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Month: May 2022

Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice: Man’s Job

Posted on May 30, 2022January 3, 2023 by Ken

This Stax/Volt homage (featuring Sam Moore himself) is an unjustly overlooked gem from Bruce’s early 1990s era.

Cover Me

Cover Me, Rhonda: He’s the One

Posted on May 28, 2022January 3, 2023 by Ken

Among the earliest Springsteen covers was this disco-ish, gender-flipped version of Bruce’s 1975 deep cut.

Cover Me

MatR: Bleachers and Bruce Springsteen: Chinatown

Posted on May 24, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

At the height of the pandemic, Bruce came out of lockdown to appear on Jack Antonoff’s album track, video, and live rooftop performance.

Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice: The Virgin Flower

Posted on May 22, 2022May 21, 2022 by Ken

Let’s take another trip into Bruce’s 1968 Notebook with a lengthy entry that reads more like a poem than a song.

Cover Me

Cover Me, The Mandrillos: Cross My Heart

Posted on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 by Ken

“Cross My Heart” always had more potential than its album arrangement allowed for, and this three-man combo proves it.

Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice: I’m Your Detail Man

Posted on May 18, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

At John Fogerty’s 50th birthday party. Bruce debuted what may be a lost original song–and it’s a fun one, to boot.

Cover Me

MatR: Bruce Springsteen and the Asbury Park All-Star Revue: It Ain’t the Meat (It’s the Motion)

Posted on May 16, 2022May 15, 2022 by Ken

One time only: Bruce and the E Street Band join the Asbury Jukes (minus Southside Johnny) to cover one of rock’s earlier risque classics.

Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice: Backstreets

Posted on May 14, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

A forbidden love leads to a bitter betrayal in one of Bruce’s most powerful epics.

Cover Me

Cover Me, Luca Milani & The Glorious Homeless: Devils & Dust

Posted on May 12, 2022May 11, 2022 by Ken

The annual Cover Me competition is underway, and our first spotlight this year shines on Italian singer-songwriter Luca Milani’s hard-rocking re-imagining of Bruce’s Grammy-winning single.

Roll of the Dice

Roll of the Dice: I Remember

Posted on May 10, 2022January 3, 2024 by Ken

Even fifty years ago, Bruce Springsteen was stopping audiences in their tracks with this fifteen-minute, preachifying, testifying, rueful improv piece.

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Recent Springsteen Originals

Roll of the Dice: Secret to the Blues
Roll of the Dice: The Wall
Roll of the Dice: Talking About My Baby
Roll of the Dice: Glory Days
Roll of the Dice: Water Station
Cover Me: Hey, Western Union Man
Cover Me: This Land Is Your Land
Roll of the Dice: Livin’ in the Future
Album Companion: The Ghost of Tom Joad
Roll of the Dice: Youngstown
Album Companion: Wrecking Ball
Roll of the Dice: Rocky Ground
Roll of the Dice: My Beautiful Reward
Cover Me: Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
Cover Me: Soul Days
Roll of the Dice: Soul Driver
Roll of the Dice: Spanish Eyes
Roll of the Dice: Hungry Heart
Cover Me: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Roll of the Dice: Oh Mama

Recent Covers and Team-Ups

Cover Me: She Don’t Love Me Now
MatR: Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen: The End
Cover Me: Turn Back the Hands of Time
Cover Me: Turn On Your Love Light
Cover Me: Any Other Way
Cover Me: I Wish It Would Rain
MatR: Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen: I Wanna Be Your Man
Cover Me: Who’ll Stop the Rain
Cover Me: Hey, Western Union Man
Cover Me: This Land Is Your Land
MatR: Bruce Springsteen, Joe Grushecky, and Gary U.S. Bonds: The Twist
Cover Me: Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
Cover Me: Soul Days
MatR: Bruce Springsteen and John Fogerty: Bad Moon Rising
Cover Me: The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore
MatR: Bruce Springsteen, The Indigo Girls, Arlo Guthrie, and more: Hard Travelin’
Cover Me: What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
Cover Me: When She Was My Girl
Cover Me: I Forgot to Be Your Lover
MatR: Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen: Better Man

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