{"id":33564,"date":"2022-03-28T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=33564"},"modified":"2022-03-27T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T04:46:13","slug":"cover-me-david-cook-secret-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/28\/cover-me-david-cook-secret-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, David Cook: Secret Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tucked away on the Walmart exclusive edition of the American Idol winner&#8217;s 2015 <em>Digital Vein <\/em>album is David Cook&#8217;s daringly fresh cover of Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/30\/roll-of-the-dice-secret-garden\/\">Secret Garden<\/a>.&#8221;<\/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\/Em1DR7vXvzI?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 focused the spotlight on several great &#8220;Secret Garden&#8221; covers over the years, but never one quite like this.\u00a0Where Bruce&#8217;s original track is a brooding, mystery-filled beauty, Cook&#8217;s version is a barely restrained rocker&#8211;restrained, that is, until the song&#8217;s thrilling final minute where the band gets to cut loose.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a powerful arrangement that works even better on stage&#8211;which is where it originated, in none other than Bruce&#8217;s hometown of Freehold, New Jersey. &#8220;We knew we were coming here to Freehold,&#8221; he told\u00a0<em>The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>in 2013, &#8220;and this is as firm a Springsteen territory as there is, [so] we decided to take on the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cook admitted to the local crowd that he was &#8220;scared shitless&#8221; to attempt it, but as you can hear below, the audience gave him an enthusiastic and well-deserved reception.<\/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\/KqomcRphybk?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the American Idol winner&#8217;s tour brought him to Bruce&#8217;s hometown, he knew he wanted to work up something special for the occasion. 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