Racing in the Street is my favorite Bruce Springsteen song.
It is a ballad written by Bruce Springsteen and was originally released on his album Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978). The song has been called Springsteen’s best song by a number of commentators.
“…And “Racing in the Streets” is still perhaps the best Springsteen song ever.”
– Rolling Stone magazine
Here are 5 covers, all very expressive, all good.
Emmylou Harris:
Emmylou has covered several Springsteen songs and she always do them justice.
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“… When I was 12 years old, or however old I was when Bringing It All Back Home came out, I’d just skip back and forth endlessly between ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ and ‘It’s Alright, Ma’ and ‘Mr. Tambourine Man,’ and now my Dylan roots are showing big time.”
— Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris – Shelter From The Storm (live 2006)
From Wikipedia:
Born
August 7, 1950 (age 65)
Houston, Texas United States
Genres
Country
Occupations
Musician, Songwriter
Instruments
Vocals
Guitar
Years active
1978–present
Labels
Warner Bros., Columbia, MCA, Sugar Hill, Epic, Yep Roc
Associated acts
Rosanne Cash, Emmylou Harris, The Notorious Cherry Bombs, Los Super Seven
June 13: Hank Williams recorded “Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” in 1952
Goodbye Joe me gotta go me oh my oh
Me gotta go pole the pirogue down the bayou
My Yvonne the sweetest one me oh my oh
Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou
Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight I’m gonna see my ma cher amio
Pick guitar fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun we’ll have big fun on the bayou
Wikipedia:
A-side
“Jambalaya (On the Bayou)”
B-side
“Window Shopping”
Released
19 July 1952
Format
7″
Recorded
13 June 1952
at Castle Studio, Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Country
Length
2:52
Label
MGM
K-11283 (U.S. 7″)
Writer(s)
Hank Williams
“Jambalaya (On the Bayou)” is a song written and recorded by Americancountry music singer Hank Williams that was first released in July 1952. Named for a Creole and Cajun dish, jambalaya, it spawned numerous cover versions and has since achieved popularity in a number of music genres.
10 Good cover versions of Bob Dylan’s Christian songs
I love the “Christian period” in Dylan’s career, always have. In the beginning I felt quite alone in my belief in Dylan, but now he is finally getting recognised for his faith-based songs. The Bob Dylan records from that period are so much better than the critics at the time wrote, they were simply too shocked by his conversion to see the beauty in the songs. I have to say that not all critics were harsh, some recognised quality.
And so what if he’s taken up with the God of Wrath? Since when have you been so crazy about the God of Love? Or any other species of hippie bullshit?
– Robert Christgau
First his live shows from these years got well deserved praise and now finally the albums. They might not be among his best by Dylan’s standard, but by anyone else’s they’re actually quite decent!
Here are evidence that the songs are solid Bob Dylan compositions. I have tried not to only include gospel choirs, there are a lot of performances I could have chosen, but instead I’ve tried to show how the songs work in different styles.
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