You’ve wondered what “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” would sound like covered by the punkiest of punk bands, right? Of course you have.
Month: April 2019
Everybody’s looking for *something*, but I’ll be darned if I can figure out what. Give this brief home demo a listen and see if you can figure out what Bruce is singing about.
“4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)” reveals Bruce Springsteen at a crossroads, caught between his attraction to and rejection of his adopted hometown. Backstory, insights, and great performances inside.
Even obscure, never-released-on-an-album Springsteen songs get cover treatments: check out Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper’s outstanding cover of “The Big Payback” from 1985.
In the early Steel Mill era, Bruce and the band closed their shows with a sexy band showcase called “Goin’ Down Slow.” Take a listen inside.
The former Dukes of Hazard star tackles Bruce’s noir classic, and it’s way better than that sentence would lead you to expect.
Part cover, part adaptation, part tribute, part reminder: Bruce’s “Freedom Cadence” connects the dots from “Born in the U.S.A.’s” Vietnam vet to today’s Iraq war veterans.
She may not be a household name, but Mary Cutrufello has some serious E Street cred. Listen to her terrific team-up with Willy Braun on Bruce’s “Take ’em as They Come.”
One of Bruce’s lightest but truest songs of love and friendship, “Janey, Don’t You Lose Heart” is an instant highlight wherever she turns up.
If you’ve never heard Mary J. Blige’s cover of “American Skin (41 Shots)” with new lyrics and vocals by Kendrick Lamar, stop what you’re doing and listen to this magnificent performance.