{"id":7880,"date":"2019-03-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=7880"},"modified":"2020-12-09T05:30:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T13:30:36","slug":"matr-dave-edmunds-and-bruce-springsteen-lets-talk-about-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/21\/matr-dave-edmunds-and-bruce-springsteen-lets-talk-about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"MatR: Dave Edmunds and Bruce Springsteen, Let&#8217;s Talk About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Us&#8221; isn&#8217;t one of Jerry Lee Lewis&#8217; most well-known songs (released as a single in 1959, it never charted), but it&#8217;s certainly one of his most direct.<\/p>\n<p>Even for Lewis, known for his suggestive lyrics, &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk About Us&#8221; is a remarkably direct song for its time. Jerry Lee plays an impatient suitor telling his girl that he&#8217;s waited long enough: it&#8217;s sexy time.<\/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\/fzppE4nXH7s?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>It may not make it to a fan&#8217;s sign request let alone get selected, but Bruce did cover it once&#8211;on stage in 1982 with Dave Edmunds (who charted that year with his cover of &#8220;From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)&#8221;) at the short-lived but legendary Big Man&#8217;s West in Red Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s that performance (with Bruce playing a supporting role on this one), from September 18, 1982.<\/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\/zrsRXBErrLU?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><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8197\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/21\/matr-dave-edmunds-and-bruce-springsteen-lets-talk-about-us\/edmunds\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/edmunds.jpg?fit=500%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"edmunds\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/edmunds.jpg?fit=500%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-8197 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/edmunds-300x202.jpg?resize=758%2C511\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/edmunds.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/edmunds.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s Talk About Us<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> September 18, 1982 (Red Bank, NJ)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> September 18, 1982 (Red Bank, NJ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time only: Bruce teams up with Dave Edmunds at Big Man&#8217;s West on Jerry Lee Lewis&#8217; 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