Them - Here Comes The Night

First performance: 13/04/1993


Coverinfo

Bruce soundchecked the song 2 times and once as a snippet:
 
Never played at regular shows. 
 
 
2016-05-27 Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland 
Extensive soundcheck includes several attempts of Them's "Here Comes The Night", which has been soundchecked in the past, but never played in concert.
  
 
 
Bruce soundchecked the song prior to the show. The song wasn't played at the regular show. Soundcheck exists, shot by a roving news crew that also filmed an interview.
 
 
  • Snippet 
during DRIVE ALL NIGHT
 
"Drive All Night" is performed as a duet with Glen Hansard, who sings a snippet of "Here Comes The Night" during the song.
 
 
 

Songinfo

"Here Comes the Night" is a 1964 song, written by Bert Berns. It became a hit for Northern Irish band Them, fronted by Van Morrison, in March 1965.
 
 
 

Bruce on the artist

2021-06-30 SiriusXM Studio, New York City
Bruce played the song during Episode 24 of the 'From My Home to Yours' series, themed "Night Time Is the Right Time".
 
 
2011-03-00 Renegade Nation Studio, New York City
Bruce makes his debut appearance on Steven Van Zandt's Little Steven's Underground Garage radio show. The interview was broadcast in three parts on April 1, 8 and 15 on over 200 terrestrial FM radio stations
across the United States. They discuss Them, and how Bruce (with The Castiles) performed their show-stopper "Mystic Eyes" at a Battle Of The Bands contest in 1966. 
Listen here
  

Lyrics

Whoa, here it comes
Here comes the night, here comes the night
Whoa-whoa-whoa-yeah

I could see right out my window walking down the street my girl with another guy
His arm around her like it used to be with me, whoa, it makes me want to die

Yeah-yeah-yeah well, here it comes
Here comes the night, here comes the night
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-yeah

There they go, it's funny how they look so good together, wonder what is wrong with me
Why can't I accept the fact she's chosen him and simply let them be

Whoa-whoa-whoa well, here it comes
Here comes the night, here comes the night
Whoa-whoa-whoa-yeah

She's with him, he's turning down the lights and now he's holding her the way I used to do
I could see her closing her eyes and telling him lies exactly like she told me too

Yeah-yeah-yeah well, here it comes
Here comes the night, the long, the long and lonely night
Night, night, night, night, night, night
Whoa, here comes the night, the long, the long and lonely [fades out]