{"id":41557,"date":"2023-02-12T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=41557"},"modified":"2024-01-03T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T00:31:45","slug":"cover-me-dont-play-that-song-you-lied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/12\/cover-me-dont-play-that-song-you-lied\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me: Don&#8217;t Play That Song (You Lied)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who would have thought a 1962 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/12\/matr-u2-and-bruce-springsteen-stand-by-me\/\">Stand By Me<\/a>&#8221; clone would end up a centerpiece of Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s world tour six decades later?<\/p>\n<p>As any of the 100,000+ lucky fans present for the opening shows know, that&#8217;s exactly what happened.<\/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\/uc47FFGLt58?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;Don&#8217;t Play That Song (You Lied)&#8221; was written by Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun and Betty Nelson, although certainly some credit belongs to Nelson&#8217;s husband, the great soul singer Ben E. King.<\/p>\n<p>A year earlier, King had the seed for a song destined to become an enduring standard. With the help of famed songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, King developed &#8220;Stand By Me&#8221; and made it an instant hit.<\/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\/hwZNL7QVJjE?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>Anyone familiar with King&#8217;s 1961 hit single will surely recognize the same chassis underneath &#8220;Don&#8217;t Play That Song,&#8221; which King actually released on the same album as its more famous sibling. Instrumentally, they&#8217;re virtually the same song.<\/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\/SndUjAzSSOQ?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;Don&#8217;t Play That Song&#8221; proved a hit single too, barely missing the Top Ten when King released it in 1962. Eight years later, Aretha Franklin notched the same #11 peak when she recorded a cover in a completely different, more swinging 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\/6ktFUwPGWag?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>Today, both King&#8217;s and Franklin&#8217;s versions are considered definitive, but as popular as they were, neither directly inspired Bruce&#8217;s cover on <em>Only the Strong Survive<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a crazy beach version of it,&#8221; Bruce told Chris Jordan for the <em>Asbury Park Press, <\/em>&#8220;and I\u2019m forgetting the artist\u2019s name at the time, but it was like a little wedding version of it with a drum machine and it had that shuffling rhythm. I said, &#8216;Wow, that\u2019s a great rhythm to sing that song in.&#8217; I have to find out who we\u2019re copying there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if Bruce ever publicly acknowledged which version caught his imagination so strongly, but this 1969 version by Derrick Morgan is a compelling candidate.<\/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\/7LeCzu3oJzk?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>Whatever the inspiration, Bruce definitely leaned in to the beach vibe. With a galvanizing horn section in place of the more sentimental strings and a mid-song patter that claims the song for the Jersey Shore, Bruce&#8217;s cover sounds more like something we&#8217;d hear at a boardwalk bar than anything else on his 2022 album.<\/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\/6bM3L296ZNw?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 knew Bruce had a particular fondness for &#8220;Don&#8217;t Play That Song&#8221; when he produced that video and debuted a similar ensemble on\u00a0<em>The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon<\/em> shortly after. So it isn&#8217;t at all surprising to see it become the moment in his current show where he first makes his way into the pit and finds connection with the crowd.<\/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\/J2gIgmrWnZw?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><em>Only the Strong Survive<\/em> hasn&#8217;t exactly been enthusiastically embraced by many fans who wish Bruce would focus on releasing his own new music, but along with &#8220;Nightshift,&#8221; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Play That Song&#8221; appears to be winning converts nightly on tour. And as always, the song continues to grow in power and polish with each performance.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s still early, but &#8220;Don&#8217;t Play That Song&#8221; shows every sign of becoming an ironically welcome addition to Bruce&#8217;s set lists from now on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t Play That Song<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Recorded:<\/strong> 2021<br \/>\n<strong>Released:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Only the Strong Survive\u00a0<\/em>(2022)<br \/>\n<strong>First performed:<\/strong> November 15, 2022 (New York City, NY)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> February 14, 2023 (Houston, TX)<\/p>\n<p>Looking for your favorite Bruce song? Check our full index\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/roll-of-the-dice-album-by-album\/\">here<\/a>. New entries every week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Who&#8217;d have thought a 60-year-old &#8220;Stand By Me&#8221; clone would become a fan-favorite centerpiece on tour?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41558,"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":[4,3],"tags":[3572,3573,3550],"class_list":["post-41557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-roll-of-the-dice","tag-dont-play-that-song","tag-dont-play-that-song-you-lied","tag-only-the-strong-survive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/dontplay.jpg?fit=998%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-aOh","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30464,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/12\/matr-u2-and-bruce-springsteen-stand-by-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":41557,"position":0},"title":"MatR: U2 and Bruce Springsteen: Stand By Me","author":"Ken","date":"December 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"When Bruce and Bono teamed up for the very first time, they chose a newly popular 1961 classic for their first duet.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/standbyme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/standbyme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/standbyme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/standbyme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/standbyme.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3401,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/27\/cover-me-gary-u-s-bonds-your-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":41557,"position":1},"title":"RotD\/Cover Me, Gary U.S. Bonds: Your Love","author":"Ken","date":"July 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"One of many great songs Bruce gave away, \"Your Love\" is the missing link in a story that begins with \"Little White Lies\" and ends with \"My Love Will Not Let You Down.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dedication.jpg?fit=597%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dedication.jpg?fit=597%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/dedication.jpg?fit=597%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24472,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/07\/cover-me-goin-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":41557,"position":2},"title":"Cover Me: Goin&#8217; 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