, but I bet he&#8217;s glad he hasn&#8217;t had to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m Gonna Rock (The Pee Pee Song)<br \/>\nNever recorded<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Never released<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> December 8, 1992 (Philadelphia, PA)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> December 8, 1992 (Philadelphia, PA)<\/p>\n<p>Looking for your favorite Bruce song? Check our full index\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/roll-of-the-dice-album-by-album\/\">here<\/a>. New entries every week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When nature calls, Bruce makes up a 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