{"id":33409,"date":"2022-03-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=33409"},"modified":"2022-03-22T21:35:23","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T04:35:23","slug":"cover-me-the-undertakers-office-the-wrestler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/23\/cover-me-the-undertakers-office-the-wrestler\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, The Undertaker&#8217;s Office: The Wrestler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our look at rarely-covered Springsteen songs, today we travel to Norway to appreciate this lovely cover of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/10\/31\/roll-of-the-dice-the-wrestler\/\">The Wrestler<\/a>&#8221; by Oslo based electronic-indie-pop-rock duo Lars Sundt and Kent Roise, otherwise known as The Undertaker&#8217;s Office.<\/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\/_DvjBUOAaV8?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>Lars and Kent&#8217;s cover is quiet and pensive like Bruce&#8217;s original, but it&#8217;s cast in a sparer, piano-centric arrangement with just enough ethereal electronic adornment to highlight rather than distract.<\/p>\n<p>When they released it in 2018, Lars and Kent wrote on their Facebook page that they chose the song because they&#8217;re fans of the artist, the song, and the film it was based on, and their reverence for the source material shows.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oslo-based The Undertaker&#8217;s Office released this lovely, ethereal cover of Bruce&#8217;s affecting soundtrack 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