{"id":22909,"date":"2020-12-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=22909"},"modified":"2021-12-21T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T16:02:23","slug":"cover-me-northcote-radio-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/04\/cover-me-northcote-radio-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Northcote: Radio Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Thanks to friend of the blog Doug Watson for pointing me to this one.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/01\/roll-of-the-dice-radio-nowhere\/\">Radio Nowhere<\/a>&#8221; doesn&#8217;t get nearly as much cover love as it deserves (although <a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/31\/cover-me-town-bike-radio-nowhere\/\">Town Bike&#8217;s spectacular version<\/a> still rates as one of my all-time favorite Springsteen covers).<\/p>\n<p>But Canadian singer-songwriter Northcote (a.k.a. Matthew Goud) gave &#8220;Radio Nowhere&#8221; some attention back in 2016 with his wonderful B-side rendition.<\/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\/H6gbDv7sgJY?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>Goud&#8217;s voice is often compared with Bruce&#8217;s, and &#8220;Radio Nowhere&#8221; fits him like a glove.\u00a0His acoustic arrangement works perfectly, his lone guitar highlighting the isolation that resides at the heart of Bruce&#8217;s song but that is subsumed by the original&#8217;s uptempo rock arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>Goud&#8217;s vocals are no less fiery and passionate than Bruce&#8217;s electric original, however. Even in this stripped down cover, &#8220;Radio Nowhere&#8221; rocks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, Northcote tucked an acoustic but rocking cover of &#8220;Radio Nowhere&#8221; on a B-side and unlocked the loneliness and isolation at the core of the song. 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