Scottish band Camera Obscura makes a subtle change to Bruce’s enduring, romantic “Tougher Than the Rest,” to powerful effect.
Category: Cover Me
Edwin Starr’s “War” remains sadly relevant ever since its original smash release. In 1985, Bruce released a live music video of his cover version, and three years later he performed it with Starr himself. Watch both amazing performances inside.
In 2006, Bruce resurrected and revised an anti-war song from the Napoleonic era, filling it with resonance for the modern era.
One of the last songs Buckwheat Zydeco recorded in the studio was a reggae reinvention of Bruce’s torch song, “Back in Your Arms.” And it works.
The biggest mystery about “Mystery Train” (besides why it’s called that): why’d it take so long for Bruce to cover it?
I’m not sure where it came from, but Sarah Hepburn’s brooding cover of “Adam Raised a Cain” is wonderful regardless.
One time only: a starstruck Bruce Springsteen joins Roy Orbison and an all-star band on Orbison’s very first self-written song.
Listen to the E Street Band cover the Stax classic “Green Onions” in a rare instrumental performance.
From March 2018, the X Ambassadors prove their fandom by delivering a fantastic, moody cover of Bruce’s “Stolen Car.”
One time only: At a 1988 soundcheck in Tacoma, Bruce covered The Everly Brothers’ 1962 hit, “Crying in the Rain.” Listen to it inside.