Two cover takes of “Fire” — the first and the definitive, both by Robert Gordon and Link Wray.
Month: January 2018
In which Bruce redeems one of his least compelling compositions decades after it was released.
Never have I seen a Springsteen cover start with so much promise only to go so horribly wrong.
For the completists only: A strident, polemic “Black Sun Rising” performed only twice (mercifully) by Steel Mill.
Cover Me: From Ricki and the Flash, Meryl Streep sinks her teeth into “My Love Will Not Let You Down”
Springsteen’s “My Love Will Not Let You Down” – an introvert’s inner scream
One of my all-time favorite Bruce covers: “Don’t Look Back” by The Knack. (I’m a child of the 1980s. No apologies.)
“Walking in the Street” — a never-released, never-performed alternative path for Springsteen’s “Thunder Road.”
Ed Sheeran covers “Atlantic City” by Bruce Springsteen on BBC-2
“With Every Wish” by Bruce Springsteen: a cautionary tale about caution.