Manfred Mann's earth band is one of the most underrated classic rock bands ever. This song is just another example, and one of my favorites. Don't get better than this, folks
@@sandyquilty3138 The album version is the best, imo, I've heard several versions including one's that look like album versions on TH-cam that aren't. The elements that were added, like backing vocals, a vocal intro and shoddy synth solo ruined an otherwise perfect original recording. For that matter, the entire album Chance is truly an unprecedented musical accomplishment and ushered in a sound that defined much of what bands for the rest of the 80s had to strive to approximate, thanks, I believe, much to the hard work of producer Trevor Rabin. As far as I can tell, no other Manfred Mann album comes even close to what this album achieved artistically.
not sure but you look young. You have picked a great song. this song always sends many emotions through me, hope, sadness, love, joy... I hope you keep listening to this as you get older and feel how the song means more as you get older!
Seems like I have heard that at the mall recently, in a cool store. lol This was my favorite song when I was a teenager. Well, along with Hold on Hold Out by Jackson Brown.
Manfred Man and Chris Thompson are absolutely amazing. His vocals are incredible. Their interpretation of other songwriter's songs are perfect. Chris Thompson is a really nice bloke, too!
I worked on the river boats in the 70's-80's.There is a lock and dam in Bellvue Iowa.Everytime we would come down to make the lock,we would sing this song as we approached the lock wall.Ha.Folks thought we were strange.We just liked a great song.
I am now 54y old, and MMEB has been one of my favourites since my childhood. They are simply great, but without Chris Thompson they are not the same as in their best years.
I was 15 when I heard this on my am transitor radio on a Chicago radio station WLS, and it was just once in a while I caught it playing while laying in bed on a school night....ahhh memories, 40 years later still gives me chills when I listen to it, love it!
Dr Hook & The medicine show they are underrated but only have a few hits which were phenomenal I love everything about them they're the gods behind the gods
A beautiful cover, superior musically in my opinion to Springsteen's original. The range of emotions addressed by the song really come out here, making for such a touching and memorable experience.
I am a huge Bruce Springsteen fan but this is from his first album when he was trying to make it.Manfred mann capture this song so great.I believe Bruce is so proud of this version.
In point of fact, springsteen hated it because it was better than his original... and was the 2nd time Mm did him better. Blinded By The Light was another springsteen song that MM did before this one... springsteen's version STUNK ON ICE, and MM just redid it and hit it right out of the park. Springsteen really has no love for MM as a result.
@@ericlarson6390 ... AND if I may add, Spirit In The Night. I have been a Springsteen and E Streeter supporter since 1974. Greetings, & The Wild, were awesome albums in their own right, I still play them and there are no skips. (Older people will understand) .
Chance is one of the greatest albums of all time. So few people have listened to it though. I've worn out two vinyl copies over the years. It's amazing front to back without a single lame track. A brilliant masterpiece. Get yourself a copy and thank me later .
i have listened to the album a little while ago, and i really like it. I've known the band for a few years, and i was at some point still hearing new stuff from them. its my favorite album of all time
One last comment. First listen to the song. Then listen to the song concentrating on the backup vocalist that comes into the song. The song is amazing.
I flew to Germany with my daughter a few years a go to see them live . I think the live version of I came for you is fantastic , but the studio version has it for me. Crisper.
I'd no idea, until tonight, that this is a cover of a Bruce Springsteen original song. I listened t BS's original version, and I just wanna say thank Goodness MMEB redid it, cuz Mann, oh Mann, did it ever desperately need it!! Luv this version!!!
Exactly! I listened to the original version and said "WTF???" And what's with those lyrics????? Manfred Mann also greatly improved Blinded by the Light, also originally sung by The Boss.
Какие классные клавишные! Со своеобразной тональностью! Голос вокалиста тоже замечательный! И сама песня шедевр! Слушаю с 1983 года и не надоедает! Первая величина искусства!
This entire time period was great for the band, disco was gone, the written word in music became important again. Hook lines keyboards synth, buth the best part was the writing. The 80s music was and still is so important. s
Manfred Mann gives this song the type of energy and intensity it truly deserves. Bruce's version as great as it is to monotone and he uses no inflection in his voice. great song non the less.
I wanted to buy the album this song was on back in the early 90's but I couldn't buy it!!! I finally found it on an import cd!!! paid $25 for the cd just to get this song!!!!
The whole rest of the CD is awesome. I'm partial to Stranded and All Through The 80's. Give it another listen or three. Also listen to their later song Runner. That might have been their last song I liked.
Manfred Mann: the masters at making covers that were better than the original - Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Blinded by the Light, Spirits in the Night, For You, and The Mighty Quinn.
