{"id":10476,"date":"2019-06-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10476"},"modified":"2019-06-20T05:17:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T12:17:10","slug":"cover-me-the-deep-dark-woods-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/20\/cover-me-the-deep-dark-woods-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, The Deep Dark Woods: Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/31\/roll-of-the-dice-factory\/\">Factory<\/a>&#8221; is a difficult song to cover. Its melody, lyrics and structure are so minimalist that it can be tough to bring something new and distinct to the table when performing it.<\/p>\n<p>And yet the song clearly strikes a chord for so many of us, so artists still take an occasional swing at it. Lucinda Williams nailed it in <a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/26\/cover-me-lucinda-williams-factory\/\">her fresh approach<\/a> on her <em>Ghosts of Highway 20<\/em> album, but I&#8217;m fond of this more straightforward version by Deep Dark Woods as well:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nzny3M8qfKg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Deep Dark Woods hail from Saskatoon, a far cry from the New Jersey factories that employed Douglas Springsteen and inspired his son to write this song. But that just demonstrates Bruce&#8217;s ability to tap into a universal theme: that work can give you purpose and sustenance, but it exacts a price in return.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian band Deep Dark Woods turns in a faithful cover of Bruce&#8217;s minimalist musing on the meaning of 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