Eddie and the Cruisers

Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!

Eddie! Eddie!

dark side's calling now,

nothing is real

she'll never know

just how I feel

from out of a shadow,

she walks like a dream

make me feel crazy,

make me feel so mean

nothin' gonna save me

from a love that's blind

slip to the dark side

across that line

on the dark side

oh, yeah

on the dark side

oh, yeah

dark side's calling now,

nothing is real

she'll never know

just how I feel

from out of a shadow,

she walks like a dream

make me feel crazy,

make me feel so mean

nothin' gonna save me

from a love that's blind

slip to the dark side

across that line

on the dark side

oh, yeah

on the dark side

oh, yeah...

In the summer of '63,

on the dark side

Was the number one song

in the country.

It's even bigger now.

that's Joann Carlino.

She was Eddies girl.

sally plays the bass.

Wendell on sax.

Kenny on drums.

guy on piano

was frank ridgeway.

He wrote all their lyrics.

Called him the Wordman.

on the dark side

oh, yeah

Wendell...

that was

august of 1963.

Died of

a heart attack.

He was only 37.

March 15, 1964.

It was a little

after 5 a. M.

Eddie's car went off

the Raritan bridge.

Must've been

a hell of an accident.

Who says accident?

You saying

he was murdered?

Could've been

a suicide.

All right, so what's

our hook gonna be?

What about the idea

that Eddies still alive?

You mean

"Eddie lives"?

It's possible.

They never found his body.

I get it.

Eddie swam away

from the car,

Had Jim Morrison waiting

for him on shore,

And then Amelia Earhart

flew them both to Paris

Where they're all

living together in sin.

Look, there are a lot

of holes in this story.

Now, something was

going on with that group,

Something that nobody

knows anything about.

Get to the point,

Maggie.

Did you ever hear of a poet

named Arthur Rimbaud?

French lit. 105.

It was required.

Ok, kiddies,

You want to sit back

in your seats and listen?

Sure.

"A season in hell.

"A spiritual and

confessional autobiography.

"Arthur Rimbaud

was a genius.

"His writings

were a quest.

"A search for perfection.

"An attempt to find

total freedom.

"At the age of 19,

"Arthur Rimbaud

committed suicide,

Not of the flesh,

but of the mind and soul. "

What's that

supposed to mean?

It means he never

wrote another word

And disappeared

off the face of the earth.

He was not seen

nor heard from again

For nearly 20 years,

Until he reappeared

in a hospital in Marseilles

On his deathbed.

Maggie,

it's a terrific story.

I just don't see

What this has got to do

with Eddie Wilson.

You know where Eddie

was coming from

The night of the accident?

He was coming

from a recording studio

Where he just finished

taping an album.

You know what the name

of that album was?

A season in hell.

So what you're saying

Is that Wilsons

pulling a Rimbaud?

I don't know, but if he is,

We've got ourselves

one hell of a story,

Don't we, guys?

You think you can

get your hands

On those tapes?

I went to satin records

yesterday.

I figure that the master

had to be sitting

In their vault.

I wondered why they never

released this album.

You know what I found out?

The tapes are missing.

Someone checked them out

on march 16...

The day after Eddie

supposedly died.

And that's going

to be our hook.

...on the jersey side

of the Holland tunnel,

The jersey turnpike,

and the...

sidewalk surfers

ride the streets

in supervans

fires light the faces

of the gypsy caravans

open up your door

we'll let those

lake pipes roar

into the

wild summer nights

oh, baby, those

wild summer nights

summer nights

wild summer nights

oh, baby, run wild

summer nights

run wild

summer nights

back on the charts again,

Eddie and the cruisers,

doing wild summer nights

From their hit album,

tender years.

And this is Scott muni at n. E.W.

Hey, Mr. Ridgeway!

Hey, nice catch.

"... and so

I dared to hope...

"though changed,

no doubt, from what I was

"When first I came

among these hills.

"When like a roe,

I bounded o'er the mountains

"By the sides of the deep rivers

and the lonely streams,

"Wherever nature led.

"More like a man

"Flying from something

that he dreads

And one who sought

the thing he loved. "

So, what's wordsworth

getting at?

He's saying

that places stay the same,

But people change.

Ok, do people change,

or don't they?

Now that's worth

talking about.

All right.

Have a nice weekend.

And remember, I don't want

to see any of your faces

For at least 48 hours.

as I walk alone

I wonder

what went wrong

with our love

a love

that was so strong

and as I

still walk on

I think of

the things we've done

together

while our hearts

were young

Im a-Walkin'

in the rain

tears are fallin'

and I feel the pain

wishin' you were

here by me...

The big time!

to end this misery

I wonder

I wo-Wo-Wo-Wo

wonder

why...

Joann!

she ran away

and I wonder

where she will stay

my little runaway

my run, run, run,

run, runaway

Hi.

Hi.

Im a-Walkin'

in the rain

tears are fallin'

and I feel the pain

wishin' you were

here by me

to end this misery

I wonder

I wo-Wo-Wo-Wo

wonder

why

why, why, why,

why, why...

Can I help

you guys?

I wonder

Yeah. Tell tony

Eddie and the cruisers

are here.

she got a love

that'll get you down

people let me

put you wise

she goes

out with other guys

I got the moral

of the story

from a guy who knows

I fell in love but my love

still grows, now

ask any fool

that she ever knew

a-Keep away

from a-Runaround sue

keep away

away from

that girl, now

you know what

she'll do

a-Runaround sue

whoa-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

whoa-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh

hey, hey

keep away

from that girl, now

All right!

Yeah! All right.

Wendell, you're on

the keyboards on this one.

Hey, big bopper,

where you going?

You gotta listen

to my new song.

You're the one

who knows what goes.

Hey, sally, never

bullshit a bullshitter.

You make the music.

I make the deals.

Get some sleep.

Let's get on

with the music.

1, 2...

1, 2, 3, 4!

Betty Lou

got a new pair of shoes

Betty Lou

got a new pair of shoes

Betty Lou wah-Oo

wah-Oo wah-Oo

Betty Lou

got a new pair of shoes

well, she walked through

a shoe store

picked out a shoe

tried on a 12,

but that wouldn't do

Betty Lou, Betty Lou

got a new pair of shoes

Betty Lou got

a new pair of shoes

Betty Lou wah-Oo

wah-Oo wah-Oo

Betty Lou

got a new pair of shoes

Hold it!

Hold it!

Wait a minute!

Wait a minute!

What's the matter?

What's the matter?

Where you racing to?

Where's the fire?

No fire. That's the way

the song was written.

It goes that way...

Upbeat.

What's the problem?

The problem is

is Im just saying words.

You know, you gotta

give me a little room,

So people know

what Im singing about.

You lose the beat,

people miss a step.

We want 'em

to dance.

Lose a beat,

miss a step...

what are you,

a moron, Sal?

You believe this guy?

Look, Sal,

I like your stuff,

But it just ain't

what I was looking for.

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