{"id":7164,"date":"2019-01-27T05:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=7164"},"modified":"2021-12-15T19:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T03:45:29","slug":"cover-me-the-clarks-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/27\/cover-me-the-clarks-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, The Clarks: The River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Be great or be different if you&#8217;re covering Bruce.<\/p>\n<p>The Clarks&#8217; version of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/04\/roll-of-the-dice-the-river\/\">The River<\/a>&#8221; is both.<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh-based band recorded their uptempo rock arrangement of Bruce&#8217;s classic but subdued reckoning of romance-meets-reality back in 2003. Originally released on the\u00a0<em>Light of Day<\/em> Springsteen tribute album, The Clarks&#8217; version of &#8220;The River&#8221; caught fire on local radio, and deservedly so: they managed to successfully translate it from ballad to full-on rocker without losing an ounce of its emotional power, something Bruce hasn&#8217;t ever attempted.<\/p>\n<p>It works&#8211;better than one might imagine was possible. Take a listen.<\/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\/T_jQadUprHQ?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>You can find &#8220;The River&#8221; on the\u00a0<em>Light of Day<\/em> tribute album, or on The Clark&#8217;s 2004 release,<em> Strikes and Gutters 2: Doublewide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clarks transform &#8220;The River&#8221; from ballad to full-on rocker, and it works&#8211;better than one might imagine was possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7312,"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":[2127,467],"class_list":["post-7164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","tag-the-clarks","tag-the-river"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/clarks.jpg?fit=500%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-1Ry","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3754,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/10\/cover-me-john-wesley-harding-jackson-cage\/","url_meta":{"origin":7164,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me, John Wesley Harding: Jackson Cage","author":"Ken","date":"August 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Available on three different album releases, John Wesley Harding's cover of \"Jackson Cage\" deserves its repeated exposure. 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