{"id":10633,"date":"2019-07-05T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10633"},"modified":"2021-12-18T06:48:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T14:48:34","slug":"cover-me-barry-gibb-im-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/05\/cover-me-barry-gibb-im-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Barry Gibb: I&#8217;m on Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the highlights of Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s Australian High Hopes Tour was his gorgeously arranged cover of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/cover-me-stayin-alive\/\">Stayin&#8217; Alive<\/a>&#8221; by the Bee Gees. It was so good that even Barry Gibb was blown away by it. (Don&#8217;t take my word for it, though.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Bruce <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/springsteen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@springsteen<\/a>,  just been blown away by your Stayin Alive. You brought it back to life.Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barry Gibb (@GibbBarry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GibbBarry\/status\/438814997020692480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So when Barry kicked off his own American tour a few months later, he decided to repay the favor.<\/p>\n<p>At his tour opener (and at many of the shows thereafter), Barry&#8217;s set included a cover of Bruce&#8217;s 1985 hit, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/11\/roll-of-the-dice-im-on-fire\/\">I&#8217;m on Fire<\/a>.&#8221; Here&#8217;s his performance from Chicago, on May 27, 2014:<\/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\/R81FXrQ6aiQ?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>I suspect Barry chose the song to show off that famous falsetto of his, and based on the crowd&#8217;s reaction it was an inspired choice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turnabout&#8217;s fair play: After Bruce paid homage to The Bee Gees on his 2014 tour, Barry Gibb returned the favor by covering Bruce a few months later. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[2388,263],"class_list":["post-10633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-barry-gibb","tag-im-on-fire"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/barry-gibb.jpg?fit=1017%2C678&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-2Lv","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20800,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/01\/cover-me-stayin-alive\/","url_meta":{"origin":10633,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me: Stayin&#8217; Alive","author":"Ken","date":"September 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bee Gees' 1978 hit single inspired once of Bruce's best and most unexpected covers ever.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stayinalive.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stayinalive.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/stayinalive.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56001,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/26\/kingdom-of-days-february-26-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":10633,"position":1},"title":"February 26","author":"Ken","date":"February 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"An insanely eventful day in Bruce history with gigs galore, Grammy Awards, and TV appearances. 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