Cover Me, Roger Taylor: Racing in the Street

“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’s 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, Goldmine, February 2015

I’m sure we’ve all thought that “Racing in the Street” would be more moving if it, well, moved more.

Right?

No?

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–*with a harder, faster spin on it.

Does it work? You decide.