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Saturday, 17 June 2017

Springsteen Covered - Racing in the Streets

Portrait by Jon Langford





Last time round Bruce was up against Kevin Montgomery with I Wish I Were Blind. The scoring was a bit cryptic but I think Kevin just shaded it giving a score of The Boss 7 The Rest 6.
The gap has considerably narrowed over the last few weeks although I suspect it might widen again after this week's offering.
Racing in the Streets is best known as a song from Darkness on the Edge of Town but I have opted for the version which appears on The Promise.
The competition this week comes from the late great Townes Van Zandt.
Much as I love Townes this is probably not one of his better attempts at a cover so it is Springsteen for me this week.
Others of course may choose to differ.

Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Streets (78)

Townes Van Zandt - Racing in the Streets
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10 comments:

  1. Rol17 June 2017 at 09:26

    I'm with you. I love TVZ, but this is one of those originalals which cannot be bettered in my humble opinion.

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  2. Alyson17 June 2017 at 10:25

    Nice to see you back CC - Hope you and the family are doing ok but a long way to go yet I imagine. Thinking of you.

    Its TVZ for me this week - This is going to be a close run contest I think.

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  3. George17 June 2017 at 10:30

    Townes. Easily Townes. Good to see the blog again.

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  4. Swiss Adam17 June 2017 at 13:37

    Have you done Frankie Goes To Hollywood's cover of Born To Run? Heard it the other day and enjoyed it

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    1. Charity Chic17 June 2017 at 14:23

      May feature depending on how long the series runs Adam

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  5. The Swede17 June 2017 at 15:32

    Bob Dylan himself could cover 'Racing in the Street' backed by members of The Clash, The Triffids and every other band I've ever loved or cherished and Springsteen would still win. A song straight out of Bruce's top drawer, even in this slightly inferior incarnation.
    Good to see you back CC.

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  6. C17 June 2017 at 16:24

    Lovely to see you again CC.
    This series continues to confound.... I'm for Brucie Baby on this one too!

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  7. drew17 June 2017 at 20:01

    Hope things are getting more bearable CC.

    This is one of my favourite Springsteen songs, though not as enamored with the version posted but nothing, not even a vaguely coherent MES and the Dudes if they had covered it could come close to the original. So Bruce for me as usual

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    1. Charity Chic17 June 2017 at 20:15

      I knew you would be going for Bruce this week Drew!

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  8. JTFL18 June 2017 at 02:11

    This one isn't fair as you'd have to do something really unique with a stripped down tune like 'Racing' in order to top the Boss. Townes is trying, but not that much.

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