{"id":9985,"date":"2019-05-31T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2021-12-17T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T21:59:38","slug":"cover-me-roger-taylor-racing-in-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/31\/cover-me-roger-taylor-racing-in-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Roger Taylor: Racing in the Street"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I loved that song, and I used to see Bruce play it live. But for me, it was always too slow, and I just wanted to do it mid-tempo, because it\u2019s such a moving song. I felt that song, for me, should be faster. Bruce always did it so slow, and it was very effective in one way, but I just felt it would be nice if it moved along a bit.” — Roger Taylor,\u00a0Goldmine<\/em>, February 2015<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure we’ve all thought that “Racing in the Street<\/a>” would be more moving if it, well, moved more.<\/p>\n

Right?<\/p>\n

No?<\/p>\n

Well, Roger Taylor did at least, and that’s what led him to record a cover of one of Bruce’s most achingly and beautifully poignant songs on his 1984 solo album, Strange Frontier–<\/em>with a harder, faster spin on it.<\/p>\n

Does it work? You decide.<\/p>\n