{"id":13047,"date":"2019-09-22T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=13047"},"modified":"2020-12-15T08:12:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T16:12:33","slug":"matr-bruce-springsteen-and-bruce-hornsby-you-sexy-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/22\/matr-bruce-springsteen-and-bruce-hornsby-you-sexy-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"MatR: Bruce Springsteen and Bruce Hornsby, You Sexy Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s more unlikely than Bruce Springsteen covering &#8220;You Sexy Thing,&#8221; the surprise 1975 B-side smash hit (it ranked #22 for the entire year) by Hot Chocolate?<\/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\/4DwEni2N_-A?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>How about turning it into a steamy duet with a fellow Bruce?<\/p>\n<p>On the evenings of December 7 and 8 during Bruce&#8217;s 2001 holiday show stand in Asbury Park, one of the far-and-away highlights of those loose, festive shows was the &#8220;You Sexy Thing&#8221; duet between Bruces Springsteen and Hornsby. And if their vocal performances weren&#8217;t hot enough, add Hornsby&#8217;s star turn on the accordion and a spot-on sax solo from The Big Man, and you&#8217;ve got the recipe for a showstopper.<\/p>\n<p>Take a listen to one of my favorite under-the-radar covers:<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-pgrQg0c6-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='426' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/pgrQg0c6?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Bruce teased fans with &#8220;You Sexy Thing&#8221; snippets more than a dozen times in the decade that followed, but these two special nights remain the only two times Bruce has ever played it in full.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You Sexy Thing<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> December 7, 2001 (Asbury Park, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> December 8, 2001 (Asbury\u00a0 Park, NJ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn&#8217;t get steamier than two Bruces teaming up for an accordion-powered duet on Hot Chocolate&#8217;s 1975 surprise hit, &#8220;You Sexy Thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13125,"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":[4,5],"tags":[432,2474,2475],"class_list":["post-13047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-meeting-across-the-river","tag-bruce-hornsby","tag-hot-chocolate","tag-you-sexy-thing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/sexything.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-3or","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12004,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/03\/06\/matr-bruce-hornsby-and-bruce-springsteen-the-end-of-the-innocence\/","url_meta":{"origin":13047,"position":0},"title":"The End of the Innocence","author":"Ken","date":"March 6, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce meets Bruce when Messrs. 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