Just amazing that their two best songs (my opinion only), I Came for You, and Blinded by the Light were Springsteen covers that blew the originals away. That's saying something, because that Springsteen guy is a legend. They did the same with Do Wah Diddy. Do many other bands in history have such a knack for finding just the right sound to make a good song into an epic cover?
I wonder what its like to understand all the lyrics from the first listening? :) I love the music that told stories. Never shall the 21st century truly own me
WOW! this song is a true rock classic, will never forget the night i heard it, on a rock radio station called KSLQ, i miss those days, CLASSIC ROCK FOREVER!!!!!
Ich glaube die MMEB hat viele ihrer Erfolge Chris Thompson zu verdanken. Er hat eine fantastische Stimme die unter die Haut geht und ist sehr authentisch. Man hat das Gefühl, er singt es nicht nur sondern ist im Text drin und fühlt das auch, was er singt. Ein toller Künstler und ein sehr interessanter Mann!
This be called late 70's decade 'Party', with the greatest keyboard man Manfred Mann, reachin' the "British Pop" 'perfection', along with Bram Tchaikovsky's "Girl of my dreams" debut, both are undisputed the "British Pop" 'Zenith'. Thanks Manfred Mann.
+Emma Knightley I love his voice, too. But I just can't make it match with his appearance ;) In my mind it's the voice of a younger man who looks different.
I think you're right but, that says something for the songwriting craft of Bruce. He, along with Dylan, crafted some real gems that only got better when others interpreted them underscoring the quality of the songwriting. Bruce is one of those artists that is really best live to which the later big tours kind of smothered some of the amazing interface he was capable of when performing in a much more intimate setting that didn't have to be a bombastic greatest hits type "oldies" show. Not to take anything away from the arena Bruce but at the end of the day it's the songs and Mann knows how to arrange them in a most unique and pleasing way that really connects. I really think Mann is one of the 20th century greats because not only could he be totally righteous in his early pop incarnation but, he could push the instrumental progressive boundaries to where they were totally just as accessible. He's one unique artist that deserves far greater accolades than even his long and successful career often gets.
Love this song! When this came out, there was another official video for this song that had a blonde girl in it, with closeups, alternating with the band's performances. Does anyone else remember that?
The Tampa Bay Rays baseball team use that famous piano rift part of this song coming back from commercial breaks between innings sometimes. Their late announcer who tragically and suddenly passed right before this season started (2023), had a hand Im sure in it being one of the "bumper" songs (coming back from commercial). And oh by the way, Rays are in first right now.
It was a different time, y`know. I don`t know what it was like in the US and Canada at the time, but in Western Europe in the years 1979-1981, four or five songs by Manfred Mann`s Earth Band, including this one, *dominated* the airways.
I have been able to listen to this piece of music over and over again for 40 years. And the keyboard touch still sends shivers down my spine. There must be something about it ;-)
Keine Schulfeier in den 80ern ohne diesen großartigen Song mehrmals gehört zu haben ! Das passierte, wenn sich Manfred Mann's Earth Band mal eine großartige Komposition vornahm und diese geschliffen ausarrangierte. Musikalisches Weltkulturerbe !
![Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Spirits In The Night (1975) [fan video edit]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mSjJjzFwSr8/mqdefault.jpg)
Blinded by the light always overshadowed this song, but I always liked this one better. A true Rock classic that never got the fame it deserves!
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Just learned today that this is also a Springsteen cover, though I only knew it by a third band's version
Yes it did! Without Bruce Springsteen they would only one hit! But it's the only cover they do I like it better than the Boss!
It was huge in my market.
Couldn't agree more!
Manfred Mann's earth band is one of the most underrated classic rock bands ever. This song is just another example, and one of my favorites. Don't get better than this, folks
On my opinion, the live version is better
@@sandyquilty3138 The album version is the best, imo, I've heard several versions including one's that look like album versions on TH-cam that aren't. The elements that were added, like backing vocals, a vocal intro and shoddy synth solo ruined an otherwise perfect original recording. For that matter, the entire album Chance is truly an unprecedented musical accomplishment and ushered in a sound that defined much of what bands for the rest of the 80s had to strive to approximate, thanks, I believe, much to the hard work of producer Trevor Rabin. As far as I can tell, no other Manfred Mann album comes even close to what this album achieved artistically.
@@johncaccioppo1142 a study in pink
Почему недооцененная!? Со школы слушаю,люблю и помню!
I llke them but all their best stuff is other peoples music. Cant be the best under those conditions.
