{"id":33402,"date":"2022-04-24T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=33402"},"modified":"2022-04-24T05:37:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T12:37:31","slug":"cover-me-round-up-im-on-fire-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/24\/cover-me-round-up-im-on-fire-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me Round-Up: I&#8217;m on Fire (Part 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another edition of\u00a0<em>Cover Me Round-Up<\/em>, featuring six fresh takes on Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s most covered song, &#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;<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s cover crop is our most stylistically diverse one yet, with artists from around the globe translating &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; into genres and arrangements far afield from Bruce&#8217;s original Top 10 single.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll start our world tour in The Netherlands, with not one but two great in-studio performances brought to us by NPO Radio 2. Turn your volume up for this first one, an awesomely crunchy roadhouse version by Mick Stender. You&#8217;ve never heard &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; rock like this before!<\/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\/ylaCGSoAGGo?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>Not to be outdone, Dutch indie-pop combo Cookhouse evokes Bruce&#8217;s Seeger Sessions with their terrific interpretation, featuring an apparently impromptu harmonica solo by deejay Giel Beelan.<\/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\/RPqL31aJXfE?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>If Cookhouse seems comfortable and confident covering &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire,&#8221; that&#8217;s because they&#8217;re no stranger to it. They&#8217;ve been including it in their sets for years&#8211;check out this clip from Pinkpop 2018 for another great performance.<\/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\/l7ji8PbboQE?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>Now let&#8217;s head to the Mediterranean and join Leon of Athens for his in-studio EDM version of &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; on popular Greek radio station En Lefko.<\/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\/wBPj0gSVEkg?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>Leon is on tour at the moment, and if you&#8217;re in the U.S. you can catch him at at Shaky Knees later this month and at Bonnaroo Day 2 in June.<\/p>\n<p>Next, we cross the Atlantic to check out Lara Lark&#8217;s new single. Lara&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; treatment emphasizes the song&#8217;s sensual side, and both studio track and moody video heighten Bruce&#8217;s impassioned lyrics.<\/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\/UGNbeLwiSP0?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>We&#8217;ve got one more American artist to check out today, but we&#8217;ll have to cross the Pacific to do so. Trust me, it&#8217;s worth the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Tavana is a Honolulu-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (guitar, banjo, lap steel, and ukelele) whose music incorporates rock, blues, and island influences. And we can definitely hear all three in his live version of &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; below&#8211;it&#8217;s my personal favorite among today&#8217;s collection.<\/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\/38D3xP0rRhk?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;This song is such a great example of how Bruce can take the emotions of an average everyday man and turn it into poetry,&#8221; Tavana wrote on his Facebook page earlier this month. &#8220;I also just love the way it feels to play it on the lap steel. It brings out another layer of grit that I think is very fitting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve got one more artist to check in with today, and we&#8217;ll end our tour with her in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>Emmeline Gracie attracted worldwide notice when a video of her busking with James Burnell on the streets of Dublin went viral in the middle of the pandemic, racking up almost 2.5 million views to date.<\/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\/TK6Ai87bkcg?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 saw that video not long after if first came out, but I opted out of spotlighting it here on the Shuffle&#8211;because as lovely as Emmeline&#8217;s vocals were, the arrangement was just a bit too traditional for what I look for in a cover.<\/p>\n<p>But then I stumbled across her intimate solo piano performance from earlier this year, and I was absolutely mesmerized. I think you might be, too.<\/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\/YmfhCt4ZqJI?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>Emmmeline&#8217;s interpretation is pensive, yearning, and very, very lonely. Her performance will stick with you long after the video ends.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this installment of\u00a0<em>Cover Me Round-Up<\/em>, but as always: there will be more. Bruce&#8217;s songs strike universal chords in musicians around the globe, and the line-up for Volume 6 is already forming.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, enjoy these six great artists, and then tell me: Which one&#8217;s <em>your<\/em> favorite?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six more fresh takes on Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s most-covered song. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34196,"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":[3466,3467,263,3464,3463,3462,3465],"class_list":["post-33402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-cookhouse","tag-emmeline-gracie-rae","tag-im-on-fire","tag-lara-lark","tag-leon-of-athens","tag-mick-stender","tag-tavana"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/laralark.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-8GK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68319,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1984\/01\/28\/cover-me-round-up-im-on-fire-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":33402,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me Round-up: I&#8217;m on Fire","author":"Ken","date":"January 28, 1984","format":false,"excerpt":"It's his most covered song by a long shot. 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