Canadian band Deep Dark Woods turns in a faithful cover of Bruce’s minimalist musing on the meaning of work.
Month: June 2019
Another treasure from the vault: Listen to “Street Queen,” Bruce’s car-on-boy fetish song from the very first day of recording sessions for Greetings from Asbury Park.
For a couple of nights in 1977, Steve was the front man and Bruce was the sidekick. Listen in on a highlight from those shows, a wonderful “cover” of Little Steven’s “Some Things Just Don’t Change.”
It’s sonically rough and lyrically trite, but a 20-year-old Springsteen turns in a ferocious guitar performance in his early composition, “Good Lovin’ Woman.”
Forty years later, the Pointer Sisters’ cover of “The Fever” still smokes. Watch a rare vintage video performance inside.
Set the wayback machine to September 16, 1967, and we’ll listen to 17-year-old Bruce Springsteen tear up Mobey Grape’s “Omaha” in the earliest known live Springsteen recording.
It’s one of rock’s most meta-powerful songs, and in 1984 Bruce and Steve transformed it into a tribute to their brotherhood. Hear that moment and watch more great performances of “Drift Away” inside.
“Used Cars” is one of Bruce’s most honestly autobiographical songs. Beneath its vignette veneer lies powerful, nuanced themes of shame and alienation. Let’s explore and listen to rare performances inside.
Bad Scooter finds his groove pretty quickly in Joe Slomp’s fresh and funky take on “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out.”
One time only: Bruce, Max, and an all-star jam band back The Who on one of their most recognized songs at The Who’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.