This is my favorite song of all time. I have never grown tired of listening to it.
not sure but you look young. You have picked a great song. this song always sends many emotions through me, hope, sadness, love, joy... I hope you keep listening to this as you get older and feel how the song means more as you get older!
Me too no matter how many times I hear it I get chills
Chris Thompson at his best!
One of my favorites also.
I can only say this....its the one song that i wish would never end
Sooooo good. Loved it then. Love it now at 65. An beyond
59 here. Same.
Reminds me of roller skating Friday nights70s/80s. Great times!!!
Yes! 😅
Went to Play Land in Austin almost every Friday.
Just haunting. That piano part just sends shivers down my spine
Well said
Never thought I would see this after all these years.😊
Lead Singers enthusiasm is great!
Haven't heard this on the radio since the 90s and now it's being played like it's 1981 all over again.
Seems like I have heard that at the mall recently, in a cool store. lol This was my favorite song when I was a teenager. Well, along with Hold on Hold Out by Jackson Brown.
Manfred was a class act in the fact he didn't feel the need for the Spot Light. He just made music and a lot of hits for decades.
Manfred Man and Chris Thompson are absolutely amazing. His vocals are incredible. Their interpretation of other songwriter's songs are perfect. Chris Thompson is a really nice bloke, too!
Kathie Myrenaes Well said Kathie
Yes he is! Met him with Alan Parsons! Great voice and super humble man!
He's so good you can't even understand how good he is...
can't say how much this is a favourite of mine
I worked on the river boats in the 70's-80's.There is a lock and dam in Bellvue Iowa.Everytime we would come down to make the lock,we would sing this song as we approached the lock wall.Ha.Folks thought we were strange.We just liked a great song.
I am now 54y old, and MMEB has been one of my favourites since my childhood. They are simply great, but without Chris Thompson they are not the same as in their best years.
I was 15 when I heard this on my am transitor radio on a Chicago radio station WLS, and it was just once in a while I caught it playing while laying in bed on a school night....ahhh memories, 40 years later still gives me chills when I listen to it, love it!
The big 89 Brother !
I'm a bit older and remember when WLS and WCFL battled it out and when WLUP first started not to mention WXRT which is still going strong today.
I was 19 - 890 ruled!
Best station ever, growing up listening to WLS inspired me to go into radio. (Side note, found some "Animal Stories" on TH-cam)
Uncle Lar and Little Snot Nose Tommy. I loved WLS
I’ll always respect Mann’s covers for how different they are while still keeping some of the original
In 1986 or 87 a dormmate turned me on to the Chance album. I've been in love with it ever since. Thank you, Jonathon.
I remember this song fondly, it reminds me of my older sister, Tammy who passed away on Christmas day of 2017. Rest in Peace.😞 I just want to cry😢
Sorry for your loss brother
Sorry for your/our loss.
Sorry for your loss… music is amazing it helps us remember good times good people good places and we never forget !
I saw them in concert in Germany five times and have every album they recorded. My favorite band of all time.
How cool are you ,,,wow . I went this alot my my 8 track tape player in 1981it gave me memories of days gone by.... The. 70 era . Like
Dr Hook & The medicine show they are underrated but only have a few hits which were phenomenal I love everything about them they're the gods behind the gods
A beautiful cover, superior musically in my opinion to Springsteen's original. The range of emotions addressed by the song really come out here, making for such a touching and memorable experience.
Totally agree!
I am a huge Bruce Springsteen fan but this is from his first album when he was trying to make it.Manfred mann capture this song so great.I believe Bruce is so proud of this version.
Lol. Mannfred did his songs much better
In point of fact, springsteen hated it because it was better than his original... and was the 2nd time Mm did him better. Blinded By The Light was another springsteen song that MM did before this one... springsteen's version STUNK ON ICE, and MM just redid it and hit it right out of the park. Springsteen really has no love for MM as a result.
@@ericlarson6390 ... AND if I may add, Spirit In The Night. I have been a Springsteen and E Streeter supporter since 1974. Greetings, & The Wild, were awesome albums in their own right, I still play them and there are no skips. (Older people will understand) .
Chance is one of the greatest albums of all time. So few people have listened to it though.
I've worn out two vinyl copies over the years. It's amazing front to back without a single lame track.
A brilliant masterpiece.
Get yourself a copy and thank me later .
i have listened to the album a little while ago, and i really like it. I've known the band for a few years, and i was at some point still hearing new stuff from them. its my favorite album of all time
What a voice he has. What is it about Manfred Mann that they take Bruce's songs and make them 10x's better ?.
This tune brings back so many memories from the 80s!
Great song. I miss music like this but I'm glad that I was around in the 80's to hear this while it was on the radio. Good Stuff!
