Odd Confluence
By Mitch Berg
I could think of all the Bruce Springsteen songs I’ve covered in one band or musical lashup or another – “Born To Run”, “Born In The USA”, “Atlantic City”, “Cadillac Ranch”, “Darkness on the Edge of Town”, “The River”, “Thunder Road”…
…or the songs I just noodled demos of way back when I still had time and energy to noodle demos – “Love On The Wrong Side Of Town”, “This Hard Land”, “Janey Don’t You Lose Heart”…
…or even just the Bruce songs I’ve dreamed of covering if I ever got another really good band together – “Incident On 57th Street”, “Kitty’s Back”, “Rosalita, “Jungleland”, “Backstreets”, “I Wanna Be With You”, “Racing In The Streets”, “Something In The Night”, “Jackson Cage”, “None But The Brave”, “If I Should Fall Behind”, “My Beautiful Reward”…
…and on none of those lists does the latest Bruce song to undergo a rash over covers – “I’m Going’ Down“, easily my least favorite single from Born In The USA – appear.
But it seems to have the current cover mojo.
Kids today.
September 28th, 2010 at 7:15 am
Frankly, I’ve never liked his music. Maybe it’s because my brother in law is literally a groupie, attending at least three of his concerts every year and I always have to hear about it or maybe I don’t like him because he is a flaming liberat, drunk on obama- ade!
September 28th, 2010 at 8:29 am
“I’m Going Down” is a pretty uncomplicated song, especially by Springsteen’s usual standards. Maybe it’s because the level of musicianship has waned over the years? I mean, you gotta have chops to play Kitty’s Back or Jungleland.
September 28th, 2010 at 10:04 am
Vampire Weekend covering Springsteen? Okay, my brain is now useless for the rest of the day after trying to wrap around that concept.
September 29th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Berg, I’m with ya on this one.