Bob Seger's "Night Moves": C or D

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okay, so when we were all desperately hungover last week, my friends and i drove around listening to 'Night Moves' at full blast, and it kinda made me feel incredibly good.

but what is the song from 1962?

(i feel like i just became a little straighter by admitting that)

Wondered about that song from '62 for a long time, too

"autumn closing in" is a great romantic line.

I really like this song, but I also can't hear it without laughing at it.

yeah but it's that kind of laughter that is more laughing at the sentimentality because..well, it's kind of easy to identify with? it's like laughing at yourself for being a sentimental shit bag. i feel the same way when i hear Thunder Road, which i also know all the lyrics to.

anyway.

Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers????

(Were there any great punk/'70s bands from Indiana? Detroit and Ohio had their share, and Chicago obviously had a scene, but I can't think of a damn thing from Indiana outside of John Cougar.)

don't get me started...

No love for "Big River" aka "The Original Night Moves"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hekBAk5L7k4

this (along with more seger) is in permanent rotation in my father-in-law's truck

The drums on "Hollywood Nights" are great, as others said above. I like this song a lot, but lyrically I think it misses the payoff that the opening stanza sets up. "He knew right then he was too far from home". I expect Manson-style mayhem, or SLA. But no, I guess it's just that they fuck..."with a passion that kills", it's true, but what does that mean? The song still rocks and I'm just overthinking it, but fuck it, it's ILM, that's what it's here for.

I really like this song, but I also can't hear it without laughing at it.

True for a handful of Bob Seger songs.

He's a Midwestern boy who gets in way over his head; he winds up broke and alone and emotionally devastated and he's not sure he'll ever make it back to where he came from.

cocaine is a helluva drug

Yeah, that works; broke and lonely. I think the conceit could be milked a bit more, but it's cool; and a great song.

A friend of mine told me he was getting his tires changed or brakes fixed or something here in Ann Arbor, Michigan about 10 years ago, and there was a plaque on the wall in the waiting room. It said "The Drive-in that inspired Bob Seger's 'Night Moves' stood on this site."

Ah-the internet says it's the Tuffy Muffler on Stadium Boulevard, not but a half mile from the house I'm now living in. Maybe I should go in there and perform some kind of ritual.

Personally, I'm ok with the MOR Bob Seger,but young punk Bob Seger is amazing. "East Side Story", "Down Home", 2+2=?. All killer.

I heard this and "someone saved my life tonight" back-to-back on the classic station.
It was freakin awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=487t88pz-2Y

thanks to jsimp for reminding me what the one bob sega master system song i heard and enjoyed once on the radio was

Just heard this for the first time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp25PHbLPcU

...after years knowing Bob's cover. Awesome.

This song is like the perfect Van Morrison song and the perfect Bruce Springsteen song rolled into one.

Just realized there is a coded boob reference in an early verse. The bit about "points of her own".

Not really so coded!

Chicks used to throw their bras onstage when he sang that line. Probably still do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJuIv41o2DY

Chicks used to throw their bras onstage when he sang that line. Probably still do.

I mean, wouldn't you?

http://www.icplaces.com/image/ic_BobSegerandTheSilverBulletBandsongPics1TaBXvAsoX2BPVM.jpg

Night moves is so dope.

waited on the thunder iirc

This song is like the perfect Van Morrison song and the perfect Bruce Springsteen song rolled into one.

With the Simon-like opener "Little to tall, could-a used a few pounds."

too

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… summertime

sweet summertime

he's adorable! he looks like a real person. why not pelt that guy with bras?

He could probably use one!

haha

night moobs

I didn't download that Never Mind The Bullets at the time, as I assumed it'd be around forever, and then megaupload went to jail and now I can't seem to find it without downloading some program that will turn my computer into a microwave oven. Is there a link somewhere that's safe to use?

Musician friend of mine from Stamps, Ark., once shared his Seger beef with me. A tune came on the radio and he shook his head and says, "Fuck Bob Seger, man. Every song is like 'I remember this' or 'I remember that.' Forget the past. I'm trying to push rock FORWARD."

Still makes me laugh.

I've got a soft spot for "Night Moves," maybe a few others. That simple, perfect acoustic riff is probably why Jesus invented the acoustic guitar.

Back in '72 is an album by American rock singer/songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music)

dlp9001, tyler posted a link to it recently:

http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/20241194822/never-mind-the-bullets-bob-seger-1966-1974-q

best way to experience this song is to randomly discover it like two weeks before you lose your virginity ime

walking to work today and a painter's (totally painted-over but still working) boombox was playing this

sweet

little too tall

I gave this a lot of thought a while ago and decided the 1962 song is "Baby It's You," however I will accept other suggestions.

"Our Day Will Come" would be good symmetry, but it's too innocent for what they were up to. It's Detroit, so maybe "You Really Got a Hold on Me."

I guess Seger says it was "Be My Baby" but that's from 1963. Maybe it's all lies. He's probably a virgin.

So I was close...ish

Was checking out the lyrics online and did a double take at the writing credit, attributed to Michael Franks. Uh, no.

"Night Moves" was released on 10/31/2006. It is track #4 on the album Greatest Hits. It was written by SMALL, MICHAEL / FRANKS, MICHAEL