in the song bruce's character is a baker who works long hours. he puts the sourdough loafs in a temperature controlled prover when he leaves at night to be ready when he gets in in the morning.
he gives his girl a loaf of bread each day, therefore "proving it all night" for her.
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Friday, 2 August 2019 23:26 (four years ago) link
this is one of my favorite songs off darkness, for some reason it makes me think of a fraught couple playing pool in a bar and not talking to each other
― brimstead, Friday, 2 August 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
My favorite thing about this song is all the moaning he does during the '78 live performances.
Phoenix '78 is a good one. Around the halfway mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okrvOAUg-yY
― Lily Dale, Saturday, 3 August 2019 00:50 (four years ago) link
“BIG MAN!...”
― 60... 90... 120 Minute IPA (morrisp), Saturday, 3 August 2019 01:00 (four years ago) link
Otm about the moaning. Feel like this is perhaps another example of the much noted Van Morrison influence on the album. Which band member is doing most of the backing vocals on that live video, couldn’t quite tell.
― U or Astro-U? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 3 August 2019 01:19 (four years ago) link