“Reno” is easily one of Bruce’s most beautiful, poignant, and cinematic songs–it’s been in my top ten since the moment I first heard it.
Month: May 2020
Twice only: Bruce and the E Street Band tackle Steppenwolf’s anthem, “Born to Be Wild.”
Sweet and slight, “Natural Magic” signaled a turn toward more soulful, romantic songs in Bruce’s set lists.
From Margo Timmin’s Ty Tyrfu solo sessions back in 2009, this gorgeous and intimate performance of “If I Should Fall Behind” ranks among the song’s best covers.
It started as a lark but ended up biting social commentary. Let’s trace the curious evolution of “57 Channels.”
It takes guts to cover The Beatles’ orchestral “Eleanor Rigby” with just a four-person high school rock band, but Bruce Springsteen has never lacked in the guts department. Listen to The Castiles’ daring cover inside.
Twice in the mid-nineties, Bruce and Jerry Lee Lewis tackled Lewis’ first great hit together, and both times they fell short. Let’s take a look and listen to find out why.
Another outtake from the terrific One Step Up/Two Steps Back 1998 tribute project, Bimbo du Jour unleashes the inner punk in Bruce’s “No Surrender.”
Still missing in action after all these years, “Down by the River” is a straight up rocker featuring the E Street Band in all its glory that would have been right at home on The River.
One time only: Bruce Springsteen joins The Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Little Richard, and a host of Hall of Fame all-stars for a cover of The Stones’ iconic “Start Me Up.”