This Springsteen/Depeche Mode mash-up took the European charts by storm in 1992-93.
Author:
Ken Rosen (2080)
One time only: Bruce Springsteen and the Sessions Band cover a hidden protest song in Verona.
Bruce often leads in to live performances of “I Wanna Marry You” with a gorgeous, unreleased song that pre-dates it by several years.
From his 1999 album, The Closest, Australian country artist Brent Parlane shares a beautiful acoustic arrangement of Bruce’s “Walk Like a Man.”
Long before “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” nineteen-year-old Bruce Springsteen adapted another great work of literature into song.
Richie Havens’ adaptation of the 19th century “Come Life, Shaker Life” became a standard show-closing encore for Steel Mill.
A little marital creative tension and an uncredited duet vocal resulted in one of the loveliest but rarest Springsteen/Scialfa recordings–all for an important cause.
Our rule for covers here on the Shuffle: Do it different or do it better. This one’s definitely different.
Today’s public service: a Guide to “I”m a Rocker” for Millennials and Generation Z. (It’s all about 1966.)
Throughout the Darkness Tour, Bruce often announced his arrival with the song that announced the arrival of rock itself.