Don't Say No

DON'T SAY NO - V1 3:48 DDO / DO-2 / UP / LES / DDOC / EC
I WANT TO BE WILD - V2 3:32 DDITV / UP

Note: For several years, V1 circulated on bootlegs as "Don't Say No", but then a nearly identical track V2 was released in the 1990s on 'Deep Down In the Vaults' called "I Want To Be Wild". Both share the same musical backing, and are characterized by Bruce's vocals buried deep in the mix, as if Springsteen purposely wanted the music to dominate, because the lyrics were barely developed. There is an entry titled, "I Want To Be Wild", on Record Plant logs, dated November 11, 1977, and there is also a Ruffs mix tape originally date June 17, 1977, with "11-11-77 I Want to Be Wild" added. There is no trace of "Don't Say No", but "New Fast Rocker" (a working title for an unidentified track) was also recorded on that date. Author Clinton Heylin has theorized this was "Don't Say No", but this is not confirmed. The official name became "Don't Say No" when it was registered with the US Copyright Office on January 10, 2011, and it appears in the 2010 documentary The Promise: The Making Of Darkness On The Edge Of Town.

Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License