Chris Thompson has such a great voice
Oh that fretless bass is beautiful!!!
Love the mini moog too.
The best.
My cherished sorrowful song
I tried to move Heaven out of your way my angelic love
My arms failed us both
I love you Trish
I'm sorry
One last comment. First listen to the song. Then listen to the song concentrating on the backup vocalist that comes into the song. The song is amazing.
Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it. The woman singing in the background is Shona Laing.
Bruce is awesome! But the punch and the vocal + ++ m.m.e.b delivers in this version is just beyond awesome :)
I flew to Germany with my daughter a few years a go to see them live . I think the live version of I came for you is fantastic , but the studio version has it for me. Crisper.
I'd no idea, until tonight, that this is a cover of a Bruce Springsteen original song. I listened t BS's original version, and I just wanna say thank Goodness MMEB redid it, cuz Mann, oh Mann, did it ever desperately need it!! Luv this version!!!
Exactly! I listened to the original version and said "WTF???" And what's with those lyrics????? Manfred Mann also greatly improved Blinded by the Light, also originally sung by The Boss.
Какие классные клавишные! Со своеобразной тональностью! Голос вокалиста тоже замечательный! И сама песня шедевр! Слушаю с 1983 года и не надоедает! Первая величина искусства!
The lead singer has such a powerful voice, love it
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Thank you, Karen Marie Moning for reminding me of this gem...gave me goosebumps.
I can still remember the first time I heard this on the radio in the early 80s....40 years later I still shiver from the lyrics...
This entire time period was great for the band, disco was gone, the written word in music became important again. Hook lines keyboards synth, buth the best part was the writing. The 80s music was and still is so important. s
Another tight British band
Manfred Mann gives this song the type of energy and intensity it truly deserves. Bruce's version as great as it is to monotone and he uses no inflection in his voice. great song non the less.
Lol. Springsteen is so boring.
It's my favorite band since the 80s. I love it. Thanks, guys..🎸🎸🥁🥁
Great tune! I haven’t heard this song since I was in high school in ‘82. Brings back good memories
I wanted to buy the album this song was on back in the early 90's but I couldn't buy it!!! I finally found it on an import cd!!! paid $25 for the cd just to get this song!!!!
The whole rest of the CD is awesome. I'm partial to Stranded and All Through The 80's. Give it another listen or three. Also listen to their later song Runner. That might have been their last song I liked.
This song is my life
Well im feeling like 22 again ,love your music,forever
I listened to this on a cabinet stereo,the volume cranked up
Manfred Mann: the masters at making covers that were better than the original - Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Blinded by the Light, Spirits in the Night, For You, and The Mighty Quinn.
Under rated band. Lots of talent with these guys. Always liked them
Just amazing that their two best songs (my opinion only), I Came for You, and Blinded by the Light were Springsteen covers that blew the originals away. That's saying something, because that Springsteen guy is a legend. They did the same with Do Wah Diddy.
Do many other bands in history have such a knack for finding just the right sound to make a good song into an epic cover?
Still rocks may 25 2020👍
Love this late 70s sound
Early 80s, right on the cusp.
I have heard three different studio versions of this song from Manfred Mann. Crazy!!
I wonder what its like to understand all the lyrics from the first listening? :) I love the music that told stories. Never shall the 21st century truly own me
What an epic song. I've loved this since I was young.
An extremely dark song, with loving hope at the end.
Killer song! The lyrics are EXCELLENT and the musicianship ain’t bad either.
I haven't heard this one in forever! Thank you for posting it!
This album is in my opinion “the beginning of the “end” of the great Manfred manns earth band.
sadly yes at least for me. as i remember chris was about to leave the band. i don't know any background
Artistically awesome and amazing! Manfred Manns' Earth Band for Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame!!!!!!!!!!
Angel Station is one of MME's best albums. Chris Thompson has a great voice!
Chance is a far better album, it's terribly underrated.
WOW! this song is a true rock classic, will never forget the night i heard it, on a rock radio station called KSLQ, i miss those days, CLASSIC ROCK FOREVER!!!!!
Brilliant 👍👍👍❤
Ich glaube die MMEB hat viele ihrer Erfolge Chris Thompson zu verdanken. Er hat eine fantastische Stimme die unter die Haut geht und ist sehr authentisch. Man hat das Gefühl, er singt es nicht nur sondern ist im Text drin und fühlt das auch, was er singt. Ein toller Künstler und ein sehr interessanter Mann!
best song ever !
I don't know how this wasn't a huge hit like Blinded By the Light. Bruce was a genius.
