Is a discarded fifty-years-old, thirty-minutes-long opus really the secret origin of “Kitty’s Back,” “Cadillac Ranch,” and “One Step Up?” Just listen and decide for yourself.
Month: November 2018
The Bruce cover that never was: Bette Midler recorded her version of “Pink Cadillac,” but Bruce refused to let her release it. Find out why and check out her live performance of it inside.
“What Love Can Do” is a reminder that while love can’t solve society’s ills, it can give us the strength to face them. It’s more timely now than when Bruce wrote it.
Teddy “Zig Zag” Andreadis breathes new life into “57 Channels” with his bluesy, gravelly take.
Part myth, part strut, and all magic: it’s the story of Bad Scooter and the E Street Band.
Sister song to “Reno” and cousin to “Further On (Up the Road),” “Maria’s Bed” is a carefree jaunt with surprising depth and hidden poignancy–it’s one of Bruce’s best 21st-century songs.
“The Big Payback” is a Nebraska-era B-side obscurity, as tight, taut, and sinister as anything on the album it didn’t make but a whole lot more fun to sing.
Could there be a better cover pairing for “Give the Girl a Kiss” than The Sensational Epics? I don’t think so.