“Code of Silence” is Bruce’s only live recording to win a Grammy, but his studio version with Joe Grushecky is pretty great, too.
Month: August 2018
One of the best yet least-performed tracks on Magic gets some love from Pete Yorn, although I’m not sure he fully groks it.
“The Brokenhearted” is Roy Orbison meets The Drifters, and 1977 Bruce meets 2010 Bruce. The style mash-up works, the vocal graft not so much.
Yes, that’s the actress who played Joann Carlino in Eddie and the Cruisers, taking a turn on Bruce’s torch song.
Nils Lofgren has performed “Man at the Top” live more often than Bruce has–it’s a song that clearly means a lot to him.
In February 2017, the Cayamo festival-at-sea featured some terrific team-ups. Here’s one of them: “Hungry Heart” covered by the Wainright family, Emmylou Harris, Brandi Carlile, and more.
A couple of years ago, news leaked of an unreleased Springsteen song about Harry Potter, and it wasn’t long before the song leaked, too. This one probably should stay in the vault.
In honor of this week’s #TheHomeShows, here’s Pearl Jam’s scorching one-off cover of “Open All Night.”
An unfortunate licensing snafu resulted in one of the finest covers of a Springsteen song.