It turned that song into a classic record that has really stood the test.She`s Gone (Electronic) Lyrics – Steelheartįind more lyrics at You can purchase their music thru I call it the perfect storm of creativity. The record is what happened when we went into Atlantic studios with the legendary producer, Arif Mardin, and this incredible collection of musicians who he surrounded us with and his string arrangement and the chemistry. The song was the thing that happened in our living room with him on the piano and me on the acoustic guitar. But really that song – don’t confuse that song with the record. Were the magical qualities you felt you captured? Think it’s a song that is certainly emblematic of our collaborativeĪfter it was written? Was there some sort of “By Jove, we’ve got it!” or what
Song we’ve ever written but it’s certainly one of the most enduring songs. You both have said that “She’s Gone” is the best song you’ve written together. I think it’s a universal loss but done in a very personal way. Of, you know, poetic but simple lyrics for the verse that really just somehowĮmbodied loss. We just pulled my chorus and his verse together. So, he and I sat down and we kind of pooled our sorrowful That’s how “She’s Gone” was born, in terms of the chorus idea. Saying that, well, if she’s not coming tonight, then she’s probably neverĬoming. Started plunking around the guitar and coming up with this folky kind of chorus So, instead, I sat in the house by myself and Wanted to get together on New Year’s Eve, which was coming up. We started hanging out together and I asked her if she She wasĭressed in cowboy boots and a tutu. I went in there to get a bite to eat and this gal came in. I think it was called, The Pink Tea Cup, on Bleaker It was December, it was freezingĬold, it was very late, like 2 o’clock in the morning. Hang out downtown in SoHo and hit the clubs and music venues and things like So, every opportunity I had I would always go to Greenwich Village and Upper eastside in New York, which I didn’t really care for, that neighborhood
What was happening was we were sharing an apartment on the You and Daryl were going through breakups when you wrote, “She’s Gone”? We asked him about the origin of the song, how the duo felt once theĮpic tune was complete, how the recording process influenced the final track,Īnd whether “She’s Gone” is the best song the successful friends has ever “She’s Gone,” who is also, of course, one of the co-founders of Hall & We caught up with John Oates, one of the writers of the timeless The feeling of loss expressed in the lyrics is as poignant now as it was in theĮra it was composed. Soon, two pretty voices come in together, unified.īut all of this build up is a preface to the beautiful, soaring chorus, whichĪcts as much as a release of strike as it does a song’s hook: “She’s gooooone! Oooooh why! I better learnĮven though the song was written nearly five decades ago, AnĮlectric lead guitar and a wa-wa rhythm enter to back up the growing melody. The song begins with a floating keyboard and a light snare.Ī thumping bass line quickly comes in next – bum-bum, bum-bum. Home apartment, “She’s Gone” was inspired by real heartbreak and buoyed by theĬomradery of deep friendship that’s often needed to get over a pain in order to Written in the group’s upper eastside New York City Gone,” is one of the more personal songs for the popular and platinum-selling 1970s Released on the 1973 album, Abandoned Luncheonette, the soaring and forlorn ballad, “She’s
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