{"id":32829,"date":"2022-03-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=32829"},"modified":"2022-03-10T05:06:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T13:06:21","slug":"cover-me-round-up-dancing-in-the-dark-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/10\/cover-me-round-up-dancing-in-the-dark-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me Round-Up: Dancing in the Dark (Part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m serious, y&#8217;all: These things multiply <i>fast.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s only been two months since our last &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/25\/roll-of-the-dice-dancing-in-the-dark\/\">Dancing in the Dark<\/a>&#8221; cover round-up and I <em>still<\/em> had to whittle down a list of a dozen new ones to arrive at today&#8217;s five spotlights. That means I&#8217;m falling further behind instead of catching up, so let&#8217;s not waste any more time before diving into today&#8217;s stellar selections.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the highest-profile of the bunch: the Juno-winning, Canadian indie-pop band, Walk Off the Earth. With over four million YouTube subscribers and videos with as many as 190 million views, &#8220;high profile&#8221; is not an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>Their fresh new cover of &#8220;Dancing in the Dark&#8221; is (IMHO) the most infectious of today&#8217;s entrants,&nbsp; with an acoustic arrangement that accomplishes the impressive task of being almost as exciting as Bruce&#8217;s electric performances in concert. (Well, maybe not&nbsp;<em>almost<\/em>, but pretty darn fun nonetheless.)<\/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\/dpyqgkIxLDk?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>&#8220;Dancing in the Dark&#8221; doesn&#8217;t always have to be exciting, though. At its core, it&#8217;s a song about loneliness and yearning for connection, a theme that Scotland-based Billy Reekie and Cara McBride dial directly into with their affecting duet set against a piano-led arrangement.<\/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\/GMPM7h7_rPw?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>Billy and Cara may be sitting side-by-side in the video, but close your eyes and you&#8217;ll hear two lonely souls longing for each other. It&#8217;s a beautiful performance that highlights the versatility of Bruce&#8217;s songwriting.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s linger a little in Europe and check out Jack Jarryd&#8217;s cover from his recent appearance on the Dutch radio station Qmusic. Jack&#8217;s version of &#8220;Dancing in the Dark&#8221; is the most true-to-the-eighties of the bunch, while still managing to sound fresh and timely.<\/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\/dhZTwdc7Lg8?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>Jack isn&#8217;t the only Dutch artist in today&#8217;s round-up; he&#8217;s joined by The Starlings, who also made a recent in-studio appearance and likewise performed Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s greatest hit. Their version starts out similar to Billy and Cara&#8217;s&#8211;intimate and contemplative&#8211;but around the one-minute mark, the strings enter and infuse the band&#8217;s performance with beauty and tenderness. This is a very nice cover.<\/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\/PQD5V-6KrLM?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>Let&#8217;s end with something a little different: a cool, jazzy arrangement by 48th Street Collective, who specialize in reinventing popular songs in a format you&#8217;d expect to hear in a smoky lounge rather than a concert arena. Their version of &#8220;Dancing in the Dark&#8221; may be the least faithful to the song&#8217;s theme and message, but it sure is fun.<\/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\/GoI-_Ni0Lg8?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>That&#8217;s it for this installment, but there will be more&#8211;the list of creative, inventive, and fresh takes on Bruce&#8217;s iconic songs keeps growing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five more fresh takes on Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s greatest 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