Disc 2 track 6 of Tracks, 1998. Also known as "Loose End".
- Tracks (1998)
- Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
- Roy Bittan: piano
- Clarence Clemons: saxophone, percussion
- Danny Federici: organ, glockenspiel
- Garry Tallent: bass
- Max Weinberg: drums
Released on Tracks (1998), 18 Tracks (1999), and The Ties That Bind: The River Collection (2015).
Live versions are available on the following 12 official live downloads:
- 2016-09-09 Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, PA
- 2016-07-26 Granåsen Arena, Trondheim, Norway
- 2016-04-25 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
- 2016-02-10 XL Center, Hartford, CT
- 2014-05-18 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT
- 2014-03-01 Mt. Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
- 2012-11-12 Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
- 2012-07-31 Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland
- 2009-10-20 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
- 2008-08-21 Sommet Center, Nashville, TN
- 2000-06-27 Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY
- 1999-07-18 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
One of these recordings is also available on the playlists The Live Series: Songs From Around The World (2019) and The Live Series: Songs Of Introspection (2023).
| LOOSE ENDS - V1 take 1 | 4:01 | DROC1 / DBTR / RRR / SC / CAST / AM |
| LOOSE ENDS / LOOSE END - V2a | 4:04 | RIVER: SINGLE / DROC1 / ATMF / TTTBJ |
| LOOSE ENDS - V2b | 4:01 | TRACKS |
Note: "Loose Ends" was recorded at Power Station studios on July 18, 1979. Take 1 was described by engineer Neil Dorfsman as "mix #1, original vocal and original sax," then followed by a double four-count by the Boss. This has a rougher but clear, single-tracked lead vocal, with some slight differences in the phrasing and very minor changes to the lyrics. The circulating recording has no overdubs and the nine second double count-in; the vocals by Bruce and Steve Van Zandt include six "looooose ends" refrains, double the amount on V2. Double-tracked vocals can be found on V2, the second and final take. Bob Clearmountain mixed V2a in September 1979 for The Ties That Bind, but a month later Bruce cancelled that release, and it would be nineteen years before the song finally saw the light of day. V2b was remixed in 1998 by Ed Thacker for Tracks. In 2015, the 1979 mix was released as The River: Single Album, which omits the count-in, and is re-titled "Loose End". The guitars are higher in Clearmountain's 1979 mix, in comparison to V1 and the mix on Tracks,which are more keyboard focused. It also has five "loooose ends," and drum rolls after the last three. Lyrics from "Loose Ends" can also be found in "Little White Lies", and "Baby I'm So Cold", an outtake from Born In The U.S.A.
Studio Sessions: The River
Loose Ends |
We met out on open streets when we had no place to go
I remember how my heart beat when you said "I love you so"
Then little by little we choked out all the life that our love could hold
No no
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
We didn't count tomorrows, we took what we could and baby we ran
There was no time for sorrow, every place we went I held your hand
And when the night closed in I was sure your kisses told me all I had to know
But oh no
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled until it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
Whoa
Our love has fallen around us like we said it never could
We saw it happen to all the others but to us it never would
Well how could something so bad, darling, come from something that was so good
I don't know
It's like we had a noose and baby without check
We pulled 'til it grew tighter around our necks
Each one waiting for the other, darling to say when
Well baby you can meet me tonight on the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end (on the loose end)
On the loose end
On the loose end
On the loose end (on the loose end)
On the loose end
On the loose end
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