Beneath the overwrought production and busy arrangement lies the soul of a beautiful love song.
Tag: Human Touch
Nowhere in Bruce’s catalog is the importance of the right arrangement illustrated than in this deeply personal and vulnerable Human Touch track.
This Stax/Volt homage (featuring Sam Moore himself) is an unjustly overlooked gem from Bruce’s early 1990s era.
Although often attributed to Bruce’s cross-country move, “The Long Goodbye” offers more a more universal theme about relationships that last too long.
They don’t write ’em any sadder than this, but you’ll need to turn to Bruce’s acoustic performances to truly feel the pathos.
Canadian singer-songwriters Kathleen Edwards and Afie Jurvanen quietly released one of the best covers of “Human Touch.”
Beneath its prurient lyrics, there’s surprising substance to Bruce’s nuanced updating of Sonny Boy Williamson’s classic blues song.
It started as a lark but ended up biting social commentary. Let’s trace the curious evolution of “57 Channels.”
In which we ask the question: is there any redeeming virtue in this widely scorned deep cut?
“Roll of the Dice” was the first song Bruce recorded for Human Touch, and the one that finally broke his late 80s writer’s block–and if the lyrics aren’t among his best, his vocals certainly are.