{"id":20596,"date":"1988-07-12T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1988-07-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=20596"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:27:59","slug":"matr-roy-orbison-bruce-springsteen-and-friends-running-scared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/07\/12\/matr-roy-orbison-bruce-springsteen-and-friends-running-scared\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Scared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so maybe this particular team-up is a bit one-sided: although we can see Bruce playing guitar over Roy Orbison&#8217;s shoulder, it&#8217;s clear he&#8217;s humbled by talent before him and around him.<\/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\/jX9nvmeZl9g?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>But come on: who can blame him? &#8220;Running Scared&#8221; was a showcase for Orbison&#8217;s soaring vocals from the get-go, building dramatically over its two-and-a-half minutes (without ever introducing a chorus) to a climax that only Roy could pull off.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few seconds of the 1987 clip above, we can almost see Bruce thinking, &#8220;<em>damn&#8230;\u00a0<\/em>he still has it!&#8221; If anything, Roy sounded even more impressive in 1987 than he did in his 1961 original.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe 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