What a great musician(Manfredd Mann) from South Africa
Soldiers an' drummers of Generation 60s Century 20 salute you for this!
Sta-a-a-and strait! Eyes right!
🥁 🥁 🥁 SIR!💂🏻♂️💂🏻♂️💂🏻♂️
Chris Thompson has pipes!!
Love this song
R.I.P.. Steve Waller , You'r Presented The Golden Age Of Manfred Mann’s
Was für ein Brett 😍😎
This be called late 70's decade 'Party', with the greatest keyboard man Manfred Mann, reachin' the "British Pop" 'perfection', along with Bram Tchaikovsky's "Girl of my dreams" debut, both are undisputed the "British Pop" 'Zenith'. Thanks Manfred Mann.
OMG FANTASTIC!!!!!! I love this band. FANTASTIC FANTASTIC!!!!!
Love this tune Manfred Mann Earth Band. Rock on!
I've heard this song a million times, and even time I hear something new in it
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The best intro ever!!!
That voice...
+Emma Knightley I love his voice, too. But I just can't make it match with his appearance ;) In my mind it's the voice of a younger man who looks different.
Richard Schubert haha yes, voices make us imagine people, when we have not seen them before...as with seeing radio commentators...VERY strange!
This song remembers me my youth. These days were extremely good days!
I think you're right but, that says something for the songwriting craft of Bruce. He, along with Dylan, crafted some real gems that only got better when others interpreted them underscoring the quality of the songwriting. Bruce is one of those artists that is really best live to which the later big tours kind of smothered some of the amazing interface he was capable of when performing in a much more intimate setting that didn't have to be a bombastic greatest hits type "oldies" show. Not to take anything away from the arena Bruce but at the end of the day it's the songs and Mann knows how to arrange them in a most unique and pleasing way that really connects. I really think Mann is one of the 20th century greats because not only could he be totally righteous in his early pop incarnation but, he could push the instrumental progressive boundaries to where they were totally just as accessible. He's one unique artist that deserves far greater accolades than even his long and successful career often gets.
Love this song! When this came out, there was another official video for this song that had a blonde girl in it, with closeups, alternating with the band's performances. Does anyone else remember that?
I found it! th-cam.com/video/-05JJO2J6V4/w-d-xo.html
The Tampa Bay Rays baseball team use that famous piano rift part of this song coming back from commercial breaks between innings sometimes. Their late announcer who tragically and suddenly passed right before this season started (2023), had a hand Im sure in it being one of the "bumper" songs (coming back from commercial). And oh by the way, Rays are in first right now.
Timeless Masterpiece - Thank you for this banger!! 😃
Chris Thompson's vocals are amazing!
He may look ordinary but what a voice!
So much better than the original version.
The main thing I like about their Springsteen cover is the respect they show for the originals.
It was a different time, y`know. I don`t know what it was like in the US and Canada at the time, but in Western Europe in the years 1979-1981, four or five songs by Manfred Mann`s Earth Band, including this one, *dominated* the airways.
One of rocks greatest voices. And guitar by a young Trevor Rabin.
one of the best songs i ever heard......
One of the best albums ever made, by them or anyone.
Great voice.
One of my top 10 favorite songs of all time. Just superb. Always get excited when they would play the full version on the radio.
I always loved this song! I liked Blinded by the Light, but really LOVED this song!
I still like this song
My favorite band ever since and still
very good band
This song helped me with depression in the early 80s.
Back when you could look like someone's dad and rock.
😂🤣
Word. These dudes look like they should be hanging out with my dad in his backyard, grilling burgers and drinking beers.
He just reminds me of Maurice Gibb
Yeah Megan... when talent mattered.. not looks..
And no auto tune
I hope you're listening Randy P
I have been able to listen to this piece of music over and over again for 40 years.
And the keyboard touch still sends shivers down my spine.
There must be something about it ;-)
Этот альбом я слушал когда был в армии. Отличный альбом.
Years ago I was so excited when I finally got the CD with this song!
Keine Schulfeier in den 80ern ohne diesen großartigen Song mehrmals gehört zu haben ! Das passierte, wenn sich Manfred Mann's Earth Band mal eine großartige Komposition vornahm und diese geschliffen ausarrangierte. Musikalisches Weltkulturerbe !
....und immer besser als die Originale! :-)
Admiraljets Favoris ......Jawoll 😃
Admiraljets Favoris - Ja, irgendwie besser als der Boss, Bruce. Liebe diesen Song aber besonders diesel Version von Manfred Mann.
Ich kam in der Armee im Jahr 82 und liebte es jedes Mal, wenn dieses Lied kam. Ich vermisse die 80er Jahre.
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